Your Majesty once said, 'If you can hide it for a while, you can't hide it for a lifetime.' Such a person will not only be severely punished by the law, but will also be tortured in hell after death! Therefore, since the establishment of the evaluation system in our kingdom, there has not been a single case of concealment of cheating. ”

After Henipolis finished speaking, seeing that the three of them were thoughtful, his heart suddenly rose, and he couldn't help but ask: "The official assessment time of our Dionya Kingdom is generally set in October, and occasionally it will be held at other times, and there happens to be an assessment going on in these days, guess what the reason is?" ”

His question made the three of them fall into thought, and the youngest Aureas asked tentatively, "Is it because of us?" ”

Henipolis looked at him with idiotic eyes, and Plato rebuked solemnly: "Aureas, don't talk nonsense! The assessment of citizens and the selection of officials are major events in the Dionian country, how can it be as casual as playing a game! I think that the temporary assessment of Dionya must be due to the shortage of officials and the urgent shortage of manpower, right? ”

"That's right." Henipolis nodded and said, "We conquered Daunny last year, and in order to govern there, a large number of officials from other regions were sent there, resulting in an urgent shortage of public officials in other departments and cities, so from the beginning of the year to now, there has been an assessment here. ”

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

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

A few people laughed and came to the building.

Krientus, an official of the management assessment center who had been notified by the doorman, hurriedly greeted him: "Lord Henipolis, welcome to come and inspect!" Krientus saluted respectfully.

As the patriarch of the Senate, Henipolis did not hold a large official position, but behind him stood King Davers, and no one dared to snub him.

"Which departments are being assessed today?" Henipolis didn't greet him either, and asked directly.

"Court and Construction."

"Shall we go and rest for a while? Or do you want to check it out now? Henipolis turned back to Plato.

"We're not tired now, we don't need to rest." Plato said.

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

Krientus immediately led them to a "treasury" with a wooden sign hanging at the door that read "Court Examination".

Krientus motioned for them not to make a loud noise, and walked inside.

There is a lot of space in the room, and there are nearly a hundred wooden tables on the floor, which are almost full of candidates, but they are unusually quiet.

Only the examiner sitting on the podium simulated the defendant in the courtroom, deliberately intermittently and logically confusing to tell "his own experience".

The examinees had to write a well-written court record according to what he had said, so that none of them looked up at Plato, and they all listened carefully while taking notes with their pens on the wax tablet.

In addition, three examiners are patrolling the examination room to prevent cheating.

Plato: They stood by the door and watched for a moment, then exited the examination room.

"Just rely on the level of the writing they record to decide who will be accepted and who will be eliminated?" Plato asked, apparently thinking that the assessment was a bit simple.

Of course, not only that, but also their familiarity with the legal items one by one, and the sum of these two scores is their final score. This time they were lucky, the courts of the entire Dionian Kingdom were in dire need of 20 places, so more than 1/5 of them would be admitted. ”

As if to see Plato's thoughts, Critus continued, "Do not think that if you pass this examination, they will be judges. ”

"Isn't it?" Aureas asked curiously.

"Of course not." Henipolis took over and said, "Even if it passes, they will have to be taken from the court recorders, orderlies...... After two or three years, they will be evaluated according to their performance. At that time, not only will they have to test all the legal provisions, but they will also have to simulate real court debates to test their thinking ability and debating skills, as well as their ability to use the legal provisions and control the courtroom...... After these are passed, they may serve as trainee judges or trainee prosecutors, and then as Judge Demo, City Judge, and Senior Judge...... This process will take about 20 years, and if there is a big mistake in the middle, you may be kicked out of the courtroom......"

Aureas couldn't help but say, "It seems that it is too difficult to be a judge in Dionia!" ”

"It's really hard." "The evaluation of judges is the most difficult of all public offices, because we Deonia emphasize the rule of law," Henipolis said. The judge is the representative of the law, and if his ability fails, it will affect the correct implementation of our law! ”

The three of them listened and were 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 just saw in the room that there seem to be a lot of aliens taking the test?" Spitipus said suddenly.

"You're talking about the Lucanians, the Brutis, and the Mesapi." Henipolis replied disapprovingly: "There is nothing strange about it, they are all Ionian citizens, and of course they have the right to participate in the examination and become judges." ”

"Actually, in that room, I don't know if there were aliens, and there was an emancipated slave who was taking the test." Krientus chimed in.

And the emancipation of slaves?! The Platonic trio were shocked.

As the head of the assessment center, Krientus had a clear understanding of the identity of each candidate, and he explained: "His name is Pleka, he is from Libya under Cyrenaica, and he was a slave in the army that invaded Greater Greece in Syracuse. After the surrender of the Syracuse army, he became a slave of our kingdom, and he was always excellent and was freed as a member of the baggage team in the war against Mesapi.

He was granted the status of a Dionian citizen last year, and according to a letter from the town hall of Turriy, 'he has worked as a labourer in the Turriyi court, as a cleaner in the library...... I have been doing well, and the money I earn is either to go to the adult classes of the school to learn knowledge, or to go to the library to read books......"

After hearing this, Hennipolis could not help but be moved, and he sighed and said: "It is this slave-born citizen who has worked so hard to dare to come to the judge's examination. In the kingdom, citizens who were born from emancipated slaves held positions in the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, and the City Hall, but not in the courts, and if he could become a judge, he would set an example for others, and any official position in the kingdom was open to any citizen who was born, as long as they worked hard enough! ”

"Lord Henipolis, you're saying it so well!" Krientus praised repeatedly.

Aureas and Spithypus, on the other hand, were at a loss for non-Greeks and slaves to hold important public offices in the city-state, which was completely beyond their understanding.

Plato was reminded of the euphemistic criticism that Davers had made when he met him, arguing that "his Republic of Ideals excludes slaves and strangers, is too narrow-minded, and that all should be given equal opportunities and that society as a whole should have an upward mobility......

Plato couldn't help but glance back at the examination room, thinking and sighing in his heart: Is this the magnanimity of achieving a powerful kingdom?!

Next, they went to watch the assessment of the construction department.

Here, the assessment of the candidates' cultural level is lower, and only the candidates are required to be able to read and write. The most important test was to take two or three slaves from the neighboring kingdom in an open field, and use fixed materials to build a short section of wall, a short road, or make a siege machine within a set amount of time...... In this way, the candidates' own hands-on ability and the ability to supervise and command the construction of the overall arrangement of personnel are examined.

This special assessment also opened the eyes of Aureas and his spirits, and he believed that the evaluation of public officials in the kingdom of Dionya was the practical embodiment of his idea that "the first principle of the establishment of the ideal city-state is a strict social division of labor" put forward in "The Ideal State".

Just as he reluctantly walked out of the door, Henipolis regretfully told him: "Tomorrow is the Hercules celebration of the Dionian Kingdom, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you to continue the visit for the time being!" I also suggest that you join in the celebration tomorrow and relax, you will find it 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 had increased in the past few days, and the hotel was full, which turned out to be related to this.

However, there are many Greek gods, and most Greek city-states worship different patron gods, resulting in many celebrations in each city-state throughout the year, but not exactly the same, such as the Panathenian Festival in Athens is unique in the Greek world. The celebration of Hercules was held in Sparta, but the Spartans were frugal and forbidding pleasures, and the celebrations were extremely simple. So Plato didn't pay much attention to it.

But the next day, they found that this Hercules celebration in Dionya was very unusual.

Early in the morning, the procession of participants in the celebration departs from the temple of Hercules in the outer city of Turiy, and at the head of the procession is the winner of last year's celebration Hercules competition, dressed in a lion's skin, holding a club, shirtless, and posing in various muscle-showing poses, playing Hercules. (https:)

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