明代宗室禄饷制度影响之探究

明代宗室禄饷收入丰厚,随着宗室人口日蕃,既有的宗室制度渐渐不合时宜,宗室耗费财富的增加,成为政府财政陷入窘境的一个重要原因。为了增加财政收入,有司百计周转,最终还是增加税赋,小民负担加重,民土分离增加,宗室等阶层趁机占有土地及户口,揽取商税收入,国帑渐入私家,国家财政状况陷入恶性循环。虽有改革措施,但效果不彰。总的来看,明代宗室制度利弊兼有,但在后期,众所认同,弊端明显,积重难返,宗室随明王朝覆亡。明太祖朱元璋遗泽子孙太厚,积世而不斩,小民不堪,各种因素叠加,易流于乱。

A Study on the Effects of the Ming Dynasty Imperial Clan's Official Salary System

The imperial clan＇s official salaries became the serious financial burden of the government with their population increasing. The increase in tax rates led to such a serious problem that the imperial clan and other pow- erful people occupied large quantities of population and land. The financial situation fell into a vicious cycle. Al- though some reforms were carried out, the efforts trying to tackle the crisis failed in the end. In the late Ming Dy- nasty, the imperial clan system had obvious shortcomings, and those imperial clan members disappeared with their dynasty at last.