Chapter 1591
Culture and Education Industry
Chapter 1591 Culture and Education Industry
Danzhou was a famous local cultural city during the reign of the Ming Dynasty. There were several academies that were not well-known in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and many well-known literati were born in the past.After Haihan took over the ruling power of this area, it also continued the previous tradition and continued to preserve the cultural and educational industry that has been passed down for hundreds of years.But Haihan's approach is more radical than Daming's. It's not that these academies are allowed to die on their own, but that the culture and education department under the supervision of Ning Qi has made drastic changes to the academies' teaching content and business model.
Originally, the traditional academies that used the Four Books, Five Classics, and a subset of classics and history as the main teaching materials, and the titles of the Imperial Examination Gold List as their teaching purpose, gradually introduced new teaching materials compiled by Haihan officials, and new subjects aimed at employment also appeared in these academies. .Of course, it was not without conflict and backlash during the process, but in the Danzhou assassination case in 1631, Huang Zixing, the head of Danzhou Zhongming Academy, was sentenced to death for colluding with the Jinyiwei to create a rebellion, and Haihan officials found an excuse for this , and cleaned up the local academies in Danzhou that still adhered to the traditional teaching content, and no one dared to confront the authorities after that.
During this period, a number of new-style academies supported by the Haihan government began to rise in the cultural circles of Danzhou, such as Bailu Academy and Qiongxi Academy, which Xun Pengcheng had heard of, were pioneers who followed the official pace.These academies have set up various vocational training courses early on, using short-term intensive training methods to provide talents for the urgently needed technical positions in Haihan's development.These subjects are almost all counterparts for employment, and the employment destination has been basically determined when they enter school, so they are very popular with those poor children who are eager to change their destiny and obtain a better livelihood.
For ordinary people, sending their children to traditional academies, after receiving several years of education, they will have a certain cultural foundation, and then they will continue to take part in the imperial examinations, and they may have the opportunity to obtain fame and gain a chance to enter the officialdom.But the people who can achieve this result in the end are basically one in a thousand, and the vast majority of scholars are just ordinary Confucian scholars throughout their lives.The investment time of this model is long, the effect is slow, and there are great risks, and the chance of recovering the cost is very small.
The vocational education model promoted by Haihan has a clearer control over personal prospects. Students basically know their employment prospects and career development direction from the beginning of enrollment, and they also understand that the skills they have learned here can help them acquire a livelihood.As for whether they can use the skills learned in the academy to enter higher fields, such as officialdom, it depends on their own ability.But as long as you can participate in the study step by step, the time and tuition spent in the academy will definitely be rewarded in the future, which is beyond the reach of the traditional education model.
While walking, Xun Pengcheng listened to Lao Gao's introduction of these academies, and he was filled with emotion.Although he knew that culture and education had become an industry here before he came to Danzhou, he was still greatly impacted by seeing these large-scale academies with his own eyes.Before that, he really couldn't imagine how to make a profit by operating this industry, but after gradually understanding the status quo of this industry, he also had to admire the minds of these operators.
Each college basically has its own unique advantageous disciplines to maintain its competitiveness.For example, the secretarial major of Bailu Academy specializes in training clerks and clerks for various institutions in Haihan, and it is also one of the majors with the highest proportion of graduates entering official positions.Many Confucian students who have no hope of taking the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty will choose to switch to this major. As long as they apply for the native place of Haihan, and then go through a hundred days of training, they will be recommended to various official institutions of Haihan after passing the training.Although the tuition fee of this major is not cheap, it is favored by people with affluent families because of its strong teaching staff and high employment rate of students.
The up-and-comer Jonesy Academy focuses more on practice. Its shipbuilding, smelting, medical care and other majors are already well-known in the industry, and it can provide thousands of qualified graduates to various professional institutions every year.The majors offered by Jonesy Academy are all about skill learning, which is enough to ensure that students can find a living with this skill after graduation. It is very suitable for those who are from poor families and just want to learn a practical skill to support their families as soon as possible.
Not all students who receive this kind of vocational training can just finish their studies here, and some of them will be recommended to advanced education institutions in Sanya for further study, so as to become senior talents with more specialized vocational skills.However, in the past two years, the academies in Danzhou have begun to make efforts to create their own advantageous education programs, and strive to allow some professional advanced training stages to also settle in Danzhou.The Danzhou local government is also very supportive of this trend. Zhang Xin, the current mayor of Danzhou, clearly put forward the slogan of making the cultural and educational industry bigger and stronger, encouraging academies to start new majors, and paying high salaries from Sanya and Poach people from other places to improve the local teaching staff.
From Xun Pengcheng's point of view, the mayor's slogan should be more than shouting. In addition to the value that Danzhou's cultural and educational industry can create, it will also have a huge impact on upstream and downstream industries.The economic benefits may not be comparable to physical industries such as plantations, but the social benefits are far from comparable to plantations.For example, the proportion of educated population in Danzhou is probably the highest in Haihan State. Even in Sanya, the capital of the country's elite, the cultural level of the people may not be comparable to that here.
When Xun Pengcheng worked in the newspaper office, he once learned a very interesting data, which can also be regarded as one of the concrete manifestations of the development of Danzhou's cultural and educational undertakings.According to Haihan's official statistics, the place where newspapers have the highest number of subscriptions in Haihan's country is not Sanya, but Danzhou.Even the "Sanya Express", which Xun Pengcheng once worked for, has a distribution point in Danzhou.
In addition to several major newspapers published in Sanya, Danzhou also has several local newspapers with their own characteristics, and the number of subscriptions is not small. At least the income can maintain its long-term operation.However, Xun Pengcheng has only heard of the name and has not seen the real thing. After arriving in Danzhou this time, he wanted to observe the works of his colleagues and see what kind of characteristics the newspapers here have.
Xun Pengcheng got off the car near Academy City and started to walk, so he walked slowly all the way to Danzhou City for the last few miles.Under Danzhou City, there are all kinds of food stalls along the city wall, which is very lively.Lao Gao said that since three years ago, the city defenses have been withdrawn here, and people do not need to be inspected when they enter and leave the city on weekdays.
Xun Pengcheng wondered: "Then if there is an enemy attack, wouldn't the undefended Danzhou City be in the enemy's arms?"
Lao Gao said with a smile: "That depends on where the enemy can come from! There is a navy fleet stationed in Danzhou Bay. Every year, naval exercises are held in the waters of Danzhou, and the surrounding countries will send generals to come over." Observe, who can have the courage to dare to do something wrong after seeing my Haihan Navy fleet? The area around Danzhou has been wiped out many times, even the bandits and bandits are gone, so there is no danger. Even Some people want to try to rebel, and there is an army battalion stationed inside and outside Danzhou City! If you want to attack Danzhou, how about a few thousand people to please?"
Xun Pengcheng also thought about the same reason. There were no opponents and instabilities in the surrounding areas, so why do we still need to worry about going to war in the day and night defenses?It is enough for Danzhou to maintain law and order in the market. As for the war, it should not be a problem that the local government of Danzhou needs to worry about at present.
Xun Pengcheng entered the city from the south gate of Danzhou. Sure enough, there were no checkpoints to check the people entering and leaving the city. There were only a few black-clothed policemen on duty outside the city gate. The door is stuck causing a blockage.However, it is said that senior officials are already discussing whether the old city gates should be gradually dismantled in order to widen the roads in and out of the city to facilitate the travel needs of the people.
The original layout of Danzhou City was basically maintained, with government offices concentrated in the north of the city, and shops mostly in the south of the city near the official road.Xun Pengcheng noticed that the shops here sell a high proportion of cultural goods. About six or seven out of ten shops on a street sell pens, ink, paper and inkstones and other cultural goods.
Of course, the pens, inks, papers and inkstones sold here are not in the traditional style. Most of them are products with Haihan characteristics, such as dip pens equipped with fine steel nibs, and high-grade paper for dip pens, etc.Although these stationery are also sold in stores in Sanya, and there are even extremely expensive collector's editions and gift packs, the styles are not as many as those in Danzhou.As a literati, Xun Pengcheng naturally has a special affection for these commodities, so he asked Lao Gao to send his luggage to the inn first, and he started to stroll slowly along the street one by one.
Xun Pengcheng visited a few stores and bought a dip pen with a colorful glass pen holder that he had been interested in when he was a reporter, but he was always reluctant to buy it.This one costs more than 30 yuan in Sanya, but it is slightly cheaper in Danzhou, and the store generously gave away a bottle and a half of two packs of ink.In another store, Xun Pengcheng saw a pair of small glass paperweights in the shape of stone lions. He was reluctant to put them down after picking them up, so he bought them again.
By the time he walked all the way to the inn recommended by Lao Gao and booked for him, he had already bought four or five items of stationery, as well as several locally printed books.In addition, he didn't forget that when passing by a newsstand, he bought a copy of every kind of newspaper on that stand, and planned to take time to study it after staying here.Anyway, he didn't plan to rush to invest in plantations now, so Xun Pengcheng decided to live in Danzhou first, and then slowly plan for the following things.If the funds he has now are only used to maintain his life, then it will be easy for him to live an idle life for ten or eight years, and there is no need to rush to find a livelihood.
After Xun Pengcheng handed over to Lao Gao, he specially rewarded Lao Gao with 20 yuan as his thanks for being a tour guide along the way.Although the cost of hiring a car had already been paid before departure, Xun Pengcheng knew that the information Lao Gao provided to him on the way was far more than the value of the tip, so he was not stingy when giving the money.
Lao Gao didn't refuse. After receiving the money, he asked Xun Pengcheng if he wanted to go with him to meet his son-in-law.He didn't want to get involved with his old enemy, the Ministry of Security, as soon as he arrived in Danzhou.However, he also promised Lao Gao that if he went to Changhua next time, he would try to get in touch with him.Xun Pengcheng is still happy to make friends with a person like Lao Gao who has various connections in the local area, and he may not know when he will have to ask others for help.
Xun Pengcheng was new here, and he didn't want to reveal his identity to outsiders. Before he arrived in Danzhou, he asked Lao Gao to recommend a hotel with a better environment, and then Lao Gao rented an upper room. Just paid one month's rent.The owner of the inn is also very sensible, knowing that it is best not to talk too much about such a big-spending but low-key customer, but let Xun Pengcheng take care of something, and appointed a clever guy to take charge of Xun Pengcheng's daily life and food.
After arranging his life, Xun Pengcheng began to calm down and adapt to the local environment.In fact, the straight-line distance from Sanya to Danzhou is only more than 300 miles, and there is no obvious difference in climate and cultural environment, and now they are all under the rule of Haihan, and they are all Han-inhabited areas, and various laws and regulations are the same. According to the standard, Xun Pengcheng would not feel too strongly in a foreign land.The only thing that feels a little inconvenient is that I have to live in the inn temporarily, and it is still not convenient to live in my own home.
Of course, Xun Pengcheng also considered buying a house in Danzhou and then settling down. However, almost all the houses with better conditions in Danzhou are in the hands of local officials at all levels. The possibility of these houses being sold is extremely small. Look down on.There are many newly built residential areas outside Danzhou City, but the layout and planning of these residential areas are similar to the collective apartment that Xun Pengcheng lived in Sanya, and he does not want to move back to live in that environment.
Xun Pengcheng's own plan is to apply for a piece of land and then build a courtyard by himself. Even if there are only two or three courtyards, it can be regarded as a decent house.However, he inquired a little bit, and the quickest way for an immigrant like him to apply for a homestead to build a house locally is to invest and settle down, especially for projects such as plantations that require land enclosure, it is no problem to build a house by themselves up.But Xun Pengcheng does not intend to continue to drill into the plantation industry at present, so the plan to build a house can only be shelved temporarily.Compared with housing, there is one thing that Xun Pengcheng is more interested in at present, and that is to study several newspapers and periodicals published locally.
(End of this chapter)
Danzhou was a famous local cultural city during the reign of the Ming Dynasty. There were several academies that were not well-known in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and many well-known literati were born in the past.After Haihan took over the ruling power of this area, it also continued the previous tradition and continued to preserve the cultural and educational industry that has been passed down for hundreds of years.But Haihan's approach is more radical than Daming's. It's not that these academies are allowed to die on their own, but that the culture and education department under the supervision of Ning Qi has made drastic changes to the academies' teaching content and business model.
Originally, the traditional academies that used the Four Books, Five Classics, and a subset of classics and history as the main teaching materials, and the titles of the Imperial Examination Gold List as their teaching purpose, gradually introduced new teaching materials compiled by Haihan officials, and new subjects aimed at employment also appeared in these academies. .Of course, it was not without conflict and backlash during the process, but in the Danzhou assassination case in 1631, Huang Zixing, the head of Danzhou Zhongming Academy, was sentenced to death for colluding with the Jinyiwei to create a rebellion, and Haihan officials found an excuse for this , and cleaned up the local academies in Danzhou that still adhered to the traditional teaching content, and no one dared to confront the authorities after that.
During this period, a number of new-style academies supported by the Haihan government began to rise in the cultural circles of Danzhou, such as Bailu Academy and Qiongxi Academy, which Xun Pengcheng had heard of, were pioneers who followed the official pace.These academies have set up various vocational training courses early on, using short-term intensive training methods to provide talents for the urgently needed technical positions in Haihan's development.These subjects are almost all counterparts for employment, and the employment destination has been basically determined when they enter school, so they are very popular with those poor children who are eager to change their destiny and obtain a better livelihood.
For ordinary people, sending their children to traditional academies, after receiving several years of education, they will have a certain cultural foundation, and then they will continue to take part in the imperial examinations, and they may have the opportunity to obtain fame and gain a chance to enter the officialdom.But the people who can achieve this result in the end are basically one in a thousand, and the vast majority of scholars are just ordinary Confucian scholars throughout their lives.The investment time of this model is long, the effect is slow, and there are great risks, and the chance of recovering the cost is very small.
The vocational education model promoted by Haihan has a clearer control over personal prospects. Students basically know their employment prospects and career development direction from the beginning of enrollment, and they also understand that the skills they have learned here can help them acquire a livelihood.As for whether they can use the skills learned in the academy to enter higher fields, such as officialdom, it depends on their own ability.But as long as you can participate in the study step by step, the time and tuition spent in the academy will definitely be rewarded in the future, which is beyond the reach of the traditional education model.
While walking, Xun Pengcheng listened to Lao Gao's introduction of these academies, and he was filled with emotion.Although he knew that culture and education had become an industry here before he came to Danzhou, he was still greatly impacted by seeing these large-scale academies with his own eyes.Before that, he really couldn't imagine how to make a profit by operating this industry, but after gradually understanding the status quo of this industry, he also had to admire the minds of these operators.
Each college basically has its own unique advantageous disciplines to maintain its competitiveness.For example, the secretarial major of Bailu Academy specializes in training clerks and clerks for various institutions in Haihan, and it is also one of the majors with the highest proportion of graduates entering official positions.Many Confucian students who have no hope of taking the imperial examination in Ming Dynasty will choose to switch to this major. As long as they apply for the native place of Haihan, and then go through a hundred days of training, they will be recommended to various official institutions of Haihan after passing the training.Although the tuition fee of this major is not cheap, it is favored by people with affluent families because of its strong teaching staff and high employment rate of students.
The up-and-comer Jonesy Academy focuses more on practice. Its shipbuilding, smelting, medical care and other majors are already well-known in the industry, and it can provide thousands of qualified graduates to various professional institutions every year.The majors offered by Jonesy Academy are all about skill learning, which is enough to ensure that students can find a living with this skill after graduation. It is very suitable for those who are from poor families and just want to learn a practical skill to support their families as soon as possible.
Not all students who receive this kind of vocational training can just finish their studies here, and some of them will be recommended to advanced education institutions in Sanya for further study, so as to become senior talents with more specialized vocational skills.However, in the past two years, the academies in Danzhou have begun to make efforts to create their own advantageous education programs, and strive to allow some professional advanced training stages to also settle in Danzhou.The Danzhou local government is also very supportive of this trend. Zhang Xin, the current mayor of Danzhou, clearly put forward the slogan of making the cultural and educational industry bigger and stronger, encouraging academies to start new majors, and paying high salaries from Sanya and Poach people from other places to improve the local teaching staff.
From Xun Pengcheng's point of view, the mayor's slogan should be more than shouting. In addition to the value that Danzhou's cultural and educational industry can create, it will also have a huge impact on upstream and downstream industries.The economic benefits may not be comparable to physical industries such as plantations, but the social benefits are far from comparable to plantations.For example, the proportion of educated population in Danzhou is probably the highest in Haihan State. Even in Sanya, the capital of the country's elite, the cultural level of the people may not be comparable to that here.
When Xun Pengcheng worked in the newspaper office, he once learned a very interesting data, which can also be regarded as one of the concrete manifestations of the development of Danzhou's cultural and educational undertakings.According to Haihan's official statistics, the place where newspapers have the highest number of subscriptions in Haihan's country is not Sanya, but Danzhou.Even the "Sanya Express", which Xun Pengcheng once worked for, has a distribution point in Danzhou.
In addition to several major newspapers published in Sanya, Danzhou also has several local newspapers with their own characteristics, and the number of subscriptions is not small. At least the income can maintain its long-term operation.However, Xun Pengcheng has only heard of the name and has not seen the real thing. After arriving in Danzhou this time, he wanted to observe the works of his colleagues and see what kind of characteristics the newspapers here have.
Xun Pengcheng got off the car near Academy City and started to walk, so he walked slowly all the way to Danzhou City for the last few miles.Under Danzhou City, there are all kinds of food stalls along the city wall, which is very lively.Lao Gao said that since three years ago, the city defenses have been withdrawn here, and people do not need to be inspected when they enter and leave the city on weekdays.
Xun Pengcheng wondered: "Then if there is an enemy attack, wouldn't the undefended Danzhou City be in the enemy's arms?"
Lao Gao said with a smile: "That depends on where the enemy can come from! There is a navy fleet stationed in Danzhou Bay. Every year, naval exercises are held in the waters of Danzhou, and the surrounding countries will send generals to come over." Observe, who can have the courage to dare to do something wrong after seeing my Haihan Navy fleet? The area around Danzhou has been wiped out many times, even the bandits and bandits are gone, so there is no danger. Even Some people want to try to rebel, and there is an army battalion stationed inside and outside Danzhou City! If you want to attack Danzhou, how about a few thousand people to please?"
Xun Pengcheng also thought about the same reason. There were no opponents and instabilities in the surrounding areas, so why do we still need to worry about going to war in the day and night defenses?It is enough for Danzhou to maintain law and order in the market. As for the war, it should not be a problem that the local government of Danzhou needs to worry about at present.
Xun Pengcheng entered the city from the south gate of Danzhou. Sure enough, there were no checkpoints to check the people entering and leaving the city. There were only a few black-clothed policemen on duty outside the city gate. The door is stuck causing a blockage.However, it is said that senior officials are already discussing whether the old city gates should be gradually dismantled in order to widen the roads in and out of the city to facilitate the travel needs of the people.
The original layout of Danzhou City was basically maintained, with government offices concentrated in the north of the city, and shops mostly in the south of the city near the official road.Xun Pengcheng noticed that the shops here sell a high proportion of cultural goods. About six or seven out of ten shops on a street sell pens, ink, paper and inkstones and other cultural goods.
Of course, the pens, inks, papers and inkstones sold here are not in the traditional style. Most of them are products with Haihan characteristics, such as dip pens equipped with fine steel nibs, and high-grade paper for dip pens, etc.Although these stationery are also sold in stores in Sanya, and there are even extremely expensive collector's editions and gift packs, the styles are not as many as those in Danzhou.As a literati, Xun Pengcheng naturally has a special affection for these commodities, so he asked Lao Gao to send his luggage to the inn first, and he started to stroll slowly along the street one by one.
Xun Pengcheng visited a few stores and bought a dip pen with a colorful glass pen holder that he had been interested in when he was a reporter, but he was always reluctant to buy it.This one costs more than 30 yuan in Sanya, but it is slightly cheaper in Danzhou, and the store generously gave away a bottle and a half of two packs of ink.In another store, Xun Pengcheng saw a pair of small glass paperweights in the shape of stone lions. He was reluctant to put them down after picking them up, so he bought them again.
By the time he walked all the way to the inn recommended by Lao Gao and booked for him, he had already bought four or five items of stationery, as well as several locally printed books.In addition, he didn't forget that when passing by a newsstand, he bought a copy of every kind of newspaper on that stand, and planned to take time to study it after staying here.Anyway, he didn't plan to rush to invest in plantations now, so Xun Pengcheng decided to live in Danzhou first, and then slowly plan for the following things.If the funds he has now are only used to maintain his life, then it will be easy for him to live an idle life for ten or eight years, and there is no need to rush to find a livelihood.
After Xun Pengcheng handed over to Lao Gao, he specially rewarded Lao Gao with 20 yuan as his thanks for being a tour guide along the way.Although the cost of hiring a car had already been paid before departure, Xun Pengcheng knew that the information Lao Gao provided to him on the way was far more than the value of the tip, so he was not stingy when giving the money.
Lao Gao didn't refuse. After receiving the money, he asked Xun Pengcheng if he wanted to go with him to meet his son-in-law.He didn't want to get involved with his old enemy, the Ministry of Security, as soon as he arrived in Danzhou.However, he also promised Lao Gao that if he went to Changhua next time, he would try to get in touch with him.Xun Pengcheng is still happy to make friends with a person like Lao Gao who has various connections in the local area, and he may not know when he will have to ask others for help.
Xun Pengcheng was new here, and he didn't want to reveal his identity to outsiders. Before he arrived in Danzhou, he asked Lao Gao to recommend a hotel with a better environment, and then Lao Gao rented an upper room. Just paid one month's rent.The owner of the inn is also very sensible, knowing that it is best not to talk too much about such a big-spending but low-key customer, but let Xun Pengcheng take care of something, and appointed a clever guy to take charge of Xun Pengcheng's daily life and food.
After arranging his life, Xun Pengcheng began to calm down and adapt to the local environment.In fact, the straight-line distance from Sanya to Danzhou is only more than 300 miles, and there is no obvious difference in climate and cultural environment, and now they are all under the rule of Haihan, and they are all Han-inhabited areas, and various laws and regulations are the same. According to the standard, Xun Pengcheng would not feel too strongly in a foreign land.The only thing that feels a little inconvenient is that I have to live in the inn temporarily, and it is still not convenient to live in my own home.
Of course, Xun Pengcheng also considered buying a house in Danzhou and then settling down. However, almost all the houses with better conditions in Danzhou are in the hands of local officials at all levels. The possibility of these houses being sold is extremely small. Look down on.There are many newly built residential areas outside Danzhou City, but the layout and planning of these residential areas are similar to the collective apartment that Xun Pengcheng lived in Sanya, and he does not want to move back to live in that environment.
Xun Pengcheng's own plan is to apply for a piece of land and then build a courtyard by himself. Even if there are only two or three courtyards, it can be regarded as a decent house.However, he inquired a little bit, and the quickest way for an immigrant like him to apply for a homestead to build a house locally is to invest and settle down, especially for projects such as plantations that require land enclosure, it is no problem to build a house by themselves up.But Xun Pengcheng does not intend to continue to drill into the plantation industry at present, so the plan to build a house can only be shelved temporarily.Compared with housing, there is one thing that Xun Pengcheng is more interested in at present, and that is to study several newspapers and periodicals published locally.
(End of this chapter)