1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 291
"Since we have considered it and want to join our Hanzhou, then everyone will be our own people." Zhang Wenqi said with a smile.

More than a dozen dilapidated Japanese samurai bowed to Zhang Wenqi to express their obedience.

A few months ago, several pirate fleets organized by Japanese samurai and bankrupt farmers were defeated by the exploration fleet and captured more than 20 ships.Then they were punished as hard labor and driven to build a camp with the natives on the island.
When Dong Fengshan returned to Hanzhou with three flying fish boats, Zhang Wenqi left fifteen sailors behind.They used the more than 100 hungry Ming people brought back from Daming by the exploration fleet, equipped them with swords and spears, and prepared to occupy the island they named Hanxing Island (today's Miyako Island).

Zhang Wenqi and a dozen sailors first drove more than 100 hungry people and many natives on the island to expand the camp and built a large number of wooden houses to improve the living environment here.At the same time, in order to guard against possible pirates, the wooden wall was reinforced.On a high ground, a watchtower was also built to keep an eye on the situation on the nearby sea.

Hanxing Island belongs to the coral reef limestone terrain. The terrain on the island is relatively flat, and it is extremely easy to cultivate land.In just one month, more than 600 mu of land was sorted out.Rice, wheat, sorghum, and plenty of vegetables were planted.

Considering that it may take several months for the ship to come from Hanzhou, in order to reduce food consumption, Zhang Wenqi ordered several sailors to take a dozen Ming people and native people on the island to go fishing.

Solved the problem of eating, followed by the trouble of dressing to keep warm.I thought that the temperature of the small island close to the south would be the same as that of Midway Island, with high temperatures all year round.

But who would have thought that the winter temperature on Hanxing Island is relatively low. The lowest temperature in January and February is 1-2 degrees Celsius.And those Ming people collected from Guangzhou, when they arrived, they were only given a thin set of summer clothes.Even if all the stored cloth is cut into simple clothes and distributed to them, it still cannot keep everyone warm.

Fortunately, during the day, relying on a lot of labor, I can still maintain my body temperature.When it was time to rest at night, even though there was firewood in the brazier to keep warm, it still made it difficult for many Ming people who lacked warm quilts to feel warm.

In more than a month, more than 30 Ming people suffered from typhoid fever, and the rest were also suffering.Finally, in March, the temperature gradually increased, and all the talents slowly recovered.However, more than [-] Ming people died of typhoid fever.

As the leader of Hanxing Island, Zhang Wenqi also suffered from a serious illness. If it wasn't for his youth and good health, he would have almost become the first leader of an overseas territory to die of illness.

Looking at the dozen or so so-called Japanese samurai captured before, when they were working hard, they worked harder than those natives on the island, and they were very obedient.Zhang Wenqi decided to turn him into a "professional thug". Being able to be a Japanese pirate naturally has some skills, and he is brave and ruthless. He is the best choice for the island's guard force.

He slightly expressed to the dozen or so dilapidated warriors that Hanzhou wanted to take them for his own use.The other party only considered it for less than ten seconds, and immediately expressed his surrender, willing to become the first batch of Hanzhou soldiers stationed on Hanxing Island to guard the island.

Immediately, Zhang Wenqi assigned two sailors to take the five or six Japanese soldiers to the inland area of ​​the island to conduct some investigation.In order to enable the entire staff stationed on Hanxing Island to have a preliminary understanding of the island's geographical environment, native tribes, and available resources.

On March 1639, 3, when two fishing boats fled into Hanxingburg in a hurry, they reported that seven or eight large ships were found in the southeast and were heading in this direction.In order to inform the people on the island to be on alert as soon as possible, they rushed back to report before they could take a closer look.

Zhang Wenqi was shocked, and immediately asked people to ring the alarm bell in the fortress, summoning all the guards and immigrants who had gone out to work to return.At this moment, he was very worried that the fleet coming here belonged to the Spaniards or the Dutch.For the defense of the fort, he is not very confident.

There are only more than 270 people in the entire fortress, fifteen muskets, more than seventy swords and spears, and the rest are wooden spears.Moreover, the fighting power of the more than 100 natives on the island is really suspicious. The only ones who can rely on them are their fifteen Hanzhou sailor brothers and twenty Japanese samurai.

Seven or eight large ships can easily gather two or three hundred armed personnel for landing. If, if they go ashore with artillery to attack, their hope of winning is even more slim.Maybe, to die here, of course, it is also possible to be captured by others, and then be a slave for the rest of your life, until you die from exhaustion.

Standing on the high watchtower, Zhang Wenqi could already see the fleet of ships approaching. After counting them carefully, there were indeed eight ships, no, it was ten!

There were two small boats driving fast in front of the fleet. As they approached Hanxing Island, several sails gradually lowered, and many sailors appeared on the bow, as if they were saying something to the small island.

Zhang Wenqi looked at it for a long time, then stuffed the binoculars in her hand into the arms of the sailor beside her, wiped away the tears on her face, and said with a smile: "There are people coming from home, let's go to meet them!"
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Qi Tian carefully read the Hanzhou Elementary Education Outline submitted to him by Wang Zheng, and couldn't help shaking his head. There were too many traditional Confucian classics in the outline, such as "Yi", "Book", "Poetry", "Zhou Li", "Rituals" and so on. ", "Book of Rites", "Chunqiu Zuozhuan", "Chunqiu Gongyang Zhuan", "Spring and Autumn Guliang Biography", "The Analects of Confucius", "Book of Filial Piety", "Mencius", "Erya" and other traditional thirteen classics are all Listed out.

Others, such as simple arithmetic, scientific common sense, basic writing, general reading, etc., seem to be somewhat insufficient.

If implemented according to the primary education outline of Hanzhou submitted by Wang Zheng, it will not only increase the difficulty of learning for students, but also fail to promote the development of industry and agriculture in Hanzhou.

What Hanzhou currently needs is a large number of workers with primary education levels.Can read and recognize characters, can do simple analysis and thinking on the problems encountered, and do simple processing.Rather than a group of "national studies experts" who are well versed in Confucian classics.

In the original Hanzhou educational system plan, Qitian once wanted to popularize five-year primary education, implement three-year intermediate education if possible, and carefully cultivate a small number of three-year advanced education.

But later, I felt that with the current educational resources and actual needs of Hanzhou, such a long academic education cannot be carried out, and it is necessary to reset it.

The content of elementary school is to learn some natural science knowledge that existed in the Ming Dynasty, as well as Chinese, simple arithmetic, and a three-year schooling system.After three years of elementary school graduation, a graduation certificate will be issued. Graduates can take the middle school unified entrance examination with the graduation certificate and enter middle school. After two years of middle school, they can learn more deeply. After two years of graduation, a graduation certificate will be issued, and they can participate in the middle school with the graduation certificate. Colleges and universities have a unified entrance examination. Colleges and universities are the highest comprehensive institutions of learning. They can temporarily set up a two-year schooling system. After graduation, they will be issued a diploma and a degree certificate after the internship defense.

"If you set up elementary education like this, those old gentlemen will tell you!" Luo Xinru looked at Qitian's re-planned Hanzhou elementary education outline.

In the new primary education outline, most of the Confucian classics were removed from the first subject of Chinese language, and only three classics, including "The Analects of Confucius", "Book of Filial Piety", and "Mencius", were retained, and some of them were intercepted. Easy-to-understand readers such as Three Character Classic, Hundred Surnames, Thousand Characters, and Disciple Regulations, as well as certain contents of some story-telling novels.

"Xiao Ru, what do you think is the biggest function of reading and writing alone?" Qi Tian asked.

"...What is it?" Luo Xinru was stunned. When she was young, she followed her father to read and read. After her grandfather dismissed from office and returned to his hometown, she followed her grandfather to study Confucian classics and various miscellaneous studies. But she never thought about reading and reading. What is the maximum effect.

"If a person can read and read, he will naturally think. Once a person has the ability to think, he will understand a lot of truths between things. Knowing what is happening, understanding what is happening. No matter what you do, you can understand it deeply. If you follow the way, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Therefore, the most important thing in reading is to be able to reason." Qi Tian said.

"Then learn a lot of Confucian classics, and you can understand the truth!"

"However, I have learned too much." Qi Tian said: "I am afraid that it will take too much time to study all the thirteen classics listed by your grandfather, and to understand their meanings and understand what they refer to. Moreover, each student has different aptitudes and different hobbies. Some people are interested in Baigong Machinery, some people are interested in astronomy and geography, and some people prefer farming. If you want them to study Confucian classics in depth, I am afraid It's a bit unsatisfactory!"

"Our primary education in Hanzhou is to cultivate a large number of literate ordinary people, not some scholars who have read poetry and books but are of little use."

"Director Qi, it's not kind of you to say this!" Luo Xinru said with a smile, "My father is what you call a scholar who has read poetry and books but is of little use!"

"Ah!" Qi Tian was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed, "He uttered wild words, and accidentally hurt my father-in-law!"

"Which one is your father-in-law!" Luo Xinru showed a trace of embarrassment when he heard this, "Just talk nonsense to others."

Qi Tian looked at the girl who was full of tenderness in front of him, his heart couldn't help but he stretched out his hand and brushed her face lightly, the place where he touched it was soft and smooth.

Luo Xinru was stunned for a moment, then her face flushed, she took two steps back, and gave Qi Tian a reproachful look.

Qi Tian turned his head to look at the third sister-in-law Su Miaoyan who was teasing the child on the other side, and also felt that his behavior just now was a bit rude.

"I'm going to visit Xinxiangbao, Weiyuan Island and Weihai in the east of Hanzhou in a few days. It may take more than two months." Qi Tian said: "During this period, you should take care of yourself. If you have any difficulties, please help me You can ask Yuanshan to handle it."

More than ten days ago, the "Yangbo" returned safely from Xinxiangpu. In addition to bringing back a shipment of rice, it also confirmed that the Dutch East India Company had indeed lifted the blockade of Hanzhou and Xinxiangpu.In order to learn about the specific situation of several territories outside of Hanzhou, Qi Tian planned to go on a tour to obtain first-hand information for the coordinated development and construction of various regions in the later stage.

"Huh?" Luo Xinru was a little surprised, "It takes so long?" Hearing that Qi Tian was going on a long journey for two months, she suddenly felt inexplicably flustered and lost her senses.

"That's right." Qi Tian said with a smile: "To travel to three places and travel tens of thousands of miles, it will take a month on the road. After all, the three places are not close to each other."

"Then..., you must be careful on the road!" Luo Xinru said, looking at Qi Tian sadly.

(End of this chapter)