Study On Ming And Qing Dynasty Jiangxi Businessmen Group And Guizhou Regional Society

Before Guizhou became a province,it belonged to Sichuan, Yunnan and Huguang provinces, until the Ming Yongle fourteen years (1417), Guizhou province was established,and it was also the beginning of bureaucratization of native officers. During this period, the increasing exchange of goods activities promoted the development of commodity economy, businessmen’activities became increasingly active. With the germination of commodity economy and the bureaucratization of native officers policy, relied on the adjacency and convenient traffic, Jiangxi businessmen went to this new land, began to work hard.The counties of Shiqian and Zhenyuan located in the east of Guizhou province,due to their unique geography position,they became the first station for Jiangxi businessmen to arrive in Guizhou, Zhenyuan also was called "the key to the Yunnan and Guizhou", the preserved Longevity Palace can tell us this period of history. Zhenyuan directly adjacented to neighbouring Hunan province, The Wuyang river passed through the county,it headed from Guizhou Weng’an, flowed northeast through Huangping, Shibing, to Qingxi, YangPing eastward,eventually through Yuping to Hunan Xinhuang, We can say, the chosen geographic condition provided a lot of advantages to the business development.The Ming and Qing Jiangxi businessmen group not only brought the germination of commodity economy and Centre-China culture to Guizhou province, but also promoted the state control of the local society. This article from the background of Guizhou bureaucratization of native officers and the formation of Jiangxi businessmen group, taking Shiqian and Zhenyuan—he two places which Jiangxi businessmen arrived earliest and the most concentrated area of Jiangxi businessmen as the perspective, through the research of the the local Jiangxi businessmen, group and the belief system of Longevity Palace, explorer the influence of Jiangxi businessmen group on Guizhou regional economy and social culture, and through the contradiction between local people and the guest to study the interactive process of localization of guest businessmen and culture changes in minorities’areas.