Zhuge Liang once disclosed his family property to Liu Chan, explaining his regular source of income. He owns 800 mulberry trees and 15 acres of land, and says his children are self-sufficient for food and clothing. During his tenure abroad, he was fed and closed on official supplies and had no other source of income. He even expressed his hope that when he died, there would be no extra belongings in the family, so as not to add a burden to His Majesty.
However, after Zhuge Liang's death, people found that his family really only had these things and no other property. This confirms his integrity. Although it seems that Zhuge Liang's family property is quite a lot, let's calculate how much property he has.
First, let's calculate his income. Although there is no specific record of the income of Shu Han officials in the history books, we can refer to the situation in the Eastern Han Dynasty to calculate. For convenience, we only calculate Zhuge Liang's income after he became prime minister.
Zhuge Liang's daily income is mainly composed of five parts. The first part was the salary, which was paid every month, similar to today's salary. Zhuge Liang's monthly salary includes two parts: food and currency. Grain is equivalent to 175 millets, and currency is equivalent to 17,500 yuan. According to the official grain price of the Eastern Han Dynasty, 1 Hu millet is worth 100 yuan, so Zhuge Liang's monthly salary is equivalent to 35,000 yuan, which is 420,000 yuan a year.
The second part of Zhuge Liang's income is institutionalized rewards. Institutionalized rewards are divided into spring gifts and wax gifts. Spring gift is a benefit issued at the beginning of the spring year, which is equivalent to the festival fee; Lash is a benefit issued at the end of the year, which is equivalent to a year-end bonus. Zhuge Liang's spring gift includes 60 horses and 203,300 yuan of welfare, and the blessing includes 200,000 yuan, 200 pounds of beef and 200 hu japonica rice. According to the price at that time, 60 horses were worth 30,000 yuan, and 200 japonica rice was converted into millet for about 33,300 yuan. Add up these benefits to roughly 263,300 dollars.
In addition, Zhuge Liang also has food income. According to the system of the Han Dynasty, after being knighted, you can enjoy a certain number of taxes. According to the general view that Zhuge Liang was named a township marquis, there are six or seven hundred households in the general township marquis, and according to the calculation of 200 yuan per household, the annual income is about 130,000 yuan.
To sum up, Zhuge Liang's fixed income includes Lilu (420,000 yuan), institutionalized rewards (263,300 yuan) and food income (130,000 yuan), which is about 813,300 yuan a year.
Zhuge Liang served as prime minister from April 221 to August 234, a total of 13 years and 4 months. His total amount was about 5.6 million dollars. During this time, he received 13 institutionalized rewards, totaling about 3.42 million dollars. In the 11 years from his marquis in May 223 to his death in 234, his income was about 1.43 million yuan. Adding up these three parts of the income, the total is 10.45 million money. In addition to fixed income, Zhuge Liang also has two kinds of irregular income. One is temporary rewards, that is, the benefits that Liu Bei and Liu Chan temporarily rewarded him. According to records, Zhuge Liang received temporary rewards at least twice, one of which included gold, silver, coins, and brocade, which translated into a value of about 54.7 million yuan. Another reward was 8,000 grain given to him by Liu Chan, which translates to about 800,000 yuan. The two temporary rewards add up to a total of 55.5 million dollars. Finally, Zhuge Liang also owns 15 hectares of land and 800 mulberry trees. Although it is impossible to accurately calculate the value of their output, 15 hectares of land were worth about 2.45 million dollars based on the price of land at the time. To sum up, Zhuge Liang's total income includes fixed income (10.45 million yuan), temporary rewards (55.5 million yuan) and fixed asset valuation (2.45 million yuan), which is about 68.4 million yuan. Although these calculations are estimates, in terms of income and assets, Zhuge Liang's wealth is definitely more than he has made public. However, Zhuge Liang did not leave much legacy after his death. Probably because he was so busy governing the country and fighting wars that he didn't have the time and mind to spend a lot of money. According to records, he proposed to distribute the materials brought back by Zhao Yun after the failure of the Northern Expedition to the soldiers. Considering Zhuge Liang's consistent moral character and Shu Han's financial difficulties, his huge fortune was either not received or donated.