Chapter 281 Return of the Japanese Empire (Xu 4) Governor of Tianjin
Although there were many officials greeting Gao Jingshi at the pier, they were quite different from other places. They did not strictly distinguish between civil and military officials, which is very local. To a certain extent, this may also be the reason why Gao Jingshi has always been partial to Tianjin.
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The reason why it is said that the lack of strict distinction between civil and military affairs is very characteristic of Tianjin. This starts from the relatively unique regional administrative region of Tianjin in the Ming Dynasty.
The so-called regional administrative region is a type of administrative region that does not distinguish between urban and rural areas and "urban and rural areas are governed together". In China's long feudal society era, the small-scale peasant economy was the main economic form. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of governance, most countries implemented "heavy governance".
"Agriculture over commerce" policy.
As a result, industry and commerce are mainly concentrated in cities and towns, and the regional administrative divisions of "urban and rural governance" have become an effective administrative division method for the state to control cities and towns.
Later scholars often believe that there were only towns but no cities during China's feudal society. It was not until "cities were established as administrative structures in the early 20th century" that cities and towns were fully included in the network of "urban and rural governance."
Towns in regional administrative regions have no independence in administrative divisions and their status is not prominent. The population in regional administrative regions is mainly agricultural and is scattered. The degree of non-agriculturalization and agglomeration of the population is very low.
Productivity is characterized by a planar distribution. The commodity economy is often underdeveloped, and the regional economy is characterized by a steady-state structure.
Of course, feudal society also had "urban and rural divisions", but this was purely in terms of economic and geographical significance. From the perspective of administrative divisions, which are the superstructure of the country, it is still the implementation of "urban and rural governance", that is, regional
Type administrative district.
These towns and even larger towns still did not have the basic elements and essential characteristics of independent administrative regions. Of course, it was impossible to establish specialized management agencies and administrative regions. Until the Ming Dynasty, although urban development was quite prosperous, it was
An adjunct to territorial zoning.
Specific to Tianjin, its regional administrative area originated from the military administrative area - Tianjin Wei. If you look at the Ming and Qing dynasties in the original history, you will find that from the establishment to the development of Tianjin's regional administrative area, it was economic, political,
The inevitable result of the improvement of cultural status not only completed the transformation from a military castle to an administrative division, but also laid the foundation for the transition of modern Tianjin from a regional administrative area to an urban administrative area.
The rapid development of administrative divisions can reflect the importance of Tianjin. Therefore, it obtained development opportunities and space unmatched by other cities in these two dynasties, especially in the late Qing Dynasty. Of course, the late Qing Dynasty is too far away, so I will not talk about it here.
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Tianjin was originally an important transit station for water transportation and the gateway to defend Beijing. Therefore, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Tianjin developed due to water transportation and more and more administrative matters were involved. However, the management system of the military castle, Tianjin Guard, was simple.
It is not comprehensive, and obviously cannot well complete the increasingly complex water transportation tasks.
At the turn of the Long-Wan period, Gao Gong, under Gao Pragmatic's advice and after the great success of the Yuegang "pilot", opened up more ports for maritime trade. Gao Pragmatic himself first regarded Tianjin Port as
Jinghua Marine Trade’s key projects will be constructed and operated.
Soon thereafter, Tianjin Port quickly became one of the most important ports in the Ming Dynasty. Not only did a large amount of import and export trade use this place as a hub, but domestic water transportation was also changed to sea transportation, from the southern provinces to Tianjin Port and transferred to Beijing.[
Note: After water transportation was converted into sea transportation, the Grand Canal was used as a private trade route, and customs and taxation were still set up. Instead, it became the focus of commercial taxation].
As a result, Tianjin Port has more and more administrative affairs, and the original simple militarized management organization of Tianjin Guard is increasingly unable to undertake related tasks. Therefore, reform has become a top priority.
As a result, driven by high pragmatism, the Ming Dynasty began to set up civilian government offices in Tianjin. Civil and military government offices coexisted. Tianjin's military-type division characteristics became increasingly weak, and the transition from military management to administrative management was inevitable.
In fact, before the Hongzhi Dynasty, most of the government offices set up in Tianjin were military, which shows that the military color was very strong. Later, civilian government offices gradually began to be established. After the opening of Tianjin to the Wanli Dynasty, the number of civilian government offices suddenly began to increase, and
Soon it surpassed the Military Government Office.
Among them, the three most important newly established offices should be the "Tianjin Branch of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Household Customs", the "Tianjin Audit Branch of the Audit Office of the Ministry of Household", and the Tianjin Procuratorate of the Metropolitan Procuratorate - related issues of the Procuratorate
Gao Pingshi explained it when he was serving as the censor of Guangxi, so I won’t go into details here.
In short, although there are many new civilian yamen in Tianjin, two of the three most important new yamen are directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It can be seen that the improvement of Tianjin's status is closely related to the degree of economic development, and among them, the high degree of pragmatic participation
It can be said to be very high.
However, although the above yamen are important, their importance lies in their function of handling specific affairs. From a macro perspective, the improvement of Tianjin's administrative status still depends on the establishment of "high-ranking officials".
In the original history, Tianjin's transformation from a military-type administrative region to a regional-type administrative region roughly went through the following stages: pure military fortress (from Yongle to Chenghua years) - military-type administrative regions dominated, and regional-type administrative regions emerged (Hongzhi period)
to the mid-Wanli period) - the regional administrative areas further developed (from the mid-Wanli period to the third year of the Yongzheng period in the Qing Dynasty) - the regional administrative areas were formally established (in the third year of the Yongzheng period in the Qing Dynasty). This is the process from the emergence to development to the establishment of the regional administrative areas in Tianjin
The general process.
The first is the beginning of regional administrative divisions - the establishment of the Deputy Envoy of Tianjin Road. There are Tianjin Guards, Tianjin Left Guards, and Tianjin Right Guards in Tianjin City. The three guards and their officials have always fought for power and gain, and they have passed the buck when encountering problems.
The main reason is that the officials have the same rank, and the three of them are in the same city, but they are not under each other, which makes the management of Tianjin Acropolis poor, so that "there is no money to accumulate, and there is no way to deal with the situation."
As Tianjin is an important water transportation center and transit center "close to Shenjing", the chaotic management of the Three Guards will inevitably lead to some kind of out-of-control phenomenon in Tianjin Acropolis, and the highest authorities have to start paying attention to this problem and start to solve it.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the third year of Hongzhi (1490), Bai Ang, then the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, proposed to the court: "The Hongzhi of Xinhai was discussed by courtiers, starting with the external deputy envoy of the Shandong Inspector.
Order it with a seal, so that the troops can be organized and prepared in Tianjin."
The imperial court accepted the suggestion and repaired the acropolis in the fifth year of Hongzhi, "from the city moat to the main road in the east, to Wangqianhuzhuang in the south, to Shaozhikou Avenue in the west, and to Majiakou in the north. It is ten miles long from north to south and eight miles wide from east to west.
Plant the seeds and collect the grain according to the number. It was formerly occupied by Haoyou. In the fifth year of Hongzhi, the city was built and restored. Every year, the reeds were divided and the grains were collected, with a total price of two hundred and five and ten taels of silver. They were collected and stored by the officials, and they were used to make bricks.
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It can be seen that the Deputy Envoy of Tianjin Road not only had military responsibilities, but also administrative responsibilities. After that, the management rights of Tianjin City began to be unified, and the military and civilians were divided and governed, depriving the three guards of their administrative power.
It should be said that the establishment of the Deputy Envoy of Tianjin Road was the beginning of the transition of Tianjin city from a military management system to an administrative management system, that is, the transition from military-type zoning to regional-type zoning.
Secondly, the further development of regional administrative regions - the establishment of the governor of Tianjin. The origin and current situation of the governor have been explained in detail in this book, so I won’t go into details here. Here I will just talk about the emergence of the “Governor of Tianjin”.
Tianjin originally did not have a governor, because there seemed to be no need to set up a governor in Tianjin before. However, after Japan launched the invasion of Korea, the Ming court quickly decided to aid Korea in the fight against the Japanese. Therefore, it was necessary to solve the inevitable problems caused by sending troops
The problem of dramatic increase in logistical pressure.
Therefore, after Gao pragmatically determined the principle that the main logistics should be provided by sea (not to say that land would be unlucky) and obtained the emperor's approval, he quickly put forward a proposal to establish a governor in Tianjin accordingly.
The process of getting this proposal approved was not complicated, and there were not many difficulties involved. However, regarding issues such as the jurisdiction, responsibilities, and authority of the Tianjin governor, the imperial court had adjusted it twice in a few years since the beginning of the Korean War.
In the first stage, in the 25th year of Wanli, the governor of Tianjin was separated from the Baoding governor, specializing in coastal defense, but had no land jurisdiction. The main task at that time was to provide Li Rusong and others with supplies by sea transportation, which were basically shipped to the western part of the Korean Peninsula.
Along the coast.
Later, due to the signing of the armistice agreement, most people in the imperial court believed that since this post was specially created for the war, now that the war was over, it should naturally be "dismissed as soon as the matter is over", so the governor of Tianjin was abolished.
Gao Pangshi raised some objections at the time, but he could not directly say that the armistice agreement was just a piece of waste paper, so the reason he gave could only be "it is better to wait until all the troops have withdrawn to make sure that the Japanese will not invade the Chinese Empire again."
It is not too late to abolish it." As a result, the stance of this statement was considered too conservative, so it was not adopted.
The second stage was, of course, after the war between Korea and Korea resumed. This time, "at the time of restoration, Hejian Prefecture under the jurisdiction of the Baoding Governor, Wuqing and Baodi counties under the jurisdiction of the Shuntian Governor, Luanzhou and Leting Counties under the Yongping Prefecture, and
"Coastal islands are its jurisdiction", so it has unified local power and also has land jurisdiction.
As a digression, there was a third stage in the original history. "In the fourth year of Chongzhen, Shanyong was appointed governor, and Luanzhou and Laoting belonged to it separately." That is to say, the governor's jurisdiction in Tianjin shrunk and only governed Hejian Prefecture.
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The current governor of Tianjin has no such thing as shrinking his jurisdiction, so he not only manages Tianjin Wei itself, but also the three counties of Hejian Prefecture, Wuqing, Baodi, Luanzhou and Leting, as well as coastal islands.
At this point, the reason why Gao Pragmatic paid special attention to Tianjin and had "different feelings" for Tianjin gradually emerged - Luanzhou is now under the jurisdiction of the governor of Tianjin.
Is there anything special about Luanzhou? Of course there is. Kaiping Industrial Zone, which still maintains the title of the largest systematic industrial base under Jinghua Group, is in Luanzhou! In other words, the current direct supervisor of Kaiping Industrial Zone is Tianjin
Governor.
It goes without saying that Gao Pragmatic will not let others interfere with such an important position. He must appoint a "one of his own" to feel at ease. Therefore, the current governor of Tianjin is none other than his protégé - Ye
Go high.
In fact, at the very beginning, Ye Xianggao was not only not happy about the news that he was about to take office as governor of Tianjin, but also felt a little resistant.
This is not to say that the position of a dignified governor is not in Ye Xianggao's eyes, but that he has been working hard to gain seniority in the position of an extremely aristocratic Imperial Academy official. His future is not only relatively fixed, but also very smooth.
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According to past rules, he only needs a teacher's recommendation in the future, and at worst he can be directly promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. If he is lucky, he can even be directly promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Etiquette. If there are some subtle opportunities - such as the new emperor's ascension to the throne, then
It is possible that after serving as the Minister of Rites for less than three months, he can join the cabinet to assist the government.
To be honest, this career path is smoother than that of his mentor! Although Gao Pingshi was frighteningly young when he entered the cabinet, his entry into the cabinet was all based on "meritorious work". It was made up of waves of reforms and major changes.
Victory, paving the way with extremely prominent achievements, and forcing himself into the cabinet.
Ye Xianggao knew very well that this situation had rarely happened since ancient times. Even though he, Ye, was capable, he could not compare to his mentor. If there was merit, then credit should be given, and if there was no credit, credit should be given.
Ordinary people who are officials want to be less troublesome, and it is best to join the cabinet without any trouble. Being a minister in this life is considered to be perfect. However, his teacher Gao is different when he is an official. He wants to be busy with things.
Big, because for Teacher Gao, more things mean more opportunities to make meritorious deeds, and bigger things mean greater contributions.
With such spirit and demeanor, which serious official dares to compare with him? There is no such person who is looking for trouble!
However, Gao Pragmatic is not only outstanding in his ability to perform meritorious deeds, he is also always very good at persuading people, and this time his reason for persuading Ye Xianggao is particularly shocking - to be honest, Ye Xianggao was so shocked when he heard this that his jaw almost dropped
Not close.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Gao Pragmatic spoke very straightforwardly, and his tone was extremely firm. He said that when he became the chief minister, he would change the rules for the Ming Dynasty officialdom: From now on
The assistant ministers of the cabinet must have the experience of working in local areas or at the grassroots level in the six ministries. There must be no more "strange phenomenon" like the "strange phenomenon" of a high-ranking official in the Imperial Academy who has never done anything before directly joining the cabinet to assist the government.
As soon as Gao Pingshi said these words, Ye Xianggao immediately thought of the famous saying in "Han Feizi Xianxue": "The prime minister must start from the state department, and the powerful general must be sent from the army."
It was obvious that his mentor must have held such a stance, and judging from the manner in which he spoke at the time, his mentor's words were no child's play and would definitely be put into practice.
Ye Xianggao has been Gao Pragmatic's student for so many years, and in recent years he has often "taught his skills" as a teacher, serving as a teacher for Gao Yuan's brothers, so he is quite confident in his grasp of Gao Pragmatic's expressions and demeanor.
Since his mentor said this, Ye Xianggao certainly wouldn't believe it. In fact, he couldn't help but believe it. Almost everything Gao Pragmatic said over the years has been realized or is being progressed smoothly. Considering his current age, meritorious service and position as emperor
It is a unique and unparalleled position in my mind. Since Gao Pragmatic said he wanted to change it, he will definitely change it in the future.
Hanlin Qinggui's path to soaring to the sky may really be cut off in the future, and since the teacher deliberately revealed this news to himself in advance, it was undoubtedly a deliberate cultivation! If he didn't seize this opportunity, what would happen?
That's really stupid.
Therefore, Ye Xianggao volunteered himself at that time and expressed his willingness to serve as the "Governor of Tianjin", which did not even have land jurisdiction. After this position was first abolished and reinstated, Ye Xianggao also took up the post again. To this day, he is the leader in Tianjin Port.
The main dock of Jinghua welcomes the teacher’s triumphal report.
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PS: After seeing the message in the background of the author's mobile phone, some readers pointed out that the components of Peng Xingu's subordinates mentioned in yesterday's chapter overlapped with those in the previous article. I checked and it was true. I am very sorry for the so-called 1K arrears yesterday.
I'm taking it back now and will look for opportunities to make up for it later.
Also, let me talk about the reason for this situation: I have a special folder, which contains some plots that are recorded in the outline and will be written later. That is, some people and things that are relatively independent, I have temporary inspiration.
I will write it down in advance and put it there, so that it can be used directly when needed.
As a result, when I wrote about Peng Xingu yesterday, I forgot that I had used it before, so I used it again... It was very embarrassing. But, how should I put it? Sometimes I forget the previous article after writing for a long time. This phenomenon is really common.
Anyway, I'm very sorry.
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