若说扬州以税立市，往往信者寥寥，但它与税结缘确已历史久远。扬州自古扼淮盐咽喉，是商旅必经的水路要冲，其盐税收入颇为可观。正如明万历年间（公元1573－1620）的一位户部尚书李池华所言：“国家财赋所称盐法居半，盖岁计所入止四百万，半属民赋，其半则取给于盐。两淮岁? If Yangzhou tax market, often only a handful of believers, but it has a long history with the tax fate. Yangzhou Huai salt since ancient times throat, is the business must pass the waterway, the salt tax revenue is considerable. As the Ming Wanli years (AD 1573-1620), a household Shangshu Li Chih-hua said: "The country’s fiscal means salt law inhabited by half, cover the end of four million, half of the people Fu, the half is taken To the salt.