Chapter 57: Magna Carta

This opponent was selected by the bank's preparatory department, and his concern was not to question Yang Bo's motive for the reward, but to worry that the amount of the 100,000 reward was too large, like the bearing and toilet paper, in case someone really made it, the finance department could not afford to pay a silver remuneration of up to 6,000 taels, he was not against Yang Bo's whim, but worried about Yang Bo's credit, once Yang Bo's credit went bankrupt, Huitong Bank, which was constantly absorbing deposits during this time, would immediately fall into the unfavorable situation of collapse......

Yang Bo is very happy that Xu Jingzhai of the bank's preparatory department has understood under his guidance that the biggest risk of the bank comes from credit, and then the run, and he also taught this concept to the whole company.

"You may think that the Tarnus are strong enough, and if there is no Thunder Master, maybe they will be able to sweep the world in the future, right?"

As a dictator, Yang Bo will naturally not follow the other party's train of thought in his speech, but will talk about the overall situation from a strategic vantage point: "...... It is spread in this way in the Gyeonggi area, the Tatar armor soldiers are all three-headed and six-armed, with green faces and fangs, we have fought with the Tatars many times, so we naturally know that these are just rumors, but the strength of the Tatar slaves, you must admit it. ”

"You may think that I, Yang Bo, am busy every day, doing everything by myself, and doing everything just to defeat the Tarslaves, then you are wrong, wrong! The Tatars are just a small tribe with a little luck, and I Yang Bo really didn't take them seriously, so what did I do for all? ”

Yang Bo looked around at everyone, and everyone was looking at him. I secretly guessed the intention of the adults to say this.

“…… I developed all the textbooks for the Lushun three private schools, and this heavy labor took up most of my time in the curriculum I wrote. Focusing on more theories and basic sciences, I hope that these children can master advanced science and technology, scientific concepts, and scientific culture as soon as possible. What is all this for? Let me tell you that advanced science and technology and advanced scientific concepts are the magic weapon for us to win. I also want to tell you that scale, standardization is the hallmark of industrial society, and scale and standardization are enough to defeat any seemingly powerful tribe in the world. Any seemingly powerful slave society! ”

“…… The Houjin regime is just a small stumbling block on our way forward. Five years is enough time to pull them away, think about us, a farmer with a flintlock pistol, a military household, and even a homeless person, one shot is enough to kill a Tartar slave who has been trained for five to ten years of elite white pendulum tooth, and our firearms division is constantly producing firecrackers every day, and the firearms department is constantly producing enough artillery to kill more than 100 elite white pendulum horns at a time, and our military training is constantly putting farmers. The outcasts produce qualified soldiers, so to speak. Can you understand? This is the power of standardization and scale, and if you understand this, you will understand the significance of this reward, so I implore you to look at this, to focus on how to popularize advanced science, and in order to protect these inventions and creations, I will submit to you a draft on patent protection at the right time, with the sole purpose of enabling people who have mastered advanced technology to earn more money, and at the same time to make them understand the benefits and responsibilities of the patent protection law. ”

“…… As for the worry that it will not be able to be cashed in is unnecessary, I will encourage the rich people from all over the world to invest in Lushun, we can provide technology and machinery, they use sales and funds to participate, in the future, our source of income, the tax on the land only accounts for a small share, business is our focus in the future, it will take a long time to perfectly make the items listed on the bounty, this time is enough for us to raise silver, you don't have to worry. ”

With Yang Bo's personal guarantee, the bounty draft was successfully passed in the applause of the audience, but what Yang Bo didn't expect was that as soon as the bounty draft was issued, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone in Lushun, every tunpu, every private school, as long as the place where the notice was posted, a large number of people gathered, they discussed, discussed, envied, their enthusiasm for participation was ignited by the bounty amount, and released, and soon someone came to receive the bonus, the amount was quite a lot, which made Yang Bo, who was not well prepared, very embarrassed, of course, this is all a later story.

Yang Bo came to the door of the hall surrounded by everyone, where a huge stone tablet was erected, all the agreements of the Magna Carta were engraved in gold letters on a black background, and below were dense signatures, all the personnel representing all strata of the three places in Lushun had signed on it, and only Yang Bo was left.

Many of the outrageous contents of the Magna Carta in this era were abolished in fierce opposition, including the right to supervise and sanction Yang Bo, they automatically gave up these rights, Yang Bo also acquiesced, the current Ministry of Participation is generally just a raised hand body, many people still can't understand in their hearts, what is the need to obtain the approval of the people in the internal affairs of the three places in Lushun, there has been no such reason since ancient times, Yang Bo knows that it takes time, so he does not force them to pretend to understand, he happily put pen to paper and sign the bill that has been revised countless timesThis signature will be recorded on the stonemason's stele carved on the road.

The Magna Carta, consisting of a preamble and 36 articles, was to ensure that the rights and interests of the new class of Arthur were not violated, such as stipulating that all citizens had the right to liberty, and that the imposition of additional taxes on them required the unanimous vote of the Ministry of Counsel, and Article 39 stating: "No citizen who enjoys the right to liberty shall be detained, imprisoned, or deprived of property, banished, or killed, except by a judge of the law."

Article 39 was the core content of Yang Bo's drafting of the Magna Carta, and it was this principle that he repeatedly reiterated in the Ministry of Political Affairs, and was endorsed by all the villagers, and Zhang Shixiong, the first person in charge of organizing the judicial system, was so excited that he burst into tears several times. The Magna Carta, which also stipulates that once all land ownership is confirmed, no person, including the king, can issue a document or order for the compulsory transfer of land, and this article is also understood and praised by all owners as a core of protection, and Magna Carta also protects the interests of the common people. For example, Article 15 and Article 16 stipulate that unless approved by a vote of the Ministry of Political Affairs. Otherwise, they may not be charged additional assistance fees or extended the required length of service, etc., and the Magna Carta protects the interests of merchants and soldiers alike, and the uniform weights and measures also facilitate the circulation of commerce, and the Magna Carta's protection includes the interests of three classes, except for one group that is excluded from the protection of the Magna Carta, that is, the slave class.

In the bill, it is stipulated that the owners of the three places in Lushun are divided into four groups. The lowest class was the slave class, which was defined as a prisoner of war. Tartar slaves with blood debts in their hands, Han Chinese cloths, rogues, and criminals. Debts to a certain amount, etc. The right to privately own and buy and sell slaves is not allowed for the time being. All slaves belong to Yang Bo, their only guarantee is that they will not be innocently killed, they need to serve hard labor to atone for ten years, after ten years, if they have not been exhausted to death by hard labor, after passing the examination, they can be restored to civilian status.

The definition of the common class is that as long as they have lived in the three places of Lushun for more than one year, they bear the obligations of the three places, including paying taxes. service, public service, etc. Displaced people, merchants, military households, etc., automatically enjoy the rights of civilians, and their rights are recognized by the Magna Carta, and they have the right to vote, but not the right to be elected.

The third class is the citizen class, the definition of the citizen class is the retired soldiers after six years of service, the chief officer above the platoon, and the civilians who have made contributions to the three places of Lushun, just like the Kong Ergou who proposed the two-black greenhouse, although he is only eight years old, but he has obtained the qualification of a citizen, and any invention and creation can become a citizen after review, the citizen class is not only inclined to the army, but also to private school students, as long as the students who can graduate through the examination automatically obtain citizenship, civilians can also take the exam, By also automatically obtaining this status, citizens have the right to vote and to be elected, and can be elected to office, which restricts Confucian students who have passed the Bagu imperial examination from seeking official positions in the three places of Lushun, and if they want to occupy a career within this emerging group, they must put down their bodies and re-accept the assessment of mathematics and science in private schools.

The highest class is naturally the aristocratic class, the definition of this class is the citizens who have made outstanding contributions to Lushun, including military merits, major inventions and creations, those who master advanced technology, etc., of course, businessmen can also obtain the name of honorary nobles through donations, but do not enjoy the actual rights of nobles, for example, there are three or four people in the Yao family who have won the title of honorary nobles, they enjoy the right to protect their rights and wealth from infringement in Lushun, but they do not have the right to govern for officials, in addition, other classes must salute when they see the aristocracy, Give way, etc.

In addition to these, the Magna Carta guarantees the cooperation between the three places attached to Lushun, such as Shang Kexi and Tan Yinghua, etc., who have the obligation to accept Yang Bo's orders to send troops, and also have the right to enjoy the equipment, equipment, food supply and new technical support of Lushun. But in any case, Magna Carta represents the most superior system of our time, and its implementation will be unstoppable!

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On the morning of June 20th,

Yu Xuezhong stared blankly at the corpses lying on the ground outside the door, and the sky was dark in his head for a while, and he didn't even know that the knife in his hand fell to the ground.

Murha's corpse was lying outside the cage door, two bamboo spears protruded through his chest and protruded behind his back, the blood stains on the bamboo tips had turned black and brown, Yu Xuezhong walked up in despair, a group of flies buzzed, fat everywhere, covered under Murha's corpse with white hair, Yu Xuezhong walked up and pulled Murha's corpse to see what was going on, but it didn't work, it turned out that Murha's hand was pinching Baoyi's neck like pliers, that Baoyi Yu Xuezhong knew, it was Murha's last coat, The other was hanged by Murha for escaping, apparently, Murha hurriedly came out of the cage, not even with a knife, what happened to him? The Ming army called?

Yu Xuezhong raised his head, suddenly stunned, and looked towards the entrance of the village, more corpses were lying on the ground along the way, most of these corpses were the corpses of the Huangjiabao Zhenglan Banner armor soldiers, and there were also many coats, they died next to the armor soldiers, this way over, Yu Xuezhong looked at the more frightened he became, there was no corpse of the Ming army, and most of these armor soldiers died under the attack of the wrapped bamboo guns, big knives, and stones!

"Crazy! Lose your marbles! ”

Yu Xuezhong lost his soul and checked all the way, hoping to find a living person, but when he walked to the entrance of the village, he led the head of Lord Bahai to roll far away, and his body was thrown under the big tree at the entrance of the village, and there were several corpses on the side, one of which was very familiar, it was Lord Bahai's steward, Baoyi Zhao Benshan!

"What the hell is going on?" Yu Xuezhong held Bahai's head and burst into tears, but he vaguely understood in his heart.

At this moment, Yu Xuezhong seemed to hear the sound of the earth shaking, he was startled, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to listen, and after a while, the dull voice became clearer and clearer, it was a cavalry!

Yu Xuezhong was scared, whether it was Houjin or Ming Jun, seeing this situation, there was no good fruit for him to eat, he was scared by Murha, if it weren't for the coincidence, he might have turned into a cold corpse in the cage by now.

Yu Xuezhong spread his legs and ran up the mountain, and when he ran to the mountain and looked down under the cover of grass and trees, the dust rose in the distance of Tunbao, and a bright red flag was slowly revealed, Yu Xuezhong didn't recognize any words, but his heart immediately sank, because this big flag is definitely not the banner of the Eight Banners, that is to say, the Ming army has arrived!

Just when Xuezhong was frightened, a moan suddenly sounded in the bushes around him, and someone called out indistinctly: "Water, give me water, give me a little water"

Yu Xuezhong's face turned pale, and he heard who this voice was, it was Huangjiabao's flag Ding Ge Lilan! (To be continued......)