清代两广盐区私盐盛行现象初探

A study of Voguish Salt Smuggling of Double Guang in the Qing Dynasty

清代两广盐区是一个在全国具有重要地位的盐区。按^口与官益额定销量进行比较，发现两广人均私盐量高于全国水平。就其原因，一是两广盐商经济实力远逊于淮商、芦商导致该地区出现无人无商之地使私盐乘隙而起，二是两广行盐地区地形复杂适于走私，三是两广盐区某些政治上或盐政上的权力真空的存在促使私盐泛滥。本文还论述了两广盐区私盐盛行的社会影响。

Abstract The salt region of double guang was important one in the whole nation in the Qing Dynasty. The paper is a discription of the reason of voguish salt smuggling of double Guang in the Qing Dynasty and its social influence.