Chapter 380: Temple Warrior
The management of the temple warrior academy that Qian De and the others are going to is not strict, and even the age limit can be paid off.
If Philip's academy is an undergraduate, then the Templar Academy is a junior college, which can basically be attended by giving money, and the study period is only two years, and the only thing is that the assessment of graduation grades is very rigorous, because this determines the future rank and allowance of the Templar Warrior.
After much deliberation, Philip decided that everyone, including Alle, would attend, even if it was not a small amount, but who would make him rich and capricious.
Among them, because the foundation is too poor and the direction of future development is limited, Allie just spends money to buy a certificate in order to enter the system justifiably.
But he put forward high requirements for others, that is, to obtain a graduation certificate, becoming a registered temple warrior is only the foundation, and to obtain as many special assessment grading certificates as possible, which is the foundation for them to settle down in the temple system in the future.
Don't think that these Templars just need to follow their Templars all the way, be willing to endure hardships and dare to fight hard.
Every registered regular Templar is the best of their age, chosen from a pool of countless outstanding young people.
That is, Philip won the favor of Melissa, who was still the bishop of Gokan City at the time, otherwise it would take him at least two years to enter this academy and pass more than a dozen examinations, large and small.
For example, the High Templar Knights Branch of the Southern Temple Seminary admits no more than 40 students each year, and the competition ratio exceeds 800:1.
Not only that, but the admission of these 40 people does not mean that all of them can successfully graduate and obtain the qualification of Templar Knights, and the cumulative elimination rate in three years is as high as 40%.
This means that at least 16 of these 40 young heroes will not be able to become Templar Knights, and what awaits them will be to become Templar Samurai or simply leave the Templar system.
Since the competition among the Templars was so fierce, the pressure of competition on the Templars as their vassals was also extremely great.
If nothing else, let's just say that those Templar Warriors who failed the Templar Exam and transferred to another class are a peak that ordinary samurai can't surpass.
Failure in the assessment does not mean that they are not good enough, they have proven themselves to be able to enter this academy through layers of selection, but the training and assessment of the Templar Knights is full of all kinds of experience.
It's not so much about seeing who is better, it's about competing for who has fewer shortcomings, because the temple only needs more well-rounded talents.
Especially with the development of the temple to the present, as the number of Templars increases, the vacant positions, especially those that are popular, are becoming fewer and fewer, so the competition is becoming more and more fierce, even perverted.
Perhaps a genius hundreds of years ago is just a guy with mediocre talent in today's assessment standards.
Therefore, for the sake of the future life of Qian De and others, in order to allow them to accompany him to go further, Philip would rather spend a lot of money and let them make good use of these three years to study hard and improve their comprehensive ability.
Maybe one day in the future, one of his friends can no longer accompany him to continue walking, then Philip, as the guide who brought him into the temple, will be responsible for the rest of his life.
The Templar Knights are roughly divided into three categories.
The first type is the personal guards, who only need to register with the temple and do not need to take the temple samurai certificate, which is also known as the induction certificate.
Because all the expenses of this part of the samurai were paid by the temple knights themselves, and the temple of birth, old age, sickness and death did not care.
There is theoretically no upper limit to the number of these samurai, and as long as this temple samurai can afford to spend it, no one cares if you equip an army.
In fact, there is still an unspoken rule, which is stipulated in the Temple Code, that is, when the number of personal guards of the Templar Knights exceeds a certain number, the Temple has the power to levy a large tax as a mild means of monitoring this force.
So in general, Templars below the title of Knight will not have more than 30 personal guards, while Title Knight will not have more than 80 people, Paladins 200, and Holy Knight 500.
The second category is the serious registered Templar Warriors, who enjoy the temple allowance according to their respective ranks and special certificate levels, just like the Templars.
Somewhat similar to the civil servants with an establishment, the Templars privately subsidized them no matter how much the temple subsidised, but they were given a living allowance every year, and they also enjoyed various preferential policies within the temple, such as the right to purchase special goods and the right to manufacture and maintain weapons and armor.
Not to mention other benefits and post allowances, this living expenses alone are very generous, and the income of a title temple warrior is comparable to the chaep of a baron lord with real power.
Although it is not comparable to the title knight, it also makes the vast majority of peers who rely on martial arts to eat envy and jealousy.
At least before entering the recession period and retiring, as long as you don't spend extravagantly, you are fully capable of becoming a rich man to spend the rest of your life.
This part of the Templar Warriors had less dependence and a sense of belonging to the Templars than their personal guards, and while they were loyal to the Templars, they were also official Templars and were subject to the management of the Temple.
Every two or three years, the temple will also conduct a systematic assessment according to the rank and position of the samurai.
The results of this assessment would follow the Templar Samurai throughout his career, until the samurai was disqualified from serving due to old age or other violations, and he chose to retire or be imprisoned.
Generally speaking, however, the Templars will not interfere with the freedom of the Templars without having a clear affiliation with the Templars.
These people all follow their knights to run around in front of various posts, which can be regarded as the personal team of the Templar Knights, assisting the knights in completing the corresponding work.
The third type of temple warrior is a little special.
Theoretically, they were no different from the second type of samurai, but for various reasons, they dissolved their affiliation with the Templars and became a free Templar samurai, or simply the descendants of the local temples themselves, attached to the temples.
It is known that the Templar Warrior is like the right and left hands of the Templar, and a state of interdependence is formed between the two.
However, in the thousands of years since the development of the temple, there have always been temple warriors who have become free due to various circumstances.
For example, the knight of the temple died in battle, or the temple warrior was originally a family member inside the temple, and because of his qualifications, he could not become a knight, so he simply became an exclusive warrior in a certain place or even a certain position.
Even if your Templar Knight is like water, this place is occupied by the samurai's family.
Of course, this is also the most annoying, and every year the temple will pass various assessments and inspections to eliminate this black sheep, but because the family of this temple warrior has been operating in the local area for a long time and has a large power, it is quite difficult to clean up.
As far as Philip knew, one of his teachers, Paladin Leonardo, had held a similar position during his residency in Gaukan City for the first two years, but he was not facing Gaukan City.
For this reason, Leonardo dealt with a group of people ruthlessly, and at the same time offended the forces behind these people, so he couldn't wait to find the diocese and avoid it.
The fact that paladins are so timid shows how deeply ingrained this group has become within the temple.
Of course, there is also a situation, that is, because of qualifications, this Templar can no longer keep up with the development of the knight to which he belongs, or because of some mistake he is abandoned by the Templar.
However, this is rare, and usually the Templar Knights would not do this unless there is gross negligence, and even ordinary unawakened people can eat a bite of food, let alone a powerful Templar.
Therefore, generally this kind of temple warrior will be despised by the entire industry, and gradually unable to be assigned a suitable position, so he chooses to retire early and fend for himself.
Philip's previous understanding was somewhat misunderstood, after all, the temple of Kokan Castle was still very different from this holy city, just like the local pheasant university and the famous university in Kyoto.
In terms of the division of the Templars, he had always thought that those warriors who graduated from the seminary should also be Templars, but he was wrong.
Although these young men were already ranked as the most basic soldiers in the temple ranks, the temple did not recognize their status as temple warriors in terms of strict administrative divisions, except for those who had obtained divine status through the professional examination of the temple warriors.
To put it bluntly, it is a temporary worker, on the one hand, the basic armed forces of the temple in various places need these basic manpower to form the Knights of the Templars of all levels, and on the other hand, it can also provide a job that is not very well-paid for those young people who have graduated from intermediate seminaries.
While solving their employment problems, it can also give these young people time to accumulate experience, improve themselves, and strive to awaken as soon as possible and advance to the ranks of Templars and Templars.
At least a considerable number of his classmates in the next few years should be selected through this way.
Among the above-mentioned types of temple warriors, Alie naturally belongs to the first type because of the great restrictions he is subjected to.
In any case, Philip will not leave his brother-in-law alone, and the character of this otherworldly continent-like Sun Dasheng is not suitable for taking too much responsibility, it is good to be an unrestrained gold medal fighter with double flowers and red sticks.
As for the others, Philip hopes that they will all become registered temple warriors, not that he can't afford those allowances, in fact, everyone's tuition fees are ridiculously expensive, and it's better to spend money on a certificate than to spend money on school.
He hopes that these brothers will be able to take charge of themselves, not only to become his right-hand men in his career, but also to realize their own life values at the same time.
Having said all this, although Chand and the others were a little embarrassed about being a student again at their own age, Philip and the others quickly came to a consensus, and the only thing that was a little awkward was Duke.