"It's really rare for a little girl to have this kind of insight." Grand Lama Wang sighed with emotion: "If our priests had such devout beliefs, the country would have been in a lot less trouble. ”

"Her masters, who can teach such disciples, are not ordinary people." Father Peter agreed: "And have you found out? In one of their villages, there was a scholar who was familiar with the history books, a monk with rich social experience, and a priestess who could teach military skills. ”

"What kind of village is this, it's amazing." He commented: "She said that she was a village girl, but to be honest, many small European aristocrats may not have this educational condition. It's normal for the teachers in this village to be able to teach good students. ”

"It's not a village." Tang Sai'er saw them praising themselves, and hurriedly corrected: "Mr. Big is from the next village." We can't afford to hire a gentleman in a village......"

"That's outrageous." Father Peter still shook his head: "We in Rome can only rely on the army to promote education now, and most of the teachers are retired officers working part-time. When you can reach your level, you will be considered successful. ”

"This can only be done slowly." Wang Da Lama is very numerous: "There is a difference of two thousand years between these two sides, let's start with the Qin and Han dynasties and make up for it slowly." ”

"Although I am also uneducated, I have read a lot of books over the years for my work. At the same time as the Hundred Schools of Thought, philosophical studies also arose among the Greek sages, and many scholars appeared. The biggest difference between the two sides lies in education. ”

"Since Confucius started private learning, education in the Central Plains has been developing rapidly, and more and more people have been educated. Although the Greeks also opened schools, this was only a place for higher education and academic research. The development of private education is very slow, and the way of education is still very simple. ”

"It was still the same until the time of the previous dynasty. In Dadu, several universities founded by the state and the Church are rich in heritage and famous, and people from all over the Mediterranean world come to study. But below the university level, it's gone. ”

"The Central Plains regime can get a large number of educated people from the people, and with a little training, they can be qualified for various duties. But in Rome at that time, only wealthy families with superior conditions had enough conditions to complete these basic education and go to university. Therefore, although Rome had a system of appointing officials, it could not be maintained for most of the time. The slightest weakness of the monarch will quickly become a Western European aristocracy. ”

"It's a similar situation in other regions. The Persians also had a bureaucracy, but their bureaucracy went further than the Romans and had formed a hereditary stable group. This is also because there is no grassroots education there, and the cultivation of talents depends on the teaching of fathers and sons within the family. Naturally, this is the only way to go. ”

"Persia and Rome are also ancient civilizations, and for so many years, no one has thought of learning from others......" muttered Father Peter.

"I can't learn it." Wang Da Lama was very simple: "It is very simple to learn the civil service system, and it is not difficult to even study the imperial examination." The University of Constantinople also has exams, and people have to write a thesis after graduation. In fact, this is a looser policy, and it is not necessarily much behind others. But I think the crux of the matter is not here. ”

"Knowledge is monopolized by the aristocracy and is troublesome for a country. But if it is acquired by the private sector, it is likely to be a disaster – even for the private sector itself. ”

"Once civilians have acquired knowledge, they will not follow what you taught. People have their own minds and will think for themselves. Grand Lama Wang patted his chest: "We also know that people with knowledge are better able to fight than people without knowledge, isn't this the case in their hometown?" You see, with these gentlemen in the village, it was much easier to organize everyone, and a large number of schemes of the government directly failed. ”

"However, it is the Central Plains, and it is a very special place." He reminded everyone: "Previously, the Catholic Church of Rome sent us an official letter again, asking us to cooperate with them in prohibiting the reprinting of the scriptures in the local dialects or the recording of relevant commentaries in dialects. ”

"They made a lot of concessions this time, and even promised to help us promote the Chinese classics, and officially included the "Heavenly Brother Salvation Sutra" and "Messiah Asia-Pacific Righteous Path Song" in the holy biography category in exchange for our support. You can see how serious the situation is over there. ”

"Why aren't people allowed to speak vernacular?" Tang Sai'er didn't quite understand: "I have recited so many Buddhist scriptures, and I haven't seen the monks say that you can't recite them in local dialect." ”

"It's different on his side. Let's leave aside the issue of language and writing, because the consequences of education alone will be very troublesome. The Great Lama replied, "The education here basically depends entirely on the church. Allowing people from all over the world to study the scriptures of the church in the vernacular language is indeed more advantageous for popularizing culture. But what about after learning? ”

"We all know that after learning all kinds of knowledge, the organizational ability and combat effectiveness of the people will be improved, but the combat effectiveness is first and foremost their own. The imperial court asked Ling to exert his combat effectiveness for him, and he had to give enough reasons, right? Otherwise, why would people give you so much work, right? ”

Tang Sai'er nodded.

"Generally speaking, the higher the combat power, the higher the asking price. If the people are cowardly and weak, countries can still control them at a relatively low cost. If everyone can fight, the country will collapse. Wang Da Lama spread his hands.

"Huh? Whoever they can beat, they ...... Don't think about anything else, it's over after the fight? Tang Sai'er was puzzled.

"That's right. If you are not strong enough, you will be suppressed by the noble lord. If it is strong enough, it will be independent as a separate force. The Great Lama said, "Look at Europe now, that's what it looks like." ”

"The strongest place for the civil society is in the Alemanni region, but the state is the weakest here. Whether it is a citizen or a squire, those who can fight will strengthen their independence and become the new nobles in the HRE system. "On the contrary, it's France." The civil power there was very weak, and the royal power and the traditional military aristocracy with Paris at the core were very strong. The good thing is that their country is more united, and the bad thing is that they have almost no civilian army. ”

"How can you fight without civilians?" Tang Sayer asked.

"It's not completely none, it's just that civilian soldiers are very poor in combat and can't act as the main force. Until now, the backbone of the French army has been the nobility of all ranks. The Grand Lama told him: "In order to fight against the English, the King of France tried twice to imitate them and form 'French longbowmen' mainly infantry, but the results were very bad. These infantry were completely unusable and had to give up in the end. ”

"Others generally like to look at their failures in terms of military aspects. But after all, I run a church, and I think that the reason here may be the root cause. In the future, if they want to build a unified big country, they will probably have to take the road of low-quality and high-quantity troops. ”

"We Central Plains people will always have thinking inertia, and always feel that the higher our combat ability, the better. But this is because of the neglect of a premise: after people with combat effectiveness, they must also have a common goal. ”

"On our side, we always habitually ignore this point, and default to the fact that everyone has the concept of the world and has a unified thinking. But elsewhere, it's not something to be taken for granted. He spread his hands: "Everyone is a self-defending thief, and there are very few who have a wide field of vision, and it can't be done." If there is culture and combat effectiveness, the country will be more divided. ”

"So, for 2,000 years, people haven't been promoting universal education, and I don't think it's really ignorant of it. There is really no cultural foundation for this, and the side effects are too great, so I can only pinch my nose and admit it. ”

"I don't know if the Roman Catholic Church can control them, I guess it can't." Grand Lama Wang shook his head: "After these people messed around, it seems that culture and education are more popular, but the last common culture of Europe is gone. There is no possibility of reunification of the entire continent. ”

(End of chapter)