Research On Problems In The Economic Interaction Between Jiangsu And Anhui In Modern Times (1864-1937)

The war of Taiping Kingdom had seriously damaged the economy of Jiangsu and Anhui.During the decades of economic recovery,Anhui's military lords occupied a large amount of land at the time,although there were large landowners in northern Jiangsu,the concentration of land in southern Jiangsu was low.Therefore,the economic development model of Jiangsu and Anhui showed a lot of differences.At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China,the two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui developed their respective economies,but the gap between the two provinces increased.With the frequent economic interaction between Jiangsu and Anhui,Wuhu,Bengbu and other cities in Anhui Province had been affected and controlled by Jiangsu more and more obvious,showing an unhealthy prosperity.In addition to the grain trade and financial industry,Jiangsu and Anhui had more frequent interactions in the textile industry,catering industry,and tea trade.In the 1930 s,the two provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui jointly coped with the "Great Depression" of the economy.A large number of Anhui laborers had entered Jiangsu to make a living,and a considerable amount of Jiangsu Capital had invested in setting up branches in Anhui.At the end of the 19 th century,Wuhu rice market gradually flourished.In order to made up for financial losses,Jiangsu Province's Likin Bureau was located in Wuhu.Anhui Province at the time also did the same thing.This led to a significant difference in the price of rice between the two provinces.In the early years of the Republic of China,Anhui government had hoped that Jiangsu Likin Bureau left Wuhu.As the Jiangsu government repeatedly threatened economic sanctions,leading to the final failure.Because the Anhui government had continuously improved the Likin rate of rice,what leading to public dissatisfaction.At that time,Wuhu and other places broke out a lot of people to boycott Linkin of rice.During the Nanjing Government period,Anhui's financial and economic situation deteriorated.The cross-border taxation of the Anhui led to a food shortage in the capital,Nanjing.After the national government and the people of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces of the common efforts,and finally ban the rice Likin system.Continued nearly 40 years of the Rice Likin system,blocking the two provinces Between the economic exchanges and development.In modern China,it has been very difficult for the government to issue and circulate the coins.The high price of copper during World War I led to the smuggling of coins and the shortage of coins.At first,Jiangsu and Anhui strictly controlled the large-scale circulation of coins.In order to ease the coin shortage,Anhui and Jiangsu governments have begun to cast the light coppers.Anhui mint cast a large number of copper and silver coins as Jiangsu and Guangdong's.Jiangsu also transported a large number of light coins to Anhui.The problem of inferior coins has caused great damage to the social economy of Jiangsu and Anhui.In ancient times,the flood of the Huaihe River caused huge disasters to Jiangsu and Anhui.At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China,there were figures such as Zhang Jian and Bai Wenwei who were committed to dredging the Huaihe River.In the early years of the Republic of China,Jiangsu and Anhui underwent a brief "cooperation" on the premise of striving for US loans,but they soon became stalemate due to competition for loans.In the early 1920 s,the Anhui authorities refused to undertake the survey funding and announced that they had self-directed the Huaihe River,causing Zhang Jiang and other initiatives to stop the Jianghuai Water Resources Plan.From 1923 to 1924,Jiangsu,Anhui and foreign charities fell into competition for the leadership of the Huaihe River's dredging.During the Beijing government period,the dredging cause of Jiangsu and Anhui had almost no achievements,but there were many contradictions.During the period of the Nanjing government,the project of dredging the Huaihe River was interrupted by the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression,and it is still possible to find that Anhui has more sacrifices.In modern times,with the location advantage of the intersection of the Huaihe River and the Jinpu Railway,it became the hub for the distribution of Huaibei salt in northern Jiangsu to the provinces of Anhui and Henan.Due to the relatively free sales system in the salt industry,there has been a certain amount of development.At the same time,the salt market has been stagnated due to numerous wars and famines.From the end of the 19 th century to the 1930 s,the authorities successively set up a number of institutions to manage the salt market.The Salt Administrator supported salt transportation merchants to set up a salt public office to boycott traditional salt industry guild,it eventually led to a great contradiction between the two sides,and several crises broke out.Although the Public Management office was banned,the salt and salt industry has lost its reputation.Due to the geographical proximity,Jiangsu and Anhui have had an inextricable connection with their economy,culture and politics since ancient times.The economic development of southern Jiangsu in modern times is obvious to all,at the same time,Anhui's investment environment was poor and the market purchasing power was weak,leading to capital outflows.Since the 20 th century,Jiangsu's influence on Anhui's economy has become stronger and stronger.On the contrary,Anhui's economy was getting weaker.The economic interaction under the background of the special political and economic structure in modern times often cannot really promote the harmonious development of the two provinces.