Chapter 335: Honorary Nobility System
Fang Nan was full of joy with the birth of the practical B-type steam engine, and the steam engine research institute came up with a practical B-type steam engine in three and a half years after the A steam engine, and the researchers' efforts were worthy of praise.
After thinking about it carefully, Fang Nan felt that only 10,000 yuan of equal coins was not enough as a reward for the researchers, and it was impossible to reward more land for the time being, and the researchers should be given a title to let everyone know that they had made great contributions to the People's Army.
Not only researchers, but also officers and soldiers have contributed to the People's Army, and they are full of glory when they are in office, and they cannot retire like ordinary people.
Soon, Fang Nan thought that the country established by the People's Army in the future still lacked an aristocratic system to reward people who had made great contributions to the country.
Taking out a pen and paper, Fang Nan wrote down the six words "Honorary Aristocracy System", which is "Honorary Aristocrat" instead of "Aristocrat".
Aristocrats often had privileges beyond ordinary people, such as the right to be exempt from crime, the right to be free from death, etc.
The People's Army, and even the country established by the People's Army, must be used in a relatively fair environment, and such aristocrats with very exaggerated privileges cannot appear, and even the People's Army Governor Fang Nan himself cannot have too exaggerated privileges.
Then the "noble" becomes the "honorary noble", and the privilege of the honorary nobleman is relatively less, more as a title or title that everyone admires and admires.
Then Fang Nan wrote five words on the paper, "Gonghou Bozi Nan", that is, the fifth-level aristocratic rank.
The five-level titles of "duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron" have appeared in the Zhou Dynasty, such as the King of Qin, who is the earl of the Zhou Dynasty, and the lords of other vassal states have titles.
"Mencius: Wanzhang" cloud: "One son of heaven, one prince, one Hou, one uncle, one son and male, and all the fifth class is also ...... The princes are all 100 miles square, the uncles are 70 miles, and the sons and men are 50 miles. ”
The nobles of the Zhou Dynasty were the real nobles with real power, and each nobleman had his own fief, which was hereditary, and his descendants inherited the title and inherited the fief.
The aristocratic system of the Zhou Dynasty was mostly used, and Fang Nan was also ready to use these five titles in his honorary aristocratic system.
In his thoughts, Fang Nan divided these fifth-order titles into three ranks, the first class is hereditary, the second class is decreasing hereditary, and the third class is lifelong.
Hereditary succession means that the title is inherited by the eldest son and eldest grandson, and there will be no change, while decreasing hereditary, assuming the death of a duke, his eldest son can only become a marquis, and the next generation is an earl, and after the baron, he is basically no longer a nobleman.
The third-class title will not be hereditary, the title will only stay on the person who is enshrined, and when the person dies, the title will follow the person.
If you want to get a knighthood, you must make enough contributions to the People's Army or the country, and there are currently three easiest ways to get contributions, namely joining the army, becoming an official, and scientific research, all three of which can currently contribute to the People's Army, and it is also the easiest to get a knighthood.
As long as you work hard, all citizens have the opportunity to become nobles, in a certain sense, the emergence of the aristocratic system will also stimulate some citizens to work hard, it is not good to be a soldier and an officer, you can also go to the university to learn new knowledge and engage in research and development, scientific research is the most prone to "accidents", an unexpected product may be able to make a great contribution to the country, to be knighted and become a nobleman.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Fang Nan was ready to knight Tang Bei and Wang Dazhui, who had made more contributions to the development of the Type B steam engine, and also made a lot of publicity, so that everyone knew that they could also become nobles by making inventions.
Although he is an honorary nobleman, he can also get some things, the first thing Fang Nan prepared is Yulu, the nobles can receive a certain amount of Yulu according to their title every month, and the higher the title, the more Yulu they will receive.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, one percent of the state's fiscal revenue will be used by Fang Nan, and another one percent of the fiscal revenue can be distributed to all nobles according to the title.
One percent of the financial income is not much for all the nobles, after all, the nobles are themselves or their ancestors who have made great contributions to the country, but they are certainly not allowed to exceed one percent, or even less than one percent, the specific value is determined separately.
In addition to Yu Lu, Fang Nan thought less for the time being, such as adding points to the children of nobles in the college entrance examination, and reaching the university admission score line after adding points, but not to occupy the places of other candidates, but to add an additional place after reaching the upper limit of the number of admissions.
Then there are aristocrats who are given priority to queue up for rides, and ordinary people have to be courteous to these people who have contributed to the country.
Other privileges will be thought about later, but the right to be exempt from crime and death must not be had, and nobles are guilty of the same crime as ordinary people.
Fang Nan wrote on the paper, and thought of two things, one was related to the soldiers, and the other was related to the businessmen who built bridges and roads.
A soldier is a nobleman, and he can be added to the aristocratic system, but the nobleman does not belong to the title under the baron, and the nobleman is a nobleman with some privileges.
Every soldier contributes to the country, and soldiers with high military ranks are easy to get noble titles, but these ordinary soldiers should also be treated preferentially, at least they must have a queue priority, and the spouses of military children will be given priority in finding jobs.
You can also add another "Renjue", benevolence, righteousness and benevolence, this Renjue has some relationship with the merchants, the businessmen take out money to do good deeds, regardless of whether the businessmen have ulterior motives, as long as they really spend money to do good deeds, and also get the recognition of the people, as long as it reaches a certain level (the standard is slightly higher), you can give the title of Renjue.
However, Renjue is a real honorary nobleman, except for the title, there is basically no privilege at all, but the honorary nobleman is also a nobleman, even if it cannot be recognized by other nobles, as long as the common people recognize it.
In addition to businessmen who do good deeds, others who make certain contributions can also be awarded the title of Renjue.
Renjue can be placed behind the baron, and when the hereditary descends to the baron, the next generation can be named Renjue, but Renjue is far less valuable than the baron, after all, only rich people who are willing to spend money to do good deeds can become Renjue.
It is also a good thing for the country to get such a Renjue who can be paid for money, and other ordinary people can get benefits, which can be regarded as an effective way to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor and reduce the contradictions.
Dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, barons, benevolents, nobles, the nobles have an army to manage, but the nobles also need a governing body, which can be called the Honorable House.
Rewarding titles, nobles breaking the law, title inheritance, fortune and other aristocracy-related matters, the Xunguiyuan has to participate in it, and even most of the time which people can be rewarded as nobles have to be chosen by the Xunguiyuan, and finally decided by Fang Nan.
For a monarchy, a perfect aristocratic system can effectively promote the development of the country, there is a king to have a noble, if it is a non-monarchy country, then the aristocratic system has no meaning, and there is less king who divides the nobility.
[This chapter was written for two hours, and it was very tiring]