I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

"Although Humphrey has always acted as if he only cares about his own interests, judging from his performance, he actually knows very well what to do for the country and the people, but he just threw all that aside in order to protect the interests of his own class."

"But it seems that he still hasn't completely abandoned his conscience... On the contrary, Huck, as a politician, although he talks about justice and morality, actually has no conscience at all."

"He is only concerned with protecting his own interests. If he and Humphrey are doing the same thing, then Humphrey knows that he is acting against his conscience, but Huck doesn't even have this self-awareness."

Wei Yanwu also quietly expressed his views on these two characters at this moment, and the reason why he said this was interesting was because the image of Humphrey has always been used as a "negative example" in the comedy "Yes, Prime Minister". Although he won more than he lost in the duel with Huck, everyone can see that the positioning of Humphrey's character is to create conflicts.

However, Wei Yanwu discovered that Humphrey did not always stand on the absolute opposite side... In other words, the three protagonists of this drama did not have absolutely positive and negative sides. Everything they did was to protect their own interests.

However, judging from the performance of the character Humphrey, it is indeed surprising that he still has a conscience.

"Or rather, he actually placed some of his hopes on Huck, but he also seemed disappointed."

Wen Yue also expressed her own views at this moment. As a princess of the East Country, she and Wei Yanwu are both veterans in the political arena. She also expressed her own views on the performance of people like Humphrey in the TV series:

"It is indeed difficult for someone like Humphrey to reach the pinnacle of civil service power and still retain his conscience. But it is not a good thing for him either. It is too difficult for someone like him to have a good ending in the end."

"Compared with those who do not know that they are doing evil, those who know that they are doing evil will have to go through an extra process of tormenting themselves. In the future, when they have given up all their power, they will inevitably be devoured by their remaining conscience."

Wei Yanwu and Wen Yue both saw the final outcome of these three people from this film, which is called a comedy but actually tells a tragic story under the guise of a comedy.

Bernard has a bright future. He has a good grasp of his position and the interests of both parties that he needs to protect. Although he seems to have a poor understanding, he is actually the person most likely to hold power in the future.

Humphrey, who seems to be the most unscrupulous person, actually has a conscience. People like him are very likely to have a bad ending in the future, and it is unlikely that he will have a good ending.

However, if Humphrey, who played the "villain" in the market, deserved it, then isn't it ironic that Hack, the most conscienceless person among the group, who was only fighting for votes and protecting his own interests, may have a better fate than Humphrey in the future and may even be revered as a great prime minister?

On the other hand, these powers, these intrigues, force everyone within the system to safeguard their own interests, abandon their conscience, and act as a "social public tool." Isn't this a tragedy?

If you look closely, the play "Yes, Prime Minister" is full of irony and tragedy. It's just that the exaggerated artistic processing, the slightly exaggerated performances, and the laughter conceal all of this.

"Thank goodness we are away from all this, Wen Yue... I really hope that one day, we won't have to wade into this muddy water again."

Wei Yanwu also sighed insincerely. He had finally managed to break free from it, and he couldn't even take care of his brothers. This was also a big part of the reason.

"Do you think I can do it?" In the play, Tracys obviously understood that this move was too difficult, and immediately doubted his ability, and asked: "Cut through the thorns and lead the horns?"

"Prime Minister, if you cut through the thorns, you won't be able to hold on to the horns." At this moment, Manfred once again demonstrated the "little skills of resignation" for everyone. As if he was afraid that Theresis would not understand, he demonstrated with gestures:

"I mean, you can chop the thorns with one hand and hold the horn with the other. But you can't hold both horns because your hands are not big enough." Manfred stretched out a hand to demonstrate, and then continued:

"If you only pull one corner, it's too dangerous, because--"

Speaking of the latter part, Manfred still made a gesture as if a tumor beast was nudging someone, but it seemed that he noticed Theresis's death gaze, and Manfred slowly realized that his meaning might not have been successfully conveyed to his prime minister.

This is just a metaphor. What Manfred wants to convey is that if Theresis takes education back to the central government's jurisdiction, he will not be able to handle such a large workload at the same time. By then, not only education, but even relatively stable national defense and other issues may be messed up.

This is called "cutting thorns with one hand (national defense) and holding the horn (education) with the other hand", but Manfred also said it, and it is obviously impossible to do it, because the horn beast he is leading (the teachers' union) will not sit still and wait for death, and they will not just let Tracys lead them.

"That's an appropriate description. This Bernard has a bright future."

At this moment, even Wei Yanwu gave a high evaluation to the role played by Manfred. No matter what, as a person in power, who would not like Bernard's subordinates who are capable and can control their own positions?

In the play, Tracy soon meets Dorothy, played by Tallulah. Tallulah comes to discuss with him a visit to the Northwest and to win votes in marginal constituencies. Tracy also tells her about his concerns about education.

"-Are you really going to do it, or do you want to appear to be doing it?" However, before this, Tallulah suddenly mentioned this matter. Obviously, she now knows what kind of person Tracy is.

And Tracys answered without hesitation, "It's impossible for me to really do it even if I appear to be doing it."

Such short-term goals were easy to achieve. Soon, Tallulah arranged a visit for him to the "St. Mary's College Youth Enterprise Program". The college had established a factory to manufacture a series of tools such as cheese boards, paperweights, and toast racks. Students produced and sold their own products, and donated the money they earned to charities. This was a great opportunity for Tracy to do some positive publicity for education.

"Hmm... an academy of this nature? In the future, will Kazdel also need such an academy?"

Londinium, Theresa was also paying attention to the college mentioned in the plot, and Theresa seemed to agree with St. Mary's College's self-production and self-sales, but she felt a little confused about this kind of free charity.

"...No, this kind of academy is not suitable now. The students of the Sarkaz tribe may still have the habit of plundering from the mercenary era. This kind of charity academy is not suitable for them to study."

"But, can this kind of academy, where we can display our skills and let more Sarkaz children learn skills, be implemented first?"

Theresa's eyes lit up slightly, and a framework gradually formed in her mind. She slowly figured out a school suitable for the children of the Sarkaz, and an education system more suitable for the development of Kazdel...

Chapter 159: Do you need to take a test before becoming a parent these days?

"Master, do you think that Da Yan can also follow the example of Victoria's college institutions and build multiple skill-based colleges to fill some of the vacancies in the six departments?"

In the palace, after deciding to let Simuitai represent Da Yan, express their friendly attitude to Chen Qi and invite him to Longmen to shoot a work with the theme of "Martial Arts", the Emperor of Da Yan also watched the last two episodes of "Yes, Prime Minister".

The Emperor of Yan and Theresa thought the same thing and both felt that the "Saint Mary's College" in the play could teach children a skill. The self-production and self-sales college model might be helpful to the future of Yan and could solve the future employment problems of many children.

The Grand Tutor thought about it carefully after hearing this, and then he clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think it is feasible. Although Great Yan is now in a prosperous era, the six ministries and local government offices are still short of people, and the same is true for the major Tianshi Mansions."

"We can use this opportunity to professionally train some students from Dayan to fill the large number of vacancies in the six ministries and various Tianshi Mansions. If we can train some people who can achieve some success in Originium skills, it will be even better for the Tianshi Mansion."

"If not, students who have received professional training will have a skill that is enough to make a living. There is no shortage of positions in the subordinate departments of the six ministries that can allow them to use their skills."

Because Dayan was a feudal dynasty, generally speaking, if one wanted to become an official in the court, one basically had to study and take part in various local examinations. It was quite difficult to go through the screening process layer by layer, and those who could enter the palace examination were basically the best.

This method can indeed fill the vacancies in the six ministries and the Tianshi Mansion, further reduce the possibility that some talents cannot display their skills among the people, and give some students who have not passed the examinations at all levels but have other talents that have not been discovered the opportunity to change their destiny.

"Then let the Ministry of Rites discuss a strategy based on this. They need to analyze the pros and cons. In addition, they need to try their best to avoid the problems mentioned in the play such as academic exaggeration and politicization of teaching."

"Da Yan must do her best to avoid the problems mentioned in "Yes, Prime Minister". Now that Da Yan is still able to change some hidden dangers, she should not be like Victoria in the play, gradually dying in comfort."

The Emperor of Dayan also quickly formulated a new strategy to be implemented. Watching the penultimate episode of "Yes, Prime Minister", he couldn't help but pursed his lips - he was really reluctant to see the show end.

Back to the show, Tracy's visit to St. Mary's College this time received a very good response. He publicly praised St. Mary's College on TV, calling the college "a model for Victorian education", and solemnly accepted a chair made by students of St. Mary's College.

"I will treasure your gift. No prime minister will abandon his 'position' easily."

It can be said that this visit was quite successful. At home, Tracy showed off his achievements to his wife and Dorothy, played by Tallulah. During this process, the wife, played by the Shapeshifter Cluster, also asked a proposal that was very similar to that of Theresa and the Emperor of Yan.

“Why can’t we send more students to (St. Mary’s)?”

"There's no room left." Tracy explained, "Then we'll squeeze out other schools."

"Other schools will close if they don't have students."

"That's great." His wife had another idea and said, "Saint Mary can take over their houses as well."

"My dear, this is not fair." And Tracy denied his wife's slightly naive idea: "To the teachers in those schools that are going to be closed."

However, Tracy still felt that his wife's proposal that "good teachers can go to popular schools" was inappropriate, and he immediately said, "What about the worse teachers? It's not fair to them."

Randomly, Tracy also said that no one can judge whether a teacher is good or bad. However, Tallulah thinks there is nothing wrong with this.

"Compare schools to doctors. The National Health Service allows patients to choose their doctors and they are paid according to the number of patients they have. Why can't the same be done for schools? Parents choose schools and schools are paid according to the number of students they have."

For this reason, Tallulah even proposed that Tracy abolish the Ministry of Education, which would cause protests. However, such a radical proposal was quickly frowned upon by the sharp-eyed senior officials of various countries. They all felt that this seemingly good plan might not work well in practice.

"It sounds good, huh?"

Amiya's eyes lit up slightly when she heard this. She didn't even notice Kal'tsit's frowning brows and continued:

"In this way, parents will have more choices and can send their children to better schools. Moreover, if schools charge fees according to the number of students, the average cost to each student will be reduced."

"In this way, even children from ordinary families will have the opportunity to enjoy a better education. Dr. Kal'tsit, what do you think?"

As she spoke, Amiya also turned her innocent gaze to Kal'tsit beside her, but she found that Kal'tsit was frowning at the moment and said word by word:

"——This is not good, Amiya. It will lead to serious consequences."

"In this case, good teachers will be concentrated in a few schools, and bad teachers will have no choice but to go to a few bad schools, while schools that are not excellent will only be supported by students who are even less excellent or whose families are even less well-off."

Kal'tsit also frowned slightly, and immediately felt the serious consequences of the overly "naive" part of this proposal, and said immediately:

"This will lead to a vicious cycle, with good schools getting better and bad schools getting worse, and class divisions becoming more serious. This may seem to provide some ordinary people with room for advancement, but in fact, a larger number of children from families that cannot afford tuition will receive a worse education, making it even less likely that they will be able to turn their lives around."

The problem that Kal'tsit could see was naturally also seen by Humphrey, played by Lord Bloodlord in the play. Therefore, when Lord Bloodlord came to see Tallulah and Tracy the next day and heard their proposal of "parents choosing their own schools", his reaction was even more intense.

"You can't expect parents to make the decision! How can parents know which school is better?"

"-Which school did you go to, Humphrey?" At this time, Tracys suddenly asked the Blood Demon Lord this question. The Blood Demon Lord, who was very proud of his past, also proudly said the name of his former high school:

"Wessex Private School (the school that Rosemary attended)."

"Is it good?" Tracys continued to ask. The Blood Demon Lord still proudly announced: "The best in the school!"

However, the Blood Demon Lord did not realize that he had fallen into Tracys' trap. Therefore, when the Prime Minister asked, "Who helped you choose?", the Blood Demon Lord subconsciously answered, "Of course it was my parents..."

The Blood Demon Lord came to his senses after a moment, and his expression immediately changed from proud to angry. He stared at Tracys who was grinning because of his victory, and said solemnly:

"That's different, Prime Minister. My parents are forensic experts. How would an ordinary person know where to send a child?"

However, Tallulah disagreed with this view and said immediately: "Parents naturally know whether their children can read, calculate and write, what the school's reputation is, and how good their test scores are. Parents who don't like college education can send their children to special schools."

"Test scores are not everything!" However, the Blood Demon Lord unexpectedly refuted this point, and then he had his own unique insights on whether parents are qualified to make these choices for their children.

"Teachers are all professional, and parents are the least qualified to educate their children!" The Blood Demon Lord's words directly hit most parents around the world with an AOE, but he didn't care and continued to express his own arguments, saying: "They are not certified and have not received training. Teachers are not allowed to teach without qualification certificates, and parents should not be allowed to do so either."

"...So you think that parents should be trained before having children?" Tracy also found this point of view funny and said jokingly:

"Maybe we should improve it? In order to have children, should they pass an exam, a written test or a practical examination? Or both? And then issue a license to raise children?"

“Hahahahaha!”

However, this humorous and impossible to implement method once again earned laughs from the audience, but this time, many parents with children could hardly laugh.

In particular, those parents who were hurt by the words of the Blood Demon Lord, if they really were like what the Blood Demon Lord said, they would not know which school to send their children to, nor would they know the reputation of the school their children were attending, and they might not even know their children’s test scores.

It can be said that parents who can't laugh while watching "Yes, Prime Minister" are the kind of "unqualified" parents that Lord Blood Demon said. In fact, many civilians in various countries would even agree with the seemingly mocking statement of "taking a license before having children".

"Isn't this a good thing? Even though it would be a lot more troublesome before having a baby, at least there wouldn't be so many irresponsible parents... at least there would be fewer."

And in Longmen, at the Li-style Detective Agency, Lao Li, a loyal viewer who was watching "Yes, Prime Minister" with the three children in the agency, couldn't help but sigh, but suddenly, he realized that he had rarely said the wrong thing.

Because in his office, there really is a child whom he has been taking care of because of irresponsible parents - Huai Hu.

Lao Li subconsciously looked at Huai Hu, and wanted to apologize for accidentally mentioning the girl's sad story, but Huai Hu, who had been silent all this time, shook his head and said:

"I'm fine... Lao Li, you're right. Some parents... do need to get tested, so that many children won't get hurt."

"But, Lao Li, you asked me to study hard, isn't it for the future, so that such things will become less and less common in our generation? So I will definitely not learn from my father, don't worry."

"...Sometimes, I really wonder how that Huaiwu idiot could have a daughter like you. Where did this guy get this blessing?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Li couldn't help but sigh. Then, seeing that Hong and Aye were comforting Huai Hu, he thought about what he should say to ease the current atmosphere. After hesitating for a while, he asked Huai Hu:

"By the way, Huai Hu, I recently heard from some gossip that the famous director Chen Qi might come to Longmen to shoot a movie about martial arts?"

"What, that Director Chen Qi?!"

However, as soon as Lao Li said this, the three of them almost all looked at Lao Li. Lao Li couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw that this news had indeed attracted Huai Hu's attention.

"I'm afraid Commander Wei doesn't know this news yet... Although I deliberately kept it from him, I have some channels of my own and got this gossip."

"Huai Hu, if you want to now, I will be your lobbyist. If there is a chance for you to participate in the show, I will talk to Director Chen Qi and ask him to arrange a role suitable for you. What do you think?"

"When the time comes, your father, who has disappeared somewhere, may have a chance to see your heroic appearance. You can show off your martial arts to him. From what I know about him, if he sees it, he will at least write to you and give you guidance on your shortcomings... Of course, that is, if there is a role suitable for you."

"——I'll join!"

However, when her father was mentioned, she might see that even as a daughter, she did not dare to say that she understood her father. But Lao Li's words gave Huai Hu determination.

When Lao Li saw Huai Hu's particularly serious, even persistent look, he nodded with emotion, and felt a little bitter in his heart.

It seems like...if Director Chen Qi really has the chance to come to Longmen, I have to give him some gifts...

Chapter 160: Theresa: Director Chen Qi actually changed the script for me

However, for Chen Qi, going to Longmen to film had to take precedence over "To the Moon". Moreover, Chen Qi had not received any invitation from Yan State at all. Even Wei Yanwu was deliberately concealed by the Yan State court.

The Yan State court was well aware of the grievances between the two brothers. The conflict between the two brothers was big, and it could even escalate to the level of confrontation; but it was also small, and it could be resolved by meeting each other, drinking a cup of tea, and having a heart-to-heart talk.

But now, no one would go against the emperor's wishes and inform Wei Yanwu. Therefore, even if Lao Li had his own channels to get the news, even if officials from top to bottom of the Yan State court knew about it, they would ensure that Wei Yanwu and Wen Yue would never know about it - leaking the secret would cost them their heads.

Wei Yanwu had no idea what his emperor brother was trying to do without telling him. He was watching the developments on TV with great interest. Talulah and Tracys used various examples step by step to silence the Blood Demon Lord.

For example, after they proposed to abolish the Ministry of Education, Lord Blood Demon's first reaction was "The end of our civilization has come!" However, Tallulah and Tracy further verified that Victoria's Ministry of Education was useless.

Tallulah gave some examples of Victoria's departments and said, "Humphrey, government departments are like tombstones."

"The Department of Industry marks the grave of industry; the Department of Employment is the grave of employment; the Department of Environment is the grave of the environment - the Department of Education marks the grave where the corpse of Victorian education lies."

This is of course an outrageous statement, but it leaves no Victorian with any reason to refute it. Because as we all know, Victoria is in a mess today, whether it is industry, employment or the environment, so these examples are quite appropriate.

The Ministry of Education is quite useful in trying to explain what the Blood Demon Lord does, such as formulating guidelines and policies, centralizing the distribution of grants to education authorities, the criteria of university scholarship committees, etc.

However, Tracy and Tallulah raised the most critical issues in education one by one:

“Does it set the curriculum?”

"Choose a teaching and research group leader?"

"Maintaining school buildings?"