There is an old saying in China called "the people take food as the sky", in today's material richness, everyone has long been worried about eating a full stomach, but "money" is inseparable from both ancient and modern times, and whenever it comes to paying wages, everyone's eyes will begin to shine again. Nowadays, most companies pay salaries directly into the bank card, and there is rarely cash used anymore, which can be described as time-saving and labor-saving.
But we know that in ancient times there were no bank cards. Even many dynasties did not even have "paper money" as hard currency, and in many stores they could not buy anything, so they had to take out silver or copper plates, which were of high value on this material. So how did the ancient emperors distribute the "Feng Lu" to the hands of local officials?
The ancient Feng Lu system can be divided into four main stages, the first stage is the Spring and Autumn Warring States period before the Qin Dynasty, the second stage is the Qin and Han periods, the third stage is the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the last is the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After reading it, I have to admire the wisdom of the ancients.
The first is the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before the Qing Dynasty, when currency was not particularly popular, and everyone liked more practical things. For example, if you are knighted, you generally reward the land, and for some meritorious ministers, it is natural to reward more, and the general officials will reward less, that is to say, the field is their fenglu.
Later, when the fields were no longer rewarded, the system was naturally changed again, called the "Gulu System", that is, from rewarding the fields to rewarding grain. At that time, you had a lot of food, and naturally someone would work with you. Money is not important, you can eat what you can. For example, Confucius at that time had 60,000 taels of millet per year when he was an official.
The second stage was the Qin and Han dynasties, when money began to become popular, and in 221 BC, Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, and also unified currency and weights and measures. So the currency began to have a solid foundation, everyone will not worry, the country suddenly perished, this coin can not be spent. Thus there was a system of "all officials and officials, half of the coin and the object", that is, half of the coin is half of the physical object.
In the Tang and Song dynasties, in 736 AD (the twenty-fourth year of the new century), Tang Xuanzong ordered the reform of the Feng Lu system, in addition to the reward of land and the reward of grain, there is also a kind of thing called "Feng Material", the so-called Feng Material is actually the moon, food, miscellaneous uses, etc., including all aspects of your life.
I have to say that the way the Tang Dynasty distributed Feng Lu was very intimate, as long as you seriously gave me work. I will arrange for you to live, eat, wear, and even servants. So in the Tang Dynasty, staying at home, suddenly someone came to your door with a large plate, not the takeaway arrived, but your "Feng Lu" arrived.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, he did not change much, mainly based on grain as the unit of measurement. However, during the Ming Dynasty, there were some officials who were a little less, and you may not believe it when you say it, and many officials with six or seven pins are not as high as yours. Therefore, during the Ming Dynasty, corrupt officials were rampant, and Zhu Yuanzhang killed 300,000 people without killing them.
The way they distribute the money is also very simple, and there are grain depots everywhere. As long as it comes to the incident of issuing the Qilu, you can take out the relevant certificate and go to collect it. Just like modern ATMs, you can withdraw money by entering your password.