顾家相与萍乡铁路购地的博弈

The Game between Gu Jiaxiang and Pingxiang Railway Land Purchasing

在萍乡铁路购地过程中,萍乡知县顾家相作为中介并发挥主导作用,与购地双方乃至全县绅士展开了一场复杂博弈。他一方面代表绅民和地方,力请优给田价、保全农田水利;另一方面制定法令,依靠当地绅士具体执行购地,并坚持责成其发挥绅士的传统职能排解纠纷。在这一过程中,他曾遇到巨族豪门的激烈反对,反映了晚清地方官与绅士间既有合作又有矛盾、此消彼长的特定情势,也突现了部分绅士隐藏在守旧观念背后的权利追逐。最终顾家相博弈获胜。这场博弈顾家相取胜的关键,在于他作为地方官切实维护了绅民与萍乡地方的切身利益,从而获得了绅士主流的支持。

During the process of PingXing railway land purchasing, as a agent, the county dean Gu Jiaxiang played a guiding role and launched a complex game with the purchasing sides and the whole county landlords. On one hand, he represented the landlords and the local government, applying for good prico for the farmland and preserving the farmland and water conservancy; on the other hand, he enacted decrees, implemented the land purchasing depending on the landlords and insisted on giving them instruction to exert their traditional function to resolve disputes. During this process, he had encountered giant family＇s fierce opposition, which reflected both cooperation and conflict between the local officials and landlords, the ebb and flow of their power in the specific situation in the late Qing Dynasty. And it also showed the interest chasing of part landlords hiding behind the conservative idea. Finally, Gu Jiaxiang won the game. The key to winning this game is that Gu Jiaxiang acting as the local official safeguarded the interests of landlords and Pingxiang and obtained the support of landlords mainstream.