313. Smoky miasma

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Seeing Duan Yuhan's question mark face, Dai Mingdao explained: "When we first came to the imperial capital, the garrison soldiers in charge of the security of the imperial capital had to charge us a high teleportation fee, and if we didn't give it, we had to walk through the vast grassland to the Xiwa Royal Military Academy. It's understandable to charge a certain fee for using the teleportation array, but it's very strange to charge such a high fee to students without a reduction policy. Those wealthy students don't care about the money, and the powerful students just break through if they are a little arrogant, how can a few garrisons stop them? For those students from ordinary families, the cost of transmission is worth half a year's ration for their family, and it is better to work hard to cross the grassland than to spend the money here, and even simply abandon school and find another way out.

What does this mean? It shows that the policy support of the Xiwa royal family for the Xiwa Royal Military Academy has existed in name only, and the positioning of the Xiwa Royal Military Academy within the Xiwa royal family is no longer the highest institution for cultivating talents for the country. This was already evident in our conversation with Dean Ba Frieza. Although the reason given by Dean Ba Frieza at that time was that the war at the front was tight, I did not believe it. There are only more than 10,000 students in the academy in total, and the teleportation fee per person is ten gold coins, so I don't believe that a huge planetary empire can't even get a subsidy of 100,000 gold coins. ”

"Then why is the Siwa royal family no longer willing to support the Siwa Royal Military Academy?" Everyone is curious about this question.

"As I have already said, the current Royal Military Academy of Siwa has changed its original intention." Demingdao sighed and said regretfully: "Do you remember the greedy expressions of those two seniors when we took out the letter of recommendation?" A letter of recommendation represents a huge semester-long discount that every student wants to enjoy. However, have you ever wondered why these letters of recommendation came in the first place? ”

"Fighters who excel on the frontline battlefield are favored by field commanders and given letters of recommendation so that they can receive further military education and become a new generation of military talent." Mu Xiaodie remembered what Chief Simon said when he left the boot camp.

"Yes! The original intention of the recommendation letter was also to find talent for the Siwa Empire, but once upon a time this thing deteriorated and became something that could be bought and sold. Students with background can get a letter of recommendation through the operation of the family and enter the school without examination; Wealthy students can buy a letter of recommendation to enter the school without taking the exam; The pillars who are really desperate on the battlefield are passing by the opportunity for promotion because their places are occupied, and they embark on another path in life.

You may not know, but there is actually another way to enroll in the Royal Military Academy of Siva, and that is to 'donate money to enroll'. This type of admission was specially designed for the children of the aristocracy and the wealthy. All students who have entered the school by donating money, as long as they have studied in the college for four years, can get a 'certificate of completion', which is commonly known as 'buying a certificate of completion', of course, if those students can study hard and have excellent grades, they can also get a 'graduation certificate'. This kind of admission method not only solves part of the school's funding problem, but also gives some children who usually have nothing to do have a chance to learn and improve. However, this method of admission has long been extinct in name only, and it no longer even appears in the admissions announcement. When did the 'donate money to school' be abandoned? It started when the name of the referee was no longer written on the recommendation letter. And why is the name of the referee not written on the recommendation letter? It was determined by the proposal jointly submitted to the Siwa royal family by other royal clans such as the werewolf clan and the fox clan. That is to say, the royal family, the royal family, the aristocracy and even the rich are joining forces to stifle the promotion path of the Xiwa Hanmen. ”

"Isn't this chronic suicide? Why would they do it? "Everybody was feeling a little uneasy.

"Top-tier educational resources are limited. In order to get as many of these resources as possible, every student in the academy must do their best to use various resources including family background, connections, etc. to deal with others, and the combination of strong and powerful is one of the most effective methods, just like the current three-legged situation within the academy is the result of mutual tilting. Students with strong capital are more likely to get resources, and students who are already weak are either attached to strong students or are simply eliminated. It can be said that the current Xiwa Royal Military Academy is the epitome of the Xiwa Empire, and the powerful families outside are also strong in the academy, and even if ordinary people are admitted to this academy, it is difficult for them to show their ambitions, either they are forced to become the lackeys of the big family, or they simply roll up and leave, for the country and the people? Inexistent!

The current Xiwa Royal Military Academy is a veritable aristocratic academy and a life training ground for the new generation of nobles, in which the nobles cultivate the connections, power skills, stratagems, and royal skills of the family successors, and lay the foundation for the future of the family. Everything is for the benefit of the family, what does it have to do with ordinary people? What is in it for the country? What's the point of such an academy supporting it? ”

"In this way, the current Royal Military Academy of Siwa is indeed contrary to the original intention of running the school." After hearing this, everyone also sighed with emotion, and their mood was a little heavy.

"Take me as an example, during the more than half a month we have been here, there have been students who come over every day to talk to us about long-term cooperation in equipment and medicines, or to form an alliance with us and be their backing, often interrupting my research ideas, which is annoying. I think it's a lot to stay in such a college for a month, let alone four years. ”

"Is Lord Dai here?"

As Deming was speaking, there was a loud call outside.

"Look, this is the third time today." Demingdao shrugged. Redtail immediately went out to euphemistically chase away the guests.

"Since Mingdao doesn't like it here, we've learned about the same, let's clean up and go!" Li Lifei said with an indifferent attitude.

"I still have some things to deal with, can I leave tomorrow?" Xiaowei asked.

"I'm going to take the test right away and I'm going to take the fourth part first." Meng Yuanyun said and prepared to go out.

"Don't worry, I'm just saying I hate endless interruptions, and I'm not leaving now. You can discuss it and set a time before you leave. Demingdao hurriedly spoke up to stop them, and said sharply: "There is one more thing: the contract we signed when we entered the school is boring!" There is also a clause hidden in this contract, which basically states that as a student of the Royal Military Academy of Siwa, he has the obligation to share weal and woe with the college, and when the college encounters a major crisis, he should help the college tide over the difficulties without hesitation. ”

"It is difficult for the school to have money and contribute powerfully as a student, which is a matter of course."

"The question is why the academy wrote this in the contract, and in the corner of the contract in a light ink that is barely visible." Demingdao reminded: "This article seems reasonable, but it leaves two loopholes that can be exploited: first, how to identify the four words 'major crisis', whether it is the dean of the college or the students, and second, the word 'obligation' means that there is no voluntary clause after signing this contract, and the students must fully obey the arrangement of the dean and the management of the college." For example, after the feces and urine burned down the martial arts arena, if the dean took the destruction of the martial arts arena as a 'major crisis' of the academy and proposed that all the students must donate money and materials, then we must take out a part of the property and donate it to the academy without hesitation. ”

"I feel very uncomfortable with such an analysis." Several of the girls who signed the school contract felt their scalps tingle.

"You don't have to be too nervous, the enrollment contract is only valid for students, as long as we graduate from here, isn't it free? So, we should learn what we should learn these days, buy what we should buy, and then apply for the graduation exam. Demingdao reminded.

Everyone nodded and began to make arrangements for graduation.

"Do you know what happened to that werewolf prince and vixen two? I haven't seen them for half a month, are the two getting together again? Demingdao asked suddenly.

"That's not it. I heard from the grapevine that the two of them were burned off their whole bodies by fire in the martial arts arena at that time, and they were using hair enhancers every day, but more than half a month has passed, and it doesn't seem to have any effect......" Mu Xiaodie said and suddenly laughed.

"It's not going to be a permanent hair removal, is it?" Deming couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing this.

"A lot of and urine have grown a body of fluff, they shouldn't be." Li Lifei analyzed: "It may be that orcs have a long lifespan, and the time it takes for them to grow hair is relatively long......"

At this time, Redtail came back from outside and reported: "My lord, His Royal Highness Prince Dures has invited you and your wife to a meeting held in the Great Hall tonight. ”

"Oh, what's the meeting about?"

"It's a meeting about representing our Siwa Royal Military Academy in the off-campus practice activities of the Pridas Rare Treasure Fair, which is held at this time of the year, and the purpose is to confirm the people who participate in the off-campus practice activities and the treasures sold by the academy at the fair."

"Okay, I see, let's go check it out in the evening." Deming Dao agreed, and then asked: "Hongwei, all the academy points on your body will be used up as soon as possible, and you can buy rare materials, professional knowledge, etc." We don't necessarily come back after we leave the academy, and it's a waste to keep those points. ”

"Yes, the master."

"Hey, that's the case with the Academy, and so is the entire Siwa Empire...... "Demingdao continued: "Ordinary people have lost the path to promotion, and they can't change their fate; The operation of the country is controlled by those royal families and nobles; Everything here is like a pool of stagnant water, lifeless. It's time for such a galactic empire to change! ”

"This phenomenon is very similar to our extinct scholar system in China!" Li Lifei also sighed: "I didn't expect that the civilization that has existed for tens of thousands of years has not been seen thoroughly by our ancestors in China. ”