Chapter 1264: Integrating the Army with the People (Third update, please subscribe)
"It's a disguised form of military spending, so the cost can't be huge."
Qian Degong said directly.
"In addition to building the school, the school also needs to lay a good foundation for military education, including weapons procurement fees, training fees, and facility maintenance fees. This non-commissioned officer training program costs a lot of money every year. If we calculate it based on an average of 10 yuan per person, it would cost tens of millions a year..."
Many things are easy to say, but very difficult to do. What is the most direct and difficult problem?
Of course it’s money.
Money is the source of all government affairs. Without money, nothing can be done.
"In fact, it would be better if there weren't so many non-commissioned officers."
Sun Hu clapped his hands and said:
"When it comes to war, ordinary soldiers only need to receive elementary school education. As for non-commissioned officers, we don't need that many. At most, we need to train one or two million elite non-commissioned officers to prepare for future wars. Hmm... Otherwise, how about we change our thinking?"
"Change your thinking?"
"right!"
Sun Hu nodded and said.
"Nowadays, you need to take an exam to enter junior high school. I think this is a good idea. Let's continue to implement it, but just expand the number of places... a little bit!"
Sun Hu said as he thought.
"For example, if we enroll half of the elementary school students who graduated that year, then this ratio is almost enough, or even more than enough. This way, the expenses will be reduced..."
After thinking for a while, Sun Hu said again.
"Of course, there must be quite a few girls among them. Girls are also useful and can develop in the direction of medical care. After all, after the outbreak of war, a large number of medical personnel will definitely be needed..."
It has to be said that as a military general, Sun Hu quickly found a way to have the best of both worlds.
"Even so, the expenses are still quite high!"
"Education is a long-term plan that benefits the country and the people. It is worth it even if it costs some money..."
After calculating the expenses in his mind, Qian Degong accepted the military's "suggestion" with a wry smile. Of course, his wry smile actually contained some excitement. After all, the benefits of expanding education were not only the military, but the entire country. However, with the support of the military, this policy could be implemented, and when the war was over, this policy would also continue to be implemented. In the future, millions of people would benefit from it, and this was the most important thing.
As they drank tea and chatted for a long time, it was around nine o'clock in the evening before Qian Degong left Sun's house.
The next day, the Imperial Executive Council issued a proposal letter to the Ministry of Education, suggesting that it study the feasibility of appropriately expanding junior high schools and high schools.
Of course, the reason is simple - in order to improve the educational level of the people and to promote the development of industry and agriculture in the empire, it is necessary to expand the size of the population receiving primary and secondary education in a timely manner.
On the surface, this was just based on the needs of education and the development of the empire. But in reality? It was based on military needs. In the following period, with the support of the military, not only the Imperial Scout Association was established in primary and secondary schools, but also a reserve non-commissioned officer corps was established. Students not only received basic military training, in addition to common training such as camping, shooting, and swimming, they even received training in radio transmission and reception, glider flying, etc. Many military courses were taught to those teenagers in an entertaining way.
The integration of the military into the civilian population is perhaps the biggest difference between the Empire and other countries. Over the years, the Empire has not only accumulated a large number of reserve personnel through civilian military training, but even many civilian equipment have military uses.
For example, the "Shenzhou-class Immigration Ship". Although at the beginning of its design, Emperor Zhu designed the "big platform" on the left side to provide immigrants with an open-air platform to take a walk, bask in the sun, and breathe fresh air.
However, what is Emperor Zhu's real purpose?
Of course it’s for...the aircraft carrier.
However, as time went by, and as aircraft technology was not yet mature, Emperor Zhu himself forgot about the matter over time.
However, this does not prevent the "Shenzhou-class immigration ship" from being the most comfortable and luxurious immigration ship. Since it was put into use, millions of immigrants have come to Ming Dynasty on it. After arriving in Ming Dynasty, these new immigrants entered various industries. Of course, some of the former teenagers became soldiers.
Once again, Lu Rende came to the port, and what appeared before him was the "Yizhou", the sixth ship of the "Shenzhou-class immigration ship". Although it was an old ship of 8 years old, it was well maintained.
"Can I go aboard and take a look?"
Coming to the gangway, Lu Rende asked.
Lu Rende said when the sailor at the gangway was puzzled.
"Eight years ago, I came to Ming Dynasty on this boat. I wanted to go up and take a look..."
"Oh, that's it."
Looking at the officer in front of him, the sailor smiled and said,
"That's what I thought. So you're revisiting an old place. Okay, when you get on board, just be careful not to wander around in the cabin, so you don't get lost."
"Don't worry, I'll just go to the deck to take a look."
Go to the deck and take a look. This is also the reason why Lu Rende took advantage of his home visit leave to come to the port. He just wanted to take a look at the deck of the immigration ship.
“This deck is so huge!”
Standing on the deck of the "Yizhou", Lu Rende couldn't help but sigh.
"Of course it can be small, sir. This deck is 153.3 meters long and 22.86 meters wide. It's covered with wooden planks. Look, there's only one such large deck in the world..."
After hearing his words, the sailor on the deck shouted.
"It's unique, it's unique..."
While Lu Rende responded, he walked forward along the deck. The flat wooden deck was extremely smooth.
"Even the runway at the airport isn't this neat..."
In his mind, Lu Rende silently compared the deck with the lawn of the airport. Although the aviation force was still a secret, as a flight officer, he suddenly had an idea during a bombing exercise - the plane took off from the ship.
Plane taking off on board?
How is this possible?
"You're crazy, kid!"
Once again, the friendly jokes of his comrades emerged in Lu Rende's mind.
How could a plane take off from a ship?
This definitely won’t work!
Almost everyone thinks so. Yes, there is definitely nothing wrong with everyone’s opinion. After all, an airplane needs a runway to taxi to take off. Is there such a large space on the ship?
"Ordinary ships won't work, but a ship like this will definitely be fine..."
Standing on the deck of the "Yizhou", Lu Weiren silently measured the deck in his mind and calculated the possibility of an airplane taking off from this ship.
"It's not possible, it's definitely possible!"
Lu Weiren suddenly spoke to himself excitedly.
"Not only is it possible, it may even change everything..."
(End of this chapter)
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