Government jobs should be cushy so the people doing those jobs are ideally not going to beholden to bribes or corruption. Millennia of warlords got to do their warlording because they gave kickbacks. It's a time proven strategy. Rewarding "your guys" is the first step to ensuring your back doesn't get a knife in it.
Government jobs should be cushy so the people doing those jobs are ideally not going to beholden to bribes or corruption. Millennia of warlords got to do their warlording because they gave kickbacks. It's a time proven strategy. Rewarding "your guys" is the first step to ensuring your back doesn't get a knife in it.
Precisely. If one is rewarded handsomely, they will be less inclined to look to other sources for income, or betray their leaders for a reward.