"Well... your kid's idea is good, but where did we get so many people?" Eunuch Li complained, "Just one Jinxia Affairs Bureau can keep everyone busy. Hey, our family has never been like this before. I have worked hard..."
"Let's hold a training class for cadres." Xia Fan said.
"What... training class?"
"To teach you a crash course on how to be an official, I have listed the main requirements. You can also add more based on your recent insights and experiences. As for manpower, there will always be some if you look carefully." Xia Fan moved out of the temporary room again. Work that way. Facts have proved that when it is necessary to quickly expand the team, this method is really worry-free and labor-saving. "As long as you can read and write, you can be included in the scope of consideration. No poetry, scriptures, or political discussions are required. You can pass the assessment after taking office for a period of time." Even if they are admitted and eliminated if they fail to pass, I think there are at least a thousand literate people in Shenzhou, right?"
Since it is a quick success, it naturally has shortcomings, such as the ideological level of the team varies, or there may be investors who are greedy for salary. If the assessment is not rigorous, there may be bad apples. The safest method must be to popularize unified education and select officials from this group of talents who have received the new education. However, if you follow the steps step by step, you will miss this rare opportunity. The key lies in choice and risk avoidance.
As soon as these words came out, there was a brief silence.
"Selecting officials in front of everyone, this...isn't this too bad of a rule?" Staff He wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Well, I'm afraid that when Her Royal Highness the Princess succeeds, she will be laughed at by scholars all over the world." Even the general Xu Sanchong showed hesitation.
Xia Fan did not expect that the inertia of the imperial examination would be so strong. He raised his voice and said, "What makes Jinxia City look new is the usher running around in the Secretariat, or the scholars who study hard with the Four Books and Five Classics all day long? Are Luo You'er and the others who deal with the common people every day still the prefects who once colluded with Wang Jiahang? Don't forget, the officials of the new government are no longer officials of the imperial court!"
"What he said makes sense." Ning Wanjun said, "If I start an uprising now, those scholars will never say a word for me. Those who are willing to stand on my side, except for you who came from the border to Jinxia City In addition, the rest should be the people who have tasted the benefits from the Secretariat. If you want to create more benefits, you have to break the existing rules - in my opinion, this Jinxia City is not under the management of the Secretariat. Is it running well?”
"That's because Jinxia City is right under His Highness's nose. Even if there are opponents, they don't dare to make trouble. However, these officials selected from the people will be dispatched to all parts of Shenzhou. In case there is a problem among them, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to detect and correct mistakes in a short period of time." He Guicai admonished, "Even Mr. Xia can't ensure that the assessment can be timely and effective, right?"
"Your worries are correct." Xia Fan replied calmly, "A grain of mouse droppings may spoil a pot of soup. This is also one of the risks of quick success, so we should find ways to avoid it."
"Please tell me how to avoid it?"
"First point, if you have participated in the imperial examination, your evaluation will be downgraded by one level by default." He stretched out a finger.
There was an uproar among the crowd immediately!
Staff He seemed to be choked, "Mr. Xia, are you serious?"
"Of course." Xia Fan said matter-of-factly? "Ideology is also a part of education. Considering that these people's thoughts may have been formed and they no longer accept the new system, they are naturally not suitable to serve as officials of the Secretariat. But I do not rule out that there are enlightened elements among scholars? So the threshold is raised. It’s a reasonable rule.”
As the saying goes, the line is wrong, the more knowledge, the more reactionary? This is really a wise saying.
Ning Wanjun couldn't help but raise the corner of her mouth. Are all the kings in the world eager to win over scholars? Did he end up doing well? Not only do you not care about the other party? Still thinking about pushing them out. Sure enough, the listener acted completely out of common sense. In his eyes, nothing was "as it should be."
Xia Fan's unexpected statement made her originally heavy heart feel a little lighter.
But before everyone looked at her, she returned to her solemn expression, "What about the second point?"
"The second point is the means. If Jinxia City can keep in touch with other places at all times? Information can be exchanged in half an hour or even less? Then it will be more difficult for both temporary officials and auditors to get rid of Jinxia City's influence. Influence."
"Half an hour?" Xu Sanzhong showed a surprised look, "Even a man with two horses running wildly on the road can't do this."
"If there is such a method, wouldn't it be even more powerful when used in marching operations?" Others also talked about it.
"It is indeed prepared for future wars? But I didn't expect that the research on this technique will progress faster than expected." Xia Fan stood up, "If you want to see it? I can prove it now."
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A quarter of an hour later, he set up an antenna, a receiver and a piece of wood engraved with talismans at the entrance to the lobby.
Ning Wanjun immediately focused on the piece of wood.
She picked it up and looked at it carefully for a moment, "Is this... a shock weapon?"
"Oh? You can see this?"
"No... I don't understand what is painted on it at all." Ning Wanjun did not hide it, "I can at least guess a thing or two about other types of alchemy talismans. Those who can't understand at all must be you who made them. s things."
"You guessed it right." Xia Fan said with a smile, "It is indeed a magic weapon, and its function is very simple. It just makes the current fluctuate repeatedly."
After further improving the Flowing Light Technique into his unique Shock Technique, Xia Fan naturally came up with the idea of "magnetism". Electricity and magnetism are a natural pair. There is an electric field around the current, and changes in the electric field will produce magnetic effects. It can be said that if the earthquake technique can induce electric current, it must be able to create a magnetic field. This conjecture is confirmed by a streamer technique that changes its gas consumption rapidly - the deflection of a magnetic needle ten steps away is enough to show that the current emitted by the streamer technique has electrical properties. All basic characteristics.
So Xia Fan set his first target on wireless communication.
Compared with single-purpose projects such as earthquake justice and bipedal mecha, radio can be said to be a versatile and disruptive invention. It greatly shortens the distance in the world, which in turn greatly expands the area that humans can reach.
Some studies say that there was an upper limit to the territory of ancient dynasties. Once it was exceeded, it would easily collapse. The reason was that it was difficult for political orders to reach every corner under the emperor's rule. Those areas that would not receive imperial edicts or oral instructions for one or two years or even more than ten years would naturally not take the central court seriously. Once the national power declines, they can easily separate and either establish themselves as kings or attack the original dynasty.
This kind of problem is also likely to occur in the new political power - after all, the princess's foundation is unstable. If Jinxia's connection with the local area can be strengthened, it will undoubtedly greatly alleviate her lack of influence.
Xia Fan originally thought it would take several months, but controlling the fluctuations in current went more smoothly than expected. Since leaving Qingshan Town, he has used the Flowing Light Technique thousands of times, and the copper wire pendants he consumed can be piled up into a small earth bag. This allows him to now make a first-level technique in the palm of his hand even without relying on talismans and attracting materials. Pull out an arc half the length of an arm, and exert the intensity as you wish.
Unknowingly, his experience and accumulation in earthquake techniques have put him far ahead of his fellow alchemists.