Chapter 2532 The Real Killer

The more suffering there is, the more it should be the era when thinkers appear. The so-called misfortune of the country and the luck of the poet are the same. In these chaotic years, people with lofty ideals should look for hope.

But when all the people with lofty ideals appear in the army, it will be very embarrassing.

As the first time in human history that the ancient system of bloodline rule of "Shiqing Shilu" was broken through, the awarding of military merits can be said to have a long history. After the emergence of the awarding of military merits, it has become an enduring talent selection method in human history. system.

In Dulan's hometown, the awarding of military honors first began with the Wei Wuzu formed by the Wei State. This army can be said to be the first powerful army in the Warring States Period. After that, various countries implemented reforms one after another, among which Qin's reforms were the most thorough. The conferment of generals and titles was extended to the whole country, and eventually it became the division of tigers and wolves.

Before the emergence of Wei Wuzu, talents who wanted to get ahead could only join the nobles and become hangers-on or hangers-on. In fact, they were equivalent to dog-headed military advisors. They just waited for the opportunity to use their talents to gain rewards and complete the transition, but it was very difficult. But it's easy to build military merit in battles, as long as your limbs are sound.

In the Han Dynasty, no one wanted to fight anymore, but the country still had to operate and could not do without talents, so there was a system of detecting filial piety and integrity, which was to select talents by local governments. Naturally, there was no problem at the beginning, because it was a small government and a big place at the beginning, and there were kings with different surnames and kings with the same surname. But it obviously didn't work after the Han Dynasty completed the complete unification. However, the imperial examination system did make the Han Dynasty rich in talents. The fact that one or two top talents emerged from every place during the Three Kingdoms period shows that this system worked very well.

In the chaotic era of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng system was developed based on the examination of filial piety and integrity. Central officials went to the local areas to find talents and divided them into nine grades. But later it became a clan system, where knowledge was monopolized by clans and talents were monopolized.

Then came the Sui and Tang Dynasties, when the imperial examination made its debut. After 1,300 years, each dynasty improved the imperial examination, and the imperial examination became the main way to select and circulate talents.

Although great poets such as Li Bai hated the imperial examination, it was indeed a highly feasible system for selecting talents in peacetime.

Although the conferment of military honors can shine brightly in the era of territorial expansion, it is very likely to become a serious problem in peacetime, leading to militarism, leading to the subjugation of superiors and so on.

Although Eldia and Marais are advancing in technology now, they have made no achievements in talent selection. Nobles and nobles still control the upward path, and civilians can only join the army if they want to get ahead.

The world of giants is not the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. In the Spring and Autumn Period, when Shiqing Shilu was a noble, a scholar must have a beautiful rhetoric if he wanted to join the nobility, and the level of a scholar was higher than that of a noble. But in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, poor families had no noble children, and education was completely controlled by the clans. The clans had a prominent background and monopolized education, and they were simply able to control the sky with one hand. As long as they considered their own family, their level did not need to be too high.

The same is true for Eldia, so the imperial examination is required.

Dulan looked at this group of young people in the training corps and felt deeply that the country's problems were serious. It was a stagnant water in peacetime, but militarism and subjugation of the superior in times of war needed to be changed.

"You should take more cultural classes, starting from 104." Dulan immediately started to make trouble, so he directly told these teenagers: "You are unwilling to join the militia corps because you feel there is no future. I can tell you now, wait until you After graduation, you will take an exam organized by the militia corps, and you will become an official directly if you pass the exam!"

Official?

This is a dream treatment. You have to know that even if you rank in the top ten in training, you can only freely choose a corps to join. You will start from the grassroots and you don't know when you will be able to stand out. But the militia corps directly let them become officials? That would be great.

"What exam?"

"Of course it's a cultural test. Not only do you need to be able to pass it, but you also need to have a profound concept of governance. I will give you night classes after that. The content of the test will be in the night classes. If you are not afraid of hardship and tiredness, then come Let's go to class. I guarantee that you will reap the rewards of your hard work." Dulan knew that someone would definitely come over, because the benefits of being an official directly are extraordinary, and there is no second chance in Eldia.

Therefore, Duran's night classes were packed with seats. Except for a few teenagers who did not seek advancement or had no intention of joining the militia, everyone else came.

Very good, as expected, there will be brave men under the heavy reward, and these people will become a new force in thinking about the future of the country.

Duran's class goes from the shallower to the deeper, talking about national and racial issues, and of course some profound philosophical thoughts, such as fatalism and causality. The content is all-encompassing, ranging from astronomy to geography, with interpersonal relationships and social ethics in between.

These young people had no chance to come into contact with it, and it could even be said that even princes, generals and ministers would not learn things. Now Dulan has stuffed them into their minds. Many people's brains have been shut down and they cannot learn at all. If they were not officials, they would not be exempted from this crime.

Training every day, eating only sweet potatoes, and having to spend your brain studying at night is completely self-inflicted.

Despite the difficult learning conditions, several top students were still produced, and Armin was one of them. He was very excited to learn, because in the past, when he read books, he only knew that there were flaming rivers, frozen plains, flying sand, and boundless land outside. Waters, but do not want to think that there are intangible and unimaginable things beyond these tangible and imaginable worlds.

It's too abstract and difficult to learn, but also too interesting. Armin absorbs knowledge like a sponge, while his two friends are just foils. Mikasa sits there dumbfounded, daydreaming, and Eren has fallen asleep. He just wants to expel the Titans, and Duran's class obviously can't help him expel the Titans, so he doesn't care at all.

Learning these things really can't expel the Titans, but it can make people know that in addition to the Titans, there are many other issues that humans need to consider.

It's not just about expelling the Titans.

Expelling the Titans is a top priority for individuals who hate Titans, but it's just a small matter for the entire human society. Solving human problems will naturally unify ideology, unite forces, inspire the spirit of human fearlessness of sacrifice, and naturally expel the Titans.

These are things that Eren can't see, but Armin is learning. He understands that expelling the Titans is not a matter of relying on a few corps, but everyone must contribute. Scientists need to develop technology, farmers need to grow more food, the top leaders need to correct their attitudes, and all levels of society need to unify their thoughts.

Instead of the current situation where each level has its own little calculations, people inside the wall only regard refugees as a burden, nobles only think about pleasure, and are still suppressing technological development, while managers at all levels are scheming against each other. It is a complete mess. Unless they pray for a final decisive weapon to appear, how can they solve the problem? They can't give an answer.

Many two-dimensional works seem very naive because they never consider the problem of organizational ability, and only hope that a final decisive weapon will appear to solve all problems. But in fact, organizational ability is the real killer. Using talent selection and ideology to twist the entire society into a rope is the most powerful weapon.

Why haven't the giants been expelled? It's not because the giants are too powerful, but because the society has no organizational ability, and the whole society has not thought about expelling the giants. If the whole society thinks about expelling the giants, then the unintelligent giants are no match for the malicious humans.