Lord of Arcane

Chapter 1313

In a normal civilization, individual force must not become the main source of individual identity and status, because it is not beneficial to civilization and order.

This is like on the earth, some people are born with amazing strength, and some people are born with weakness. Does it mean that those with strong strength have the privilege of being superior to others?
Those with strong power naturally have an orderly way to realize their power, rather than just relying on power itself to grab it by themselves.

In other words, Xia Duo does not object to better treatment for the powerful, but the premise is that he can contribute to civilization, and the most basic point of this is not to oppose order.

If a strong man is outside the order, no matter how strong he is, Xia Duo will regard him as an enemy.

Of course, the order here does not specifically refer to the order led by Xia Duo himself, but refers to the order in a broad sense.

In layman's terms, it is a person who can communicate, accept compromises, and understand trade-offs, and is a more rational and predictable person, regardless of good or evil.

Not a lunatic who acts recklessly and does whatever he wants.

……

After talking with Jose about the new textbooks and some issues about the promotion assessment mechanism, it was almost noon, and Xia Duo finally ordered:

"I'll leave the matter of the new textbook to you. In addition, please release the word about the promotion assessment as soon as possible. It will be officially implemented after the Midsummer Festival."

"Yes, my lord." Jose put away the reference materials on the table and agreed without hesitation.

But at the same time, he also raised his concerns, "If the news of the promotion assessment is released now, I am worried that some apprentices will deliberately advance the promotion regardless of the current learning progress, which may cause a lot of confusion."

For what Jose said, Xia Duo had already expected it, but "punishing without teaching" is not his style, and there must be a certain buffer before any policy is implemented.

Otherwise, if the order is changed day by day, the order will be completely reduced to a trifle.

"Mage Jose doesn't have to worry about this, the Tower of Time is not even able to afford this kind of expenses, it's just that some people have obtained the authority and treatment that don't belong to him in advance, and they will definitely pay a certain price for it in the future. "

"My lord, the price you said is—" Jose was startled, and asked hastily.

"Don't worry about how I will target them. The price I said comes entirely from themselves. You said that some people have suddenly become official mages, and enjoy the authority and treatment of official mages, and then they can calm down and complete apprenticeships." Stage coursework? In the future, formal mages will also have to participate in the promotion assessment. If the foundation is lacking, they will definitely spend more time than others to make up for it. Isn't this the price of taking shortcuts?"

"So it is."

Knowing that Xia Duo would not deliberately target those people, Jose also let go of his worries. Sometimes he took a shortcut, and he should really pay the corresponding price.

However, he still decided to put more emphasis on the importance of basic courses while letting out the wind. Even if it is not for promotion, these can become valuable wealth for their lifetime benefits.

……

After leaving the Academic Affairs Office, Xia Duo called Shang Niya to Linshui Village for lunch. During the meal, he told Niya about the reform of the promotion mechanism.

Niya wasn't surprised by this, "That's what the Tower of Time used to do. It's just that there isn't a clear promotion standard, and it's completely up to my father to decide. But there seems to be some problems with the promotion assessment you mentioned!"

"what is the problem?"

"If you can be promoted only by the assessment, and the content of the assessment is all magic-related content that everyone can learn, wouldn't it mean that as long as someone is smart enough, he can quickly rise to the top?"

Xia Duo was surprised that Niya discovered the problem so quickly. In fact, the promotion mechanism he is now working on is essentially the improvement of academic qualifications and corresponding treatment in [Projection Plane Remains of the Empire].

It is accompanied by the promotion of specific positions and ranks.

It's just that the Tower of Time doesn't need to do so many complicated things all at once, and there aren't many positions for relevant personnel to be promoted, so I didn't do it, and I will definitely do it in the future.

……

Xia Duo briefly explained the difference between academic qualifications and positions, and Niya immediately realized that this is the promotion mechanism of the academic system, which is just suitable for the current stage of the academic transformation of the Tower of Time.

In fact, in the magical world, because knowledge can be easily converted into force, education-force-position-treatment can basically be equated.

What Xia Duo wants is to cut off the direct relationship between "force" and "position", and transform it into a healthy development model from "education" to "position", or from "ability" to "position".

This seems to be an extra circle, but in fact it has laid the foundation of civilization, making everything develop in an orderly manner, instead of being trapped in a deformed state where individual force is paramount.

In the future, there may be consuls who specialize in governance but have little knowledge in the field of magic, who can directly command the grand arcanist to launch a battle, or specialize in a certain research project.

Although this possibility is very small, it does exist.

For example, Leiden, although he has mastered the holy power and his combat power is obviously higher than that of ordinary people, compared with a real spellcaster, he still has great limitations.

Now there are more than 250 commissioned apprentices studying in the Tower of Time in Daxia. Except for some who hope to continue their studies in the field of magic, they will stay in the Tower of Time to continue their studies. Should it go to Leighton management?

In Xia Duo's plan, magic is science, and everyone has the opportunity to receive magic education, but in reality not everyone is suitable to go further on this road.

Just like Xia Duo's hometown, everyone can go to school, but not everyone will become a scientific research worker, and more will be other occupations.

The same is true in the magic world. In the future, only a few people will specialize in magic research. Although most people are engaged in magic-related professions, they have already left the front line of research.

Interrupting the direct connection between "force" and "position", "remuneration" or "identity" and "status" actually enables spellcasters of non-magic research occupations to exist stably and continue to develop.

Of course, due to the high instability of individual force, Xia Duo still needs a "gun" that can effectively maintain this order.

But at this stage, only his personal force and prestige can dominate the order of all this.

In the future, with the development of the Tower of Time and the merging of the Great Xia Territory and the Savile Territory, the order will become one, and it will not be difficult to select qualified "Dharma Guardians" from the new system.

Xia Duo has full confidence in this.

……

After lunch, Xia Duo was going to look around the territory, but suddenly received an unexpected message, which made him change his afternoon schedule, and instead returned to the Tower of Time with Niya.

(End of this chapter)