Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 200 Education
ps: Chapter 200 has been blocked,

When the National Defense Force was first established, it was a military-civilian hybrid that integrated military operations and civil production. In addition to the field troops which were purely military forces, the garrison troops, reserve militia, camp schools, logistics departments, military hospitals and other departments not only fulfilled the functions of the troops but also served as civil functions.

After the implementation of separation of military and political affairs, the previous mixed military and civilian situations needed to be changed.

Clarifying the functions of military generals and government officials is the first step in implementing the separation of military and politics. Separating the camp schools from the troops and converting them into army officer schools is the second step in the separation of military and politics.

Education is the foundation of the development of a nation-state. There is no example in the world of a country becoming strong without attaching importance to education.

At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Rio Grande do Sul was in a state of recovery. Li Mingyuan invested the limited funds and resources he had in several important industrial projects, delaying the popularization of basic education and the establishment of public schools.

Over the past two years, initial progress has been made in industrial fields such as steel mining, smelting, and weapons processing. The teaching staff that once restricted educational development has also been recruited by suitable candidates due to the arrival of large numbers of voluntary Chinese businessmen. It can be said that Rio Grande do Sul now has the basic conditions for developing education.

Military first, then civil. Surrounded by powerful enemies, the planning and construction of Rio Grande do Sul's education system also adjusted the order of priority according to the needs of national security. Therefore, in the planned education, the Army Officer School is the highest level and the public basic school is the next level.

The Army Officers School is under the management of the General Staff Headquarters, and the school instructors and students are all active-duty military personnel, while basic public schools are managed by the Ministry of Education in the government.

It has been a year since the formal establishment of government administrative agencies such as the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance, but the opportunities for them to truly perform their corresponding duties are very limited.

The Deputy Minister of Finance was Sun Bin, but after Sun Bin was sent to Southeast Asia, Liu Pu had been in charge of the Ministry of Finance concurrently. Although a candidate for the Deputy Minister of Education had been selected, because education work in Rio Grande do Sul had not been carried out for a long time, the Deputy Minister of Education, Zhao Yan, was just a figurehead, but was actually busy with other work.

"The educational content of the Army Officers School must be aligned with current Western military education. I will find a way to solve the problem of the school's lack of military instructors. The first thing to do now is to build the framework of the Army Officers School.

Liu Pu, since you are still the chief of staff, you will be responsible for the preparations for the establishment of the Army Officers School. Before I return from Paraguay, please try to solve the problem of the first batch of students at the Army Officers School. "

"There are more than one hundred outstanding graduates from the Camp School. I recommend that they be trained as the first batch of military academy students."

"Examine them together with applicants from other units. The capable ones will be promoted and the inferior ones will be demoted. Do not give them any special treatment."

"I understand."

"Zhao Yan, you are the vice minister of the Ministry of Education in charge of education. How many schools do you think should be built?"

After finishing the topic of military academy, Li Mingyuan turned to ask Zhao Yan a question.

"Your Highness, Rio Grande do Sul currently has one capital and five counties: Xinjing, Hexi, Yong'an, Changning, Hetao (Pelotas), Xing'an (Passo Fundo), plus the counties that are about to be established.

If the counties of Invia and Friuliano have a total of eight county towns, in my opinion, although the number of scholars in Rio Grande do Sul has increased a lot, it still does not meet the standard of establishing a school in every settlement, so it is more in line with the domestic situation to first concentrate the scholars among the new immigrants and establish a primary school in each county town. "

"Liu Pu, how many Chinese people are under the age of 18 in Rio Grande do Sul now?"

There were no Chinese children of school age in Rio Grande do Sul, so Li Mingyuan set the school's target group as young Chinese people under the age of eighteen.

"There are 3,000 Chinese people aged 14 and over but under 16, and 20,000 Chinese people aged 16 and over but under 18."

Liu Pu answered after asking his staff.

"Eight elementary schools, each teaching 500 students, only 400 of them."

Li Mingyuan whispered softly, frowning and said, "No, there are more than 20,000 Chinese under the age of 18, and 400 student places are too few.

Zhao Yan, think of a way to double the number of schools to reach the standard of enrolling 1,000 students. Can you do it? "Your Highness, a primary school is equipped with 10 lecturers. On average, one lecturer teaches 50 students. In general, private school teachers teach 20 students in a school, and the maximum number is 40. One lecturer teaching 50 students is already the limit. If there are more students, the lecturer will have a hard time teaching."

In ancient times, the number of students in each private school was limited. Zhao Yan and Sun Bin were both poor scholars who had experienced teaching by private school teachers, so they had an intuitive understanding of the limit on the number of students in each school. Li Mingyuan was different. Li Mingyuan grew up in the countryside when he was a child. In high school, he was squeezed into a classroom with 70 or 80 people. He subconsciously believed that a teacher could manage 70, 80 or even 100 students.

"When starting education in China, we need to find ways to overcome some difficulties."

Li Mingyuan said a consoling word and continued, "I understand the difficulty of a teacher teaching more than 50 students, but the situation in Rio Grande do Sul is a little different. The students are older, and their learning ability and discipline are much stronger than children of the same age.

You should do more work for the teachers, let them understand the difficulties of the country, work hard, each teacher is responsible for 70 students, and add 7 more primary schools, bringing the total number of schools to 15. "

Although Li Mingyuan spoke to Zhao Yan in a negotiating tone, he was not allowed to change the content of his words. Zhao Yan guessed the urgency in Li Mingyuan's heart and had no choice but to accept the task and at the same time strive for more authorization from Li Mingyuan.

"Your Highness, most of the newly immigrated Chinese scholars choose to work as officials in government departments. In order to recruit a sufficient number of teachers, I need Your Highness's authorization to forcibly recruit new immigrants. I hope Your Highness will grant your permission."

"Primary schools are only for teaching students basic cultural knowledge. It is not reasonable and appropriate to use coercive means to recruit teachers in order to increase the number of students.

Zhao Yan, your request is a bit excessive."

Zhao Yan gritted his teeth and finished speaking, but was immediately opposed by Liu Pu.

"Lord Liu, I know it is inappropriate to forcibly recruit immigrants to serve as teachers, but if I don't do this, I really can't recruit the number of people Your Highness requires."

Liu Pu has always been Zhao Yan's immediate superior. Faced with Liu Pu's reprimand, Zhao Yan had no choice but to defend himself.

"Rio Grande do Sul has just welcomed a wave of immigration from overseas Chinese brothers. Forcibly recruiting new immigrants will have a bad impact on the reputation of Rio Grande do Sul, so let's just forget about it."

Li Mingyuan waved his hand to stop the two people's dispute, and changed his tone and said, "The implementation of primary education is not as simple as letting brothers read and write. The steel mills and gun factories outside the new capital and Hexi County need knowledgeable workers to operate them. In addition to the Chinese apprentices selected in advance, some important workers need to select qualified graduates from primary schools.

The world is now dominated by science and technology. The country that attaches importance to education and science and technology will rise. The mainland under the rule of the Qing Dynasty was closed to the outside world. Even the Westernization Movement was just a superficial show. It could not really make the country strong. Our national defense army has worked hard to obtain a place to stay. We must catch up and learn Western science and technology. We can't treat foreign technology as a gimmick like before, and only learn the fur but not the core. "

"I was short-sighted and did not appreciate your highness's painstaking efforts. I beg your highness to forgive me."

Liu Pu and Zhao Yan saw that Li Mingyuan looked surprised and bowed hurriedly.

"It is human nature for talented and knowledgeable scholars to want to be officials rather than just be teachers. It is not easy to recruit more than a hundred suitable teachers at a time."

Li Mingyuan held the two of them together, and after thinking for a moment, his frown gradually relaxed. "I have an idea for a solution. We can stipulate that new teachers who have taught for a full year are eligible to apply for transfer to government administrative departments. In addition, the government will give priority to teachers who have done a good job in teaching when recruiting new officials."

"Teachers are qualified to be officials. This way, there will definitely be more people who want to apply to be teachers." Zhao Yan echoed.

"The main reason why the school lacks teachers is because there are too few scholars in Southern Rio Grande. I hope Your Highness will increase the scale of recruiting scholars from Southeast Asia and the mainland to alleviate the lack of talent in the country."

Liu Pu thought more than Zhao Yan. After listening to Li Mingyuan's words, he directly established the Tao.

"Sun Bin has done a good job in Nanyang, so let him handle this matter."

(End of this chapter)