Chapter 648: Pass the Level

extremely strict rules, but since Su Zhenting doted on her very much, he overlooked many of them, allowing her to move relatively freely in and out of the general's mansion.If a woman were from an or...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.nything happen now. His life is worth not only eight million taels of silver and twenty thousand steeds, but also the life of a high-ranking official in our Great Qin court."Su Zhen Ting's eyes lit up...