Chapter 2252
On August 28, the Executive Committee held a reception banquet, and the participants were the guests invited to observe the competition. Except for a few guests who were unable to come to Sanya in time due to objective reasons, most of the invited guests attended the banquet.
The reason why this banquet attracts so much attention from all the guests is, of course, not because the executive committee wants to invite everyone to sit down and have a meal together, but because Haihan officials want to use this occasion to announce something related to the competition. The details will definitely not be missed by the guests who are interested in it.
In addition, it is said that Haihan Ordnance Industry will also take this opportunity to announce information on weapons and equipment that may be added to the export list next year. For the various forces that have been ordering arms from Haihan all year round, it is even as important as martial arts competitions. itself.
Of course, there are also many guests among the guests who will not become arms buyers, and are not even very interested in combat activities. Their main purpose of attending this banquet is just to get to know more upper-class people through this social occasion. Thereby obtaining certain resources and connections for yourself.
For example, Zhang Jinbao, the dean of Danzhou Qiongxi Academy, came with this idea. Compared to the competitions between soldiers from various countries and the political deals behind them, Zhang Jinbao was more interested in whether he could have the opportunity to promote his own academy during this period.
If we look at the reputation of the academy alone, of course, Qiongxi Academy cannot compare with several official academies in Sanya, but among the private academies in Haihan Kingdom, the influence of Qiongxi Academy is definitely considered to be in the first echelon.
The direction of Qiongxi Academy is vocational education. Over the years, it has successively trained thousands of professionals for Haihan State. It has also received a lot of support and resource investment from the government. The scale of its schooling is one of the best in the Danzhou area. However, Zhang Jinbao’s goal is not to be satisfied with the status quo. He hopes that the scale of his academy can continue to expand, allowing Qiongxi Academy to go beyond the Danzhou area and open branches in more places.
If you want to open a branch outside Danzhou, you need not only a large amount of start-up capital, but more importantly, the various resources needed to build the academy from the local area, as well as the support from the local government. For Zhang Jinbao, who rarely leaves Danzhou and has few connections abroad, it is indeed quite difficult to achieve these things.
And this banquet just provided him with an excellent social opportunity to get to know powerful people from all over the world and even countries. Maybe there would be one or two noble people among them who could help Zhang Jinbao realize his wish.
Also attending the banquet for social purposes was Li Nai, who represented the Golden Shield. In fact, almost all the competitions held by foreign military cadets held by the Haihan military have involved Golden Shield, and this year is no exception.
Most of the Golden Shield field personnel are retired soldiers from Haihan. Naturally, these people no longer need to participate in the military training organized by the Ministry of Defense. But there is a small number of people who are loyal to the Li family. These people may have been martial arts guards in the past, or have served in the Ming army, but if they want to work as Golden Shield guards, they all have to receive unified training.
This kind of centralized training is usually carried out near the Golden Shield headquarters in Guangzhou, but some of the outstanding ones with outstanding abilities will also be sent to Sanya by the Li family for further study, receiving professional training that lasts from several months to a year. Only those who have furthered their studies in Sanya can have the opportunity to be promoted to managers of various branches of Golden Shield. The personal strength of these people can be better demonstrated in martial arts competitions.
However, Li Nai is not as obsessed with the results that his own people can achieve in martial arts competitions as others. After all, the tasks that Golden Shield usually performs are only armed escorts to prevent blind thieves from taking action, rather than fighting for human lives on the battlefield. The requirements for personal combat effectiveness are far less high than those of the army.
When Golden Shield carries out escort business in various places, it relies not only on its own armed strength. Most of the time, it actually relies on reputation and connections to complete tasks. It is far more difficult to deal with the armies of various countries than to deal with thieves, so these escorts The personnel who come to Sanya for training not only learn professional skills, but also take this opportunity to get to know military elites from various countries. In the future, if we meet across mountains and rivers, these personal connections may come into play in the future.
And when encountering an important and difficult task, Jin Dun will use his unique background to mobilize manpower from the Haihan military to come forward to solve the trouble in the name of Jin Dun. Therefore, when Li Nai asks his subordinates to receive training in Sanya, combat skills are not the first priority. The competition is only about participation. It is good to be among the best, but Li Nai will not force it if he is really unable to compare with others.
For the buffet-style banquet hosted by Haihan officials, frequent visitors to Fort Victory such as Li Nai have naturally long been accustomed to it. However, there will still be some guests who are seeing this kind of banquet for the first time, and they will inevitably be a little at a loss when the banquet begins.
This was the first time for Zhang Jinbao to participate in such a banquet. He had heard Zhang Xin talk about this format before. Everyone could move around freely and chat while eating. The banquet was more like a leisure activity than a banquet. Although the eating process lacks a sense of ritual, it does make it easier for participants to socialize, which is exactly what Zhang Jinbao wants.
Zhang Jinbao ate something casually to pad his stomach, then imitated others, picked up a glass of fruit wine, and wandered around the place.
There were about two hundred guests of honor present. Zhang Jinbao took a moment to confirm the target he was looking for, and then slowly moved closer.
The target Zhang Jinbao wants to get close to is Ning Qi, who is in charge of cultural and educational affairs in Haihan. Of course, he can also ask to see Ning Qi through public and official channels, but with the other party's daily busyness, he may not be able to arrange it even when he returns. Therefore, Zhang Jinbao hopes that on an occasion like today, he may have the opportunity to briefly exchange opinions with Ning Qi on the affairs of Qiongxi Academy.
At this time, Ning Qi was introducing to Li Nai and others some published books that Haihan would launch in the Ming Dynasty market in the second half of the year, and hoped that these businessmen could underwrite some of them.
"This batch of books is mainly a collection of personal essays, and the content covers a wide range of poems, biographies, essays, etc. We have used the latest printing technology and paper. I can assure you that the printing quality of this batch of books is very good. OK, but the price will remain at the previous level. As for the samples, you can apply to the Ministry of Culture and Education tomorrow..."
When Ning Qi said this, he happened to see Zhang Jinbao coming over with a wine glass, so he waved to him and motioned for him to stand next to him. Zhang Jinbao was flattered and quickly walked a few steps to stand behind Ning Qi, bowing slightly and waiting for Ning Qi's instructions.
Ning Qi raised his hand to gesture to Zhang Jinbao next to him, and then said: "The "Qiongzhou Historical Examination" compiled by Dean Zhang of Qiongxi Academy is also one of the books printed by Sanya Publishing House this time. Dean Zhang, You are here at the right time, so I might as well give you a brief introduction to this book." Zhang Jinbao was really sleepy now. He wanted to find an opportunity to promote Qiongxi Academy and talk to Ning Qi about the affairs of the academy. He wanted to talk about this. Neither goal was easy to achieve, but I didn’t expect that the opportunity would come to my door as soon as it came.
Zhang Jinbao responded: "Qiongxi Academy was able to publish this book thanks to Minister Ning's guidance on the key points in the book. Logically speaking, the editor-in-chief should have been signed by Minister Ning."
When Ning Qi heard that he only praised himself, he responded with a smile: "I ask you to talk about books, not to put a high hat on me!"
"Yes, yes, the villain is rude!" Zhang Jinbao quickly returned to the topic: "The book "Qiongzhou Historical Examination" mainly records the changes in Qiongzhou Island since its history. In addition to what we can read in the local chronicles before, In addition to the content, we also specifically verified some parts that were deleted from the records of various dynasties. For example, according to our research, the ancestors of the Haihan people lived on Qiongzhou Island as early as thousands of years ago. This is why Ten Haihan returned to the East many years ago and chose Qiongzhou Island as his place of residence.”
Ning Qi nodded slightly and said: "The example cited by Dean Zhang is of extremely important significance for our country to clarify its historical evolution. Therefore, we believe that it is necessary to make these historical facts public and provide a basis for the long-standing problems in the diplomatic field. Some controversies provide evidence!”
Smart people like Li Nai present immediately understood the double act performed by Ning Qi and Zhang Jinbao.
Haihan appeared on Qiongzhou Island only about ten years ago. Although Haihan claimed to be an overseas Han descendant, he occupied the area under the Ming Dynasty and established his own country on Qiongzhou Island. All the territory and citizens that originally belonged to the Ming Dynasty were transferred to themselves. This was an act of banditry in any case.
Haihan could rely on his powerful force to force Ming Dynasty to hold its nose and suffer the consequences, but this kind of behavior was somewhat unfair and unjust, and it would not be easy to whitewash it in future history. In recent years, some scholars have noticed this field and have begun to find ways to help the government fill this big hole. The "Qiongzhou Historical Examination" compiled by Zhang Jinbao has exactly this purpose.
It is generally difficult for this kind of essay book to be accepted by official publishers. However, this book compiled by Qiongxi Academy perfectly meets the needs of the official. In addition, the content is acceptable. After Ning Qi personally reviewed it, he raised some issues in it. Revised opinions, and gave special approval for this book to be printed and distributed by Sanya Publishing House, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Culture and Education.
The official attitude is very clear, that is, they intend to use the "historical facts" promoted in this book to prove the rationality of Haihan's "return" to Qiongzhou Island, and turn the term "invasion of the Ming Dynasty" into "return to the Ming Dynasty" Homeland", emphasizing that Haihan is the "original" owner of Qiongzhou Island, and it is reasonable and reasonable to restore its rule here.
Of course, in addition to listing various "evidences" that the ancestors of the Haihan people once lived on Qiongzhou Island, this book also does not forget to use key space to describe what happened here after Qiongzhou Island "returned" to the rule of the Haihan people. Various positive changes. For example, the resolution of long-term conflicts between the Li and Miao ethnic groups and the Han people, the achievements of agricultural development, the tremendous changes brought by navigation and commerce to Qiongzhou Island, and the impact of Haihan military power on the regional structure, etc.
With Ning Qi's approval, the first batch of 3,000 copies of this book will be released, not only in Haihan, but more importantly, in the Ming Dynasty, so as to slowly change public opinion. Although Li Nai and others have not read the content of this book, after listening to their introduction, they roughly understood its purpose.
Although this kind of propaganda is somewhat detrimental to Ming Dynasty, from another perspective, it is also covering up Ming Dynasty's ugliness. After all, it was indeed a serious shame for the Ming Dynasty to lose control of Qiongzhou Island and allow Haihan to rise in the South China Sea.
If it is obvious that the Ming Dynasty will never regain Qiongzhou Island from Haihan, then describing this period of history in a relatively less shameful way may not be a bad thing. Therefore, although several Ming merchants present understood the fishiness involved, they could not say how disgusted they were with this approach. Moreover, judging from past experience, they knew that if they could fulfill Haihan's requirements, they would definitely receive corresponding rewards. Return.
Sure enough, Ning Qi said: "If you can help distribute these books in Ming Dynasty, then in the next year's trade process, you will still receive priority in settling payment as before."
Li Nai said: "If it is just for distribution, I'm afraid not many people will make a special trip to buy these books and read them. It is better to hold an event to attract the attention of the literary circle."
Ning Qi said: "What the Third Young Master said makes sense. I will let the agencies stationed in each state capital organize relevant activities later. I also hope that you can help promote it."
Haihan's cultural infiltration into the Ming Dynasty by publishing books is nothing new. The content of the published books has gradually expanded from classics such as Classics and History. In recent years, many books have been published. Books with implicit propaganda tactics.
In order to achieve better publicity effects, overseas agencies such as the Guangdong Office in Guangdong will also cooperate with the release of books and carry out targeted publicity activities in the local area. For example, a local academy or literary society may organize a review event for a certain book. As long as there are enough rewards, some literati will write articles and submit articles. Regardless of whether his attitude is in favor or against the views in the book, as long as it sparks discussion in the local area, for Haihan, he has achieved his goal.
Qiongxi Academy is not an academy that specializes in literary skills. It is difficult to write some poems and songs that praise the virtues of Haihan and Han Dynasties. Therefore, Zhang Jinbao organized people to write this book, which can be regarded as a new approach. Being able to be appreciated by Ning Qi in this way is even more It was far beyond his expectation.
Zhang Jinbao originally thought that relying on this book to create a good impression of the academy and himself in the minds of senior officials of the Ministry of Culture and Education, but now it seems that the superiors attach much more importance to this than he imagined, which can be regarded as an unexpected blessing of this trip. .
(End of chapter)