Chapter 1313 The supremacy of non-individual power, the law-protecting army
In a normal civilization, individual force must not become the main source of individual identity and status, because it is not beneficial to civilization and order.
This is just like on earth, some people are born with amazing strength, and some people are born with great weakness. Do those with strong strength have the privilege of being superior to others?
Those with strong strength naturally have ways to realize their power within the order, rather than just relying on the power itself to seize it on their own.
In other words, Xia Duo does not object to those with strong power receiving better treatment, but the premise is that he can contribute to civilization, and the most basic point is not to oppose order.
If a strong person strays outside the order, no matter how strong he is, Xia Duo will regard him as an enemy.
Of course, the order here does not specifically refer to the order led by Chateau himself, but refers to order in a broad sense.
In layman's terms, someone is someone who can communicate, accepts compromises, understands trade-offs, is a more rational person, and has predictable behavior, whether good or evil.
Rather than a lunatic who acts unscrupulously and does whatever he wants.
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After discussing the new textbooks and some issues with the promotion assessment mechanism with Jose, it was almost noon, and Xia Duo finally gave his instructions:
"I'll leave the new textbooks to you. In addition, please spread the word about the promotion assessment as soon as possible. It will be officially implemented after Midsummer Festival."
"Yes, sir." Jose put away the reference materials on the table and agreed.
But at the same time, he also raised his concerns, "If the news of the promotion assessment is released now, I am worried that some apprentices will ignore the current learning progress and deliberately upgrade in advance, which may cause a lot of chaos."
Chateau had already anticipated what Jose said, but "killing without teaching" was not his style. There must be a certain buffer before any policy is implemented.
Otherwise, orders will be changed day by day, and order will become nothing more than child's play.
"Master Jose doesn't have to worry about this. The Tower of Time is not even able to afford this expense. It's just that some people have obtained permissions and treatment in advance that do not belong to him now, and they will definitely pay a certain price for this in the future.
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"Sir, the price you mentioned is-" Jose was surprised and asked quickly.
"Don't worry about how I will target them. The price I mentioned comes entirely from themselves. You said that some people have suddenly become official mages and enjoy the authority and treatment of formal mages. Then they can still calm down and complete their apprenticeships.
Stage coursework? In the future, formal mages will also have to take promotion assessments. If the foundation is lacking, they will have to spend more time than others to make up for it. Isn't this the price of taking shortcuts?"
"So that's it."
Knowing that Xia Duo would not deliberately target those people, Jose also put down his worries. Sometimes he took shortcuts and should indeed pay the corresponding price.
However, he still decided to put more emphasis on the importance of basic subjects while spreading the word. Even if they are not promoted, these can become valuable assets for their lifetime earnings.
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After leaving the Academic Affairs Office, Xia Duo asked Niya to go to Linshui Village for lunch. During the meal, he told Niya about the reform of the promotion mechanism.
Niya was not surprised at all by this, "This is what the Tower of Time did in the past, but there was no clear promotion standard. It was completely decided by my father. However, there seems to be some problems with the promotion assessment you mentioned!"
"what is the problem?"
"If you can be promoted based on assessment alone, and the assessment content is something that everyone can learn and is related to magic, wouldn't it mean that as long as someone is smart enough, he can be promoted to the top very quickly?"
Sha Duo was surprised that Niya discovered the problem so quickly. In fact, the promotion mechanism he is currently working on is essentially [Projection Plane·Remnants of the Empire]\b the improvement of academic qualifications and corresponding benefits.
This is accompanied by promotions to specific positions and ranks.
However, in the current Tower of Time, there is no need to do so many complicated things at once, and there are not many positions for promotion of relevant personnel, so it is not done. It will definitely be done in the future.
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Xia Duo briefly explained the difference between academic qualifications and positions, and Niya immediately realized that this is the promotion mechanism of the academic system, which is exactly suitable for the current academic transformation of the Tower of Time.
In fact, in the magical world, since knowledge can be easily converted into force, academic qualifications - force - position - salary can basically be equated.
What Xia Duo wants is to cut off the direct relationship between "force" and "position" and transform it into a healthy development model from "academic qualifications" to "position", or from "ability" to "position".
This may seem like an extra circle, but it actually lays the foundation for civilization, allowing everything to develop in an orderly manner, instead of falling into a deformed state where individual force is supreme.
In the future, there may be archons who specialize in governance but have little knowledge in the field of magic. They may be able to directly command the Grand Arcanist to launch battles, or specialize in a certain research project.
Although this possibility is small, it does exist.
For example, Leiden, although he has mastered the holy power and his combat power is significantly higher than that of ordinary people, he still has great limitations compared to real spellcasters.
Currently, there are more than 250 commissioned apprentices in Daxia Territory studying at the Tower of Time. Except for some who hope to continue their studies in the field of magic, they will stay at the Tower of Time to continue their studies. The rest will wait for them to return after completing their studies.
Will it be managed by Leiden?
In Chateau's plan, magic is science, and everyone has the opportunity to receive magic education. However, in reality, not everyone is suitable to pursue this path further.
Just like Xia Duo's hometown, everyone can go to school, but not everyone will become a scientific researcher, and more will be in other professions.
The same is true in the magical world. In the future, there will be only a few people who specialize in studying magic. Although most people are engaged in magic-related professions, they have already left the front line of research.
Interrupting the direct relationship between "force" and "position", "salary" or "identity" and "status" actually allows spellcasters in non-magic research professions to exist stably and continue to develop.
Of course, since the instability of individual force is too high, Xia Duo also needs a "gun" that can effectively maintain this order.
However, at this stage, he can dominate the order of all with his personal force and prestige.
In the future, with the development of the Tower of Time and the merger of the Bactria Territory and the Saville Territory, the order will become one, and it will not be difficult to select qualified "Defender Army" from the new system.
Chateau has full confidence in this.
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After lunch, Shado was about to go look around the territory when he suddenly received an unexpected piece of news, which caused him to change his afternoon schedule and return to the Tower of Time with Niya.