Black Iron’s Glory

Chapter 5 Morssen's Wild Hope

Freia continent the highest status of the traditional social class is nobility, including territorial nobility and honour nobility, and then the free People class, craftsmen and businessmen, as well as small farmers, belong to this class, they have their own property to live in towns and cities, Taxes are paid to the Lord or to the King for protection, but they are often lost because their private property is coveted by territorial nobility and local officials.

The third class is civilian or the people. The civilian is also a town dweller. In the town, the labor service and the work of local officials are assigned to maintain food and clothing. Just like Habis, although it is a farmer, it has no own field and can only be in the town. In the public field, farming is in exchange for food and clothing. The occupants are the vassals of the nobility of the territory. They have no private property and cannot leave the territory. Their personal freedom is restricted and they can basically survive only with the nobility of the territory.

The last class is a slave, and his personal life and death are in the hands of the master. Although Freia Continent has abolished slavery in many places and countries, the slave trade has been banned on the mainland, especially the outbreak of war, making prisoners of war the best source of slavery.

After winning the Kingdom Civil War victory, Karjad Prince succeeded in becoming a Sterling IX. He quickly carried out vigorous reforms. After launching a series of economic, educational, administrative and military reforms, he launched a thorough social and political reform of Kingdom. .

First, Sterling IX announced that it would take back the land of all the domain nobility of Kingdom, and that Kingdom will no longer have territory nobility. The move triggered a rebellion of Kingdom's remaining territorial nobility, but it was quickly settled, and the gallows next to the road were covered with nobility bodies.

Then, Sterling IX promulgated the "Rights of the Four Castes", which clearly defined the boundaries of the people's boundaries and defined the freedom and rights of the people in the form of clear legal provisions. This caused great sensation in Freia Continent.

"Rights of the Four Castes" stipulates that in the Kingdom of Aueras, the first class is nobility, of course, Sterling IX is given the honor nobility, that is, only the nobility title and the title annuity income, but there is no territory.

The second class is nationals, the civilian who made outstanding contributions to Kingdom, the military who did not reach the level of the title, and the civilian officials who worked hard in the workplace for a specified number of years.

The third class is civilian, which is the largest group of Kingdoms. They are responsible for taxation and service. Here, Sterling IX subverts the classification tradition of Freia Continent's four social classes, classifying free people and civilians, as well as the congregation, into a civilian class, while giving civilian more freedom, private marriage, work, migration, etc. , to reduce most of the civilian labor, and replace it with paid work.

At the same time, Sterling IX announced the abolition of slavery in the Kingdom of Aueras, all public and private slaves were released as civilian, and the slave trade in Kingdom became a sin.

The fourth class is servant, which is the bottom class, basically captured bandits and criminals, Sterling IX cherish waning, so in addition to the most heinous and inexcusable sinners, the rest of the crime does not kill the perpetrators, debtors, vagrants and beggars belong to this class, Kingdom All the large-scale public construction projects in the interior are carried out by these servant, which is a different world of labor rehabilitation, a servant need to serve the prescribed period of service in order to become civilian again.

After the invincible commander of the Sterling IX command, Dubok Mann Duncan, led the army to kill Duchy of Berkeley, he ordered that all of the more than 30,000 Dukedom soldiers who had been captured would be Servant, until five years later, the amnesty was issued to restore these prisoners. The civilian identity.

For more than 50 years, the "Rights of the Four Castes" has become the cornerstone of the social stability of the Kingdom of Aueras and the unshakable national policy of Kingdom. While it stipulates the classification of the four classes of the people in the Kingdom, it also protects the rights of the four classes of people and guards their obligations to Kingdom.

As the nobility class of Kingdom, although there is no territory, but with the title annuity, drought and flood protection, eliminating the loss of the territory caused by natural disasters, economically, did not suffer much damage. In terms of political rights, they have also been greatly compensated. All the officials responsible for the public office in Kingdom are Kingdom nobility, which has even become a hidden rule.

In addition, Sterling IX also ordered the establishment of two upper and lower houses as an aid to the king's administration. The House of Lords consists entirely of Kingdom nobility and is responsible for hearing nobility cases and the impeachment of Kingdom officials by House of Commons, supervising the implementation of the administrative plan for the Prime Minister of Kingdom, and having certain legislative and judicial powers to veto House. Some of the motions submitted by the Commons.

The House of Commons House is owned by nationals, and its members are mostly from local nationals representatives from various regions of Kingdom. The King and the House of Lords hold some of the House of Commons's referrals. As a member of the House of Commons, he is responsible for monitoring Kingdom and local administration, impeaching Kingdom officials, reviewing local budgets and supervising the implementation of grants. He has the right to propose bills and a generous administrative supplement income.

As a privilege to King's strongest supporters, Rights of the Four Castes stipulates that nationals is a priority in taxation and child education, conscription and local office. In general, the head of the Kingdom and local government officials is not nobility or nationals. In the Kingdom army, nationals officers are a strong guarantee for building a strong army.

In the era of peace, as a member of the recruiting army since the implementation of the new military service system, a civilian needs to serve in the army for fifteen years to become a member of the nationals class. Of course, the process will be shortened soon after the war is established. .

If you are engaged in a public office, then a civilian needs to be promoted to nationals for 20 years in this position. Morssen's experience is like this.

Morssen, who was still very young at the time, was keenly aware of the changes brought about by the promulgation of "Rights of the Four Castes". In a way, this is a rising channel for the general civilian class to promote social status and political rights. For him, enlisting in service is a bit dangerous. Sterling IX made three wars with the rival enemy Kingdom of Nasri in the 20 years after the reform of Kingdom. Although the three wars were the victory of the Kingdom of Aueras, the casualties There are tens of thousands of people in the army.

So Morssen would rather spend twenty years earning a nationals status for himself in the civilian profession. Although it is a long time, it is safe, and now he is only twenty-two years old. Twenty years later, he is only forty years old. When the year is strong, he believes that he has a better future.

The young Morssen has won the recognition of his peers and the trust of the mayor with his own savvy and meticulous work attitude. For the townspeople, his service is kind, patient, well-founded, public and private. For colleagues, Morssen is a trusted friend with a gentle attitude, generosity and helpfulness. For his boss, Morssen, who is able to complete the task delivered to him every time, is an object worthy of training.

When Morssen was twenty-eight, the old town official, Sunny, appreciated the talent of the young man, and married his twenty-four-year-old daughter, Pattisia Sunny, to Morssen. At that time, someone asked Old Sunny, he is a nationals identity, why not find a nationals as a son-in-law? Instead, marry his baby daughter to a civilian…

Old Sunny replied with a smile, he believes that his gaze, Morssen will rely on his own efforts to promote nationals identity, then his daughter will also enjoy the glory of Mrs. Nationals.

The old sheriff did not look at the wrong person. Morssen received five administrative awards in the next nine years, which is almost a legendary honor for a local local civil servant, especially an administrative document in a small town. . This allowed Morssen to acquire nationals status five years in advance and was immediately promoted to the Whitestag executive.

That year, Morssen was only thirty-seven years old. He had a huge hope among the townspeople and had a high prestige among the Whitestag local officials. He also has a happy family, a gentle and considerate wife, an eight-year-old son and a four-year-old son. It can be said that Mr. Morssen already has all the good life he wants to have when he was young.

Standing tall, I can see far. Mr. Morssen, who has become the administrative director of the town, is not willing to stay in this position for the rest of his life. He also wants to go further on his career, hoping to become a mayor, a member of parliament, a county governor…

It was only Mr. Morssen who discovered at this time how difficult he was to go further on his career. The reality is not as good as it should be. Whitestag town is known as the first town in the three southwestern counties, but it is only a small town, and it is subordinate to the county of Barilomis in the southwest of Balivia County. Although he is very popular in Whitestag town, he is in Baromiese County. He lacks connections and appreciators on his career. Without the promotion and support of big men, he can't walk out of Whitestag town.

If his father, Habis, faced the prince’s rewarding promise at the time, he asked for the nobility instead of the red brick house…Mr. Morssen often thinks so, and he often says this to his children.

The nationals identity is the basis for local officials. If you want to go further, you need relationships and connections, not just relying on your hard work to complete your job. Of course, if it is nobility, Mr. Morssen's distress can be solved.

Because in Kingdom, appointing a nobility to a local governor is more convenient and simpler than appointing a nationals, and the latter's trouble is that each position has a large number of competitors, and they are intertwined with countless human relationships and interests, so that the responsible personnel The Kingdom official is deeply troubled…

In a blink of an eye, Mr. Morssen is still the executive director of Whitestag. Even if the career cannot be further developed, this setback cannot stop his ambition. Over the past decade, Whitestag town has become more and more prosperous and densely populated, which has made Mr. Morssen a good opportunity to take shortcuts.

If Whitestag town can be upgraded to the city, Mr. Morssen, the representative of the local official who has made outstanding contributions to the development of Whitestag for nearly 30 years, is definitely the first to come. His name will be introduced to Wangdu and appear in front of King Sterling X. Maybe he will get the word and the title…

Whenever I think of it, Mr. Morssen's heart is always hot, he will be more enthusiastic about his work…