Section 9 Establishing a National Policy

Back in Luanyang City, the broken walls still tell the tragic battle ten days ago.

Standing on the city wall, I saw some strange Guan Hai in our team from afar. A single horse met us from afar and whispered to us: "500 new farmers have come here, Gao Tanglong, and Zheng Hun are also here, and are discussing how to strengthen the city defense. What should these soldiers do if they have any inconvenience to enter the city?"

"If you lead them to the west of the city, you will say that the city is dilapidated and cannot rest. Let them camp outside the city and serve them with good wine and food. Also, they should be forbidden from going out of the camp and notify Hiroyuki City that they should not send people to Luanyang these days." I whispered.

In the Luanyang City Council Hall, I introduced the information from Gongsun Zan in western Liaoning. At this moment, all the cities in western Liaoning were destroyed, and most of the Han residents fled to Yuyang County and Ji County, the capital of Youzhou. The alien tribes were approaching western Liaoning step by step and might have been permanently stationed in western Liaoning. Of course, I cannot tell them that in history, they gradually extended their tentacles into the Central Plains from this moment, and finally, the aliens who set out from here destroyed the Han, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties.

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

Zheng Hun first spoke: "Lord, since Gongsun Zan is the governor of Youzhou, we might as well move closer to Youzhou's capital, or we can get the protection of Gongsun's army."

Gao Tanglong immediately retorted: "So, where do we place Izumo Castle?"

I stood up, walked to the entrance of the hall, and looked at the soldiers and farmers coming and going on the street, but didn't 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 noon now, and the farmers were stepping up the defensive measures of Luanyang City.

I slowly said to them: "The counties in western Liaoning are broken, the people of the county fled, and the aliens are stepping forward step by step, wanting to come to western Liaoning to herd horses. After they stabilize here, will they want to go further and to the rich Youzhou capital, shepherd horses? After arriving in Youzhou, will they want to drink horses and the Yellow River?

If the alien race goes further, we will take a step back. It will take ten years to last, and it will take a hundred years to last. My Han Dynasty will be in danger. But do you think that at this moment, it will make us a good opportunity to develop. The western Liaoning is vast and sparsely populated. Since Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Guangwu, western Liaoning has been managed by Yangle, the capital of Liaoxi County in the form of a vassal state. Now that Yangle officials have fled, the counties in western Liaoning are destroyed, which is just an opportunity for us to expand our power. In my opinion, the future governance of the Han Dynasty will be bounded by Wuzhong in Youbeiping County, facing east and north, and it is no longer able to manage. The Gongsun family in Liaodong is not enterprising and has more than separatist power. They only hope to have a buffer land with the imperial court, so they will not develop western Liaoning. If we develop in western Liaoning, we will have Gongsun Zan as the protection outside and Izuyun City support inside, why worry about the big things not being done."

Zheng Hun said worriedly: "Where the Xianbei iron hoofs are facing, the counties are invincible. Our Izumo City has only 5,000 troops and only 20,000 people. Even if we add 30,000 Korean farmers, there are only 50,000 people. It is still difficult to use them to defend a city. We have to separate three Acropolis and Izumo City, so we may have weak power."

"In your opinion, who can benefit from our weapons or Xianbei weapons?" I asked.

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

"Who is stronger than our armor or Xianbei?"

"We are strong."

"Who is better than our war horses and Xianbei?"

"We also bought our horses from Xianbei."

"If we send a group of residents 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 residents to farm in this small city, and 200 soldiers are equipped to defend the city. When an enemy attacks the residents quickly enter the city to defend, and call the police with wolf smoke during the day and lights at night. In Izumo Castle, we gather a 2,000-person ranger. Once the outer city is attacked, the ranger will be dispatched quickly.

As long as we connect the outer small cities into a chain, we will better cover Izumo City. In this way, Izumo City will mainly produce equipment and economic crops in the future, and each outer city will mainly produce grain; Izumo City will build roads to the outer city with Izumo City as the center, so that Izumo City can send troops quickly, and at the same time, the roads will gradually radiate to the distance. In the outer small cities, if any of them develop faster in the future, they will rebuild the big city and establish a county seat. In this way, colonize the outside step by step.

In the end, we will build a chain here, which will become a barrier for our great man, so that the great man will not be threatened by alien races for a hundred years."

I said the above words in one breath, and I planned all this for a long time. At that moment, a dark cloud happened to cover the sky, and a crack was cracked in the dark clouds, and a band of light shone down along the gap. I stood at the entrance of the hall, and the noon sunlight hit my face, making me look as if I was glowing, which was indescribable.

Zheng Hun Gaotanglong immediately bowed to his knees and said, "Lord Gao Lu, we will do our best to make this happen."

"Okay, I'll tell you immediately that Gaoshan Yin Dong, Zhou Yi, and all the elders came to Kaisheng Senior Meeting here. Let's discuss a specific action plan." I gave the order and turned around and walked out of the hall.

I walked on the street, and the people coming and going saw me saluting. I had not yet woken up from the words just now, so I waved my hand casually and walked past them.

We have always been thinking about improving the Han Dynasty and establishing an ideal country, but we have been suffering from the constraints of the imperial management and cannot let go. Now that the opportunity has come, our future development will no longer be bound by a city. We will build a Great Wall here to serve as a northern barrier for our Han Dynasty and prevent Hu cavalry from moving south.

At this moment, my heart is full of mission. From this moment on, no one can stop my footsteps. Watch me soaring in the sky, watching me fight in the sky, and watching my great man soaring thousands of miles.

When I walked to the barracks outside the city, I took a look at how the soldiers were placed. It is said that when Guan Hai was relocating these soldiers, he used some violent intimidation methods to destroy a soldier who was about to leave the camp and even his mother didn't recognize him.

But according to my investigation, the real situation was that when Guan Hai announced the order not to allow soldiers to leave the camp, the soldiers were in a big uproar. They were thinking of looking for Miss Hua everywhere in the city to comfort their military life for many days. So Guan Hai brought a huge rock to block the gate of the camp. Unexpectedly, these ignorant guys rushed towards the camp while shouting, "We are not under their jurisdiction." As a result, Guan Hai used his fists to comfort them one by one.

To promote our military power, these people have been with Gongsun Zan for too long, and the military discipline is obviously too loose. I ordered Guan Hai to train these 500 people. As long as their combat effectiveness increases, I believe that Brother Gongsun will not blame me. Let Guan Hai to torture them.

A few days later, the elders gathered in Luanyang City, and we held a meeting to discuss the future development direction.

At the meeting, I decided to go to Youzhou City to convene residents who fled from Youbeiping County and Liaoxi County, and go to Qingzhou to Qingzhou to call out refugees with skilled skills to Izuyun City. We will strive to expand our Izuyun City and its acropolis to about 100,000 people within this year, and build a permanent cavalry of about 5,000. According to the heavy cavalry configuration, the cavalry and horses are all covered with heavy armor. The attack weapon uses a cavalry spear of 4.5 feet long. The cavalry spear design is similar to a Roman spear, with a sharp iron rod-shaped spear head of 60 cm long, installed on a wooden stick. There is a guard at the gun handle. The cavalry spear breaks after the first attack. Even after the enemy seizes it, it cannot be used because there is no matching gun rod.

As for our knights, after the riding rifle cannot be used, they can use a sabre to kill the enemy. The sabre design adopts the design patterns of later cavalrymen. The blade has a curve similar to the Japanese samurai sword, which is convenient for slashing and killing during the horse. The handle adopts a circle-shaped handguard structure of modern sabres. As for long-range attack weapons, I use a short bow. Judging from this battle, although the longbow has a long range, the shooting speed is not high on the horse. I plan to use a short bow to speed up the shooting frequency of our cavalry.

To deal with nomadic peoples, only Genghis Khan's wolf-style tactics can be effective. Each cavalry is equipped with two to three horses. When we encounter a large number of enemy troops, we fight and retreat, and use bows and arrows to fight back the pursuers. When the enemy is exhausted, we will return to the army to attack.

Also, in order to make the army proud of fighting, we are ready to adopt the system of merit and divide the people into four levels.

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

Third-class people are civilians. Anyone who lives in Izumo Castle for more than one year and pays taxes in Izumo Castle for more than one year are civilians. Civilians enjoy the right to vote and can elect people above the civilians to speak for their own interests, which means electing officials to manage themselves. Officials are elected for four years, and those who pass the qualifications are given the failure. However, civilians do not have the right to be elected.

Second-class people are citizens, and soldiers in the army will automatically become civilians after their service expires. Those who have accumulated military merits to the non-commissioned officers or above will automatically become citizens. Civilians can participate in the literature and mathematics examinations organized by the government (similar to the imperial examination system, but with the math examination, I plan to add physics and other examinations in the future). Those who pass can become citizens, and inventors can also become citizens automatically. Citizens have the right to vote and be elected. They can be elected as officials.

The first-class people are nobles, divided into five-class titles, including Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, and Male. These fifth-class titles can all be hereditary. In addition, there is an unherited title - Lord. Those who have military merits have great contributions to Izumo Castle, have a skill, have inventions, and pay a lot of taxes. Of course, we are only granted barons and lords now, and I insist on appointing the rest of the titles.

Gao Tanglong was deeply dissatisfied with the meritorious system. How could the people elect officials? Since the Zhou Dynasty, the appointments of officials have been made by the emperor, so how could they be privately granted by fools?

However, I was prepared for Gao Tanglong's idea: "Yao, Shun and Yu are known as the Three Emperors, but I don't know who will grant his position? We set up a city here to create another grand event of Yao, Shun and Yu, so that the people can have a happy land, so that the people can regard this place as their home, and give them peace and peace, so that they can have long-term peace."

I said to him, "My heart is at peace and my hometown. If the people are happy, they will make the people willing to die. In this way, we can be one with the upper and lower levels before we can overcome this dangerous period."

"Where I am at peace is my hometown." Gao Tanglong chewed my words deeply, as if he understood the truth, but after a while, he hesitated: "It's just that we have granted titles privately here, and we are not afraid of being incompatible with the Han system."

Gao Shan immediately came over to help, "We have come here, and the Gongsun family has approved the establishment of a city here. All the places in western Liaoning are governed by the situation of a vassal state. It is not an exaggeration to claim that we are a vassal state. As long as we report this matter to Gongsun Zan, we will definitely get permission from Gongsun Zan. Moreover, our city lord is a relative of the Han family. When we suffer from foreign military difficulties, we gathered Han residents and built cities to guard the territory of our great Han. Even if we report this matter to the court, we may obtain permission. In this way, why can't we establish an official title system in Izumo City?"

"But peddlers and barrages can also be officials, which is different from the system?" Gao Tanglong was still dissatisfied.

"In the bitter and cold places in western Liaoning, crops grow slowly. If our farmers' taxes are too high, the people will definitely not want to live here. That is the case, it is better to declare that farmers do not have to pay taxes. They only need to participate in our reserve army training every year, and in the slack season, they will station the government in the outer city. This will reduce the pressure on our army and reduce our military expenditure. In case of war, the whole people can also be soldiers and make it difficult for the enemy's invasion step by step. Wouldn't it be wonderful to win three goals at one stroke?" Gao Shan immediately shook his head and said, "I laughed secretly. This guy started to quarrel at any time."

"Yes," I continued: "Since farmers do not pay taxes, taxes in our city must rely on commerce and manufacturing. We must have enough money to buy the food required by officials and soldiers from farmers. Therefore, our merchants must be encouraged to pay more taxes, and our craftsmen must be encouraged to produce more novel and easy-to-sale things. At the same time, we must give more honors to those who support our taxes. Without them, we cannot stabilize our farmers and soldiers, so we must grant titles to the best craftsmen (such as people like Zheng Hun) and the best merchants, so that they can make more contributions to us."

"Not bad, this is a major strategy for long-term stability." Hearing that he could be awarded a title, Zheng Hun immediately jumped out to support this proposal.

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

"Don't worry, let's establish the management system first, and I will inform Gongsun Zan of this matter. When the road is stable next year, I will set off to Luoyang to report to the court." I said haha.

However, in private, Gao Shan and others complained about my title and feudal system: "We come from an era of equality, but we have to be privileged here. Are you too much?"

"Do you remember John Paul of England, as a famous bishop in Britain, he delivered the famous speech "Slaves and Free People" in 1381, calling on slaves to overthrow the nobles, but was torn to pieces by slaves," I said to them: "Whatever mountains are there to sing songs. In this hierarchical society of the Han Dynasty, if we propose that everyone is equal, it is seeking death. Moreover, the implementation of the merit system can make people feel that hard work will always gain the recognition of society and facilitate the inspiration of people's spirit of struggle. As for the transition to equality of everyone, we still have two thousand years, which is enough to transition to this social system."

Next year was the year before the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Historical records show that in February of the seventh year of Guanghe, the emperor changed to the Zhongping reign. The Yellow Turban Rebellion was at this time. Then Liu Yu wrote a letter asking to change the prefect of the prefect to the prefecture. From then on, the governors of each state have their own troops and the emperor's authority has declined. At that time, as long as you find an opportunity to hand the emperor a stamp, even if everything is OK, it doesn't matter whether the emperor agrees or not. This is a strange political phenomenon in the Three Kingdoms period, called "table". When Liu Bei took over Tao Qian's Xuzhou pastor, he used such a "table" to be done.

Next, we discussed the management structure, the political structure that continued the separation of military power and internal affairs of the Qin Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of Han, the affairs of the prime minister and the grand lieutenant to govern civil and military affairs, and the affairs of the censors and officials to supervise. This may be the earliest principle of separation of powers, although it is different from the principle of separation of powers in the United States.

Later, General Huo Guang was tyrannical, and the three powers were concentrated in one person's hands, 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 Three Dukes and Nine Ministers system and carried out the separation of powers. Unfortunately, China always had the power to turn magic into corruption, and the separation of powers could not be implemented.

Historically, whenever a strong person appears, he always destroys the separation of powers first, which leads to the collapse of his court - no matter whether this strong person is an emperor or a minister. Perhaps the Chinese like to seize power in their bones, or perhaps the separation of powers is not suitable for China's national conditions, but I firmly do not believe that China's national conditions are like corruption. I want to establish this separation of powers here for a long time.

In the name of the revival of the Great Ancestor system, the separation of powers was quickly passed, and then I announced the term of office of officials. If senior officials stay in their positions for a long time, a large number of accomplices will definitely be formed. In order to limit officials from occupying an official position for a long time, their term of office must be limited. Of course, the term of office of veterans and elected officials of parliamentarians is not limited. As long as someone chooses you, you can continue to serve.

Therefore, I stipulate that internal officials can serve for three consecutive terms, each for four years. Every four years, the Senate will elect the chief veteran, called the "Prime Minister", and have the right to appoint the Ministry of Revenue to manage fiscal expenditure, budget, appropriations and household registration, money and grain. The Ministry of Revenue has the Grain and Rice Department, Salt Department, Iron Department, Customs Department, Household Registration Department, Fu Department (paid by Agriculture), Tax Department (paid by Commerce)); the Ministry of Personnel, manages the appointment and removal of officials, voter registration, and title management; the Ministry of Works, manages government engineering, technology

Technology development, water conservancy, construction, military technology. The Ministry of Industry has a Military Industry Department, River Department (management of water conservancy), Construction Department (management of new technology development); the Ministry of War, manages military logistics work and military pay payment, and resettlement of veterans; the Ministry of Rites, manages education, students, teachers, imperial examinations and court etiquette; the Ministry of Commerce, manages craftsmen, mining, industry and commerce and taxation, and has a Hundred Works Department, manages craftsmen, mining department, business department, tax department, and six departments in charge of officials.

Among them, the Ministry of Commerce was specially set up by us. Before, each dynasty did not have a separate Ministry of Commerce, and later there were no other dynasties, and it was not until modern times. On the one hand, we can separate income and expenditure. On the other hand, the Ministry of Commerce was set as one of the six ministries, which can make the voice of developing business louder to ensure that we vigorously develop business policies.

As for the military, we set up the position of Grand Commander, in charge of ordering the Navy, Cavalry, and Infantry. The Military Organization Office is located to manage the military mobilization power, that is, the military order power and military planning power, which is equivalent to the General Staff Department, which is managed by the three generals directly appointed by the city lord; the Governor Department manages the appointment of officers, officer training, military academy teachers and students, and has the personnel power of the army. The Ordnance Office is directly appointed by the city lord; the Ordnance Office is equivalent to the current Army Logistics Department). The maximum service age of officers at all levels is clearly stipulated that the higher the service age, the higher the service age. The officers who are at a certain age and cannot be promoted will be retired by the government based on their service years and their official position. Retired officers can join local security agencies (as a patrolman), or participate in politics with citizenship.

In addition, the position of Grand Prison and Criminal is established in judicial practice, which is directly appointed by the city lord to be in charge of criminal justice. At the same time, the security personnel and prison systems in various places are under the jurisdiction of Grand Prison and local officials no longer have the right to criminal and civil trials. These criminal and civil trial officials are appointed by Grand Prison and Criminals among the legal assessment qualified personnel. There are no full-time judges in places with small populations, and the superior department will send circuit judges to attend regular monthly trials. Prisoners are detained by local prisons during the period before the trial. All trials must have more than three citizens participating in the verdict (called jury officers), and the result of the judgment must be made by the jury. All citizens who pass the legal assessment can apply to be jury officers.

At the same time, the laws we formulate must be strict and extremely operational. For example, if the crime is convicted, one day will be sentenced to prison, whether he stole the dollar in a minor situation or the stubborn situation. Our law should only punish the crime, not the crime. This can prevent the judge and the juror from colluding with each other, and after collecting the money, he said that the murderer was smiling, and killed someone with a minor situation, and then legally sentenced him to a minor sentence in order to punish him with a minor situation.

At the same time, we also hand over the supervision of officials to the Grand Secretary for Criminal. Circuit judges walk around the people and it is easy to collect information from officials. These can be reported directly to the city lord, and the city lord is responsible for making the handling decision.

We also make provisions regarding the functions of the Senate that only those who have the status of citizenship or above can be elected as veterans. The institutions similar to the Senate elected by local institutions are called the Council, and the elected members of the Council are called the Council members. Members must also have the status of citizenship or above. Members of parliament are elected by local residents with the right to vote. The term of office is elected every four years, and the competent officials in various places are elected by the Council members. The administrative agencies at all levels of government affairs stipulated by law can usually act in accordance with the law, 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 was born from the bottom up. Once the people enjoy the joy of freedom and democracy, and want to deprive this freedom, they will use their blood to defend this right that should belong to them.
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