Chapter 184

The establishment of the Imperial Academy of magic has been officially put on the agenda.

The location of the college was decided a few months ago. The Imperial College in the future will be built in a military fortress not far from the Acropolis to the southwest of the imperial capital. That military fortress has been established for decades, and its former function was to serve as an arch guard of the imperial capital. However, with the establishment of the Acropolis, its utilization rate has been greatly reduced. In addition to the annual spring drill, the military fortress is basically in a semi idle state.

There are many aspects to consider in selecting this place as the site of the magic academy. The most important point is to save money. The Empire's finance is not abundant. If a huge military academy is rebuilt, it will cause a lot of extra huge expenses to the Empire's finance. Undoubtedly, it is a good choice to use a ready-made military fortress.

Moreover, the address of the school is far away from the imperial capital, far away from the magic trade union, but there are nearly 20000 guards stationed on one side. A acropolis is nearby. This consideration must be from Prince Chen.

In the military fortress, the original playground was planted with large green spaces and flower beds, and the rows of permanent barracks inside were transformed into school buildings.

As a magic academy, a base for training magic talents for the Empire, for the reason of confidentiality, 1000 guards were added around.

In such a fortress that can accommodate tens of thousands of soldiers, there were only less than 200 people at the beginning.

One hundred trainees were finally determined after a fierce struggle among all aspects of the Empire. For this competition, Dewey did not participate, he is willing to stay out. In the end, the Magic Union got 30 places as expected. The imperial family, Prince Chen, directly selected 40 from the most loyal members of the royal family.

The last 30 places. It's from the military.

The magic guild accounts for 30 percent, the royal family 40 percent, and the military 30 percent.

According to the agreement secretly reached by several parties, this proportion will continue to be used in the future.

On top of the other matters of the school, the royal family and the Magic Union once again went through a fierce competition.

The Magic Union hopes to turn the Academy into a situation where "traditional" magicians are trained purely. What is a traditional magician?

To put it simply: arrogant, noble, with the dignity of a magician. High status, mysterious, and... Old fashioned.

Of course, this evaluation comes from Prince Chen. He is very dissatisfied with it, because in the Regent's plan, the establishment of the magic academy is not to cultivate a group of new "magicians"! Imperial military, Royal. Need a group of magicians to serve them! It's not a group of masters who need to hold them high!

Once upon a time, in order to attract a magician, those noble families spared no effort to spend a lot of money, and even some noble families had to be polite to those magicians, even groveling. To be favored by the magicians.

But this is absolutely not allowed for Prince Chen!

"I don't want a group of masters! I want a group of people who can serve the Empire! "

But Prince Chen's point of view was opposed by the magic trade union, because the magic trade union thought it was harmful to the authority of the magician. In their opinion. The magician should be high on the ground.

Under the collision of the two views, Du Wei quietly enters the palace one day and gives Prince Chen an idea.

"Why is the magician in a high position? Why is it superior? That's because there are too few magicians on the mainland now. If there are as many magicians as there are knights now... "Dewey said," I saw a lot of low-level Knights standing there waiting for a job in the slave market. They are not peasants, they are not poor people, they are not tramps, they are not beggars. Each of them has at least one rank of junior warrior! But they live with less dignity than beggars. It's because there are so many warriors on the mainland now! If the number of magicians reaches a certain level, then magicians are not uncommon. "

"But the establishment of the Academy of magic. It should be able to greatly alleviate this problem. " Prince Chen said: "with the establishment of the magic academy, a large number of magicians will come out of the Academy in the future. It is expected that the number will increase."

"That's not enough." Dewey shook his head: "fundamentally speaking, I think there is a big problem in training local magicians."

Next, Du Wei said some of the views, let Prince Chen extremely agree.

"For a long time, the transmission of magicians has been a private apprentice. The door is very tight. It can even be said. Every magician keeps his knowledge of magic secret and will never let others know it easily. And more importantly. Now the profession of magician makes me feel that there is a big defect, that is, there is no correct distinction between "user" and "researcher."

"Every magician spent most of his life studying, studying magic, exploring the mysteries of magic. But the problem is... Because they all cherish each other and keep their research strictly confidential, there is little communication between magicians. The result is a ridiculous phenomenon: maybe the things that many magicians have studied all their lives are exactly the same as other magicians! A lot of magicians spend their whole lives, but they have made the same achievements. It's a waste. We need a large number of people who know how to use magic, not a group of researchers. In my opinion, researchers are needed, but there is no need for every magician to play the role of research. Most people just need to know how to use it. "

This is a very simple truth, just like Dewey's previous life, any middle school student knows Newton's law of gravitation. You just need to learn and know how to use this Law... But it's not necessary for every student to study and discover this Law himself, is it?

Just learn how to use it! If we really want the students to spend half their life like Newton to work out this Law

Hum... In Dewey's opinion, this is also a great constraint on the development of the number of magicians.

The correct way of popularization should be: you don't need to study, just need to master how to use it.

Everyone knows that one plus one equals two, but it's not necessary for everyone to study Goldbach's conjecture?

But now there is a phenomenon that makes Dewey feel ridiculous: even some low-level magicians. When learning some low-level magic incantations, we have to rely on ourselves to find out the mysteries of these incantations, including how to reduce some notes that can be omitted and so on... In fact, their teachers may have mastered these skills for a long time, but those magicians will never easily tell anyone, even their own disciples, about their research results! Better take it to the coffin!

Du Wei spent an afternoon explaining the truth to Prince Chen, and tried to use some simple language to explain the mode of universal education that he knew in his previous life. Prince Chen's eyes shine. Finally, he clapped his case and looked at the excited expression on his face. He even wanted to hold Du Weiqin.

But the next problem is: how can the existing magicians contribute their research results?

After that, Du Wei and Prince Chen studied it for a long time.

What do magicians value most?

Money? No, every magician has a lot of wealth, the magic crystal in their hands. Magic gems, in the eyes of ordinary people, are treasures, but for magicians, they are just magic materials.

Women? More not... Magicians focus on the study of magic. They have no time to waste on such things.

Power? Still not.

Finally, Dewey came to a conclusion: Status and reputation!

Magicians attach great importance to their own status. Many times, they are recruited by the rich and noble families. They are all deliberately holding airs, because they think that if they are easily solicited, it is beneath their status. Status is very important to magicians.

And reputation is the most important thing for magicians.

Du Wei added an almost vicious statement. In his opinion, most of the magicians in the world are very "forced".

Most of them are.

When he said that. He even forgot that he and Prince Chen were all magicians.

Magicians like to be on top, have a high status, like to put on airs, like to make a look that is not easy to approach, they are eccentric (or pretend to be eccentric), they yearn to get a great reputation, but at the same time they pretend to be indifferent.

That's it. It's not pretending. What is it?

"So. If they want a name, we'll give it to them. If they want status, we will give them status! " Dewey said with a smile: "this may attract some magicians to contribute their research results. We can reorganize these research results into a set of fixed things and give them to the students in the college. We don't need them to study from the beginning, just learn how to use them. "

Therefore, at the opening ceremony on the day of the establishment of the Academy, his Royal Highness Prince Chen, the actual ruler of the Empire, personally attended the ceremony and inscribed the name "Imperial Academy of magic" on the wall outside the Academy. That's also Dewey's suggestion.

Then, just as Yago Doug frowned and prepared to speak against it, of course, he would oppose it! In such a magic society, two children are allowed to serve as committee members!

"Of course, there can't be only two members." Prince Chen said with a smile: "fortunately, there was not much management work in the early stage, just some compilation work, which was very easy. In the future, the increase of committee members must depend on their contributions! Only those who have contributed to the magic society are eligible to be selected. So... "

The implication is very simple.

If you want to insert people, it's very simple. First, give some achievements in magic research!

It is worth mentioning that many, many years later, in the history of the Empire, this day was designated as the "magic era", and the historian's record of this day is very objective

"It was originally thought that the establishment of the magic academy would break the magic monopoly in the mainland. But now it seems that the establishment of the Academy of magic is just a sign of the beginning. The establishment of the "magic society", a new organization, has finally formed a new pattern, officially breaking the millennium long magic monopoly in the mainland! A free organization full of new spirit will stand on the mainland from now on. "

On the second day of the opening of the Academy of magic, the Academy of magic received applications from six magicians. Although the top six magicians in the early stage were only intermediate magicians, it was a good start after all. The six magicians contributed some of their research results and obtained different grades.

After getting the right to share, they all chose to consult Gandalf's research results according to their stars. As a result, everyone was very satisfied. This signal reassures many other magicians who are watching. After all, some people doubt it. Who knows if this "magic society" is trying to cheat their research achievements under the guise of Gandalf? With the good start of the initial six magicians, in the next few days, more and more magicians apply to become members. On the fifth day, the addition of two heavyweights strengthened the foundation of the new organization! Master Gandalf's oldest existing disciple, master ilness, became the 16th member of the magic society. According to his contribution, he immediately became one of the members of the society. And the other one who joined was master Aleck! He contributed a few precious potion recipes, as well as several new uses of magic gems. At the same time, he was immediately qualified as a committee member. The addition of two heavyweights strengthened the confidence of more people on the sidelines. And on the tenth day, an important event happened! In the magic trade union, Mr. Leonid, who is considered to be chairman jago Doug's most direct partner, and looks like a creditor, finally can't resist the temptation of immortality and joins the society! Understandably, after all, he is over 100 years old. God knows how long he can live. In the magic trade union, with the existence of Yago Doug, he is unlikely to become the chairman of the trade union. It seems that his only pursuit is to leave his name after death. On the afternoon of the day Leonid announced that he would join the society. The unknown happened in the office of President jago Doug. Mr. chairman, who usually pays attention to his appearance, smashed his desk in anger. In anger, he almost destroyed his office with fire magic“ This is betrayal! Naked betrayal! " Mr. chairman's face was ferocious and he roared furiously. In the early days of the establishment of the society, the list of members in charge of the management of the society was as follows: Master Dewey (Magic pharmacist, Bachelor of magic, disciple of the late master Gandalf), master Vivian (eighth level wizard, disciple of the late master Gandalf), master ilness (ninth level wizard, disciple of the late master Gandalf), master Aleck (Ninth level wizard, disciple of the late master Gandalf), Magic pharmacist), master Leonid (Level 9 magician)... There is also a special member: Regent of the Empire, his Majesty the future emperor, Prince Chen (court magician). It's not surprising that Prince Chen joined. After mastering the team of court magicians, he easily handed over a piece of research results contributed by court magicians, and then smoothly entered the Management Committee of the magic society. The composition of this list is enough to convince all magicians.