The emperor always gave him two thousand gold. Why don't they feel bad?

In fact, ancient gold is not valuable, because the ancient mining industry is not developed, and most of it is gold doped with other impurities, which can not be used for trading, but only for collection. In order to motivate ministers, the ancient emperors rewarded those ministers who made contributions. Usually we hear on TV that they were rewarded with 22,000 gold, but in fact, they were rewarded with this worthless gold.

At that time, the emperor, as the king of a country, in order to consolidate his rights, it was more realistic for those capable ministers to be promoted or given money. After all, people who embark on official career hope that they can move up step by step and finally reach a higher position. In that class society at that time, having power was equal to having money. If a senior official is asked to do something, who will do it without money? So compared with the money given by the emperor, isn't this very attractive? After all, it is not every day that the emperor gives it.

Let's start with 22,000 yuan for gold. As far as our current understanding of the price of gold is concerned, one gram of pure gold is worth 200 yuan. So how much is 22,000 yuan of gold? You said that the emperor always gave gold 22 thousand, which was too much for the state treasury. In fact, this gold of 22,000 yuan is of little value. Most of this gold is doped with other metals, containing a lot of copper, iron and tin, and there are not many real gold. Most importantly, this gold cannot be traded.

This is also related to the smelting technology at that time. The mining technology at that time was not strong. Low-precision gold is collected by the emperor and left to ministers, while high-precision gold is filled in the state treasury, which is not easy to take out. That's why the emperor was so generous in giving his ministers two thousand gold.