Chapter 2249
Zhang Jinbao has never regarded himself as an orthodox educator, so his education for students is also relatively unconventional. He does not advocate that students spend too much time delving into literary skills to express personal emotions and whitewash peace, but hopes that they can understand the true appearance of the world. . He also informs students about the dark side of society so that they can avoid unnecessary pitfalls in advance.
Therefore, these students at Qiongxi Academy are somewhat different from other schools. They are not nerds who only focus on reading books by sages. The education method advocated by Zhang Jinbao pays more attention to social practice, which gives students the opportunity to be exposed to more things during their studies. all aspects of society. In this era, this kind of education method does not seem to be mainstream, but in Haihan it is in line with the official policy on the education industry.
Therefore, students who graduated from Qiongxi Academy have always had good employment prospects over the years. Many of them have found jobs in government-run institutions, and many have entered government offices as errands.
Zhang Jinbao's understanding of some social chaos in Sanya is actually only superficial. After all, he still spends too little time here. But he can roughly imagine that there are many people's interests involved behind these chaos, otherwise it would not be possible to exist here for a long time. You may not be able to offend them, but at least you can afford to hide them, as long as you don't pay attention to these people.
Fort Victory Railway Station is named because it is very close to Fort Victory, the center of power of the country. Not far from the station is Victory Square, where you can see the full front view of Fort Victory. Zhang Jinbao also lost no time in asking the students to pay more attention. He was already standing in the center of Haihan Kingdom.
"Look, the place with the city walls and towers at the other end of the square is the Fort of Victory. The adults of the Executive Committee usually work there. All the government orders of our country, Haihan, come from here!"
In fact, there was no need for Zhang Jinbao to explain that the students had already noticed the existence of Fort Victory. They had been looking around for Fort Victory from the moment they left the train station.
Although the appearance of Victory Fort does not look majestic and does not have the visual impact that the power center of the Haihan Kingdom should have, as an important goal of this trip to Sanya, the students are still excited to see the true appearance of Victory Fort. Very excited. After all, if this had been during the Ming Dynasty, it would have been equivalent to entering the capital and standing in front of the imperial city.
Victory Fort was the main armed stronghold of the early time-traveling group in this time and space. The original intention of its design and construction was only to use it as a temporary transition. Its defensive function was only to ensure that it could withstand small-scale sieges. Therefore, it did not have the solid city defense that the big cities of this era had. The system can only be regarded as a large armed fortress.
After the official founding of the People's Republic of China in Haihan, Victory Fort did not carry out large-scale reconstruction or expansion, but only maintained and rested the existing building parts on a regular basis. With the national power Haihan currently possesses, there is no need to build a strong city in Sanya. Therefore, the function of Fort Victory quickly transitioned from an armed stronghold to an office center for handling national government affairs.
Of course, for safety reasons, Fort Victory is still not open to the general public to this day, and special security forces are stationed inside and outside. But officials allow ordinary people, including foreigners, to view the symbol of the center of power in Victory Square as long as they stay outside the officially designated warning zone.
There are hundreds of foreign tourists like this group of John West College students in Victory Square every day, so although their excitement about almost dancing for Victory Fort is a bit rustic, the locals have long been accustomed to it and will not I don't think there's anything wrong with their reaction.
A student asked: "Dean, have you been to the Fort of Victory?"
Zhang Jinbao responded somewhat unnaturally: "I...of course...have been there!"
The student then asked: "Dean, what is it like there? Are there many palaces?"
Of course, Zhang Jinbao had never entered Fort Victory. He just wanted to save face in front of the students. However, regarding the situation inside Fort Victory, he had actually heard Zhang Xin mention something about it during the dinner chat, and he immediately responded with certainty. He told them in a tone of voice: "The adults on the Executive Committee are all saints who do not want to consider themselves emperors. Therefore, no palaces have been built in Victory Castle. The places where the adults work inside are just ordinary brick buildings."
After listening to this, everyone felt that they were able to control the power of the country without any selfish motives. This is probably only something that a saint can do. With such a group of saints and sages governing the country, it is no wonder that Haihan could rise from nothing to become a great nation in just a few years. The most powerful country in the South China Sea region immediately made their respect for the Executive Committee increase even more.
Of course, the senior officials of the Executive Committee are not saints. On the contrary, they chose to take great risks to come to this time and space to establish an emerging country just to realize their private wishes. If they were not interested in power, they would not hold important positions on the executive committee.
In addition, Victory Fort is not as shabby as Zhang Jinbao described. The houses inside are indeed mainly brick houses, but this house is not the other house. The houses in Victory Fort are not the same as the brick houses among the people. , can be regarded as the most technologically advanced building in this era.
A considerable part of the various advanced gadgets brought here by the travelers are placed in the Victory Fort. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Executive Committee and other major institutions still worked in Victory Fort because there was a core computer room equipped with multiple servers. Many government affairs still required the use of server data and computing power to process.
Relocating the computer room not only involves power supply, network and other line reconstruction projects, but also affects the daily work of various departments. It may take up to a year and a half, and there are too many variables during this period. This is an unnecessary risk for Haihan. , so although Haihan is already a de facto regional power, the main ruling institutions are still deployed in the Victory Fort built nearly ten years ago.
Although this place looks relatively rustic from the outside, it is even a bit shabby by the standards of an imperial city. However, Haihan's prestige is not supported by the appearance of the Victory Fort. Since he has the ability to transform Sanya from an almost uninhabited backwater into the largest city in the South China Sea, whether it is financial resources or engineering construction capabilities, who would think that Haihan does not have it? What about the ability to build a palace building here?
Therefore, the people would rather believe that this is the Executive Committee's intention to show that the country will not adopt a traditional imperial governance system, so the Victory Fort has always maintained such a simple appearance.
As for whether this is a good thing for the country and ordinary people? Of course, it still depends on how the official publicizes and guides public opinion. This explanation given by Zhang Jinbao is the most popular saying among the people. The group of high-ranking officials in charge of the country are compared to saints, and Victory Fort has become a symbol of their righteousness in governing the country.
Although this sounds ridiculous, the people are very fond of it. They are willing to believe that their country is indeed governed by a group of saints with extremely outstanding abilities, talents and morals. This just explains why Haihan can The rapid rise in just over ten years has also made them more confident in Haihan's future prospects.
This propaganda effect was perfectly reflected in the students who came to Sanya for the first time. They stopped one after another and bowed deeply in the direction of Victory Fort to show their respect.
"Let's go, it's getting late, we have to find a place to stay!" This is not Zhang Jinbao's first time here, and of course he won't be as excited as the students. He just wants to go to the inn as soon as possible, sit down and have a good meal After dinner, take a hot bath and then fall asleep to relieve the fatigue caused by the long journey.
When Zhang Jinbao came to Sanya last time, he was recommended to find an inn not too far from Victory Square. After staying there, he was quite satisfied. This time when he brought his students to Sanya for business, Zhang Jinbao had already decided which inn he wanted to stay at. After a night's rest, I will go to the Yamen of the Ministry of Culture and Education tomorrow to see if I can ask to see some powerful officials and report some plans of Qiongxi Academy. When Zhang Jinbao led the students to the inn, Zheng Zao, who arrived at Fort Victory Station on the same bus as him, was already sitting in the reception room of Fort Victory.
"Young prince, you have come from Annan so quickly. You have had a hard journey!" With this loud voice, the person who appeared in front of Zheng Zha was Haihan Defense Minister Yan Chujie.
Zheng Zha stood up to greet Yan Chujie. After the two sat down, Zheng Zha responded: "Actually, I wanted to leave immediately after receiving the invitation letter from you, but I happened to have some matters to deal with in China, so I was delayed for a few days. Otherwise it would have come earlier.”
Yan Chujie smiled and said: "The young prince is here in such a hurry. It seems that he wants to mobilize the students from your country before the competition!"
Zheng Zhu said: "If I don't come here in advance to express my position, I'm afraid these guys won't try their best... Minister Yan also knows that every time in this competition, Xu Jiajun is always on top. Although the gap is not big, it still makes people feel uncomfortable." I feel uncomfortable. These people sent to Sanya for training all have good qualifications. If they work harder, they should be able to compete with Xu Jiajun!”
Although the competition between foreign military cadets has been relatively low-key in the past, all parties involved in the event actually took it seriously. Each company will also secretly compare the final results and estimate the strength gap with other companies.
Annan Army and Fujian Xu Jiajun have always been Haihan's two main military allies, and the trainees they sent to Sanya for training relatively have a better foundation, and the training effect is better than those sent from other places. Some. Therefore, every time foreign military students compete, the two companies with the best results are often the ones with the best results, and among them, Xu Jiajun is slightly better.
For such results, the Annan people, who have been ranked second for a long time, will definitely not be satisfied. Although Annan and Xu Xinsu are also allies, after all, the strength gap is not as big as that between Haihan and Haihan. Therefore, the two sides will still compete overtly and covertly, and both want to sit firmly in the military alliance led by Haihan. Second place position.
In addition to the performance of the combat troops on the battlefield, the learning effectiveness of the overseas students sent to Sanya is also one of the items they compete against. Moreover, the competition is an event organized by the Haihan military. This is actually equivalent to showing Haihan's potential to the official officials of Haihan. If it can be recognized by Haihan with excellent performance, it will definitely be beneficial to future military cooperation. Harmful.
There was not much time before the start of the competition. Zheng Zao came across the sea. Naturally, he hoped to cheer up the Annan soldiers who were going to participate in this event before the competition, and to supervise the battle to show that he attached great importance to this event. This can better stimulate them to try their best to achieve better results in the competition.
Of course, there is no definite conclusion as to how effective this will be. Zheng Zha has never come to observe the competition before, but he has never allowed his trainees to defeat Xu Jiajun. But from Zheng Zha's point of view, there seems to be no better move. What's more, if he doesn't come and important people from other families come, the momentum will be lost first.
Zheng Zha took the initiative and asked: "Who from the Xu family will come to supervise the battle this year? Xu Jiaqi or Xu Yuzhuo?"
Yan Chujie shook his head and said: "You said these two, they didn't come this year."
Zheng Zha frowned and said, "It can't be that Mr. Xu came over from Fujian in person, right?"
Yan Chujie responded: "For Mr. Xu to come to Sanya, something big must have happened. This martial arts competition is not even important."
Zheng Zha said: "In that case, I wouldn't have guessed. It's possible that Fujian didn't send people over this year, right?"
Yan Chujie said: "Young prince, please don't be too happy. Someone from the Xu family is here. It's just that they are not here specifically for the martial arts competition. They are just here for business. If the meeting happens, they will stay as guests to watch the competition."
"Oh? I wonder which dear friend it is?" Zheng Zhuo became curious again when he heard this, and he would not give up until he found out more about it.
"It's Mr. Xu's third son, Xu Yuxing. You shouldn't be familiar with this guy, right?" Yan Chujie didn't intend to hide it from him. They would meet in public sooner or later anyway.
Zheng Zhu said: "I have never met him before, but I have heard Xu Yuzhuo mention his third brother who rarely leaves Fujian. It is said that he is also a powerful person and is in charge of Xu Jiajun's military intelligence department. But he is not leading the army to fight, so Not very famous either.”
"The young prince actually knows me so well. It seems that when you meet, I won't have to waste time introducing you slowly." Yan Chujie joked.
Zheng Zha said with a smile: "I heard this all from hearsay. Minister Yan, please don't make fun of me. On the other hand, since Xu Laosan is in charge of military intelligence affairs, he must know me far better than I do." Got to know him.”
Zheng Zhu was joking, but he was already thinking in his heart, since Xu Yuxing didn't come all the way to watch the competition, what was his intention when he came all the way to Sanya. Maybe there was some important military information that he needed to escort over personally, or maybe he needed to discuss it face to face with Haihan's senior officials.
(End of chapter)