When it comes to civil servants, the first thing that modern people think of is the iron rice bowl. Yes, civil servants have high treatment and social status, stable jobs and high incomes. But the civil servants in the ancient Northern Song Dynasty were much happier than the modern ones. At that time, many people wanted to marry their daughters to court officials, because they were well paid, not only paying salaries, but also distributing rice, noodles, cloth, tea and wine, in addition to these, there were dishes and spices.

At that time, many officials thought it was not clean to eat side dishes outside, so they opened up a vegetable field in the open space of yamen and planted some vegetables for daily consumption. In the later period, there were more families, more vegetables and bigger vegetable fields, which not only saved money for their families, but also increased extra income for the yamen. At that time, not only on-the-job officials were paid, but even if they left their jobs, they were paid a general salary during their tenure. However, at that time, this provision was only for civil servants, not including military attaché s.

However, this advanced treatment method has also caused some bad things. For example, if the treatment is too good, officials' thoughts will begin to swell and slack off, and their work will not be as active as before, because they will get paid whether they are on the job or leaving, saying that they will not do their best to treat their work. This situation has virtually increased the pressure on the country.

Moreover, at that time, officials had easy work and high salaries, so they began a rich amateur life. For example, at that time, official prostitutes were popular in the Song Dynasty, and this profession only entertained and did not sell themselves. And in the Song Dynasty, as long as you are an official, future generations can enjoy this treatment. It can be said that the happiest civil servant is the civil servant of the Northern Song Dynasty.