Urban Sims

one year later.

Zhou Ming returned to Zhongyuanzhou.

Jiang Ruonan certainly hopes that he will stay in Xiaoyao Palace to help her deal with the things she is not very good at, so that she can have more time to practice and enjoy herself.

But things on Zhongyuanzhou are indeed important, and Zhou Ming cannot be absent for a long time, otherwise all forces will be ready to take action again.

Moreover, Lingyuan cannons and Lingyuan battleships cannot be manufactured here in Dongyuan Continent. If he does not return to Zhongyuan Continent, the production of these equipment cannot be significantly increased.

Jiang Ruonan thought for a while and had no choice but to let him go back and allowed him to take away half of the Lingyuan battleship.

…

Tianyang City.

"Finally home."

Looking at the city below, Zhou Ming breathed a long sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face.

Although there are still a few minor troubles, the major obstacles in front of us have been basically eliminated.

The economy of the Hundred Cities Alliance has also developed very well in recent years. Within the entire Hundred Cities Alliance, transportation is convenient, science and technology are advanced, material civilization is extremely abundant, and spiritual civilization construction has also made great achievements.

In terms of basic education, many cities have followed Zhenlin City's example, comprehensively promoted six or nine-year compulsory education, and also established training schools.

Even though most cities do not have the conditions to implement free compulsory education, privately established schools have attracted a large number of wealthy families who spend money to send their children to school.

As family conditions become more affluent, more and more parents attach importance to the education of their offspring.

And if Zhou Ming wants to build the Hundred Cities Alliance into a cohesive country, he has a lot to do.

The economic community can play a certain binding role, but it is far from enough.

Only when military, culture, finance and taxation, civil affairs, education, etc. are all brought together can a country be formed.

However, apart from certain interactions in the economic field, hundreds of city-states are independent in military, financial, civil affairs, fiscal and taxation and other aspects. It is impossible to gather together or unify. Instead, they will encounter strong resistance. Without People will hate you.

The sect-city-state system has existed for hundreds of millions of years and cannot be easily replaced. The old inertia cannot be completely broken no matter how strong external force is.

In this world, the probability of establishing a highly cohesive national government that is consistent from top to bottom and orders from the center is basically zero - of course, you can bring a group of people to the mountains to build such a country, but it will take a long time.

Zhou Ming did not plan to build a highly cohesive country, which would be too laborious, and he did not intend to consolidate all the rights of the city-states and establish a centrally authoritative country. He had no such plans.

Each city-state will continue to retain most of its rights and manage itself.

The taxes collected are also spent by oneself.

The central government has only a few powers.

For example, control of the national military.

For example, the management rights of national highways, railways, and routes.

For example, the right to manage educational institutions across the country.

As well as the law enforcement power to crack down on wandering criminals, the power to supervise the living conditions of citizens in various city-states, etc.

Among these rights belonging to the state, apart from the right to control the military, Zhou Ming believes that the most important is the right to manage educational institutions across the country (referred to as "education rights").

The importance of this right, even as much as the military, determines the success or failure of founding a nation.

Zhou Ming even said with certainty: If the right to education is not controlled, no matter how powerful the country is, it will fall apart in the future!

In the past ten years or so, he has never laid down his emphasis or stopped operating in the field of education.

Because he plans to use the education system as the glue to glue the Hundred Cities Alliance into one country!

How exactly did he do it?

In one sentence, it can be summarized as: one hundred cities, one thousand primary schools, one hundred middle schools, and ten colleges.

This means that within the Hundred Cities Federation, he has more than 1,000 primary schools, more than 100 middle schools, and 10 training colleges.

Moreover, he also divided these educational institutions into ten university districts.

These ten university districts, with the Cultivation College as the core and middle schools and primary schools as the foundation, cultivate talents, select elites, and value geniuses.

Each school district covers exactly ten cities (Daxian College is a separate school district, called the "core school district").

Moreover, these ten university districts have completely unified teaching materials, unified teachers’ language, unified examination papers and assessment methods, and basically unified school rules and disciplines.

Even the uniforms worn by students are basically similar in style.

It can be said that within the Hundred Cities Alliance, Zhou Ming's request for education is two words: unification!

So what are the benefits of doing this?

Of course there are great benefits!

One, if education is unified, everyone’s way of thinking, knowledge structure, and three concepts will be basically unified, and there won’t be much difference.

Two, the educational environment is the same, it is easier for people to communicate, the relationship is easier to warm up, it is easier to deal with, and it is easier to form a consensus.

After the three are combined into one country, the internal cohesion of the country will naturally be very strong because of many similar ideas.

In short, for a country, the importance of education must never be underestimated!

In addition, for this world, those who play a leading role are those monks and immortals with extraordinary power. Mortals are located at the base of the pyramid. They are important, but they have no power, no right to speak, and no voice, so they will never It is the ruled class.

As long as the monk class is solved, there is no need to consider how the people at the bottom feel. As long as the "heart" of the monk class is obtained, the so-called "people's heart" will be obtained.

Most of the monks in the Hundred Cities Alliance received a good education in the training academy founded by Zhou Ming, became outstanding talents, and became his "students" as the principal.

For example, Daxian College has trained more than 80,000 students in the past 20 to 30 years. When these 80,000 students see him, they will respectfully call him "Principal".

As for the other ten training colleges, although they were founded only ten years ago, they have trained more than 50,000 students. Many of these students have become elites in various cities. When these elites see Zhou Ming, they will not call him "Principal" ", but also shout "school respecter".

Because the principals of these ten training colleges were all students brought up by Zhou Ming.

Therefore, Zhou Ming believes that it is completely feasible to take the route of "building a country through education", and a considerable number of middle- and upper-class elites will also side with him. As long as ideological work is done well in the education system, major consensus is reached, and majority consent is obtained. , the establishment of a country is only a matter of time.

The momentum building work in this area has been carried out in various colleges more than a year ago, causing heated discussions.

Those who support the establishment of a country make up the vast majority of teachers and students.

This time Zhou Ming returned to Zhongyuanzhou, some teachers and students became more and more excited as they thought about it. They sent telegrams to urge Zhou Ming to come back soon and take charge of the various tasks of founding the country.

A general trend is taking shape. With the active promotion of many people, a country is about to break out of its shell.

Seeing that the time is gradually maturing, how could Zhou Ming not come back and, with the support of the public, complete this great undertaking that can be called pioneering in an empty valley, opening up the world, and embarking on a new path?

A glorious cause that belongs to both mortals and immortals, and will profoundly change this world.

Thinking about it, my heart is filled with excitement.