The finer the salary of an honest official, the better.

The salary of an honest official is divided into silver and rice, which are paid every spring and autumn. Because the annual salary of officials is not high, it is difficult to maintain their huge family expenses, so there is also the so-called yanglianyin system. The yanglianyin of Beijing officials is paid by the state treasury, which is generally very small, mainly based on annual salary, while the yanglianyin of foreign officials is far higher than their wages. In addition, the people who received salaries in the Qing Dynasty can be roughly divided into three categories-civil servants, military attache and royal family (i.e. princes, princesses and others). According to Benbo's previous article-"How much is a silver equivalent to now? In the Qing Dynasty, 1 two silver was equivalent to about 175 yuan, and in the Qing Dynasty, Mi Yue was 200 Jin. Now the price of rice is about 1.8 yuan/Jin. Based on this, this paper further calculates the annual salary at all levels equivalent to the current salary level. Please enjoy it below. (Note: Please refer to the blog posts "List of Official Positions in Ming Dynasty" and "Comparison of Official Positions in Ancient and Modern Times" for what official positions are included in each rank and what are equivalent to the current official positions.)

(1) Annual salary of civil servants (yuan/year)

Yipin 180 beam 180 Hu 16000 beam (governor) 2.9 million.

Second grade 155 beam 155 Hu 13000 beam (governor) 2.36 million.

Sanpin 130 beam 130 Hu 6000 beam (according to the investigation history) 1 120000.

Sipin 105 Liang 105 Hu 3700 Liang (Taoist) 700,000.

Five products, eighty-two Hu, two thousand four hundred and twenty (from four products magistrate), four hundred and sixty thousand.

Six products, 60 beams, 60 Hu 1250 beams (knowing state affairs from five products), 250,000.

Qipin 45 Liang 45 Hu 1200 Liang (magistrate of a county) 230,000

Eight products, 40 beams, 400 Hu, 20,000 1 10,000

Do 33 Liang 1. 14 Qian 33 Hu 1. 14 Dou 18 thousand.

Did not flow into 3 1 Liang 5 yuan 3 1 Hu Wudou100/000.

Comments: From the salary point of view, it is equivalent to the annual income of 230,000 county magistrates, 460,000 mayors and 2.36 million governors. It should be similar to the actual income (legal income) of cadres at all levels in China at present. But it already includes the money for cleaning, so it seems inappropriate to mention "high-paying cleaning" at present.

(2) Annual salary of officers, vegetables, candles, charcoal, silver lamps, red paper, silver and cheap silver (mainland) income (yuan/year)

Yipin 609 beam 180 beam, 200 beam (prefect), 2000 beam, 523,000.

Second-class 599 beam/KOOC-0/40 beam/KOOC-0/60 beam (company commander)/KOOC-0/500 beam 420,000.

Three products: 243,48,38,500,65,438+0.45 million.

Si Pin 14 1 Liang 18 Liang 24 Liang (Dusi) 260 Liang 78,000.

Five products 90 Liang 12 Liang (garrison) 200 Liang 55000

Liupin 49 Liang (Qian Zong) 120 Liang 30000

Seven items 36 Liang (total) 90 Liang 22000.

Eight products, 427 thousand

Do 33. 1 14 beam 5800.

Comments: The income of military attaché s is much less than that of civil servants, which is equivalent to the annual income of 20,000 heads, 78,000 teachers, 420,000 commanders and 520,000 army commanders. This article knows almost nothing about the army, so it is impossible to compare the specific income now.

(3) Royal relatives

The titles of members of the Qing royal family are roughly divided into 10 grades. From high to low, they are Prince, County King, Baylor, Beizi, Zhen Guogong, Fu Guogong, Zhen Guogong, Fu Guogong, Feng Guogong and General Feng En. Another arrangement is Prince, County King, Baylor, Beizi, Zhen Guogong, Fu Guogong, Bufen Zhen Guogong, Bufen Fu Guogong, Zhen Guogong General, Fu Guogong General, Feng Guogong and Feng En General. These titles are reduced by one level each generation. For example, when a prince is passed on to his son, he will be given the title of county king. When his grandson is Baylor, they will decrease in turn, but at most they will be four grades. In other words, after the descendants of the prince are reduced to the town owner, they will no longer be reduced to the town owner forever; The descendants of the king of the county are the lowest level to assist lord protector; And so on. However, there are also cases where the court gives special approval, such as "hereditary replacement", the so-called "iron hat king", and its descendants will always maintain the title of prince.

Annual salary of relatives and rice income (yuan/year)

Prince 1 Wan Liang 1 Wan welcomes 5.35 million.

County King 5000 Liang 5000 Hu 2.68 million.

Baylor 2500 beam 2500 Hu 1.34 million

Bei Zi 1300 Liang 1300 Hu 700,000.

Zhen Guogong 700 Liang 700 Hu 370 thousand

Fu Guogong 500 Liang 500 Hu 270 thousand

General Zhenguo 4 10 Liang 4 10 welcomes 220,000.

General 3 10 Liang 3 10 Hu170,000.

General 2 10 Liang 2 10 Hu 1 10000.

General Feng En 1 10 Liang 1 10 Hu 60,000.