Jiangsu Zhejiang Branch

The branch office of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was called the branch office of Zhejiang in Ming Dynasty, which was a unique government organ in the history of Wuzhen. He was also in charge of local lawsuits, commonly known as the second government office. It took more than 370 years from its establishment in Jiajing of Ming Dynasty to its revocation in the early Republic of China.

Jiangsu Zhejiang Branch

The branch office of Jiangsu and Zhejiang was called the branch office of Zhejiang in Ming Dynasty, which was a unique government organ in the history of Wuzhen. He was also in charge of local lawsuits, commonly known as the second government office.

essential information

It took more than 370 years from its establishment in Jiajing of Ming Dynasty to its revocation in the early Republic of China.

Wuzhen is located at the junction of seven counties (Tongxiang, Shimen, Xiushui, Wucheng, Gui'an, Wujiang and Zhenze) in three prefectures (Jiaxing, Huzhou and Suzhou) of two provinces (Zhejiang and Jiangsu). It is crowded with people, crisscrossed with rivers and harbors, and difficult to be controlled by miscellaneous officials. In the 19th year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty (1540), Shi Ru, a former deputy envoy to Guangdong Province, failed to separate the county government. The Ministry proposed to set up a new general judge, who was stationed in the town to supervise the administration. He built his residence in the east of Pujing Temple, which was called the additional library. In the second year of Longqing (1568), he was a former official. He was not stationed in Wuzhen. He was really a county and city, so he was referred to as a redundant member and proposed to be dismissed. In the third year of Wanli (1575), due to the rampant salt robberies around Wuzhen, Zhu bingru, governor Xie Pengju, and Xiao's huishu were appointed as the candidates for political participation. Instead, a member of the chief inspector general was appointed to guard against them. Changchuan was stationed in tuowu town to arrest the robbers, take charge of the water conservancy and salt law, accept lawsuits at will, and eliminate the evils. It is the expansion of the original building, known as Zhejiang branch.

development history

In the early Qing Dynasty, it was established in the Ming Dynasty, but it was still established as an addition to Tongzhi. Shunzhi four years (1647) in accordance with the law cut leather, Yu destroyed. In the first year of Emperor Kangxi (1662), Zhang Wulie, the chief inspector of Huzhou, moved Tongzhi to Wuzhen to "control the salt raids in Jiangsu and Zhejiang". Dong Hance, a townsman, donated the empty room on the left side of Xizhong bridge as a house, which was known as the inspector general's office. 18、 Nine years after the collapse of the Department, officials returned to Fucheng. In the third year of Yongzheng reign (1725), the gentry of the town was not quiet about stealing salt. They called on the general captor Tongzhi to stay in Wuzhen to suppress it. The next year, governor Li weizhun changed the general captor's knowledge of Huzhou prefecture to Wuzhen captor's knowledge, and there was no danger of returning to the county. In 1728, he bought Tang Yanhui's former residence in Qiaoxi, an official of xizha County, and transferred the official bank to rebuild it into a house, which was called Jiangzhe branch office. Xianfeng ten years (1860) war, destroyed the hall, Tongzhi four years (1864) repair. In 1915, it was sold to the public at a price. The office buildings were removed and gradually became houses.

In 2004, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang branch office was rebuilt according to the original appearance of the Tongzhi period in the Qing Dynasty, in order to preserve historical relics.

Address: No.466, Longyuan Road, Wuzhen (in dongzha scenic area)

Longitude: 120.49643516541

Latitude: 30.7404087709