Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 660 The Republic and the Emperor (21)

Spring of the third year of Yan State 450 (663)
After three years of recuperation and power struggle, the four parties finally reached a reconciliation and consensus, including Emperor Yan Yu, the Imperial Guard, the Noble Council, and the Commoner Council.

After three years of wrangling, a new reform package is in everyone's interest.

The reform measures are as follows:

[The Spice Islands established the Xingfan Kingdom and broke away from the Yan Kingdom. Through this method, the conflict between the north and the south was resolved. The Citizens Assembly composed of the citizens of the Spice Islands and the Aristocrats Assembly composed of nobles jointly elected the king. The king was lifelong, but not hereditary. And the noble council can impeach the king and ask the king to abdicate. 】

[Yan Country, Xingfan Country, Fuyu Country, and Jurchen Country together form a republic, and the four countries are all members of the republic. 】

[The King of Buyeo Kingdom is jointly elected by the Buyeo Aristocratic Council and the Citizens Council. It is lifelong and not hereditary. The same is true for the Jurchen Kingdom, Xingfan Kingdom, and Yan Kingdom. 】

[Lifetime citizenship is implemented, and the "Republican Parliament" of the Republic elects the Emperor of the Republic. The Emperor of the Republic is the co-owner of all member states, and the Emperor of the Republic is also not hereditary for life. 】

[The nobles of all member states are life-long hereditary members of the "Republican Assembly". The citizen assemblies of each member state can elect their own citizens to become "Republican Members." 】

[Yan country has a quota of 50 republican councilors, Xingfan country has a quota of 30 republican councilors, Fuyu country has a quota of 5 republican councilors, and Jurchen country has a quota of 2 republican councilors. 】

[Jurchen nobles, Fuyu nobles, Yan kingdom nobles, and Xingfan nobles all belong to the nobles of the Republic. 】

[The fixed quota of Jurchen nobles is [-], the fixed quota of Fuyu nobles is [-], the number of Xingfan nobles has been expanded to [-], and the number will always be fixed at [-], the number of Yan country nobles has been expanded to [-], and the quota will be fixed forever hundred. 】

[Citizens and nobles of all countries have the right to elect emperors, kings, and parliamentarians. 】

[Nobles themselves are members of the noble council, and citizens can elect other citizens to become members of the citizen council. 】

[Yan State Civil Council was changed to Citizen Council. 】

[Citizens are not hereditary for life, and nobles are hereditary for life. 】

[A free citizen can become a citizen of the Republic through the four ways of taking the imperial examination, military merit, awarding by the emperor, and buying with a lot of money. For example, a free citizen of the Yan Kingdom knows medical skills. After the list, you can become a citizen of Yan State and a citizen of the Republic at the same time. 】

[Citizens are not hereditary for life, so the next generation of citizens is still a free citizen, and they still have to pass the imperial examination, military merit, conferred by the emperor, and purchased with a lot of money. These four ways to become citizens. 】

The heavy gold purchase is designed to open the back door for rich businessmen in guilds from various countries, allowing them to use money to buy citizenship. This is to welcome rich people to become citizens of the republic.

There is a limit to granting by the emperor. The emperor can only grant twelve citizenships for free each year, and must accept the review of the Nine Ministers of the Republic. At the same time, he will make a report on the work in the Republican Assembly. This is reserved for the emperor to win important figures from other countries. , is a special case.

The imperial examination is the cornerstone of the republic's desire to absorb real talents into the ruling class of the republic and strengthen the republic.

Becoming a citizen through military merit is a reward for those who have made outstanding contributions to the Republic.

For any freeman to become a citizen, he needs the initial consent of the king of his country, then the approval of the Nine Ministers of the Republic, the consent of the Republican Assembly, and finally the seal of the emperor.

[Foreign immigrants are automatically regarded as slaves, and those who redeem themselves are free citizens. 】

[The nobles of various countries can only inherit their nobility quotas to one person hereditaryly. The descendants of nobles who do not inherit the nobility quotas are all regarded as citizens. The descendants of citizens are free citizens. If a free citizen goes bankrupt, he will become a slave. 】

That is to say, if a nobleman's second son fails to inherit the nobility quota, he will become a citizen, and the second son's son will be automatically downgraded to a free citizen, and if the nobleman's second son's son goes bankrupt, he will directly become a slave.

Under such a system, even the emperor's grandchildren have a high probability of becoming slaves.

[Those who became puppet soldiers in the Anti-Tang War were all demoted to slaves. 】

[Those who have made great military exploits in the Anti-Tang War will be promoted to citizens by relying on military merits. 】

[Those who were not great in the Anti-Tang War were regarded as free people. 】

[Worriless generals of the imperial guards, all changed their surnames to Yan and became nobles of Yan Kingdom and Xingfan Kingdom. 】

This is to appease the imperial guards and let them continue to serve the Republic. At the same time, it is also the reason why Yan Kingdom and Xingfan Kingdom expanded the number of nobles. The merged national control, on the other hand, is also to prevent the Janissaries from rebelling.

Not only the Wuyou generals became nobles, but also the nobles of King Yan's family temporarily obtained the right to inherit three places.

In order to prevent the Republic from being controlled by outsiders, it is necessary to increase the quota of members of the royal family. Now every royal nobleman has three noble quotas at the same time, and can designate three heirs to inherit the noble quotas at the same time.

But such benefits are limited to the current group of Wang nobles, and the new nobles who inherit the quota still only have one noble quota that can be inherited hereditary.

Increase the number of old nobles, and at the same time accept new nobles into the ruling class. In this way, the old nobles are satisfied, their number is more than before, and the right to speak is still the first.

The new nobles are also satisfied. After all, they had no chance to become nobles before. Although they are suppressed by the old nobles in numbers, at least they have entered the threshold of nobles.

This reform of Emperor Yan Yu/Di Yu can be regarded as satisfying the forces of all parties, making everyone satisfied, allowing everyone to live in harmony, not to fight civil war, so as not to be benefited by the Central Plains fisherman.

[In order to distinguish the Wang nobles/old nobles from the new nobles, and to reflect the dominant position of the Yan Kingdom in the Republic, all the new nobles changed their surnames to Yan, even the nobles from the Fuyu Kingdom and the Jurchen Kingdom also changed their surnames to Yan, while Wang For the nobles/old nobles, change their surname to Emperor. 】

This reform is called [Republican Reform], the main purpose of the reform is to confirm, who is the noble?Who is a citizen?Who are the freemen?Who is a slave?who are we?Who are we?
There are only two sources of citizenship, either the first-generation heirs of the nobles, or the promotion of freedmen to citizens.

And foreigners, whether they are grassland people, Central Plains people, Tianzhu people, or people from other regions, are all regarded as slaves in the eyes of the Republic.

In other words, Emperor Yu/Yan Yu transformed the internal contradictions of the Republic into external contradictions.

"Stop fighting among yourself, and don't keep thinking about how to turn the people around you into slaves to open up wasteland. Everyone should unite and catch foreigners as slaves together, so that everyone outside the Republic will become a slave. Become our slave and work for us!"

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An epoch-making reform of the empire on which the sun never sets is a major change in their promotion from Chinese civilization to world civilization. ——"General History of the World Song Dynasty Li Qingzhao"

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The death of the autocratic queen brought the dawn of the Republic to the Empire on which the sun never sets. Everyone in Song Dynasty should be grateful to the Empire on which the sun never sets, and to Mr. Di Yu who created the civilized world hundreds of years ago. ——"General History of the World Song Qin Hui"

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