Chapter 681: The Foundation of a Nation (First Update, Please Subscribe)
Education of millions of newborns every year!
Charlotte's reminder stunned Emperor Zhu. Only then did he realize the problem he had been ignoring.
educate!
You can’t just give birth!
"In 1865, there were only 230,000 newborns in Nanhua. At that time, the gender ratio of the population was very disparate, with more boys than girls. Even in 1869, there were only 370,000 newborns in Nanhua. For now, Daming's schools can meet the current demand, but..."
Li Weimin, the Minister of Culture of the Ming Dynasty, thought for a while and said.
"Based on the current level of school construction, it will be very difficult for us to provide 2 million first-grade places in four years. The difficulty does not refer to school buildings or classrooms. It is just about building or expanding schools. We have so many construction companies and cheap new immigrants. It only takes a few months to build a house."
Which industry was the most developed in Ming Dynasty?
Of course it is the real estate industry. This is somewhat similar to the other world, but the difference is that the Ming Dynasty did not regard the real estate industry as a pillar industry, but it is a pillar industry. The construction industry of the Ming Dynasty is completely based on urban construction and providing housing for new immigrants. Although there are a small amount of commercial real estate, it is hardly worth mentioning. After all, as early as the company period, "the company gives out houses" has become a tradition. Now many companies in the Ming Dynasty still follow this tradition. The company invests in building houses, and employees pay a deposit as a down payment and rent it out on a monthly basis. After the lease expires in 20 years, the house can be directly transferred to an individual's name.
Why the economic crisis had little impact on the Ming Dynasty? The reason is that the Ming Dynasty had to build millions of houses every year in the past few years. Don't underestimate these tens of millions of houses. They required millions of tons of steel, millions of tons of cement and a large amount of bricks and stones. This is because a considerable part of them are brick houses on farms, which do not require steel bars.
The continuous influx of new immigrants provided sufficient and cheap labor. At present, the construction industry in Ming Dynasty was really developed! As a pillar industry, it not only consumed a large amount of raw materials such as steel and cement, but also absorbed a large number of jobs.
So there is no problem in building a school building. As for the land, the government can just allocate it. Daming has plenty of land anyway.
So what is the problem?
“The biggest problem is the teachers!”
After asking this question, Emperor Zhu raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, sire."
Then Li Weimin continued.
"Two million degrees means 40,000 classes. If there are 2.5 teachers per class, we will need 100,000 teachers. This was four years ago. What about six years later? We will need 4 million degrees, which means 200,000 teachers. If we want to solve this problem, we must prepare in advance by establishing more normal schools and recruiting more students. As long as the teaching staff is prepared, let alone 4 million or 6 million, even 10 million will not be a problem at all!"
After a pause, Li Weimin added something.
"Of course, education funding must be guaranteed. After all, without the financial support of the central government, comprehensive compulsory education cannot cover everyone, especially in Shanxi, Zhili and other places where the financial resources of the Spanish settlement areas are generally backward. However, they also need to receive compulsory education, speak the national language, and be Chinese. Without compulsory education, how can they become loyal subjects of the empire?"
In fact, the Ming Dynasty never neglected the education of Hispanic children, and even introduced corresponding laws to provide funding for schools that adopted the imperial education syllabus. The premise of the education syllabus was that... they must receive Chinese language education.
After ten years of efforts, there are almost no primary and secondary schools teaching Spanish in the former Chile. In the former Argentina, the number of primary and secondary schools teaching Spanish is also decreasing at a visible rate. Only textbooks formulated according to the education syllabus can enjoy the textbook tax exemption policy. Spanish primary and secondary school textbooks, of course... do not conform to the education syllabus.
The Ming Dynasty has never engaged in discrimination. This is just a legal norm. Of course, those who cannot pass the teacher qualification examination during the transition period will definitely not be able to continue to work as a teacher, and naturally there will be no salary subsidies.
"Funding is not a problem. The income of state-owned farms has been getting better year by year in recent years. The government's financial resources are still sufficient. The Ministry of Culture should first draw up a plan, but remember not to force the issue. It is true that the Ming Dynasty needs teachers, but it definitely does not need unqualified teachers. Especially primary education is an education that everyone must receive. A good teacher can benefit people for life. This is why I regard teachers as a "holy profession". After all, "the rise and fall of a country depends on education, and the rise and fall of education depends on teachers". Remember this!"
In addition to the historical factor of China's respect for teachers and emphasis on education, there is a more crucial factor for regarding teachers as a "sacred profession". The Ming Dynasty was founded in a foreign land. If it wanted to create a new China in the New World, it had to develop education. Therefore, teachers are a "special profession" with a sacred mission. Under this concept, teachers need to have a noble personality and excellent professional ethics. Of course, their status and income are not inferior to, or even higher than, civil servants. They are definitely the "hot cakes" among all professions in Daming.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. I know this matter concerns the future of the Ming Dynasty, and I will never slack off in the slightest."
Nodding slightly, Emperor Zhu asked a lot of questions about education, such as vocational education, adult night schools and the like. After all, the Ming Dynasty was founded on industry and commerce, so vocational education was very important. Most of the new immigrants were illiterate, so they needed literacy and adult education. These things were all related to the future of the Ming Dynasty, so they naturally had to be understood.
The two chatted in the study for more than an hour. After Li Weimin left the study, Emperor Zhu took up his little notebook and wrote down contents related to education, teacher training and degrees.
The emperor also had his own little notebook. In addition to recording some important things that needed to be followed up, of course, he would also write down some people's names, including those who needed to be settled and those who could be promoted in the future. After writing down the educational content that needed to be followed up in the little notebook, Emperor Zhu naturally looked through the previously recorded content again. Those circled in red pen had of course been dealt with, and those not circled had not yet been dealt with.
"Dividing Japan?"
Looking at the contents written on one of the pages, Emperor Zhu raised his eyebrows slightly, and the smile on his face seemed a little... weird.
In fact, even now, when he saw the contents written in the little notebook, he still found it quite funny.
This was intelligence sent back by a "submarine" hidden within the British government. The British determined that the Ming Dynasty would divide Japan with Russia, so they were determined to do their utmost to stop the Ming Dynasty's "expansion."
"Stop it with all your strength?"
Looking at the several plans proposed by the United Kingdom, each of them involves occupation, division and support. This is a typical imperialist operation, Emperor Zhu couldn't help but mutter to himself.
"Don't underestimate the Japanese because they are small. They have suffered a lot. It's true that a rope breaks only when it's thin, and misfortune only finds the unfortunate. This unprovoked disaster for Japan has come at the right time!"
(End of this chapter)
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