Corruption, embezzlement, smuggling, and evasion proliferated when the state bureaucracy was weak, yet from dynasty to dynasty, the salt gabelle yielded revenue second only to the land tax.
Yet for all the problems, the salt gabelle yielded revenue second only to the land tax. Corruption, embezzlement, smuggling, and evasion proliferated when the state bureaucracy was weak.
Corruption, embezzlement, smuggling, and evasion proliferated when the state bureaucracy was weak. Yet for all the problems, the salt gabelle yielded revenue second only to the land tax.
Corruption, embezzlement, smuggling, and evasion proliferated when the state bureaucracy was weak. Yet for all the problems, the salt gabelle yielded revenue second only to the land tax.