Chapter 1591 Cultural and Educational Industry

Danzhou was a famous local cultural city during the reign of the Ming Dynasty. There were several academies that were relatively famous in the south of the Ming Dynasty, and many well-known literati were produced in the past. After Haihan took over the rule of this area, he also continued to

The previous traditions were preserved and the cultural and educational industries that had been passed down for hundreds of years here were preserved. However, Haihan's approach was more radical than that of the Ming Dynasty. It did not allow these academies to destroy themselves, but the cultural and educational department in charge of Ning Qi

The teaching content and business model have undergone drastic changes.

The traditional academies that originally used the Four Books and Five Classics and a subset of classics and history as their main teaching materials and the imperial examination gold medal titles as their teaching purposes began to gradually introduce new textbooks edited and written by Haihan officials, and new subjects aimed at employment also appeared in these academies.

Of course, this process was not without resistance and backlash. However, in the Danzhou assassination case in 1631, Huang Zixing, the head of Danzhou Zhongming Academy, was sentenced to death for colluding with Jinyiwei to create a rebellion. Haihan officials therefore found

As an excuse, the local academies in Danzhou that still adhered to traditional teaching content were cleaned up. After that, no one dared to go against the officials.

During this period, a number of new academies with official support from Haihan began to emerge in Danzhou's cultural circles, such as Bailu Academy and Qiongxi Academy, whose names Xun Pengcheng had heard of. They were all forerunners of this type that kept up with the official pace.

These academies have already opened various vocational training courses, using short-term and intensive training methods to provide talents for the technical positions that are urgently needed in the development of Haihan. These subjects are almost all related to employment, and the employment destination has been basically determined when enrolling.

, so it is very popular among poor people who are eager to change their destiny and obtain a better livelihood.

For ordinary people, if they send their children to a traditional academies, after receiving several years of education, they will have a certain cultural foundation, and then continue to take the imperial examinations, they may have the opportunity to gain fame and enter the officialdom. But in the end,

The people who can achieve this result are basically only one in a thousand, and the vast majority of scholars are just ordinary Confucian scholars throughout their lives. This model of investment takes a long time, has slow results, and involves great risks. The cost can be recovered.

The chances are slim.

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 learn here can help them obtain

A livelihood. As for whether you can use the skills learned in the academy to enter higher fields in the future, such as officialdom, it depends on your ability. But as long as you can participate in the study step by step, the time spent in the academy

Both the tuition and fees will definitely pay off in the future, which is not comparable to the traditional education model.

As Xun Pengcheng walked, he listened to Lao Gao's introduction to these academies and was filled with emotion. Although he knew that culture and education had become an industry here before coming to Danzhou, he saw with his own eyes these academies with large-scale operations.

, the impact he received was still very big. Before this, he could not imagine how to make profits by operating this industry, but after gradually understanding the current situation of this industry, he had to admire the minds of these operators.

Each academy will basically have its own unique advantageous subjects to maintain competitiveness. For example, the secretarial major of Bailu Academy specializes in training clerical clerks for various institutions in Haihan. It is also the major with the highest proportion of graduates entering the official service.

One. Many Confucian students who had no hope of taking the imperial examinations in the Ming Dynasty would choose to switch to this major. As long as they apply for a Haihan native place, and then undergo a hundred days of training, after passing the exam, they will be recommended for employment in various official institutions in Haihan. Although this

The tuition fees for majors are not cheap, but the advantages are strong teaching staff and high employment rate of students, making them popular among people from well-off families.

The rising star Qiongxi Academy is more focused on practice. Its shipbuilding, smelting, medical care and other majors are already well-known in the industry. It can provide thousands of qualified graduates to various professional institutions every year. Qiongxi Academy offers

The majors are all based on skill learning, which is enough to ensure that students can use this skill to find a livelihood after graduation. It is very suitable for those from poor families who just want to learn a practical skill as soon as possible to support their families.

Not all students who receive this kind of vocational training will just finish their studies here. Some outstanding performers will be recommended to go to high-end educational institutions in Sanya for further studies, thereby becoming 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 projects and strive to have some professional advanced training stages settled in Danzhou. The local government in Danzhou is also very supportive of this trend. The current mayor of Danzhou City

Zhang Xin, the director, clearly put forward the slogan of making the cultural and educational industry bigger and stronger, and encouraged college operators to open new majors and poach people from Sanya and other places with high salaries to improve the local teaching staff.

From Xun Pengcheng's perspective, the mayor's slogan should be more than just shouting. In addition to the value it can create, Danzhou's cultural and educational industry will also have a huge impact on upstream and downstream industries. The economic benefits may be

It cannot compare with physical industries such as plantations, but the social benefits it brings are far from comparable to those of plantations. For example, the proportion of educated people in Danzhou is probably the highest in Haihan State, even if it brings together the country's elites

The cultural level of the people in Sanya, the capital of China, may not be comparable to that here.

When Xun Pengcheng was working in a newspaper office, he once learned a very interesting data, which can also be regarded as one of the concrete manifestations of the development of cultural and educational industries in Danzhou. According to Haihan official statistics, newspapers are the media with the highest subscription volume in Haihan.

The place is not Sanya, but Danzhou. Even the Sanya Express, where Xun Pengcheng once worked, has a distribution point in Danzhou.

In addition to several major newspapers published and distributed in Sanya, Danzhou also has several local newspapers with their own characteristics, and the subscription volume is not small, at least the income can sustain their long-term operation. However, Xun Pengcheng has only heard of their names and has not seen them yet.

After seeing the real thing, after arriving in Danzhou this time, he wanted to take a closer look at the works of his colleagues and see what the characteristics of the newspapers here were.

Xun Pengcheng got off the car near Xuyuan City and started walking, so he walked slowly for the last few miles to Danzhou City. Under Danzhou City and along the base of the city wall, there were all kinds of restaurant stalls, which was very lively. Lao Gao

The introduction said that since three years ago, the city defenses here have been withdrawn. People do not need to be inspected when entering and leaving the city on weekdays. All the fortifications on the city wall have been completely removed, and not even a city defense cannon is left.

Xun Pengcheng asked curiously: "Then if an enemy attacks, wouldn't the undefended Danzhou City play into the enemy's hands?"

Lao Gao laughed and said: "It depends on where the enemy can come out from! There is a naval fleet stationed in Danzhou Bay. Every year, naval military exercises are held in Danzhou waters, and the surrounding countries have to send generals here.

Look, who would have the guts to make another mistake after seeing my Haihan naval fleet? The area of ​​​​100 miles around Danzhou has been repeatedly wiped out many times. Even the bandits and bandits are gone, so there is no danger. Even if

Some people want to try to rebel. There is an army battalion stationed inside and outside Danzhou City! If you want to attack Danzhou, why don't you come with thousands of people to win over them?"

Xun Pengcheng thought the same thing. If there are no opponents or unstable factors in the surrounding areas, then do we still need to have day and night defenses to worry about war? Danzhou only needs to maintain public security in the market. As for war, then

It should not be an issue that the Danzhou local government needs to worry about at the moment.

Xun Pengcheng entered the city from the south gate of Danzhou. As expected, there was no checkpoint to check people entering and leaving the city. There were only a few policemen in black on duty outside the city gate. Lao Gao said they were responsible for directing traffic at the city gate to prevent the flow of people and vehicles from mixing in the city.

The gate is stuck, causing a blockage. However, it is said that senior officials are already discussing whether the old city gate should be gradually dismantled so that the roads in and out of the city can be widened to facilitate people's travel needs.

Danzhou City has basically maintained its original layout. Official offices are concentrated in the north of the city, and most shops are in the south of the city near the official road. Xun Pengcheng noticed that the proportion of shops here selling cultural supplies is quite high. There are about ten shops on a street.

Six or seven shops sell pens, inks, paper, inkstones and other cultural supplies.

Of course, the pens, inks, papers and inkstones sold here are not of the traditional style. Most of them are products with Haihan characteristics, such as dip pens equipped with fine steel nibs, high-grade paper for dip pens, etc. Although these stationery

They are also sold in stores in Sanya, and there are even extremely expensive collector's editions and gift sets, but the styles are not as diverse as those in Danzhou. As a literati, Xun Pengcheng naturally has a special affection for these products, so he immediately asked Lao Gao to

His luggage was sent to the inn first, and he began to walk slowly along the street from house to house.

Xun Pengcheng visited several stores and bought a colorful glass pen dip pen that he had admired when he was a reporter but had been reluctant to buy it. This pen would cost more than 30 yuan in Sanya, but here in Danzhou

The side was slightly cheaper, and the store generously gave away a bottle of ink. In another store, Xun Pengcheng saw a pair of small glass paperweights in the shape of stone lions. He couldn't bear to put them down after picking them up, so he went to another store.

I paid for it and bought it.

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 did not forget to buy the book when passing by a newsstand.

There was a copy of every newspaper on the stall, and he planned to take time to study it carefully after he settled down. Anyway, he didn’t plan to rush into investing in plantations now. Xun Pengcheng decided to live in Danzhou first, and then slowly plan the future.

If the funds he has on hand now are just used to maintain his life, it will be easy to live a life of idleness 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 a thank you for acting as a tour guide. Although the cost of hiring the car had been paid before departure, Xun Pengcheng knew that Lao Gao had paid him 20 yuan on the way.

The information I provided was far more than the value of this tip, so I was not stingy when I gave the money.

Lao Gao did not refuse. After receiving the money, he asked Xun Pengcheng if he wanted to go with him to meet his son-in-law.

He kept getting involved with his old enemy, the Ministry of Security. However, he also promised Lao Gao that if he went to Changhua next time, he would try to get in touch with him. For a person like Lao Gao who has all kinds of connections in the local area,

Xun Pengcheng was still happy to make friends with him, and he never knew when he would have to ask for help again.

Xun Pengcheng had just arrived, and he didn't want to expose his identity in front of outsiders. Before arriving in Danzhou, he made a request to Lao Gao and asked Lao Gao to recommend an inn with a better environment. Then Lao Gao rented an upper room.

I paid a month's rent directly. The innkeeper is also very sensible. He knows that it is best for such a lavish but low-key patron to say nothing. He just asks Xun Pengcheng to greet him if he has anything to do, and appoints a clever clerk to be in charge of Xun Pengcheng's business.

Daily diet.

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. There is no obvious difference in climate and human environment, and they are both under the rule of Haihan

, and they are all inhabited by Han people, and all laws and regulations are the same. Xun Pengcheng does not have a strong feeling of being in a foreign land. The only inconvenience he feels is that he has to temporarily stay in an inn, and there is no

It is convenient to live in your own home.

Of course, Xun Pengcheng also considered buying a house in Danzhou and settling down. However, almost all the private houses with better conditions in Danzhou City are in the hands of local officials at all levels. The possibility of selling these houses is extremely small, and ordinary private houses, based on Xun Pengcheng's current vision, are

I don't like it. There are many newly built residential areas outside Danzhou City, but the layout and planning of these residential areas are similar to the collective apartments where Xun Pengcheng lived in Sanya. He doesn't want to move back to that kind of environment.

Xun Pengcheng's own plan was to apply for a piece of land and then build a courtyard by himself. Even if there were only two or three entrances to the courtyard, it would be considered a decent house. However, after asking around a little, he found that outsiders like him

To apply for a local homestead to build a house, the fastest way is to invest and settle there. Especially for projects such as plantations that require land enclosures, building your own house is out of the question. But Xun Pengcheng does not plan to continue to work in plantations at the moment.

Because of this industry, the plan to build a house can only be put on hold for the time being. Compared with housing, there is currently one thing that Xun Pengcheng is more interested in, and that is studying several locally published newspapers and periodicals.
Chapter completed!