1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2252
On August [-]th, the executive committee held a reception banquet, and the participants were all guests invited to watch the competition.Except for a few guests who failed to come to Sanya in time due to objective reasons, most of the invited guests attended the banquet.

The reason why guests from all parties paid so much attention to this banquet was not because the Executive Committee invited everyone to sit down and have a meal together, but because Haihan officials wanted to use this occasion to announce something related to this martial arts competition. The detailed rules, the guests with relevant interests will definitely not miss it.

In addition, it is said that Haihan Ordnance Industry will also take this opportunity to announce the information on weapons and equipment that may be added to the export list next year. For the various forces that have ordered arms from Haihan all year round, its importance is no less than that of martial arts competitions. itself.

Of course, there are still many of the guests who will not become arms buyers, and are not even too interested in martial arts activities. Their main purpose of attending this banquet is to meet more upper-class people through this social occasion. So as to obtain certain resources and contacts for yourself.

For example, Zhang Jinbao, the dean of Danzhou Jones Academy, came here with such a mind.Compared with the contests between soldiers from various countries and the political transactions behind them, Zhang Jinbao is more interested in whether he has the opportunity to promote his academy during this period.

In terms of the reputation of the academy alone, Jonesey Academy is certainly not as good as the official schools in Sanya, but among the folk academies in Haihan Country, the influence of Jonesey Academy can definitely be regarded as the first echelon.

Jonesy Academy's schooling direction is vocational education. Over the years, it has trained thousands of professionals for Haihan Country. At the same time, it has also received a lot of support and resource investment from the government. The scale of the school is also one of the best in Danzhou.However, Zhang Jinbao's goal is by no means to be satisfied with the status quo. He hopes that the scale of his academy can continue to expand, allowing Jonesy Academy to go out of the Danzhou area and open branches in more places.

If you want to open a branch school in a place other than Danzhou, you need not only a large amount of start-up funds, but more importantly, you can get all kinds of resources needed to build an academy from the local area, as well as support from the local government.And for Zhang Jinbao, who rarely leaves Danzhou and has few contacts in other places, it is indeed quite difficult to realize these things.

And this banquet just provided him with an excellent social opportunity, where he could get acquainted with dignitaries from all over the world and even from all over the world, maybe one or two of them would be able to help Zhang Jinbao realize his wish.

Also participating in this banquet with a social purpose was Li Nai, who was present on behalf of Golden Shield Escort.In fact, almost all of the foreign military cadet competitions held by the Haihan military have participated in Golden Shield, and this year is no exception.

Most of the Golden Shield's field personnel are retired soldiers from Haihan. Naturally, these people no longer need to participate in the military training organized by the Ministry of National Defense.But there are a small number of people who are loyal to the Li family. These people may have been military guards in the past, or they may have served in the Ming army, but if they want to work as guards in the Golden Shield, they must receive unified training.

This kind of intensive training is usually carried out near the Golden Shield headquarters in Guangzhou, but the Li family will also send some of the outstanding talents to Sanya for further studies, where they will receive professional training ranging from several months to a year.Only those who have studied in Sanya can have the opportunity to be promoted to the managers of various branches of the Golden Shield.And the personal strength of these people can be better displayed in the martial arts competition.

However, Li Nai is not as obsessed with what his own family can achieve in martial arts competitions like other families.After all, the usual task of Golden Shield is just to carry out armed escorts to prevent unscrupulous thieves from attacking them, rather than to fight for human lives on the battlefield. The requirements for personal combat effectiveness are far lower than those of the army.

Golden Shield's escort business in various places does not rely 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 armies of various countries than to deal with thieves. The personnel who come to Sanya for training are on the one hand to learn professional skills, and on the other hand, they also take this opportunity to get acquainted with military elites from various countries. In the future, we will meet again in the mountains and rivers, and maybe these personal connections will play a role in the future.

Moreover, when encountering important and difficult tasks, Jin Dun would use his unique background to mobilize manpower from the Haihan military to settle the trouble in the name of Jin Dun.Therefore, Li Nai's requirement for his subordinates to receive training in Sanya is not to rank first in combat skills, but to participate in the martial arts competition. It is good to be among the best, but if it is really inferior to others, Li Nai will not force it.

For this kind of buffet-style banquet officially held by Haihan, regular visitors of Fort Victory like Li Nai have long been accustomed to it, but there will still be some guests who have seen this form for the first time, and they will inevitably feel a little at a loss at the beginning of the banquet.

It was Zhang Jinbao's first time to participate in such a banquet. He had heard Zhang Xin talk about this format before. Everyone could walk around freely, chat while eating, and it was more like a leisure activity than a banquet.Although the eating process lacks a sense of ritual, it is indeed more convenient for the participants to socialize, which is exactly what Zhang Jinbao wanted.

Zhang Jinbao ate something casually to fill his stomach, then followed others' example, brought a glass of fruit wine, and wandered around the venue.

There were more than 200 guests present together. Zhang Jinbao took a little time to confirm the target he was looking for, and then slowly approached.

The target Zhang Jinbao wants to approach 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 official channels, but given the other party's daily busy schedule, he may not be able to arrange him even when he returns.Therefore, Zhang Jinbao would place his hope on an occasion like today, that he might have the opportunity to have a brief exchange of opinions with Ning Qi on the affairs of Jonesy Academy.

At this time, Ning Qi was introducing to Li Nai and others that Haihan would release some published books to the Ming market in the second half of the year, and hoped that these merchants could underwrite some of them.

"This batch of books is mainly a collection of personal anthologies, covering a wide range of content, such as poems, biographies, essays, etc. We have used the latest printing technology and paper, and I can assure you that the printing quality of this batch of books is very good. Okay, but the price will remain at the previous level. As for samples, you can apply to the Ministry of Culture and Education tomorrow..."

When Ning Qi said this, he happened to see Zhang Jinbao approaching with a wine glass, so he waved to him, motioning him to stand beside him.Zhang Jinbao was overwhelmed by the flattery, hurriedly walked a few steps and stood behind Ning Qi, bowed slightly and waited for Ning Qi's instructions.

Ning Qi raised his hand to gesture to Zhang Jinbao who was next to him, and then said: "The "Historical Research of Qiongzhou" compiled by Dean Zhang of Jonesy Academy is also one of the books printed by Sanya Publishing House this time. Dean Zhang, You came just in time, so why not give you a brief introduction to this book.”

Zhang Jinbao really dozed off and met the pillow. He wanted to find an opportunity to promote Jonesy Academy, and he wanted to talk to Ning Qi about the affairs of the academy. If you come, you will have the opportunity to take the initiative to deliver it to your door.

Zhang Jinbao replied: "Jonesy College was able to publish this book, thanks to Minister Ning who pointed out the key points of the book. It stands to reason that Minister Ning should sign the editor-in-chief."

Ning Qi heard that he was only focused on flattering himself, so he responded with a smile: "I told you to tell stories, not to put a high hat on me!"

"Yes, yes, the villain is being rude!" Zhang Jinbao quickly turned back to the topic: "The book "Qiongzhou History" mainly records the changes of Qiongzhou Island since its history. In addition to the content, some parts that were deleted in the records of various dynasties and dynasties were also specially verified. For example, according to our research, the ancestors of Haihan lived on Qiongzhou Island as early as thousands of years ago. Years ago, Haihan returned to the East and chose Qiongzhou Island as his base."

Ning Qi nodded slightly and said: "The case cited by Dean Zhang is of great significance for clarifying the historical evolution of our country, so we believe that it is necessary to make these historical facts public, in order to pave the way for the long-standing diplomatic issues. Some controversies provide evidence!"

Smart people like Li Nai who were present at the scene already understood the double-reed opera sung by Ning Qi and Zhang Jinbao.

Haihan appeared on Qiongzhou Island only ten years ago. Although Haihan claimed to be descended from overseas Han people, he occupied the area under the rule of the Ming Dynasty and established his own country on Qiongzhou Island. The territory and citizens that originally belonged to Ming Dynasty were all classified as their own, which was an act of robbery anyway.

Haihan can rely on his powerful force to make Daming suffer from this embarrassing loss by pinching his nose, but after all, this kind of behavior is somewhat unjustifiable, and it is not easy to whitewash it in future history.In recent years, some literati have also noticed this field and began to try their best to help the government fill in this big hole. The purpose of this "Qiongzhou History Research" edited by Zhang Jinbao is precisely for this purpose.

This kind of miscellaneous essays is generally difficult for official publishing houses to take a fancy to, but this book edited by Jonesy Academy perfectly meets the official needs, and the content is acceptable. Revised opinions, and specially approved this book to be printed and distributed by Sanya Publishing House under the Ministry of Culture and Education.

The official attitude is very clear. It intends to use the "historical facts" promoted in this book to prove the rationality of Haihan's "return" to Qiongzhou Island, and to turn the term "invasion of Ming Dynasty" into "return "Homeland", emphasizing that Haihan is the "original" owner of Qiongzhou Island, and it is reasonable and reasonable to resume the rule here.

Of course, in addition to listing all kinds of "evidence" that the ancestors of Haihan once lived in Qiongzhou Island, this book did not forget to use key pages to describe what happened here after Qiongzhou Island "returned" to the rule of Haihan. Various positive changes.For example, the resolution of long-term conflicts between the Li and Miao ethnic groups and the Han people, the achievements in agricultural development, the great changes brought about by navigation and commerce on Qiongzhou Island, and the impact of the Haihan military power on the regional structure, etc.

With just one approval from Ning Qi, the first batch of [-] copies of this book will be released. Not only will it be distributed in Haihan, but more importantly, it will be released in Daming, so as to slowly change public opinion.Although Li Nai and the others haven't read the content of this book, but after listening to their introduction, they roughly understand its purpose.

Although this kind of propaganda is somewhat detrimental to Daming, from another perspective, it is also covering up for Daming.After all, for Daming, losing its rule over Qiongzhou Island and allowing Haihan to rise in the South China Sea is indeed a serious shame.

If it was clear that it was impossible for Daming to retake Qiongzhou Island from Haihan, then it might not be a bad thing to describe this period of history in a relatively less embarrassing way.Therefore, although the several Ming merchants present understood the tricks, they couldn't say they were disgusted with this approach. What's more, from past experience, they knew that if they could fulfill Haihan's request, they would definitely have corresponding responses. return.

Sure enough, Ning Qi said: "If you can help distribute these books in Daming, then in the next year's trade process, you will still receive priority settlement of payment as before."

Li Nai said: "If it's just for publication, I'm afraid not many people will make a special trip to buy these books to read. It's better to organize an event to attract the attention of the literati circle."

Ning Qi said: "The third young master is right, then I will let the agencies stationed in the state capitals organize related activities later, and I hope you can help promote it."

It is nothing new for Haihan to engage in cultural infiltration in Ming Dynasty by publishing books, and the content of books released has gradually expanded from classics such as classics and history collections. In recent years, many books have been published. Books in which propaganda is implied.

In order to achieve a better publicity effect, foreign agencies such as the Guangzhou Office will also carry out some targeted publicity activities in the local area in conjunction with the publication of books.For example, a local academy or literary society will come forward to organize a book review essay activity.As long as there are enough rewards, some literati will write and contribute.Regardless of whether his attitude is in favor of or against the viewpoints in the book, as long as it sparks heated discussions in the local area, for Haihan, his goal has been achieved.

Jonesy Academy is not an academy known for its literary skills. It is difficult to write some poems and songs in praise of Haihan, so Zhang Jinbao organized people to write this book. It was far beyond his expectations.

Zhang Jinbao originally thought it would be good to rely on this book to create a good impression of the Academy and himself in the hearts of senior officials of the Ministry of Culture and Education, but now it seems that his superiors obviously pay more attention to this than he imagined, and it is actually an unexpected joy of this trip up.

(End of this chapter)