Father of France

Chapter 245 Materialist Koeman

In the religious field, mathematics is the discipline closest to God; in the field of education, mathematics is the mother of all things.

Koeman believed from the bottom of his heart that a debate between Christians and Muslims would not succeed. He argued that Catholicism and Islam are both religions and it was impossible to distinguish between them as superior or inferior, because Muhammad lived in a later era and his theories were more mature.

In the realm of idealism, Corman felt that France was no longer able to deal with the Muslims in its overseas territories and could only try to find a solution from the realm of materialism.

Force is also a materialist concept. Why is India able to be tough on Muslims within its borders? Culture and religion are nonsense. As for the level of Hinduism, you won't find a more backward example anywhere in the world. Perhaps the Aztecs in northern Mexico can be compared.

They also want to work with Muhammadbi, who has the strongest organizational power and can directly bring a group from primitive society to agricultural society.

If debates were useful, how did Buddhism end up being taken away from the subcontinent by a wave of Muslims?

The most fundamental reason is that there are more Hindus after independence, more in number, and more people can bully fewer people.

If we exclude external factors, it's perfectly acceptable for Indians to take advantage of Pakistanis. Koman remembers that before May 7th, India was cutting off water supplies and instigating war, while Pakistan had to reluctantly request a UN investigation.

A large population and high productivity can easily overpower Pakistan, which is no small country. It occupies almost the entire Indus River Valley and has a population of over 200 million. No Muslim country is larger than it. Yet, it simply cannot stand up to India.

Of course, all of this happened before May 7th. Since that day, India has completely lost its value in the united front, and the Five Eyes have given up hope on India. The idea of ​​a powerful and influential nation is destined to remain a dream.

There are many similarities between the Bible and the Quran, and even if all the cardinals of Italy were to come together, they still wouldn't be able to figure it out.

Then let's not argue. Let's use numbers and symbols that are either right or wrong to let Muslims know what the essence of power is. If they learn it, they can really drive France away. Koeman is willing to accept the loss, but he thinks it's impossible.

Sellerstan Freyner and Henri Varon were both very successful educators, and even had their own schools of thought on education, but neither of them were mathematicians. If there were a mathematician in front of him, Koeman would probably be like a gorilla pretending to understand next to someone.

Since neither of them is a mathematician and cannot turn Koeman into a gorilla, then both of them are human. Since they are both human, the law that "there is no first place in literature and no second place in martial arts" applies.

Whether the two educators could refute Koman depended on how stubborn Koman was. Obviously, Koman was stubborn enough, and even though he didn't have the level of Indian debate, he was still undefeated.

"So, this is your... or rather, the military's decision?" Selstein Freyne asked, knowing full well that Algeria's three overseas provinces in North Africa were currently under military control.

“A portion.” Koeman did not give a definite answer. Whether he agreed or not, he would use his near-divine discipline to screen out those with mathematical talent. As for those who were eliminated, he could only say that they were not worthy of faith. What faith could someone without talent have? Wouldn't that be a misguided faith?

“I can already imagine how many children will be tormented by this education system,” Henry Valon said with a wry smile. This is the kind of education he opposes.

But as Coman has already stated, the situations in overseas departments and even the entirety of French Africa differ from those in mainland France and cannot be generalized. What else can he say? Oppose the French military?
“Actually, we’ve already acknowledged that education should cover the population of all overseas provinces. Your idea has succeeded. Perhaps there will come a time in the future when there is no difference between the local and overseas provinces, and then we can use the same educational philosophy,” Koeman said, trying to comfort him, but he was clearly not sincere.

He has always been a believer in the Soviet-style education system, even though this system is inhumane.

The most humane thing might be when your teacher tells your parents the lie that your child is actually very smart, but just doesn't use that intelligence for studying.

As for business administration? That kind of subject requires university study? Which factory manager in the Soviet Union wasn't more professional in management than a small business owner in a market economy?
This conversation had a slight impact on educators Seléstan Freyner and Henri Varon, but they still agreed to use their influence to endorse the education strategy that the military wanted to promote.

This was, after all, an opportunity to go down in history. The overseas territories had a population of over twelve million, and if the entire French Africa were included, the population covered by this education outreach system would certainly exceed that of mainland France. For both reason and emotion, neither of them would refuse such a significant educational project. "Thank you both for your contributions to half of Africa. Your statues may appear all over Africa," Corman said, expressing his gratitude to Sallestan Freyner and Henri Valon with an air of unwavering loyalty to the African people, his words dripping with sincerity.

Martin reached out and rubbed his face, thinking to himself, "You're directly representing half of Africa right here. Even Napoleon and the Sun King didn't have this much self-importance."

The two educators were not the same age as Koman and Martin. After agreeing to join the cause of education in Africa, they did not intend to stay for a meal, but left after having a cup of coffee.

Eva Gardner, who had been playing the role of a quiet, decorative figure, quietly asked Koeman, "I just mentioned Einstein, and it seems like I'm not being recognized."

“Einstein was great, but compared to Newton? That’s another question,” Koeman said softly, trying to comfort him.

Different civilizations may not necessarily recognize thinkers like Muhammad, but most scientists from different civilizations would agree that "without Newton, the world would have remained in darkness forever."

Martin yawned, reminding himself that this was a public place with other people around. "I'll be going then. I have things to do with the military police; I have a job."

“Oh, my comrade, you also need to find me a few historians.” Koman reached out to stop Martin, indicating that his task was not over yet. “We need to thoroughly examine the history of the overseas provinces. You should know that the mainstream population of the overseas provinces does not accept the nonsense that we are all Gauls.”

“But now all of France accepts this.” Martin didn’t care about such issues. He was born in Syria, and he was, but others weren’t. This was how they were all educated.

“That’s certainly not something that can be changed in a short time, but some things can be changed immediately.” Koman shook his head slightly. “Among the eight million Muslims, besides Arabs, there are Berbers. If two million Berbers can be separated from the eight million Muslims, the remaining Arabs will only make up half of Algeria’s population and will no longer be the main ethnic group.”

"Is it that easy?" Martin asked incredulously. "Hasn't the previous governors done this before?"

“You don’t understand the thinking of early colonization,” Koman shook his head. “Although there were similar actions, they were very crude and did not identify the specific number of Berbers. We still don’t know the proportion of Berbers. We need to know the number first. We must make sure that Arabs are a minority.”

Early colonization, especially the French colonial system, certainly didn't involve this kind of work. At that time, France was a society where everyone was equal under the rule of the French and everyone was subject to suppression.

However, in the late 19th century, France began opening more French-language schools in Berber regions such as Cabiria, showing a greater willingness to train Berber administrators and teachers. Meanwhile, it systematically suppressed and marginalized Arab culture.

But that's about it. France only made a rough division. As for how many were Arabs and how many were Berbers, it was on par with the British estimate of 160 million people in British India.

Let alone how many Berbers there are, France doesn't even know how many Hajis, or pro-French Muslims, there are now. The Hajis have extensively assisted France in its rule in North Africa, and this time they are going to investigate. The population of this group is estimated to be around a million, enough to make the Arabs a minority.

“I’ll contact historians and get me a general idea.” Martin nodded in agreement and asked Corman what kind of court writer he needed, and in what field.

"It has been proven that the Berbers are the kind of indigenous people." Koman was well aware of the idea that to destroy a country, one must first destroy its history, and he strongly agreed with it. Moreover, the Berbers did indeed arrive earlier than the Arabs.

It could even go back to before the establishment of the Roman Empire. Compared to its history, both the Roman Empire and the Arab Empire were later additions. France could even recognize the Berbers as the indigenous people.

However, this is something that Koeman needs to think about first. Whether or not to recognize the Berbers' indigenous status is not something that a major like him can decide. But conducting a census is not difficult.

“Darling, let me show you around District 16. This is the Russian quarter, and we can see the Orthodox culture.” After watching Martin leave, Coman extended an invitation to Ava Gardner, who had just been pretending to be a vase, to express his gratitude for her performance.

(End of this chapter)