Mediterranean Hegemon of Ancient Greece - Chapter 654

[Chapter 73 Plato’s Investigation (2)]

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 It is held at other times, and there are assessments in progress these days. Guess what the reason is?

”

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 eyes of an idiot, and Plato scolded him seriously: “Aureas, don’t talk nonsense!”

Assessing citizens and selecting officials is a major event in the Dionysian country, how can it be as random as playing a game!

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 areas, resulting in a shortage of public officials in other departments and cities, so from the beginning of the year to the present, there has been a An examination is underway.

”

“But what you just said was only for these few days!”

“Aureas said unconvinced. Henepolis

blinked: “Of course these days are also included in this period of time.

Several people were talking and laughing, and they 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!”

“Criantus saluted respectfully.

As the senator of the Senate, Henepolis held a small official position, but behind him stood King Davos, and no one dared to neglect him.

“What is there today ?”

How many departments are being assessed?

Henepolis didn’t even greet him, and asked directly.

“The court and the 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.

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.

“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 they pass this test, they can be accepted.

Judge.”

“Isn’t it?” Aureas asked curiously.

“Of course not.” Henepolis took over the conversation and said, “Even if they pass, they have to start with low-level positions such as court recorder, orderer, etc. After two or three years, according to their performance, Then test them. At that time, not only will they 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… …After all these are passed, they may serve as trainee judges or trainee prosecutors, and then serve as judges of Demo, city judges, and senior judges… This process will take about 20 years. If there is a major work error in the middle, they will be There is a possibility of being kicked out of the court…”

Aureas couldn’t help but said: “It seems that it is too difficult to be a judge in Dionia!”

“It is really difficult.” Henepolis said: “Judge The assessment of the judge is the most difficult of all public office assessments, because we, Dionia, emphasize the rule of law. The judge is the representative of the law, and if his ability is not good, it will affect the correct implementation of our law!” The

three listened, and some 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, he also has the right to participate in the assessment and become a judge.”

“Actually, there are aliens in that room, and there is also a freed slave participating in the assessment.” Krientus 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, who also made great contributions and was thus freed.

He obtained the citizenship of Dionia last year, and according to a letter issued by the Turii city hall, ‘he has served as a map The laborers in the Riy court, the cleaners in the library…have been doing well, and the money earned is either going to the school’s adult class to learn knowledge, or going to the library to read books…”

After hearing this, Henepolis He couldn’t help but be moved. He sighed and said, “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 were emancipated from slaves are in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, City Hall, etc. All departments have 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 citizen born, as long as they work hard enough!”

“He Lord Neapolis, you said it very well!” Krientus praised repeatedly.

Aureas and Spicypus were a little at a loss. People who were not Greeks and slaves could hold important public offices 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 flow…

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 construction department examination.

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, requiring candidates to bring two or three slaves from the kingdom to each other, using fixed materials, within the specified time, build a small section of city wall, a small section of road, or make a siege machine… In this way, the examinee’s own hands-on ability and the supervision and command ability of coordinating and arranging personnel to carry out construction are examined.

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 door reluctantly, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Henepolis regretfully told him: “Tomorrow is the Hercules celebration in the Kingdom of Dionia, please forgive me for not being able to accompany him for the time being. You continue to visit! I also suggest that you also 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 period of time, realized that To: In the past few days, the number of pedestrians in Turiyi City 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 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.