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Chapter 777 Graduation Ceremony (First update, please subscribe)
July 7, this day, is the graduation day of all schools in Nanhua.

From elementary school to university, all students graduate on this day.

On this day, the breeze blew slowly, and the bright sun shone warmly on my body. The graduation ceremony was about to begin, and the guests I invited came one after another.

The graduation day in 1875 was a bit different for Nanhua University—His Majesty the Emperor came to Nanhua University to preside over the graduation ceremony in person!
This is unprecedented.

Although Emperor Shengde is the honorary president of Nanhua University, he has never attended the graduation ceremony of Nanhua University in the six years since the establishment of the empire. The last time was when he was in Nanhua.

Hearing that the emperor is going to attend the graduation ceremony in person, the whole Nanhua University is in a sensation. Not to mention the current students, even many students who have graduated, all returned to the university one after another. They hope to see His Majesty, even if it is only a long distance Looking at it from a distance, that is also a great blessing.

Chinese people, the reverence and worship for the imperial power is engraved in the bones. Once you get a touch of the imperial aura, it is not only a matter of honoring your ancestors, but when you are old in the future, you can also brag in front of your grandchildren. Emperor's!

As in previous years, the graduation ceremony was held in the school's big stadium—Nanhua University Stadium, which is not only the largest stadium in Ming Dynasty, but also the largest stadium in the world. The stadium includes track and field, martial arts field, basketball court, swimming pool, Baseball field, tennis court, football field, racetrack, etc., covering an area of ​​1000 mu, cost more than 80 yuan, and can accommodate 6 spectators at a time. The central building is a track and field field, and all the surrounding stands can accommodate more than 35000 spectators. The largest stadium, since the day it was built, this stadium is not only a place for teachers and students of Nanhua University to practice sports, but also the home field of the football team of Nanhua University. Every time there is a game, there are no empty seats here.

This morning, just after [-]:[-] a.m., the world's largest stadium was already crowded with people, waiting for the arrival of Emperor Shengde!
In fact, Emperor Zhu has already arrived, and with him, apart from Zhu Youlin, the crown prince, there are also various ministers.

Looking at the packed stadium through the glass door, Zhu Youlin asked curiously.

"Father, are they all graduates of Nanhua University?"

"more or less!"

Emperor Zhu nodded.

"Principal Zhao, how many students have graduated from Nanhua these years?"

Among the first generation of immigrants, Zhao Chunyang's knowledge was not the best, and he didn't even pass the examination of scholar - his father taught him to read at the age of 5, he had finished learning the Five Classics at the age of 8, and started to learn stereotyped essays at the age of 9. Traveled in the sea of ​​books at a young age.From the age of 14, he and his father embarked on the road of scientific research.

It's a pity that the father took the exam for 15 years, and the son took the exam for 4 years, but he was still a child. The father and son would not give up if they failed to pass the exam!
However, in the end, it was impossible to give up. When the Taiping Army passed through Anqing, his father was killed, and Zhao Chunyang was plundered into the camp. Then he became the Taiping Army, and then the Qing soldiers were sold to pigs and went to Brazil.

If Emperor Zhu hadn't rescued him by digging down the gold mine, he would probably have died in the gold mine long ago.

At that time, his essay was criticized by the examiner as "the rhetoric is good, but the grammar is not clear"-that is to say, the words and sentences of the essay are good, but the reasoning is not clear.

Is he born stupid?
No, for a guy who can learn Portuguese on his own in the gold mine, and then learn English and high school mathematics in less than a year after arriving in Nanhua, he is definitely not stupid.

When Nanhua sent the first batch of international students, he was responsible for the management of international students in the UK while studying education at the university. It was he who wrote to Zhu Xianhai in 1863 and mentioned the idea of ​​establishing a university.

From 1864 to the present, as the executive president, he is the real president of Nanhua University!It can even be said that it is the founder of the university.

"Returning to Your Majesty, since the establishment of Nanhua University 11 years ago, a total of 11612 students have graduated, and the current number of students in the university is 4967. Today, there are not only the family members of the graduates, but also many students who have graduated for many years. A few people came with their wives and children, so it seemed a bit crowded."

As the principal, Zhao Chunyang has always regarded students as his family, which is why he would not refuse graduates to bring their families to the graduation ceremony.

"The stadium is so big, it can accommodate it."

Slightly nodding his head, Emperor Zhu said.

"It's time to start."

More than [-] top university graduates!
For Daming, it is definitely a very impressive number. These people can be said to be the intelligence of Daming's second industrial revolution.

It is precisely because of their existence that Daming's science and technology can develop by leaps and bounds, and Zhu Daming's first advantage can be maintained in the second industrial revolution.

These people have the confidence to participate in international hegemony in the future!
At [-] o'clock in the morning, amidst the sound of the school's military band, Emperor Zhu walked into the central rostrum with his entourage. When he stood on the imperial seat, there was a mountain of cheers in the stadium.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live, long live!"

During the mountain call, Emperor Zhu just stretched out his hand to give a slight signal, and then the mountain call fell. At this time, the military band played the national anthem, and the students of the school's officer reserve corps raised the national flag.

The military and police officers present gave a military salute, and the students and their families put their right hands on their chests and watched the slowly rising national flag.

Amidst the resonant national anthem, the Sun and Moon flag was hoisted high and reached the top of the flagpole before people took their seats again.In all large-scale events in Ming Dynasty, the national anthem will be sung and the national flag raising ceremony will be performed, which is a kind of subtle patriotic education.

The stadium was full of seats, and Emperor Zhu sat tall on the stage. In order to maintain order, Nanhua City not only mobilized a large number of police forces, but also a large number of armed gendarmes patrolling back and forth. Just when the ceremony was about to begin, there was a The object flew over, and with the shouting of people, everyone raised their heads and looked into the sky.

A strange-looking "big bird" appeared in everyone's sight in the sky, and a big white bird flew lightly over the gymnasium.

"It's an airplane!"

Emperor Zhu looked at the plane in the sky in surprise.

"No, no engine...it's a glider!"

The light glider was flying low and slow. This was the first time people had seen an aircraft from such a close distance, and the crowd couldn't help but feel a commotion.

Even if it was just a plane without any power, it was enough to shock people. People stood up one after another, looked up at the sky, and looked at the white "big bird" in the sky.

Zhao Chunyang, who was standing aside, introduced.

"Your Majesty, this is a glider designed by the school's power laboratory. It can already fly for 25 minutes!"

"I can fly for 25 minutes!"

When Emperor Zhu was surprised, a strip of cloth suddenly protruded from the back of the glider, with a few large characters written on it - "Long live the Ming Dynasty, long live His Majesty the Emperor!"

The moment the banners were unfurled in the air, the people in the stadium seemed to understand what had happened, and they cheered. There was a mountain of shouts for a while, and the sound of "Long live" echoed in the stadium .

At this moment, the whole ceremony reached its climax.

(End of this chapter)