"Citizen? What are citizens?"

In the Senate Chamber, someone asked a question soon.

What is a citizen?

Wu Haogu said carefully: "Citizens have the right to elect the head of the business and be elected as the head of the business; citizens have the right to participate in the management of the business city and can hold public office in the business city; citizens have the right to study and study at the Jiehe Business City Public School."

"It's so good to be a citizen?" Xiang Bao shook his head and said in confusion, "What benefits will that be for our chamber of trade?"

"A point of right must be given!" Wu Haogu said in a deep voice, "Citizens have so many benefits, so they naturally have to pay a lot."

The first is to pay taxes! Business people in Jiehe must pay taxes according to the rules and reach a certain amount before they are eligible to become citizens.

The second is service! All citizens of Jiehe, aged 16 to 60, who are not disabled or seriously ill, must register in Jiehe Commercial City Baojia. Then, depending on their age, they will serve in different days, and must bring their own sword, bow, spear, and shield. As long as they do not exceed the term of service, they will not pay any salary."

Wu Haogu didn't know much about citizens or anything, and later generations have long downplayed this... However, after becoming the head of Jiehe Shang City, he still based on some memories of citizenship and the actual situation of Jiehe Shang City, and made up for the citizens' rights and obligations.

"I have to join the army and pay taxes, and this citizen is not easy to be a citizen." Zhang Kexiang shook his head repeatedly, "Who wants to be a citizen?"

Although Zhang Kexiang is a general, he discriminates against warriors spiritually and looks down on those who join the army.

Wu Haogu smiled: "This is the rule for being a citizen of Jiehe Shang City. If you don't want to be a citizen, no one will force you. Just don't seek public office and career in Jiehe Shang City. You or your son cannot study in the Shang City, and you cannot enter the Jiehe Branch of Yuntai Academy Palace."

In other words, Jiehe businessmen who refuse to join the army cannot be officials, nor can they accept the education of public Liuyi Academy and Jiehe Yuntai Academy. The Liuyi Academy and Jiehe Yuntai Academy, funded by Jiehe Commercial Bureau, will be a direct path to the right-list Jinshi!

Ji Sheng said: "Now Jiehe Market has a population of about 100,000. Why are there more than 10,000 people who meet the conditions of citizens and are willing to be citizens? Is there more than 10,000 Baoding?

And the population of the market will increase in the future, right? It is possible to have 200,000 to 300,000. How many citizens will there be? 20,000 or 300,000?"

A citizen army of 20,000 to 30,000 people, plus a knight of at least a few hundred people, there may be many mercenaries... Is the military power of Jiehe Shangshi a little too strong? Is Wu Haogu the head of Jiehe or the governor of Jiehe Army?

Ji Sheng, Xiang Bao and Zhang Kexiang's ears suddenly stood up!

This is evidence of the crime! It takes no effort to get it!

Wu Haogu smiled indifferently: "There are more than 20,000 registered Baoding in the big city with 200,000 people? Those Baoding cannot serve every day. On average, it would be good to be in service for ten and twenty days a year. In this way, there are only more than 1,000 Baoding in service... Can it be more than 1,000?"

Not many... But will the city's male citizens exceed 20,000? Now Jiehe Market has a population of 100,000, and it is not surprising that there will be 200,000 in 10 or 20 years. Among the 200,000 people, 100,000 should be male, of which at least 50,000 adult men. Perhaps everyone will meet the conditions (the conditions can be reduced) and become citizens!

At the same time, the knight family around Jiehe Shang City will also grow and grow under the support of the Shang City. In the future, there may be two or three thousand knights that can be used by the Shang City at any time. If there are 20,000 to 30,000 citizens, there may be many mercenaries and "Mamruk", and Jiehe Shang City's military power cannot be underestimated.

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"Are you a very vain citizen? Isn't it just a thief Baoding who forces others to be a thief?"

"If you are not a citizen, you cannot be the leader... Isn't this a difficult person?"

"That's not right! Can't we pay?"

"Can't we hire someone to be a guarantor?"

In the Senate Building, a newly compiled conference hall was filled with the heads of various guilds, and everyone was holding a handwritten notice that had just been sent. The content of the notice was about the establishment of a "guildhouse" and the implementation of the "civilian system" in Jiehe Commercial City.

Everyone agreed with the taxation meeting of the guild, which is better than the current taxation management.

But the question is why is it related to being a citizen and being a guarantor? Although it does not necessarily have to have many industries, in actual operations, all those who can become big businessmen. How can a great businessman be a guarantor? It would be fine if he could barely be a guarantor, but how can he be a guarantor? Isn't this a joke?

"The chief senator of the Senate has arrived!"

While everyone was talking, they suddenly heard someone shouting the name. The head of Wuhao Ancient Martial Arts and the other veterans of Jiehe Shang City Senate came together.

"See the Head of State!"

"I've seen a high-ranking official!"

"I've seen a lift!"

More than a hundred leaders present stood up to salute Wu Haogu. No matter whether they wanted to be a guru or whether they had been extorted by the tax in Jiehe Commercial City, Wu Haogu still had to give him face. Even if they had petitioned the Senate two days ago, they would be respectful now.

What they opposed was the corrupt official Du Wenzhong, but was not the wise and correct head of state Wu Haogu.

Accompanied by Ximen Anguo and Murong Wangyou, Wu Haogu walked to the middle of the hall. The capital of the house in silk and satin consciously formed a circle around him. Most of them were very familiar with Wu Haogu, and many of them were still in charge of the Republic.

Wu Haogu bowed to these people, then raised his hand with a smile and waved it, signaling everyone to calm down.

"You should know what the Head of Japan has invited you to come now, right? After the Senate's discussion, the tax registration rules for the first house of the Bank of China, have now agreed. The specific tax registration rules will be issued later. While the First House of the Bank of China was launched, the head of state also proposed a method to implement the citizenship system in the market, which was also supported by the elders. Now I will explain to you..."

The people below suddenly became quiet, and they all stretched their ears and listened to the head of state Wu Haogu. To be honest, most people did not propose to open the Lao Shizi to negotiate taxes. Although the blackmail of those who do not have officials and officials made them unhappy, those who do business are used to paying money and can barely accept it. On the contrary, public taxes are not used to them, and it may not be beneficial.

Public tax negotiation is actually the Senate that directly controls the amount and distribution of taxes! The Senate is a shareholder representative and a board of directors. Their knife will only sharpen faster! And it is impossible to even bribe it.

Wu Haogu looked at the leaders present with bright eyes. The establishment of the House of Representatives and the implementation of the citizenship system was already in his plan. Now it is just ahead of time, not early, it is just a step-by-step process. After all, the development speed of Jiehe Commercial City exceeded the original idea.

Moreover, civic cities cannot be built overnight, and they are not even truly acceptable to the current generation. If some reforms are to be successful, they need to replace them with the previous generation.

The subjects' consciousness has long penetrated into the bone marrow of every Song people, and I am afraid that it will never be able to change it in this life.

To change, we can only start from the next generation!

And reforms based on the next generation are of course the earlier they start, the better.

It is actually nothing to let the next generation of Jiehe Commercial City establish the awareness of participating in the governance of the Commercial City and joining the army to defend the Commercial City since childhood. Now the Jurchen barbarians in Aguda and theirs also know to participate in the tribe public agreement and also know to use weapons to defend the tribe.

The Chinese people in the Western Zhou Dynasty also had to discuss politics and fight for the country with their spears!

As for the people of the Song Dynasty, there was actually a little bit of awareness of participating in politics and policy discussions that was much stronger than the people of the Qing Dynasty! Don’t think that the closer to modern times, the more progressive the people’s thoughts would be. During the Song Dynasty, the people could stand to meet officials and not kill those who wrote letters to talk about things. However, the glorious Qing Dynasty was a scholar who had to kill without mercy if he had a word to make a living!

Moreover, the urbanization rate and the proportion of industry and commerce in the Song Dynasty far exceeded that of the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, there was nothing that could not be imagined in the Song Dynasty.

Wu Haogu paused and said with a smile, "You must not be willing to act as a Baoding in Jiehe Market... You are all wealthy merchants with wealth, so naturally they don't want to be a Baoding. However, this matter is not unacceptable. You only need to follow the head of state in the name of Baoding for fifteen days in one year. Of course, Yan Po'er, you don't have to be a Baoding, Baoding doesn't want a girl."

Yan Po'er also replied in response: "I want to go there. If the head of state does not dislike it, what if I follow the camp as a sect?"

The half-joking dirty joke made everyone in the room burst into laughter. Wu Haogu raised his right hand again, and the whole guy calmed down again.

"But this citizen has many benefits! The biggest one is that his son and grandson can study in our Jiehe Commercial City public school! Jiehe Commercial City has collected your business taxes, not all of them are used to pay salaries to the public, to provide the court and the Liao Kingdom, to pay dividends to shareholders, and to build the commercial market and run schools. Our Jiehe Public Schools are sent by the Yuntai Academy to be teachers. The knowledge they teach is opposite to the Yuntai Academy. Therefore, students of our Jiehe Commercial City public school will be more likely to enter the Yuntai Academy in the future.
Chapter completed!