Chapter 648: Pass the Level

inpa, upon hearing this, actually laughed, "So to speak, Jinpa is quite honored"Seeing the two banter and flirt, Zhao Tai, unable to interject, felt a mixture of anger and envy. He gritted his teeth a...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.n Dynasty. Even though Your Highness wants to inspire morale, there are many ways to do so. There is no need to use the lives of our Han men to shed blood in a foreign land."This single sentence revea...