Ladislaus underestimated the hatred of humans for exams and the importance of this exam. Although he repeatedly stated that only sixty points would be enough to pass, which means that if you can answer six of the ten Latin commands and semaphores correctly, you will pass.

But those officers all believed that this exam would determine their career. Although a score of 60 or above could avoid immediate reprimands and re-examination, the score would affect their future.

They guessed right, where can there be room for 40% mistakes on the battlefield?

Although Ladislaus will definitely put more emphasis on those who have perfect scores, he does not want to immediately punish those who are barely qualified. He only plans to slowly increase the requirements, and eventually reach the point where the order is fully understood and only accommodates small mistakes that occur by chance.

In fact, in Ladislaus's view, even if he is accurate every time in the exam, when it comes to actual combat, there will inevitably be many mistakes.

The error tolerance rate for writing assignments can only be 50% at most.

Ladislaus' memory of Liddy and his background of being born in Liguria, the richest region in Europe in this era, made him underestimate the difficulty of his exam. In his opinion, he chose only ten out of dozens of tactical moves.

Being able to explain and implement six is ​​a standard that is not difficult to achieve.

In fact, it would be good if most officers could obey the orders of their immediate superiors in their native language. If they yelled at them more than a dozen times on the battlefield and then figured it out based on the situation, it would be almost the same. If they switched to Latin and fought for their lives, it would probably be enough.

After all, most officers often attended the Dark Sun Priest's mass, and semaphores were too advanced a technology for junior officers. They believed that once a semaphore appeared, they would be given points. They gave points to Ladislaus.

And Ladislaus forgot to define the scope of the exam, for example, ten questions out of fifteen. Or ten questions out of twelve?

The difficulty is too high and the more powerful people are, the less they believe in fair competition, turning this exam from a cultural test into a power test.

The officers each showed their special abilities and demonstrated their devious talents.

Ladislaus initially wanted to have a group exam, but the test papers he commissioned to be printed were leaked. Of course, Ladislaus hated those bastards for not studying well for more than three months.

He refused to stay up late to review, and even more so, he refused to prepare cheat sheets, insisting on doing things that were against the law and discipline.

You must know that in order to prepare for this exam, Ladislaus spent days on the ship preparing for the exam questions.

In order to cope with very difficult exams, such as the history of the European Middle Ages, Li Di had made some small cheats, so Ladislaus automatically excluded the cheat sheets from the category of "violation of law and discipline".

Of course, this was also his original attitude. During the exam, if an officer secretly glanced at a strange place and then wrote furiously, Ladislaus would at best scold him afterwards and give him a chance.

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If you are passing small notes to each other, then reprimand a few more people.

It was obvious that even though Ladislaus had been a big shot for a while, he still lacked courage. He didn't think of directly stealing exam papers.

This can be regarded as a process of him adapting to his position of power. No matter how many exams he takes, ordinary people would never think of stealing exam papers. However, for most noble officers in Austria, it is incredible to study honestly.

Bribing printers to steal test papers is an outright crime, and the damage it causes is not comparable to cheat sheets.

Ladislaus got the news of someone's attack from several channels, which shows that although he is a bit slow as an organizer of exams, at least he can be considered smart as a monarch.

In fact, feedback came from different channels to different buyers, and the buyers also bought different question pirates.

Boss Sirica proved his worth. The original guard who was supposed to guard Ladislaus's personal proposition and his briber caught thieves and seized stolen goods during the transaction, and were caught red-handed during the transaction.

Neither current criminal has the courage to hide anything.

No torture was used. The question thief revealed several gang members who participated in the money sharing, and the briber revealed a mini-corps of four or five officers.

The money-spenders on the guard side were not worth mentioning. Ladislaus could have executed the mastermind and sent the criminals to move bricks according to the seriousness of the crime, but he did not do so for the time being.

This is because if it is handled in this way, it will be very troublesome to deal with the pirated officer group. This is not a group established through money, but the result of several generations of marriage, although the ones who are caught are all the lowest-ranking officers.

, drummers and flag bearers, not even a deputy company captain appeared, let alone any really important big shot.

But Ladislaus knew very well that behind the scenes of this network, there must be a figure of the co-captain level.

He or his father and ancestor carefully weaved this spider web of bloodline and power. In fact, it is similar to the Habsburg family, except that the warlock royal family caught the deer in the world in its web.

Although the identity of this senior officer can be basically determined through marriage relationships and interests, the cost of disposing of him is too high.

There are many ways for the co-captain to be "uninformed", and it is even possible that he is really uninformed. His children will naturally report him if he succeeds in such a bad thing, but he is not guilty if he fails.

How to deal with this group of people became a problem for Ladislaus. For this reason, he did not even deal with the other criminals immediately, so as not to let himself be bound by the "fair treatment" in front and have no other choice.

This time he did not act arbitrarily, but chose his own ministers to study together. However, it was not the two close ministers Machiavelli and Sazastan who could tell the truth. In fact, Ladislaus also roughly understood it.

When it comes to military issues, he has to deal with special issues and devote all his energy.

So Hohenzollern Chief of Staff and Secrecy Bureau Chief Jones became the main advisers on this matter.

By the way, Jones' Secrecy Bureau also uncovered a case of stealing and selling test papers, which was also very large, but the Church of Musk, the God of Thieves, didn't have to be polite, Ladislaus eradicated them mercilessly.

Of course, it’s not that easy to follow the clues. The Musk Church is very reputable on this issue. People who know their customers cannot be caught, and those who are caught don’t even know what they are stealing.

Although the leader of the priest can never be caught, those small fish and shrimps are somewhat useful. Anyway, they are not guilty of death. Stealing from behind bars is a more serious crime than stealing from outside. Just go to the construction site to atone for your sins. Anyway, Musk's followers will never be punished.

It is impossible to kill them all.

They will never make it to the political table, so no one cares about them.

This officer faction is the real trouble. In fact, Captain Hohenzollern and Jones are somewhat related to it.

Ladislaus began with cautious explorations.

The result was not bad. When Ladislaus summoned the two men one after another, at first they insisted on following the clues to kill them and punish all the criminals severely. Finally, they did not forget to suggest that all their property should be invested in the great Vienna New City construction plan.

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Ladislaus spent a lot of effort to convince them that his monarch was not taking advantage of the opportunity to make money this time, but their attitude was basically certain that they were more or less connected with this officer corps.

But not very close yet.

Therefore, the two high-ranking officials did not hesitate to prove their loyalty. They did not know that Ladislaus did not care about the opinions of Machiavelli and Sazastan on this issue. Otherwise, they would be even more worried and might propose to imprison themselves.

Beheaded.

It's just that Ladislaus was unwilling to risk stimulating conflicts among the officer corps. What he most needed through his series of fund-raising activities was the stability of the army.

Although with the prestige of the sorcerer royal family, he might be able to suppress it even if it was a bloodbath from top to bottom, but Ladislaus did not want to take the risk of triggering a rebellion, and he wanted to find a compromise.

A method to ensure that all officers can take the exam with peace of mind, so Ladislaus needs the help of two local snakes compared to his cronies who are smart but have no connections.

It was said that he was asking for advice, but in fact he was asking for contacts. Ladislaus wanted to use their personal network to punish the officers of that faction and at the same time appease these officers and other members.

The Hohenzollern officer naturally had the deepest connections. Through communication with him, Ladislaus was convinced of his previous judgment that behind the officers who stole the documents was indeed the regimental commander he suspected.

This captain can be regarded as a member of the Dark Sun Bishop faction in Vienna in the past, and he is also a brave warrior.

Ladislaus wanted to ask the captain of the regiment to retire through the Hohenzollern Chancellor, and at the same time ensure the safety of the family's property. It was of course limited, but it was not empty talk. If one of his sons got a public office, a son-in-law would also

Priority will be given to promotion to company captain.

The other secrets of those officers that Chief Jones has in his possession can also come in handy. Most of them are just ordinary purchases to get a little kickback, which can be traded together.

Ladislaus could not rectify the hidden rules so deeply. He could eliminate gaps and improve the quality of training through day and night inspections, but there were always some gray areas that he could not enter.

This is a problem for monarchs within all systems. No matter how thoughtful internal reformers are, they do not have the freedom of external revolutionaries.

So Ladislaus asked Jones to also persuade senior officers to retire, and to put all the middle- and lower-level officers who were offered up into another roll. Unless they can prove that they are very special on the battlefield, their upward path is over.

However, except for the officer who was caught on the spot, none of the other members who were exposed were publicly punished.

The one who was caught on the spot was not dead, but he had to move bricks with the slaves.

The mastermind who sold the documents was executed, and the accomplices also went to move bricks.

The crime of theft while in prison is increased by one level, which is more heinous than a thief.
Chapter completed!