太平军初期粮饷来源途径考析

The Sources of the Provision and Founds of the Taiping Army

太平军举义之初,拜上帝会会员捐献的财产构成圣库物资的最主要来源。转战广西各地期间,太平军利用战场缴获和没收的官府库藏,部分解决了给养不足的问题。针对清军和团练的封锁,太平军通过发动群众捐献、罚没富户资产、自己生产经营和向外界购买等途径,拓宽了粮饷来源渠道。太平军在广西作战近两年,由于运用多种方式筹集给养,基本满足了起义初期的作战需要和军民食用。

At the beginning, the donations of the Congregation of the Worshippers were the main source of the provision and found of the Taiping Army. After the Army moved the fight to Guangxi, they made use of the spoils and the things confiscated from the feudal government to solve the problem of insufficient provisions. Later, when the Taiping Army was trapped in a siege by the .Qing Army and local troops, they broadened the sources of provisions through encouraging local people to donate, confiscating the assets of the rich, self-manufacturing or purchasing from outside. During the two years war time in Guangxi, the Taiping Army,. using various sources to strengthen their provisions, managed to meet the basic military and civil needs.