乾嘉时期珠江三角洲的私盐问题——中国第一历史档案馆一则关于东莞盐务档案的解读

Illegal Salt in Pearl River Delta during Period of Qian and Jia——A File on Interpretation of Dongguan's Salt in First Historical Archives of China

嘉庆十八年两广总督和广东巡抚联署的一则私盐案奏折,反映出乾隆、嘉庆年间珠江三角洲的私盐案件易受重视和数额较大两个特点。这些特点一方面是由于当时的地方官员将珠江三角洲地区的私盐问题与海洋安全联结在一起考虑的结果,另一方面则是人口不断增长而官方所定食盐销售额不增加的必然结果。同时,作为两广盐区私盐较为严重的珠江三角洲地区,其私盐经历了主要由家内淋煎自用到出现大额船运的过程。

A memorial to the throne of salt smuggling cases of Liang Guang＇s dey and Xunfu＇s united office of Guangxi Province in eighth year of Jiaqing reflected that in the time of Qianlong and Jiaqing,salt smuggling cases in the Pearl River Delta were in two features of recognition and large amount.Part of these characteristics was the result that partly because at the time local officials coupled marine security and Illegal Salt of Pearl River Delta,other was population growth but quantity of market salt was not increased.Meanwhile,as more serious illegal salt area of Pearl River Delta region of Liang Guang,its course experienced salt making by boiling-leaching technique in family to appearing large shipping.