合肥大学学报

雍正年间，为强化中央集权，清廷对地方行政区划进行了系统性调整，增设直隶州成为其中的核心举措。六安州作为雍正二年首批升格的直隶州，其升格决策是政治、地理、经济等多重因素交织的结果。通过梳理《六安州志》等史志文献，深入分析了六安州升格的动因：自然地理环境复杂、人口增长导致庐州府治理压力激增，以及六安茶作为贡茶对中央财政与控制的重要性。升格后，在社会治理、文化教育等领域对六安州产生了积极影响。

During the Yongzheng era, in order to strengthen centralization, the Qing court carried out systematic adjustments to local administrative divisions, with the establishment of directly governed prefectures as a core measure. Lu'an Prefecture, which was among the first to be upgraded to a direct‑ly governed prefecture in the second year of Yongzheng's reign, saw its elevation as a result of the in‑terplay of political, geographical, and economic factors. By combing through historical records such as the “Annals of Lu'an Prefecture”, this paper deeply analyzed the driving forces behind Lu'an Prefec‑ture's elevation: the complex natural geographical environment, the sharp increase in population that intensified the governance pressure on Luzhou Prefecture, and the significance of Lu'an tea as a trib‑ute to the central government in terms of finance and control. After the elevation, the change had a pos‑itive impact on Lu'an Prefecture in areas such as social governance and cultural education, and its historical significance is far-reaching.