Chapter 648: Pass the Level

leave.After Li Chen left, Su Pingbei could no longer hold back and asked his father, who was bowing his head to drink tea, “Father, why did you suggest Zhou Ping'an I heard that person is not someone...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.er than Zhao Xuanji was qualified to hold the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials.However, what puzzled everyone was whether Zhao Xuanji was truly willing to have his power dismantled by...