Ming Dynasty budget as of ~1582. Completely insane that they were spending almost a third of the budget on useless non-working stipendiaries compared to under 1% on the combined salaries of the entire bureaucracy. Do not do this.
drinking in a dingy overpriced bar in the shell of a former satellite factory. there’s a monument to Dongfanghong 1 outside but the skyline is dominated by the Jingdong dog looking down from Jingdong Technology Mansion — Moonshot offices topped by a faux Ming-Qing temple