Modern Lower Reaches Of The Yangtze River Green Gang

Some areas of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Anhui and Zhejiang of modern times, affiliated area of low reaches of the Changjiang River, always had been the important goods distributing centers and military strategic points. After the Opium War (1840-1842), low reaches of the Changjiang River area turned on the areas of the trading area in the port outside at first as the Yangtze River valley, and it caused the flows of population low reaches and the changes of economic structures of area that had important meanings to the development of secret society at low reaches of the Changjiang Rive in modern times. First of all, opening the port and having trade relations brought about an advance in whole low reaches of the Changjiang River economy and social changes of the areas of low reaches of the Changjiang River, Offered the space shown for the force of underworld gang, especially for the forming and development of Qing Bang in modern times at the same time: On one hand, after opening the port and having trade relations, the developments of commodity economy of quay of land and water offer the wide space developed for force of underworld gang. On the other hand, special society and politics environment of the area offer unique existence terms for the force of underworld gang especially the Qing Bang. In this sense, Qing Bang was the deformity result during the period of the transition society of low reaches of the Changjiang River in modern times. The controls weakening with the society confusedly of low reaches of the Changjiang River during the period of TongGuang that caused by flowing the people and demobilized soldiers supported the good definitely opportunity for the development of the underworld gang and it was just at this time that the Qing Bang was forming and developing.The forming and developing of Qing Bang closely related to inflation of Gangs of armed personnel of smuggling the salt in the low reaches of the Changjiang River.Gangs of armed personnel of smuggling the salt were some organized and armed people, and their organizations developed gradually. The inflation of that force of salt was the inevitable outcome of the monopoly of salt of Qing Dynasty caused the smuggling activity. But, compared with during before modern times of the low reaches of the Changjiang River, because of the changes of the society in modern times of China, its range, way and forming composition appeared some new changes. These changes in the low reaches of the Changjiang River helped the Gangs of armed personnel of smuggling the salt to merge with gangs of sailors in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces and the demobilized soldiers, which made the foundation for the forming of the Qing Bang in modern times.The bang of sailors of LuoJiao in low reaches of the Changjiang River, which existed in the bang of sailors of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces before the Qing Bang forming, was the predecessor of Qing Bang in modern times. But it is not Qing Bang and more meanings should be understood for the secret religion. It was at the time when CaoYun disintegrated that the Qing Bang really formed, after the bang of sailors of LuoJiao and gang of armed personnel of smuggling had combined, this was that a trend of merging with the secret religion and underworld gang each other was unanimous, the gang of armed personnel of smuggling had functioned as a carrier and media during the forming of the Qing Bang.The Qing Bang, which developed rapidly in the low reaches of the Changjiang River after Guangxu, can be divided into the two major centers roughly, namely, with two centers to the north of the Changjiang River to the south of the Changjiang River. Except that in fact carry on the activity ways of the bang of sailors of LuoJiao and gang of armed personnel of smuggling and their system of organizing, it demonstrated different characteristics with changes of the Chinese society in modem times. Especially in the organizing system, it had adapted to the social changes in modern times, and on the basis of organizing system of thebang of sailors of...