Your Majesty once said, 'It can be hidden for a while, but it can't be hidden for a lifetime.' People like this will not only be severely punished by the law, but will also be tortured by the underworld after death! Therefore, since the establishment of the assessment system of our kingdom, there has not been a case of concealing and cheating so far."

After Henipolis finished speaking, seeing the three of them thinking, he suddenly felt a little narrow-minded and couldn't help asking: "The assessment time for the officials in our Kingdom of Diony is usually set in October, and occasionally at other times. There are assessments happening to be underway in the past few days. Guess what's the reason?"

His question made the three of them think, and the youngest Aureas asked tentatively: "Is it because of us?"

Henipolis looked at him with an idiot's eyes, and Plato rebuked seriously: "Don't talk nonsense! Assessing citizens and selecting officials is a major event in the country of Dionia. How can it be as casual as playing games! I think Dionia held a temporary assessment because the officials had a shortage of quotas, is it right?"

"That's right." Henipolis nodded and said, "We conquered Doney last year. In order to manage there, a large number of officials were drawn from other regions, which caused an urgent shortage of public officials in other departments and cities. Therefore, the assessment has been underway here since the beginning of the year."

"But what you just said was only in these few days!" Oleas said dissatisfied.

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

Several people were talking and laughing and had already arrived in front of the building.

Cryentus, an official from the management assessment center who was notified by the doorman, hurriedly welcomed him: "Sir Henipolis, welcome to inspect!" Cryentus saluted respectfully.

As a senator, Henepolis held a small official position, but behind him was King Davers, and no one dared to neglect him.

"Which departments are under assessment today?" Henipolis asked directly without greeting him.

“Court and creation.”

"Would we go in and take a break first? Or should we go and have a look now?" Henepolis turned around and asked Plato.

"We are not tired now and do not need rest," said Plato.

"Then... let's go and see the court's assessment first." Henipolis thought for a while and said.

Crientus immediately took them to a "warehouse", with a wooden sign hanging at its door with the words "Courtary Assessment".

Cryentus signaled them not to make loud noises, and walked in.

The room has a large space, with nearly a hundred wooden tables on the ground, almost full of candidates, but it is extremely quiet.

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

The candidates must write a smooth court record according to his statement, so no one looked up at Plato and others, listening carefully, while recording on the wax board with a stylus.

There are also three examiners inspecting the examination room to prevent cheating.

Plato and the others stood by the door and looked for a while, then left the examination room.

"Relying solely on the level of writing they recorded, who will be eliminated?" Plato asked, obviously he thought the assessment was a bit simple.

"Of course it's not just this. Next, we have to examine their familiarity with legal entries one by one. The sum of these two scores is their final score. This time they are lucky. The courts in the entire Kingdom of Dionia are in urgent need of 20 places, so more than 1/5 of them will be admitted."

Crientus seemed to see Plato and the others' thoughts, and then said, "Don't think that as long as you pass this assessment, they can be judges."

"Isn't it?" Oleas asked curiously.

"Of course not." Henipolis took over the conversation and said: "Even if they pass, they will start from a court recorder, orderer, etc., and then take two or three years to assess them based on their performance. At that time, not only will they have to test all the legal provisions, but they will also simulate real court debates to examine their thinking and debate skills, as well as their application of legal provisions and their ability to control the court... After these are passed, they can serve as intern judges or intern prosecutors, and then as judges Demo, city judges, and senior judges... This process will take about 20 years. If there are major work errors in the middle, they may be kicked out of the court..."

Oleas couldn't help but talk yesterday: "It seems that it's too difficult to be a judge in Dionia!"

"It's really difficult," said Henipolis: "The assessment of judges is the most difficult among all public office assessments, because we, Dionia, emphasizes the rule of law. A judge is the representative of the law. If his ability is not good, it will affect the correct implementation of our law!"

The three of them were moved. After all, in Athens, there were no judges in all courts, but the jury citizens judged the case, which determined the outcome of a case by the plaintiff, the defendant's debate skills and emotional guidance for the jury.

"I just saw in the room that there seemed to be many aliens participating in the assessment?" Spisips suddenly said.

"You are talking about the Lucanians, the Brutis and the Mesapis." Henipolis replied disapprovingly: "There is nothing strange about this. They are all citizens of Dionians, and of course they also have the right to participate in the assessment and become judges."

"In fact, there were aliens in that room, and there was a liberated slave in the assessment." Krientus interrupted.

And the liberated slaves?!Plato and the other two were shocked.

As the head of the assessment center, Crientus knew the identity and origin of each candidate. At this time, he explained: "His name is Preca, from Libya under Cyrenega. He was a slave in the army that Syracuse invaded Great Greece. After the army of Syracuse surrendered, he became a slave to our kingdom. He has always performed well, and in the war to conquer Mesapi, he also made great contributions as a member of the baggage team, so he gained freedom.

He obtained the status of Dionia citizen last year. According to a letter of certification issued by the Turiyi City Hall, 'In recent years he has worked as a laborer in the Turiyi court, a library cleaner... He has always performed well, and the money he earns either goes to the adult class in the school to learn knowledge or goes to the library to read books..."

After hearing this, Henipolis couldn't help but be moved. He sighed: "It is this citizen who was born from a slave who worked so hard that he dared to take the judge's examination. In the kingdom, citizens who were born from a slave had positions in the Ministry of Finance, Commerce, and the City Hall, but the court did not yet. If he could become a judge, he would set an example for others. Any official position in the kingdom was to open the door for any born citizen, as long as they worked hard enough!"

"Mr. Henepolis, you said so well!" Crientus praised repeatedly.

Oleas and Spisipus were a little confused. People who were not from Greeks and slaves could hold important public offices in the city-state, which was completely beyond their understanding.

Plato recalled the tactful criticism that Davers made when he met him, believing that "the "Ideal Country" he wrote excludes slaves and strangers, and his thoughts are too narrow, and should give everyone equal opportunities and give the whole society a kind of upward mobility...

Plato couldn't help but look back at the exam room, thinking and sighing: Is this the demeanor of achieving a powerful kingdom?!

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

The assessment of candidates' cultural level here is lower, and only requires candidates to be able to recognize words and write simple. The most important exam is to take two or three neighboring kingdom slaves in the open space, use fixed materials, build a small section of city walls, a small section of roads, or make a siege equipment within the specified time... in order to examine the candidates' own hands-on ability and the supervision and command ability to coordinate personnel to build.

This special assessment also opened Oleas and the others' eyes and made Plato feel refreshed. He believed that the assessment of public servants in the Kingdom of Dionia is the realistic embodiment of the view that he proposed in "The Ideal Country" that "the primary principle of establishing an ideal city-state is a strict social division of labor."

Just after he reluctantly walked out of the door, Henipolis told him regretfully: "Tomorrow is the Hercules celebration in the Kingdom of Dionia. Please forgive me for not being able to continue visiting with you for the time being! I also suggest that you also participate in this celebration tomorrow and relax, and you will find that it is a very interesting celebration!"

After his reminder, Plato, who had been busy visiting for a while, realized that the number of pedestrians in Tuliyi City has increased and the number of hotels is full in the past few days. It turns out that it is related to this.

However, there are many Greek gods, and most Greek city-states worship different guardian gods, resulting in many celebrations in each city-state throughout the year, but they are not exactly the same. For example, the Pan-Athena Festival in Athens is unique in the Greek world. The Hercules celebration was held in Sparta, but the Spartans advocated thrift and prohibited pleasure, and the celebrations held were extremely simple. Therefore, Plato did not care much about this.

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

Early in the morning, the parade participating in the celebration set out from the Temple of Hercules in the outer city of Turiyi. At the front of the team was the champion of the Hercules competition held last year's celebration. He was wearing lion skin, holding a big stick, naked, and posing in various muscle-showing shapes, playing Hercules.
Chapter completed!