aid calmly, "What's all the commotion"Zhao Xuanji remained silent.Before the officials from the Ministry of Personnel, Liu Baichuan, were stopped at the gate, they had been trying to get in. Upon hear...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.s upon the old Dongting Lake, and a night's worth makes many more white hairs for the Lady of Xiang. After drinking, one knows not where heaven ends and water begins, and dreams of purity fill the boa...