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The time period between the 1680 CE to 1800 CE during the reign of the Ch’ing Dynasty. This time period was considered to be the “High” Ch’ing, because it is the Ch’ing Dynasty’s most glorious and most peaceful time period, which made them most successful. It is also the Golden Age of literacy and culture. At this time China had well over one hundred millions citizens living in the mainland. Chinese people are not only huge in population, and wealth, but they also have more than enough resources to survive in China. This meant that they did not need to import anything from other countries. To the Manchu and the Chinese People during th

During the Tokugawa period, the government maintained law and order by creating the military law, Sankinkotai System, and Sakoku system. For the past few hundred years, Japan governed their country with feudal federalism. Tokugawa created laws for the nation and divided up the country between the Bakufu and the Daimyos. To prevent the up rise of any rebellion of any Daimyo Warlord, Shogun created the Military House Law. Which stated that every warlord can only have one castle, and that warlords can not make any changes to the castle until you get the Bakufu official’s permission. No feudal Lord can make marriage with another warlord’s family or to have communication with another warlord without Edo’s Permission. Firearm and foreign religion is strictly prohibited. If you dare to break any of these rule, the punishment range from paying little fines up, removal of your estate, or being forced to commit suicide. There is also the Bushido, which is the warrior code which states that all warriors must show their loyalty to the shogun. The code allows the warrior to be warriors but is not allowed to fight. Anyone who defies the code, became master less warriors, also known as Ronins. They were considered to be the troublemakers, who fought aimlessly throughtout the country.

The government structure is very similar to the Ch’ing Dynasty of China. On the top there is the Shogun (emperor) with his Bakufu (imperial court). The Bakufu’s job was split into three parts: the shogun’s super domain, contributed with the establishment of the national policy, and controlled the activities of the Daimyo. Under Bakufu there were the Councils of elders, also known as the Roju Councils. They were the people that made the laws for the nation and gave advice to the Shogun. On the individual region level, there were the Daimyo Feudal Lords. They are the local warlords, who were able to produce a minimum of 10,000 koku of rice every year. In Tokugawa period, there are about over two hundred to two hundred fifty Daimyo Lords. They were divided up into two different groups, the Tozama Lords and the Fudai Lords. Fudai Lords are the Daimyo Lords who stayed by the side of the Shogun during the Sekiganara War. On the other hand, Tozama were the Daimyo who did not side on Noburnage’s side, and still have plenty of money to survive after the War.

On the social level, Japan “froze” their class line. There were three different classes in Japan: Warrior Class, Chonin Class, and the Ashikuga Class. Japanese government system, unlike the Chinese Civil exam gave upper validity. This meant that once you are designated in a particular class you were unable to separated from it. If you were born in a common home, then you would be in Ashikuga Class for the rest of your life. If you were born in the warrior class then you stay as in the Warrior Class. The Warrior Class is also called the Bushi. All the Daimyo are to be consider the Warrior Class, but not all warriors are Daimyo unless you could produce 10,000 koku of rice. The Warrior Class had full privilege: like the gentries, and were to be respect at all the times. A common folk cannot cross them or touch them. Tha

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