1830～1856年，货币供给严重不足及银贵钱贱的双重危机迅速导致中国经济严重萧条，国家财政危机紧逼而至，社会危机重重。举国上下迅速掀起探讨币制改革的热潮，但道光一朝始终没有推行币制改革。于是，货币危机愈演愈烈，中国经济及社会危机愈发不可收拾，太平天国运动风起云涌，清政府的财政危机恶化到了极致。咸丰朝为苟延残喘，从货币发行领域着手进行改革。从改革的根源上讲，正是“银荒”危机促使咸丰朝整改货币发行。然而，清政府试图通过实行铸造大钱、发行票钞的通货膨胀政策，暂时弥补其财政赤字，却导致恶性通货膨胀危机发生，“银荒”、“钱荒”危机严重恶化，中国经济、社会危机进一步加深。%China's "silver shortage" from 1830 to 1856 rapidly brought about a severe depression. Thus, the government's tax revenue decreased, and the financial crisis incurably befell the late Qing Dynasty. And the national crisis and social crisis were unprecedented grave. In the face of the grave situation, the Qing government had to consider performing an attempt of a rescue. However, the Qing government did not recognize the deep root of the"silver shortage" crisis, and did not realize the necessity of the monetary and credit system reform, so it couldn’ t make the right countermeasures aiming at the changes of the international background and the foreign trade structure. So, surrounded by so many dangers, the Chinese people were reduced to dire poverty, and the people in many parts of the country rose in revolt against the rule of the Qing government. When deeply disturbed by the mounting struggles of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom (1851~1864), the Qing government carried out the inflation policy in order to compensate its fiscal deficit. So, the inflation had seeded and developed gradually. The"silver shortage”and"money shortage"crisis worsened. The economic crisis and social crisis deepened at the same time.
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