Chapter 398: Education is the top priority

Gu Hang handed over all matters concerning the Mechanicus to Wu Jiarong to handle on her own.

As they expected, Wang Zhaoran actually proposed to send some personnel to each other to learn from each other. There were technical personnel from the two shipyards cooperating, and his students went to Wu Jiarong's research center to study and work. At the same time, Wu Jiarong could also send people over.

Studying and working are not fake. Since Wang Zhaoran has reached the level of the ruling bishop, his technical ability is undoubtedly up to par, and he has specialized in starship manufacturing for so many years, so he must have his own unique skills. Sending people to him, even if they can't learn the most core skills, it's good to learn some basic skills. At the same time, when he sends people here, we can certainly learn something from his exchange students, and at the very least we can get a few laborers with outstanding technical abilities.

Of course, we also have to guard against the leakage of core secrets.

The person Wu Jiarong sent was indeed her student, and indeed graduated from her research institute, but he had nothing to do with Black Box Industry, and no one knew anything about him, not even a guess.

As usual, she placed the people sent by the other party in places where there seemed to be a lot of work to do, but they had no access to the production process of the black box factory, let alone any contact with it.

As for Wu Jiarong herself, she had a lot of communication with Wang Zhaoran in the following days.

Wu Jiarong was originally helping the alliance take over the shipyard on Feiyi Star. Although Wang Zhaoran, the casting consultant, had the title of "consultant" and seemed to have no power, he actually controlled the main matters of technology and production of the shipyard.

It was inevitable for the two of them to communicate at work, not to mention that they had a lot in common to talk about.

As for opening the shipyard to the alliance, Wang Zhaoran had no resistance at all.

It has nothing to do with him. He is not the owner of the shipyard. He is just a casting consultant. No matter who takes charge of the Feiyixing Shipyard, he and his disciples cannot do without him.

It would be the same even if the alliance possessed some technical capabilities that made him curious or even astonished.

While communicating with Wang Zhaoran, Wu Jiarong also received a special invitation.

The Mingyang sect's ruling bishop was greatly surprised when he learned that Wu Jiarong's current personal title was actually only a technical specialist, and thought it was a mistake made by the Mechanicus itself. He sincerely invited Wu Jiarong to go to the nearest forging world, Jindi Star, to study for a period of time and give a few speeches.

In his words, he believed that with Wu Jiarong's level of knowledge, she would definitely cause a sensation on Jindi Star and would definitely be able to obtain the title of a true ruling bishop.

Wu Jiarong was somewhat tempted by this.

It would be meaningless to ask for a ruling bishop. She couldn't and didn't want to leave the alliance. She knew that all the opportunities she had now came from the alliance and Governor Gu. Moreover, if she wanted to go higher and further in the future, she would definitely not be able to leave the alliance.

If she leaves the alliance, where can she find so many black boxes of different forms and categories?

Even those sages who focus on their main profession do not have this opportunity.

What excited her was that a trip to Jindi Star could solve some of the problems she had thought about before.

After obtaining the status of the ruling bishop, she has finally gained entry into the system of the Mechanicus.

The Engine Prophet was still only considered a middle-level person, at most an upper-middle-level person. But at the level of the Ruler Bishop, even in the Forge World, that was definitely a high-level person.

Going up to the level of the Master of the Main Occupation, one would have the authority to manage an entire forging world. In the core forging world of the Mingyang sect, such as Jin Dixing, there were only a dozen Master of the Main Occupation sages who formed a common forging council to manage the entire world. That forging general was actually just a Master of the Main Occupation sage.

If Wu Jiarong obtains the status of ruling bishop, then she can really establish a small branch sect as she discussed with Gu Hang before.

This branch sect may not be recognized or widely accepted at the beginning, and may be regarded as just a small sect under the Mingyang Sect, but it can carry out certain things and spread certain knowledge relatively independently.

And when this branch sect grows stronger, many things that are currently kept hidden and not dared to be shown openly will have a reason to appear.

But it was difficult to tell Wang Zhaoran about these thoughts.

Wu Jiarong did not give an immediate reply, saying that she would consider it. In fact, she went to Gu Hang to ask for Governor Gu's opinion on this.

Gu Hang agreed.

This was already part of the planned plan.

Moreover, Gu Hang was not worried that Wu Jiarong would leave for a while and go to Jindi Star, where she would be free to fly freely. In addition to Gu Hang's trust in Wu Jiarong and knowing that this "female bishop" would not lose the big picture for the small, he could also ensure that Wu Jiarong would not say anything that she shouldn't say.

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Even if Wu Jiarong wanted to go to Jindi Star, it would not be possible in the short term.

She had to finish the matter of the Feiyi Star Shipyard first.

This is a big project.

Fortunately, most of the difficulties have been dealt with. What remains is for the production management officials sent in after the alliance takes over to sort out the entire production process.

With the completion of the construction of the first ship after the alliance took over and becoming familiar with the process, future problems will become increasingly simple.

Gu Hang was generally satisfied with the overall progress, so his attention shifted slightly and he looked towards the many universities on Feiyi Star.

The education system of Feiyi Star is also very developed. It is not only the education center of Tianma Star Region, but also the education resort of many surrounding star regions. Many people are proud to study in the university of Feiyi Star.

But in general, education is also something that requires investment.

Although these tens of thousands of universities on Feiyi Star have created enormous value, if we only count the input and income, after removing the costs, the combined profits of these tens of thousands of universities will only be around 100 million.

But Gu Hang's perspective is never limited to what is in front of him.

In his opinion, Feiyixing's developed education system is the best way to solve the current serious shortage of administrative bureaucrats and technical bureaucrats.

After so many years of development, it is no longer appropriate to call the current alliance a makeshift team. However, compared to the sphere of influence currently controlled by the alliance, it is definitely not enough.

This problem actually broke out after the Alliance took over Koroja, and it has become increasingly serious.

The main sources of administrative officials under Gu Hang’s current government agency are actually very diverse.

The core, of course, is the Angry Owl Star People. In the Alliance Government, the vast majority of those who are in high positions now are Angry Owl Star People. Many of those who followed Gu Hang to conquer the world are now in high positions. They have high status, important positions, and high salaries. They are the most core group of people under Gu Hang's rule.

But they are also the smallest in number.

As several planets were controlled by the Alliance, regardless of whether the ruling classes on these planets were eliminated or not, at least the administrative bureaucracy was largely retained.

We have to keep it, otherwise who will do the work?

Among them, the Black Arrow people were doing quite well. Although the Alliance had fought a battle with local forces in the process of controlling Black Arrow, the battle was not too bloody and did not last long, and there was no deep hatred. After many kingdoms surrendered, people like the Iron Curtain Queen - Ispsi, and the King of the Panbos Kingdom, Eureka, were even able to find their own positions in the Alliance.

On Koroja, many officials from the former planetary government, as long as they did not cause trouble and worked diligently for the Alliance, were also appointed to official positions. On the three stars of Fache and Wing, not only the administrative officials, but even the government structure was retained to a large extent...

But Gu Hang didn't want this situation to continue for long.

The risks hidden in it are still not small.

He used Zhongsi Academy and the political commissar training under the soldier card function to solve some particularly difficult problems, but there was no way to completely eradicate them. He simply didn't have that many gift points to use.

The only solution he could think of was to employ officials from other places.

It can be seen that the place where the former rulers of Black Arrow Star shined was not in their hometown where their old power was deeply rooted, but a large number of them were thrown to Korojia; the initial rule of Black Arrow Star relied heavily on the Angry Owl people, but after Korojia came into being, a large number of Korojia officials were transferred to Black Arrow Star to work.

It hasn’t been too long since the three stars of Fache and Winged Star were acquired, but similar things will obviously be promoted in the future.

But this is only a temporary solution and will bring some other risks.

The fundamental reason is that there are too few qualified officials who can be truly trusted by Gu Hang and truly agree with the alliance's philosophy.

This thing cannot be faked, you can only cultivate it yourself.

Zhongsi College is a path, and Gu Hang plans to build more. Even if the training function of the system is not used, and Zhongsi College is only used as an educational institution to train students, the role it can play is still huge, it's just that the training time is longer.

Now, in the emergency period, the tens of thousands of officials trained by Gu Hang with hundreds of thousands of points of grace have helped to get through it, so there is no need to be so anxious.

However, the Zhongsi Academy can only solve the problem of ideology and loyalty, but not the problem of official ability. After the mediocre people have been trained, they will only become loyal mediocre people.

Gu Hang regarded the well-developed education system on Feiyi Star as a good solution.

After a complete inspection, Gu Hang has already come up with several clear ways to establish a clear training system for administrative civil servants.

The first is the retraining of existing officials. The Union Government will provide funds to allow all levels and types of Union officials from all planets to have the opportunity to study and further their studies. According to the type and content of the administrative officials' work, they will be arranged to study in various majors in various universities on Feiyi Star for further study.

They will enter the specific training majors offered by various colleges to study.

The second thing is that the Union government will recruit some young people and sign long-term contracts with them. The Union provides educational opportunities and educational loans, and they have to go to school and study hard, and after graduation, go to the place specified in the contract, serve for a certain number of years and repay the loan.

Through this model of entrusted training, some talented and capable young people from the lower classes can find better ways out, and the corresponding government units can obtain a stable supply of fresh talent.

Of course, those students will also have certain requirements for their grades. They have to make their grades meet the standards, or even reach excellent levels, in order to complete the contract and get the job. Otherwise, after graduation, if the original employer sees that the transcript is terrible and does not want it, then they will have to find a job and find a way to repay the loan.

But anyway, it is a better way out than the original one.

Whether it is the further education of existing civil servants or the targeted training, these are actions initiated by the government to train a large number of government officials. It is estimated that the number of these two types of students will exceed one million every year. It will not stop until the Union government has initially solved the problem of insufficient number of civil servants, and then gradually reduce the number.

To this end, the alliance has to allocate an annual education budget of tens of millions of tax coins.

This is not a small amount of money.

How much did the Angry Owl Star have to pay in imperial taxes each year? It was not even a fraction of today's education budget.

However, we can also look at the situation on the bright side.

This would be a huge expense, but in reality, it would only appear on the books. The universities on Feiyi Star would of course be nationalized and managed in the future. The corresponding expenditures would be recorded on the government expenditure books, consuming the budget, but would also appear on the college's income and be handed over.

Of course, the significance of the previous round of circulation is still very great. The significance of the economy lies in circulation and exchange.

After this cycle, government officials have been trained and their horizons have been broadened; the college's student population has increased, its income has increased, and it can accommodate more educators; and a series of affiliated economic activities surrounding the college will become more prosperous.

In addition to these two types of direct training, the Alliance also has restructuring requirements for many universities on Feiyi Star.

The main thing is that on the basis of the existing professional courses, an ideological education course must be added. Whether it is every academic year or the final graduation, the results of this course will be included in the assessment of all majors.

The course content and teaching materials are provided by the Alliance's Zhongsi College, in order to cultivate a broad sense of identity with the Alliance's philosophy in the Alliance's talent cradle, at the initial stage. No matter what industry these students go to in the future, this subtle sense of identity will play a role.

Moreover, in terms of employment, local governments of the alliance will come to the major colleges of Feiyi Star in the future to recruit directly, just like many companies.

In addition to the requirements for professional ability, this type of recruitment will definitely have additional special requirements for the results of ideological education courses.

Through this three-pronged approach, Gu Hang hopes to gradually complete the personnel replenishment and replacement of the alliance government agencies in the next few years.

(End of this chapter)