In the past, there were many tribes living in the Huaihe River Basin and the Yellow Sea, and the civilization here was relatively backward compared with the Central Plains. The Central Plains civilization called the clan communities living around them Yi, Rong, Man and Di. Yancheng, located in the Huaihe River basin, is a big and strong tribe, so it is called? Huaiyi? .
In ancient books, there are records of Xia rulers' expedition to Huaidian.
In Shang Dynasty, Huaiyi became powerful and threatened the rear of Shang Dynasty. Shang Dynasty launched many large-scale wars to conquer Huaiyi.
The Zhou Dynasty enfeoffed many vassal states, Yancheng belonged to the State of Wu at that time, and the State of Wu was later annexed by the State of Yue, which was later annexed by the State of Chu, until the world finally returned to the State of Qin. The advanced culture of the Central Plains was gradually accepted by Dongyi, and foreigners gradually merged into the Chinese nation.
Situation map of Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period
During the Qin Dynasty, Yancheng belonged to Donghai County, and it was more likely to belong to Huaiyin.
At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Sheyang was the fief of Liu Hou.
In the fourth year of Emperor Yuanshou of the Han Dynasty, Du Yan County was set up, and together with Sheyang County, it belonged to Linhuai County, which was the beginning of Yancheng County. In particular, Sheyang County here refers to Sheyang County in Yangzhou, which belongs to modern Yancheng. At that time, Sheyang County was still sleeping at the bottom of the sea, and no land was formed.
Du Yan County was established in the Western Han Dynasty.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Du Yan County was changed to Guangling County.
The Three Kingdoms belong to Xuzhou, Wei, which was called Du Yan County at that time. Some of them belonged to Pixian County and some belonged to Guangling County. Located at the junction of Wu and Wei, the county has become a military pass where the North and the South have been repeatedly defeated. People in Du Yan County have fled to the south of the Yangtze River. Du Yan and Sheyang counties were abandoned due to war and scattered population.
Jian' an seven sons? Chen Lin is one of them. He is from Du Yan County. He is a hero in the world and is used by Cao Cao. He died in 2 17 and was buried by the ancient Sheyang River.
Du Yan was a big county in the Han Dynasty, and the first county magistrate recorded in historical books was Sun Jian. According to the Records of Yancheng County, the remains of the ancient well used by Sun Jian's father Zhong Sun still exist in Yancheng Middle School.
In the early years of the Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Jin recruited refugees and restored Sheyang and Du Yan counties.
Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (397-405), Du Yan County was renamed Yancheng County, and Yancheng began to have its name.
In the early Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sheyang County was abolished and merged into Yancheng County, which was subordinate to Shanyang County. Chen Chao changed Sheyang County to Yancheng County. At that time, many bankrupt working people in the north fled to the south of the Huaihe River, and the rulers encouraged people from the south of the Yangtze River to move to Jiangbei. Yancheng county's population economy was once improved.
In the late Northern and Southern Dynasties, Yancheng's salt industry economy developed further, and there was a saying that "salt fields all around the city".
After the Sui Dynasty unified China, Yancheng County was abolished and replaced by Jiangdu County. Later, Wei Che, the leader of the peasant uprising, established political power in Yancheng, which was divided into Xin 'an and Anle counties.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Yancheng County was restored, belonging to Huainan Road. According to local records, when Emperor Taizong sent troops to North Korea, the famous Xue was stationed at Yongning Temple in Yancheng, building warships and practicing naval division at the seaside. General Weichi Gong built the Haichunxuan Tower by the Xixi Trench in Dongtai today, so that warships and merchant ships entering and leaving Yancheng Haikou can identify their course.
Yancheng county in Tang dynasty
The Tang government set up Yancheng overseers in Yancheng to manage salt affairs. Yancheng can pay more than one million salt taxes to the state every year, which is equivalent to the tribute of more than one hundred states. By the late Tang dynasty, it had risen to more than six million yuan, and the salt tax alone reached half of the fiscal revenue of the whole feudal country. At that time, the salaries of the court and officials were paid from salt tax.
In the Tang Dynasty, Yancheng was also one of the important ports visited by overseas envoys. According to the new and old records of the Tang Dynasty, the North Korean monk Great Sage, Silla King, Jin Shixin, Japanese Ambassador Makoto Suta, Shi Gen Xiaoye and Ma Lu Abe all landed in Yancheng and went to Chang 'an or went to sea.