"Prussia defeated France a hundred years ago!"

Although Tang Haoran's words were not loud, not only Zhang Zhidong and Zhao Fengchang were dumbfounded when they heard it, but Gu Hongming was also dumbfounded, looking at Tang Haoran with doubts, even when he was studying in Germany, the most arrogant Germans did not necessarily dare to say this.

"W-why is that?"

Zhang Zhidong looked at Tang Haoran puzzled, and Gu Hongming also looked at him with doubts, wanting to hear his explanation.

In 1806, the short French emperor came to the outskirts of Berlin with a large number of officers and pointed to a tombstone with a horsewhip and told his subordinates: "If he were alive, we would not be able to stand here." "The one who spoke was Napoleon, and the owner of the tombstone was Frederick the Great. Both men had a profound influence on the development of Germany. Frederick was not actually emperor in his life, he was only the king of Prussia, and the title of emperor was given to him by the people. What did he do so that Napoleon, who was empty-eyed, would say so about him? ”

Again, Tang Haoran turned his attention to the person who asked questions from time to time, and the only one who did not know his name, obviously, he knew Germany very well, who was this person? Why can you sit on an equal footing with Zhang Zhidong? But now he did not pay attention to this man, and he had been talking about the rise of Germany for several hours, and continued to tell the cause and effect of Frederick the Great and the rise of Germany, as before.

From his reform of the Prussian army to the reform of education, in Tang Haoran's straightforward explanation, Zhang Zhidong nodded from time to time, and did not interrupt his narration, at most he would only ask questions when he was occasionally puzzled, and then wait for his explanation, and sometimes Gu Hongming would add it on the side.

“…… Wilhelm also extended this method of education to schools across the country, where schools learned from the army and emphasized discipline and diligence, so that he inadvertently became the first German monarch to make education compulsory. And with his "education", he imprinted the whole of Prussia: discipline, obedience, conscientiousness, precision, diligence and frugality. Barracks-style discipline and hierarchy dominated the whole of social life, and the "Prussian spirit" took shape ......"

Prussian spirit!

When the five words came into his ears, Gu Hongming finally knew why Tang Haoran said that Germany defeated France a hundred years ago, and defeating France was not overnight, but the efforts of several generations, and it was the efforts of those generations that created the current Germany.

“…… Fichte, a philosopher who came out of his study, had the answer of education for all. He called for compulsory education for all citizens to be made compulsory by forcing the people to perform military service. He pointed out that as long as the EFA strategy is implemented, "all areas of the economy, in a short period of time and without many difficulties, can achieve unprecedented prosperity, and if it is necessary to calculate, the benefits of the country will exceed its initial investment by a thousand times." And the cowardly rulers of Prussia came up with the same answer this time as the scholars. William III said: "The nation must compensate for the loss of the body with spiritual strength." It is precisely because of the poor countries that education is needed. I have never heard of a country running education that is poor and ruined. ”

"A good William III, a good sentence, I have never heard of a country running education and running poor, and running a country ruined."

As a literati, at least at this point, Zhang Zhidong agrees with the view of re-education from the bottom of his heart, which is also the point of view of Confucianism, and it is precisely because of this that he will make this exclamation, and in his exclamation, Tang Haoran took a sip of tea and continued.

"My lord, this is the most brilliant and valuable logical reasoning that this is a people who are good at rational thinking. For a latecomer country, in order to achieve the status of a political, cultural, and military power, it must first take the lead in education. For Germany at this time, high-quality national education was indeed the foundation for salvation, reunification and strength. ”

After a tactful persuasion, what came to Tang Haoran's mind was that on the road to Germany's rise, education played a role, and it was education that changed Germany and promoted Germany's rise.

In 1825, Prussia introduced a system of forced education, in which education was regarded as a civic duty along with military service. In 1850, Prussia promulgated the Draft School Law, which guaranteed this system in the form of law, stipulating that teachers had the rights and duties of public officials and that students were exempt from paying school fees. From 1818 to 1846, the number of pupils in the Prussian national schools nearly doubled, and the enrolment rate of school-age children reached 82 per cent, rising to 97.5 per cent by the 60s. History testifies to the Prussian vision. ”

I don't know if it's the sequelae of the crossing, in a few hours of narration, Tang Haoran found that his memory is extremely clear, although he has only watched "The Rise of a Great Power" once in the past, he can not only recall its content, but even more clearly remember the years and numbers in the meantime, a few hours of narration made Tang Haoran's mouth have a dry mouth, when mentioning Prussian education, he suddenly didn't want to say any more, looked at Zhang Zhidong who seemed to be thoughtful, and said in an extremely flat tone.

In 1870, Marshal Moltke, who finally defeated France and captured the king of France, said: "The victory of Prussia was decided from the podium of the elementary school teacher. And an excellent basic education, which underpins a high-quality university education, is now what we see, we see in Germany. We also know that Germany is there, German education, German industrial products, Germany's qiē, we all know it, and the Goethes no longer need to make that sigh! ”

Perhaps, Tang Haoran stopped talking, but Gu Hongming thought a lot, he thought of the birth of the University of Berlin four years after the crushing defeat to Napoleon, thought that Prussia was paying a huge war reparations to France, and the king, who was determined to run education, took out the last bit of family money to establish the world-class university, which even affected the world's higher education all over the world.

Looking at Tang Haoran's gaze has also changed, since the opening of the country for more than 40 years, the world only knows the strength of the West, but does not know why the West is strong, now looking at Tang Haoran, Gu Hongming knows, the young man in front of him gave a clearer answer, although in the past he also knew that China wants to be rich and strong, must establish education, but it is not as clear as he said one by one like this.

"Hoo ......"

After a long time, Zhang Zhidong, who seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and seemed to have recovered from the horror, looked at Tang Haoran, and suddenly felt that today's China is lacking and needing this kind of person, no matter what he asks, how high the salary is, he must also keep him in his shogunate of the governor of Huguang, he is different from Gu Hongming, Gu Hongming is proficient in Western language and literature, but he is completely different, if he is doing foreign affairs, he cannot do without this kind of talent.

Now Zhang Zhidong is not only annoyed that a storm destroyed the notes of various countries recorded by Tang Haoran in his years of travel, but also secretly glad that the storm sent him to him, and he must not miss this person!

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhidong said to Tang Haoran with concern.

"Ziran has been overseas for more than 20 years, and has accumulated a lot of Western knowledge, and has studied metallurgical engineering, and the country is looking for talents like you. I would like to ask you to go to Hubei with me, and work with me to do some practical things that are useful to the country and the people, and you and I will work together to promote the rise of Huguang and witness the awakening of China. As for the salary and treatment, I will consider it preferentially. Would you like to stay, do you have any requirements?"

"I do."

Looking at Zhang Zhidong's eager gaze, Tang Haoran would refuse the olive branch handed by the big tree, and immediately replied cheerfully.

"I can't ask for anything now, and I'll ask for something in the future."

"Okay."

Zhang Zhidong nodded with satisfaction, looked at Tang Haoran again from head to toe, and said with a smile:

"You don't make a request to me, I'm going to make a request to you."

Could it be that so soon, you have to test your own depth? Tang Haoran, who had just succeeded in the interview, was a little nervous, and he didn't know what the "big tree" he was about to rely on would ask for.

"Ziran, since you have returned to China, you must be a complete Chinese. Tomorrow, when the ship arrives in Xiamen, Zhujun will take you to the tailor shop in the city to make six sets of clothes, two in winter, two in summer, and two in spring and autumn, even if it is a gift from me. Also, you don't have braids on your head, so if you want to leave the braids and don't grow for a long time, go buy a fake braid first. For the imperial court, whether there are braids or not is not a question of hair growth, but a matter of loyalty or disloyalty. For the sake of this, let Zhujun sue you! ”

Although he was very resistant to the "yin and yang head" that shaved half of his head and the "tail" on the back of his head, Tang Haoran, who knew that he had to integrate into this era, hurriedly responded.

"Yes, my lord, I understand."

What is this requirement, it is not a requirement at all.

"Well, that's good, after all, you have returned to China, and in recent times, people have been sent from all over the country, Ziran, although you are my staff, I will wronged you first, and after you have braids, I will introduce you to them."

Zhang Zhidong, who is well aware of the atmosphere of officialdom, specially admonished, and the reason why he deliberately admonished this sentence was only because he didn't want to see Tang Haoran affect his future development because he didn't have braids.

"Listen to your orders!"

Tang Haoran hurriedly got up and saluted, and Zhang Zhidong also got up and looked at Tang Haoran and said with a smile.

"Still, there's one more thing you need to do."

Sure enough, the direct request came, Tang Haoran hurriedly listened to Zhang Zhidong's instructions, after he entered the Zhang Shogunate, what would be the first task?

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