Chapter 83 Empire Past_3

He established a strict military merit system, dividing priests into five levels and samurai into four, ascending in rank until eventually being promoted to military merit nobility. Each level had strict dress codes, social status, and land rights. Even the wealthiest commoners were not permitted to wear clothing that exceeded their status.

Xiulote felt that this resembled Duke Zhou's ritual and music system and was somewhat similar to the military merit ennoblement system of the Qin Dynasty.

Similarly, Trakel Er decreed that all boys of fifteen must undergo five years of compulsory military education, with the goal of training as many of them as possible into samurai and war priests. The remaining craftsmen, merchants, and peasants were at the bottom of society. For commoners, the only way to rise in society was to participate in war, obtain military merit, and capture prisoners.