Chapter 589: Resistance and Determination
It's been 2 years, from the Baozhou Mutiny to the present, almost two years, Zhao Xin has gone from a down-and-out existence who can only command dozens of people to get the prince, and in the face of assassination, he has to endure humiliation and burden, and has become a giant of one side.
The strength of the Dinghai Navy, perhaps in this era, few people can see it clearly, but Zhao Xin can see it clearly.
It controlled the entire Northern Song Dynasty, with more than 99% of iron production, almost all steel, more than 80% of cement production, and various other products.
On average, every person in the Northern Song Dynasty will spend more than 10 guan on the various products of the navy, and the income from simple sales every year will be as high as 1 billion guan of large economy, in later generations, this is a behemoth that can not be hidden at any time, no matter how it is hidden, but in this era, the center of the Northern Song Dynasty has really not seen it.
Perhaps, an economic official like Ye Qingchen will take into account the terrible economic strength of the Dinghai Navy, but from the perspective of China's history, there is really no such force that has an advantage because of money.
Businessmen, in the eyes of the superiors, that is, pig raising, when you are in a good mood, you will be fattened, and when you are in a bad mood, you will be killed if you are a little thinner, I have not heard of it, and pigs can still raise dangerous ones.
The theory of consumption in later generations, as well as the theory of military logistics, did not appear at all in this era, and even the longbow of the rudimentary form of the war of attrition only appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, and they did not realize that when wealth was more terrible to a certain extent, especially when wealth could be easily converted into steel, weapons, and even manpower, it would be even more unstoppable.
In the eyes of many high-level officials in the center of the Northern Song Dynasty, giving the navy more money can be regarded as a compensation for Zhao Xin, no matter what he says, he is also Renzong's biological son.
The selection of physical chemistry textbooks is much slower than the previous ones, and Zhao Xin not only needs to consider how much useful knowledge is contained in physical chemistry, but also needs to design experiments.
Unlike some traditional disciplines, even mathematics, physical chemistry is relatively experimental.
Whether it is mechanics and electricity, or the reaction between various substances, it can be demonstrated through intuitive experiments, and through hands-on experiments, you can deepen your impression even more, which is a more conventional learning method in later generations.
However, in Dingjun, this has a different meaning, and many of the developments of Dinghai are from experiments, especially under the huge investment, 12 experts with certain expertise in materials have been trained, and the experiments have been laid, and a large number of talents in this area are needed.
From this development, as well as some experience accumulated in the Dinghai Naval Laboratory, Zhao Xincai summed up some things.
The biggest bug in the Dinghai Navy at present, not him, nor the card system, these may be of great benefit to the Dingjun, without the card system, without Zhao Xin, the traverser, the Dinghai Navy cannot exist at all, they are the foundation.
However, the reason for the rapid development is not that the traverser still has a card system, but that it is based on the rigorous scientific experimental attitude of later generations.
It is this kind of method, after hundreds of years of development in later generations, that all aspects of the loopholes have been taken into account, and the strict prohibition has been achieved to the extreme, so as to prevent any accidents.
Some people will say that industrial production, as well as a rigorous attitude, will erase the variables, in ancient times, the variables are the biggest classics, some official kilns, all for the pursuit of kiln changes, those ingenious porcelain in history.
The large-scale production of porcelain in Jingdezhen in later generations made the kiln no longer produced, and the ingenuity of nature is no longer there, which is in the mouth of some people, it is a historical regression, even thousands of years ago, the ancients were able to make things, but modern times can not do it.
What you don't see is that standardized production reduces costs, and all kinds of high-quality and durable porcelain begin to appear, and industrialization brings control, order, and success rate, rather than the pursuit of illusory kiln changes.
Variables and accidents, perhaps with the development of science, continue to appear, some epoch-making materials, such as penicillin, his appearance, itself is an operational error, but this can be more clearly known to study clearly, there are unknown, there is no kind of luck, buy lottery tickets like luck, but there is a steady foundation, thick accumulation, this is the best, perhaps unexpected breakthroughs, will let at a certain time, occupy the upper hand, but the accumulation, will be able to rely on strong strength, After that, overtake.
Just like Germany, in the First World War, why Britain aggressively persecuted, and even used certain means, is very simple, if Germany is allowed to continue to develop, it will soon surpass Britain.
Physical chemistry, from the content of junior high school is relatively simple, plus the things needed by the navy, but it is only a little troublesome, the real difficulty is all kinds of experiments, in combination with the original middle school textbooks in the experimental courses, plus the needs of the navy, the textbooks have finally been compiled.
When the textbooks of a course were determined, there was a thing in front of Zhao Xin, a number of studies on the issue of naval education.
Coming out of the countryside, in a poor village, studying step by step, and finally successfully entered Peking University, a first-class university, and finally from undergraduate, graduate to doctorate, it can be said that he has studied all the way, even if he does not choose to take the road of Germany, he will not relax his education.
Under Zhao Xin's attention, Dingjun has never let go of education, but it has not been systematized and no new education has been implemented.
After the first generation of Dinghai people joined the Dinghai Navy, in order to strengthen the efficiency of their work, education began first, and at the same time the implementation of supplementary education and literacy education, the training of children was also started.
The Dinghai Navy has huge profits and has enough strength to promote education, and the education of children in the Dinghai Navy is fully subsidized and educated.
At first, Zhao Xin also thought about directly expanding into the current education method, and the development of later decades has made that model the most suitable model.
But in the end, this education changed its flavor, so that ordinary children could read, just hire some scholars, carry out enlightenment, and then add mathematics, history, and some other subjects, in general, it is still old-fashioned, and some improvements were thought of in the middle, but they all died because of the existence of teachers.
The Northern Song Dynasty attached great importance to the literati, but the stubbornness of the Confucian literati was also famous, they were conservative, and at some times, they were more suitable for the ruling class, but in the Dinghai Navy, in the era of industrialization, it was really not suitable.
Now, Dingjun has reserved enough personnel, those who have been beaten in the institute and have not come out, but have basically mastered the methods of experiments, and have a preliminary understanding of physics or chemistry, they may not be able to become a qualified experimenter and become an excellent scientist, but there is no problem in becoming a teacher.
In mathematics, there are also a large number of talents with computing ability, and these people have been cultivated with time, and now they are just at the right time.
It can be said that in addition to literature and history, the Dinghai Navy must rely on the original masters, and other industries are basically not needed, and even literature and history, simple literacy and ancient lectures, can also not rely on these masters, and this has a basis for reform.
The reason for Zhao Xin's hesitation is precisely this.
At present, the education of the navy, especially the education of school-age children, is very good, because from top to bottom, we know the importance of literacy and knowledge, and there is no resistance to running education.
There will be no objection to children going to literacy, because the elders have been late to this benefit, as long as it is more than 1000 words, the certification of the junior and intermediate level, it is very simple, as long as it takes time.
1000 words, for adults, it is a difficult bone to gnaw, but for children, what is it, besides, seven or eight-year-old children, if they want to go to work, they can't go to work, at least until they are 16 years old, they have 8 years to learn, and at this point, time is waiting.
But the teacher is a big problem, those old masters who came out of the imperial examination, their minds are full of the imperial examination, everything that has nothing to do with the imperial examination, they are all demons and monsters, and they are useless.
The addition of history is a special case, but what is labor and nature, and those mathematics, and not to train buddies, what to do with arithmetic, you say that a simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division is enough, what a one-dimensional quadratic equation, what trigonometric functions, looking at dizzying things, isn't it a waste of students?
As a matter of fact, the educational reform of the Dinghai Navy was spent in a constant struggle and struggle, and the addition of many subjects was completed in a constant struggle.
Now that Zhao Xin has enough strength, then he can not rely on these masters, if they want, he can leave them literature and history, if he is unwilling, then he is sorry, even if he lets some people who are not very qualified, he will not use them.
Literature is very important, but for the fast-growing Dingjun, it is not as important as science, and the industry needs students who know science and can experiment.
Zhao Xin has a headache now, but it is these masters, they may give him a headache, but in the construction of the Dinghai Navy, it has played a very big role, this reform is comprehensive, it involves all aspects, and it will definitely attract a huge backlash.
At the beginning, in order to understand the problem of determining the literacy rate of the navy, Zhao Xin found those scholars, and at that time he took out Hanyu Pinyin, which made the scholars have some complaints, because this is against the tradition, in the traditional teaching, there is no such thing as pinyin, and it is always bad for you to make it rashly.
Under the environment of Dinghai at that time, coupled with Zhao Xin's authority in Dinghai, in the end, let this matter be smoothly transitioned, in the real use, Hanyu Pinyin can greatly speed up the speed of learning and literacy, and it will not be said.
But the current education reform, this is no longer innovation, this is a complete overthrow.
Among the new disciplines, only three of them, liberal arts, mathematics, and history, are somewhat related to the traditional teaching process.
It's just related, in fact, it's not the same, the difference is huge, in the liberal arts, ancient texts are just dabbling, just appreciation, not as the focus.
What I really pay attention to is the literacy of Chinese Pinyin, and the use of some simple phrases and sentences, this thing is not a brilliant article, but a vernacular, how to use the most concise, the least likely to disagree with the words, to make a thing clear, this is what Zhao Xin really likes, not what literary style.
This is completely contrary to the thinking of traditional literati, sometimes, in order to pay attention to literary style, they specialize in getting something that others don't understand, or it is not easy to understand, otherwise how to show superiority.
As for mathematics, it is not a simple number and calculation, it is a real theory, starting from the free mixed calculation, the foundation of the whole mathematics, just like before, is completely different, it can be said that the difficulty has risen significantly, and the importance has also risen, there is a student, must master mathematics, otherwise, the future development space, is not good at all,
History is easy to say, but why is it so simple, it is like a common sense thing.
No matter how you say this, they all have something to do with the sages, but what about the others, physics, what is chemistry, what is chemistry, and the labor and experiment, no matter how you look at it, they have nothing to do with learning, this is not heaven
Zhao Xin has absolute authority in the Dinghai Navy, and it is unceremonious to say that in 2 years, Zhao Xin has shown the ability to lead the entire Dinghai Navy, and his WeChat is very high in the Dinghai Navy, but he can't start casually.
To tell the truth, these gentlemen who gradually began to defect to the Dinghai Navy after the Daimyo's Mansion were very helpful to the Dinghai Navy, without merit, but also with hard work, overthrowing these who made great contributions to the Dinghai Navy, putting them on the opposite side of the Dinghai Navy, and denying all their merits, Zhao Xin could not do this.
But Zhao Xin is no longer the one who can't even control his own fate, he is the Marquis of Dinghai who shoulders the fate of the navy, and sometimes, he has to make a choice.
The night is deeper, but in the deep night, the lights are more distinct, Zhao Xin looked at the night and gradually blurred Dingjun, stood up, the expression on his face gradually became solemn, and after thinking for a while, he signed his name on the document.
The development of the times, sometimes, has nothing to do with right or wrong, even if it is well-intentioned, against the trend of the times, it will still become malicious, he has no intention of doing anything to these scholars, but really these scholars, let the development of the Dinghai Navy slow down, or go against the trend of the Dinghai, then I am really sorry.
Along with Zhao Xin's order, a reform of the education of the Dinghai Navy, and then, the dust settled, and from the moment Zhao Xin promulgated it, it began to open in the Dinghai Navy from top to bottom.