open sea

Chapter 438 School
In fact, the philosophy mentioned by Carneiro has really troubled the bishop of Macau for a long time.

If a savage has the strongest army in the world, the strongest ships, and the most dangerous guns, is he civilized or barbaric?

Bishop Carneiro did not have the answer, and no one could know the answer. He only knew that merchant ships entering Macau would need to undergo stricter scrutiny in the future. Neither he nor Chen Mu hoped to see such a situation happen again.

In the annual report sent to the Pope and Lisbon via the Haojing Church, Bishop Carneiro wrote: The Ming Empire is becoming more dangerous. On the coast of Xiangshan, new warships slip into the sea every day. Still difficult, but there is hope, at least not blocked, but must abide by the laws of the Ming Empire.

The scourge of trafficking in people did not last long in Haojing. The criminals, crew and sailors were all shot dead in the municipal square. In order to strengthen the defense and investigation in Haojing.

In addition to the Military Weapons Bureau, Chen Mu has another place to go-the Guangdong Navy Lecture Hall.

After Lu Tong and Yu Dayou knew the news that he had landed in Haojing, they immediately sent someone to call him, hoping that he could go to the Navy Lecture Hall.

The first batch of students in the lecture hall is approaching their exams, but these hairy kids have recently become obsessed with reading extra-curricular books, holding on to the newly printed "Nanyang Biography", "Lin Laihai Battle Record", "New Ming Zhiyi" and the like all day long He is so good at reading the market story books that he doesn't even care about his knowledge.

Regardless of whether it was Lu Tong or Yu Dayou in this situation, they were not at ease about their teaching ability, so they asked Chen Mu to come and see the students in the lecture hall.

Are they worried?
Chen Mu is still worried!
The schooling period is two and a half years. In these two and a half years alone, the textbooks of various subjects have been changed two or three times. How much can students learn?

In other words, no matter how well they learn, the students in the first period are not as good as the second period, and the second period is not as good as the third period. All these changes are too fast, and Chen Mu doesn't know what happened.

Chen Mu didn't wear an official uniform. When he entered the lecture hall, someone specially asked him to change into a student's armor. Even if it was just an ordinary student in the lecture hall, his attire was better than that of the general banner hundred families outside. They had The standard red robe, engraved with the front and rear breastplates and arm skirts of the Navy Lecture Hall.

Some time ago, the Nanyang Arms Bureau specially gave them standard martial arts swords and inscribed martial arts pistols, but those were graduation gifts prepared by Chen Mu for them, and it was not time to distribute them to them.

Strolling through the martial arts lecture hall, looking at the cannon sheds on the school field and the students practicing in them, and the students in the first class leading the class in the distant classroom teaching the second class students, Chen Mu couldn't be more satisfied than at this moment.

"Chen Shuai, the old man thinks that the teaching of each subject should be slightly changed."

Lu Tong’s Shanzhang’s mansion is on the mountain behind the lecture hall. Since he became the Shanzhang, he moved his home to the hall. This time, he invited Chen Mu, and after the attendants prepared tea, dried plums and other snacks, Lu Tong said: “ In the past two years, the textbooks of various subjects have been changed many times, and students are struggling to learn, as if the spear formations learned in the first year are all flat, but in the second year they have to step on the tails of the spears."

"Overseas maps are also constantly changing, becoming more and more detailed, and the sea charts are becoming more and more comprehensive. The old man believes that students who enter the martial arts hall in the future can start with Taoism first, and then go to academics."

"Tao and art?"

This Chen Mu can barely understand that Tao is the general theory, and art is the specific application. He asked, "It's like learning fortifications before distinguishing wood and cement, and learning surveying and mapping before understanding foreign maps?"

"Yes, the old man discussed it with Yu Shuai and thought it was a good idea, but I still have to ask Chen Shuai what he means. After all, most of these dolls will go to work under Chen Shuai's command after they graduate in the future."

In fact, Lu Tong has always considered where these students will go in the future. Naturally, the first choice is Chen Mu's Nanyang Military Mansion. In addition, they can also go to the Xuanfu Army Lecture Hall to study. He and Xu Jie had exchanges on this. , After each period of graduation, students can choose some outstanding students who are ready to stay in teaching for exchange and study tours.

Of course, even so, the veterans of the martial arts hall are indispensable, and they will persist for at least another three years. After combat experience, you can return to the lecture hall to teach.

"In addition, Mr. Xu's translation of Xiyi sea battle book sent by Chen Shuai before has also been used as a supplementary teaching material. Chen Shuai's Banner Army Manual is similar in purpose."

Chen Mu nodded and said: "What Lu Gong said is that the Western countries are also thousands of years old, they are far away from me, their language and customs are different, and there are many wars in the countries, just like my Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There will never be a character who likes to study like Mozi Gongshu."

In fact, there are still things that Chen Mu didn’t say. Since the Great Unification, the common people and the officials have performed their own duties. The responsibilities of the officials are too heavy, and the people’s dependence on the officials is too heavy. The same is true of other countries' government, but the officials of other countries often don't have so many responsibilities to the people. Once something happens, the lack of the right to speak will always suffer.

Lu Tang just nodded, and didn't follow Chen Mu's words. Now that Ming Dynasty is in the midst of school disputes, he doesn't want to talk about it. He smiled and said: "A few days ago, the old man sent a letter to Xu Shanchang of the Xuanfu, and he I am very interested in the mass and unified teaching method of the martial arts hall, and I plan to build a lecture hall in Songjiang Prefecture when someone succeeds the head of the mountain in the future, so I asked the old man to ask Chen Shuai, what advice do you have for teaching?"

The martial arts lecture hall for the military officer is a military academy; then the lecture academy that Xu Jie wants to run... a university?
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a university, but it is not the kind of university in Chen Mu's impression.

"Mr. Xu Ge wants a name, right?"

Chen Mu shook his head with a smile, and said: "Xu Ge's old leader Xuanfu Shanzhang, the younger generation knows everything about running a school, and there is nothing to say. But according to my humble opinion, what the Ming Dynasty lacks, Not one university or few universities."

"It's an elementary school. It is an elementary school that can teach people literacy, arithmetic, morality and rules, and a little knowledge of geography, physics, and nature through separate subjects."

Just like Zhang Juzheng's understanding of Chen Mu, Chen Mu is more eager for quick success and more radical than anyone else. Xu Jie wants to set up a Confucianism school with separate disciplines. There are hundreds of high-level imperial talents who understand politics, art of war, art, astronomy at the top and geography at the bottom, and are proficient in music and literature.

But most of them will enter the officialdom. The oriental classical education educates most of them are conservative managers. What Chen Mu hopes to see are pioneers in all walks of life.

"As Lu Gong said, learn Taoism first, then academics, and Taoism can master all arts." Chen Mu's eyes were shining, and he said: "Elementary school is Taoism, and university is art. The younger generation thinks that you can send a letter to Mr. Xu Ge, see Is he interested in this event that will last forever?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
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