榷計 - English spelling Que-huo-wu; Ch`üeh-huo-wu

Japanese: 榷貨務 - かくかむ（英語表記）Que-huo-wu; Ch`üeh-huo-wu

A financial office in the Song Dynasty of China. "榷" means monopoly, and "榷用語工業" was the name of the office established in relation to the monopoly. There were the Jingshi榷用語工業 (榷玩具務 in the capital) and local "榷玩具師". The Jingshi榷玩具室 was established in the national capital, and was responsible for strengthening the central finances and raising national defense funds (military supplies and the cost of purchasing them). To strengthen the central finances, gold, silver, coins, and silks were made to be delivered to the Jingshi榷玩具室 in exchange for tea and salt exchanges that could be exchanged for the monopoly goods such as tea and salt accumulated in production areas. To raise national defense funds, copper coins and grains were made to be delivered to the border areas, on the condition that various exchanges that could be exchanged for salt, tea exchanges, etc. were provided locally by the Jingshi榷玩具室. The local tea offices were established in relation to the Tea Law, and there were six tea offices along the Yangtze River, including Jiangling Prefecture, which monopolized tea in Jiangnan.

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Japanese:

中国，宋代の財務官庁。榷は専売を意味し，榷貨務は専売に関して設けられた役所名。京師榷貨務 (在京榷貨務) と地方榷貨務とがあった。京師榷貨務は国都に設けられ，中央財政の充実と国防費 (軍糧やその買上げ費用) 調達とを行なった。中央財政充実には，生産地に集積された専売品の茶，塩などと交換のできる茶交引，塩交引を代価として，金銀銭帛を京師榷貨務に納入させた。国防費調達は，京師榷貨務で塩，茶交引などに換えられる各種交引をその地で与える条件で，辺境に銅銭や穀物などを納入させた。地方榷貨務は茶法に関して設けられたもので，江陵府など揚子江に沿って 6榷貨務があり，江南の茶利を独占した。

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