河南行省在元代十一行省中,是建立较晚的一个。正如元人朱德润所说:“国家自中州入职方,而河南行省尤为关键之地。盖其背山带河,山肥民秀,为中州都会。其力足以内藩京师,其势足以外控诸夏,而其岁产之入,又足以为兵赋之供也”。河南行省在控制中原和江南,在屯戍军马及军需供给等方面的重要性,往往远在其它行省之上。关于河南行省,日本学者大岛 Henan Province in the Yuan Dynasty eleven provinces, is to establish a later one. Just as Yuan Zhu said, “The state entered the state from Central China and the province of Henan Province was particularly crucial.” Outside the control of the summer, and its birth into, but also enough for soldiers Fu also ". The importance of Henan Province in controlling the Central Plains and the Jiangnan areas in the provision of military and military supplies to the garrison and military supplies is often far above that of other provinces. About Henan Province, Japanese scholar Oshima