A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 302 Bai Guo’s New Deal
In the Bai Kingdom, the most common thing is not the restaurants everywhere, but the schools.

The Bai Kingdom has an extremely mature school system. Starting from the age of six, Bai Kingdom boys will automatically obtain admission qualifications and enter the schools run by the local government. If there is no school in the local area, they can enter any school nearest to them. .

But basically, each county has five or six schools, and even some larger pavilions will have a school. Some locations are really remote, too far from the county seat, and several pavilions will be located closest to all the pavilions. Set up a simple school in the pavilion or inside.

The school is divided into three classes: upper, middle and lower classes. The age range for off-duty classes is six to 12 years old. The age range for middle classes is 12 to 15 years old. The age range for working classes is 15 to 18 years old.

Every time you are promoted, there will be an exam in the school. The top ten students with the highest average scores in the three exams will automatically be eligible to enter the Bai Academy. The top three students will receive full tuition exemption.

After entering Bai's Academy to study for three years, a freshman test will be held in the first year and you will choose three subjects. The three students with the highest scores in each subject entered Taibai Academy to study for two years, and only by passing the graduation test could they be recognized by the school and the academy.

Most of the officials of the Bai Kingdom were selected from Bai Xue and Bai Yuan. Every year, the government would hold official selections in the Fu Yuan, and students of three years could participate.

Those who pass the master's recommendation and the government test can obtain the official status of the Bai Kingdom and become officials of the Bai Kingdom, and retain the qualifications to study in the government courtyard. However, the government only selects a hundred people each year.

People call these hundred people the official candidates.

In order to manage the school, Bai Xue, and Bai Yuan, in addition to the Prince Bai personally being responsible for the academy, there was also a Si Xue, who was attached to the Situ Mansion. There is one name, Shi Xue Zhang, with a rank of six hundred stones, and a bronze fish seal without a ribbon. There are several principals in the department, with a rank of one hundred stones, and a bronze fish seal without a ribbon.

For different household registrations, Baiguo's tax collection is different.

For agricultural registration, you only need to pay 20% of the output of the land every year, and there are no other taxes such as head tax;

For citizens, you need to go to the local government every year to report your income for the year, submit account books, and report your family situation. You only need to pay the excess tax stipulated by the government, and you do not need to pay the rest;
For military and craftsmanships, you only need to complete the tasks prescribed by the government every year, and there is no need to pay for others.

For business registration, the regulations are similar to those for civil registration. You must report and submit account books to the government on time and pay excess taxes. Moreover, as long as you pay the annual tax in full, you can get a voucher. This voucher can be used within the scope of Belarus. You are exempt from paying the passerby tax, but you are not allowed to give it to others for use. Violators will be severely fined.

And because of this, the Bai Kingdom abolished the corvee system. Whenever there are buildings, roads or other projects that need to be repaired, the government will pay enough wages. They will not go to serve elsewhere like the big men, and they will have to prepare their own dry food.

In order to manage the complex household registration, taxes and taxes of the Bai Kingdom, the Bai Kingdom specially set up two departments: Si Registration and Si Taxation, which have the same rank and level as the Si Xuefu.

They all belong to the Situ Mansion of the Bai Kingdom. Based on the official system of the Han Dynasty, the Bai Kingdom added the old system of the Shang and Zhou dynasties to establish the three-gong system exclusive to the Bai Kingdom, also known as the Xiaosangong, namely Situ, Sikong, and Sima.

In order not to exceed the official system of the Han Dynasty, the Bai Kingdom established the Situ Mansion. There was a junior Situ, with a rank of five thousand stones, and a golden snake seal with a red ribbon; a senior Situ, a rank of a thousand stones, and a silver snake seal without a ribbon.

The regulations of Sima Mansion, Sikong Mansion and Situ Mansion are the same. Both Xiao Sima and Xiao Sikong are senior members of the Bai Mansion with a rank of five thousand stones and wear a red ribbon and golden python seal; their deputy, Chang Shi, both have a rank of five thousand stones and wear a silver ribbon without a ribbon. Snake print.

Whether you are the chief officer of a department depends on whether there is a ribbon on the official seal. The white ribbon has three colors, red, green and black, which are respectively matched with three official seals, gold python, silver snake and bronze fish.

Those with a salary of more than a hundred stones can be called officials, and those below are called officials. Those with a hundred to a thousand stones are awarded the bronze fish seal with black ribbon, and are considered minor officials; those with a true thousand to two thousand stone, are awarded the silver fish seal with a green ribbon, and are high-ranking officials; those with a true value of two thousand to five thousand stones and above are awarded the gold python seal with a red ribbon. It's for senior officials.

In addition to the central part of the Bai Kingdom, there are several counties. The Bai Kingdom has Nangtaihang in the north, Baijun in the east, the Yellow River in the south, and Xiuwu in the west.

Containing half of Hanoi County, there are hundreds of thousands of nationals with nationality, and there are also 200,000 to 300,000 stateless migrants, with the total number exceeding one million year-round.

Each county magistrate has a black ribbon and bronze fish seal, with a salary ranging from 600 to 1,000 shi.

Chaoge Yin, who manages Chaoge and its surroundings, is a little higher than the magistrate of each county. He has a green ribbon with a silver snake seal and a salary of two thousand dan.

The Situ Mansion was in charge of all the political affairs of the Bai Kingdom, and managed all the counties and pavilions of the Bai Kingdom. Under him were the Nine Ministers, namely, the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Taxation, the Secretary of Ji, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of Gong, the Treasurer, the Secretary of An, and the Honglu Temple. The chief officials of each department are all awarded the silver snake seal by Qing, and their rank salary is two thousand dan.

The county magistrates and Chaoge Yin were all under the management of Situ Mansion, but the power of appointment and removal was in the hands of King Bai.

The Sikong Mansion is the chief supervisor, and under him are the Judicial, Prison, and Yushi, who are at the same level and have the same salary as Situ Jiuqing. The judiciary is mainly responsible for hearing illegal cases in various places, the prison department is responsible for managing the safety and imprisonment of prisoners and suspects, and the censor is responsible for inspecting unofficial officials in various departments across the country, including the judiciary and the prison department.

In each county, the Sikong Prefecture has a law officer, a prison, and a censor; it is under the dual jurisdiction of the local chief and the Sikong Prefecture. There is an additional legal official in each pavilion, who is responsible for explaining legal provisions to the people. The legal official can be hired by local people to work part-time after signing up.

The Sima Mansion is in charge of the military, and it has departments such as the Department of Soldiers, the Department of Food, the Military Law Department, the Military Registration Department, and the Military Medical Department. The Sima Mansion only has the power to command and train troops. To mobilize more than 500 soldiers and horses, a special tiger granted by King Bai is needed. print.

In addition to the Three Dukes, there are many departments under the direct jurisdiction of King Bai. They are all under the Bai Mansion. King Bai can intervene at will. Although his position and salary are low, no one dares to look down upon them. For example, Bai Xue and Bai Yuan are both affiliated with the Bai Mansion, as well as the Clan Mansion, the Gong clan Mansion, and the Clan Mansion, which manage the major families of the Bai Kingdom, as well as special government offices such as the Physician Mansion, the Craftsman Mansion, and the Special Research Institute.

Since Emperor Guangwu, although the Bai Kingdom has not been well-known in the world and has not had any outstanding achievements, it has continued to initiate reforms in the country. Starting from the implementation of the New Deal and the redemption of fields, every few years or more than ten years, the Bai Kingdom will Launching a small restructuring, as the saying goes, slow work produces careful work.

After decades of hard work by the three generations of Bai Wang, Bai Guan, Bai Shi, and now Bai Qi, we have now achieved a situation where the government orders are clear, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the army is well-equipped, and the city is prosperous.

The continuous reforms introduced by the Bai Kingdom have made many people in surrounding counties want to obtain the nationality of the Bai Kingdom and say goodbye to the past days of starvation.

However, in order not to attract the attention of the court, and because the population of Baiguo was already very large, for the sake of future development, Baiguo had to reluctantly issue a decree that refused to allow foreigners to settle in Baiguo. However, if they made a great contribution to Baiguo, they could be The White King granted special approval for naturalization.

This stopped the trend of people from surrounding counties such as Hanoi County, Bai County and Dong County on the other side of the Yellow River flocking to the Bai Kingdom. However, there were still many people who could not survive and lost their land. They went to the Bai Kingdom to work and seek a living, placing their hope in the Bai Kingdom. The family's mercy made them become Bai people.

Although Emperor Guangwu and the current emperor were diligent and caring for the people, constantly restrained powerful mergers, and were considerate of the common people, they were still far behind the advanced system of the Bai Kingdom.

Coupled with the vast territory of the Han Dynasty, the need to deal with the relations with surrounding foreign races, and the internal power struggle, the Han emperor was rarely able to devote himself wholeheartedly to the development and construction of the country.

However, as the three Dukes who are in charge of state affairs and assist the emperor in handling government affairs, they are restricted by the emperor. Some policies cannot be issued without bypassing the emperor. This makes the emperor weak but unwilling and the ministers weak.

The upper-class nobles have vision and understand the truth, but they are trapped in complicated power struggles and external affairs. The powerful management at the lower level is limited in vision and short-sighted. They only know how to annex land and seek higher power and wealth.

This has fallen into a strange circle. To develop national strength, we must concentrate on governance and work together from top to bottom. But no matter which class they were, they either didn't have enough ability or didn't have enough vision, so the Han chariot just moved forward with inertia.

But the Bai Kingdom is different. Because of the existence of the divine seal, Bai is born to be the highest manager of the Bai Kingdom and has the supreme power of the Bai Kingdom.

In addition, the Bai family has been prominent in the local area for thousands of years. This long time is enough to stop some ambitious people, making the power struggle less prominent.

There was also a big man in front who acted as a disaster shield, causing Bai Guoshao to be exposed to other risks and hazards.

As a member of God's family, the Bai family holds power, but it is rare that they are not blinded by power. Instead, they are cautious and tread on thin ice.

In order to maintain the vitality of the family, from the very beginning, the ancestors of the Bai family established a descending system from the direct line to the branch line, from the branch line to the clan, from the clan to the clan, and from the clan to the common people.

This makes the top level of the Bai family only maintain a few dozen people all year round, and the rest have been dispersed.

Furthermore, although the Bai Kingdom has been disturbed by external crises many times, in the end, the head of the Bai family successfully weathered them by relying on his own wisdom and experience accumulated over the years.

This made everyone in the Bai Kingdom increasingly convinced of the Bai family's rule and all decisions.

On the other hand, although the Bai Kingdom was located in the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, in order to protect itself, it had to use a lot of force to exert influence on everything around it, maintain the special status of the Bai Kingdom and eliminate the emperor's wariness.

But even if there is very little energy left, with the gradually improving system and the low internal consumption of the official system, it can still go faster than the bloated chariot of the big man.

The impression left by outsiders on the Bai family's successive family heads and descendants is that they do not compete for fame or profit, and they prefer quietness to action.

But what outsiders don’t know is that in the inheritance of the family, all the family heads have always aimed at the world. The Bai Kingdom is just the experimental field for the family heads. If it succeeds and withstands the test of time, the Bai family will be like a comeback. Earth Dragon has completely turned the world upside down.

Not fighting, in Taoist thought, is for better things, because the time to fight is not right and the fight is too big, so we don’t fight for the moment or small gains, we fight for eternity and the way of heaven.

Bai's refusal to fight was not only due to lack of ability and lack of opportunity, but also because the fight was too big.

What they are fighting for is the world, the eternal world, the world where everyone is a dragon, not this broken, precarious world.

This is the difference between the Bai clan and other clans, and the difference between the Bai country and other countries.

(End of this chapter)