Oda noh Nobunaga
27-02-2006, 17:01
The Han Empire stretches from the north reaches of Chosen to the southern tip of the land of Inda. It is one of the greatest and oldest nations and Empires in the world. The Emperor Shui Han Di, the twelfth of his line, the Son of Heaven, sits upon his Dragon Throne in the mighty and powerful Forbidden City from where he rules all.
The Han Empire is ruled ultimately by the Emperor. However because direct control over its great lands is so hard he has his land divided into provinces. There are currently 11 provinces which are set and made. Each is ruled by a governor who is chosen by the Emperor from the Imperial Court.
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Each province is required by Imperial Law to provide each year an Imperial tithe or tax and the governors have several Imperial responsibilities as well. Each year a province must provide 600,000 grams of gold or the equivalent of that in either food stuffs or other valuable materials such as jade, ores, silver, or silks. A province is required to provide a workforce of between 30,000-100,000 workmen for Imperial projects such as the Great Wall which was finished three decades ago by the Emperor’s grandfather; this workforce is only required when the Emperor’s Notice goes out through the Empire for announcing such public works.
A governor is required to equip, train, and maintain at all times a provincial army of 100,000 soldiers drawn from the population. These soldiers serve as policemen, militia, and when in times of war as full time soldiers. Imperial Army officers from the Forbidden City are given posts as to command these armies under the direction of the governor. A governor is also required to keep law and order within his province. If he is found lacking in his duties then he is replaced and his family is shamed for generations, not to mention the governor in question being beheaded.
Within the stretches of the Empire are many resources. The most important to the Imperial Agenda would be the massive gold and silver mines from where they draw the majority of the Imperial treasury. Also wood, which is the largest export and used material in the Empire, is a major resource within the Empire as well. Ore and coal mines which are used in the production of weapons and other important metals are also important. Each mine is under the control of an Imperial Court official who is responsible for making sure that quotas are met each year. An official is also responsible for the exploration of new gold veins and possible places for digging new mines.
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Port cities are under the directive of their own Imperial Court officials. While these cities are large and reside within different provinces, they are not under the jurisdiction of the provincial governor. Rather they are responsible for themselves, seeing that trade within their cities are well looked after and seeing to it that the world market prices are appropriate for Han goods and materials when sold to foreigners. Port cities are also major centers for Han Imperial Court ambassadors, for the off chance that foreign ships come into their harbors.
The Imperial Commissariat is the organization that is responsible for reviewing and checking each Imperial governor, province, city, general, army, town, village, and person and seeing to it that their faith in the Emperor does not waver and that Imperial Law is executed properly and that the Imperial Tithe and taxes are met. The Commissariat is under the personal control of the Emperor and answer only to him. They are charged with the internal security of the realm at large. The commissariat operates at sub-levels, a department in each province under the directive of the central office in the Forbidden City. The Commissariat explores possible problems within the Empire and helps newly inducted provinces to become more melded to Imperial views and Law.
In newly organized provinces, along with the governor that is sent, a large force of the Commissariat also follows; often times in the wake of the conquering armies of the Empire. Besides bringing the new citizens of the Empire into line, they also help to rebuild and see to it that the people always are aware that the Emperor looks down at them with pride and love, ever the benevolent ruler who looks after them.
The Imperial Army is made up of some 1,000,000 professional and fully equipped soldiers. These men are drawn from the most fit and hardy of the provincial armies and from the Central Province. They begin their training at the age of 20 and are put through six years of harsh physical and mental training. Those who are capable or merit the rank of an officer are sent to the Imperial School, where even the generals of the Imperial Army are trained and come from.
The Imperial School is one of the ways in which the Emperor controls the Empire even more securely than with the Commissariat. All Imperial Governors, court officials, army officers, provincial magistrates, commissars, ambassadors, and other men of high office are first trained and selected from the body of the Imperial School.
The Imperial School itself resides within the Forbidden City. At any one time there are at least 10,000 pupils. Each is indoctrinated from a young age into unfailing belief and loyalty to the Emperor. They are taught higher mathematics, sciences, astronomy, politics, economics, and other trades or ways of thinking that they excel at. A boy who is better at military operations than others will be given advanced training in that area. The same goes for every pupil, to be trained in a field of expertise.
The Imperial Navy is comprised, at the last count, of some 130 Emperor-class Treasure Ships, the large behemoth ships that spread the Emperor’s foreign policy and trade. The members of the Navy are the elite graduates of the Imperial School. Not a single captain is allowed to command a ship unless he has first gone through the Imperial School. This is not only a measure of control, but also of caution.
This thus far in my report to his majesty, the Son of Heaven, Emperor Shui Han Di, may he live forever and guide us, is the Empire of Han.
Imperial Scribe
Year 39, 19th Dynasty
Pek Hui Li
The Han Empire is ruled ultimately by the Emperor. However because direct control over its great lands is so hard he has his land divided into provinces. There are currently 11 provinces which are set and made. Each is ruled by a governor who is chosen by the Emperor from the Imperial Court.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/PoliticalMap.jpg
Each province is required by Imperial Law to provide each year an Imperial tithe or tax and the governors have several Imperial responsibilities as well. Each year a province must provide 600,000 grams of gold or the equivalent of that in either food stuffs or other valuable materials such as jade, ores, silver, or silks. A province is required to provide a workforce of between 30,000-100,000 workmen for Imperial projects such as the Great Wall which was finished three decades ago by the Emperor’s grandfather; this workforce is only required when the Emperor’s Notice goes out through the Empire for announcing such public works.
A governor is required to equip, train, and maintain at all times a provincial army of 100,000 soldiers drawn from the population. These soldiers serve as policemen, militia, and when in times of war as full time soldiers. Imperial Army officers from the Forbidden City are given posts as to command these armies under the direction of the governor. A governor is also required to keep law and order within his province. If he is found lacking in his duties then he is replaced and his family is shamed for generations, not to mention the governor in question being beheaded.
Within the stretches of the Empire are many resources. The most important to the Imperial Agenda would be the massive gold and silver mines from where they draw the majority of the Imperial treasury. Also wood, which is the largest export and used material in the Empire, is a major resource within the Empire as well. Ore and coal mines which are used in the production of weapons and other important metals are also important. Each mine is under the control of an Imperial Court official who is responsible for making sure that quotas are met each year. An official is also responsible for the exploration of new gold veins and possible places for digging new mines.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b184/Upum/Resourcemap.jpg
Port cities are under the directive of their own Imperial Court officials. While these cities are large and reside within different provinces, they are not under the jurisdiction of the provincial governor. Rather they are responsible for themselves, seeing that trade within their cities are well looked after and seeing to it that the world market prices are appropriate for Han goods and materials when sold to foreigners. Port cities are also major centers for Han Imperial Court ambassadors, for the off chance that foreign ships come into their harbors.
The Imperial Commissariat is the organization that is responsible for reviewing and checking each Imperial governor, province, city, general, army, town, village, and person and seeing to it that their faith in the Emperor does not waver and that Imperial Law is executed properly and that the Imperial Tithe and taxes are met. The Commissariat is under the personal control of the Emperor and answer only to him. They are charged with the internal security of the realm at large. The commissariat operates at sub-levels, a department in each province under the directive of the central office in the Forbidden City. The Commissariat explores possible problems within the Empire and helps newly inducted provinces to become more melded to Imperial views and Law.
In newly organized provinces, along with the governor that is sent, a large force of the Commissariat also follows; often times in the wake of the conquering armies of the Empire. Besides bringing the new citizens of the Empire into line, they also help to rebuild and see to it that the people always are aware that the Emperor looks down at them with pride and love, ever the benevolent ruler who looks after them.
The Imperial Army is made up of some 1,000,000 professional and fully equipped soldiers. These men are drawn from the most fit and hardy of the provincial armies and from the Central Province. They begin their training at the age of 20 and are put through six years of harsh physical and mental training. Those who are capable or merit the rank of an officer are sent to the Imperial School, where even the generals of the Imperial Army are trained and come from.
The Imperial School is one of the ways in which the Emperor controls the Empire even more securely than with the Commissariat. All Imperial Governors, court officials, army officers, provincial magistrates, commissars, ambassadors, and other men of high office are first trained and selected from the body of the Imperial School.
The Imperial School itself resides within the Forbidden City. At any one time there are at least 10,000 pupils. Each is indoctrinated from a young age into unfailing belief and loyalty to the Emperor. They are taught higher mathematics, sciences, astronomy, politics, economics, and other trades or ways of thinking that they excel at. A boy who is better at military operations than others will be given advanced training in that area. The same goes for every pupil, to be trained in a field of expertise.
The Imperial Navy is comprised, at the last count, of some 130 Emperor-class Treasure Ships, the large behemoth ships that spread the Emperor’s foreign policy and trade. The members of the Navy are the elite graduates of the Imperial School. Not a single captain is allowed to command a ship unless he has first gone through the Imperial School. This is not only a measure of control, but also of caution.
This thus far in my report to his majesty, the Son of Heaven, Emperor Shui Han Di, may he live forever and guide us, is the Empire of Han.
Imperial Scribe
Year 39, 19th Dynasty
Pek Hui Li