So Ruan Yuan said with a serious face and a businesslike attitude:

"On how to govern the Dongyi Kingdom, our Ming court has its own decision.

“When we need people who are proficient in English to assist in management, we will notify and hire them separately.

"If Mr. Mitchell's ability is really outstanding and he can pass the assessment we have set, then he will have a chance."

Ruan Yuan said that if there is a chance, it is up to him to decide how to operate it.

When the time comes, I will reply to him, "Sorry, you failed the assessment." That is also a normal result.

Mitchell was certainly not satisfied with this answer, but he did not have the guts to provoke Ming officials.

Moreover, officials in the Ming Dynasty originally had to undergo examinations, which everyone has heard about for a long time.

Therefore, in the future, relying on roping in relatives, friends, and business partners to cooperate with one's own elections will no longer work.

Mitchell was really worried that he would not pass the exam.

The other elites around them had completely different ideas. They saw the hope of becoming officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if they are only officials from a vassal state, they are also officials from the Ming Dynasty in a broad sense!

Many young people who have changed their thinking are already cheering.

Stockton took the initiative to ask a few questions and now has a tendency to become a representative of the young people in the neighborhood.

At this time he raised his hand again and asked:

"Sir Chang Shi, what are the main personnel needed for the Dongyi Kingdom's imperial court established by the Ming Dynasty?

"What positions can we participate in? What are the main contents of the assessment?

"Can you introduce it in advance so that we can prepare in advance?"

Ruan Yuan also answered naturally:

“First of all, you need to be able to speak, read, and write in Daming Yayan and English. You must be able to use Daming Yayan for office work, and you must be able to translate documents into English and speak them to ordinary people.

“Secondly, you need to have basic mathematical abilities, basic hands-on skills, and understand the actual situation of the local people.

"For specific information, we will post a notice after the reception work is completed. Those who are interested can pay attention."

Stockton agreed quite excitedly:

"Thank you, Lord Changshi, we will pay attention to it, and we hope to serve the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty."

In this kind of question and answer, Ruan Yuan has actually started his own work, the work of local governance and rule.

The literacy rate in today's society is already very high, but it is only relatively high compared to classical society.

The vast majority of ordinary farmers and workers are still illiterate or semi-illiterate, let alone being expected to understand foreign languages.

Therefore, if the Ming Dynasty wanted to use a very small number of officials to rule hundreds of thousands of Westerners, it had to rely on the elites of Western Europe.

Especially those who belong to the middle class, who understand and yearn for Ming Dynasty culture, and are relatively energetic groups.

For young people like Stockton, it is only natural to give them the most basic courtesy.

But the Ming Dynasty will not retain their original ruling class. Otherwise, how could the ruling class of the Ming Dynasty come in?

So Ruan Yuan is quite kind to Stockton, but he is obviously indifferent to Mitchell.
Chapter completed!