In the same way, excise officials paid for transfers to larger ports, and tax officials angled for jobs where they inspected larger and more profitable businesses. The more money that flowed through a position, the more that could be extracted from it. IAS officers faced an unpleasant choice of turning a blind eye to this corruption or sharing in its largesse. Honest candidates were unlikely to even apply for positions that required payments. Those who kicked up a fuss were quickly transferred to more mundane and less lucrative postings.
