In September of the 17th year of Tai'an, a ship with a special mission set off from the docks of Songjiang Province and sailed thousands of miles away to Europa.

On this ship, soldiers in Confucian robes stood on the side of the ship and kept talking to each other.

The youngest of them is only in his twenties, and the oldest is already half a hundred years old.

In the face of the upcoming strange land, their hearts are full of longing and hesitation.

Just three months ago, the British, French, Italian and other European envoys jointly sent a plea to the Great Zhou Emperor, asking the Great Zhou court to come forward and send a part of the learned people to the countries of Europa.

First, it is naturally for cultural exchange, and second, it is their real purpose, hoping to get real well-educated people to teach their children.

Dealing with big and strong countries, small countries and weak countries always put themselves in the position of students, which is a phenomenon that cannot be avoided by any country in any period.

Today, Da Zhou is the world's largest power, whether in terms of military, rectification, economy, and culture, Da Zhou is far ahead of the countries of Europa.

Therefore, it is reasonable for the envoys of the countries of Europa to Zhou to jointly issue such a request.

After the West Asian War, the countries of Europa discovered many of their own shortcomings and shortcomings, which could only be improved after they had an in-depth understanding of the Great Zhou.

Even, the English Empire made a ten-year plan for this.

That is, in the next ten years, England will send more than 5,000 outstanding students to the Great Zhou to understand the customs and political culture of the Great Zhou.

And the premise of all this is that you must learn Chinese before going abroad.

However, in Europe during this period, few people knew Chinese, except for the ministers of the Great Zhou Dynasty and a very small number of merchants.

Under such circumstances, many countries in Europe began to hire Zhou people to go to Europe to teach their children at high salaries.

But under the idea of resettlement, no one really wants to settle in Europe.

In desperation, European countries had to ask for Zhang Lingyang's head.

Without thinking about it, Zhang Lingyang agreed to the request of the countries.

For himself, to the things that are not harmful to Da Zhou Baiyi, why does Zhang Lingyang disagree?

Moreover, Zhang Lingyang also tried to take this opportunity to gradually sinicize the aristocratic circle of Europe, and then Sinicize the whole of Europe step by step.

Therefore, Zhang Lingyang issued an order to select more than 500 students who could speak English, French, German and other languages from among the scholars of the Royal Academy to gather in Songjiang Mansion, and began to leave the Great Zhou by boat in September of the 17th year of Tai'an.

It will take three years to leave.

When Zhang Lingyang recruited these people, he had secretly ordered the Jinyi Guard, who handled the matter, to give these people some words, that is, once they returned after three years, they would also want to participate in the imperial examination, and Zhang Lingyang would give them the origin of the same jinshi.

In addition, for those who have no intention of pursuing a career, Zhang Lingyang will arrange for them to enter various factories or primary and secondary schools in Dazhou as key members, and will give them special promotions.

More than 10 years ago, Zhang Lingyang promoted a similar method in the Warat Division, and the effect was very good.

Unlike Warat, European countries do not belong to the same cultural circle as the Great Zhou, so Zhang Lingyang is not sure whether it will succeed in the end.

But there are some things that you have to try to know if you can succeed in the end.

……

At the beginning of the eighteenth year of Tai'an, Zhu Kaishan, the first assistant to the cabinet, released last year's financial situation and this year's budget to the imperial court.

From the published data, it can be seen that since the resumption of normal trade relations with European countries, the economic development of Dazhou has reached a new level.

In the past year, Da Zhou's economic growth rate exceeded 30 percent.

At this rate of development, it will take less than four years for Dazhou's GDP to double.

The reason why such impressive results can be achieved is inseparable from the major projects and projects that were completed one after another last year.

The first five-year plan of the Great Zhou was originally from the thirteenth year of Tai'an to the eighteenth year of Tai'an. But with the full cooperation of human, material and financial resources, it took only four years for Da Zhou to complete his first five-year plan.

The most important part of this first five-year plan is the completion of all the major transportation arteries connecting the whole country.

Since then, whether you are deep in the mountains of Sichuan and Shu, or in the watery Jiangnan, you can transfer all kinds of materials to all parts of the country in the fastest time.

The nationwide anti-bandit work launched last year has also made very impressive progress.

By the end of the seventeenth year of Tai'an, a total of more than 300 cottages and bandit dens of all sizes were swept away, and tens of thousands of bandits were imprisoned, making the world completely new.

At the same time, the industrial and mining enterprises planned by the imperial court have also begun to be put into regular production, which has further enhanced the source of economic development.

At the early 18th year of Tai'an, Zhang Lingyang put forward a grand goal, that is, in the next five years, each province of the Great Zhou Dynasty should build at least one university hall, and each county should have at least one middle school hall.

In the vast rural areas, every two to three villages has at least one primary school.

That's right, Zhang Lingyang plans to popularize education for all in the next five years.

With the exception of university halls, all public primary and secondary schools across the country are free of charge.

In this way, although there has been an increase in education funding, it can still be provided if it is crowded elsewhere.

If Zhang Lingyang has made a great determination in education, then the military deployment shows Zhang Lingyang's ambition.

Because in terms of military planning for the next five years, Zhang Lingyang proposed that within five years, the illiteracy rate in the army would be reduced to zero.

That is, after five years, if you don't know a single word, then sorry, you won't be able to join the army.

As for the training of middle and low-level generals, Zhang Lingyang also spared no effort.

In addition to the military academies in Luoyang and the old capital, Zhang Lingyang also plans to build five new military academies in the next five years, mainly for training middle and lower-level officers.

After five years, all middle- and lower-level officers must pass the academy assessment before they can officially enter the army.

In medicine, Zhang Lingyang ordered the hospital to compile highly practical medical books, and on the other hand, he wanted to build at least one public medical center in every county.

For doctors in various places, they have to go through the assessment of the Tai Hospital, and after passing the qualifications, they can become official doctors.

In agriculture, on the basis of the comprehensive promotion of winter wheat, Zhang Lingyang ordered the Agricultural College to take the lead in developing and testing more high-yield wheat and rice.

Zhang Lingyang wanted the College of Agriculture to study hybrid rice, but Zhang Lingyang didn't understand how hybrid rice was studied, so he could only let the teachers and students of the College of Agriculture study it on their own......