"Meet Your Majesty!"

With Blanche Orlando taking the lead, all the officials knelt down together, forming a low wall of people on both sides of the palace.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

Next came the attendants and servants in the courtyard of the wall, responsible for the daily care and trivial affairs in the palace, and everywhere Roland's eyes went, everyone lowered their heads, their expressions full of respect and fear.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

Finally, the First Army, which followed behind, shouted as loud as the waves of the sea.

He thought that he had seen too many crowded scenes, and had also seen magnificent military parades, and had a certain immunity to such occasions, but the moment he experienced it himself, he knew that the feeling of being looked up to by everyone no matter how many times it made people's blood accelerate.

In the midst of the shouts of the crowd, Roland walked up the stairs step by step and entered the core area of the old royal capital, the Twin Towers Temple.

When he was seated on the throne, the officials entered the main hall one after another, and stood in three rows. Seeing these nearly 100 people, Roland couldn't help but feel a little emotional, Dawning City deserved to be the center of the Gray Castle Kingdom in the past, and in just one year, it had recruited so many clerks with basic reading and writing skills, and it was commendable that a large part of them came from civilians. With the exception of Neverwinter, this level of education should be considered one of the best in the era.

"Your Majesty, this is your scepter. Blanche handed over a golden cane, not only delicately carved around it, but also a sapphire embedded in the end, "It is made by a special goldsmith, and each king holds a different holding. ”

Roland wasn't interested in this naked symbol of power, because it was so blunt and brutal that it felt like an upstart. However, he soon discovered that this object was not exactly an ornament, after all, it was not easy to concentrate everyone's attention in such an empty hall.

And the scepter is a great way to do that.

He raised his staff and knocked on the floor, and the crowd soon fell silent.

"You all know who I am, so you don't have to open the line. Roland scanned the entire hall and said slowly, "The purpose of my trip is very simple, one is to eliminate the threat, and the other is to put order in order. The former refers not only to the armed opponents, but to anyone who obstructs the implementation of the new policy, whether he was a nobleman, a merchant, a freeman, or a rat, and who does the same as a rebel if he does damage to the new policy. ”

The latter formalizes order, that is, establishes an administrative system similar to that of Neverwinter. You should have heard that once you become a town hall official, you can enjoy good remuneration and treatment, and the path to promotion has nothing to do with blood or family background - in other words, as long as you have enough ability, even a commoner can have the opportunity to get a position like Minister of Departments and Imperial Prime Minister!"

There was a burst of head-to-ear voices in the crowd, not to mention civilians, such a high position that even the little nobles had never dared to think of before. As a disciple of the Minister of Finance, Barov has now become a hot figure in front of His Majesty, which is no secret in the old kings, and the thought of having the opportunity to become a minister of the royal family makes people's eyes burn a lot.

"But not everyone can get into the town hall, you need to pass the test. Roland said unhurriedly.

The argument got louder.

"Your Majesty...... What is the content of the assessment?" asked the bold man.

"The reliability question and answer is also something that the Neverwinter City Hall has to review," he explains with a smile, "not all of them are correct to be considered passed, but at least the minimum requirements must be met." As for the specific content, it will only be informed before the assessment. ”

In fact, this set of questions and answers is a variation of the Ten Questions of Loyalty written in the book, and at the same time adds some questions about attitudes and expectations towards work, mainly to ensure the purity of the team. The reason why it is not called a loyalty question and answer is because it is afraid of scaring away those who think too much - in this day and age, disloyalty is definitely a big sin, and it can be big or small. Does it count as insulting the royal family in your heart? Does it count if you have choreographed the king's rights and wrongs when you drink and talk nonsense? But who has never complained in private, let alone the nobles. According to the law, these are all acts of disloyalty, and if they hear that they want to investigate this, I am afraid that most people will avoid it.

Of course, in the future, the stall will be bigger, and Nightingale will naturally not be able to make everyone scrutinize it clearly, but at least in the early days, Roland still hopes to ensure that the political system is as reliable as possible - after all, as long as these people can adapt to the new administrative system, nine times out of ten they will become the backbone of the future.

"In addition, if you choose to join the town hall, you have to give up your original property," he continued, "and in short, the town hall officials must not have any business interests, otherwise they will be punished as a felony." I hope you will consider this carefully. ”

This sentence was like a basin of cold water, and the hall suddenly fell silent for a while.

Unlike the border towns where he became a monk halfway, almost everyone in the old royal capital had their own livelihood, and it was undoubtedly a dilemma to leave everything they had accumulated in the past and devote themselves to a new job.

However, this is a necessary step in promoting the concept of "professionalism" – even if some people will hand over the property to distant relatives or hire others to take care of it, it must be maintained on the surface. Roland knew in his heart that there were no "officials" in the real sense of the four kingdoms, and the so-called ministers were all nobles trusted by the king, and it was an honor rather than a duty to share the worries of His Majesty, and when the honor was no longer or when there was a crisis, they still considered their own interests first.

Professionalism is to bind people and posts together, quite a bit of some people in the tower, there is no way back can be regarded as the unity of interests - only when the kingdom is prosperous, they will get more benefits.

Another point is that the separation of business and government can avoid the embarrassing situation of being both a player and a referee to a certain extent.

"Finally, the name of any official town hall official, regardless of position, will be recorded in front of my case. Seeing that the atmosphere was gloomy, he threw out the sweet dates that he had prepared for a long time, "Your treatment and position will be effective in more than one city, as long as it is a territory under my rule, you will be recognized for the power you have." ”

This is the killer feature of the professional bureaucracy - the establishment.

The significance of becoming within the system is self-evident, it is not only a recognition, but also the most stable guarantee. The people in the main hall may not immediately realize its benefits, but over time, they will eventually understand the wonderful taste of eating a national meal.

Since the old kings had already gone through several screenings, the aristocracy was almost gone, and it was much easier to rectify than the previous cities. Although many people were still skeptical, not a single one jumped out to openly oppose it, and in the spirit of giving it a try, when the plenary session ended, a long queue quickly formed at the registration office.

Roland returned to his study, and was about to summon Tasa, Yoko, and other old friends to come over and have a private chat, when a guard hurriedly walked in.

"Your Majesty, the Guards stationed in the Northland have a messenger reporting that they have spotted the Dawn Army west of Hermes. ”

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