隆庆元年(1567年),在嘉靖倭患基本平定的前提下,经福建巡抚都御史涂泽民的奏请,明朝统治者同意在福建漳州海澄月港部分开放海禁,准许私人出海贸易,并在月港设置督饷馆,制定出各种饷税的征收办法,从而使明代海外贸易由前期的朝贡贸易制转向后期的征收饷税制。这种税制的实行,抑制了走私活动,增强了中国商品在海外的竞争能力,对明 In the first year of Longqing (1567), under the precondition of Jiajing Japanese invasion being basically settled, the governors of the Ming Dynasty agreed to open the sea ban in Haicheng, part of Fujian Province’s Zhangzhou port, to allow private sea trade, Moreover, the Governor’s Hall was set up in Tsuen Wan to draw up various methods of collection of rates and taxes so that the overseas trade in the Ming Dynasty would be diverted from the tributary trade system in the Ming Dynasty to the post-levying rate tax system. The implementation of this tax system has inhibited smuggling activities and enhanced the competitiveness of Chinese goods overseas.