The Southern Song Dynasty In Sichuan Region Of Salt Policy Research

Well salt was an important material resource in sichuan in song dynasty.The northern song inherited the salt monopoly system of the tang and the five dynasties.With the appearance of zhuotongjing,private salt began to flourish.The government of the northern song dynasty failed in the attempt to strengthen the control and had to admit its existence.From the late northern song dynasty to the early southern song dynasty,continuous wars occupied the government's main energy,but also brought heavy financial burden.The government then implemented the salt diversion law,using the tax collected from zhuo tongjing to relieve the pressure on military expenditure.At the same time,the policy of the northern song dynasty was still followed.Since the middle period of shaoxing,the malpractice of salt introduction law has been exposed continuously,and the situation of salt producer and salt merchants has been deteriorating gradually.salt producer 's output is too high,salt introduction has encountered obstacles in sales,and the salt price has been continuously reduced.Coupled with the impact of private salt on the market,the problem has become more and more serious.For this reason,the government of the southern song dynasty,when the war stopped for a while and the financial burden was relatively reduced,adopted the fiscal policy of relief and reduction of heavy taxes on sichuan,implemented the push and discharge of salt Wells,tried to reduce the obstacles in the transportation and sales of salt merchants,and at the same time started to control the problem of salt smuggling to recover the salt market.With some effort,the price of salt recovered,the situation for farmers and salt merchants improved,and the fiscal troubles of the states were reduced.As an important source of fiscal revenue for sichuan in the southern song dynasty,yanli played an important role in both military expenditure and local fiscal expenditure.However,with the frequent and tragic wars in the late southern song dynasty,social production and economic activities suffered great damage,and the government's salt policy could no longer maintain the original effect.To this end,the government has been trying to raise various kinds of taxes and levies to maintain its financial expenditure.In order to make up for the use of local finance,the government has been printing money,which has caused new economic problems.Through the management and control of well salt resources in sichuan,the government maximized the salt profits and realized its own financial goals in the middle andearly period of the southern song dynasty.However,due to the impact of the war in the middle and late period,social production suffered serious damage and the people were in dire straits.At this time,the salt policy in sichuan also lost its original effect.