Sitting in front of the table, Todd chewed on the penholder and stared blankly at the white paper.
The first batch of official positions in the kingdom that were admitted through examinations were finally determined. The job responsibilities include auxiliary management of maritime trade, kingdom markets, merchant unions and other commercial fields.
A total of 9 people are admitted, including 1 general consultant, 2 auxiliary consultants, and 6 assistants.
Todd originally thought that publishing this test paper would be an easy task based on his own experience.
But when he actually started writing, he realized that he had thought of things too simply.
To judge whether a business consultant is qualified, the field of knowledge that needs to be covered is too broad. Roughly speaking, it includes maritime affairs, taxation, law, economics, overall planning and other disciplines.
However, since he had already boasted so much, Todd had no choice but to bite the bullet.
After reading many books and consulting several scholars, Todd completed this test paper after exhaustive efforts.
While he was working hard, there was an uproar in Muxi City.
The king posted a notice, and unlike the previous notice, which was obviously for entertainment, Todd publicly announced that he hoped to recruit nine commercial officials.
People looked at the content of the notice and were surprised to find that the targets of this recruitment were actually all residents of Muxi City. Regardless of whether you are a street vendor or a farmer, as long as you are literate, you can take the official recruitment exam.
Specifically:
1. The exam is in the form of a paper test paper, which is divided into three types: multiple-choice questions, true and false questions, and quiz questions. Each question has a different score. In the end, the candidate with the highest score will be admitted.
2. The examination room is arranged in the auditorium of the Knights' headquarters. You are not allowed to bring materials with you when taking the examination. You are not allowed to leave or talk during the examination, and you are not allowed to use any powers to cheat. The examination room will be arranged for supervision. Once you are found to have misbehaved, you will be fined.
Ten whips.
3. In order to ensure the fairness of the examination paper marking process, the names of all candidates taking the examination are sealed, the multiple-choice and true/false questions are reviewed by the Privy Council, and the subjective questions and answers are reviewed by the king himself.
4. On the third day after the exam, the top 30 candidates with the highest scores and the correct answers will be announced in the church square. At the same time, a second round of interviews will be arranged, and the king will be responsible for the review as the chief interviewer.
5. Those who are admitted will become official officials of the Muxi Kingdom, and will be awarded the seal by the king and their salary will be settled weekly. At the same time, the specific office location will be arranged.
6. Those who take the exam need to pay three bronze stars. The registration location is the Secretary's Office of the Knights Headquarters. The deadline is within seven days of the day the notice is released.
When this notice first appeared, almost everyone couldn't believe their eyes.
The king actually had to use a piece of paper to decide the officials of the kingdom.
But if you read it carefully a few times, you will find a lot of different information.
First of all, there is no aristocratic class in the Muxi Kingdom, and there is no appointment by the church. The king has absolute power. Todd's recruitment of officials this time actually sent a signal - regardless of status, wealth and honor, he is willing to use a more
Decentralize power in a fair manner and give everyone a path for advancement.
Secondly, the examination is as fair, just and open as possible. Anonymous marking, personal review by the king, cheating prohibited, announcement of lists and answers, etc. all prove this.
Finally, the method of selecting officials through examinations has to a certain extent created a group of professional government officials. They will not consider the family background of the nobles or care about the interests of the fiefdom, but will only handle the affairs of the kingdom from a professional perspective. The most important thing is
The thing is, these people will only be loyal to the king.
In the seven days after the notice was issued, the secretary's office at the Knights' headquarters was trampled to pieces by the crowds of people.
The manpower responsible for registration has been increased repeatedly, the reception windows have increased from two to five, and from five to ten, and the working hours have been busy from early morning to night, but there is still no way to deal with the enthusiastic people.
Old Aiden and his dozen or so apprentices, under the instruction of the king, temporarily moved into the headquarters of the Knights, and lived an isolated life. They had three meals a day, and were supervised when eating, drinking, and eating.
There is only one thing to do - print the exam papers.
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Different from the heat of the outside world, Todd finally got a few days of rest after finishing the exam papers. He stayed in the room all day and did only one thing, which was to conduct an interview with Mary on Clarence's memory in the soul space.
Combing.
"Isn't this drink called coffee not available in the real world?"
Todd heard Mary's question, looked back at her empty mug, shook his head and said, "As far as I know, there shouldn't be any."
Mary rested her head on her arms, leaned on the table and gently drew circles along the rim of the cup with her fingers: "What a pity. Although you can drink it here, when you think about it after you go out, it always feels like you are dreaming.
"
Todd smiled helplessly. The things and objects in the soul space could originally be regarded as dreams, but they were more like extremely real illusions.
"Why does it feel like this place is bigger than before?"
Todd glanced at Mary, stood up and walked towards the door, beckoning her to follow him.
The woman followed the instructions and walked towards the door.
Todd pushed open the door of the Virtual Research Institute, and the sight in front of him made Mary scream.
When I came here several times before, this research institute was the only building in the soul world. When I walked out of the gate, I saw thick fog and black nothingness.
But now, hundreds of square meters of grass appeared outside the entrance of the institute, dotted with unknown small flowers and low shrubs. Tender green buds sprouted from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, and appeared in the sky.
White clouds and brilliant rainbows were removed, the mist was taken over bit by bit, and the nothingness was driven away.
Todd picked up a stone from the entrance of the research institute, repeatedly observed its edges and corners, and said to himself: "This power is really strange. Originally I thought it could only be created in a limited area.
Things. But the fact is that the soul world can continue to expand. Compared with the beginning, this fictional world has expanded 1.5 times. These trees, flowers, and the sky, I did not imagine them, they just came out of thin air.
Appeared."
Todd's voice became lower and lower, and Mary didn't pay attention to what he said next.
The woman stepped onto the ground carefully, squatted down, picked up a small light blue flower, happily brought it to Todd, and said to him: "Your Majesty! Look, this is! I didn't expect to see it here.
it!"
Todd took the flower and looked at it carefully. He was not familiar with flower seeds and looked at Mary suspiciously.
"This is a very rare flower that only grows on the cliffs of the Holy Acropolis. I have never seen it since I got married..."
Mary's words came to his ears. Todd looked at the little flower in his hand and thought of something vaguely in his mind, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.
"I thought of it!"
Mary's sudden shout startled Todd.
The latter looked at the woman and asked, "What's wrong?"
"I thought about how the remaining memory fragments should be arranged, and the clue is the flower!" Mary took Todd's hand and ran towards the door of the institute.
The one in Todd's hand fell to the ground and disappeared without a trace in an instant.