The traditional social class in the Farea continent has the highest status among the nobility, including territorial nobles and honorary nobles, and then there is the free people class. Handicraftsmen, merchants, and small farmers all belong to this class. They own their own property and live in towns.
, paid taxes to lords or kings for protection, but often suffered losses because their private property was coveted by territorial nobles and local officials.
The third class is civilians or territorial citizens. Civilians are also urban residents. They work in cities and accept work assignments from local officials to maintain food and clothing. Just like Husby, although he is a farmer, he does not have his own land and can only live in the city.
They farmed the public fields in the town in exchange for food, clothing and clothing. The territorial citizens were vassals of the territorial nobles. They had no private property, could not leave the territory, and their personal freedom was restricted. Basically, they could only survive by relying on the territorial nobles.
The last class is slaves, whose personal life and death are in the hands of their masters. Although slavery has been abolished in many places and countries in Farea, the slave trade has been banned repeatedly on the continent, especially when wars broke out.
The best source of making prisoners of war into slaves.
After Prince Kargat won the kingdom's civil war and successfully ascended the throne as Stirling IX, he quickly carried out vigorous reforms. After launching a series of economic, educational, administrative and military reform plans, he also carried out reforms to the kingdom.
Radical sociopolitical reform.
First, Sterling IX announced that he would take back the fiefdoms of all territorial nobles in the kingdom. From now on, the kingdom would no longer have territorial nobles. This move triggered a rebellion among the remaining territorial nobles in the kingdom, but it was quickly put down. On the gallows next to the road
The corpses of those nobles were hung all over the place.
Immediately afterwards, Sterling IX promulgated the "Bill on the Rights and Interests of the Four Civil Classes", which clarified the boundaries of the four classes of people in society and stipulated their freedoms and rights in the form of clear legal provisions. This caused great controversy in the Farea continent.
Big sensation.
The "Bill of Rights and Interests of the Four Civil Classes" stipulates that in the Kingdom of Ovelas, the first class is the nobility. Of course, the titles conferred by Sterling IX are all honorary nobility, which are those who only have the title of nobility and annuity income from the title, but no territory.
That kind of.
The second class is citizens, civilians who have made outstanding contributions to the kingdom, soldiers who have made military exploits but have not reached the level of being awarded a title, and civilian officials who have worked hard at their jobs to meet the prescribed number of years.
The third class is commoners, which is the largest class in the kingdom. They bear the responsibilities of paying taxes and serving. Here, Stirling IX overturned the classification tradition of the four social classes in the Farea continent, dividing free people and
Civilians and territorial citizens are all classified as a civilian class. At the same time, civilians are given more freedoms in private property, marriage, work, migration, etc., and most civilian labor is exempted and replaced with paid labor remuneration.
At the same time, Sterling IX announced the abolition of slavery in the Kingdom of Overas, and all public and private slaves were released as civilians. From then on, selling slaves in the kingdom became a major crime.
The fourth class is the servants. This is the lowest class. They are basically captured bandits and criminals. Sterling IX cherishes the power of the people, so except for the sinners who have committed extremely heinous crimes and cannot be forgiven, no other crimes will lead to death.
Criminals, debtors, vagrants, beggars, etc. all belong to this class. All large-scale public construction projects within the kingdom are completed by these slaves. This is labor reform in another world. A slave must complete the prescribed period.
You can become a civilian again during your service period.
After Sterling IX ordered the invincible commander-in-chief Dubok Mann Duncan to lead the army to destroy and annex the Duke of Berkeley, he ordered that all the more than 30,000 captured soldiers of the Duke be demoted to civilian service. This was not promulgated until five years later.
The amnesty order restored these prisoners to civilian status.
Over the past 50 years since its implementation, the "Bill on the Rights and Interests of the Four Civil Classes" has become the cornerstone of social stability in the Kingdom of Ovelas and a national policy that the kingdom will unswervingly implement. While it stipulates the classification of the four classes of people in the Kingdom's society,
It also protects the rights and interests of the four classes of people and monitors their obligations to the kingdom.
As a member of the aristocracy of the kingdom, although they lost their territory, they had the title annuity, guaranteed income from droughts and floods, and avoided the losses caused by natural disasters in the territory. From an economic point of view, they did not suffer major harm. In terms of political rights,
They also got a lot of compensation. All the officials who hold public office in the kingdom are nobles of the kingdom. This has even become an unwritten and unspoken rule.
In addition, Stirling IX also ordered the establishment of two chambers, the upper and lower chambers, as an auxiliary to the king's governance. The upper chamber is composed entirely of nobles of the kingdom. It is responsible for hearing cases of nobles and cases of impeachment of kingdom officials proposed by the lower house, and supervising the prime minister of the kingdom.
Responsible for the implementation of administrative plans, and has certain legislative and judicial powers, and can veto certain bills submitted by the House of Commons.
The House of Commons is entirely composed of citizens, and most of its members come from local national representatives from various regions of the kingdom. Both the king and the House of Lords hold the quota of some members of the House of Commons. As a member of the House of Commons, he is responsible for supervising the affairs of the kingdom and
Local administrators are the officials of the Kingdom, responsible for reviewing local financial budgets and supervising the implementation of allocations. He has the right to propose proposals and also has a generous administrative subsidy income.
As a preferential treatment for the kingdom's staunchest supporters, the "Four Civil Classes Rights and Interests Act" stipulates that citizens have priority in taxation and children's education, military recruitment, and taking up local public offices. Generally speaking, supervisors among kingdom and local government officials
The person in charge is either a noble or a citizen. In the kingdom's army, national officers are a powerful guarantee for building a strong army.
In peacetime, as a member of the draft since the implementation of the new military service system, a civilian needs to serve in the army for fifteen years before he can become a member of the national class. Of course, if a war breaks out and he has achieved military exploits, this process will be shortened quickly.
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If one joins public office, a civilian will need to work conscientiously in this position for twenty years before he can be promoted to a citizen. This was the experience of Morsang.
Morsan, who was still very young at the time, was keenly aware of the changes brought about by the promulgation of the "Four Civil Classes Rights and Interests Act". In a way, this was an increase in social status and political rights for the vast civilian class.
Channel. For him, enlisting in the army is really dangerous. In the twenty years after Sterling IX worked hard to reform the kingdom, he had three wars with his mortal enemy the Kingdom of Nasseri, although all three wars were fought by Olvera.
The Kingdom of Sri Lanka won the victory, but tens of thousands of soldiers were killed or injured as a result.
Therefore, Morsang would rather spend twenty years in civil service to earn himself a national identity. Although it takes a long time, it is safe after all. Moreover, he is only twenty-two years old now, and he will only be in his forties in twenty years.
, it was when he was in the prime of life that he believed he had a better future.
The young Molsang has won the recognition of his colleagues and the trust of successive town mayors with his shrewdness and meticulous work attitude. To the townspeople, his services are cordial, patient, well-founded, and clear-cut between public and private. To his colleagues,
It is said that Morsan is a trustworthy friend with a gentle attitude, generous and helpful. To his boss, Morsan is a person worth cultivating because he can complete the tasks assigned to him meticulously and thoughtfully every time.
object.
When Morsanne was twenty-eight years old, the town police chief Sunny, who was about to retire, admired the young man's talent, so he married his 24-year-old daughter Berticia Sunny to Morsanne.
Ersan. At that time, some people asked old Sunny, as he was a citizen, why didn't he find a citizen as his son-in-law? Instead, he married his precious daughter to a commoner...
Old Sonny replied with a smile that he believed in his own vision and that Morsan would definitely be promoted to national status through his own efforts, and his daughter would also enjoy the honor of a national lady.
The old sheriff was right. Morsant received a total of five administrative commendations in the next nine years. This is almost legendary for a local civil official in a kingdom, especially an administrative clerk in a small town.
This honor allowed Morsang to obtain national status five years ahead of schedule, and he was immediately promoted to the administrative director of Bailu Town.
Morsang was only thirty-seven years old at that time, and he had great popularity among the townspeople, and also had high prestige among the local officials of Bailu Town. He also had a happy family, a gentle and considerate wife,
An eight-year-old son and a four-year-old son. It can be said that Mr. Morsan already has all the wonderful life he wanted to have when he was young.
Only when you stand high can you see far. Mr. Molsang, who has become the administrative director of the town, is not willing to stay in this position for the rest of his life. He also wants to take a further step in his official career, hoping to become the mayor, councilor, county commissioner...
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It was only then that Mr. Molsang discovered how difficult it was for him to take a further step in his official career. The reality could not be satisfactory. Bailu Town is known as the first town in the three southwest counties, but after all, it is just a small town, subordinate to the southwest.
He is under the jurisdiction of Baromisse County, Pahlavia County. Although he is well-known in White Deer Town, he lacks connections and appreciators in his official career, and does not have the promotion and support of big figures in Baromisse County.
, it is impossible for him to leave Bailu Town.
It would have been nice if his father Hasby had asked for the title of a nobleman instead of this big red brick house when faced with the prince's promise of a huge reward... Mr. Morsant often thought this, and he often said this to himself.
said the children.
National identity is the basis for being a local official. If you want to go further, you need relationships and connections, not just hard work to complete your job. Of course, if you are a noble, then Mr. Morsan's troubles can be easily solved.
Because in the kingdom, it is more convenient and simpler to appoint a noble as a local governor than to appoint a citizen, and the trouble with the latter is that there are a large number of competitors for every position, and there are countless favors and interests intertwined behind them, so that the person in charge of personnel affairs
The kingdom officials are deeply troubled...
In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed, and Mr. Molsang is still the administrative director of Bailu Town. Even if he cannot develop further in his career, this setback cannot extinguish his ambition. In the past ten years, Bailu Town has become
As the city became increasingly prosperous and densely populated, Mr. Morsan saw a good opportunity to take a shortcut.
If Bailu Town can be upgraded to a city, then Mr. Molsang, the representative of local officials who have made outstanding contributions to the development of Bailu Town in the past thirty years, will definitely be the first to take credit. His reputation will spread to the royal capital and appear in the capital.
In front of King Stirling X, maybe he will get a title and a title for this...
Whenever he thinks of this, Mr. Morsan's heart is always hot, and he will devote himself to his work more enthusiastically...