An Analysis Of The Change Of Salt Law In The Middle Northern Song Dynasty

In the ancient Chinese legal system,the salt monopoly system occupies an important position,it sprouted in the Spring and Autumn period,formed in the Western Han Dynasty,throughout the whole ancient Chinese feudal monarchy society,it can be said to have a long history.In the course of this existence,the salt monopoly system has been standardized and adjusted in different degrees,which makes the system change dynamically vertically.During the Spring and Autumn Period Guan Zhong began to pay attention to the benefits of mountains and seas.In the Western Han Dynasty,due to the need of finance and centralization of power,Emperor Wu formally established salt monopoly as a national system.But the standard at that time is relatively simple,the government takes the whole process of salt monopoly activities as the main body,and monopolizes it.To the Tang Dynasty,the salt monopoly system further developed,in the middle of the Tang Dynasty,the salt monopoly system introduced market-oriented factors in the sales link,which made the system more flexible.The Northern Song Dynasty was a period of high development of the salt monopoly system.The sustained financial pressure made the country rely on the financial support provided by the salt monopoly system.However,under the bureaucratic system,the concrete content of the salt monopoly system has not formed a unified thought in the court,and there is no definite conclusion on the implementation of the official sale law or the trade law.But from the overall development trend,trade law gradually occupied the dominant position,to the Renzong period to the peak.But later,the salt law in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty changed dramatically.After Shenzong ascended the throne,he wanted to change the present situation of "accumulated poverty and accumulated weakness" in the Northern Song Dynasty.In the field of salt law,he used power to carry out official sale.But after the collapse of Shenzong,the political power changed,the "old party" came to power,the new law was completely denied,and the salt law was changed from official selling law to trade law.The change of salt law in the period of Xi Feng Reform to Yuan You Political Transition has the influence of political factors,the participation of imperial power and the involvement of various interests.The change of salt law in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty reflected the game of interest and the confrontation of ideas behind the policy under the bureaucratic system at that time,and reflected the key role of imperial power support to the law of conduct.Salt laws,whether official selling or trading,meet the needs of reality and imperial tendency can be based.