April 18th, the second year of Daxia.
A rare grand court meeting was held in the imperial palace of Guanyun City.
All the officials had almost forgotten when the last grand court meeting was held. After the notice was passed down yesterday, they suddenly felt very fresh, and some ministers even cheered.
It has been seven or eight days since Emperor Fu Xiaoguan of Daxia returned to Guanyun City, but he has only met His Majesty a few times.
I heard that His Majesty has been in the Imperial Study these days to further improve the outline of the Second Five-Year Plan!
I heard that the Ministry of Revenue is constantly printing silver bills using the gold brought back by Your Majesty as the equivalent!
I heard that His Majesty will take bigger actions next, and these actions will affect all aspects of Daxia!
Everyone is looking forward to it.
Whether it is the ministers in the court or the merchants and people in Guanyun City.
Of course, His Majesty has only been back for a few days, and the news of his return has not yet spread to the more distant places in Daxia.
For example, Jang Geum Castle, Geumneung, Taelim Castle, etc.
But this is a matter of time. The latest issue of Daxia Weekly has been sent out. It naturally tells how His Majesty returned with a full load and brought back a huge mountain of gold. It also elaborates on the opening of the route from Jiangcheng Port to Ezo and then to the Leah Continent.
Soon, all of Daxia, and even Daxia’s vassal states or trading nations, will know the results of Your Majesty’s expedition.
The might of Daxia will create a new climax on this continent.
And now, the grand court meeting convened by His Majesty will be another goal of Daxia. According to the three prime ministers, if these goals are achieved in the second five-year plan, Daxia will move to a higher level and truly stand at the top of the world!
What kind of national policies would that be?
In the Xuande Hall, hundreds of officials and journalists gathered again to witness the launch of a newer, higher and more ambitious plan.
"...I've previously explained to you how Daxia's commerce should develop, and how we can further improve the nation's economy and people's livelihood. Next, I'd like to talk to you in more detail about education and science."
Fu Xiaoguan spent two hours to elaborate on the five-year plan in more detail. Of course, he did not talk about how the gold should be used at this grand court meeting.
The officials were somewhat confused by what they heard. There was too much content in it for them to digest immediately. However, they all believed that if Daxia followed His Majesty's outline, Daxia would surely become more prosperous and powerful.
Now Your Majesty has emphasized education and science... Does this mean that Daxia's national policy has shifted from promoting both commerce and agriculture to another direction?
All the ministers pricked up their ears, and all the reporters held their breath with their pens in hand.
"Education is the foundation of a century-long plan! This is something I've said many times, and today, I'm mentioning it again so you can remember it firmly! Without education, a country has no foundation!"
"What makes a country strong?"
"On the surface, it's about businessmen making money, farmers cultivating the land, and soldiers defending the country. But if you look deeper, you'll discover a problem."
"For merchants to make money, their products must be highly competitive. You should have experienced this over the years. Where does this competitiveness come from? It comes from the innovation of machines!"
"Machines are tools of production, invented and created by humans through scientific methods. Each new generation of machines means the birth of even more powerful productivity! This is the power of science! Without science, without researchers inventing these machines, Daxia's workshops... would still remain at the primitive stage of manual operation."
"Where is the competitiveness? Whether it's production capacity or quality, there is no competitiveness at all."
"This is the power of science! But how can science keep up with the needs of social development? This must rely on education!"
"Only when education continues to progress and cultivate outstanding talents... these talents should not only be talents in science and technology, but should be all-round talents involving all walks of life!"
"For example, people who understand financial management, people who understand medical theory and practice, people who understand agriculture and know how to improve seeds and livestock breeds, people who understand navigation and weather forecasting, and so on!"
"These are all talented people! Daxia is not short of money now, and will not be short of money in the future, but Daxia is seriously short of talent!"
"I hope all of you can deeply realize this! Therefore, education and technology will run through Daxia throughout its existence. Promoting education and respecting technology will be Daxia's basic national policy from now on!"
Fu Xiaoguan spoke eloquently for another two hours.
On this day, he completely improved Daxia's education system, and thus changed the former Imperial College into the Ministry of Education!
It became an independent department with independent power, not subject to the control of the three prime ministers, and directly responsible to the emperor.
The promulgation of the new twelve-year compulsory education system has taken support for Daxia students to a new level.
This is a groundbreaking event, and it is the foundation that Fu Xiaoguan hopes will ensure that Daxia always maintains its technological leadership.
He believed that more people would devote themselves to studying certain things, and he believed that this would inevitably lead to the emergence of new disciplines, such as physics and chemistry, and that mathematics, as a basic science, would also flourish.
He did not bring a library, nor was he omniscient and omnipotent. He had no way of producing textbooks for higher education institutions. He could only use this method to let the people of this world work together to create and improve.
Civilization will eventually reach that point, and those who achieve it will be the first to come. I hope that the land of Daxia can nurture those who change the world.
This grand court meeting ended in people's contemplation.
Yes, there is no jubilation, only contemplation.
This was the first change in Daxia's national policy. From then on, education and science became the top priority of Daxia.
"I roughly understand," Zhuo Yixing said on the Guanyun Terrace, frowning slightly. "With education, there is science. With science, there is naturally the advancement of commerce and agriculture. That's why Your Majesty changed the national policy of promoting both commerce and agriculture."
"Then why wasn't it implemented earlier?" Meng Changping asked.
"Because whether it's education or science, the country has invested heavily in it. In the past, Daxia didn't have the financial resources to support it, but now Daxia's commercial agriculture has become stable and mature. Add to that the gold that Your Majesty has brought back and will soon arrive... Now is the perfect time to promote education and science!"
Meng Changping understood. "Then, regarding the establishment of the Ministry of Education... Your Majesty nominated Qin Chengye as the first Minister. But... Qin Chengye didn't even graduate from the Jixia Academy!"
Nangong Yiyu smiled slightly, "Lord Meng, you don't understand His Majesty's intentions. This Ministry of Education is unique. His Majesty wants to break with the previous education system. Qin Chengye never graduated from the Jixia Academy, so he doesn't have a deep understanding of the old education system, which is a perfect opportunity for drastic reforms."
"Plus, Qin Chengye has been the president of the Academy for many years. He understands the importance of science even better! He also understands the importance of education even better!"
"So your majesty used this person correctly."
Meng Changping stroked his short beard and nodded slightly, "Your Majesty will go on another expedition tomorrow... Oh, I really hope Your Majesty can stay in the palace forever!"
"How could he know so many unimaginable and even incredible things?"
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