缗（min）钱税，是汉武帝时期开征的一种新税。当时武帝对外用兵，军费开支很大，国家财政陷入入不敷出的困境，可是商人积货逐利．汉王朝于是根据“重本抑末”的政策，在工商经济发展的基础上，对商人的缗钱临时征税。这种税的特点，一是为了满足国家某一暂时的需要，属于临时 缗 (min) money tax, is a new tax levied in the Han Dynasty. At that time, the armed forces of the emperor took a large amount of military expenditures and the state treasury was in a predicament of being unable to make ends meet. However, merchants piled up for profits. The Han dynasty then imposed a temporary tax on merchants’ money based on the development of the industrial and commercial economy in accordance with the policy of “restrain capital from repaying capital”. The characteristics of this tax, first, to meet a temporary national needs, are temporary