太平天國戰爭結束后,清廷和江寧將軍都急欲恢復江南駐防舊制。但在籌建旗營兵房和籌補旗兵缺額時,地方督撫常以資金匱乏為由拖延執行清廷的諭令,敷衍江寧將軍的重建要求,直到光緒二十四年八旗兵制改革,江寧駐防舊制也未能完全恢復。究其原因,既因為太平天國運動使得晚清的財政制度發生了巨大變革,以督撫為代表的地方政府有了很大的財政自主權,不愿意以地方所籌之餉長期供養駐防八旗,也因為駐防八旗所要恢復的以騎射為主的舊制與兩江總督希望建立的以新式槍炮為主的軍隊新制相比落后時代太遠。研究江南駐防的恢復與重建,有利于加深對晚清中央與地方、滿與漢關系的理解。

After the end of the Taiping Movement,the Qing court and the Jiangning General were eager to restore the old system of the Jiangnan Garrison,a traditional Manchu military base. However,in the process of raising fund to build barracks for Manchu soldiers and filling in the vacancy of Manchu soldiers in the garrison,the provincial governors often delayed the orders from the Qing court on the excuse of lacking funds and postponed the Jiangning General’s request to reconstruct the Jiangnan Garrison. The old system of the Jiangnan Garrison had not been completed recovered by the reform of the Eightbanner Manchu military system in 1898. There were two reasons for this failure. First,the fundamental changes in the Qing financial system caused by the Taiping Movement provided the provincial governors increasing financial autonomy,so that they were unwilling to use provincial income to fund the Manchu garrison. Second,the Jiangning General’s intention to restore the traditional horsemanship and archery in the Manchu garrison lagged behind the time too much to fit into the Liangjiang Governor-general’s plan to develop a modern army equipped with Western guns and cannons. This research shed some light on the relationship between the central and provincial governments,between the Manchu and the Han officials.