Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece Chapter 73: Plato’s investigation (2)
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Your Majesty once said, ‘You can hide it for a while, but you can’t hide it for a lifetime. People like this will not only be severely punished by the law, but they will also be tortured by **** after death! Therefore, since the establishment of the assessment system in our kingdom, so far, there has not been a case of concealing cheating. "
Henipolis finished speaking. Seeing that the three of them were thoughtful, and their narrow hearts were awakened, they couldn’t help but ask: “Our official examination time of the Kingdom of Dionia is usually set in October, and occasionally. It will be held at other times. The assessment happens to be going on these days. Guess what is the reason?"
His question made the three of them think about it. The youngest Oleas asked tentatively: "Is it because of us?"
Henipolis looked at him with an idiotic look, and Plato solemnly reprimanded: "Oleas, don’t talk nonsense! Examining citizens and selecting officials is a major event in the Dionian country. How could it be like playing? The game is just as casual! I think Dionia will temporarily hold an assessment. It must be because of the shortage of officials and the urgent need for manpower, right?"
"Yes." Hernipolis nodded and said: "We conquered Downey last year. In order to govern there, we transferred a large number of officials from other regions, resulting in an urgent shortage of public officials in other departments and cities. From the beginning of the year to now, assessments have been going on here."
"But what you just said was only these few days!" Oleas said unconvinced.
Henipolis blinked: "Of course these days are included in this period of time."
Several people talked and laughed, and they have come to the building.
Krientus, the official of the management assessment center notified by the door guard, hurriedly greeted him: "Master Hernipolis, you are welcome to inspect!" Krientus respectfully saluted.
Henipolis, as the senator of the Senate, does not seem to hold a big official position, but behind him is King Daves, and no one dares to neglect him.
"Which departments are assessing today?" Henipolis asked directly without greeting him either.
"Court and Construction."
"Should we go in and take a rest? Or do we go and see now?" Henipolis asked Plato, turning his head.
"We are not tired now and do not need to rest." Plato said.
"Then...Let's see the court assessment first." Henipolis thought for a while and said.
Krientus immediately led them to a "depository" with a wooden sign hanging on the door that said "court assessment".
Krientus motioned them not to make a loud noise, and then walked in.
The room is very large, with nearly a hundred wooden tables on the floor, almost full of candidates, but it is very quiet.
Only the examiner sitting on the podium imitated the defendant in the court, deliberately speaking intermittently and logically about "his experience."
The candidates had to write a fluent court record according to his complaint. Therefore, none of them looked up at Plato who came in. They were all listening carefully, and at the same time they used a stylus to record on the wax board.
There are also three examiners visiting the examination room to prevent cheating.
Plato and the others stood by the door and watched for a while, then exited the examination room.
"Only relying on the level of writing they recorded to determine who is admitted and who will be eliminated?" Plato asked, apparently he felt that the assessment was a bit simple.
“Of course it’s more than this. Next, we have to examine their familiarity with legal items one by one. The sum of these two results is their final score. This time their luck is good for the entire Kingdom of Dionia. The court is short of 20 places, so more than one-fifth of them will be admitted."
Krientus seemed to see Plato's thoughts, and then said: "Don't think that as long as they pass this test, they can be judges."
"Isn't it?" Oleas asked curiously.
"Of course not." Henipolis took the conversation and said, "Even if they pass, they will start from low-level positions such as court recorder, order clerk, etc., and wait for two to three years. According to They will be evaluated for their performance. At that time, not only will they have to test all the legal provisions, but also simulate real court debates to examine their thinking ability and debating skills, as well as the use of legal provisions and the courtroom Controlling ability...After all these are passed, they may serve as trainee judges or trainee prosecutors, and then serve as judges, city judges, and senior judges. This process will take about 20 years. If there is a big job in the middle If you make a mistake, you may be kicked out of the court..."
Oleas couldn't help saying: "It seems that it is too difficult to be a judge in Dionia!"
"It's really difficult." Hernipolis said: "The evaluation of judges is the most difficult of all public office evaluations, because we Dionia emphasizes the rule of law. The judge is the representative of the law, and his ability is not enough. , It will affect the correct enforcement of our laws!"
The three of them were moved. After all, in Athens, all courts do not have judges, but citizens of the jury decide the case. This determines that the outcome of a case depends on the debating skills of the plaintiff and the defendant and the emotional guidance of the jury.
"I saw in the room just now that there were many foreigners taking part in the assessment?" Spiceps said suddenly.
"You are talking about Lucanians, Brutis, and Mesapis." Hernipolis replied disapprovingly, "It's nothing strange, they are all Dioni Sub-citizens, of course, also have the right to participate in assessments and become judges."
"In fact, I don't know if there are aliens in that room, and there is also an emancipated slave participating in the assessment." Krientus interjected.
And emancipated slaves? ! The Plato trio were shocked.
As the person in charge of the assessment center, Krientus has a clear understanding of the identity and origin of each candidate. At this time, he explained: "His name is Praika, who comes from under the rule of Cyrenaica. Libya was a slave in the army that Syracuse invaded Greece. After the surrender of the Syracuse army, he became a slave to our kingdom again. He has always performed well, and in the war to conquer Mesapi , As a member of the heavy-duty team, he also made great contributions, so he was free.
He obtained Dionian citizenship last year. According to a letter issued by the Turíy City Hall, “In these years, he has served as a laborer in the Turíy court, a library cleaner... I have always performed well, and the money I earned is not to go to the adult class of the school to learn knowledge, or go to the library to read books..."
After hearing this, Hernipolis couldn't help but moved. He sighed and said: "It is this citizen of slave origin who has worked so hard that he dares to take the judge's exam. In the kingdom, the liberation of slave origin Citizens of the Kingdom have positions in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, City Hall and other departments, but the court has not yet. If he can be a judge, he can set an example for others. Any official position in the kingdom is for any citizen by birth. Keep the door open, as long as they work hard enough!"
"Master Hernipolis, you said so well!" Krientus repeatedly praised.
Oleas and Spiusips are a bit at a loss. People who are not Greeks and slaves can hold important public positions in the city-state, which is completely beyond their understanding.
Plato recalled the euphemistic criticism made by Daves when he received him, saying, "His "Utopia" excludes slaves and foreigners, and his thinking is too narrow and should give everyone equal opportunities. , So that the whole society has an upward mobility...
Plato couldn't help but glanced back at the examination room, thinking and sighing in his heart: Is this the tolerance of a powerful kingdom? !
Next, they went to watch the assessment of the construction department.
The assessment of the cultural level of the candidates here is lower, and only the candidates are required to be able to recognize characters and do simple writing. The most important test is in the open space. The candidates are required to bring two or three kingdom slaves to their neighbors, use fixed materials, and build a short section of city wall, a short section of road, or make a siege machine within the specified time... In this way, examine the examinee's own hands-on ability and the supervision and command ability of the overall arrangement of personnel for construction.
This kind of special assessment also opened the eyes of Oleas and the others, and it refreshed Plato's spirit. He believes that Dionia’s assessment of public officials in the kingdom is exactly what he proposed in the "Utopia". "The first principle for the establishment of an ideal city-state is a strict social division of labor."
Just after he walked out the door reluctantly, Hernipolis told him regretfully: "Tomorrow is the Hercules celebration of the Kingdom of Dionian, please forgive me for not being able to continue to visit with you for the time being! I also suggest that you participate in this celebration tomorrow, and relax, you will find that it is a very interesting celebration!"
After his reminder, Plato, who had been busy visiting during this time, realized that the number of pedestrians in the city of Turiyi has increased and the hotel is full. It turned out to be related to this.
However, there are many Greek gods, and most of the Greek city-states worship different guardians. As a result, each city-state has a lot of celebrations in a year, but they are not exactly the same. Like the Pan-Athena festival in Athens in the Greek world It is unique. The Hercules celebration is held in Sparta, but the Spartans advocate thrift and prohibit enjoyment, and the celebration is extremely simple. So Plato didn't care too much about it.
But on the second day, they discovered that Dionia’s Hercules celebration 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 Turri. At the forefront of the team was the champion of the Hercules competition held at the celebration last year. He was dressed in a lion. Skin, holding a big stick in hand, topless, posing in various shapes showing muscles, playing Hercules.