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Chapter 810 Education Determines National Destiny (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
For weak countries, what is their greatest tragedy?

It is unknowingly becoming a victim in the game of great powers.

Egypt, in a way, has been caught up in this tragedy from the start.

More than ten years ago, when the American Civil War broke out, facing the demand for raw cotton in Europe, the actual supreme ruler of Egypt, Ismail Pasha, keenly grasped the opportunity to further develop on the basis of the modern cotton planting industry pioneered by his grandfather. The expansion of the planting area and the massive export of cotton brought about an increase in the wealth of Egypt, and Ismail also started his ambitious modernization plan.

But with the end of the Civil War and the return of southern cotton to the global market, cotton prices fell, all of which was in vain. Egypt, unable to repay its debts, is now in a predicament both internally and externally.But this is not the most deadly, Egypt's debt crisis has just begun, although in history, the Egyptian Governor Ismail sold Egypt's shares in the Suez Canal Company to the British government at a very low price.But it still couldn't escape the British "protection" of Egypt seven years later.

In international political games, this is the fate of weak and small countries. Their fate is to be "protected", annexed, and invaded. This is their fate.

Egypt's fate was sealed, no matter how enterprising Ismail had been, no matter how ambitious he had been, Egypt was a time for British politicians to attract the attention of domestic public opinion when the British expedition in Africa became a joke The choice to try to get out of the political crisis.

Egypt's fate is sealed!

"Hey, Egypt..."

When he learned that the United Kingdom had sent Stephen Cave to investigate Egypt's financial situation, Zhu Xianhai, who was in Yingtian, sighed.

"Finally going to perish..."

"Sire, that canal stock,"

Zuo Zongtang asked.

"Didn't His Majesty originally intend to acquire the shares of the Suez Canal?"

Acquisition of shares in the Suez Canal. This is after the outbreak of the Egyptian debt crisis this year. Egypt, which is heavily indebted, can no longer borrow from the international financial market. It can only sell shares in the Suez Canal to pay debt interest. In history, British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli After hearing the news, without the approval of Congress, he borrowed 397 million pounds overnight from another Jewish financial giant, the Rothschild family, to purchase a 45% stake in the canal, thereby controlling the rights to the canal.

Originally, Emperor Zhu was planning to cut it. Even as early as three years ago, Daming HSBC Bank had opened a branch in Cairo. When the time was right, they would directly pay for the stocks of the Suez Canal. That would be several times the huge profits. !
"Spend money?"

Emperor Zhu laughed.

"Is it still necessary to spend money now? The British want to occupy Egypt, which means that the "Quadruple Alliance" will definitely attack Egypt in the future. There is no need to spend that money anymore. Why spend money on things that can be robbed buy it?"

"Your Majesty, that is to say, do we agree with the British occupation of Egypt?"

Zuo Zongtang sighed.

"It's a pity, Ismail Pasha is also a ruler who is determined to forge ahead, it's a pity that time doesn't wait for him. Time, luck, and fate..."

Perhaps this is the fate of small and weak countries!

"It's not timing, nor luck. Ismail is like many monarchs of weak countries and small countries. They don't understand how weak countries should develop. Cotton may bring wealth to Egypt, but their so-called modernization is just Modern architecture, what is modernization? Just buildings and factories?"

"It's education! It's school! Without education, without school, everything is rootless!"

Zuo Zongtang's answer made Emperor Zhu nodded slightly.

"Yes, if you want to see whether a country has a future and the possibility of rising, you only need to look at their education. If a country insists on sending its children to school even when it is poor, then even Even if this country is in ruins, it will still rise rapidly. If a country gains wealth, like Egypt, it builds a splendid palace and a grand opera house, but the people still do not receive education, so the country must have no future. of."

educate!

Education is the foundation of a country's rise!Especially with the development of modern science, education has become the only prerequisite for the rise of a country. After receiving so much international aid, what kind of bird did Africa become in the end?

The railway is covered with weeds, the factory has become ruins, only the presidential palace in the capital and the villas of the rich and powerful will always look magnificent. What about the local children?It's not playing with the leg of lamb, throwing the sheep and carrying the sheep, or playing with men and women.If such a place can rise, it is really unreasonable.

In the same way, the same is true for the rich countries in the Middle East. In addition to enjoying the wealth brought by oil, the local tyrants have never really paid attention to education?

"Your Majesty, so to speak, there is no hope for China's homeland right now..."

Zuo Zongtang's tone suddenly became a little heavy, and he said with some worry.

"Until now, even if it is Xuzhou, it has only built a few Xingye schools."

What is Industrial School?

This is just a word game. When Li Xuzhou was doing Westernization, in order to solve the talent problem, he founded several "factory and mine affiliated industrial schools", but even so, it has gone further than in history!

"Ji Gao, do you know what is the biggest characteristic of our Chinese people?"

Facing Zuo Zongtang's worry, Emperor Zhu shook his head and said.

"Emphasis on education! Emphasis on education has long been engraved into the bones of our nation. It is better to raise a pig than to raise a child without studying. As long as conditions permit, the Chinese people will definitely send their children to school. We will not send more now. It is because of economic reasons, and also the restrictions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, especially the restrictions of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Before the Jiashen Tianchang, every village in my Ming Dynasty had sociology, but since the Jiashen Tianchang and Huaxia Luchen, the behavior has been The policy of ignoring the people not only destroyed the academy, but the Qing Dynasty strictly prohibited all behaviors that hindered its slavery rule. In addition to the strict suppression of rebellion, gatherings of people were also prohibited. More than five people were considered rebellious. Private acquaintances in society, even the inheritance of family studies, cannot be passed on normally, it can be said that Chinese civilization was almost completely destroyed by the hands of Man Qing..."

Talking about the destruction of Chinese civilization by the Manchus, Emperor Zhu's hatred for the Manchus deepened a bit.

After thinking about it, Emperor Zhu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said.

"Jigao, tell me, what if we set up a batch of schools in China?"

(End of this chapter)