在清中叶以后的巴县,承充坊厢保正须书立顶约、缴纳顶首银,该职可以出租、出卖,甚至合伙承充。这种不同寻常现象的出现,乃是因坊厢保正为帮办各级衙署差务及垫纳军需差费之主体。因这种付出,其职出现顶首银,且获得收取铺户规费之权的状况。坊厢保正具有广泛的营利空间,这吸引许多人投身其中,使该职成为一种与衙门吏役高度相似的职业。在实践中,坊厢保正表现出任职长期化、朋党化等特征。即使至清后期士绅加入坊厢行政组织并成为其中领袖,亦未对保正的实质性权力和利益空间造成根本冲击。 After the mid-Qing dynasty, Baxian County was allowed to set a contract and pay the top silver, which could be rented out, sold, or even acted as a partnership. The appearance of this unusual phenomenon is due to the fact that Office for Security is the main body responsible for complying with the government departmental postage and postponing military service charges at all levels. Because of this payment, his position top silver appears, and received the right to pawn shop pawn. With a wide range of profit-making spaces, Boxcar Prio attracts many people to make it a highly similar occupation to the Yamen. In practice, Fangxiang Baozheng has shown long-term office, cronyism and other characteristics. Even if the gentry joined the Square Administrative Organization and became its leader in the late Qing Dynasty, it did not have a fundamental impact on Baodian’s substantive power and interest space.