A Study On Wang Yongjiang And The Early Modernization Of Fengtian Province (1916-1926)

China is a post-modern country. Due to the lack of dynamic factors to promote the modernization development in a traditional society, the state and local governments bear the primary responsibility for promoting the early modernization process. Therefore, whether the results of early modernization achieved or not depends on the functional level the government and its various executive branches have achieved. However, any social phenomenona including the government activities, in the final analysis, are the results of individual will in power, whether the Government carry out the duties of modernization and the functioned outcome is often closely related with the government administrative officials'status of individuals, experience, ability and personality. During the Manchurian warlord's rule, the early modernization of Fengtian Provincepropelled largely by the local government, thus highlights the importance of those in power of the local governments. Wang Yongjiang is the important person during the reign of the Manchurian warlord, who has served as Police Commissioner of Fengtian Province, the Treasurer, the Acting Governor and other positions, the research on his policies and implementation during its tenure is helpful to rich the early modernization research of northeast from the view of individuals and government-run point. This article includes six parts:Part I: Wang Yongjiang and fiscal, taxation and financial rectification in Fengtian Province. Wang Yongjiang gives the connotation of early modernization by formulating a series of laws on strengthening tax agencies and tax personnel management, amending the unreasonable tax, guiding the tax management toward legalization. At the same time, what he has taken measures of banning the private quote, rectifying Fengpiao, restructuring Northeast official silver name and other measures, is conducive to unify currency and the currency right, regulate financial institutions management, and accelerate the Fengtian Provinceearly modernization process of financial and monetary system.Part II: Wang Yongjiang and Fengtian Provinceearly agriculture modernization. During served as the Director of Fengtian ProvinceLand Measurement, Land Reclamation Bureau and Acting Governor, Wang Yongjiang actively promoted the policies of Zhangfang, immigration resettlement and cultivation, these accelerated the further change of Fengtian Provinceland rights relationship; What he enacted a series of policies and regulations on transformation of traditional agriculture was accelerating the growth of new agricultural economy, improving the commercialization of agricultural products and promoting Fengtian Provinceearly agricultural modernization.Part III: Wang Yongjiang and early traffic modernization. Wang Yongjiang developed a series of highway construction policies to ensure unimpeded access of the cart;He actively supported government-run automobile factory and business Motors Corp., to promote the automobile transport industry's emergence; He maintained the right of Northeast railway rights, led to the rapid development of Northeast economics and promoted Fengtian Provincetraffic early modernization by ruling railway construction plan, building Kai-Feng, Feng-Hai Railway and open up the railway.Part IV: Wang Yongjiang and early education modernization in Fengtian Province. Wang Yongjiang headed up Fengtian Provinceeducational system reform, Prepared Northeastern University and developed public education, so the speed and scale of Fengtian Provinceearly education modernization is a leading position in the country.Part V: Wang Yongjiang and the evolution of urban construction modernization. Urbanization, in essence, is the formation process of urban civilization and also an important symbol of modernization, Wang Yongjiang built municipal public place and planned the overall cities to make urban management more democratic, legal system. At the same time, he focused on urban economic development to make a series of national industry and commerce rise, such as Fengtian Provincespinning mills and promote the city's early modernization process.Part VI: Wang Yongjiang and the power of government and police building with district and village. Wang Yongjiang built power of government and police with district and village to promote the administration of provincial government to spread to the entire community; it is a certain degree of sense of the modern state-building process.The conclusion part analyzes that as the major designer, Wang Yongjiang promoted the early modernization of Fengtian Province. He energetically introduced the western cultural achievements, emphasized on the inheritance of the traditional values, and initiated the construction of the model of"Environment Protection and Resident Safety"regional modernization through the building-up of self-strength and the protection of national rights.