Your Majesty, the Spectacle Has Missed the Country!

When September comes in a blink of an eye, the weather is a little less hot.

In the past half a month, the roundup on the Valens Plains has ended, and the chief culprit, "Black Rat" Sarada, has also been executed by Old Ford.

However, the anti-gang operation launched by the Idar police officers with thunderous momentum is still a topic of conversation among the people of Idar after dinner.

The promise made by Old Ford in Valens City shocked countless Idar civilians - no matter where you are, the Principality of Idar will take you home!

Although this concise and straightforward statement was not passionate in tone, every word in the statement was deafening, filling the hearts of all Idar citizens with an indescribable feeling.

Of course, Ford Sr.'s promises were never given casually.

He has the confidence to make a promise!

As the entire human trafficking network was uprooted by the Idar Public Security Bureau, the death of "Black Rat" Sarada did not mean the end of the investigation of the case, but a beginning.

The interrogations of the gangsters have been carried out in an orderly manner in the prison in Valens City.

Among the functional departments under the Idar Public Security Bureau, there is a specialized agency called the Torture Department.

It has only one duty, and that is to interrogate criminals.

But despite how simple it sounds, the threshold for entering the Torture Division is one of the highest among the entire Idar Public Security Bureau.

The police officers in the Torture Division are all cadres drawn from the Public Security Bureau. Not only must they be able to spell, but they must also be smart and able to adapt to changes.

Because only in this way can they find clues in every word and deed of the criminal and find clues.

For the police officers of the Interrogation Department, methods such as torture to extract confessions and subjugation are the most low-level and unreliable methods.

Although the Idar people are full of martial virtues, under the influence of Bruno, they have always upheld the fine tradition of convincing others with reason and valuing peace.

Courses such as criminal psychology, interrogation, criminal rehabilitation psychology, and prison penology are required courses for the officers of the Torture Division.

Perhaps for novices like them who are just starting to try out practical operations, the interrogation process will not be smooth sailing.

but……

There are more than fifty gangsters in the prison to train them!

Even if the initial harvest is not ideal, they still have enough time to follow the clues, find out the whereabouts of the trafficked people, and sort out the crimes carried by each prisoner.

Perhaps this time will be long, but Bruno can afford to wait, Old Ford can afford to wait, and the civilians of Idar who have lost their families can also afford to wait.

However, these are all things for later.

As the date for the announcement of the results of the college entrance examination gradually approaches, the attention of the people of Idar has shifted back to these two exams, which are extremely important to them.

The number of candidates who took the first civil service examination of Idar Principality was the largest, with a total of 6,724. Although the number of candidates who took the entrance examination of Idar Public University was slightly smaller, there were still 1,900. The size of forty-three people.

Even though from the perspective of future generations, this number is indeed somewhat unsatisfactory, but for these people who were still in the per capita prenatal education stage of education more than a year ago, it is already a jaw-dropping number. .

How many people are there in the Principality of Idar?

Less than a million!

More than ninety percent of these people are ordinary civilians who don't know how to spell at all!

Although after the completion of Double Point College, several other temporary colleges were built under Bruno's command, but...

With the help of several temporary colleges and the knowledge of professors in "Idar Daily", the total number of candidates taking the exam was able to reach nearly 10,000. In Bruno's view, this can be regarded as an extremely huge achievement.

And what makes Bruno quite excited is that perhaps the civilians living in this era have already suffered a lot.

When they realized that this was an opportunity given to them by the Duke, all the people who wanted to learn spelling and become Idar's official apes basically gave up their 200% energy!

The common people of the Principality of Idar knew that their foundation was very poor, and they could not compare with the children of nobles and wealthy merchant families who had been taught by tutors since childhood.

Therefore, in addition to working outside to supplement their family income, they spend almost all night studying, hoping to make up for their shortcomings in cultural level with their own efforts.

Take the Civil Service Examination as an example. Each subject has nearly 7,000 papers. Although the questions are relatively simple, the passing rate of these papers can reach over 75%!

And this means that among the nearly 7,000 candidates, at least 5,000 have learned how to spell and Chinese.

Because...this is the prerequisite for them to complete the answer sheet!

Even if only 10% of these 5,000 people can meet Bruno's requirements, that's still a full scale of 500 people!

Before Mr. Nicholas organized manpower to review the test papers, Bruno once thought that it would be difficult for him to pass this exam and recruit the currently needed civil servants at once.

But……

As the progress of the grading gradually progressed, the test papers that were rated as excellent were also presented in front of Bruno one by one. Only then did he finally realize... that he did not have to worry about the problem of dissatisfaction with the recruitment. The final recruitment criteria for the official ape were even It may be higher than the original score line!

All the basic questions in the first half of the test paper have standard answers, and Bruno does not need to judge the scores in this part.

But Bruno paid great attention to the open-ended essay questions in the second half.

The knowledge of civilians may not be satisfactory, but it can reflect the most real thoughts in the minds of the vast majority of civilians in the Principality of Idar. Through these test papers, Bruno can see the thinking methods and thinking logic hidden behind the answers.

And these seemingly useless things will actually bring benefits that cannot be ignored to the rule of the Stuart family!

Bruno has the foresight from his previous life, but he knows very well that different social soils will breed different social systems and have different impacts on social development.

Only when it is in line with the current development situation of the Principality of Idar, can the policies implemented by oneself be truly implemented, instead of being just words on paper and reduced to a castle in the air.

Therefore, Bruno also hopes to find people with real ideas among these people's answers and become arms that he can reuse.

And apparently, he found it.

Since the names of the candidates have been obscured, the examiners do not know who the owner of the answer sheet is.

But as a Duke, Bruno couldn't restrain his curiosity after all. After the examination rankings and admission list were officially finalized, he took a look.

And the candidate's name...is called Ethan.

Ethan's answer to the last question was not amazing, but it made Bruno feel like he was in another world.

because……

The last question of the essay question, titled "Taxation System of the Principality of Idar," is for the candidates to express their opinions on this topic.

The current agricultural tax system of the Principality of Idar is not perfect and very simple.

Regardless of how much land there is or how much grain is produced, agricultural taxes will be collected based on 20% of the total grain production.

However, Ethan has completely different ideas about agricultural taxation.

Not to mention whether it is appropriate or not, if we look into it more deeply... the answer given by Ethan is more like a different world version of "dividing a small family into an entire acres"!

According to Ethan's idea, agricultural tax should be divided into two parts, that is, public grain (i.e. agricultural tax) should be collected according to the output of grain and the amount of land.

However, the social environment of the Principality of Idar at this time was completely different from the social status quo when flower growers practiced "dividing a small person into an acre" in ancient times. There was no policy of tax collection based on head count, and it had nothing to do with land annexation.

The reason why Ethan proposed such an idea was more out of other considerations.

In the context of the gradual increase in food production in the Principality of Idar, hunger is no longer the norm in society. Therefore, more and more people have begun to grow vegetables, fruits, and even cash crops such as sugar beets.

There is no other reason. These vegetables, fruits and cash crops can be sold at higher prices, and the people of the Idar Principality can also buy enough food on the market with the copper coins in their pockets.

But Ethan is wary of such a phenomenon. Although it is unlikely, if everyone grows vegetables and other cash crops, then who will grow enough food to fill their stomachs?

In Ethan's view, the Idar Government Affairs Office should draw up a red line and stipulate the minimum amount of public grain that must be paid per acre of land, so that the food security of the Principality of Idar can be guaranteed in terms of food supply!

Food security!

This was the first time that Bruno heard this word that was frequently mentioned in the previous life from the words of the indigenous people of this era. Therefore, the name Ethan was also firmly remembered by Bruno in his heart.

This is a talent worth cultivating!

…

Amid everyone's expectations, the day to announce the results finally came.

Since the number of candidates taking the exam this time was nearly 10,000, so under Bruno's order, Mr. Nicholas divided the overall score list of the Civil Service Ape Exam into several sub-lists according to the regions where the candidates lived. .

Early in the morning on the day when the results were announced, the gates of the management committees of various communities were crowded with civilians who had heard the news.

Even people who have never taken the exam came to watch out of curiosity. After all... for many civilians, becoming a civil servant can be regarded as an unprecedented class leap!

Each list has a total of four columns, namely the candidate's name, test scores, overall ranking and whether they are shortlisted for interview.

That's right,

For the Civil Service Examination, the written test is only the first step in selecting officials.

Bruno wants to recruit hard-working doers, not small-town problem solvers who only know how to work on paper!

Therefore, after passing the written examination, if you want to truly become a civil servant of the Idar Principality, you must go through an interview with the Idar Government Affairs Office!

"I'm a finalist! I'm a finalist!"

People's joy is not the same.

The candidates who were not shortlisted all beat their chests and regretted why they had not tried harder before; while the candidates who were shortlisted looked around, raised their necks and cheered!

Although for them, this is just the first step to becoming a public servant, and there is still an interview waiting for them, but... According to the Idar Government Affairs Office, the interview recruitment ratio is about 3:2.

And this means... two out of every three people will successfully squeeze into the official ranks of the Principality of Idar and become respected public officials of Idar!

So while they were happy, they also made up their minds to perform well in the upcoming interviews and never let down their families' expectations!

And when the shortlist for the Civil Service Examination caused uproar in various communities, the list of candidates for the University Entrance Examination was finally announced on the bulletin board of the Idar Public University.

only……

Different from the first civil service examination of the Principality of Idar, the examination subjects and examination content of public universities are much more complicated.

There are five colleges enrolling students in the first batch.

They are the School of Architecture, with Master Andy as the dean, the Polytechnic, which is composed of craftsmen, the School of Economics, with Julian Heaton as the dean, the School of Humanities, which specializes in studying the current situation of society, and the School of Humanities, which has just been merged into the Idar Public School. Idar Medical College of the University.

Each college has different test questions and different requirements for candidates.

Naturally, the one with the largest enrollment this time is the Polytechnic Institute that Bruno values ​​the most!

There is no upper limit on the number of students enrolled!

As long as the admission score is higher than the admission score set by the Polytechnic, the Polytechnic of Idar Public University will definitely not refuse!

but……

Since the content of the Polytechnic Examination is more abstract, and the requirements for mathematics are much higher than those of the Idar Principality's Civil Service Examination, UU Reading www.uukaｎshu.net Therefore...

Although thousands of people applied for the exam, the admission rate was appalling.

One hundred and thirteen people were admitted to the Polytechnic, while the number of admissions to the entire Idar Public University did not even exceed 200!

You know, the number of craftsmen employed in the research workshop under one polytechnic alone far exceeds 200 people!

If other colleges and some research institutions that are temporarily closed to external enrollment are included, the number of various teaching and non-teaching researchers employed by Idar Public University has even exceeded 600!

so……

Squeezing two hundred freshmen onto the campus of Idar Public University will not create any waves at all.

Not to mention that they can't make waves, such a number of people can't even fill a teaching building!

Seeing the completely different conditions between the Idar Civil Service Examination and the University Entrance Examination, Bruno couldn't help but smile bitterly. There is still a long way to go to cultivate talents in the Principality of Idar...