【Introduction】:
Hey, old guys, have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a civil servant if you go back in time to the Song Dynasty thousands of years ago? I heard that their day's work is "a whole day of tea and a cigarette", leisurely and leisurely, unlike us now, who are so busy that their feet do not touch the ground. Is this true or is it a misunderstanding? Let's take a look at it today to see if the lives of those "iron rice bowls" in the Song Dynasty are as enviable as the legend says.
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Song Dynasty officials: the darlings of special times
First of all, we have to start with the background of the Song Dynasty. At that time of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, even the little dolls knew how to dance knives and guns, and the society was as chaotic as a pot of porridge. As soon as Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin came to power, he pondered in his heart that he couldn't go on like this, he had to be gentle and govern the country with cultural people. Now that the status of civil officials has gone up in a flash, and wages and benefits have also risen gradually, becoming a peak in history. Why? It's not because of political necessity that we have to say goodbye to the messy days of the past.
High wages, high benefits, and covetousness
Speaking of which, the salary of civil servants in the Song Dynasty was historically high. Let's take a small county official as an example, it is easy to start at 80,000 yuan a month, and there are additional bonuses and subsidies during the New Year's holidays, silk cloth, food and medicine, everything.
A month adds up, more than 100,000 yuan, much better than those officials in the Ming Dynasty, and people have to set up their own stalls to sell things to subsidize their families. In addition to the high salary, the benefits are too good, there is charcoal fire in winter and ice in summer, and rice dumplings are also distributed during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is not too intimate.
Work and leisure: an alternative rhythm of Song Dynasty officialdom
The most curious thing is that the working state of the officials of the Song Dynasty is called a leisurely. I went to work in the morning, and as soon as I made tea in the afternoon, the day passed. Moreover, the system of the Song Dynasty also encouraged officials to be "lazy", which is not a joke, the emperor knew it. Why? I am afraid that the power of the officials will be too great and threaten the central government, so I would rather be less efficient than let anyone dominate. In this way, the officials have become masters of drinking tea and smoking one by one, and the real ones who do things are those officials who are not organized, and they are the "invisible heroes" at the grassroots level.
Behind the welfare, there is a lack of ideals
Of course, we have to look at it rationally. The days of officials in the Song Dynasty seem to be nourishing, but for aspiring people, the kind of days of eating and waiting for death are also aggrieved after a long time. Wang Anshi and Ouyang Xiu, why do they want to change the law? It's not that I think that if the state continues to do this, it will come to problems sooner or later. It's a pity that most people are immersed in comfort and don't want to wake up, and the ending of the Song Dynasty in the end is also embarrassing.
【Conclusion】:
In the final analysis, the high remuneration of civil servants in the Song Dynasty was a product of a special era. Let's be envious, but we have to understand the risks behind high welfare. If the country develops, our treatment will naturally rise, and that will naturally be a good thing. But if the treatment is high, and the country stops moving forward because of it, then the gains outweigh the losses.
Just like the story of the Song Dynasty, we have to take it as a warning and don't let comfort become a stumbling block on the way forward. Therefore, the next time we hear about the beautiful talk about the civil servants of the Song Dynasty, we should think more in our hearts, and don't let the clouds of history be blinded. After all, what is really worthy of envy are those systems and times that can make the country strong and the people happy, right?