清廷镇压林爽文起义耗费粮饷数量再讨论

A Further Discussion on the Amount of Grain and Salary Consumed by the Qing Government in Suppressing Lin Shuangwen's Uprising

林爽文起义是台湾历史上的重要事件,学者对此多有论及,但清廷镇压此次起义耗费的粮饷数量尚未考证清楚,大多笼统采用清人赵翼白银一千万两的说法。本文搜集奏折、谕旨等史料,对此进行再讨论。笔者认为,镇压起义耗费粮饷数量应是:米,八十四万五千石左右;银,八百二十七万五千余两,此外还有一定数量的薯干与制钱。

Lin Shuangwen’s Uprising is an important event in the history of Taiwan,scholars have much to discuss it,but the suppression of this uprising by Qing Dynasty has not been clear about the amount of soldier’s pay.Most of people adopt Zhao Yi’s data—silver 10 million'liang'in general.This paper collects historical materials,such as notes and imperial edicts,and discusses them again.The author believes that the amount of grain and soldier’s pay consumed in the suppressing the uprisings should be about 845000'dan'of rice,more than 827.5 million'liang'of silver,in addition to a certain number of dried sweet potatoes and money.