《梦溪笔谈·官政二》
天下公吏一向没有固定的俸禄，只靠受贿为生，而往往有因此而致富的。
天下吏人，素无常禄，唯以受赇为生，往往致富者。
Public officials in the world never had a fixed salary, and they only earned a living by taking bribes, and often got rich by doing so.