A year later.

Zhou Ming returned to Zhongyuanzhou.

Of course, Jiang Ruonan wanted him to stay in the Xiaoyao Palace and help her deal with those things that she was not very good at, so that she could have more time to enjoy.

The matter on Yuanzhou's side is really important, and Zhou Ming can't be absent for a long time, otherwise the forces of all parties will have to move again.

Moreover, the Lingyuan cannon and the Lingyuan battleship cannot be manufactured here in Dongyuanzhou, and if he does not return to Zhongyuanzhou, the output of these equipment cannot be significantly increased.

Jiang Ruonan thought about it, so he had to let him go back, and allowed him to take half of the Lingyuan battleship.

……

Skyyang City.

"It's finally back again. ”

Looking at the city below, Zhou Ming breathed a long sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face.

Although there are still a few small troubles, the big obstacles in front of us have basically been swept away.

The economy of the 100-city alliance has also developed very well in recent years, and the entire 100-city alliance has convenient transportation, developed science and technology, extremely abundant material civilization, and has also made great achievements in the construction of spiritual civilization.

In terms of basic education, many cities have followed the practice of Zhenlincheng, comprehensively promoted six- or nine-year compulsory education, and also established cultivation schools.

Even though most cities do not have the conditions for free and compulsory education, privately run schools attract a large number of wealthy families who pay for their children to send their children to school.

Family conditions have become more and more affluent, and the number of parents who attach importance to the education of their offspring has become more and more.

And Zhou Ming wants to build the Hundred Cities Alliance into a cohesive country, and the economic community can play a certain role in cohesion, but it is far from enough.

Only when the military, culture, finance, taxation, civil affairs, education, and so on are all brought together can they be combined into a single country.

And these hundreds of city-states, in addition to a certain degree of interaction in the economic field, military, financial, civil, fiscal and taxation and other aspects, are independent, it is impossible to put together, it is impossible to unify them, but they will encounter strong resistance, and no one will bird you.

The sect-city-state system that has continued to exist for hundreds of millions of years cannot be easily replaced, and the old inertia cannot be broken no matter how strong the external force is.

In a world where the probability of success is almost zero, the probability of success is basically zero in creating a cohesive state government with a consistent command from top to bottom and the central government - of course, it is possible to build such a country by yourself with a group of people in the mountains and forests, but it will take a long time.

Zhou Ming also did not intend to establish such a country, did not prepare the rights of all the city-states, all of them were integrated into one, and established a central authoritative state, there was no such plan.

Most of the rights of each city-state will continue to be retained and administered by itself.

The taxes collected are also spent by themselves.

The central government has only a few rights.

For example, the control of the national army.

For example, the management of national roads, tracks, and air routes.

For example, the right to manage educational institutions throughout the country.

and the right to enforce the law against stray criminals, the right to supervise the living conditions of the citizens of the various city-states, and so on.

Among these rights belonging to the state, in addition to the control of the military, Zhou Ming believes that the most important is the right to manage the national educational institutions (referred to as "education rights").

The importance of this right, even like the military, determines the success or failure of the creation of a nation.

Zhou Ming even said with certainty: If the right to education is not mastered, no matter how powerful the country is, it will be torn apart in the future!

In the past ten years, he has never let go of his attention and stopped operating in the grip of education.

Because he intends to use the education system as the glue to glue the Hundred Cities Alliance into one country!

How exactly did he do it?

In a word: 100 cities, 1,000 primary schools, 100 middle schools, 10 colleges.

This means that there are more than 1,000 primary schools, more than 100 middle schools, and 10 spiritual colleges within the Hundred Cities Federation.

In addition, he divided these educational institutions into ten university districts.

These ten university districts, with the spiritual college as the core and the middle school and primary school as the foundation, cultivate talents, select elites, and attach importance to geniuses.

Every school district includes exactly ten cities.

In addition, in these ten university districts, the teaching materials are completely unified, the language of teachers is unified, the examination papers and evaluation methods are unified, and the school rules and discipline are basically unified.

Even the uniforms worn by the students are basically the same.

It can be said that in the Hundred Cities Alliance, in the field of education, Zhou Ming's request is two words: unification!

So what's the benefit of doing this?

Naturally, there are great benefits!

First, when education is unified, everyone's way of thinking, knowledge structure, and concept of three views will be basically unified, and there will not be too many differences.

Second, the educational environment is the same, people communicate better, the relationship is more likely to be warm, the relationship is better, and it is easier to form a consensus.

After the three are combined into one country, because many thinking concepts are the same, the internal cohesion of the country will naturally be strong.

In short, for a country, the importance of education must not be underestimated!

In addition, for this world, the dominant role is those monks and immortals who have extraordinary powers, mortals belong to the base of the pyramid, important is important, but they have no power, no voice, no voice, so they will always be the ruled class.

As long as the monk class is settled, there is no need to consider what the people at the bottom feel in their hearts, as long as they get the "heart" of the monk class, they will basically get the so-called "people's heart".

Most of the monks were well educated in the spiritual academy founded by Zhou Ming, became outstanding talents, and became the "students" of him, the principal.

For example, Daxian Academy, in the past twenty or thirty years, has cultivated more than 80,000 students, and these more than 80,000 students will respectfully call him "principal" when they see him.

As for the other ten cultivation academies, although they have only been established for ten years, they have also cultivated more than 50,000 students, many of whom have become elites in various cities.

Because the principals of these ten cultivation academies used to be Zhou Ming's students.

Therefore, taking the route of "building a country through education", Zhou Ming believes that it is completely feasible, and a considerable part of the middle and upper class elites will also stand on his side, as long as he does a good job of ideological work in the education system, reaches a major consensus, and wins the consent of the majority, it is only a matter of time before a country is established.

The momentum building work in this area has been carried out in various colleges more than a year ago, and has aroused extensive discussions.

Those who support the establishment of the state make up the vast majority of teachers and students.

This time Zhou Ming returned to Zhongyuanzhou, that is, some teachers and students, the more they thought about it, the more excited they became, and they sent telegrams one after another to urge, hoping that Zhou Ming would come back soon and preside over the work of founding the country.

A general trend is taking shape, and with the active promotion of many people, a country is about to break out of its shell.

Seeing that the time is gradually ripe, how can Zhou Ming not come back, and with the blessing of public expectations, complete this great cause that can be called a hollow valley pioneering, breaking new ground, and stepping on a new road?

A glorious undertaking that belongs to mortals as well as immortals, and will profoundly change this world.

When I think about it, my heart is stirring. 8)