Writing workers can now basically be said to be 'the younger brother of the younger brother'', those famous writers are certainly glamorous, and the god authors on some original novel websites also have considerable incomes, but these people are after all rare, and the salaries of the vast majority of literary workers are not enough to feed themselves; but in the Republic of China a hundred years ago, the writers were absolutely the best in the income of the whole society, and Hu Shi, who was called the "Working Emperor" at that time, was even higher than the old Jiang on the surface.
According to the "List of Civil Officials and Other Officials" formulated by the Government of the Republic of China, the highest monthly salary of old Chiang Kai-shek was 800 silver yuan, and the president of the Legislative Yuan, the president of the Executive Yuan, and other absolute high-level officials within the national army belonged to this income ladder; and the minimum salary of civil servants was also 55 yuan, which was already very good in terms of the overall income of society at that time.
What were the salaries of other ordinary workers in society at that time? The monthly salary of a textile worker is about 15 to 20 silver dollars, while the salary of the patrol police is even worse than that of a textile woman worker, which is only 10 to 13 yuan a month; the wages of other serious workers are concentrated at about 15 yuan; primary school teachers have a salary of 25 yuan, and school logistics is only 6 yuan.
From the above, we can see that the knowledgeable and educated people have greatly opened up the gap with ordinary workers in terms of wage income. Since the salaries of these civil servants and teachers are so large, what is the salary of Hu Shi like the above-mentioned Hu Shi, as well as Lu Xun and others who are equally famous as Hu Shi?
Although Hu Shi's achievements in articles are not as good as Lu Xun's, his influence in the international community is very large, and he has the title of doctor of more than ten well-known universities at home and abroad, so during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he was appointed ambassador to the United States in danger, and his basic salary was 1,000 yuan; plus various subsidies and allowances, the salary alone was 1400, which was higher than that of old Chiang Kai-shek, which is still not counting various writing fees.
And Mr. Lu Xun, we all know that he bought a courtyard in Beijing, but the money he spent on buying a courtyard was only half a year's salary. The courtyard that Lu Xun bought in Beijing cost a total of 3675 yuan, but as early as 1919, Lu Xun's monthly salary when he served in the Ministry of Education of the Beiyang government had reached 300 oceans, which was also the income from the removal of the fee.
From the above data, it can be seen that the income of intellectuals in the Republic of China period was really high. After introducing the wages of people from all walks of life in the Republic of China, let's talk about how much these wages are worth today.
According to the price recorded in the "History of the Shanghai Workers' Movement", at that time, a kilogram of pork was 0.23 yuan, a kilogram of live chicken was 0.37 yuan, and an egg was 0.027 yuan. At that time, the rice was not calculated according to the pound, generally according to the "stone", a stone of rice was about 200 pounds, the price was 14 yuan. However, at that time, domestic prices soared, which was written on the price of 1927, but a few years ago, from 1912 to 1919, the price of rice was 178 kilograms per old stone, which only cost 6 silver dollars, and pork only needed 0.12 to 0.13 yuan per kilogram.
So we take a median value, using the then one yuan equal to today's 260 yuan to calculate, Lu Xunguang is 300 yuan per month in the Ministry of Education salary, put to now have 78,000 yuan. It is not counted as not knowing, a calculation of a shock, this number I believe you can never guess.
Just in the Ministry of Education, there are seven or eighty thousand fixed jobs per month, if you add the manuscript fee, it is even more unbelievable, the monthly salary is easy to hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, even if you do not add the contribution fee, the monthly salary and various subsidies are added together, the annual income is also nearly one million, no wonder Lu Xun was able to easily buy the courtyard at that time, this salary is now which writer is not envious?