曹县令的俸禄里
“Magistrate Cao,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
就连你
“Even your salary,”
曹县令的 俸禄里
“Magistrate Cao,”
“is partly paid for by Hengshun Salt Bureau.”
“Remember who actually feeds you before you dare cross me.”
In imperial China, wealthy salt merchants often subsidized magistrates' inadequate official stipends, granting them immense informal power over local law enforcement.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
official salary (historical)
A formal historical term referring to the stipend paid to government officials in imperial dynasties.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“How can I afford that”
“I live on the sovereign's stipend.”
“♪ Embracing pain as home, reborn like a phoenix ♪ Are you Lu Huai, the magistrate of Wei County,”
“and appointed me as magistrate of Huarong County.”
“and appointed myself as the gatekeeper,”
“Magistrate Cui is a double-ranked scholar-official, after all.”