Time flies, and more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye.

In the past ten years, a lot of major events have happened in the Western Continent world, for example, His Majesty Zion, the old king of the Trella Kingdom, actually turned from martial arts to magic at the age when his hair and beard were gray and he walked tremblingly, and then he became a high-level magician, and he extended his life for at least fifty or sixty years in one breath, not to mention, he was angry with the second son who was already waiting for the succession - his eldest son was not very lucky, he died at the age of sixty, and he couldn't survive his father.

His Majesty still has to be gray, but he is much more steady when he walks, and he doesn't even need crutches. Looking at his posture, it is estimated that his grandson will not be able to survive him, and if he passes on the throne, I am afraid that he will have to be great-grandchildren, or even the next generation.

No, maybe not the next generation, the next generation...... No more generations will do.

After all...... Who knows if His Majesty of Zion will break through again? If he breaks through again and steps from a mortal to a legend, he will have a lifespan of thousands of years. Even considering that his foundation is relatively poor, he can live for at least three or four hundred years.

Three or four hundred years...... How many generations will it take!

Compared to this one, everything else is about the same level. For example, the prince of the kingdom of Leighton became a warrior monk, and the king had to change his heir, the queen of the kingdom of Erantz abdicated and passed the throne to Her Majesty the princess, and the West Bunlyka changed the archon for two terms...... It's basically like "the King of Zion will continue to be on standby for a long time".

However, even if he waits for a long time, what can he do? Can he still be as good as Prime Minister Breve Sellers of the Molai Federation?

In general, none of these things had any effect on the traversers, and they were actually more concerned about one other thing in comparison.

Northern Imperial Examination.

Nearly seventy years have passed since the Travelers took control of the North. Seventy years have brought earth-shaking changes to the North. Although the development has been relatively slow due to the small population base, after years of development, the northern border has also become the most prosperous area in the entire Western Continent.

Due to the climate and soil quality, agriculture in the north has always been underdeveloped, on the contrary, because of the increase in population, it has changed from a grain production area to a food purchase area. The Northern Spirits, which once sold well all over the world, will no longer appear in ordinary hotel pubs, and only some more high-end restaurants can come up with a limited amount of Northern Spirits every year to entertain guests.

The main source of the North's economy is industry, which provides almost a quarter of the world's light industrial products, including but not limited to food processing, textiles, leather and furniture. Behind the huge production is an equally large group of workers, and behind these workers is the education of the North that has shocked the world.

Count of Tara Khan, Liv Tara Khan, once proudly said, "There are no illiterate people in Tara Khan." ”

This is not an exaggeration, starting with his grandfather Doron Tara Khan, successive Earls of Tara Khan have attached great importance to education. Especially when the Count of Dracula, which was a little northerly, announced the implementation of universal education, the Tara Khan Domain soon followed suit and promoted universal education.

More than thirty years ago, night schools were also established in the last village in the Tarakhan region. Under these circumstances, Lord Liv was able to happily announce that Tara Khan had officially entered the era of national culture at the celebration of the first anniversary of his accession to the throne.

Now, walking around any city in the Tarakhan region, any inhabitant can help you interpret the lord's policy documents, and many of them can write two lines of poetry, compose two songs, and do something like a bard.

Even in the countryside, the literacy rate is not as good as in the city, but there will never be the kind of ignorant people who can't even read simple laws and regulations, and can't even write their own names.

...... Unless he's mentally retarded.

Today, Tara Khan is regarded as the inheritor of Trera's cultural traditions, and his status in the cultural world has even surpassed that of the thousand-year-old capital of Terrela.

Three generations, more than 60 years of business, have had the lush style of Tara Khan.

In fact, if you want to talk about cultural popularization, the Dracula Collar in the north of Tara Khan is probably more popular. However, Dracula's reputation was not good, and many people did not like it, especially the nobles and scholars. Many of the policies of the "Northern Demon King" Rock Dracula made them feel uncomfortable from the bottom of their hearts, in this case, they were able to endure not saying bad things about Dracula, it was already the result of the Demon King's powerful force deterrence, and it was even more difficult for them to say two good words about Dracula than to ascend to the sky.

Of course, the Demon King of the North doesn't care what others think of him at all. He often said: "I only care about how the people live, and other things have nothing to do with me." ”

That's what he said, and that's exactly what he did.

For example, in the current Dracula collar, the officials completely adopt the selection system. A farmer who gets along well with his neighbors will be appointed as a community officer - Dracula has no villages in the usual sense, only towns of considerable size. In these towns, ordinary people who are familiar with the shortcomings of their neighbors and parents constitute the most unique ruling system in the entire Western Continent world.

These officers, if they do their job well, will be promoted to coordinate and manage more districts. If a senior officer in charge of a larger area makes a mistake, he or she will be demoted.

Dracula has no lord, or rather, there is theoretically only one lord here, and that is Count Dracula himself.

Albeit...... The Count didn't feel like a nobleman at all.

Although he is handsome, and although he often wears fancy dresses, under normal circumstances, you can find him in various institutes, schools, courts, or even fields, but you can't find him in the Lord's Palace.

The work of Dracula's "rule" was completed by a group of ordinary people who were selected from the grassroots level and had skilled management skills and rich management experience, but their bloodline and force were not worth mentioning.

Such a place can attract many young people who are full of social ideals, but it obviously does not attract ordinary aristocrats and scholars with rich historical knowledge.

At present, the mainstream society in the Western Continent has completely adopted a "isolation" attitude towards Dracula. They ignore what is happening there, they don't care, they don't discuss it, they act as if it doesn't exist.

In contrast, the Tara Khan Domain, which was closer to the mainstream ideas of the Western Continent world, was liked by them.

For example, the recent "imperial examination" to be held by the Tara Khan has made many nobles and scholars full of curiosity.

According to the edict issued by the count, Tara Khan's imperial examination was roughly divided into three levels. The first level is based on townships, and in each township, among those who have not reached the age of forty, about one-thousandth of the population can pass the cultural examination every year, and be selected and awarded the status of quasi-knight.

These would-be knights will receive uniform training and then go to various places to work for three years. After three years, they are summoned to various cities in the Tarakhan region to take the second level exam.

The second-level exam acceptance rate is about 1 in 10, and prospective knights who are admitted are officially knighted. If they wish, they can choose the right position and work in a job that makes the most of their abilities. If they want to go further, they need to travel to the city of Tarakhan to participate in the highest selection every two years after at least a year of official employment.

The selection of the highest level is presided over by the supreme rulers of the Tarakhan region, the Count himself, the Sage of the North, or the President of the Mage Guild, Anna, the archbishop of several major churches...... Anyway, it will be at least two of them who will preside over it.

There is no upper limit on the number of students admitted to the highest level of selection, only a minimum of three people at a time. Those who pass the selection are immediately entrusted with important responsibilities and receive privileges that can be hereditary for three generations.

Those who like the territory can get the territory of at least one village and become a real noble, and those who like money can get a share of the chamber of commerce and become a shareholder of the big chamber of commerce...... Of course, none of this is a big deal, and the most important thing is that those who can pass this selection will directly enter the reign sequence of Tara Khan and become one of the middle and high-ranking officials who actually rule this most prosperous land in the world.

Interestingly, Earl Tara Khan did not restrict outsiders from coming to catch the exam. Instead, he said that anyone who wished to settle in Tara Khan could take part in the imperial examinations here – provided that they passed the tests of the clergy and could not be someone with ill will towards Tara Khan.

Not only that, but for those scholars who come from other places, as long as they can pass a simple test, they can skip the first-level imperial examination and directly participate in the first second-level imperial examination to be held this fall.

In fact, this first second-level imperial examination was originally aimed at scholars.

When the news came out, scholars were overjoyed.

In the Western Continent world, the status of scholars is slightly awkward. They have a wealth of knowledge, but this knowledge does not translate directly into wealth or power. A scholar who is neither a nobleman nor a great martial artist himself will not be able to hold a high position.

There were not many such scholars, and many of the children of merchants did not have any talent for martial arts or spells, and their families did not have a lot of money. They are in an awkward position in society, and they don't have enough confidence to support them. Satisfied with the status quo? They are not reconciled.

Now, Tara Khan's imperial examination has given them a chance to rise.

The scholars of these merchants' sons are often relatively advanced in culture. Many people have deep research on history, poetry, art, etc., and are even well-known for it. In the past, they could not convert their knowledge into wealth or power, and they could only slowly age unwillingly. But now, here's their chance!

Less than half a month after the order of Count Tara Khan was issued, at least two or three hundred young scholars from all over the Western Continent hurriedly set foot on the road to the Tara Khan region. Many small businessmen whose families were not very wealthy simply sold their family property and decided that even if they couldn't get in, they would settle down in Tara Khan, work and study at the same time, and wait for the next imperial examination.

The aristocrats of all walks of life looked at this with scrutiny. For a long time, the aristocracy promoted officials and lower-level nobles through kinship or through meritorious service awards. There is nothing wrong with this approach, at least the people who are promoted are relatively reliable and trustworthy.

For the vast majority of nobles, trustworthiness is the most important thing. A trustworthy and untalented official is a hundred times better than an untrustworthy and outstanding official!

However, if they had a choice, they would also like to be able to get people who can be trusted and talented.

Therefore, at present, the nobles have slightly complicated ideas about Tara Khan's imperial examination.

Many people feel that this method should be able to recruit good talent. But are these talents really suitable for Tara Khan?

Not only that, but in this world, there are still quite a few spells that can deceive the detection methods of the clergy. Who can guarantee that these recruits are truly reliable, without relying on the ties of blood, or by means of warfare and other methods?

And...... Neither by blood, nor by war, only by examination to recruit officials, and even canonize nobles, is a little too child's play!

Moreover, there are talents in the aristocracy. Soon, some aristocrats officially proposed that this method of the imperial examination was unreliable.

The nobleman said: The selection of talents in the region of Tara Khan must have led to a great increase in the number of officials. This will increase government spending and will more likely hinder the lord's authority.

What does it take for a lord to be the most authoritative? He has to let the people know only his laws, not what he himself is like, full of power and mystery, in order to be able to assert his authority well.

For this reason, when he selects officials and lower nobles, it is better not to give the people precise rules, because the people cannot see through him.

And the approach of Count Tara Khan is exactly the opposite. The selection of talents through the imperial examination will produce a large number of officials. These officials had come into contact with the lord and lacked "ignorance" and "reverence" for the lord. When they are active in the civil society, they will spread this disrespectful attitude.

Over time, the lord's rule will be shaken. If anything happens, the people of Tara Khan will easily obey other mysterious and powerful lords, abandoning the local lords who seem to be no big deal.

These statements were echoed by many lords, and even many lords who had a good relationship with Count Tara Khan quietly contacted him and sent him a friendly high order.

Count Tarakhan had only one thing to say about this.

"What a bunch of vulgar mortals!" sent the messenger of a good lord again, and the earl, whose temples were already slightly gray, sat in the small banquet hall of the Earl's Court, shaking his glass, and complaining to Uncle Cameron sitting in front of him, his face full of helplessness.

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