Although there were many officials greeting Gao Pragmatic on the pier, they were quite different from other places. There was no strict distinction between civil and military officials, which was very local. To some extent, this may be one of the reasons why Gao Pragmatic has always preferred Tianjin.
The reason why it is said that there is no strict distinction between civil and military affairs is very characteristic of Tianjin. This starts with the relatively unique regional administrative region of Tianjin Wei 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, small-scale peasant economy was the main economic form. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of governance, most countries implemented the policy of "emphasis on agriculture and light on business".
As a result, industry and commerce are mainly concentrated in towns, and the regional administrative divisions of "urban and rural governance" have become an effective administrative division method for the state to control towns.
Later scholars often believe that there were only towns but no cities during the feudal society in China. It was not until "cities were established as administrative structures in the early 20th century" that towns were fully included in the network of "urban and rural governance."
Cities and towns in regional administrative regions have no independence in administrative divisions and their status is not prominent. The population in a regional administrative region is mainly agricultural and is dispersedly distributed. The degree of non-agriculturalization and agglomeration of the population is very low, and productivity is distributed in a planar shape. The commodity economy is often underdeveloped, and the regional economy exhibits steady-state structural characteristics.
Of course, feudal society was also divided into "urban and rural areas", but this was purely in an economic and geographical sense. From the perspective of administrative divisions, which are the superstructure of the country, it is still the implementation of "urban and rural combined governance", that is, regional administrative divisions.
These towns and even larger towns still do not have the basic elements and essential characteristics of independent administrative regions. Of course, it is impossible to establish specialized management agencies and administrative regions. Until the Ming Dynasty, although urban development was quite prosperous, it was still an appendage of regional zoning.
Specific to Tianjin, its regional administrative region is derived from the military administrative region - Tianjin Wei. If you look at the Ming and Qing dynasties in original history, you will find that the establishment and development of Tianjin's regional administrative regions is the inevitable result of the improvement of its economic, political and cultural status. It not only completed the transformation from a military castle to an administrative division, but also completed the transformation from a military castle to an administrative division. It laid the foundation for modern Tianjin's transition 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 won’t talk about it here.
Tianjin was originally an important transit station for water transportation and the gateway to defend Beijing. Therefore, after the middle of 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's pragmatic advice and also after the great success of the Yuegang "pilot", opened up more ports for maritime trade. Gao Pragmatic himself first built and operated Tianjin Port as a key project of Jinghua Maritime Trade.
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 military management organization of Tianjin Wei is increasingly unable to undertake related tasks. Therefore, reform became 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 divisions 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 established in Tianjin were military positions, which shows that they were very military. Later, civilian government offices gradually began to be established. In the Wanli Dynasty after the opening of the Tianjin port, the number of civilian government offices suddenly began to increase, and soon exceeded the number of military government offices.
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, the 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 area to a regional-type administrative area has roughly gone through the following stages: pure military fortress (Yongle to Chenghua years) - mainly military-type administrative areas, and regional-type administrative areas appeared (Hongzhi period) to the middle period of Wanli period) - the regional administrative areas developed further (from the middle period of Wanli period to the third year of Yongzheng period in Qing Dynasty) - the regional administrative area was formally established (in the third year of Yongzheng period in Qing Dynasty). This is the general process of Tianjin's regional administrative regions from emergence to development to establishment.
The first is the beginning of regional administrative divisions—the establishment of the Deputy Envoy for Rectification of Tianjin Province. There are Tianjin Wei, Tianjin Zuowei and Tianjin Right Wei in Tianjin City. The three guards and their officials have always fought for power and profit, and they have always 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 and start solving this problem.
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 1911 should be discussed by court ministers, starting from Shandong's inspector-general's appointment of deputy envoys, who would order them with a seal, so that the troops could 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. The military and civilian The seeds were planted, and the grain was paid 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, five and ten taels of silver. They were collected and stored by the officials, and they were used to make bricks. ".
It can be seen that the Deputy Envoy of Tianjin Road not only has military responsibilities, but also administrative responsibilities. After that, the management power of Tianjin City began to be unified, and the military and civilians were divided, 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 districts - the establishment of Tianjin governor. 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 a war of aggression against Korea, the Ming court quickly decided to aid Korea in the fight against the Japanese. As a result, it was necessary to solve the problem of a sharp increase in logistical pressure that would inevitably be caused by sending troops.
Therefore, after Gao pragmatically determined the principle that the main logistics should be provided by sea (not to say that there would be no luck on land), 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 sea transportation supplies, which were basically shipped to the western coast of the Korean Peninsula.
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 removed.
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 infringe the boundaries of the Chinese Empire again." I wish, so it’s not too late to abolish it.” As a result, this statement was considered too conservative and was not adopted.
The second stage is, of course, after the North Korean war resumes. 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, and Luanzhou and Leting Counties of Yongping Prefecture as well as coastal islands were ceded to their jurisdiction." With great power, there are also land jurisdictions.
As a digression, there was a third stage in the original history. "In the fourth year of Chongzhen, because Shanyong was appointed governor, Luanzhou and Leting belonged to it separately." That is to say, the governor's jurisdiction in Tianjin shrunk and only governed Hejian. .
The current governor of Tianjin has no such thing as shrinking his jurisdiction, so he not only manages Tianjin Wei itself, but also Hejian Prefecture, the three counties of 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, Kaiping Industrial Zone, which still maintains the title of the largest systematic industrial base under Jinghua Group, is located in Luanzhou! In other words, the current direct supervisor of Kaiping Industrial Zone is the governor of Tianjin.
It goes without saying that Gao Pragmatic will not let others get involved in such an important position. He must appoint someone "one of his own" to feel at ease. Therefore, the current governor of Tianjin is none other than his disciple-Ye Xianggao.
In fact, at the 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 noble Imperial Academy official. His future is not only relatively fixed, but also very smooth. .
According to the past rules, he only needs a teacher's recommendation in the future. At worst, he can be directly promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. If he is lucky, he can even be directly promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of Rites. If there are some delicate opportunities - such as the new emperor's accession to the throne, he may serve as Minister of Rites for less than three months before joining the cabinet to assist the government.
To be honest, this path is smoother than his mentor's official career! Although Gao Pingshi was frighteningly young when he entered the cabinet, his entry into the cabinet was all based on "merit". It was through waves of reforms and great victories that he paved the way and forcibly paved the way for himself with extremely prominent achievements. Went to the cabinet.
Ye Xianggao knows very well that this situation has rarely happened since ancient times. Although he, Ye, is capable, he can't compare to his mentor. If there is merit, then credit must be made. If there is no credit, credit must be made.
Ordinary people who want to be an official would like to have less trouble, and it is best to join the cabinet without any trouble or trouble. Being a minister in this life is considered complete. However, his teacher Gao is different when he is an official. He wants to do more things, because for Teacher Gao, more things mean more opportunities to make contributions, and bigger things mean greater contributions. .
With such spirit and demeanor, which serious official would dare to compare with him? There are no such people who are 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.
Gao pragmatically spoke very straightforwardly, and his tone was extremely firm. He said that when he becomes the chief minister, he will change the rules for the Ming Dynasty officialdom: in the future, the ministers of the cabinet must have the experience of being sent to other places or working at the grassroots level of the six ministries. There will no longer be Hanlin Qinggui who has never done anything. However, it is a "strange phenomenon" that he directly joins the cabinet to assist the government.
As soon as Gao Pingshi said this, 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."
Obviously, his mentor must have held such a position, 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 to Gao Yuan's brothers, so he is quite confident in his grasp of Gao Pragmatic's expressions and demeanor.
Since his mentor said this, of course Ye Xianggao would not disbelieve it. In fact, he couldn't help but believe that almost everything Gao Pragmatic said over the years has been realized or is being smoothly advanced. Considering his current age, meritorious service, and unparalleled unique status in the eyes of the emperor, since Gao Pragmatic said he wanted to change, he would definitely change it in the future.
Hanlin Qinggui's path to soaring to the sky may really come to an end in the future, and since the teacher deliberately revealed this news to himself in advance, it was undoubtedly a deliberate cultivation! It would be really foolish for him not to seize this opportunity.
Therefore, Ye Xianggao volunteered himself at that time and expressed his willingness to serve as "Governor of Tianjin" which did not even have land jurisdiction. After this position was first laid off and reinstated, Ye Xianggao also took up the post again. To this day, he leads the way at the main dock of Tianjin Port Jinghua to welcome his mentor's triumphant report.
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PS: After seeing the news in the background of the author's mobile phone, some readers pointed out that the components of Peng Xingu's subordinates discussed in yesterday's chapter overlap with those in the previous article. I double-checked and it was true. I am very sorry. The so-called 1K owed yesterday will be taken back now, and I will look for opportunities to make up the money 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. When I have temporary inspiration, I will write it down in advance and put it there. When I need to use it, I can use it directly.
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, actually, how should I put it, sometimes I forget the previous text after writing for a long time. This phenomenon is really common. Anyway, I am very sorry.
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