胡林翼在担任湖北巡抚期间(1855-1861),针对湖北盐政的种种弊端,采取了一系列卓有成效的整顿措施,取得了成功。胡林翼整顿湖北盐政的成功,一方面为清军镇压太平天国提供了坚实的物质基础;另一方面使川盐完全占领了湖北市场,运销制度也突破了过去官督商销的模式。胡林翼因此被誉为“湘军之萧何”。 During his tenure as Governor of Hubei Province (1855-1861), Hu Linyi took a series of effective rectification measures in response to the various defects of Hubei Salt Government and achieved success. Hu Linyi’s success in rectifying the salt regime in Hubei provided a solid material foundation for the Qing troops to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. On the other hand, Sichuan Salt completely occupied the Hubei market and the system of transportation and distribution broke through the mode of commercial sales of the government in the past. Therefore, Hu Linyi was hailed as “the Xiao of the Hunan army.”