Chapter 648: Pass the Level

r 359: Sealing the Capital CityAfter a big fall, there is a big rise.The constant back-and-forth between physical and mental stimulation left Li Chen feeling a surreal kind of exhaustion.A biting wind...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. written on it, as long as the national seal and private seal are authentic, then it is the emperor's will.Li Chen couldn't help but look at the great emperor.The emperor lay on his sickbed, weak and...