《清史稿·食货志·盐法》开篇云:“清之盐法,大率因明制而损益之。”此语大要点明了清代盐法对明代的沿袭与变通。沿袭的主要标志,是清代继承了明代中叶“开中制”败坏之后的纲运制度,在以官督商销为主流的产、运、销体系下,设官分职、签商认引、划界行销。《清盐法志》在述及盐业管理时亦称,清之盐法“沿明制,设官分职,皆注重于产运销三项。……以盐务根本在场产,枢纽在转运,归墟在岸销,故设长芦、山东、两淮、两浙、两广各运司并河东、四川、云南各 The Qing Dynasty Manuscripts Shiji Salt Act begins: ”Clear salt method, the rate of profit and loss due to the system of Ming.“ This term points out the Ming Dynasty salt method of the lineage and flexibility of the Ming Dynasty. Followed by the main symbol of the Qing Dynasty inherited the middle of the Ming Dynasty ”open system “ after the corruption of the system of the system of transportation in the official governor of the mainstream production, transportation, marketing system, set the official division, signing business Catch, demarcate marketing. ”Clear Salt Law“ also referred to the management of the salt industry also said that the Qing Salt Act ”along the Ming system, set the official separation, are focused on the production and distribution of three ... ... Salt basic production at the hub in Transferred, owned by the sales in the shore, so set up Changlu, Shandong, Huai, Liangzhe, Guangdong and Guangxi transport companies and Hedong, Sichuan, Yunnan