Chapter 72 Renzong Chapter 14 From the port area to Huating
Chapter 2197 Renzong Chapter 14 From the port area to Huating
The river port area extending along the Songjiang River is undoubtedly the most prosperous place in Shanghai and the heart of the city's economic development. The turbulence of the waves, the horns of boats, and the bustle of the market are all the beating pulse of the city.
With the development of urbanization, the empire has already undergone earth-shaking changes in urban management. The development of the commodity economy has completely defeated the traditional restricted village system with an irresistible trend.
All prefectures, prefectures, and counties (including independent cities and towns) also followed the trend, introduced the new, followed the example of the two capitals, lifted the ban on squares, and formed a public management system with streets as the trunk and lanes as the body.
If we count from the middle period of Kaibao, this process has lasted for nearly a hundred years, and it is still difficult to talk about surrender. Many imperial cities, especially inland mountainous areas with inconvenient transportation, still adhere to the tradition and have neither the will to change nor the ability to change.
The changed conditions have at most added some "new ideas" to the management model.
As for the vast border areas, due to their particularity, they pay more attention to military functions and consider more security, ethnic, and religious factors, and they are moving towards a different management model. In the context of the development and prosperity of border trade, the management of border towns is increasingly
Especially in the past decade or so, the northern and southern borders have become uneasy again.
In terms of urban development and management, as the largest commercial city in the empire, Shanghai is obviously at the forefront of the country. It has already realized the management of zoning and zoning. The main roads and rivers that run through the city are natural zoning.
's boundary.
At the same time, Shanghai was also the first city in the empire to completely break through the city wall restrictions. There was no wall barrier, all doorways were open, and guests could come freely. Some officials once proposed to build a new city in the north and south of Songjiang to consolidate the border, which triggered a stir in the court.
It has the support of a large number of conservative bureaucrats, powerful people and elites.
However, although the thunder is loud, the raindrops cannot fall. No matter who the person in power is, it is unlikely that they will make the same suggestion and just settle an account. On the far coast of the East China Sea, build a brand new building that can accommodate several people.
The cost of building a city of 100,000 people is simply too high.
Therefore, Shanghai has always been criticized by conservatives as an "undefended city". They are picky and picky, and there are always some concerns about its security. Of course, Shanghai is not actually an undefended city, not to mention the long-term belief that Shanghai is not an undefended city.
The Donghai Navy stationed at the home port, the Ma Infantry Army Camp, hundreds of forts, and the tens of thousands of Red Gang members all have impressive combat effectiveness.
The imperial court has always regarded Shanghai as a small treasury for withdrawals, and the dignitaries generally regard it as a place where they can earn rent freely. The investment is not nothing, but it is actually insignificant compared to the benefits gained.
Shanghai, on the other hand, is actually a city created through the hard work of tens of millions of people, businessmen and people. A large amount of civil society wealth has been concentrated, and it is a magical city that has just been hatched.
Because of this, Shanghai has been filled with the atmosphere of freedom and change from the beginning. Over the past hundred years, Shanghai has also been the place where the emerging powerful classes of the empire (urban merchants and craftsmen) have grown strongest.
However, a hundred years have passed, and the representatives of the emerging forces have no way to stand up and become their own masters. Just because the sky in Shanghai is the sky of the Han Empire, and in the empire, power lies in front of wealth, and officials are in front of the people.
It is an iron rule that no matter how enlightened the powerful are, they will not allow the so-called emerging forces to escape their control.
For those businessmen and civilians, when wealth and fame have accumulated to a certain level, they will face a choice: whether to commit themselves to the powerful and be willing to take their wings, or to be independent and insist on freedom.
This is actually a multiple-choice question. If you choose the former and become a vassal of the powerful, you will inevitably suffer a lot of blood. If you choose the latter, your career will no longer need to continue to grow. On the contrary, it is likely to be suppressed, and even your wealth and life will be threatened, even if you withdraw.
Shanghai, is there a more relaxed business atmosphere in the empire than Shanghai?
In this context, one can imagine the final choice of the emerging business class who stood out. These are the rules, the rules for the operation of the entire imperial society. Those who break the rules will suffer backlash, while those who oppose the rules will be punished.
It will destroy itself.
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Of course, in the long years, there are always adventurers and challengers, but the final result is that, let alone prospering the industry, they can't even leave Shanghai. The destination of a large part of the people is under the Songjiang River.
Due to the large influx of population, the development of the real estate industry in Shanghai has naturally been stimulated. What needs to be mentioned here is that in the process of urban development, several large-scale land enclosure movements have occurred.
Each time, it was accompanied by a step-by-step increase in population, and the transition of the old and new centers of the imperial court (the new king succeeded, and the prime minister changed). And every enclosure movement was accompanied by bloody storms, but the size of the city also changed.
It has continued to expand and grow in this kind of wind and rain, until it reaches its current scale.
About thirty miles southwest of the port area is Huating County. It was once the county seat of Xiuzhou, but has long since become a territory of Shanghai. Compared with decades ago, Huating City has also changed its appearance.
Although the port area is prosperous, anyone who has spent a few days in Shanghai can find that Huating is the place where the real rich and powerful live in Shanghai and where wealth gathers.
Probably since the Jianlong period, some powerful people have chosen to move their residences from the banks of Songjiang River to Huating City. There are various reasons, but the main reason is the living environment.
Noisy, filthy and stinky are inevitable problems in Shanghai's urban development process. To some Qingliu people who have been to Shanghai, this is a city filled with dirt, and only small people will gather here.
The influx of a large population and excessive development and utilization have also caused serious damage to the ecology of the lower reaches of the Songjiang River, and even affected the drinking water of the people. In the early years, there were still people who drank water directly from the Songjiang River, but nowadays, there are very few of them.
After all, there is everything in Songjiang, including garbage, feces, urine, and corpses. Thinking about these things is nauseating. At the same time, due to the poor sanitary environment, Shanghai citizens have been under the shadow of epidemics all year round, and they die every year due to epidemics.
Thousands of people.
As for the public security situation, there is no need to mention it. Various criminal incidents, large and small, occur one after another. The crime rate is undoubtedly the highest in the country.
These practical factors have led to the gradual withdrawal of the powerful from the Songjiang Port area, and the only surrounding area is Huating. This is an unstoppable trend. After all, how can the upper class of the Yangchunbaixue family stay with those dirty and despicable people for a long time?
Lower Riba people live together.
At the same time, this is also an instinctive adjustment for urban development. The migration of a large number of powerful people to the south not only diverts the population of Jianggang District and reduces its pressure, but also drives the development of the Huating area.
In order to facilitate travel, the "Chenggang Avenue" connecting Huating and the port area was built in two years. The prosperity of the port area spread to the south step by step. A large number of "tertiary industries" established to serve the rich and powerful also became more prosperous.
.For example, there are some people who specially draw water from Dianshan Lake dozens of miles to the west to supply the nobles of Huating.
The old and narrow city base of Huating has long been demolished, and in its place is a large city that has expanded ten times in size and can accommodate tens of thousands of people. Inside the city, there are clean and tidy streets, and rows of space are spread out along the streets.
, the Han Tower with novel style and beautiful landscape, with blue bricks and white walls, gray tiles and red railings, is very impressive.
History is a cycle. While the urban area of Shanghai is becoming more and more open and free, the order in Huating City has gradually changed to strict and solemn. There are thresholds for entering the city, business is targeted, and there is no curfew, but the city prohibition system has been reintroduced.
Take it out. Security patrols start from morning to evening, from night to day, and never stop. Everything is based on the priority of not affecting the comfortable and comfortable life of the nobles.
With the relocation of major government offices in Shanghai, the urban siphon effect has become even more significant. If Huating was compared to a hotel, beds here would be hard to find.
The river port area attracts attention from home and abroad, and Huating City is the cockpit of this big ship. Over the past few decades, Shanghai has experienced changes, countless wealth myths have been born, and generations of heroes have emerged. But can it be built in Huating City?
The next property is the real test of its quality.