Chapter 648: Pass the Level

us place, have an annual income of no more than 40 to 50 taels of silver per household based on a calculation of five members. In other remote areas, excluding the affluent Jiangnan region and the cap...Chapter 648: Crossing the Pass

Most officials' salaries were set at the beginning of the founding of the country.

Economic fluctuations in feudal times were not as large as those in modern society because they were based on silver and gold as hard currencies. Therefore, inflation and deflation rarely occurred, and their magnitudes were also small.

Therefore, very few regimes adjust the salaries of officials; if they do, it is only by a small amount.

Because the amount of officials' salaries directly affects the court's fiscal expenditure and constitutes a large proportion,

Taking the Qin court as an example, last year the total amount of salary issued nationwide was 4.5 million taels, but how much tax did Qin collect throughout the whole year last year

But not more than two million taels.

That's why large-scale wage arrears occur.

Even during years of favorable weather and abundant harvests, the salaries of government officials across the nation constituted a substantial expenditure for the imperial court.

Moreover, altering one's salary is equivalent to changing the ancestral system.houldn't take them seriously.""This palace is being serious."Su Jinpa didn't take his hand, and Li Chen didn't continue to be kind. He walked past Su Jinpa with his hands behind his back, entering the...