The huge Yan Dynasty only had the voice of Dong Yi, the official of Zhisu, and other people, including Prime Minister Wang Xuan, did not dare to speak. Dong Yi was worried that the officials of the Qin State would rush to buy the national bonds of the four countries of the Kwantung Kingdom, but what was more serious than his concern was the rule of the officials of the Qin State revealed in the words.

'And the Duyi government, its hundred officials are solemn, all of them are frugal and loyal, trustworthy but not ashamed, and the ancient officials are also. Xun said.

'When you enter his country, he looks at his doctors, and he goes out of his door, and he enters into his public, and he goes out of his house and returns to his house, and he has no private affairs. It's not like Zhou, it's not a friend, it's not clear, it's public, and it's a doctor of the ancients. Xun said so.

Is that really the case? Xun Guoben was in Qi to sacrifice wine for the Jixia School Palace, and then went to work in Chu, then entered Zhao ("Parliamentary Soldiers"), and finally entered Qin. It was useless to enter Qin, so he had to enter Chu again and end up in the Lanling Order. When he entered Qin, the purpose of praising the Qin State was self-evident.

If the doctors of the Qin State are really 'not comparable to Zhou, not friends, and not clear and public', then why didn't King Qin Zhaoxiang follow Bai Qi's advice, and did not let Zhao State breathe after the Changping War, gritted his teeth and continued to destroy Zhao? fell into the Zhao people's plan to delay the army, and urged Bai Qi to fight, so why did he kill Bai Qi?

After that, those henchmen at the time of Chang Yu's rebellion 'ordered Xiangguo Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun to attack. Zhan Xianyang, beheaded hundreds, all worshipped', how did the hundreds of people who were beheaded come about? Could it be that Chang Yu learned from the Monkey King and directly plucked a few bird feathers under his crotch to conjure it up?

Dr. Qin Guoshi's formation of a party for personal gain is obviously not conducive to the country. And the corruption of the officials of the Qin State is also extremely alarming, not as beautified by Xun Jing, 'do not be respectful, frugal and loyal, trustworthy but not ashamed'.

'Peizhong Haojie officials heard that there were important guests, and they all went to congratulate. …… Ling Zhu said: "Those who are less than a thousand will sit in the hall", and Lu Gong, an old friend of the county order, went to the county order and came to Pei County to settle down. The housewarming held a banquet, and if the congratulatory money was less than a thousand, he could only sit under the eaves. The heroes and officials in the county gave face to the county order, so they all congratulated each other, how much congratulatory money could Duke Lu receive after this banquet?

Liu Bang could only pay 80 stones, and his annual income of 30 yuan and one stone was only 2,400 yuan, and if he wanted to sit in the hall, he would have to spend forty percent of his annual income. Liu Bang wants to spend forty percent of his annual income, and Xiao He and other county officials have to spend how many percent of their annual income? The joy of the housewarming of the old friend Lu Gong of the county order needs to be congratulated for thousands of dollars to sit in the hall, if it is a banquet in the county order's own home, how much money is needed to sit in the hall?

'Gaozu sent Xianyang with officials, and all officials sent money three, why only five'. "Commentary on Historical Records" quotes Li Qi's words: "Or three hundred, or five hundred." The former is congratulatory money, and there is an excuse for the joy of housewarming, and here it is to send money directly. When the other officials practiced, they each gave Liu Bang 300 yuan, Xiao He's level was higher, he was the chief official Peng, the head of the county organization minister, because he valued Liu Bang, he sent 500 yuan alone.

According to Qin's law, 'one money, Ducheng Dan', there are dozens or hundreds of officials in the county government, and this money is enough for Liu Bang to face ten thousand times, and the old lady Liu can't recognize it after the end of the county.

The county order below the grassroots officials, the grassroots officials may be difficult to change bad habits, so what about the county order above?

'Sanchuan Shou Li returned to Xianyang, Li Si put wine at home, all the officials were in front of him, and the court rode thousands. After Li Si was appointed as the right prime minister, his son Li You, the county guard of Sanchuan County, took leave and went home, and Li Si held a banquet at home. 'The banquet of the old friend of the county order, the congratulatory money is not more than a thousand and cannot sit in the hall, and the prime minister of the dynasty who is above 10,000 people under one person, how much congratulatory money does his banquet need to sit in the hall?

So many people sent money to the door, so that Li Si had to sigh: 'Wow! I heard Xun Qing said, 'Things are forbidden to flourish'. Fu Si is on Cai Buyi, the head of Lu Lane, and he doesn't know where he is going, so he is promoted here. Today, there is no one who is above the minister, and it can be said that he is extremely rich. The extremes of things are declining, and I don't know what to tax! ’

(Alas!) I've heard Xun Qing say, 'Things must not be too prosperous'. I, Li Si, was originally a commoner in Shangcai, a common man in the streets and alleys, and the emperor didn't understand that I was able to be inferior, so he promoted me to such a high position. Nowadays, there is no one who is a courtier with a higher position than me, and it can be said that he is extremely rich. But the pole of things is about to begin to decline, and I don't know where it ends! ）

"All the relocated captives have a little surplus wealth, and they compete with the officials", this is the plundering of the newly occupied areas and the prisoners of the enemy country during and after the war, "those who are not satisfied with a thousand will sit in the hall", "the officials all send three money, why only five", "all the officials are in front of the longevity, and the court chariot is ridden by thousands", this is a naked bribery within the officialdom of the Qin State. As a result of this bribery, Xiang Liang was arrested in Liyang County, Qindi, but was released because of a letter from Cao Ji, the warden of Qi County, Chudi, thousands of miles away.

The corruption of the officials of the Qin State and the corruption of the rule of the officials can be seen here. Officials are officials who seek wealth and nobility, why do they become officials if they don't seek wealth? Liu Bang, the head of the police station, risked his life to catch bad guys, and his annual income was only 2,400 yuan, which was really not as good as going home to farm -- a peasant household harvested 150 yuan of millet per 100 mu, and 30 yuan per stone was 4,500 yuan. This is just the money for growing millet, plus the income from silk and linen weaving, at least 6,000 yuan a year.

The head of the police station earns less than half of the income of the peasants, and he is always risking his life, how can he support his family? Even if the county order is achieved, the annual service is only 600 to 1,000 stones. How much? There are 25 households in Yushi, and each household pays 15 stone field rent, which is 375 stone.

There is also a fu, not counting the mouth fu and household fu, each household has ten stone military fu, which adds up to six hundred and twenty-five stones. In addition, each household also has '300 money for the shrine of the New Spring and Autumn Festival', and here it is 7,500 yuan, and 30 yuan and one stone are equal to 250 stones.

One Lu can receive 850 stones, and Lu is a sub-envelope not a contract, this is private property. If Yushi does not have the pursuit of military training, minus a small part of the money used for sacrifices, the remaining money is enough to compare the income with the county order of Qin. According to the Juelu of the Qin State, the fifteenth-level lord only has 700 stones, and the highest twenty-level lord has 1,000 stones. The income of a scholar of honor is equivalent to the county order of the Qin State and the fifteenth level of the Qin State.

Even if he achieves the position of the third duke of Qin, Nian Feng is no more than ten thousand stones. This 10,000 stone is likely to be virtual, and the actual amount issued will be greatly discounted - the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the prime minister of the Han Dynasty gave 10,000 stones, but the actual monthly reward was only 350 Hu (stone), that is, 4,200 stones a year. Ten thousand stones are only 300,000 yuan, that is, thirty-one gold; Four thousand two hundred stone less, only thirteen gold.

And this income is only available to the prime minister and the Taiwei, and the next level of the imperial historian and Jiuqing will only have 2,000 stones. Two thousand stones are only more than six gold, and if the false hair is 1,440 stones, there are only four and a half gold. This amount of money is not as much as a sailor on the sea boat of Chu State, and the prime minister is not as much as the sea boat official.

It is not as good as the sailors of the sea boats, but it is not as good as the ordinary merchants. Lü Buwei asked his father about the benefits of plowing the land, and replied that it was ten times greater; Ask about the benefits of pearls and jade, and answer a hundred times. Suppose that the capital of a businessman is the same as that of a farmer, the farmer earns 6,000 yuan a year ten times, and the businessman has 60,000 yuan a hundred times the annual income. How can a businessman's capital be the same as that of a peasant? Even if it is true, the annual income of 60,000 yuan is more than or equivalent to the income of the imperial doctor and the imperial court Jiuqing, which is only below the prime minister and the taiwei.

There is a very significant feature of the official service of the Qin State, that is, 'Bo Zhilu is used for military purposes', and the official salary is very low. The salary is very low, adhering to the characteristics of Legalism for minor crimes and heavy punishments, and the detailed laws are very strict on the mistakes, dereliction of duty, and violations of the rules of officials.

'I don't want to go to the chariot at a gallop, but I get a shield. When the carriage arrived, the driver did not unload it in time, and a shield was fined. Three hundred and eighty-four dollars are gone;

'Ten oxen are big, and six of them have no sons, and one shield each of them is a husband and a son. If six of the ten cows do not give birth to calves, the sifu and the servant shall be punished with a shield—and if necessary, the gifu and the servant shall have to go up on their own.

'Ten sheep, four of them have no sons, and one shield each of the husbands and the scorchers. If four of the ten ewes do not give birth to lambs, the husband and the servant will be punished with a shield—and this time the husband and the servant may have to change to the sheep.

It is unlikely that the wages of the husband and the assistant will be higher than that of the pavilion chief, and two or three thousand yuan a year will not be enough to support the family, and the cow will not give birth to a calf if she is not conceived, and the ewe will be fined if she does not conceive and give birth to a lamb, and the income will be lower. What makes matters worse for the officials is that not only do they have to pay for their own work, but others also have to pay for their own work if they don't do their jobs well.

'The official and the husband are the second-class, and the first-class is ordered; The official husband is a first-class official, and the official is a shield. 'One hundred and forty-four dollars, if the official husband gives two first-class, the county order and the county official must also pay one first-class; If the official is a good man, the county order and the county will have to pay a shield.

'In the garden hall, the husband is a first, and the Ling, Cheng and Zuo each have a shield,......; The garden is three years old than the palace, and the law (abolished) is the second class of the husband, and the order and the city are each a first. 'If the lacquer garden is rated as inferior, the person who manages the lacquer garden will be given a first-class fee, and the county order, the county officer, and the assistant official will be given a guilder; Qiyuan has been rated as inferior for three consecutive years, and it will never be used, and the county order and county Cheng will be awarded a first-class service.

'Zang (Tibetan) leather (beetle) protrusion, a husband of a first, Ling, Cheng a shield. 'The leather in the inventory was bitten by silverfish, and the county magistrate and the county were given a shield;

'Those who do not serve in the army,......, order, lieutenants, and sergeants, are to be given a first-class order. 'If a person who should not have received a ration in the army receives a ration, the county commander, the county lieutenant, and the non-commissioned officer must be given a piece of money if they do not find out;

The annual service of officials is low, but the punishment is extremely frequent, and they sit together. The vast majority of the consequences of punishment are armor and shields. With a county order of 600 stones, and thirteen pairs of armor, the whole family will drink the northwest wind. Drinking the northwest wind is the county's own business, if he can't redeem these armor shields, then he has to go to Juzuo to pay off his debts. Eat yourself eight dollars a day, eat six dollars a day from the government, until you pay it off.

As an official in the Qin State, it is not possible not to be corrupt. If you don't embezzle, you can't please the officials, and if you don't congratulate thousands of dollars, you can only sit in the hall, and there is naturally no way to talk about promotion; If you don't embezzle, once you make a mistake or sit together, you have to go to Juzuo to pay off your debts if you don't have money to redeem it, and the result of Juzuo is not just as simple as losing your office, but also losing your life in many cases.