在清代,作为两淮最为重要的行盐口岸,湖广与其他各行盐口岸一样,长期以来一直为私盐所困扰。在名目繁多的私盐当中,邻私的侵害尤为剧烈。邻私的入侵,与制度、价格和地理等因素密切相关。在划界行盐的食盐专卖体制下,质优价廉的邻私借助优越的地理优势大量向湖广地区侵灌。邻私的活跃,给淮盐在湖广口岸的销售构成了极大的冲击。面对邻私的步步逼进,清政府不得不通过设关置卡等措施来加大对邻私的防范和打击力度。但由于受腐败吏治的影响,上述措施收效甚微。 In the Qing Dynasty, as the most important salt port in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River, Huguang, like other salt ports, had long been plagued by private smuggling. In a wide range of private salt among the neighboring private particularly violent. Neighboring private invasion, and the system, price and geography and other factors are closely related. Salt in the demarcation salt monopoly system, cheap and quality of neighboring private with superior geographical advantages in a large number of imputed to Huguang region. Neighboring private activity, to Huai salt in Huguang port sales constitute a great impact. Faced with the step by step approach of neighboring countries, the Qing government had to increase its precautionary measures and crack down on its neighboring countries by setting such measures as the issuance of card. However, due to the influence of corrupt officials, the above measures have had little effect.