Arcane Linguist

Chapter 192 Treating people as human beings is my way of benevolence!

Roland clasped Princess Rosa's shoulders in a very gentlemanly manner, without trying to raise or lower his hands or glance around.

After all, for a person of his stature, every move is watched by someone. In such a public place, it is more like living under the spotlight, and being analyzed by someone with a magnifying glass the next day.

But Princess Rosa's expression seemed to be suddenly infatuated.

She stared blankly at Roland for a long time before she came back to her senses and hurriedly lowered her head: "Holding...Sorry, I suddenly remembered something just now."

Roland looked at her shy look with admiration, feeling like a frightened deer, and couldn't help smiling.

Immediately, Princess Rosa raised her head again, summoned up her courage and said, "May I ask you some more questions?"

There is a bit of hope in her eyes, which is the desire for knowledge.

"Your Highness, if you want to ask anything, just ask." Roland said.

"Really?" Princess Rosa's eyes lit up, and she said cautiously, "Then, according to what you mean, you want to educate the common people of the Kingdom of Leiner, how will this part come about? conduct?"

Roland looked at her unexpectedly: "I thought Her Royal Highness would ask those heaven's favored ones in the mage's tower."

"Their future is there, so I don't need to ask more." Princess Rosa sighed softly and said quietly.

Roland said: "It makes sense. In comparison, those who cannot enter the mage's tower are more worthy of concern."

Princess Rosa also looked at him unexpectedly: "You are also a mage, and you can actually set your sights on civilians..."

Roland said: "There are individuals who betray their class at any time, but unfortunately, they have never betrayed their own class.

Those who achieve great things can find the balance point of all parties from the perspective of interests and implement some practical and useful policies. This is a very valuable quality and an ability that ordinary people do not have. "

Princess Rosa nodded gently, she had not heard similar words from other places.

But I have to admit, it seems very reasonable.

Roland said: "As a person with a vested interest, I will not delegate the opportunity to go to school for no reason, so that the common people of the Reiner Kingdom can easily obtain valuable magical knowledge, but I will also teach them to thirst for knowledge and benefit from it.

In addition, what the common people need more may not be magic, but the skills of survival and production.

Farmers need to know how to take care of their crops and grow higher yields;
Blacksmiths need to know how to forge iron to forge better tools;
Orion needs survival skills in the wild in the forest and common sense of various creatures;
A tailor needs to know how to work with different leathers and fabrics in order to make more pleasing garments.

By extension, all walks of life must establish a comprehensive knowledge and skills training system to allow people with different talents to find their own skills and development opportunities. Relying solely on the experience of the older generation is not enough to adapt to the new generation. Times. "

"Then, how can you be considered as a skill that suits you?"

"This kind of thing is very difficult to say. Maybe some farmers who are forced to face the loess all their lives are actually buried music masters, or there may be a pig butcher who should have become a general in the battlefield.

But the greatest significance of education lies in giving people the possibility to discover and cultivate talents, increase their own value, and also give them the possibility to choose.

For the whole society, it is the optimal allocation of resources. "

Princess Rosa deeply agrees.

But she didn't expect that Roland still had the following, which further explained the meaning of education.

"As for the inward pursuit of personality, the development of moral character, and the self-consistent and complete life, that is a greater pursuit.

In today's Reiner, there are many people who can't even eat enough. Presumably no one will teach others how to properly handle interpersonal relationships, how to resolve internal friction and anxiety, how to choose and choose when faced with various major choices, and so on.

But if you don't pay attention to these, what is the difference from only paying attention to liberal arts or science?
That is to educate people as tools and resources, not as people.

Therefore, I advocate teaching without discrimination and all-round development! "

"Education without discrimination, all-round development?" Princess Rosa's eyes suddenly flashed a bright brilliance, and she was deeply shocked by the ideal Roland described.

Roland said: "A sage (Marx) once said that the alienation of labor, in essence, is determined by human talent and tool attributes.

Capital, or in other words, the needs of the entire society determine what kind of person a person will be shaped into.

I mentioned in "The Romance of Seris" that Qin's military merit is paramount, and becoming a soldier is the best solution for civilians to make a fortune.

Atrein respects mages, so only magic is worth studying hard.

In some capitalist countries where finance is paramount, it is natural to worship financial knowledge, and other industries must give priority to serving it.

These are very narrow and not in line with long-term plans.

Using people as tools and resources is false education.

Treat people as people, this is the real education! "

Roland further extended and concluded.

"As for the specific method..."

When he said this, he pondered for a while.

It has always been easy to boast, but difficult to actually do things.

He has already established the general direction and idea, but when it comes to the specific approach, he really has no clue.

"Without investigation, there is no right to speak. I can't talk about some things now. It will take a while to conduct on-the-spot research."

Roland could only admit his shortcomings frankly.

Well, I'm just talking on paper now, I'm just talking about it, and I'm talking bullshit.

"Without investigation, you have no right to speak?" Princess Rosa was stunned.

How could a Shangbang mage like him have no right to speak?

What does he want to do, can the Kingdom of Lena stop it?

However, she quickly realized that there was indeed no way for the Reiner Kingdom to stop it, but objective laws could.

"Just by realizing this, you can be called wise." Princess Rosa praised sincerely.

……

After the ball ended, Roland and the others returned to the original Governor's Mansion.

Princess Rosa was summoned by Arkham XIV to inquire. After learning about Roland's ideas, she couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that Mr. Roland is an idealist!"

He didn't like to comment on such a person, but just pondered thoughtfully.

Princess Rosa seemed to be very interested in Roland, so she came to visit the Governor's Mansion early the next morning.

"It seems that this Highness is very interesting to you, so you can accompany her well, I have to go out and attend the art party hosted by the countess I met yesterday!"

Lei happened to be chatting with Roland sitting on the balcony, and said something slightly teasing, and immediately left the governor's mansion in high spirits, and went to his invitation.

A high-level mage like him is also very popular.

"Mr. Roland, excuse me, after I went back yesterday, I thought about what you said, and found that it may be related to the "Analects" you published earlier.

Their cores are both 'benevolence', but the two seem to be very different..."

Princess Rosa, as always, didn't talk about romance, but only asked about state affairs.

She was keenly aware of the problem of "benevolence" that Roland said.

"Indeed, from the perspective of the limitations of feudal society, it is already very good to be able to realize that people-oriented.

But throughout the ages, with the disintegration of the clan system, the degeneration of the noble class, etc., social changes have occurred from time to time. In the future, people will no longer be distinguished by blood and wealth, but by knowledge and the use of this knowledge to make a contribution to society Evaluated by his contributions, such an ideal society will eventually come true.

Treating people as people is not only to reflect the social norms at that time, but also to extend it and extend it to the front and rear of education.

This is not just a mode of getting along between a gentleman and a villain, but also includes a great proposition.

That is, how to teach a villain to become a gentleman through education, or in other words, how to teach a 'non-human' to become a 'human'! "

This proposition is very grand, because it involves the category of an ideal society.

Human beings have continued to develop and progress from primitive people to the present, and there has always been a distinction between "savages" and "nationals".

In the feudal era, it was grassroots, subjects, scholar-bureaucrats...

In modern society, the poor and the rich...

People are always divided into different groups, "benevolence" is about the relationship between people!
However, it was obvious that the conversation with Princess Rosa could not be so deep. Roland still concentrated on the field of pedagogy and briefly talked about his own ideas and ideas.

What Roland didn't expect was that after hearing this, Princess Rosa made an unexpected request.

"Can I write an article based on this, explaining your philosophy?"

"Do you still have such hobbies?"

"This is not just a hobby. I have studied administration for a period of time in Arterine, and I have also been taught by well-known domestic scholars to explore the law of governing the country and seek opportunities for gentle reform and development for the Kingdom of Leiner.

Your idea has inspired me, and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce it to the nobles in the country, but I don't know if this request will be too presumptuous. "

"What I, Roland, have done is aboveboard, and there is nothing wrong with telling others." Roland said to her with a faint smile.

Although Art Rhine is a conqueror, there are still some things that require the support of the nobles of the Kingdom of Rainer.

It would be nice to take this opportunity to see their reactions.

Princess Rosa was greatly encouraged. After returning, she wrote an article immediately and submitted it to the Journal of Savarin.

……

The editorial department of the daily newspaper in Savarin, the royal capital of Reina.

Several editors in charge of reviewing and submitting manuscripts drank coffee leisurely and read the article unhurriedly.

This is a newspaper established by the people of Arterine, and the top executives in it are all members of Arterine himself. It is said that the major shareholders also include members of the Cowrens family.

As a newspaper office established in a feudal kingdom, such an organization is absolutely trendy.

It replaced the source of news from the nobles' salon circle or other channels in the past, so it has always had a very fixed audience. It usually publishes some romantic articles, or all kinds of gossip are very popular.

In the past few days, the major event that happened in Reiner World is nothing more than the arrival of the new mage group here, opening up a new politics in the post-colonial era.

The Daily has interviewed some new mages for this purpose, and is slowly releasing the news for readers.

Therefore, the staff are also leisurely.

Suddenly, a submission caught the editor's attention.

"Miss Lark... isn't this the pseudonym of Princess Rosa?

Let me see, the practice of benevolence...Mr. Roland's educational philosophy? "

The editors were taken aback.

"What happened?"

At this time, a high-level executive from the newspaper happened to come over and saw the abnormal behavior of several editors, so he couldn't help asking.

"Master Editor, you are here just in time, please read this article."

"Ok?"

The editor-in-chief's expression suddenly changed.

But soon, he relaxed again.

"Since it is an article by Her Royal Highness, it must be published."

This newspaper has a lot of influence in the Leiner Kingdom, especially in East Leiner, and soon attracted the attention of all parties.

As expected, different groups of people have different understandings of this matter.

Like other colonized lands, there are many comprador classes, nationalists, feudal aristocrats, plane merchants, etc. in the Reiner Kingdom, and the composition is extremely complicated.

They have different interests and appeals, and what they support and oppose are also different.

But invariably, no matter what class they were in, they all showed great interest in magic technology, while dismissing others.

Because they have long understood that the development of magic is the last word.

Among the cakes that Atrein must give them, it also includes promotion to the devil, which gives hope to many classes.

After a short glance, Roland understood that they didn't have a clear idea of ​​what they advocated. In the history of the Reiner Kingdom, there had never been a large-scale literacy campaign or national education.

"It seems that the situation is not optimistic."

Roland shook his head secretly.

"But it's not all bad, at least if they don't pay attention, the resistance of opposition may not be great.

The premise is not to take up funds or time and energy that were originally used to promote magic technology. "

……

A few days later, Roland discovered a serious problem after meeting some visiting Reiner scholars in the Governor's Mansion.

That is, the essence of the Reiner Kingdom.

"In the final analysis, this is still a feudal kingdom.

Although after being ruled by Art Rhine, the country was opened to a certain extent and many new ideas were accepted.

But the feudal concepts of private ownership of land and inheritance from generation to generation are deeply rooted.

Most of the experts and scholars who can come here to communicate with me are also of noble origin.

It is impossible for them to run for the interests of the common people, let alone risk the disgrace of the world and kill their own class! "

A wonderful paradox arises.

These hateful foreign colonists want to develop people's livelihood and open up people's wisdom.

Instead, those feudal nobles didn't want to do that.

Because that would endanger their ruling foundation and completely destroy the power of the stubborn forces.

However, Art Rhine has long regarded the Reiner Kingdom as his own dish, and he is determined to be promoted to the devil, also in order to increase the value of use.

Such a major policy will not be changed because of some minor opposition from the nobles of the Leiner Kingdom.

"No matter what, let's collect relevant information first and understand the situation before we talk."

For this reason, Roland decided to retrieve some household registration information or civil affairs department files.

An embarrassing thing happened, and the Kingdom of Leiner did not have any detailed records about it, and many materials were lost due to years of wars.

After Leon understood Roland's intentions, he said helplessly: "The Kingdom of Leiner originally had a problem of raising a large number of serfs and private ownership of land, and the king is essentially just a big landlord.

This is the real feudal kingdom. In contrast, the county-based family world mentioned by your Seris school is already at another stage. "

Well, the country's public accounts cannot be checked, so we can only check the private accounts of the great nobles and lords, or go around and do a random survey.

After Princess Rosa heard about it, she volunteered to Roland and said, "Mr. Roland, I can show you around the capital."

Naturally, Roland would not object to a beautiful woman traveling together, so he took Trina, Rosa and others to visit various places, planning to take a look at the low-level people of the Reiner Kingdom.

Speaking of which, since Roland and others came here, they have been in and out of the royal capital, embassies and other places, and they have seen nobles and their servants.

I really haven't had much contact with the real working people.

Only then did I get a chance to see it.

……

"Is this the common people of the Reiner Kingdom?"

Outside the capital, the lower city.

In a dilapidated slum like a shack.

Roland and the others stepped on what looked like a rubbish dump, and they were greatly disappointed when they saw a large group of brown-skinned civilians with sallow, emaciated, and ragged clothes huddled there in a daze.

Even if he was already prepared in his heart, Roland couldn't help but feel a chill when he actually saw these people with his own eyes.

What a poor and numb group of people this is. In modern society, even in the slums of Asia, Africa and Latin America, those who are also impoverished are far more energetic than them.

In such a place, sewage flows, garbage, flies and mice can be seen everywhere, and the stench is accompanied by the breeze from time to time. Princess Rosa, who is used to living a delicate life, and even the accompanying staff can't help but feel a little nauseated.

But Roland was very calm.

Because in his past and present lives, he has been more or less exposed to scenes similar to dirty and messy rural areas and slums, chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep, sewage ditches and the like.

Trina and the two cat-eared girl guards are also very calm. Their powerful body functions can control the sense of smell. As for the filth, they can't see it.

Roland simply asked the local officials who were leading the way, and as expected, such a group of people, let alone literate, even if they were called out to walk in line, they couldn't tell the difference between front, back, left, and right.

Along the way, Roland selected a few elderly and young adults who seemed to have seen the world for questioning. As a result, they spoke no less than six kinds of various dialects.

Fortunately, Art Rhine has included the Reiner language in the recognition category of proficient languages. With the connection between the standard Reiner language and these dialects, it can still be roughly recognized.

"My lord, they were all serfs and self-cultivated farmers in the aristocratic fief before. After the decline of the master's family, they had nowhere to go and became refugees.

Some lucky ones were conscripted to work on the mage tower, but the old and weak, women and children, and those who were not selected, could only stay here. "

After hearing this, Roland went to the construction site that afternoon.

Sure enough, those who can be selected to work on the construction site, regardless of their physical fitness, IQ, knowledge and skill level, are much better than those who live in the slums.

But the vast majority of these people are also illiterate, filled with a large number of illiterates.

Roland asked about the conditions of the people in the manors and noble fiefdoms, and concluded that the illiteracy rate here is over 70%, which means that they can't even write their own names. of.

However, no more than 10% of those who can truly read and write and have certain professional skills.

The other 20% are at primary school level.

On the surface, the education industry developed by the Cowrens family here is doing well, but most of them are citizens in the aristocratic fiefs with household registration.

Due to successive wars and displacements, the number of refugees in Leiner's world is increasing rapidly. A large number of hidden households and black households are fleeing everywhere, causing bandits and rebels to flourish.

The current situation can be said to be very good, and it will definitely go from bad to worse in the future.

There seemed to be a pair of invisible big hands manipulating it, and Roland had faintly noticed some clues, but it was difficult to get involved.

"The population of Reiner World has always been uncertain, even we have no way to accurately count, but there is a rough number, that is more than 1 million.

This world was once blessed by Tinyara, and the territories of all parties were generally fertile and easy to grow food. "

After returning, Leon told Roland a special national situation.

But this may not necessarily be good news for Roland's plan.

Because the land is fertile and it is easy to grow food, it does not mean that you can really live comfortably.

Many of the agricultural techniques here are extensive and natural. Once you scatter the seeds and spread your hands, you can get it done.

Then I wandered the streets drying birds all day, or was conscripted by the lords to fight.

A large number of hidden and black households also consume food. In the feudal era, a population of 1 million can be called a very large scale, but in fact, it may be supporting 2 million or 3 million people, and it is definitely in an overwhelmed state. .

No wonder there are famines and wars anytime and anywhere, and there seems to be never enough food.

The only luck is that the fundamentals of those noble territories are still stable for the time being.

To a large extent, the royalties that Collens provided to himself were excavated from the territories of the great nobles.

"In general, it is 1 million civilians and 2 million livestock."

Roland came to a rough conclusion.

"Look at the plans of the nobles here, they don't care about the latter's life or death at all, and there is no existing basis to control it.

But if it is really ignored and the latter is allowed to fend for itself, the seemingly stable basic market will soon collapse.

Because there are still many hidden dangers in the Kingdom of Lena, the gathering of huge refugees is enough to be used by many careerists and rebels, and it will be too late to regret it.

But conversely, if those refugees can be fully mobilized and utilized, it will be a very huge force! "

(End of this chapter)