Chapter 1971
The prosperity of Danzhou's cultural and educational industry is due on the one hand to the local cultural heritage that has been well maintained during the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty. On the other hand, it is because Haihan vigorously promoted the development of the local cultural and educational industry after taking over the place. With Zhang Xin as the The local officials represented built this as a signature of Danzhou. They have invested a lot of resources over the years to achieve the current Qi phase.
It’s not impossible for other countries to follow Danzhou’s approach, but in addition to having funds and policies in place, they also have to consider human factors. Cultivating professional cultural and educational talents cannot be achieved overnight, and it is difficult for other countries to have the operational efficiency of Haihan. It will take at least ten years to realize a cultural and educational industry of the current scale in Danzhou.
But the real difficulty in imitating Danzhou is that the cultural and educational industry here does not rely on studying a subset of classics and history, or entering the officialdom by writing eight-legged essays, as a driving force to support industrial development. At present, most cultural and educational institutions in Danzhou have an obvious commercial orientation. In terms of business nature, profit is the real driving force for development. Of course, such a model will be regarded as heresy in other countries, and it is difficult to be strongly promoted by the government.
Of course, when Haihan first took over Danzhou, there were many local voices opposed to the industrialization of cultural and educational institutions. They believed that places where sages read books should reject the smell of copper and should not introduce commercial operations into cultural and educational institutions. However, people who held this opinion basically shut up after a few years, because the local cultural and educational institutions that developed best during Haihan's rule were basically those who actively attached themselves to Haihan and obeyed the arrangements of the government. who. As for those who are stubborn, due to lack of income, their investment is naturally inferior to those of latecomers who operate this as an industry, and most of them are quickly eliminated by the increasingly fierce market competition.
At this time, the Danzhou area can still establish cultural and educational institutions that do not care about income and are not for commercial purposes. Basically, they are funded by official or private sources. For example, this is the case with the Federation of Literary and Art Circles currently under the control of Yan Mingjun. The funds for daily operations are Most of them came from government subsidies, and a few came from Yan Mingjun's own pocket. Of course, Yan Mingjun will not engage in loss-making business. The benefits this position brings to him far outweigh the effort.
Of course, it was difficult for Li Pu to understand the inside story of Danzhou's cultural and educational industry at the first time, but he also learned a little about this situation from the discussions of other people at the table. The people of Haihan treat the cultural and educational industry as a business, which is not surprising to Li Mu. After all, this country is founded on business, so this move is reasonable.
There is currently no large-scale cultural and educational industry in North Korea. Whether it is private or official academies, the main purpose is to train future officials for the country, which is different from Haihan's cultural and educational institutions. Only a very small number of students who graduate from various academies here in Danzhou will work in the government every year, while most of them go to various production units to become industrial workers. Since North Korea has not established an industrial system, such a vocational education and training system basically does not exist in the country.
But this is not what Li Pu is really interested in. He is still more concerned about non-profit cultural institutions such as Poetry Society and Painting Studio. In his opinion, these are the indicators to measure the cultural level of a country or region. As for training industrial workers and sailors, Li Bo also admitted that it was useful, but no matter how much training these people received, they would not be able to create works that would be handed down from generation to generation. After all, they could not be regarded as literati. At best, they could only be regarded as able to read and write sentences.
This is not that Li Bo intentionally discriminates against Haihan's vocational training system, but in his understanding, scholars should not be "mass-produced" like Danzhou, not to mention that after these people graduate and leave the academy, their employment It seems that the direction is often difficult to establish a direct connection with the cultural circle. However, Li Bo's current understanding of the real role played by these industrial workers who can read and count in national development is still too superficial. The industrialization process promoted by Haihan must rely on a large group of industrial workers to achieve it. The stakes in this process are probably only understood by Haihan's senior executives who are well aware of the industrial development process.
After the banquet, Tian Zheng and others coordinated with local officials to arrange the daily life and subsequent itinerary of Li Bo and his party. Bai Kesi finally had time to sit down and learn from Zhang Xin about the detection process of the Changhua attack case.
"Originally, Zhang Qianzhi was supposed to explain it to you, but it is said that his follow-up investigation did not go very smoothly. This guy hasn't slept for two days. He said he needed to hurry up and verify the information, so I asked him to do his own thing first. Please call Wang Baisuo over to tell you about the case." After Zhang Xin sat down, he first explained to Bai Kesi the reason why Zhang Qianzhi did not come to the luncheon today.
Bai Kesi naturally heard the meaning of protecting Zhang Qianzhi in his words, and responded with a smile: "It's really rare that Zhang Qianzhi can still be tired while working here."
Zhang Xindao: "He said that this matter may not be as simple as it seems, so we need to find out the truth as soon as possible. Young people are still working hard, and we should give more support."
In fact, Wang Baisuo is indeed the best person to introduce the case, because he is the front-line commander who is actually responsible for executing the arrest plan and has a better understanding of how the case was solved.
If this case is to be judged by conviction, then the actions of Xue Zheng and his gang are undoubtedly irrefutable. Whether it is the death penalty or life imprisonment is not an exaggeration, but because it involves the diplomatic field, they will certainly not be sentenced publicly.
But the problem facing Haihan now is not to convict, but to find out the real reason why Xue Zheng and his gang tried to launch an attack on the Joseon Crown Prince, and to find out the mastermind behind the incident who instigated them to do this. The current interrogation and investigation work is not going very smoothly, and the Ministry of Security failed to obtain relevant information about the mastermind at the first time.
"The mastermind behind the scenes..." Bai Kesi subconsciously touched his chin and responded in a low voice: "Can you list those who have the courage to oppose our country with one hand?"
"This is not an open confrontation, it is a secret stumbling block. Anyone who has such an idea can probably count on one hand!" Zhang Xin couldn't help but remind him.
The history of Haihan's rise is full of wars, large and small, so there are indeed many forces that have suffered from Haihan. Even if some of them have surrendered after the incident, there is no guarantee that they will not play some tricks to slow down Haihan's development. . If the countries and forces that have diplomatic relations with Haihan are measured by "absolute credibility", then the Executive Committee will probably only give a passing grade to the Fujian Xu family and the Annan Zheng family, and the others will not be included at all. into the objects of consideration.
According to Wang Baisuo's introduction, this group of people came from a vast area from the South China Sea to the north of the Ming Dynasty. At first, the security department thought they might be bounty killers, but later Zhang Qianzhi began to suspect that these people might belong to different forces, because three of them Tattoos similar to gang markings were found on the body of the deceased, but no such markings were found on the others.
Of course, this is just a guess, but if it is confirmed, the complexity of the matter will rise to another level. "Why the crown prince of Joseon? Why is he being targeted?" What Baikes is most interested in now is this. What is the reason why the other party chose to attack the target? Is it just to damage the relationship between the two countries, or is there another purpose?
However, there is no clear answer to this question yet, and Wang Baisuo dare not speculate casually. After all, this matter is of great importance. The Executive Committee specially modified the itinerary of the Joseon Crown Prince and asked the Ministry of Security to make such a big move in Danzhou. , in order to find out the real cause of the attack on the Joseon Crown Prince. If there is any discrepancy in his understanding, it may affect the Executive Committee's judgment on the case.
However, Zhang Xin did not have so many scruples and spoke of his views on the matter: "We might as well think about what would be the consequences if something happened to the crown prince of Joseon, or even died, while he was studying in our country. Who would The greatest benefit.”
Bai Kesi said: "Theoretically, it may lead to the breakdown of diplomatic relations with North Korea, and it will definitely affect our country's international reputation. If our country turns against North Korea, it will have to withdraw its troops stationed in North Korea. In this way, we can say that it will benefit the most. ...Isn’t that the Qing Dynasty? But if the Qing Dynasty can send a team to Hainan Island to carry out the mission, then why bother to attack the Korean Crown Prince? It might be more effective to deal with us directly.”
"Old Bai, you have forgotten that attacking us will not force our army to leave North Korea. Only attacking the North Korean prince can have such an effect." Zhang Xin reminded.
Bai Kesi slapped his forehead and said: "I'm so angry... You're right, but I still don't think the Qing Dynasty has enough ability to send people to Hainan Island to carry out this kind of task. Just go down from Liaodongnan to Hainan Island. It is estimated that few people in the entire Qing Dynasty know about the route.”
The route that Bai Kesi mentioned is naturally not an offshore route. The Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are now in a state of unending struggle. Even if the Qing Dynasty wants to send a ship southward from the sea, it will never dare to get too close to the Ming Dynasty's coastline. As for taking the open sea route to go south, only experienced sailors with extremely rich sailing experience can do it.
Zhang Xin shook his head and expressed disagreement: "Then I have to say, if the Qing Dynasty really wants to do this, it doesn't need to send a ship personally. It can try to hire a ship to pick up people from Liaodong, and then go south by sea. . Besides, among the group of people caught, aren’t there people who are suspected to be from Nanhai?”
Bai Kesi waved his hand and said: "Wait a minute, our thinking is still too narrow. If something happens to the crown prince of Joseon and it affects the relationship between our country and North Korea, then the Qing Dynasty will undoubtedly be the biggest beneficiary, but only this one Beneficiary? If the Qing Dynasty wants to carry out this kind of action, what they need is not just a group of sailors who have control of the southward route, but more importantly, information about the whereabouts of the North Korean prince. Wang Baisuo said just now that they are in Danzhou. They paid more than 200,000 yuan to an underground broker to buy information. How did they track the whereabouts of the Joseon Crown Prince before that? ”
"You mean...if the Qing Dynasty initiated this action, then it is not enough for them to rely on themselves. There may be other forces providing help to them. For example, guiding them to track them all the way to Hainan Island, and then from Sanya to Danzhou?" Zhang Xin also roughly understood what Bai Ke wanted to express.
Bai Kesi nodded and said: "And just now Wang Baisuo said that these people prepared horses before the operation, obviously intending to use them to evacuate the area quickly after the operation, so where will they evacuate? I think it is at sea, because they are facing Danzhou The geographical environment is completely unfamiliar, and the best chance of escaping is through the sea. But who will support their evacuation? "
Bai Kesi did not know the planned evacuation location and method of Xue Zheng's group, but he almost guessed the fact. Although the ship docked at the fishing port on the seaside did not have additional sailors for Xue Zheng's group, it was just a ship with supplies. The ship was empty, but someone was indeed arranging an escape route for them in advance. The people who do this kind of logistical work must be more familiar with the local environment than Xue Zheng and his group. If Xue Zheng and his group were spies from the Qing Dynasty, then it is unlikely that the person who arranged their escape route was with Xue Zheng.
While sorting out his thoughts in his mind, Bai Kesi said slowly: "No matter where this group of people comes from or who they instruct, as long as those involved will definitely benefit from their intended goals. We should think about it carefully. Who else is suspicious?"
Zhang Xindao: "Can we deduce a new theory from the situation you mentioned, that is, if something happens to the crown prince of Joseon and the Qing Dynasty benefits, we can deduce the vested interests that may appear next after the Qing Dynasty profits?"
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Bai Ke thought for a while and said: "What you said makes sense. If the Qing Dynasty had less military pressure from North Korea, it would have more space to deal with our country in the direction of the Liaodong Peninsula. The consequence would be that our country would have to If our country has more troops stationed in the north, the number of troops stationed in the south will inevitably decrease..."
"Our main opponent is still in the direction of the South China Sea." Zhang Xin added in a timely manner.
Although Haihan had an opponent in the north, the Qing Dynasty, and they were at war with each other year after year, in fact, Haihan now did not have the energy to attack a country thousands of miles away, not to mention that the territory under the control of the Qing Dynasty was quite deep, and it was all in bitter cold places outside the customs. , for the Haihan Army who came from the south, it was not an environment suitable for large-scale operations. Therefore, after Haihan captured the area south of the Jinzhou Isthmus, he suspended his advance on the Liaodong Peninsula and only maintained the status quo to prevent the Qing from fully attacking in both Korea and Ming Dynasty.
But the real opponents that Haihan will regard as worthy of vigilance are the Western colonial countries active in the South China Sea. Their development level in navigation, military, commerce, etc. is closer to that of Haihan, and their competitive relationships and conflicts of interest are also more direct.
(End of chapter)