Research on the Correlation of Modern Chinese Cities with Silver as the Link——Focusing on Wei Changhou Bank Book Over the Years
Shanxi Wei Changhou Bank,which was established during the Tongzhi period,mainly operated in the areas south of the Yangtze River,forming two exchange circles of North China and coastal areas along the Yangtze River.Overall,the diachron-ic changes were not great,but the addition and withdrawal of branches showed dynamic phased changes.After Tongzhi,The Shanghai Branch of Wei Changhou Bank gradually assumed the main mission of transferring silver from the south to the north.Al-though the momentum weakened in the Mid Guangxu Dynasty compared with Tongzhi,the trend of moving from the south to the north never stopped.Shanxi Wei Changhou Banks operating activities to a certain extent can illustrate:Shanxi Banks specialized financial management in addition to reveal the history of Chinese traditional business to the traditional financial stage leap,which was silver currency spatial movement and spatial distribution in modern China,reflecting the rise and fall of cities,commercial ports,and docks corresponding to the setting of Shanxi Banks branches.
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