The Captain's face turned gloomy and angrily said, "What are the police doing? Why aren't they providing protection for the Tax Officer?"
"Who knows?" Gold shrugged, "Maybe those officials who passed the exams are still unfamiliar with the situation."
In the past few months, a large number of lawyers and scholars have obtained positions in the Austrian bureaucratic system through civil service exams.
However, these intelligent and knowledgeable individuals failed to bring the expected vitality and efficiency to the government. Instead, institutions that used to function are now riddled with problems, with corruption even more severe than among hereditary officials.
What these two Austrian officers did not know was that nearly half of the newly appointed officials were agents of the Old Nobility.
