| The ancient government attach more importance to salt affairs. For a long time, local government had been in charge of salt affairs. In order to control the salt affairs, the central government and local government carry out each game. In modern times, with the increasing of the wars, the central government finance had plenty of difficulties. In order to strengthen the management of the Salt affairs, Jiangsu province had experienced three major reforms, namely the middle Qing's reform, the late Qing's reform, and Beiyang's reform. The three reforms with common and unique did not reach purpose, so that every reform was not complete and ultimately fail. |