Zhèxiē háohuá de gōngdiàn, nǎ yí zuò búshì yòng mínzhī-míngāo duī qǐlai de?
Which of these lavish palaces wasn't built out of the people's blood and sweat?
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The older order is 民膏民脂, from the warning of 孟昶, a 10th-century ruler of Later Shu, to his officials that their salaries were the people's fat and grease. Song emperors had the lines carved on stones in front of every county office.
