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Chapter 654 Plato’s Investigation ([-])

His Majesty once said, 'You can hide something 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 will also be tortured in hell after death!Therefore, since the establishment of the assessment system in our kingdom, up to now, there has not been a single case of concealed cheating. "

After Hennipolis finished speaking, he saw that the three of them were deep in thought, and suddenly became jealous. He couldn't help asking: "The assessment time for officials in the Kingdom of Dionia is usually set in October, and occasionally it will be held in other places." The time is held, and the assessment happens to be going on in the past few days, guess what is the reason?"

His question made the three of them think. The youngest Oleas asked tentatively: "Is it because of us?"

Henipolis looked at him with an idiot's eyes, and Plato reprimanded seriously: "Oleas, don't talk nonsense! The assessment of citizens and the selection of officials are important matters in the Dionysian country. How can it be as casual as playing a game?" ! I think the temporary assessment in Dionia must be because there is a vacancy of officials and there is an urgent shortage of manpower, right? "

"That's right." Henipolis nodded and said: "We conquered Daoni last year. In order to manage it, a large number of officials were transferred from other regions, causing other departments and cities to be in urgent need of public officials, so from the beginning of the year to now , assessments are always going on here.”

"But what you just said was only for these few days!" Oleas said unconvinced.

Henipolis blinked: "Of course these days are included in this period of time."

Several people were chatting and laughing and had already arrived in front of the building.

Cleantus, the official of the Management and Assessment Center who was notified by the guard, rushed out and said, "Lord Henipolis, you are welcome to inspect!" Cleantus saluted respectfully.

As a senator of the Senate, the official position held by Henipolis may not seem big, but behind him stands King Davos, and no one dares to neglect him.

"Which departments are taking assessments today?" Hennipolis asked directly without greeting him.

"Courts and Construction."

"Should we go in and rest for a while? Or should we go and take a look now?" Henepolis turned back and asked Plato.

"We are not tired now and do not need to rest." Plato said.

"Then... let's go to the court assessment first." Henipolis thought for a while and said.

Cleantus immediately took them to a "warehouse" with a wooden sign hanging on its door that read "Court Examination".

Cleantus motioned to them not to make any noise, and went inside.

The room was very spacious, with nearly a hundred wooden tables on the floor, almost full of candidates, but it was unusually quiet.

Only the examiner sitting on the podium imitated the defendant in the court, deliberately telling his "own experience" intermittently and logically.

The candidates had to write a fluent court record according to what he told. Therefore, no one looked up at Plato and the others who came in. They were all listening carefully and recording on the wax board with a stylus.

There are also three examiners 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.

"Who will be admitted and who will be eliminated based only on the level of writing they recorded?" Plato asked, obviously he felt that this assessment was a bit simple.

"Of course it's more than this. Next, they will be tested one by one on their familiarity with legal items. The sum of these two results is their final score. This time they are lucky. The courts in the entire Kingdom of Dionia are in urgent need of There are 20 quotas, so more than 1/5 of them will be admitted."

Cleantus seemed to see what Plato and the others were thinking, and continued: "Don't think that as long as they pass this test, they can become judges."

"Isn't it?" Oleas asked curiously.

"Of course not." Henipolis took over and said: "Even if they pass, they will still have to start from low-level positions such as court reporter, order officer... etc. After two or three years, based on their performance, they will be Then they will be assessed. At that time, not only will all legal provisions be tested, but real court debates will also be simulated to test their thinking ability and debating skills, as well as their application of legal provisions and their ability to control the court... ...After passing these, they can serve as trainee judges or trainee public prosecutors, and then serve as Demo judge, city judge, and senior judge... This process will take about 20 years. If there are major work mistakes in the middle, they will be dismissed. There is a possibility of being kicked out of the court..."

Oleas couldn't help but said: "It seems that it is too difficult to be a judge in Dionia!"

"It is indeed difficult." Henipolis said: "The assessment of judges is the most difficult of all public office assessments, because we in Dionysia emphasize the rule of law. The judge is a representative of the law. If his ability is not good, he will Affecting the correct enforcement of our laws!”

The three of them were touched after hearing this.After all, in Athens, all courts did not have judges, but citizens on juries decided cases. This determined that the outcome of a case depended on the plaintiff and defendant's argumentative skills and the emotional guidance of the jury.

"I saw in the room just now that there seemed to be a lot of aliens participating in the assessment?" Spicipes said suddenly.

"You are talking about the Lucanians, Brutians and Messapians." Henipolis replied disapprovingly: "There is nothing surprising about this, they are all citizens of Dionia, Of course, you also have the right to participate in assessments and become a judge."

"Actually, I don't know if there are aliens in that room, and there is also a freed slave participating in the assessment." Klintus interjected.

And free the slaves? !The three Platos were shocked.

As the person in charge of the assessment center, Cleantus knew the identity and origin of each candidate clearly. At this time, he explained: "His name is Pleka, from Libya under the rule of Cyrenaica. He was a slave in the army of Syracuse that invaded Magna Graecia. After the surrender of the Syracuse army, he became a slave of our kingdom. He has always performed well and served as a baggage in the war to conquer Messape. A member of the team also made great contributions, so he was freed.

He obtained the status of a citizen of Dionia last year. According to a letter of certification issued by the Thurii City Hall, 'over the years he has served as a laborer at the Thurii Court and a cleaner in the library... and has always performed well. , the money earned is either to go to the school's adult class to learn knowledge, or to go to the library to read books..."

After hearing this, Henipolis couldn't help but be moved. He sighed and said: "It is this citizen who was born as a slave who worked so hard that he dared to take the judge's examination. In the kingdom, citizens who were born as liberated slaves are He holds positions in the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the City Hall and other departments, but not the court. If he can become a judge, he will set an example for others. Any official position in the kingdom is open to any citizen born , as long as they work hard enough!”

"Lord Henipolis, you said it so well!" Cleantus praised repeatedly.

Aureas and Spesippus were a little confused. It was completely beyond their knowledge that non-Greeks and people of slave origin could hold important public positions in the city-state.

Plato was reminded of the euphemistic criticism made by Davos when he met him. He believed that "the "Utopia" he wrote excludes slaves and strangers, and is too narrow-minded. Everyone should be given equal opportunities, so that all people can Society has an upward mobility...

Plato couldn't help but look back at the examination room, thinking and sighing in his heart: Is this the magnanimity that makes a powerful kingdom possible? !
Then, they went to watch the assessment of the construction department.

The assessment of the candidates' cultural level here is lower. They are only required to be able to read 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 each other, and use fixed materials to build a small section of city wall, a small section of road, or make a siege equipment within the specified time... This is used to examine the candidate's own hands-on ability as well as the supervision and command ability of coordinating and arranging personnel for construction.

This special assessment also opened the eyes of Aureas and others, and even refreshed Plato. 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 strict social division of labor" is a practical manifestation of this view.

Just after he reluctantly walked out of the door, Henipolis told him regretfully: "Tomorrow is the Hercules celebration in the Kingdom of Dionia. Please forgive me for not being able to accompany you to visit for the time being! I also suggest You should also participate in this celebration tomorrow and relax, you will find that it is a very interesting celebration!"

After his reminder, Plato and the others, who had been busy visiting during this period, realized that the number of pedestrians in Turui City had increased and the hotel was full these days, which turned out to be related to this.

However, there are many Greek gods, and most Greek city-states worship different patron gods. As a result, each city-state has many celebrations throughout the year, but they are not exactly the same. 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 also extremely simple.So Plato didn't care too much about it.

But on the next day, they discovered that the Heracles celebration in Dionia was very unusual.

Early in the morning, the procession participating in the celebration set off from the Temple of Hercules in the outer city of Thurii. At the front of the procession was the champion of the Hercules competition held at last year's celebration. He was wearing a lion skin and holding a He holds a big stick, goes shirtless, and poses in various poses that show off his muscles, playing the role of Hercules.

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