Nanjing is an ancient historical city. Its capital, Nanjing, not only makes Nanjing the capital of the world, but also becomes the first capital of China in urban construction, which also brings social and economic prosperity to the ancient city of Nanjing. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the population of Nanjing grew rapidly, from a medium-sized city with an initial population of several hundred thousand to an international super metropolis with a population of one million. So, how is such an international super metropolis divided and distributed? Generally speaking, in the early Ming Dynasty, Nanjing urban area can be roughly divided into Gao Qian rich area, handicraft and commercial area, religious and cultural area, imperial military area, imperial regime center area, royal garden area and scenic and recreational area. Changfu Street, Xinfu Street and Fudeng Lane in Gao Qian are rich areas. At that time, the rich areas in Gao Qian were mainly concentrated on both sides of the Inner Qinhuai River, that is, the area from Zhenhuai Bridge to Xiafu Bridge and the north-south belt of Beixin Street. Especially from Zhenhuai Bridge to Xiapontoon Bridge, this area is Gao Qian District in the early Ming Dynasty, where princes and nobles gather. At that time, a poet wrote a poem, which vividly described the unprecedented grand occasion of the gathering of nouveau riche in Huaiyou, Nanjing: many Chu guests in short coats came at once, and the whole city was half Huai. The Huaihe River Basin belonged to the State of Chu at that time, and Zhu Yuanzhang and the heroes of his hometown China were born in the Huaihe River Basin. So the Chu people and Huai people in the poem refer to these Fengyang people and Dingyuan people. They suddenly gathered in Nanjing, occupying half of Nanjing, showing that there were many upstarts at that time. These high officials and dignitaries, relying on their special achievements or special blood relationship with Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, lived in this specific area south of Nanjing relatively densely, and became famous for a while, or left a deep imprint on their residences in Nanjing, or as street names that have been circulated as symbols for hundreds of years, or left their former residences for future generations. For example, the former residence of Kaiping Wang Chang Yuchun, who once opened a mansion in Nanjing Yanggongjing, has ceased to exist after years of baptism, but Changfu Street has therefore become the place name of that area; There is a carved archway licensed by Zhu Yuanzhang in front of Chang Yuchun House, which Nanjing calls the carved archway. Today's flower archway is gone, but the place name of this flower archway has been used to this day. However, the Duke of Xin Guo, Tanghe, was later named King of Dongou, and his palace was in Xinfu Street. Unfortunately, only the place names were left, which made us daydream about the glorious scene of that year. So is Deng Yu, the king of Ninghe River, in his mansion in Nanfu Deng Xiang. Due to various reasons, in the early Ming Dynasty, many high-ranking officials' mansions, such as Zhanyuan in Nanjing Confucius Temple, Zhongshan Palace and Bailuzhou Park, left only vicissitudes of place names, except for one place, namely Zhongshan Palace in Xu Da, the Duke of Wei. Xu Da Palace is located in Zhanyuan Road, south of the city, with the place name of Big Public House. At that time, the scope of Wei government was roughly east of Zhonghua Road, west of Confucius Temple, south of Jiankang Road, north of Zhanyuan Road and right of Qinhuai River. The grandeur of its momentum is evident. The exhibition garden that we can still see in the Confucius Temple today is just a western garden in the official residence of Wei State. In fact, Wei Gongdong has a garden, which is very close to the Confucius Temple. It is called Sui Chuyuan, but it has declined. In addition to the East Garden and the West Garden in the palace, there is also a very beautiful garden outside the palace, that is, the East Garden in the palace, now the Bailuzhou Park. The name of Egret Island is said to come from the poem: Three mountains hold up half the sky, like this island where egrets divide water. It can be seen that the beauty of its scenery at that time. Because it is located on the east side of Wei's official residence, people generally call it the East Garden. The Duke of Wei was given by Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty, to Xu Da, the first general of Daming. After Xu Da's death, his eldest son Xu Huizu and his descendants inherited the title and lived here for generations. There is another person in the Xu family who won the title of Duke of Daming, and that is Xu Zengshou, the fourth son of Xu Da. This man was an official of the Wen Jian dynasty, but secretly

Handicraft and Business Concentration Area Map of Handicraft and Business Distribution Area of the Four Capitals of the Southern Tang Dynasty Imperial City In addition to the rich residential areas on both sides of the Qinhuai River, the south of Nanjing was also a bustling industrial and commercial concentration area for Song Wenyu and Zhang men and women in the early Ming Dynasty. In the past, the central area should be near Wangfu Garden on Zhonghua Road, and the exact location is within Jubaomen in the south. Among them, Sanshan Street, Royal Street in South Tang Dynasty is particularly prosperous, and Cheng 'en Temple in the southeast of Neiqiao is relatively developed. In the Ming Dynasty, according to records, only a few people in Du Nan were collecting goods, but in the end it became a pit, from Sanshan Street west to Doumen Bridge, a famous national name line. Now, there is a huge painting in the Chinese History Museum, which truly records the prosperity of commodity economy in southern Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty. After research by experts and scholars, this painting depicts the bustling scene of Sanshan Street, Shengzhou Road and Jianye Road markets. There are 109 kinds of shop signs in the painting, and 1000 words. Some people call it Qingming Riverside Map. In the Ming dynasty. At that time, the industrial and commercial prosperity in southern Nanjing was an armchair strategist. At that time, there were four main types of businessmen in Nanjing: the first type of businessmen, foreign businessmen and shop owners. At that time, the Ming Empire built official corridors or cloisters on both sides of the commercial street in the capital Nanjing. In Hongwu 191February, Zhu Yuanzhang wrote to the Governor's Mansion in Zhong Jun, and in 1920, he built the official corridors of Tongji, Jubao, Sanshan and Hongwu, which can be rented or purchased. The reason for this is that the Ming Dynasty wanted to make commercial profits and was easy to manage. It is precisely because of the imperial government's orderly management of commerce that many professional streets quickly formed in Nanjing in the early Ming Dynasty, such as Jubaomen, which is famous for its sugar gallery. Sanshan Street is full of bookstores, framed galleries and silk corridors. Chaotian Palace is famous for its red paper gallery; Today, there is Mingwa Gallery in the southwest of Xinjiekou in the city, and these place names are still in use today. The second kind of businessmen, local craftsmen, are local soldiers, civilians and craftsmen in Nanjing. They are both specialized craftsmen and part-time businessmen. Shijie and Qijiawan were established here in the early Ming Dynasty, when Nanjing's handicraft industry ranked first in the country. In the early Ming Dynasty, more than 200,000 artisans were mobilized for urban construction and labor, which objectively prospered the industrial and commercial economy of Nanjing and the United States. At that time, Nanjing handicraft industry had developed to 360 lines! Some people think that in the early Ming Dynasty, there were many foreigners living in Qijiawan, Nanjing. Among them, people from the western regions are the most popular, and they are good at unique crafts. For example, the cowhide sesame candy we eat today is the production technology taught by these western regions to the northwest ethnic minorities. These people from the western regions live in Shiping Street, and many of them are engaged in leather processing and manufacturing, thus forming a professional leather street in Shiping Street, called the leather workshop of Pishi Street. After a long time, more and more foreigners came, and everyone called Shi Jie. It was recorded in the Qing Dynasty that Shiping Street, also known as Pifang, had more skin attackers than residents from Nail Lane to Qijiawan today. In summer, filth can't be approached, and it still follows the old habits. And turn to the east lane, called leather factory, where the leather workshop is located. Qijiawan, which is a T-shaped intersection with Shiping Street, is also a professional street for leather processing and manufacturing. It is said that seven of them are the most famous, so people call that place Qijiawan. This is another folk version of the origin of Nanjing Qijiawan place name. Nanjing, the capital of Zhu Yuanzhang, was prosperous in industry and commerce in 1000.

The third kind of people who did business in Nanjing in the Ming Dynasty were rural and urban farmers, who mainly traded in the urban-rural fringe, that is, the ancient city, and could never be understood as a city in the modern sense. In ancient China, fixed-point but time-limited trading places were usually called fairs, similar to the places where farmers go to market today. In the early Ming Dynasty, Nanjing, the capital city, was mainly outside the big city gates such as Shichengmen, Sanshanmen and Jubaomen. The fourth kind of businessman-benefit from it. As for officials and businessmen, China has existed in all dynasties, and they are all very powerful, and sometimes they even monopolize many economic fields. This kind of official business is similar to state-owned monopoly enterprises. Have you ever heard that official prostitutes are also a kind of official business? In the Ming Dynasty, officials and businessmen mainly engaged in the following industries: First, corridor housing. As mentioned earlier, it is said that hundreds of cloisters have been built in the area of Shangxin River. In fact, in addition to cloisters in the imperial government, it seems that the army at that time also had them. Geng Shen's memoir "May 31st" records that Yu Youding burned down more than 60 corridor rooms, and there are still remnants, so the Ministry of Justice demanded that he be punished. If he is not what he is now, let him go. Second, the house collapsed. At the beginning, all the military and civilian houses in Beijing were given by officials, and there was no place to give them. When the goods arrive, they are parked on the boat or stored outside the city. The price fluctuates greatly and the businessman is ill. The emperor was ordered to live outside the gate of Sanshan Mountain, near the water as his residence, and the name of his residence was Bengzang Commercial Goods. In other words, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of collapsed houses by the water outside Sanshanmen, similar to the current transit warehouse. The collapsed houses are specially designed for businessmen to transfer their inventory, which is convenient for them to do business here; And the government collects certain management fees, taxes and so on. Third, the restaurant. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the construction of 16 large state-owned hotels such as Shinan Building, Beishi Building and Acura Building on the most prosperous commercial passages such as Jiangdongmen, Jubaomen, Sanshanmen and Sanshan Street. People in the Ming Dynasty recorded the prosperous scene of Shinan Pagoda: at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Loushou County in Shinan held a magistrate's poetry banquet: the imperial capital was full of songs and dances, and the four seas were peaceful. Longkou River is surrounded by beautiful scenery and Fengge is full of fireworks. Qian Ci's gracious banquet increased the courtesy of the Jade Palace. Gaidenglin is good at fu, and the lyrics can only be praised. Looking at this poem, we can see its prosperity at that time. Fourth, official prostitutes. If there is wine, there must be a beautiful woman to accompany it, so the more you drink, the more fragrant it will be. Since so many restaurants have been formally established, we certainly can't forget this special form of entertainment consumption: whoring. Therefore, there is a fourth form of official business: official prostitution. In the early Ming Dynasty, there were six official restaurants dedicated to official prostitutes: when Zhu Yuanzhang was in Beijing, he built a hall on the sixth floor outside Jubaomen to keep people away. A guest, a retranslation, a light smoke, a light pink, a face, a.