评林则徐对两湖盐务的整顿及其成效

On Lin Zexu's Reorganizing of Salt Trade Order and His Success

盐课约占清政府全部财政收入的1/6,是清政府财政收入的重要来源。1837年林则徐任两湖总督前,由于四邻私盐的买卖猖獗,造成淮盐大量积压,严重影响盐课收入。林则徐出任两湖总督后,采取得力措施,堵缉邻私,搜查夹带,补偏救弊,很快取得突出成效。

As one sixth of the national revenue, the salt tax was one of the most important sources of the revenue of Qing government. In 1837, before Lin Zexu held the position of the governor of Hunan and Hubei, the Huai salt was kept long in stock because of heavy unlawful secret salt trading in neighbor areas, which badly lowered the national salt tax revenue. After Lin Zexu governed Hunan and Hubei, according to the actual condition, he had done solid work by blocking and arresting those who had secretly traded salt unlawfully. What he had done soon achieved remarkable success and he was awarded a prize from the Qing government.