Section 9: Establishment of national policies

Back in Luanyang City, the ruined city wall still tells the tragedy of the battle ten days ago.

Standing on the city wall, Guan Hai, who saw our team from a distance, greeted us from a distance and whispered a farewell message to us: "500 new farmers have come here, Gao Tanglong and Zheng Hun are also here, and they are discussing how to strengthen the city defense. ”

"When you bring them to the west of the city, and say that the city is ruined and cannot rest, let them camp outside the city, and serve them good wine and food. Also, forbid them to leave the camp, inform the high mountains of Izumo City, don't send people to Luanyang these days", I commanded in a low voice.

In the Luanyang City Council Chamber, I introduced the information I had obtained from Gongsun Zhan's mouth in Western Liaoning. At this moment, all the cities in western Liaoning have been destroyed, most of the Han residents have fled to Yuyang County and Jixian County, the seat of Youzhou Zhizhi, and the foreign tribes are approaching western Liaoning step by step, and it is possible to stay in western Liaoning. Of course, I can't tell them that in history, from this moment on, they gradually extended their tentacles into the Central Plains, and finally the alien race from here destroyed the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty.

After hearing the current situation, Gao Tanglong and Zheng Hun both changed color.

Zheng Hun spoke first: "My lord, since Gongsun Chan is the assassin of Youzhou, it is better for us to move closer to Youzhou, or we can get the protection of Gongsun's army." ”

Gao Tangtaka immediately retorted, "In this way, where do we put Izumo City?" ”

I stood up, walked to the door of the hall, and looked at the soldiers and peasants who came and went in the street, and did not speak for a long time. Before I knew it, Gao Tanglong and Zheng Hun also came to me, and we watched the farmers bustling on the street. It was now midday, and the farmers were stepping up their efforts to repair the defenses of Luanyang City.

I said to them slowly: "The counties of Liaoxi are broken, the people of the counties are scattered, and the aliens are advancing step by step, and they want to come to Liaoxi to herd horses. After arriving in Youzhou, will they want to drink the Yellow River?

If the alien race takes a step back, we will take a step back, as short as ten years, as long as a hundred years, and my Han is in danger. However, do you think that at this moment, it is a good opportunity for our development, Liaoxi is vast and sparsely populated, since Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Guangwu, Liaoxi is managed by Yangle in the form of a vassal country, and now Yangle officials have fled, and the counties of Liaoxi are broken, which is just an opportunity for us to expand our power, in my opinion, in the future, the governance of the Han Dynasty will be bounded by the end of the right Beiping County, to the east and north, and there is no way to govern, the family of the Gongsun of Liaodong is not enterprising enough, and there is more than enough separation, and will only hope to have a buffer with the imperial court, Therefore, Liaoxi will not be developed. If we develop in western Liaoning, with Gongsun Chan on the outside and Izumo City on the inside, why worry about the big thing. ”

Zheng Hun was still worried and said: "Xianbei iron hooves, the counties are invincible, our Izumo City army is only 5,000 people, the people are only 20,000, even if we add 30,000 Korean farmers, it is only 50,000 people, it is still difficult to defend a city with them, we have to defend 3 Acropolis and Izumo City, I am afraid that the strength is weak." ”

"In your opinion, who is better than our weapons or Xianbei weapons?" I asked.

"We want to be much sharper," Zheng Hun replied.

"Who is stronger than our armor and Xianbei?"

"We are strong".

"Our war horse is better than Xianbei, who is better?"

"It's on par, and our horses are also purchased from Xianbei."

"If we send a group of inhabitants to build a city outside, the city does not need to be very big, as long as it is strong and can accommodate 500 people, we send 300 inhabitants to work in this small city, and the city is defended by 200 soldiers, and if there is an enemy attack, the inhabitants will quickly enter the city to defend, and the smoke will be wolf smoke during the day, and the lights will be used to alarm the police at night. In Izumo City, we assembled a 2,000-strong ranger, and when the outlying cities were attacked, the rangers were quickly dispatched.

As long as we connect the outer cities into a chain, it will be better to cover Izumo City. In this way, in the future, Izumo Castle will mainly produce equipment and cash crops, and the outer castles will mainly produce grain; With Izumo Castle as the center, a road was built to the outer city, so that Izumo Castle could quickly dispatch troops, and at the same time, the road gradually radiated into the distance. Among the small cities in the periphery, if there is a rapid development in the future, the big city will be rebuilt and the county will be established. In this way, step by step, colonization outward.

Eventually, we will build a chain here, which will become a barrier for my Han and keep the Han from being threatened by foreign races for a hundred years."

I said all of this in one breath, and I had been planning it for a long time. At that moment, there happened to be a dark cloud covering the sky, a crack in the dark cloud, a band of light shining down this gap, I stood at the door of the hall, the noon sun hit my face, making my whole person look as if it was also glowing, which was impossible to look up to.

Zheng Hun Gaotang immediately bowed, knelt on the ground and said, "My lord, we will do our best to facilitate this matter." ”

"Okay, immediately pass on Gao Shan Yin Dong and Zhou Yi, as well as all the elders to come here to hold a meeting of the elders, and we will discuss a specific action plan." I gave the order, turned and walked out of the hall.

As I walked down the street, the people who came and went saluted me, and I had not yet recovered from what I had just said, so I waved casually and walked past them.

All along, we have returned to this society, always thinking about improving this Han Dynasty, to establish an ideal country, but has been suffering from the constraints of the imperial court management, can not let go, now the opportunity has come, our future development will no longer be confined to a city, we will build a great wall of steel here, for my Han to make a northern barrier, blocking Hu Qi south.

At this moment, my heart is filled with a sense of mission. Three Kingdoms, from this moment on, no one can stop my footsteps, watch me soar for nine days, watch me fight in the sky, watch me soar thousands of miles.

Walking to the barracks outside the city, I took a look at how the soldiers were placed. It is said that when Guan Hai placed these soldiers, he used some violent and intimidating methods, and destroyed a soldier who was about to leave the camp so that his mother did not even know him.

But according to my investigation, the real situation was that when Guan Hai announced the order that the soldiers were not allowed to leave the camp, the soldiers were in an uproar. They were looking for the Flower Girl in the city, so that they could comfort them for many days in the army. So Guan Hai brought a boulder and blocked it at the camp gate, but he didn't expect these uninteresting guys to rush to the camp gate while shouting "We don't belong to them". As a result, Guan Hai comforted them one by one with his fists.

Promote the prestige of our army, these people have been with Gongsun Chan for too long, and the military discipline is obviously too lax. I immediately ordered Guan Hai to train these 500 people, as long as their combat effectiveness increases, presumably Brother Gongsun will not blame me. Let Guan Hai torture them.

A few days later, the elders gathered in Luanyang City, and we met to discuss the way forward.

At the meeting, it was decided that I would go to Youzhou City to summon the residents who had fled from Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County, and Gao Shan would go to Qingzhou to summon the displaced people from Izumo City, and strive to expand our Izumo City and its acropolis to about 100,000 people within this year, and establish a standing cavalry of about 5,000 people, according to the configuration of heavy cavalry, and the cavalry and horses were heavily armoured. The assault weapon used a 4.5-foot-long cavalry lance, which was similar in design to the Roman lance, with a 60-centimeter-long sharp iron rod-like head mounted on a wooden stick and a gauntlet at the handle, which broke after the initial attack, and could not be used even if the enemy captured it because it did not have a matching barrel.

As for our knights, after the cavalry gun could not be used, they could use the saber to kill the enemy, the saber design adopted the saber design pattern of the cavalry of later generations, the blade has a curve similar to the Japanese katana, which is easy to slash when the horse is sprinting, and the handle adopts the circle handguard structure of the modern saber. As for the long-range attack weapons, I use a short bow, and judging from this battle, although the longbow has a long range, it does not have a high rate of fire on horses, and I intend to use the short bow to speed up the firing frequency of our cavalry.

Against the nomads, only with Genghis Khan's wolf tactics can be effective, the cavalry is equipped with two or three horses, and when we encounter a large number of enemy troops, we fight and retreat, use bows and arrows to fight back at the pursuers, and wait until the enemy army is exhausted, and then we return to the army to attack.

Also, in order for the army to be proud of the war, we are ready to adopt a meritorious service system, which divides the population into four classes.

Among them, the fourth-class people are untouchables, and those who commit crimes and those who do not pay their debts are untouchables.

The third-class citizens are civilians, and anyone who has lived in Izumo Castle for more than one year and has paid taxes in Izumo Castle for more than one year is a civilian. Commoners have the right to vote and can elect people above the plebeians to speak for their own interests, that is to say, elect officials to govern themselves. Officials are elected every four years, and those who pass will go up and those who don't pass will go down. But civilians did not have the right to vote.

Second-class civilians are citizens, military non-commissioned officers automatically become civilians after the completion of their service period, and those who accumulate military merit and are promoted to non-commissioned officers and above automatically become citizens, and civilians can take the literature and mathematics exams held by the government (similar to the imperial examination system, but with the addition of mathematics exams, and I plan to add physics and other exams in the future), those who pass can become citizens, and those who have inventors and creators can also automatically become citizens. Citizens have the right to vote and to be elected. Can be elected as an officer.

The first-class people are nobles, divided into five titles, duke, marquis, earl, son, and male, all of which can be hereditary, in addition to a non-hereditary title - Lord. Those who have military merits, those who have made great contributions to Izumo Castle, those who have a skill, those who have inventions and creations, and those who pay a lot of taxes can be knighted. Of course, we are now only barons and lords, and the rest of the titles are only appointed by the imperial court.

Gao Tanglong was deeply dissatisfied with the meritorious system, how could the people elect officials, since the Zhou Dynasty, the appointment of officials was made by the emperor, how could it be privately granted by the foolish people.

However, I have long been prepared for Gao Tanglong's idea: "Yao Shunyu is known as the Three Emperors, I don't know who granted his position?" We set up a city here because we want to create another grand event of the three emperors of Yao Shunyu, so that the people can have a happy land, so that the people can take this place as their home, and give them peace and tranquility, so that they can have long-term peace and stability. ”

I said to him, "My heart is at peace as my homeland, and if I make the people happy, I will make them willing to die." In this way, we will be one and the same, so that we can survive this time of crisis. ”

"My heart is my hometown", Gao Tanglong chewed my words deeply, and seemed to understand the truth, but after a while, he hesitated and said: "It's just that we are here to confer knighthoods privately, and we are not afraid of being inconsistent with the Han system."

Gao Shan immediately came over to help: "We are here, we have been approved by the Gongsun family to establish a city here, and all the places in western Liaoning are governed by the situation of a vassal country, and it is not an exaggeration for us to claim to be a vassal country." As long as we report this matter to Gongsun Zhan, we will definitely get Gongsun Zhan's permission. Moreover, our city lord is a relative of the Han family, and when this place suffers from foreign soldiers, he gathers Han residents and builds a city to defend the territory of our Han Dynasty, which is only beneficial to the Han Dynasty. Even if this matter is reported to the imperial court, it may be approved. In this case, why can't we establish a system of officials in Izumo Castle? ”

"But the peddler's pawn can also be an official, which is also different from the system?" Gao Tanglong is still dissatisfied.

"In the bitter cold land of western Liaoning, crops grow slowly, and if our farmers' taxes are too high, people will not want to live here. In this case, it is better to declare that the peasants do not have to pay taxes, but only need to participate in the drills of our reserve army every year, and garrison the outer cities for the government during the off-season. In this way, the pressure on our army will be reduced, and in the event of war, the whole army will be wiped out, making it difficult for the enemy to invade step by step. Wouldn't it be beautiful to kill three birds with one stone? Gao Shan immediately shook his head and said, I laughed secretly, when did this guy start chewing words.

"Yes," I continued, "since the peasants do not pay taxes, our cities must rely on commerce and manufactures for their taxes, and we must have enough money to buy from the peasants the food necessary for the officials and soldiers, so our merchants must be encouraged to pay more taxes, and our craftsmen must be encouraged to produce more novelties and good things." At the same time, we need to give more credit to these people who support our taxes, without whom we cannot settle our farmers and soldiers, so we must give titles to the best craftsmen (such as Zheng Hun) and the best merchants, so that they can contribute more to us. ”

"Yes, yes, this is a great strategy for long-term stability." Hearing that he could be knighted, Zheng Hun immediately jumped out to support this proposal.

"In this way, this plan is also feasible, but the city lord must remember to report to the court in time, otherwise we will be a rebellion of the court." Gao Tanglong said worriedly.

"Don't worry, let's establish the management system first, and I'll report this matter to Gongsun Zhan. When the road is quiet next year, I will go to Luoyang to inform the imperial court. "I'm snorting haha.

However, in private, Gao Shan and others complained about my title system: "We come from an era of equality, but here we have to engage in privileges, are you too much." ”

"Do you remember John Paul of England, the famous bishop of England, who in 1381 gave his famous speech 'Slaves and Freemen,' calling on slaves to rise up and overthrow the aristocracy, but he was torn to pieces by the slaves," I said to them: "In the hierarchical society of the Han Dynasty, if we proposed that all people are equal, we would be looking for death." What's more, the implementation of the meritorious service system can make people feel that hard work will always be recognized by society, and it is convenient to stimulate people's spirit of struggle. As for the transition to equality for all, we still have 2,000 years to make the transition to this social system. ”

Next year, is the year before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the history records that in February of the seventh year of Guanghe, the emperor changed the name of Zhongping, and the Yellow Turban revolted at this time, and then Liu Yu wrote a letter, asking to change the official position of the state to the state pastor, and since then the state pastor has supported the army and respected himself, and the emperor's authority has declined. At that time, as long as you find an opportunity to hand over a seal to the emperor, everything is OK, and it doesn't matter whether the emperor agrees or not. This is a peculiar political phenomenon in the Three Kingdoms period, called "table". When Liu Bei took over Tao Qian's Xuzhou pastor, he had such a "watch" to finish the matter.

Next, we discussed the management structure, the political structure of the Han Gaozu period, which continued the separation of military power and internal affairs in the Qin Dynasty, the division of the civil and military affairs between the prime minister and the taiwei, and the supervision of the imperial historian. This is probably the earliest principle of separation of powers, although it is not the same as the American principle of separation of powers.

Later, the general Huo Guang was autocratic, and the three powers were concentrated in the hands of one person, and the system of division of labor no longer existed.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Chen Qun, an official under Cao Cao, also restored the Qin Dynasty's system of three princes and nine secretaries, and engaged in the separation of powers.

Historically, whenever a powerful figure appeared, he always broke the separation of powers first, and then led to the collapse of his own court, whether that strong figure was an emperor or a minister. Perhaps the Chinese like to seize power in their bones, or perhaps the separation of powers system is not suitable for China's national conditions, but I firmly do not believe that China's national conditions are like corruption, and I want to establish this separation of powers system here for a long time.

In the name of reviving the Gaozu system, the separation of powers was quickly adopted, and then I announced the tenure system for officials. If a high-ranking official stays in office for a long time, a large number of party members will inevitably be produced. In order to limit an official's tenure of office for a long time, it is necessary to limit his tenure. Of course, there is no limit to the term of office of elected officials such as veterans and parliamentarians, and you can continue to serve as long as someone elects you.

That's why I stipulate that an interior officer can serve three consecutive terms of four years each. Every four years, the Senate elects the chief senator, called the "Prime Minister", who has the power to appoint household ministers and manage financial expenditures, budgets, appropriations, and household registration, money and food. The Ministry of Household consists of the Grain and Rice Division, the Salt Division, the Iron Division, the Customs Division, the Household Registration Division, the Fu Division (paid by the Agricultural Institute), and the Taxation Department (paid by the Commercial Department); Officials, management of the appointment and dismissal of officials, voter registration, and title management; Ministry of Industry, management of government projects, technology development, water conservancy, construction, military technology. The Ministry of Industry consists of the Military Industry Department, the River Department (water conservancy management), the Construction Department (management construction), and the Development Department (management of new technology development); The Ministry of War, which manages the logistics of the army and the payment of military salaries, and the resettlement of retired soldiers; the Ministry of Rites, which manages education, students, teachers, imperial examinations, and court etiquette; The Ministry of Commerce, which manages craftsmen, mining, industry and commerce, and taxation, consists of the Department of Hundred Industries, the Department of Management of Craftsmen, the Department of Mining, the Department of Commerce, and the Department of Taxation.

Among them, the Ministry of Commerce was specially set up by us, and there was no separate Ministry of Commerce in each dynasty before, and there was no one in each dynasty in the future, until modern times. In doing so, on the one hand, we can separate income from expenditure, and on the other hand, the Ministry of Commerce will be one of the six ministries, so that the voice of business development can be louder, so as to ensure that our policy of vigorously developing business is implemented.

As for the army, we have established the official post of commander-in-chief, who is in charge of commanding the navy, the cavalry, and the infantry. There is a military aircraft department under it, which manages the power of army mobilization, that is, the power of military orders and military planning, which is equivalent to the general staff, and is managed by the three generals directly appointed by the city lord; The Governor's Office, which manages the appointment of officers, the training of officers, and the teachers and students of military schools, has the authority to personnel the army, and is managed by the three Metropolitan Governors directly appointed by the lord of the city; Ordnance Department, equivalent to the current Army Logistics Department). The maximum age of service for officers at all levels is clearly stipulated: the higher the maximum age for senior officers, and if they reach a certain age, officers who cannot be promoted to their posts will be discharged with retirement pay by the government according to the length of service and the size of their official position. Retired military officers can join the local security agency (as a patrolman) or participate in politics as a citizen.

In addition, the judicial establishment of the official position of chief criminal officer, directly appointed by the lord of the city, in charge of criminal justice, while the local security personnel and prison system are under the management of the chief criminal department, and local officials no longer have criminal and civil trial powers. These criminal and civil judges are appointed by the Grand Priest from among those who have passed the legal examination. In areas with small populations, there are no full-time judges, and the higher authorities send circuit judges to hold regular circuit court sessions every month, and prisoners are taken into custody by local prisons during the period when the court is not in session. All trials must have three or more citizens present (called jurors) and the verdict must be made by the jurors. All citizens who pass the legal examination can apply to serve as a juror.

At the same time, the laws we make must be strict and highly operable. For example, if he steals a dollar, if convicted, he will be sentenced to one day in prison, regardless of whether he has stolen the yuan in a minor case or in a heinous way. Our laws should punish only the crime, not the circumstances of the crime. This prevents the judge from colluding with the jurors to take the money and say that the murderer killed someone with a smile on his face, and then legally sentence him to a minor sentence in order to punish him for the minor circumstances.

At the same time, we have also handed over the supervision of officials to the chief judge. Circuit judges walk around the people, and it is easy to gather information about officials, which can be reported directly to the city lord, who is responsible for making decisions on how to deal with it.

As for the functions of the Senate, we have also made provisions that only those who have the status of citizens or above can be elected as senators, and the institutions similar to the Senate elected by local bodies are called the Senate, and the elected members of the Senate are called members. Members of parliament must also have citizenship or higher. Councillors are elected by local residents with the right to vote, and are elected every four years, and the local officials in charge are elected by the councillors. The administrative organs at all levels may act in accordance with the law in ordinary times, but special government affairs must be approved by the local council and can only be implemented without violating the law.

In this way, our principle of separation of powers emerged from the bottom up. The people, once they enjoy the joy of freedom and democracy, and want to take away this freedom, will defend this right with their blood.

In this way, a vast dynastic framework has been erected.