His Majesty once said, 'If you can hide it for a while, you can't hide it for a lifetime. 'People like this will not only be severely punished by the law, but will also be tortured in hell after death! Therefore, since the establishment of our kingdom's assessment system, so far, there has not been a single case of concealment of cheating. "
After Henepolis finished speaking, seeing the three of them thoughtfully, their hearts suddenly rose, and couldn't help asking: "The official assessment time of our Dionysian Kingdom is usually set in October, and occasionally in other places. The time is right, and there is an assessment going on in the past few days, guess what is the reason?"
His question made the three of them ponder, and the youngest Aureas asked tentatively, "Is it because of us?"
Henepolis looked at him with the look of an idiot, and Plato sternly rebuked: "Aureas, don't talk nonsense! The assessment of citizens and the selection of officials are important matters of the Dionysian country, how can it be as casual as playing games? I think Dionia held a temporary assessment because there must be a shortage of officials, right?"
"That's right." Henepolis nodded and said, "We conquered Downey last year. In order to govern there, a large number of officials were dispatched from other regions, resulting in a shortage of public officials in other departments and cities, so from the beginning of the year to the present , there is always an assessment going on here.”
"But what you just said was only in these few days!" Aureas said in disbelief.
Henepolis blinked: "Of course these days are also included in this period of time."
Several people were talking and laughing and had already arrived in front of the building.
Krientus, the official of the Management Assessment Center who was notified by the guard, rushed out to greet him: "Lord Henepolis, you are welcome to come and inspect!" Kriantus saluted respectfully.
As the elder of the Senate, Henepolis held a small official position, but behind him stood King Davos, and no one dared to neglect him.
"Which departments are assessing today?" Henepolis asked directly without greeting him.
"Court and Construction."
"Should we go first and rest for a while? Or should we go and see now?" Henepolis turned to Plato and asked.
"We are not tired now and do not need to rest," Plato said.
"Then... let's go to the court's assessment first." Henepolis thought for a while and said.
Krientus immediately took them to a "warehouse" with a wooden sign on the door that said "Court Examination".
Krientus motioned for them not to make loud noises, and walked in.
The room is very spacious, with nearly a hundred wooden tables on the ground, almost full of candidates, but it is very quiet.
Only the examiner sitting on the podium imitated the defendant in the courtroom, deliberately telling "his own experience" intermittently and logically.
The candidates had to follow his statement and write a court record in smooth writing, so no one looked up at Plato who came in, and they all listened carefully and recorded on the wax board with a stylus.
In addition, three examiners are patrolling the examination room to prevent cheating.
Plato and the others stood by the door and watched for a while, then exited the examination room.
"Just rely on the level of writing they record to decide who is admitted and who will be eliminated?" Plato asked, obviously he thought this assessment was a bit simple.
"Of course it's more than that. Next, they have to check their familiarity with the legal items one by one. The sum of these two scores is their final score. This time they are lucky, the courts in the entire Dionysian Kingdom are in short supply. The establishment of 20 places, so more than 1/5 of them will be admitted."
Kriantus seemed to see Plato's thoughts, and then said: "Don't think that as long as you pass this test, they can become judges."
"Isn't it?" Aureas asked curiously.
"Of course not." Henepolis took over the conversation and said, "Even if they pass, they still have to start with low-level positions such as court recorder, orderer, etc. After two or three years, according to their performance, they will start again. Test them. At that time, not only will they have to test all the legal provisions, but also simulate real court debates to test their thinking ability and debating skills, as well as the application of legal provisions and the ability to control the court... These Only after they are passed can they serve as trainee judges or trainee prosecutors, and then serve as judges of Demo, city judges, and senior judges... This process takes about 20 years. If there is a major work error in the middle, they may be arrested. kicked out of court..."
Aureas couldn't help saying: "It seems that it is too difficult to be a judge in Dionia!"
"It's really difficult." Henepolis said: "The assessment of judges is the most difficult of all public office assessments, because we, Dionia, emphasize the rule of law. A judge is a representative of the law. If his ability is not good, he will Affects the correct enforcement of our laws!"
The three listened and were touched. After all, in Athens, all courts do not have judges, but the citizens of the jury decide the case, which determines the outcome of a case depends on the argumentation skills of the plaintiff and the defendant and the emotional guidance of the jury.
"I saw in the room just now that there were a lot of aliens participating in the assessment?" Spicyps said suddenly.
"You're talking about Lucanians, Brutians and Mesapis." Henepolis replied disapprovingly: "It's not surprising, they are all Dionian citizens, Of course, they also have the right to participate in the assessment and become a judge.”
"Actually, there are aliens in that room, and a freed slave is participating in the assessment." Kleintus interjected.
And freed slaves? ! The three of Plato were shocked.
As the person in charge of the assessment center, Krientus had a clear understanding of the identity and origin of each candidate. At this time, he explained: "His name is Pleika, he is from Libya under Cyrenaica, and he is a A slave in the army of Syracuse that invaded Greater Greece. After the surrender of the army of Syracuse, he became a slave of our kingdom, and he has always performed well, and in the conquest of Messapi, as a baggage A member of the team, also made a great contribution, so he was free.
He was granted Dionysian citizenship last year, and according to a letter issued by the Turii City Hall, 'he worked as a laborer in the Turii courtroom, as a library cleaner...and has performed well over the years, The money earned is either going to the adult class at the school to learn knowledge, or going to the library to read books…”
After hearing this, Henepolis couldn't help but be moved, and he sighed: "It is this citizen who came from a slave who worked so hard that he dared to take the judge's exam. In the kingdom, citizens who came from emancipated slaves are in The Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the City Hall and other departments all hold positions, but the court has not yet. If he can become a judge, he can set an example for others. Any official position in the kingdom is open to any born citizen. , as long as they work hard enough!"
"Lord Henepolis, you said it very well!" Krientus praised repeatedly.
Aureas and Spicypus were a bit at a loss. People who were not Greeks and slaves could hold important public positions in the city-state, which was completely beyond their understanding.
Plato recalled the euphemistic criticism made by Davos when he met him, and believed that "the "Republic" he wrote excluded slaves and strangers, and his thinking was too narrow. Society has an upward mobility…
Plato couldn't help but look back at the examination room, thinking and sighing in his heart: Could this be the bearing of a powerful kingdom? !
Then, they went to watch the assessment of the construction department.
The assessment of the cultural level of the candidates here is lower, and the candidates are only required to be able to read and write simple words. The most important exam is in the open space. Candidates are required to bring two or three slaves from the kingdom to each other, and use fixed materials to build a small section of city wall, a small section of road, or make a siege machine within a specified time. This is to examine the candidates' own hands-on ability and the supervision and command ability of coordinating and arranging personnel to carry out construction.
This kind of special assessment also opened the eyes of Aureas and the others, and even more refreshed Plato's spirit. He believed that the assessment of public officials in the kingdom of Dionia was exactly the "ideal city-state" he proposed in "Utopia". The first principle of establishment is the actual manifestation of the view of strict social division of labor.
Just after he walked out of the gate reluctantly, Henepolis told him regretfully: "Tomorrow is the Hercules celebration in the Kingdom of Dionia, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you to continue the tour for the time being! I also suggest Take part in this celebration tomorrow, and relax, you will find it a very interesting celebration!"
After his reminder, Plato, who had been busy visiting during this period of time, realized that: the number of pedestrians in Turii City has increased these days, and the hotels are full, which turned out to be related to this.
However, there are many Greek gods, and most of the Greek city-states worship different guardian gods. As a result, each city-state has many celebrations in a year, but they are not exactly the same. For example, the Panathenaic Festival in Athens is unique in the Greek world. . The celebration of Hercules was held in Sparta, but the Spartans advocated frugality and prohibited pleasure, and the celebrations held were extremely simple. So Plato didn't care too much about it.
But on the second day, they found that the celebration of Hercules in Dionia was very unusual.
Early in the morning, the parade participating in the celebration set off from the Temple of Hercules in the outer city of Turii. At the front of the procession was the champion of the Hercules competition held in the celebration last year. Holding a big stick, topless, posing in various muscular poses, playing Hercules.