明清淮扬运河城镇发展的驱动因素探析

Analysis of Driving Factors of Development of Huaiyang Canal Town in the Ming and Qing Dynasties

城镇发展是多种自然与人文因素共同作用的结果。明清淮扬地区是一个相对独立的地理单元,以“通漕保运”为中心的河工治理与河漕管理,以及借助运道的食盐转运,是拉动明清淮扬运河城镇发展的三驾马车。河工、漕运、盐务都是国家财政的重要内容,反映了运河城镇发展与王朝政治的密切联系。

The development of town is the result of a combined action of natural and human factors.Huaiyang rejion in the Ming and Qing Dynasties is a relatively independent geographical unit.The management of river and grain transportation and the salt transportation through the rivers are the three carriages that promote the development of the Huaiyang Canal town in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.River work,grain transportation and salt administration are all important contents of the state finance.Therefore,these factors reflect the close relationship between the development of the canal towns and the politics of the dynasty.