Chapter 982 Educational Measures

"Chief Ning, please come this way." Fan Changyi, the headmaster of White Deer Academy, led the way for Ning Qi very respectfully. This is the highest-ranking guest that the academy has received in recent years. The distinguished guest who has been here before is Zhang

Ning Qi is an official at the level of Xin and Yan Mingjun, but the official position of Haihan Executive Committee is obviously much higher. Moreover, Ning Qi is also the official in charge of culture and education in Haihan, and can be said to be the parent official of the academy literati. As mentioned earlier

These two are now accompanying them as guests, so Fan Changyi naturally does not dare to neglect them at all.

For safety reasons, Ning Qi and his party inspected the arrangements of the local academy. Fan Changyi only learned about it two days ago. The two days were set aside mainly so that the academy could clean up the place in advance and remove any eyesores.

Let’s make arrangements to go home for the time being, so as not to see something that is not harmonious when the chief comes. Of course, the most important thing is to gather together all the students in the academy who hope to be appreciated by the chief, in case of any luck

So that the inspecting chief would be pleased to select a few people and give them the opportunity to study at Sanya University of Higher Education. That is also the glory of Bailu Academy, and it will probably be recorded in the future history of the academy as the achievements of this mountain president.

There are currently more than 400 students in Bailu Academy. According to their education level, they are divided into elementary literacy classes for children and teenagers, intermediate classes for the purpose of teaching imperial examinations, and advanced studies for literati who have already obtained fame.

Of course, after the change of ownership in Danzhou, the teaching direction of the academy has also been adjusted. Although students can still choose to go to Guangdong to participate in the provincial examination organized by the Ming Dynasty, in the past two years, fewer and fewer people have chosen this path.

.This is because Haihan’s civil servant training has two exam opportunities a year. As long as you pass the exam, you can go to Sanya for further study. After a few months of course, you can be assigned to work in Haihan Yamen. Through this upward channel, you can enter the officialdom.

It is easier than taking the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty. Those who chose this path a few years ago have now become cadres in the yamen. As long as the students who have entered the Haihan registration have mostly become cadres in the past two years.

It has been my goal to work in Haihan Yamen.

In order to meet this more realistic demand, White Deer Academy has also added basic mathematics, civic knowledge, current affairs analysis and other content involved in the Haihan Selection Examination to the Four Books and Five Classics that were used to cope with the scientific examination in the past. The original teaching of White Deer Academy

The quality is quite good. After adding these additional courses, many scholars actually passed Haihan's selection examination and got the opportunity to study in Sanya. This time Ning Qi visited Danzhou and specially arranged to visit the academy.

The itinerary also represents the Executive Committee’s recognition of the cooperation and efforts made by local colleges in this regard.

The first thing Ning Qi checked was the teaching materials used in primary literacy classes. According to the requirements of Haihan's Ministry of Education, all literacy teaching materials currently used in academies, private schools and other teaching places on Hainan Island have been replaced by "Haihan" published in 1632.

"Enlightenment" textbook. This textbook not only includes the "Three Character Classic" and "The Thousand Character Classic" used in basic education, but also adds the specially compiled "Haihan Citizen Code", "Haihan Citizen Group March", etc.

content, and strives to inculcate the values ​​advocated by Haihan into young children at the basic education stage through reading textbooks.

The content of these newly added courses is indeed a bit difficult for teenagers to understand. However, Haihan executives do not expect them to fully understand its meaning at this stage. They will first use basic reading teaching to familiarize them.

Keep it in mind and use various publicity methods to slowly let them digest it in the future until the values ​​represented by these terms and conditions become part of their consciousness.

Fan Changyi introduced next to him: "Since the day when this college received the new curriculum arrangement, it has been included in daily teaching, and it has never been interrupted for more than a year. The content in the "Enlightenment" textbook, the leader

Feel free to ask questions to the students in this class."

Ning Qi's eyes swept over the faces of the teenagers in the class. Seeing that these students did not dodge his gaze, he seemed to have some confidence, so he pointed to one of them and said, "Then this classmate will answer my question."

Bar!"

The young man immediately stood up, bowed and said, "Student Liao Xiang, please give me some advice from the leader."

Ning Qi saw that he was neither humble nor arrogant, and was polite and courteous, so he liked him a little more, so he casually asked: "In the "Enlightenment" textbook, there are ten norms that citizens should abide by, do you remember it?"

Liao responded: "Reporting to the chief, the ten norms are patriotism, law-abiding, etiquette, integrity, unity, friendliness, diligence, self-improvement, dedication, and dedication."

Ning Qi then asked: "What does dedication mean?"

Liao responded: "Dedication means that as a citizen, you need to be loyal to your duties, self-denying, serving the public, and serving the society."

Ning Qi heard that he memorized every word, so he planned to test him with a flexible and difficult question, and continued to ask: "Then, which country does this patriotism refer to?"

When Fan Changyi heard this question from the side, he immediately felt numb in the back of his head. Although Bailu Academy was teaching the textbooks designated by Haihan, these details were not explained to the students. The reason is actually very simple. Standing in the academy

From a political standpoint, if you explain such a sensitive political concept, you are asking for trouble.

Danzhou originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty, but was actually controlled by Haihan. If patriotism is interpreted as love for the Ming Dynasty, wouldn't it mean that he has a rebellious heart towards Haihan? There was an incident in Danzhou a few years ago, and the monitoring of speech must be

It is much larger than other places, and it would be troublesome if someone was reporting it. However, if you want to interpret it as loving Haihan, Haihan has never officially established a country. This is also an unfair statement. Although the people have already acquiesced in Haihan.

Many people are even proud to have the Han nationality as a Han nationality, but the executive committee has not announced the founding of the country. Your small academy has rushed to announce it first. Isn't this an act of overreaching?

Therefore, when the academy teaches the "Enlightenment" textbook on a daily basis, it often only requires students to memorize the content proficiently, but does not explain its details word for word. Ningqi suddenly asked such a sensitive question, and it was inevitable that the student could not answer it.

Well, Fan Changyi was even more worried that he would give random answers and offend Ning Qi, which would be difficult to handle.

Liao Xiang was silent for a moment before speaking: "You must show loyalty and die to repay the kindness of your country. Students believe that patriotism is nothing more than loyalty and righteousness. If you want to be loyal, you must be loyal to the Ming Dynasty since you were born in the Ming Dynasty. If you want to be righteous, you must grow up in Haihan."

Under the rule, the whole family will be naturalized to enjoy the benefits of Haihan, and they should serve Haihan. How to balance loyalty and justice, and how to achieve the two words of patriotism, please give guidance to the chief."

The two lines of poetry that Liao Xiang read were from "Ji Men Xing" by Tang Dynasty poet Li Xizhong, which talked about soldiers serving their country with their own lives. It means that dying for the country is the ultimate in loyalty. But Liao Xiang obviously has a deep interest in Ning.

There was no clear answer to Qi Qi's question. Fortunately, his answer was quite clever and did not lean towards any side. Fan Changyi relaxed a little after listening to it.

Ning Qi smiled: "You suddenly read two lines of poetry..."

He turned to look at Zhang Xin, who smiled knowingly and said, "Fortunately it's not those two sentences, otherwise it would be a bit scary."

No one understood what these two people said, and they all looked at each other in confusion. Ning Qi did not explain the origin of this joke, and said to Liao Xiang: "At your current age, it is quite rare to have such an awareness.

Now. Haihan and Ming are not rivals, so there is no antagonistic relationship between loyalty and righteousness as you think. If you are in the Ming Dynasty, of course you love the country of Daming, but since you have become a Haihan citizen, that is

If you are from Haihan, when you choose your nationality, it also determines which country you will be loyal to."

Liao Xiang heard every word clearly, but he still felt that his understanding of Ning Qi's words was limited. Seeing the confusion on his face, Ning Qi gently patted his shoulder and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand now.

, when you get older, you will naturally understand."

Ning Qi is still very confident in the Haihan patriotic education strategy that he personally led and formulated. After the founding ceremony, this related publicity will be rolled out in various places under Haihan rule. By then, young people like Liao Xiang will naturally

Under the wave of propaganda offensives, one's own affiliation will gradually be clarified. On one side is the decaying empire, and on the other side are the vigorous emerging forces. Which country should be loyal to? Smart people will definitely make the right choice.

Ning Qi randomly selected a few people in the class to ask questions, and the answers were basically in line with his expectations. These young students could basically recite the contents of Haihan textbooks, but their understanding was mostly limited, and they were still memorizing by rote.

However, this already makes Ning Qi quite satisfied. After all, it has only been more than a year to promote new textbooks here, and most of the teachers responsible for teaching the textbooks are locals. It is already good to be able to achieve this level. Although it is not as good as Sanya.

The teaching level there is very good, but considering that the Ming Dynasty has ruled here for more than two hundred years, and the Haihan people have only been here for a few years, it is indeed not an overnight success to change the deep-rooted ideas in the hearts of the people.

Fan Diemen listened to Zhang Xin's translation intermittently beside him before he understood what was going on. At that moment, he also admired the Haihan people's methods. After occupying the territory of the Ming Dynasty, they actually thought of using educational institutions to influence the ideas of the younger generation.

From this detail, we can also see that the Haihan people’s plan for governing the country has been very complete, and even these teenage boys have long become their pawns. Van Diemen feels that in less than twenty years, the people on this island will

People will probably completely forget that they once belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

In comparison, the East India Company's educational work in Batavia could only receive a failing grade. According to Van Diemen's information, there was only one school in Batavia responsible for teaching the children of Dutch colonists.

Literacy, while the local Han people will send their children to private schools run by Han people, the indigenous people basically have no right to send their children to school. Because the Eastern and Western cultures are different, the Dutch cannot force the descendants of Han people to enter the schools they run.

Therefore, although the East India Company has been established in Batavia for more than ten years, the cultural gap between it and the Han people and the indigenous people has not been eliminated at all.

The East India Company's past inaction in the field of education also made the local people in Batavia seriously lack recognition of the Dutch rule. As for the sense of belonging that can be obtained through naturalization like Haihan's, it is even more difficult to talk about. In

Among newborns born locally, only pure Dutch ancestry can automatically obtain nationality certification, while those mixed-race illegitimate children can only get admission to school, but it is very difficult to obtain Dutch nationality. As for the Han people, it seems that the vast majority

The Han people have no intention of becoming Dutch citizens. Although they are thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty, they still regard themselves as Ming people. This is something that makes the Dutch feel very helpless.

The situation that Van Diemen faced after taking office was very serious. Before that, he really didn't pay much attention to education. It was only after he came to Danzhou that he noticed that Haihan people attached great importance to popular culture and education.

Gao Haihan not only paid for all the teaching materials, but also spent a lot of money to reward those who excelled in their studies and gave them the opportunity to go to Sanya for further study. It goes without saying that after these students go to Sanya, they will naturally

He was impressed by Haihan's local construction achievements, and gradually became a loyal fan of Haihan during his further studies.

But similar to the backwardness in other fields, Van Diemen once again found that Haihan's education strategy was difficult to copy. There are several reasons for this. First, the East India Company could not have the financial budget of Haihan.

The Chinese also had relatively loose treatment in the field of education, and it was difficult to even open more schools to increase the number of students. Secondly, the cultural differences between the East India Company and the locals in Batavia were too great, making it impossible

Like Haihan, they quickly integrated into Ming culture. Thirdly, Haihan people have very comprehensive plans in the field of education. It can be seen that they have made long-term plans early and implemented them with extremely high efficiency.

The East India Company lacked professional talents in this area and had difficulty in making decent plans.

Van Diemen recalled that when he visited educational institutions in Sanya a few days ago, he saw students from other countries studying in Haihan institutions, and there were even blond and blue-eyed European teenagers among them - it goes without saying that they must be Portugal, Haihan's ally.

Students sent by others. The education these foreign students received at Haihan Academy is probably not much worse than the degree of brainwashing at the academy in Danzhou. When these students return to China after completing their studies, there will inevitably be another batch.

Fans of Haihan. Twenty or thirty years later, many of these students may enter the upper echelons of politics in various countries. Only then will the educational institutions that Haihan has worked so hard to run truly show their influence.

It is difficult for Van Diemen to predict what kind of situation the East India Company will be in by that time, but thinking about the thousands of Han people living in Batavia, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine - since Haihan

If you can use methods against the people of the Ming Dynasty, you will naturally be able to use education as a simple and easy method to win the hearts of the Han people in other places in the future.
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