Constitution
After a series of discussions and compromises, Thrall reached a consensus and attempted to establish the central organization proposed by Zul'ra, in order to maximize the cohesion of the Horde's power and create benefits for Horde people. ♨🐺 🍬💋
After making his decision, Thrall asked Zul'ra to continue explaining the structure of the Privy Council and the Secretariat so that he could consider its practical establishment. Unfortunately, Zul'ra himself had not thought these things through, because he was not sure whether the reform proposal could be passed. He had only come up with the structure of the Chancellor and the Seven Ministers on the spot.
Zul'ra couldn't come up with the structure of the Privy Council and the Secretariat, but that didn't matter. He could come up with something on the spot anyway. The Privy Council was a military institution. Among the seven ministers, there was already a Minister of Military Affairs in charge of conscription and grain collection. The Privy Council naturally be responsible for the training and command of Warrior in various regions, as well as the formulation of wartime strategic plans.
The Secretariat and the Privy Council were similar entities, except that one was responsible for military affairs, while the Secretariat was responsible for documents. In addition to discussions between the Warchief and prime ministers, they were also assigned to various localities to record affairs.
The organization of the Privy Council and the Secretariat is closely related to the local structure. Therefore, Zul'ra also made a formal suggestion to Thrall that, in order to facilitate the central administration, the Horde's territories, except for Quel'Thalas and Undercity which claim independent rights, should be divided into blocks, and each block should be further subdivided.
Administrative divisions are based on the concentration of people within Horde. Currently, the world is still sparsely populated, and the only places in the Horde's territory where administrative functions can be implemented are the two cities of Zul'Aman and Jintha'Alor in the Eastern Kingdoms, Durotar and Mulgore in Kalimdor, Darkspear Islands on the coast, and part of Ashenvale. The rest are scattered areas with few people.
At Zul'ra's suggestion, and with the consent of Shu'halo, Darkspear, and Amani, Thrall divided the Horde's currently administratively governable territory into four kingdoms, five directly administered capital cities, and two autonomous states.
The four regions are Durotar, Mulgore, Darkspear, and Amani, and each region has five directly controlled cities: Orgrimmar, Thunder Bluff, Darkspear Islands, Zul'Aman, and Jintha'Alor.
The last two autonomous states, Undercity and Silvermoon City, needless to say, have their own administrations. The Forsaken may not, but Sylvanas does not accept new administrations, so she cannot be forced to comply.
Because the land is vast and sparsely populated, the appointment of officials cannot be based solely on location, since there is no one to appoint in those vacant territories. Therefore, the appointment of officials must be based on population.
Zul'ra suggested that Thrall should first conduct a population count, and then carry out the work of registering households. The population should be counted by family unit, and the age of both men and women should be registered. Every adult man should form his own family and marriage and should no longer live with his parents and brothers.
On the issue of household registration, Zul'ra's demands were very harsh and to some extent offended the original traditions. However, both Thrall, Magatha Grimtotem, and even Lor'themar agreed with his point of view, believing that forcing adults to establish their own families would enable them to become independent under the pressure of life and accelerate the reproduction of the tribe.
Under the household registration system for counting the population, each household was a unit, with one household being a family, ten households being ten families, and then ten ten-household groups were further divided into one hundred households, ten hundred-household groups into one thousand-household groups, and ten thousand-household groups into ten thousand-household groups. Each household was managed by a headman who was responsible for taking care of the household members' lives and, in times of war, for coordinating the mobilization of the household members to protect the land.
The original tribal and clan chiefs could be counted according to the population of their original tribes after the household registration system was implemented. They could be rounded up to 1,000 or 10,000 households, with adjustments made for any over- or under-registration. The number of households had to be equal. If a household head was capable, he could be promoted; if he was not capable, he would be demoted. His ability was judged by the development of the households and the increase or decrease in the population.
The elders of Shu'halo had some reservations about the appointment system for household heads, Thrall also frowned at it, but ultimately, persuaded by Magatha Grimtotem, they all agreed to accept the system, believing that those with ability should not be afraid of challenges.
While Zul'ra was discussing the implementation of the system with the various leaders, economics and law experts from Undercity and Silvermoon City in the Eastern Kingdoms, as well as the recorders of Jintha'Alor, had already arrived in Orgrimmar by airship.
Upon landing, the legal scholars were immediately taken to the Hall of Glory, where, after discussions and deliberations with Thrall and other chieftains, they began drafting the Horde's constitutional articles.
Article 1: The Horde was founded by the Orcs, Amani'lai, Darkspear, and Shu'halo, but Horde people are not limited to these four races. The honor of the Horde is inviolable.
Article Two: Power within the Horde belongs to the Warchief.
Article 3: All races within the Horde are equal, the rights and interests of the autonomous state will be guaranteed and protected, and the Warchief and many leaders will have the responsibility to fight for this.
Article 4. The common property of the Horde is protected.
Article 5: The honor and private property of the Horde's people will also be protected by this law, and the Horde advocates thrift.
Article Six, the administration of the Horde will be divided into the following...
Article 7. The people of the Horde shall bear the following responsibilities and obligations...
Article 8. All people of the Horde are equal before the law, and every person has a tradition of caring for children and supporting the elderly.
Article 9: Defending the Horde is the duty of every member of the Horde.
With the discussions of Thrall, Zul'ra, Vol'jin, Cairne Bloodhoof, Sylvanas, and Lor'themar, and with the help of the Sin'dorei and Forsaken jurists, nine written constitutions for the Horde were gradually established. Thrall named them the Glory Law, the first written constitution in the world.
The Glory Law is merely a constitution; it establishes the legal framework of the Horde, outlining the Horde's existence, the property rights of Horde Horde, and the obligations and responsibilities they must fulfill. Under these guidelines, criminal law and commercial law will also emerge. Furthermore, it will not consist of only these nine articles forever; it will be amended and supplemented as needed in the future.
While the Horde was establishing a complete set of laws, Thrall, Zul'ra, Vol'jin, and Cairne Bloodhoof, as previously agreed, had the Amani'lai scribes who had accompanied the jurists and economists draft relevant decrees, sign their names, and send them to the various capital cities, ordering the people below to begin implementing the household registration system required for centralized power.
The Horde's success in centralizing power this time was based on the premise that the Orcs, Trolls, and Tauren were still in a primitive society and had not yet established a feudal society. If any of them had established a feudal society, then the centralization proposed by Zul'ra would not have been successful. Even if force were used, it would only have led to the division and collapse of the Horde.
There are none today.