袁树勋与宣统年间粤商“承盐加饷”方案

Yuan Shu-xun and the Program of “Undertaking Salt and Increasing Funds” of New Merchants during the Reign of Emperor Xuantong

宣统元年,针对广东盐务弊端,署任两广总督袁树勋上呈长篇奏折,提出新商"承盐加饷"方案,以期达到改良盐政和解决赌饷的双重目的。该方案受到社会各阶层的抗议,民间士绅、商人团体、报刊舆论、广东和广西谘议局乃至华人华侨,几乎呈现出一边倒的反对倾向。盐政处派出调查小组实地考察后,决定广东盐务仍由旧商承办,袁树勋终未能实现改良盐务的初衷。

In Xuantong 1 st year, Guangdong governor Yuan Shu - xun proposed a memorial of four thousand words called ＂undertaking salt and increasing funds＂ to improve the drawbacks of Guangdong salt administration and ban gambling. Yuan＇ s plan suffered much protest from all levels of the society, folk gentry, chamber of commerce, newspaper opinions, Advisory Bu- reau of Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, even the overseas Chinese were all against it. After the fieldwork by an investigation team, the Salt Administrative Department decided that the salt was still presented by old merchants. Yuan Shu - xun failed to a- chieve his original intention ultimately.