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Chapter 1585 Promotion of Chinese in England
Regarding the division of power between the king and the parliament, Queen Sophia and the Congress signed the "Queen's Bill of Rights" in the Capitol, inadvertently establishing a constitutional monarchy.

It is somewhat unexpected to say that the "Bill of Rights" was originally a bill drafted by opposition leaders Pym, Hampton and others to limit the king's rights.However, they were defeated by the king's army. Instead, Queen Sophia, who came back from the East, made major changes to the Bill of Rights, and then signed a new bill.

"We should set up Chinese subjects and new subjects at Oxford University and Cambridge University, and send more young aristocrats to study in the East. I will write to request the Eastern consuls to send a group of lecturers to popularize new studies." Sophia proposed again Next steps for change.

"Let our people in England learn Chinese? Will this cause our England to lose its own language?"

Black-eyed members of the House of Commons, who have rarely rested for three months, were exhausted by the enactment of the Queen's Bill of Rights, but they were excited when they heard that the Queen planned to introduce new subjects at two universities.

Members of parliament did not know much about the new sciences such as physics, astronomy, chemistry, and biology that Queen Sophia mentioned, but they heard that the queen planned to promote Chinese in universities, and they couldn't help but doubt the queen's motives.

Not only the European countries are worried that Queen Sophia will Orientalize England, but also the English Parliament.

Fortunately, the "Queen's Bill of Rights" is a system based on England's traditions, and the Queen and the Crown Prince also announced their support for the Church of England and opposition to the Holy See.These actions allowed the English Parliament to remove its scruples about the Queen.

However, Sophia's proposal to learn Chinese caused the Congress to worry about being orientalized.

"You may think my proposal is a betrayal of the kingdom, but I need to explain my intentions to you. Their business covers the whole of the East, and their fleet in our London City is just the tip of the iceberg. All of the East Almost all trade is mainly in Chinese, supplemented by dialects from various places. Now they use English to communicate with us because few people on our side can speak Chinese. But their influence in the West will become greater and greater, and Chinese will It will replace Portuguese and Portuguese as the new lingua franca of international trade. This means that if we master this language, we will have a huge advantage in East-West trade."

"Secondly, Eastern civilizations have many technologies that are more advanced than ours. Almost all of their technologies are spread in Chinese, and their textbooks are written in Chinese. Only by learning Chinese can they quickly learn technical knowledge. We just let university students Learning Chinese has not popularized Chinese throughout England, and our English language has not been affected, what do you think?"

Sophia glanced at hundreds of congressmen and patiently explained her intentions to them.

In Chuyun’s Capital University, they have set up language schools for various local kingdoms to better do business around the world.

And if England wants to be a bridge between East and West, it must take the initiative to learn Chinese.

However, it is not an easy task for the slightly conservative English to turn Chinese into a compulsory university course like Latin and Greek.

It took another day of bickering among MPs before they reluctantly agreed to introduce Chinese language courses at Cambridge and Oxford universities.

The two most famous universities in England, which provide priests, judges, and ministers for the kingdom, learned that a language from the East called Chinese would become their compulsory course. This language was not an alphabetic language, but a pictographic language.It is a headache for them to expose them to hieroglyphs they have never touched before.

Not only students, some lecturers and academicians also joined the ranks of protest. They wrote to their deans one after another, asking Her Majesty the Queen to abolish this mandatory requirement, which is not in line with academic freedom. They believe that there is no need to compel the study of Latin and Greek Other languages ​​other than Chinese should be learned freely according to their own needs.

The joint protests of Cambridge University and Oxford University were fed back to Sophia's desk, and Sophia felt the pressure from all sides.

It is not easy to be a queen with real power, and it is necessary to negotiate and compromise with various forces.

When she was studying in the capital, she had to learn Chinese in order to communicate. When she could communicate with the locals fluently, she realized the benefits it brought, not only trust, but also a quick understanding of the changes and knowledge in the East ——And these benefits are beyond the experience of students who are indulging in classics, Latin, Greek and other ancient literature.

Not only Chinese, for many new studies, in addition to mathematics, astronomy, and navigation can be widely accepted, other new studies Oxford University and Cambridge University also expressed that they cannot accept it.In particular, the biology studied by Princess Sofia has brought great challenges to the church.

"Well, I really don't want to be a queen. It's better to stay in the East and study freely, and occasionally I can buy some novelties." Sophia rested her chin on the desk, and in front of her was a report on the resistance of Oxford and Cambridge. New report.

During the period of presiding over the reform, not only the MPs, but Sophia was also very tired. The queen's burden was too great. She had to find ways to balance the relationship between the various groups, and try not to offend any group.

She didn't even have time to drive around the English countryside in the four-wheeler she had brought back from the East; state affairs took up too much of her time.Fortunately, after the establishment of the cabinet, the cabinet led by the prime minister has begun to help her with trivial administrative affairs.

"Oxford University and Cambridge University are too much influenced by the church. It is estimated that it will be difficult to make a breakthrough here. New learning must be learned, otherwise it will be too backward. Even if it is not as good as the East, it is better than its neighbors on the European continent. Have a better life." Sophia stretched her waist, and suddenly she had a flash of inspiration.

Isn't it just that Oxford and Cambridge universities are unwilling to accept new learning?

Since they are unwilling, why not build a new university from scratch and let them see the fruits of the new university?

The idea of ​​establishing a new type of university appeared in Sophia's mind. She planned to imitate the Beijing Normal University and build a royal university here to replace the dominance of Oxford and Cambridge in England.

"I want to rebuild a Royal University with my own money, so that all students can learn Chinese and new learning according to my ideas. Since it is a university funded by me, I don't need to listen to those old guys protesting." Sophia murmured .

(End of this chapter)