自从前帝国时代,管仲劝告齐桓公实行盐专卖以来,政府控制食盐产销己被承认为一项国家兴旺的财源。但是,直到前汉,武帝为了减轻由于军费上升所面临的财政赤字,才建立了政府对盐的专卖制度。汉朝成功的经验对后继王朝仍然起作用。后来,每当沉重的军费导致财政危机时,统治者和官员们本能地依赖盐专卖作为增加国家收入的一种方便可靠的工具。 Since the days of the former Empire, Guan Zhong has advised Qi Huanji to practice salt monopoly. The government’s control of salt production and sales has been recognized as a booming source of wealth for the country. However, until the former Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu established the monopoly system of salt by the government in order to alleviate the fiscal deficit caused by rising military spending. The successful experience of the Han dynasty still played a role in the successor dynasty. Later, whenever heavy military expenditures led to a financial crisis, rulers and officials instinctively relied on salt monopoly as a convenient and reliable tool for increasing national income.