Crusade against the Pope

Chapter 70 "Feudal" Contract (Seeking follow-up reading)
"The Social Contract" is not a ready-made political system. To be precise, it is just Rousseau's analysis of the formation of the state based on his "imagination".

Why is it said that it was the result of Rousseau's "imagination"? Because there are not many past cases that can confirm Rousseau's view on the history of state formation.

In fact, it was only after Rousseau proposed the theory of social contract that the formulation of new constitutions referred to his logical theory, such as the 1787 "Constitution of the United States".

In "The Social Contract", Rousseau divided society into three parts: the sovereign representing the collective will, the administrative executors appointed by the sovereign, and the citizen groups that form the collective will.

But one thing is worth noting that Rousseau did not explicitly oppose monarchy in "The Social Contract", but only proposed that sovereignty lies with the people.

So much so that in some cases he vaguely suggests that monarchy can be a form of government as long as it is in accordance with the common will of the people and the ruler truly represents the interests of the people.

The key point is that the monarchy must rely on the consent of the people and the power of the monarch cannot exceed the sovereignty of the people.

Rousseau was more concerned with the legitimacy of government and its ability to represent the will of the people than with its specific form.

Guéris agreed with Rousseau's ideas, but due to the limitations of the times, he did not directly put forward the most critical "sovereignty lies with the people" in "The Social Contract". Instead, he helped Isabel design a transitional "feudal" contract with some rather vague definitions.

Well, it's Isabel, not Isabella.

To this day, whenever Isabel needs to appear in public, she dresses as a man because it is easier for her to gain the trust of the public.

The news was that the Leper King had a younger brother that was unknown to the public... The news about the royal family's secret gossip was spreading more and more in some villages.

A month ago, a public meeting was held on the farmland where Garys and Zayd were passing through.

At that meeting, Garys was the presiding officer and Isabel was the host. The leading figures from the five surrounding villages and Alhadi Town participated in the voting, and there were two or three hundred idle villagers as witnesses.

In addition to holding a fruitful rural market, in the midst of chaos, Isabel signed a "feudal" contract with the villagers in her royal capacity.

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Treaty between Transjordan and the House of Anjou

Date: August 1186, 8 in the Chinese calendar

Signatory:
Isabelle of Anjou-Jerusalem, the sovereign of the people, the beloved of the people, the blessed of the prophets, the legitimate heir to the throne of Jerusalem.

The people of Skar, Monterey, Alhadi... citizens of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, defenders of the covenant, and obeyers of the law.

Preface: Based on the prosperity of our country and the happiness of the people, this contract is now established to establish the relationship between the royal power and the people, to keep the holy oath and protect the well-being of our people. All these contracts must be witnessed by the name of God and witnessed by the prophets and citizens.

Isabelle of Anjou-Jerusalem, the beloved and popular queen who exercises the sovereignty of her people, will inherit the throne and uphold and observe this covenant with her royal authority, as witnessed by the prophets and the citizens.

1. In the name of the citizens of Jerusalem, they nominated Isabel as the sovereign of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and supported him as king.

2. In the name of Isabel, all feudal obligations between the people and the lords of Transjordan are abolished.

3. In the name of the citizens of Jerusalem, the citizens will defend the integrity of the territory of Jerusalem with force, wisdom and loyalty.

4. In the name of Isabel, authorize each village and town to elect representatives to form a constituency council, which will provide self-government for the villages and towns within the constituency and be supervised by those who exercise citizen sovereignty.

5. In the name of Jerusalem citizens, an agreement was signed that each village and town would pay the "royal tithe" in exchange for the protection of the kingdom's army to each village and town.

6. In the name of Isabel, authorize the district council to form its own militia, hire instructors to train, and defend the fairness of the constitution.

7. In the name of the citizens of Jerusalem... 8. ...

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sign:

Isabelle de Anjou-Jerusalem
Representatives of the Kingdom’s citizens: Cardoso, Khalid bin Fahd bin Majid Al-Qahtani…

Witness: Prophet Guéris de Villeroy
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When Isabel used the royal seal ring to seal the two copies of the contract one by one in front of everyone present, all the participants celebrated.

The people do not yet know the deeper meaning of this contract, but in their opinion it means that the district councils elected by villages and towns will obtain rights and obligations similar to those of feudal lords.

As direct subjects of the royal family, the taxes they needed to pay were reduced to only the "royal tithe", and the military service they were required to perform was to form their own militia within the constituency council.

And there is an even more vague feeling that this contract seems to constantly imply that the citizens of Jerusalem are the real subjects of the kingdom.

Of course, given their situation at the time, they had not actually studied the clauses in detail.

The entire meeting process seemed to be under the guidance of Garys. Isabel and the representatives of each village signed this "feudal" contract in a daze.

This meant that while each village expressed their support for Isabel's reign as king, they inexplicably gained a high degree of autonomy.

However, the status of the Galis Pacific Order was never clarified in this contract.

Regarding the future organizational structure of the cult, Garys has more special arrangements, and it is not suitable to be finalized in a short period of time.

After the "feudal" contract was signed, the relationship between villages and towns became closer, and a new community narrative gradually replaced past cognition.

When Garys brought Zayd's caravan to Skarl Village.

Zayed was quite surprised. He pointed in a direction outside the village and seemed to see some water conservancy projects that were almost completed.

And that project obviously should not be completed by a single village. As for the coordination among more villages, that would be even more of a problem.

"Oh, that. I organized some people to dig it during the slack season. Now it's almost done."

Garys was quite pleased to see the surprise on Zayd's face. After all, in order to fulfill the promise he had made to John, he had spent a lot of energy in the past few months to gather enough people to dig the soil.

Thanks to the tax farmer Ahmed and the crusader Eric.

Thanks to their strong support, Garys had more than 200 engineers under his command, and had the money to hire more engineers and buy more earth-moving equipment.

"By the way, I suggest you stay in Skarr Village for a few more days. Three days from now, the sluice gates will be opened to release water. It will be much more lively then, and your caravan can sell goods directly to the villagers."

What Gailis didn't say was that in three days not only would the floodgates be opened to release the water, but guys like the tax farmer Ahmed would also have to stand trial, and those temporary coolies would also have to receive a clear trial.

　Don't say I'm bad... Today I really went to catch up on the social contract theory. Then I'm asking for more reading. This is the last time I'm recommending you to read it. Please give me a chance and read the next chapter.
　　Recommend a book by the way.

(End of this chapter)