论蔡京变盐法

由于解池停产，为解决财政困难，蔡京把解池盐钞换成东南盐钞，并利用不断变换钞法把财政困难转嫁于商人；同时他还把东南末盐的官卖法变为通商法，使原来属于地方的盐利被搜刮到中央。蔡京盐法在带来中央政府收益丰盈的同时，损害了商人、普通百姓、中小地主等阶层的利益，使北宋财政结构发生了变化，对原本摇摇欲坠的北宋王朝来说，这一变革加重了其统治危机。

On CAI Jing Reformation of the Salt Legislation

As the salt pond in Xiezhou stopped producing salt, in order to solve the financial problems.CAI Jing decided to change salt coupon of Xiezhou into that of Southeast China, CAI Jing tried to transfer the financial difficulties to merchants by changing the money system. Meanwhile he changed the public salt of sea salt into civil sale in Southeast China. Thus the profit of local salt sale was extorted by the central government. The salt legislation of CAI Jing gteatly benefited the central government at the expense of merchants, common people and landlords, It changed the financial structure of the Northern Song Dynasty and aggravated the ruling crisis of the crumbling Dynasty.