Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 460 Side Effects of Popular Education
"It is really rare for a little girl to have such insight." Lama Wang said with emotion: "If all our priests had such devout faith, the country would have less trouble."

"Her masters are not ordinary people who can teach such disciples." Father Peter agreed very much: "And have you noticed? In one of their villages, there is a scholar who is familiar with history books, a scholar with rich social background. Experienced monks, and a priestess who can teach military skills.”

"What kind of village is this? It's so magical." He commented: "She said she was a village girl, but to be honest, many small nobles in Europe may not have such educational conditions. The teachers in this village can teach It’s normal to produce good students.”

"It's not the same village." Tang Sai'er saw them praising him and quickly corrected him: "Mr. Da is from the next village. Our village can't afford to hire a gentleman..."

"That's outrageous." Father Peter still shook his head: "We in Rome can only rely on the military to promote education. Most of the teachers are retired military officers working part-time. When will we be able to achieve your level? Even if it succeeds.”

"This can only be done slowly." Wang Dalai Lama was very clear: "There is a gap of 2000 years between the two sides. Let's start from the Qin and Han Dynasties and make up for it slowly."

"Although I have little knowledge, I have read a lot of books in recent years for work. At the same time as the philosophers, the Greek sages also started philosophical research, and many scholars appeared. The biggest difference between the two sides is , it’s all about education.”

"Since Confucius established private schools, education in the Central Plains has been developing rapidly, and more and more people are getting educated. Although the Greeks also opened academies, they were only places for higher education and academic research. The development of private education was very slow. , the education method is still very primitive.”

"This was still the case until the time of the previous dynasty. In Dadu, several universities established by the state and the church had rich heritage and great reputations. People from all over the Mediterranean world came to study there. But below the university level, there was no such thing. "

"The Central Plains regime can obtain a large number of educated people from the private sector, who can perform various duties with a little training. But in Rome at that time, only wealthy families with superior conditions had enough conditions to complete these basic education and go to university for further studies. Therefore, although Rome had a system for appointing officials, it could not be maintained most of the time. If the king was slightly weak, he would quickly become a Western European-style aristocracy."

"Similar situations are the same in other regions. The Persians also have a bureaucracy, but their bureaucracy goes further than Rome and has formed a hereditary stable group. This is also because there is no grassroots education there, and the cultivation of talents depends on It is passed down from father to son within the family. The result is naturally the only way to go."

"Persia and Rome are both ancient civilizations. For so many years, no one has thought of learning from them..." Father Peter muttered.

"I can't learn it." Lama Wang said simply: "It's easy to learn the civil service system, and even the imperial examination is not difficult. There are also exams at the University of Constantinople, and people have to write a thesis to graduate. This is actually a little more relaxed. Our policies are not necessarily much behind others. But I feel that the crux of the problem is not here."

"Knowledge is monopolized by nobles, which is very troublesome for a country. But if it is obtained by the people, it is likely to be a disaster - even for the people themselves."

"After civilians acquire knowledge, they will not follow what you teach. People have their own thoughts and will think about it on their own." Lama Wang patted his chest: "We also know that knowledgeable people are better than People without knowledge are better at fighting. Isn't this the same in their hometown? You see, with these gentlemen in the village, it is much easier to organize everyone, and a series of government schemes have failed directly. "

"However, it is the Central Plains, a very special place." He reminded everyone: "Previously, the Roman Catholic Church sent us an official document again, hoping that we would cooperate with them and prohibit the reprinting of scriptures in local dialects, or the recording of relevant annotations in dialects. books."

"They made a lot of concessions this time. They even agreed to help us promote Chinese classics and officially included "Brother Tian's Salvation Sutra" and "Messiah's Song of Peace and Righteousness" in the sacred biography category in exchange for our support. What's the situation over there? Seriously, you can see it from here.”

"Why aren't people allowed to speak in native dialects?" Tang Sai'er didn't quite understand: "I've recited so many Buddhist scriptures, but I haven't seen any monks say that you can't recite in native dialects." "It's different over there. Let's not talk about it for the time being. When raising the issue of language and writing, the consequences of education alone are very troublesome." Lama Wang replied: "Education here basically depends on the church. Letting people from all over the country learn the church's scriptures in local dialects is indeed important for popularization Culture is more advantageous. But what happens after you learn it?"

"We all know that after learning all kinds of knowledge, the organizational ability and combat effectiveness of the people will be improved, but the combat effectiveness is your own first. When the court asks you to use your combat effectiveness for him, you have to give enough reasons, right? Otherwise, why should they? I’ll fight tooth and nail for you, right?”

Tang Saier nodded.

"Generally speaking, the higher the combat effectiveness of a person, the higher the asking price will be. If the people are timid and weak, countries can control them at a relatively low cost. If everyone can fight, the country will collapse." Wang Da The lama spread his hands.

"Huh? The people they can beat, just...don't think about anything else, just beat them and it's over?" Tang Sai'er was very puzzled.

"That's right. If it's not strong enough, it will be suppressed by the nobles. If it's strong enough, it will go out as a separate force." Wang Da Lama said: "You see, Europe is like this now."

"The place with the strongest civil power is the Alemannic region, but the state power here is the weakest. Whether it is citizens or squires, those who can fight will strengthen their independence and become part of the HRE system. "The new aristocracy." He compared: "On the contrary, it is France. The civil power there is very weak, and the king's power with the core of Paris and the traditional military aristocracy are very strong. The advantage is that their country is more unified, but the disadvantage is that they There was almost no civilian army.”

"How can we fight without civilians?" Tang Sai'er asked.

"It's not that there are none at all, but the civilian soldiers have very poor combat effectiveness and cannot serve as the main force. Until now, the backbone of the French army is still nobles at all levels." Wang Da Lama told him: "In order to fight against the English, the French king twice They tried to imitate them and form the 'French Longbowmen' who were mainly infantry, but the results were very bad. These infantry were completely unusable, and they had to give up in the end."

"Other people generally like to view the failure of their reforms from the military perspective. But after all, I am running a church. I think this reason may be the fundamental reason. In the future, they want to establish a unified country. , I’m afraid we have to take the road of low-quality, high-quantity troops.”

"We Central Plains people always have the inertia of thinking. We always think that the higher everyone's fighting ability, the better. But this is because we ignore a premise: people with fighting ability must also have a common goal."

"We here always tend to ignore this point, assuming that everyone has a world view and unified thinking. But in other places, this is not a matter of course." He spread his hands and said: "Everyone here has a unified view. They are self-defeating thieves. There are very few who have a broad vision, and they cannot achieve anything. As they become more educated and more effective in fighting, the country will become even more divided."

"So, in the past 2000 years, everyone has not promoted the popularization of education. I think it is impossible to really know nothing. There is really no cultural foundation and the side effects are too great. I can only hold my nose and admit it."

"I don't know if the Roman Catholic Church can control them. I guess they can't." Lama Wang shook his head: "After these people started messing around, it seems that culture and education have become more popular, but the last common culture in Europe has not The entire continent will no longer be able to be unified."

(End of this chapter)