Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1255, Convinced

With complex emotions such as shock and disbelief, Ali Pasha and Moses and his party continued westward. Every time they reached a town, they would stop and pay special attention to relevant information.

As Alimu said, in every town under the jurisdiction of Ming Dynasty, there are newly established schools. People around the school, whether they are Han people or people from other tribes, must send their children of school age to the school. School is in session.

Whenever he was next to the school, watching children from various tribes sitting together and reciting Ming Dynasty poems, Ali Pasha was deeply impressed by this huge empire.

Since ancient times, knowledge has been the most precious thing.

No matter in Ming Dynasty or other places in the world, studying is a luxury. Basically, only nobles and rich people can afford to go to school. Most people can only be illiterate in their whole lives. illiterate.

However, now in Daming, the Ming Empire has begun to popularize education, aiming to universally popularize education. The imperial court spends tens of millions of taels every year to build basic schools in various parts of Daming, and requires all school-age children to go to school.

This is terrible.

Those who have read books are not necessarily promising, but those who are promising are definitely those who have read books.

This principle has remained unchanged since ancient times, both in ancient and modern China and abroad.

How many talents will emerge in the future in the Ming Empire, which vigorously popularized education?
I am afraid that no one can know that the Ming Empire now has a huge population of hundreds of millions, and there will be more people in the future. If they are all educated people, will such a Ming Empire be weakened?

Does the Ottoman Empire still have a chance to defeat the Ming Empire?

Can it still avenge its shame and retake the South Caucasus region?
It is clear, and without a doubt, that hope is only getting slimmer.

"The strength of the Ming Empire, we often only see the strong military strength, vast land and huge population of the Ming Empire, but few people notice the education of the Ming Empire."

"The Ming Empire has a vast territory, and there are many tribes living in it. The main body is the Han people, but most of the Han people live in the Central Plains. In the frontier areas, there are few Han people, and more people from various tribes."

"Take the Western Regions as an example. According to the latest census data of the Ming Empire, the number of Han people in the Western Regions only accounts for [-]%, and this is the result of the Ming Dynasty's vigorous immigration. The rest are people from various tribes."

"At the beginning, I thought it was not that our Ottoman Empire had no chance to take revenge and take back the South Caucasus region, but now it seems that we have no chance now, and we will also have no chance in the future."

"You can imagine such a scene. In a school, children from various tribes wear different costumes and have different looks, but they are all learning Ming Chinese, writing Ming characters, and reciting in unison. , Praise the ancient poems of Ming Dynasty."

"This is education, and it is also the integration of culture and nationality. Perhaps in a few decades, the people here in the Western Regions will no longer be able to tell who is who. They will only know that they are from the Ming Empire Proudly call myself the descendant of the dragon, descendant of Yanhuang."

"I have to admire the person who formulated this policy. He is a person with great wisdom. He clearly sees the problems that will arise when different tribes live together, and he clearly knows how to eliminate these problems."

"Based on education, the common language and characters erected will eventually achieve true unification of the world."

"Our Ottoman Empire is also a multi-ethnic and multi-tribal country, but the reason why we can rule a huge territory depends on the military aristocratic system and strong military power."

"When we are strong, there is naturally no big problem, but once we are weak, various things will happen in various regions and tribes."

"Because in the final analysis, all regions and tribes do not have a common language and script, and there is a lack of recognition and trust between them. Even if they are forcibly gathered together, they will eventually fall apart."

"The Ming Empire also clearly realized this, so they vigorously promoted education, promoted Han culture, and changing Chinese surnames and taking Chinese names was only the first step."

"Unify weights and measures, unify currency, unify language and writing, and rely on education to instill common ideas and cultures, so that they can be firmly combined to form common values ​​and concepts."

"Of course, education does much more than that."

"In addition to a large amount of basic education, the Ming government also set up senior high schools in various places to conduct in-depth education and study, and cultivate various talents."

"It is said that in the capital of Ming Dynasty, there are various specialized schools, such as Shipbuilding Academy, Military Academy, Bridge Architecture Academy, Medical Academy, Fine Arts Academy, Music Academy, Physics Academy, Astronomy Academy, etc., which can train a large number of students every year. Talent, and this is the reason why the Ming Empire's guns, bows, weapons and armor, etc. can be the best in the world."

Sitting in the four-wheeled carriage, Ali Pasha wrote this with his own pen.

"Whoo~"

Put down the pen in your hand and look at both sides of the straight concrete road. The scenery is charming. There are a lot of business travelers coming and going. From time to time, you can encounter huge convoys. Dozens or hundreds of carriages are full of goods and things.

"I haven't even reached the capital of Daming yet. I've already gained a lot. This trip really wasn't in vain."

"After I go back, I must advise the great sultan that our Ottoman Empire must learn from the Ming Empire and learn all aspects of the Ming Empire, so that we can become stronger, otherwise we will never be able to defeat the Ming Empire."

Ali Pasha was a far-sighted person. He saw the strength of the Ming Empire, and also saw many very useful policies of the Ming Empire.

To be honest, at first Ali Pasha, like many Ottomans, felt unconvinced by losing to the Ming Empire. He always thought that if he had the opportunity in the future, he must seek revenge from the Ming people and get back everything he lost.

Everyone in the Ottoman Empire was looking for the reason for the failure of the First World War.

Some people think that because of the scattered forces of the Ottoman Empire, there is a way to concentrate their forces to defeat the army that invaded the Ottoman Empire.

Ali Pasha now clearly knows that even if the Ottoman Empire's army is dispersed, how can the troops of the Ming Empire be dispersed?
At that time, the Ming Empire only sent [-] troops, but the Ming Empire had millions of troops scattered over the vast land. If millions of troops were really concentrated to attack the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman Empire would probably be wiped out up.

Some people also think that it is because the army of the Ming Empire has powerful firearms and has a large number of muskets and cannons, while the army of the Ottoman Empire is very small, and it is not as advanced and powerful as the Ming Empire, and is inferior to the Ming people in terms of weapons and equipment.

Now, Ali Pasha knew that it was far from just the difference in weapons and equipment. The army of the Ming Empire was a compulsory soldier, and they were completely off-duty for several years as soldiers, devoting themselves to training.

Every soldier has undergone rigorous training, and there is still a lot of training every day, and every soldier still learns to read and write, and the various combat skills and survival skills he has mastered far exceed those of the Ottoman Empire. Soldier.

And more importantly, they also have a tenacious will to fight and a spirit of teamwork. Even with the same weapons and the same number, the army of the Ottoman Empire will definitely not be able to defeat the soldiers of the Ming Empire.

Because this gap is not just a gap in weapons and equipment, but a gap in all aspects.

The Ming Empire has a special military academy to train professional military personnel. All the officers in the army have studied and advanced in it, and they all have professional military literacy. How can the Ottoman Empire’s troops temporarily recruited from various places be comparable? ?
Some people think that the reason why the Ottoman Empire could not win was because the Ottoman Empire had no money and was not as rich as the Ming people, so the Ottoman Empire would not be able to win.

But Ali Pasha now knows that this is only a trivial aspect. The people of Ming Dynasty are rich, but the fundamental reason is that the people of the Ming Empire attach great importance to education.

Not only the education in the army of the Ming Empire, but also the education of ordinary people. The emperor of the Ming Empire, the imperial court, and even the wealthy people of the Ming Empire were all willing to be loyal to running schools, setting up schools, teaching and educating people. In the eyes of Ming people, this is the most rewarding thing.

Daming people also respect teachers. Teachers have a very high status, and at the same time follow the educational philosophy that strict teachers lead to high-level apprentices. They have strict requirements and management for students.

"In such a Ming Empire, we have to be convinced to lose, and then learn with humility."

Ali Pasha had a headache when he thought of the nobles in the Ottoman Empire clamoring for revenge against Ming Dynasty.

In the past, he still supported the ideas of these people, even the great sultan. He felt that after the Ottoman Empire regained its strength, he would definitely seek revenge from the Ming Empire.

But after actually coming to Daming once, after what he saw here, Ali Pasha felt that the gap between the Ottoman Empire and the Ming Empire was really too big, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a gap.

Even if the Ottoman Empire has returned to its peak strength, it is afraid that it is far from the opponent of the Ming Empire. If it provokes the Ming Empire again, it may cause disaster.

The strength of the Ming Empire is really not just military strength, but is very powerful in all aspects. Whether it is military, economic, or other aspects, the Ming Empire is far behind.

(End of this chapter)