Before the Spartan citizens' assembly, Wang Jun carefully studied the social situation in Sparta, which, of course, was carried out in the company of beautiful women.

Sparta was divided into three classes, citizens, freemen, and helots.

Citizens, generally referring to the people of Spartan ancestry, who were included in the civic class; In fact, only men over the age of 30 have the surname to fully possess citizenship and enter the ruling class; To put it another way, a man of Spartan descent and over the age of 30 is a citizen of Sparta in the narrow sense.

The freedmen were the natives of the areas near Sparta conquered during its early expansion, and they enjoyed autonomy but no citizenship; Freemen need to rely on their own labor to support themselves, and most of them are engaged in agriculture, and some are engaged in craftsmen, merchants, and other professions; In general, freedmen were not required to serve in the military and were required to pay very few taxes.

The helots, the people conquered by the re-expansion of Sparta's power in modern times, were deprived of all rights and were only given the basic means of subsistence and labor; The helots were part of the Spartan state-owned state, and they supported the pan-citizen class of Sparta, and were required to perform military service and labor with various temporary surnames.

The number of Spartan citizens was very small, with only 9,376 households and a total population of about 120,000; There are about 50,000 men and women over the age of 7, and about 20,000 children under the age of 7; Because of the strict selection at birth, Sparta was sparsely populated and grew slowly; Excluding more than 20,000 children, juveniles, and elderly soldiers, there are only more than 10,000 young and middle-aged Spartan soldiers.

The population of the freedmen went up, more than 30,000 households, and more than 400,000 people; There were nearly 40,000 young and strong men, who would not abandon their emaciated babies, and under the protection of the Spartans, the population of the freedmen grew rapidly; Sparta's economic prosperity was almost always fueled by free people, and the citizens of Sparta were really not good at this.

The Helots were the most populous class in the Spartan-controlled area; More than 100,000 households, 1 million people, far more than the Spartans. Fearing that they would rebel, the Spartans would find a way to slaughter some strong black and young men every year, and when they were trained, they would gather on a small scale to besiege them, and so on; Of course, during the war, the black Laus can be consumed as cannon fodder, and can also be used as a logistics staff; In addition to all of the above, there was a tradition in Sparta that every helot, young and old, was whipped once a year.

1,000,000 people, each whipped once, that's a lot of work!

Wang Jun felt that the Spartans were purely 2b, tired and tired of forcing the Black Laborers to rebel, did they rule the country like this?

Leonidas, however, was markedly different from the councillors in his attitude toward Helot; Took 900 helots to Thermopylae, and some of the Spartan warriors died, but many of these helots were brought back; In addition, Wang Jun noticed a detail that Leonidas had a lukewarm attitude and did not behave badly when managing these black laborers.

Wang Jun felt that it was necessary for him to do something about Sparta's domestic and foreign policies to make Sparta stronger; The task of unifying Greece will depend on the existing more than 10,000 Spartan warriors, and the foundation is not solid, and God knows when.

Referring to the class division of the Roman Empire, Wang Jun customized a class structure that suited the current situation of Sparta.

Citizens of the first class: kings, clergy, senators

Second-class citizen: A Spartan man who is at least 18 years old and less than 60 years of age

Third-class citizens: Spartan female surname, Spartan man over 60 years old, Spartan man younger than 18 years old

Fourth-class citizens: Neo-Spartans (partly converted from the original freedmen; Partly from the modified Spartan tradition of selecting babies. ）

Commoner: The Helot, who made a great contribution to Sparta

Helots:

The first-class citizen, the top of the pyramid of the Spartan ruling class, the king who also served as the high priest, directly controlled the divine power; The senate declined in status and was more of a person who assisted the king in governing the country, but remained at the top of the pyramid; In this hierarchy, the key is that Leonidas controls the power, all the power.

Second-class citizens, who were in fact Spartan warriors, were Sparta's ace army; In the planning of the king's army, these war machines shaped by the Spartan tradition will be the key force in the rise of Sparta.

Third-class citizens, easy to understand and easy to accept.

The clear division between second-class citizens and third-class citizens is not fundamentally different from the original Spartan system, but it is more clear.

Fourth-class citizens, this is a bold and critical reform.

First, the concept of a neo-Spartan is proposed here; After Wang Jun studied the social structure and governance status of Sparta, it is not difficult to come to a conclusion that in order for Sparta to rise rapidly, it must expand the population base; The population base mentioned here refers to the population base that can actively defend the interests of Sparta. Those who thought of running away and rebelling every day, no matter how large they were, could not become the foundation of Sparta; From a certain point of view, the base of such people is too large, but it has slowed down the pace of Sparta's expansion; Moreover, if the population of the two sides is seriously unbalanced, then Sparta's rule could be overturned at any time.

So, those people will take the initiative to maintain the rule of the Spartans?

Wang Jun's first thought was to hit those free people; Because the Spartans hardly exploited the freemen, and with the passage of time, the earlier conquered hatreds had completely faded; These 400,000 freedmen were now largely integrated into the Spartan system and began to play an important role in all walks of life outside of the political sphere. To put it simply, while the Spartans were defending their own interests, they were actually helping these freemen defend their homeland and economic interests; If the Spartans were unlucky, the freedmen would not have come to a good end.

The base is considerable, and he is already in the same boat as the Spartans, and the royal army has no reason to spare these freemen; As long as a little political rights were given to the freedmen, then these freedmen would be fully integrated into Sparta, a whole population of 400,000!

In addition, Wang Jun also intended to adjust a certain tradition of Sparta; However, due to the huge influence of this tradition, even with Leonidas's current power and influence, it is difficult to adjust it significantly, so Wang Jun only adjusted it slightly.

This slight adjustment is that the part of the babies that Sparta eliminated according to tradition is no longer left off the cliff without a surname, but is directly defined as a fourth-class citizen; In Wang Jun's opinion, these Spartan babies with a weaker physique may be a little stronger than the babies of other Greek city-states. In addition, according to the acquired "inhuman" cultivation mechanism of Sparta, even if these babies are weaker, they will not be too bad when they grow up; If they are not as good as Starlius and Astinous, there should be no problem in provoking the warriors of the other Greek city-states.

It's just that even if this plan is successfully realized, it will not directly help Wang Jun now; Of course, if Wang Jun stays in this world for decades, he can still enjoy some fruits...... The question is, can Wang Jun stay that long?

Wang Jun's motivation came from sympathizing with these poor children, who were thrown off the cliff alive without even drinking a few sips of breast milk; In such a comparison, it seems that being alive to drink Sanlu milk powder is also a kind of happiness?

The design of the common class was to divide the black laborers, and to cultivate a reserve force of fourth-class citizens.

Want to be free?

Yes, merit, this is the only indicator; Sparta used to like to slaughter the black laborers who had won the battle in batches, and Wang Jun felt that their heads were really soaked in water. Divide a few fields and barren mountains for them to cultivate, except for paying a little more tax, other status is equivalent to that of the original free people; Doing so would give hope to the helots, and would gradually divide them into two classes and stabilize Sparta's rule; To put it mildly, even if they go to be cannon fodder, the black laborers are more proactive.

Before the citizens' assembly, Wang Jun did only two things:

First, communicate the plan with Leonidas, of course, the royal army somewhat bewitched Leonidas and gave him a clear goal, to become the emperor of Sparta in commanding Greece; Men are ambitious, especially proud men; Xerxes had earlier offered to support Leonidas as king of Greece, but how could the proud Leonidas accept such an approach, let alone be a "puppet".

second, live a two-person world with Tina; The royal army was not in reality, nor in 182 AD, but in 480 BC; In the two-story stone and wood building, the howl of wolves can be heard every night.

The city of Sparta was overcrowded inside and outside the city; Sparta has not held a citizens' assembly for a long time,

Unlike previous citizens' assemblies, this Spartan citizens' assembly was open to both men and women over the age of 18, instead of only men over 30 years old. In addition to this, Leonidas invited those of the freedmen who excelled in a number of fields; And the most surprising thing is that the 900 black laborers who followed Leonidas to participate in the Battle of Hot Springs Pass and Ancient Sheep Road were also brought to the scene.

900 Helots were naturally terrified, and even if only a hundred or so Spartans stared at them, it was enough to make them frightened, not to mention tens of thousands of Spartans watching them; Some of the Spartans thought that Leonidas was planning to kill these black laborers to help the fun.

A successful conference also requires skill.

The first thing to do at the convention was to try the traitors in public; Those who died still had to be approved verbally, and the two councilors who did not die were naturally killed in the scolding of the crowd; Even this kind of thing was also in Sparta, and as a result, the total number of pure Spartan households decreased by 9.

Originally, the organs of power in Sparta were none other than the priests, the clergy, the two kings, and the remaining 28 members of the Senate.

Now well, this one is a traitor and that one is a traitor, and all the Spartans have found that only Leonidas seems to be trustworthy; As for the 25 parliamentarians who have not been found to have problems for the time being, everyone is more or less less trusting as they used to be.

With the help of the psychological inducement of the public trial to the citizens of Sparta, wrapped in successive victories against the Persians, and the honor of killing the Persian emperor, the plan of the king's army was completely realized through the hands of Leonidas.

The new hierarchy of citizens is not complicated, everyone understands it as soon as they hear it.

The rights of 1 traitor king and 3 traitor councillors were taken away by Leonidas, but the rights of the remaining 25 councillors were preserved to a greater extent; These parliamentarians and their families naturally put down their burdens and supported Leonidas with both hands.

Leonidas part-time high priest?

There is no problem, the clergy still want it, otherwise how can the sacrifice be carried out?

Leonidas had a good character, and everyone was relieved that he was doing this job, especially after Leonidas announced the abolition of the annual election of oracle messengers, everyone supported it with 10,000; And Leonidas's explanation for this is: There are a lot of goddesses in the sky, and the beauties on the earth should be left to us mortals!

Neo-Spartans?

The freedmen were upgraded to fourth-class citizens and officially incorporated into the Spartan category, which was no problem.

More obligations were assumed, only partial rights were given to vote and to be elected, plus some simple suffrage, and the general trend remained in the hands of pure Spartans; Besides, the freedmen now get along well with the pure Spartans, and the people of the other city-states see the freedmen as Spartans.

No longer abandon the Spartan babies who are relatively weaker and merge into fourth-class citizens, this ......

All the women of Sparta were the first to stand up and cheer in support of this decision; What woman would want to throw away her child?

The former freedmen, who had been invited and had been granted fourth-class civil and political rights at the meeting, also supported the decision; It's not just as simple as repaying Leonidas, but no matter how weak those babies are, they are also pure Spartans, and when they grow up, they are on the same level as themselves, regardless of each other, which is very good!

"Even if these children grow up to be weaker than second-class citizens, they can still sweep the Persians." Leonidas said this at the time, and as a result, the most stubborn of the Spartans surrendered and passed the little item.

900 black laborers, almost stunned by the pie that fell from the sky.

Leonidas publicly recognized their merits, and as a logistician, he fought several victories with Leonidas, and was rewarded with the release of his slavery; However, because there is no direct combat merit, it must continue to serve until it has military merit, and then it can be given the status of a civilian and the corresponding reward.

This item was the most controversial, but it was passed by a majority of votes.

The last additional item is the entry of Wang Jun into the parliament.

If the royal army remained a "Roman", it might lead to a lot of disputes; But because Wang Jun and Dina have ...... Well, Wang Jun is half a Spartan.

The Spartans respected the warriors, and the bravery of the king's army made even Leonidas willing to lose; Trust, whether it was Leonidas or Fassbinder, they had long trusted Wang Jun; Lineage? Free people can become fourth-class citizens, and Wang Jun, half of the Spartans, does not seem to have much of a problem.

Of course, Leonida's support is absolutely key.

In short, after the citizens' assembly, Wang Jun officially entered the inner circle of the Spartan ruling class.

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