近代两淮盐业市镇的因袭与变迁——以仪征十二圩为例

Conventionality and Changes of Salt Industry Towns in Lianghuai Area in Modern Times:Taking Shierwei in Yizheng as an Example

十二圩是两淮地区的典型盐业市镇。晚清至民国年间,该镇因盐运而兴,牵动两淮地域。1931年南京政府颁行《盐法》前后,十二圩成为多方利益博弈的焦点,因受制于诸多新因素而趋向衰败。本文对十二圩盐务的长时段考察表明:在新旧两种国家权力的相继渗透下,构筑在单一产业形态上的盐业市镇,既不能再因袭传统食盐专卖制度,也很难适应追求盐务近代化的新国家意志。十二圩是因盐而聚的两淮社会近代以来巨大变迁的缩影。

Shierwei(十二圩)is a typical salt industry town in Lianghuai area.From the late Qing Dynasty to the period of the R.O.C,the town flourished due to salt,which affected Lianghuai area.Around the time when the Nanjing National Government promulgated the Salt Law in 1931,Shierwei became the focus of multi-party games,which was subject to many new factors and tended to decline.This article’s long-term investigation of Shierwei shows that under the successive penetration of the old and new state powers,the salt industry towns built on a single industrial form can neither follow the traditional salt monopoly system nor adapt to the new national will for pursuing the modernization of salt affairs.Shierwei is the epitome of the tremendous changes in Lianghuai area in modern times.