简介:According to the Lianghuai Salt Law Chronicles, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the Lianghuai salt merchants paid an annual salt tax of 6 million taels, accounting for more than half of the national salt tax. In other words, during the Qianlong period, the annual salt tax was 12 million taels. Compared with Ming's 1 million taels, what a terrifying gap.