Non-Donative Contributions:The Design and Implementation of the Shandong Salt Public Granary during the Qianlong Era
The origin of the Shandong Salt Public Granary in the Qing Dynasty can be traced back to the reform of the Shandong ticket salt system in the sixth year of the Qianlong era.Due to the impermanence of the ticket salt system,conflicts were common among salt merchants.Moreover,official interference in the salt industry disrupted the operation of Shandong's salt industry.The Qing government implemented a policy of using grain as a guarantee deposit to obtain the qualifications of a salt merchant,transforming the ticket salt into a hereditary enterprise known as the Salt Public Granary.The characteristic of the Salt Public Granary was planned as a"guarantee deposit"for salt merchants,however,grain contributions were exempted as part of an integrated system with other storage facilities,manifesting as donations in practice.The Salt Public Granary was abolished in the twenty-eighth year of the Qianlong era,which different with other Salt Public Granary.
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