The traditional social class in the Farea continent has the highest status among the nobility, including territorial nobles and honorary nobles, and then there is the free people class. Handicraftsmen, merchants and farmers all belong to this class. They own their own property and live in towns. They paid taxes to the lord or the king for protection, but often suffered losses because their private property was coveted by the territorial nobles and local officials.
The third class is civilians or territorial citizens. Civilians are also urban residents. They work in cities and accept work assignments from local officials to maintain food and clothing. Just like Husby, although he is a farmer, he does not have his own land and can only live in the city. Farming in the town's public fields in exchange for food, clothing and clothing. The territorial citizens are vassals of the territorial nobles. They have no private property, cannot leave the territory, and their personal freedom is restricted. Basically, they can only survive by relying on the territorial nobles.
The last class is the slave, whose personal life and death are in the hands of the master. Although slavery has been abolished in many places and countries in Farea, the slave trade is still banned on the continent. Especially with the outbreak of war, prisoners of war have become the best source of slaves.
After Prince Kargat won the kingdom's civil war and successfully ascended to the throne as Stirling IX, he quickly carried out vigorous reforms. After launching a series of economic, educational, administrative and military reform plans, he also carried out reforms to the kingdom. Radical socio-political reforms.
First, Sterling IX announced that he would take back the fiefdoms of all territorial nobles in the kingdom, and there would no longer be any territorial nobles in the kingdom. This move triggered a rebellion among the remaining territorial nobles in the kingdom, but it was quickly put down. The corpses of those nobles were hung on the gallows next to the road.
Immediately afterwards, Sterling IX promulgated the Bill on the Rights and Interests of the Four Classes of the People, which clarified the boundaries of the four classes of people in society in clear legal terms and stipulated their freedoms and rights. This caused great controversy in the Farea continent. sensation.
The Bill of Rights of the Four Civil Classes stipulates that in the Kingdom of Overas, the first class is the nobility. Of course, the titles conferred by Sterling IX are all honorary nobility, which are those who only have a title of nobility and an annuity income, but no territory. .
The second class is citizens, including civilians who have made outstanding contributions to the kingdom, soldiers who have made military exploits but have not reached the level of knighthood, and civilian officials who have worked hard at their jobs to meet the prescribed number of years.
The third class is the common people, which is the largest class in the kingdom. They are responsible for paying taxes and serving in the military. Here, Sterling IX overturned the classification tradition of the four social classes in the Farea continent, and classified free citizens, civilians, and territorial citizens into one civilian class. At the same time, he gave civilians more private property, marriage, Freedom of work, movement, etc., most civilian labor is exempted and replaced with paid labor remuneration.
At the same time, Sterling IX announced the abolition of slavery in the Kingdom of Ovelas, and all public and private slaves were released as civilians. From then on, selling slaves in the kingdom became a major crime.
The fourth class is the servants. This is the lowest class. They are basically captured bandits and criminals. Sterling IX cherishes the power of the people, so except for the sinners who have committed extremely heinous crimes and cannot be forgiven, no other crimes will lead to death. Criminals, debtors, vagrants, beggars, etc. all belong to this class. All large-scale public construction projects within the kingdom are completed by these slaves. This is labor reform in another world. A slave must complete the prescribed period. You can become a civilian again during your service period.
After Stirling IX ordered the invincible commander-in-chief Dubokman Duncan to lead the army to destroy and annex the Duke of Berkeley, he ordered that all the more than 30,000 captured soldiers of the Duke of Berkeley be demoted to civilian service. It was not until five years later that an amnesty order was issued. , restoring these prisoners to civilian status.
Over the past 50 years since its implementation, the Bill on the Rights and Interests of the Four Civil Classes has become the cornerstone of social stability in the Kingdom of Overas and a national policy that the Kingdom will unswervingly implement. While it stipulates the classification of the four classes of people in the kingdom's society, it also protects the rights and interests of the four classes of people and monitors their obligations to the kingdom.
As a member of the aristocracy of the kingdom, although they lost their territory, they had the title annuity, which ensured harvests due to droughts and floods, and avoided the losses caused by natural disasters in the territory. From an economic point of view, they did not suffer any major harm. In terms of political rights, they have also been greatly compensated. All officials who hold public office in the kingdom are nobles of the kingdom. This has even become an unwritten rule.