试述明清时期的长芦贡盐

The Gong Salt of Ming and Qing Dynasties

贡盐即充作贡品上纳给朝廷的盐及盐制品。明清时期,贡盐主要由长芦运司办纳,其种类有青盐、白盐、盐砖与盐卤。长芦贡盐主要用于祭祀及供宫廷人员、部分在京官员食用,数量庞大。其进缴初以实物,后将超过实际需用部分改征折色,以供朝廷移作他用,这一改变虽有利于灶户自由支配其劳动力,更表现了统治者的贪婪。

The Gong salt is salt and salt products that were tribute to the court. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Gong salt was the responsibility of ChangluYunSi. There are green salt, white salt, salt brine and brick. The Changlu Gong salt was usually used for worship, and was used for court personnel, and the officials in Beijing. The number of the Gong salt is very large. At the beginning, the Gong salt was tributed by salt, but it was tributed by money many years later. The hole thing shows the ruler＇s greedy.