Holy Roman Empire

Chapter 124 The Austrian Civil Service Examination

The Austrian government is very busy recently. The war has ended. The military rewards promised by the government must be fulfilled. The industry that has just been taken over from the church must also be managed. Universal compulsory education also requires the strong cooperation of the local government ...

The government has a lot of things, and naturally there will be a shortage of manpower. Since there is a shortage of people, it will have to recruit externally.

All kinds of talents in this world may be lacking, but only those who want to be officials.

Of course, there will be exceptions if the conditions are bad, but it is absolutely impossible in Austria.

I do n’t know how many noble children are at home, struggling to find opportunities but slowly degenerating into rice worms.

Now that the opportunity has come, it is natural to join the ruling clique.

Don't think that the grassroots civil servants will not be popular. It is not easy for the noble nobles to find a decent job.

Austria is conservative, and most of the noble children can't put down the shelf to work for the capitalists, which will damage their family reputation.

They would rather join the army and climb up slowly, rather than holding generous salaries under the capitalists, which would make them feel insulted.

At the beginning, Franz proposed to conduct a national civil service examination, which immediately met with collective opposition from the government.After analyzing the actual situation, he gave up this tempting idea in a good manner.

There are not many intellectuals in this year, but they are nobles, capitalists, middle class, and the children of civilians are rare. If they have Franz, they will not dare to use them.

As a qualified monarch, we must first ensure the loyalty of our people.As for the ability, the ordinary civil servant needs a gross ability, as long as the IQ is on the pass line and can execute the orders of the superiors, it can be competent.

So this time, we still choose among the noble children. If we look at the overall situation, the overall level of the noble children's abilities is higher. They also accepted some of the life experiences inherited from their fathers.

Of course, the emperor's face is still to be given, and the official examination is also to be held, but this is a civil service examination with unique Austrian characteristics, which excludes most people from applying for the qualification.

For example: academic qualifications require the start of high school, pass the social knowledge level test, pass the political review (three views are correct, no bad speech records, three generations of ancestors have no illegal criminal records), industry circumvention system (parents, relatives engaged in industry, children must not Reference to supervisory position) ...

If no aristocratic child gives a green light and goes directly to the second round, then the civil service examination is generally fair.

At least in terms of rationality, the government's restrictions are still in the past.After the newspaper published these restrictions, public opinion was in an uproar.

To Franz ’s surprise, such a naked exclusion condition, in the eyes of the outside world, is still a big step forward in the reform of the Austrian government, which has been highly praised by public opinion.

If he is not sure that he has not manipulated public opinion, he doubts that all these praises are all naval forces.

It is not that there is no objection. Many young students have opinions, feeling that they participate in demonstrations and criticize the government, which may become an obstacle to their application for civil servants.

Of course, their opinions can only be held in their hearts. Since the Ministry of Education has strengthened the management of the quality of school education, their work has increased a lot.

The magic weapon of the examination was cited by Franz into the Austrian education system, monthly examination once a month, mid-term examination every six months, and annual examination every year.

Every test result will be publicized. Those who are not afraid of shame can try it. The future graduation certificate will note the results during the school.

If you fail three times in a row, prepare to repeat.If repeating grades is not enough, you have to wait for the school to dismiss.

Of course, the rich and self-willed local tyrants can continue to play. They do n’t want to repeat the grade to give money. The first payment is 5,000 dong and the second reading fee, the second is 10,000 dong and the reading fee. …

If you have money, you can buy it all the way. Austrian universities do not mind selling diplomas.If there is enough money, the school performance can be modified.

Under the pressure of the Ministry of Education, Austrian students spend their days in "happy" learning.

Dare to skip class?Direct expulsion, if you have the courage to try it, what will happen if you are expelled from the school.

The most restricted bourgeoisie, this time is a collective silence, and the Vienna government has not targeted them for a day or two, and there are a lot of restrictions.

No way, the peers planned the damn March Revolution and successfully angered the Austrian government. Although the bastards were dead and running, but the government obviously still remembers the enemy?

Everyone is smart and has rich experience in social struggles. Knowing that they can't take the lead at this time, even if you have any ideas, you have to wait for the limelight to pass.

Franz anticipated these circumstances in advance, and what worries him most is that some people oppose the privileges of the nobility, causing domestic unrest.

Originally, the nobility had the upper hand and went directly to the second round, which simply didn't leave opportunities for others.

It turns out that he just wanted too much.The majority of the Austrian people have not been so conscious.No matter what conditions are set, it is impossible for them to turn, and it is none of their business to hang high.

For disguising the prohibition of capitalists from becoming public officials, everyone agrees.These guys are already very dark. If they become officials again, will they still have to?

Well, since everyone does not express their opinions, Franz assumes that everyone has no opinion.

Things were settled like this, not only for the examination, but also for the direct interview. Franz didn't bother to ask how he recruited people from all departments. He just wanted the result.

The bureaucrats are not fools. The people they recruit now are to do things, and they are low-level civilian officials. How can they get a bunch of lords to come in and add chaos?

If they do not do well, it means that they have to be held accountable by superior officials. The Austrian government does not have a temporary worker system that can be used to push the cylinder.

Since Prime Minister Felix came to power, the Austrian bureaucracy has been cleaned up. At this time, the government has not improved the efficiency of its affairs.

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Schönbrunn Palace, located in the southwestern part of Vienna, was built in the 17th century. It has undergone several expansions in the middle, and was not completed until the time of Queen Marie Theresa.

It has 1441 rooms, with a total area of ​​up to 26,000 square meters, has a variety of regional cultural styles, and is second only to the Palace of Versailles in luxury.

Franz was born in Schönbrunn Palace. It may be influenced by the memory of his predecessor, and he has a unique feeling for this place. He stayed here after he succeeded to the throne.

The palace is dedicated to oriental classical architecture, such as Chinese-style rooms inlaid with rosewood, ebony, and ivory, and Japanese-style rooms decorated with lacquered gold and lacquer.

The decorations inside the room are also harmoniously coordinated in an oriental style, with ceramics inlaid on the walls and ceiling.Among the dazzling array of ceramics, there are Chinese celadon, Ming Dynasty Wanli colored porcelain plates and Cuohua vases.

Take any one of these things before you cross, you can get rid of the cock silk career, but now it is placed in front of him in a wholesale manner.

Except for the initial excitement, Franz felt little.What about antiques?As far as his status is concerned, as long as it is what he has used, it will be antique relics in later generations.

The prerequisite is that he has always succeeded. If it fails, the value of these things will be greatly reduced.

Franz knows that the luxurious Schönbrunn Palace is actually a bad project.The Schönbrunn Palace at the time of the design was larger than the Palace of Versailles in terms of scale and luxury, but due to limited financial resources, the original design failed.

As a disciplined pick-up man, Franz does n’t mind completing the original design. Of course, this is a future thing. Now he ca n’t bear to throw money on it.

I don't know when it started, Franz likes to drink tea and read newspapers under a huge tree.

"Your Majesty, Prince Wendy Schgratz asks."

The maid sounded crisply, awakening the frantic Franz.

"Bring him over and add a chair by the way." Franz ordered

This is his respect for the ministers. In informal occasions, everyone is very casual in discussing matters. The chair is there to sit and sit casually. What coffee, tea, juice likes, and he told the maid to take it.

Unless it is the first time to meet, Franz will greet himself.Behind are all you love, don't expect your great emperor to greet you every day.

As for the way Franz handles things, Prince Wendisch Gratz is very clear. The big nobles naturally have the demeanor of the big nobles.

After the etiquette, I sat on the chair next to me and asked the maid for a cup of coffee before saying:

"Your Majesty, you see that all government departments are expanding their staff. Our abducted officers also need to be resettled. How about letting them fill any part of the position?"

It ’s a normal operation in Austria.Take Franz ’s cabinet as an example, all of them are soldiers.

This is the choice of the vast majority of nobles in the German region. Adult children must go into the army, even if they only serve nominally, they must go through the scene.

This is the general environment, and Wu Zhuanwen naturally has no obstacles.Prince Wendishgratz made this request, but simply wanted to open the back door.

"In principle, there is no problem, but what position they are suitable for, still need to be decided after the assessment." Franz replied calmly

Prince Wendisch Gretz continued to fight: "Your Majesty, these transferred officers have military merits, they ..."

"I know all these things. It is for their own good that I think they should be placed in a position that suits them.

If you give them an incompetent position, I think this is not a reward, but is framing them.

The Austrian government is no longer the original Austrian government. Now every employee in the government is responsible for his work.

If you have a problem because of your own inability, you have to be accountable. Do you want these heroes to lose their reputation in the rest of their lives?Asked Franz.

Perhaps he felt that his words were a bit heavy, and Franz added: "Instead of saying this here, the War Department might as well train retired officers once they have the ability to compete, can they still compete with others?"

Preferential treatment?Franz did give preferential treatment to soldiers, but the problem is that the basic principles cannot be lost, and the same conditions can take precedence.If you are not capable, you can only do simple work.