Qing Dynasty’s Salt Law System And Its Implementation

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the salt monopoly law system inherited the salt volume law system in the Ming Dynasty. It is mainly about that the government supervised the salt tradesmen to sell salt. The salt tradesmen sell the salt directly with the husbandmen. And the salt tradesmen is according to the outline to sell the salt. In this way,the exclusive rights to sell the salt monopoly by the salt tradesmen. In the late Qing Dynasty, the salt volume law system was difficult to continue to implement. Then it turned to the salt ticket law system. The salt tradesmen were no longer had the exclusive rights to sell the salt monopoly alone. The program that sale the salt began to be simple. And the salt tax got reduced.The implementation of the salt monopoly law system in Qing Dynasty had a mixed situation. On the one hand, the government benefited a lot from the implementation of the salt monopoly law system. On the other hand, disadvantages of the system had emerged.The illegal salt had inundated. There also was the collusion between government and the salt tradesmen. The salt industry administration had destroyed. All of these seriously affected the political and economy in Qing Dynasty. In order to overcome these problems,the dominator in the Qing Dynasty had been exploring to reform the salt industry administration. They tried to adjust the complex interests relationship between the government, the salt officials, the salt tradesmen and the husbandmen. For example, they controlled of the salt production strictly. And they set up the specialized organization to reorganizing the salt trade order. There also was a accountability system made to estimate the salt officials. And the government check the illegal salt grimly. To a certain extent,These measures safeguard the financial benefits of the salt tax. And it also promoted the development of the salt industry commercialization. But on the other hand, the salt monopoly made the salt administrative corruption more seriously. And it hindered the adjustment of economic structure in the qing dynasty.