《清宫扬州御档》收录了一篇事关扬州盐商为清廷平定台湾而捐银的重要文件。文件的题目是《晓谕两淮商人江广达等呈称台湾逆匪事》,全文如下:乾隆五十三年(1788)正月十九日,内阁奉上谕:全德奏,据两淮商人江广达等呈称,台湾逆匪梗化,现在大兵进剿,克日荡平,商等志切同仇,心怀报称,情愿公捐银二百万两,以备犒赏等语。该商等因台湾贼匪荡平,同深欢庆,合词抒悃,输纳情殷,自应俯如所请,以遂其报效之忱。至该商 “Qing Yangzhou Royal file” contains an important document concerning Yangzhou salt merchants for the Qing court to set aside Taiwan and donate silver. The title of the document is “Congratulating Jiang Guangda, a businessman of the two central Huaihe people, on the Taiwan bandit anti-bandits,” which reads as follows: Fifty-three years of Qianlong (1788) On the 19th of the first month, the cabinet delivers an encyclical: It is said that Taiwan’s anti-bandit attack has now come to an end. Nowadays, the troops are suppressing the enemy force and the government is willing to sacrifice money and money. This business, etc. because of Taiwan thieves flat with the deep joy, the word expressive, the transmission of love Yin, since should be bent on as requested, so as to serve its purpose. To the business