Chapter 648: Pass the Level

Ke Shou was overjoyed to hear this. He wasn't greedy and didn't want to take all the credit for promoting sweet potatoes, but as a deputy, being able to share in the glory would already be a signific...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.to control their population, ensuring it never exceeded eight thousand people.Wu Qingcang's explanation instantly made Li Chen understand the plight of the Guza tribe.There was also another tribe hist...