Speaking of Jiangpu County in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, it is estimated that everyone has not heard of it, and the old Nanjing people should know. Jiangpu County, once a county on the north bank of the Yangtze River, has now been merged into pukou district of Nanjing. Jiangpu County is not far from Nanjing, but in 1949 it was included in Anhui Province. It was not until four years later, in 1953, that it was redivided to Jiangsu Province. So, why is There a repeated division of Jiangpu County? This is related to the actual situation in Anhui and Jiangsu provinces.
First, after the separation of Jiangsu and Anhui, the problem of the provincial capital appeared
Jiangpu County is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and Jiangpu itself has the meaning of a river crossing. After the Yuan Dynasty unified the whole country, it divided the country into 10 provinces and adopted the provincial system that has been used today. The provincial system of the Yuan Dynasty was still relatively simple, and there were many problems in the management mode of various aspects. After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the provincial system left by the Yuan Dynasty was followed, but it was re-improved and divided. The Ming Dynasty had two capitals in name, namely Nanjing and Beijing, and naturally there were two regions, the Southern Zhili and the Northern Zhili. At that time, Nanzhili included what is now Jiangsu Province, Shanghai Municipality, and Anhui Province. It was during the reign of the Ming Dynasty that Jiangpu County emerged and came under the jurisdiction of Ying Tianfu, which is now the city of Nanjing. That is to say, from the beginning of its establishment, Jiangpu County is one of the outer counties of Nanjing.
After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Beijing became the capital, Nanjing was renamed Jiangning Province, and Nanzhili also became Jiangnan Province. The highest levels of the Qing Dynasty were very worried about this province, because Jiangnan Province had a large population and was the country's economic center of gravity. If there were separatist forces, it would be difficult for the central government of the Qing Dynasty to control. Therefore, in the early days of the reign of the Kangxi Emperor, the Qing Dynasty divided Jiangnan Province into two parts, namely Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province. Since one province was split into two provinces, there were many congenital deficiencies in the two provinces. For example, Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu, is located in the southwest of Jiangsu Province, which is not conducive to the management of the northern Jiangsu region. Anhui Province also has the same problem, the capital of Anhui Province Anqing is located in the southern Anhui region, which is not conducive to the management of the northern Anhui region. Geographically, Nanjing's management of Anhui is very appropriate. Therefore, from the Kangxi Dynasty to the Qianlong Dynasty, Anhui Inspector Yamen has remained in Nanjing. In the middle of the reign of the Qianlong Emperor, at the urging of his colleagues in Jiangsu, he moved to Anqing.
Second, Jiangpu County once became the provincial capital, although it did not last long
In the later period of the Qing Dynasty' rule, the famous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement broke out, and the main base areas of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were southern Jiangsu and southern Anhui. At that time, Nanjing was the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom divided its jurisdiction into several provinces, of which Jiangpu County became the capital of Tianpu Province. This lasted for 6 years, and only after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was suppressed did the old model of the Qing Dynasty be restored. According to records at the time, although Jiangpu County was located north of the Yangtze River, it was a relatively prosperous area. In modern history, although the geography of Nanjing has undergone several changes, Jiangpu County is still subordinate to nanjing. This continued until 1949, the year of the founding of the country.
At that time, Jiangsu Province had not yet been completely liberated, so the state divided Jiangsu Province into the Northern Jiangsu Administration District and the Southern Jiangsu Provincial Administration District. As for Nanjing, due to the need to manage large cities, Nanjing was established as a municipality directly under the central government. However, at that time, the municipality was only in the urban area, and the counties outside the urban area were not under the administration of the municipality. At this time, the status of Jiangpu County was embarrassing. Because Nanjing, which is next to him, has become a municipality directly under the central government, the two administrative districts of southern Jiangsu and northern Jiangsu are relatively far away from themselves. Under such circumstances, Jiangpu County was temporarily divided into anhui province. This continued until 1952, when the situation in all aspects of the country had stabilized and the country began to merge 8 sub-districts. In January 1953, the Northern Jiangsu Branch District and the Southern Jiangsu Branch Office District were merged. At the same time, Nanjing was stripped of its status as a municipality directly under the central government and re-established as the capital of Jiangsu Province.
Pukou District and Jiangpu County were merged in the early 21st century
Now that Jiangsu Province has been re-established, those areas that have been entrusted to the provisional administration of neighboring provinces should be returned to Jiangsu Province. In 1953, Xuzhou and other places, which were temporarily assigned to Shandong Province, were returned to Jiangsu Province. At the same time, Jiangpu County, which was divided into Anhui Province, was also returned to Jiangsu and re-incorporated into the Nanjing area. In the 1960s and 1970s, Nanjing and the surrounding areas underwent a round of regional divisions, and some changes occurred. Jiangpu County has become a history, because with the deepening of reform and opening up, the economy of Nanjing has developed rapidly, and the urban area has been further expanded. In 2002, Jiangpu County was abolished and merged into Pukou District. For the old Nanjing people, perhaps knowing Jiangpu County, a new generation of Nanjing people have adopted the term Pukou District. Coincidentally, one of Xiaobian's classmates is from Jiangpu County. He still uses the saying of Jiangpu County and cannot change his mouth, but people who are a few years younger than him say Pukou District.