183 rank of official slave
"Yes, your method sounds more detailed and more effective than the original policy of separating the nobles from the commoners, although the aristocracy is the largest educated group among the white aliens in the European continent, but there is never a shortage of scholars and down-and-out noble children among the commoners, and pulling these people to our heavenly side as much as possible will undoubtedly reduce the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the peasant rebel army, but Zhang Juzheng, how do you plan to implement the system of testing the division of the ranks and the way of dividing the land into the mu?"
Hong Tiancheng is obviously already tempted by this.
He doesn't need the white civilians in the occupied areas to join the army to fight for him, he just needs them to be able to use their hard hands to continuously create social wealth, and of course, they can't riot and make trouble when they have nothing to do.
It is undoubtedly the most convenient means to use the land that the Taiping army cannot divide the land cultivated by manpower to win over white civilians, before Hong Tiancheng promised not to confiscate the land of the Lithuanian nobles, precisely because the Taiping army did not have extra manpower to cultivate the land, anyway, the confiscated fiefdom of the nobles The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will arrange additional manpower to cultivate and manage, it is better to buy the 'hearts and minds' of the Lithuanian nobles.
What could be a better deal to use the Lithuanian nobles' own fiefdoms to gain their allegiance?
As for how much loyalty, Hong Tiancheng is not worried, he only needs to see the regular tribute paid by the Lithuanian nobles and the serf cannon fodder and private soldiers given, if you want to make the aliens sincerely loyal, it is a self-deceptive thing, the 'traitors' throughout the ages are just because the enemy is powerful and gives many benefits, if you want to say loyalty, it is to insult the IQ of the person in power.
In Chinese history, the dynasties established by foreign invasions that successfully occupied the Central Plains were almost all openly courted by the Han elite class, and Kublai Khan of the Yuan Dynasty accepted a large number of Hanchen and Confucian culture, allowing the Yuan Dynasty to establish a stable advantage in the early stage, but unfortunately Kublai Khan's descendants were more willful and overthrew Kublai Khan's pro-Han policy, which angered the Han group and was overthrown.
The Manchu ruling class fully absorbed the lessons of the Yuan Dynasty, and fastened the big hat of the Manchu and Han families, creating a false impression that the Manchus and Han were governing the country together, and let the Han Chen have a certain status in the court, and enveloped the elite intellectuals among the Han people, as a result, the Manchu Qing dynasty successfully lasted for more than 200 years, even in the entire history of China, it can be regarded as a 'long-lived' dynasty.
Zhang Juzheng's grading test to divide the ranks of white aliens has borrowed from the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the modern society to divide the hierarchy, and the system of dividing the land into mu is based on the advantages of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
"Your Majesty, if the Kingdom of Heaven has substantially occupied the city of Vilno, which is the largest and richest city in Lithuania, and is also the political and economic center of Lithuania, it can be said that the Kingdom of Heaven that occupies the city of Vilno already has the name of commanding the Lithuanian region morally, just because the Taiping Army is a Han army and is not recognized by the Lithuanians, but these are not unchangeable problems, human beings are afraid of power, in front of guns, the weak can compromise anything, unless they don't want to live!
Therefore, His Majesty the Heavenly King could declare the city of Vilno as the capital of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, proclaim the absolute right of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to the entire Lithuanian region, and declare all those and forces who do not obey the orders of the Heavenly Kingdom to be traitors.
It is a well-known fact that the Taiping army had absolute superiority at this time, and even the nationalists among the Lithuanians and the followers of Grand Duke Janusz Rajvir were powerless to change the facts, and only dared to make small moves in secret, and when our army had run over them, no matter how many reasons they had were in vain.
After the declaration of the ruling power of the Kingdom of Heaven, we can make public the grading system, the specific plan has been made by the ministers during the Kingdom of Heaven's march into the city of Vilno, only need to be slightly modified and improved to use, in the draft, I even divided the officials and slaves of the Kingdom of Heaven into two levels, one is similar to the vanguard cannon fodder slaves of death row prisoners, these slaves are really hostile to the Kingdom of Heaven's white resistance, they will follow the army forward, become our siege and battle cannon fodder meat shield, but also a necessary expendable.
In order to ensure the basic motivation of these death row slaves who were used as consumables, I set them a vague hope for promotion, that is, how many combat missions they complete and survive, they can be promoted to the status of 'high-class official slaves'.
The superior officials and slaves are my temporary name, they are the family members of the defeated and the foreign white people who do not cooperate with the 'work' of the kingdom of heaven and slightly violate the laws and regulations of the kingdom of heaven, among these young women will be used as the 'emotional relievers' of the warriors of the kingdom of heaven, to release the mental exhaustion caused by the long-term battles of the warriors of the kingdom of heaven, the entertainment of this era is very scarce, and the cheapest and most effective way to relieve stress is nothing more than women.
As for the men, they will be used as official coolies in the kingdom of heaven, these high-class official slaves have no wages and benefits, and their labor can only get basic food and clothing, I have ordered several food standards from them, which are used to encourage the labor enthusiasm of the high-class official slaves, of course, I have also formulated a punishment system, and those who slack off will accumulate the number of times of sabotage, until they are demoted to inferior official slaves and become cannon fodder consumables. ”
"You only said young men and women, what should you do with those old people?" Hong Tiancheng subconsciously asked when he heard this.
"Your Majesty the Heavenly King, since these people have become the official slaves of the Kingdom of Heaven, it means that they themselves are on the opposite side of the Kingdom of Heaven, and we don't even need a basic mask of mercy for this kind of people, those useless old people naturally have to be disposed of collectively, and the waste of food in the province is a waste of food, who told them to oppose the rule of the Han Heavenly Kingdom such as us?"
"Well, that sounds reasonable, keep talking!" Hong Tiancheng said with a smile.
He found that Zhang Juzheng's political concept was more and more in line with his 'aesthetics', and he didn't know whether Zhang Juzheng had studied his temperament and the political policy specially formulated in the past, or Zhang Juzheng himself had such a ruthless character, but in any case, Hong Tiancheng's heart was becoming more and more satisfied at this time.
At the same time, he also made up his mind to reuse Zhang Juzheng, even if the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom does not need the position of chief administrative officer, that is, the position of civilian prime minister, Hong Tiancheng will also set up such a position for Zhang Juzheng.
After Zhang Juzheng saw Hong Tiancheng's attitude, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, knowing that his most difficult step had already passed.