"His Majesty the Emperor approved the promulgation of the Imperial Decree of the Factory Labor Law, which stated that from July 1, 1723, in the 19th year of Taiping (1723), workers should not work more than ten hours a day, and they must have three days of paid rest in a month. …… The passage and implementation of this bill will improve the working conditions and living conditions of the workers in the country to a certain extent, and it can be regarded as the greatest good governance in the empire in decades, and fully demonstrates the benevolence of His Majesty. ……”

"On April 18, Gao Weiming, Vice Premier of the Cabinet and Secretary of the Ministry of Industrial Development, attended the launching ceremony of the 'Shengshi' of Daxing Shipyard. The ship is powered by a wind-steam hybrid system and has a full load displacement of 8,000 tons, once again setting a new record for the largest scale of construction of an imperial ship. ……”

"On April 15, Princess Yongcheng, accompanied by officials from the protocol department of Honglu Temple, will leave for the kingdom of Dashun to marry the prince of that country, Li Guangyuan. This marriage will further strengthen and consolidate the vassal relationship between Qi Shun. ……”

"In the 18th year of Taiping (1722), on October 16, near the beginning of winter, a great war broke out again between the Qin State and the Dzungar Khanate on the banks of the Bogdo River in Mobei (near present-day Uriya Sutai in Outer Mongolia). After several days of fierce fighting, the weak Qin army suffered a heavy defeat, and more than 3,000 cavalry were almost wiped out, almost losing control of the Khalkha Mongolian region in Mobei. This made the battlefield initiative situation grasped by the Qin army in Luntai (in the area of present-day Urumqi) a few years ago suddenly reversed. ……”

"The war in the northwest of the Mughal Empire, which has lasted for a year, has reached a stalemate, and our minister to Delhi expressed the hope that the Mughal Empire will exercise restraint and not further cause regional tensions. …… In addition, the Cabinet Government is considering sending a special envoy to India to mediate the war that has broken out in the northwest. ……”

In November of the 18th year of Taiping, an armed rebellion broke out in the region of Qingguo Zezhou (present-day southern Chile), and Ning'an (present-day Punta Arenas, Chile) and Suiping (present-day Povenier, the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Chile) responded and blockaded the Ning'an Strait (present-day Strait of Magellan). …… The Gyeongguo government then appealed to the cabinet and the military for help in order to obtain the necessary military assistance to quell the rebellion in the Zeju region and maintain the unity of the kingdom. ……”

"In December, the eighteenth year of Taiping, a huge gold deposit was discovered in the Xingshan area (now Johannesburg) in Qianzhou (now South Africa), which caused shocks at home and abroad. …… In view of the growing importance of Qianzhou and the discovery of various precious metal mineral resources, the Cabinet Government and the Ministry of Colonial Affairs intended to abolish the governance structure of the Governorate and bring it under the direct jurisdiction of the Government. ……”

“……”

Song Wenru flipped through several newspapers today, but could not get any news about the Persian region, sighed slightly, restacked the newspapers, and put them on the table.

"Wenru, why are you in a daze?" Yan Zhumei, who taught mathematics in the school, walked into the teacher's office with the lesson plan, looked at Song Wenru who was stunned, and patted her shoulder with a smile, "Could it be that a student made you difficult again?" …… If you don't obey, just whip them with a whip or a ring ruler, and make sure that they are all obedient! ”

“…… No. Song Wenru shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You said that the territory of our Qi State is almost so vast, why do the cabinet and the military continue to implement the overseas expansion policy and send so many young people to dangerous and wild countries and regions?" ”

"yes." Yan Zhumei nodded and sat opposite Song Wenru, "When people are alive, they only rely on a burrow, and they sleep on their backs with a bed, and they are buried in the ground, only a few feet away." The territorial expansion of our Qi country ranged from Yinzhou (present-day California) and Gyeongju (Patagonia) in the east, to the vast islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, to the wild sandbanks and Qianzhou in the west, and even in the Mediterranean region adjacent to Europe, there are also territories of our Qi country. …… Well, as those radical young people in the country proclaimed, our Qi country is another empire on which the sun never sets after Spain. But the price of acquiring these territories was the sacrifice of tens of thousands of pioneers. The ancients said that although the country is big, it will die if it is warlike. ”

"Heh, but there is another sentence behind this sentence, although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous." Song Wenru said with a smile: "The two of us women are here to oppose the expansion policy of the cabinet and the military, and it will not help after all. ”

"If one day, the world is ruled by our women, presumably this kind of needless expansion and war will not exist." Yan Zhumei sighed, "As men, it is their ambition to start wars and conquer the world. You said, if our old Zhou could retire from the navy and engage in an ordinary job more than ten years ago, he would not have gone to the Hades Palace to report early! It caused me to grow up with three children by myself. Oh, and your family's Lao Li too, making us all widows! ”

"All life and death are fate!" When Song Wenru heard this, she also sighed softly, and was a little worried about her son who was serving in Persia.

"By the way, in two months, the exam will be upgraded, how did the three classes you teach do in Chinese studies?" Yan Zhumei corrected her homework for a while, looked up at Song Wenru, who was still in a daze, and knew that she was worried about her son who was serving on Shazhou, so she deliberately diverted her train of thought.

"What else?" Song Wenru replied with a smile: "Today's children are generally not interested in those obscure ancient texts, if they are not forced by the whip, I am afraid that they will not even listen to the class." In the promotion exam two months later, most of the children will lose a lot of marks in the Chinese culture course, and they may have to repeat the grade. ”

At present, Qi implements an eight-year compulsory compulsory education, and the law stipulates that all children aged 5-13 must receive education.

However, in order to reduce the burden of care or reduce the cost of childcare institutions, many families with a large number of children often send their four-year-old children to school to attend classes, and at the same time, some children with poor "learning qualifications" will repeat grades repeatedly, which makes the age structure of a class uneven.

For example, the three fifth-grade classes taught by Song Wenru include children of a wider age group, ranging from 9 to 15 years old.

Of course, most of the students are 10-11 years old.

In five years of primary school and three years of junior high school, children receive courses such as Chinese, arithmetic, basic natural sciences (including basic physics and chemistry), elementary geography, elementary history, and handicrafts, painting, music, and physical education.

At the time of enrolment, all children are placed in different grades according to the educational standards. At the end of each semester, there will be an exam, and if you pass the exam, you can move up the bar, and if you don't, you have to repeat the year. Smart children may quickly rise to a higher standard and enter a higher age, and vice versa.

During this period, although the educational content of Qi was different from that of Qin on the mainland and European countries, it was basically the same in terms of correcting students' learning attitudes and behaviors, that is, corporal punishment was common. Whether it is an elite school where a rich boy or a young lady lives, or a public school for the general public, most teachers believe in the belief that "talent comes from under the stick".

Attracting children's interest in a more humane way, and patiently persuading and persuading them of bad behavior, is an attitude that only a few people have. The sheer scale of teaching and the uneven "qualifications" of students also motivate corporal punishment from the side.

In addition to being used to enforce authority, corporal punishment is also used to ensure that students are focused. Many teachers in Qi are steadfast in their belief that children make mistakes because they don't study hard or don't listen carefully to their advice. For this, children in the classroom are subjected to corporal punishment for incomplete recitation, writing errors, arithmetic errors, and scribbled handwriting.

Beatings and corporal punishment are an effective means of keeping teachers quiet, ensuring that children are looking in the right direction, and asking them to sit or stand up, especially in public. In this way, the children are asked to listen to every word the teacher says.

The correction of schools, whether it is the government or ordinary families, is considered to be the correct way to manage it. For, in many people's minds, obedience and obedience are necessary and valued qualities, partly because they enable children to follow instructions accurately and to deal with boring and repetitive exercises through self-control, which is believed to make them orderly workers, docile and obedient peasants, and obedient soldiers.

Needless to say, many schools feel like factories, especially at a time when Qi industry's industry was booming. The school is destined to be a training ground for life and work, with a strict hierarchy and strict rules and regulations.

From factory workers to trading house guys, everyone must be absolutely obedient to authority. Corporal punishment in schools is considered a lesson for those who willfully challenge the rules of life, and this direct physical punishment is meant to prepare them for the real world they will face.