Font
Large
Medium
Small
Night
Prev Index    Favorite Next

Chapter 1584: Promoting Chinese in England

Regarding the division of kings and parliamentary powers, Queen Sophia and the Parliament jointly signed the "Queen's Bill of Rights" at the Capitol, inadvertently establishing a constitutional monarchy.

It is unexpected to say that the Bill of Rights was originally a bill drafted by opposition leaders Pim, Hampton and others to limit the king's rights. However, they were defeated by the King's Army, and Queen Sofia, who returned from the East, made a major change to the Bill of Rights and then signed a new bill.

"We should set up Chinese subjects and new subjects at Oxford University and Cambridge University, and send more young nobles to study in the East. I will write a letter to request the consuls of the East to send a group of lecturers to popularize the new subjects." Sofia proposed the next step of reform measures.

"Let us people in England learn Chinese? Will this cause us England to lose our language?"

The House of Representatives, who had few rests for three months, had dark circles, were exhausted by the creation of the Queen's Bill of Rights, but were excited when they heard that the Queen intended to set up new subjects at two universities.

The members of the parliamentary did not understand the new sciences of physics, astronomy, chemistry, biology, etc. that Queen Sophia mentioned, but they heard that the Queen planned to promote Chinese in colleges, and could not help but doubt the Queen's motives.

Not only are the countries on the European continent worried that Queen Sophia would orienteer England, but the English Parliament also had such concerns.

Fortunately, the Queen's Bill of Rights was a system built on the tradition of England, and the Queen and the Crown Prince also announced their support for the Church of England and opposed the Holy See. These actions allowed the English Parliament to eliminate its concerns about the Queen.

However, Sophia's proposal to learn Chinese made Congress worry about being orientalized again.

"You may think my proposal is a betrayal of the kingdom, but I need to explain my intention to you. Their business covers the entire East, and their fleet in our city of London is just the tip of the iceberg. All trade in the East is mostly Chinese, supplemented by dialects from all over the world. Now they communicate with us in English because few people on our side know Chinese. But their influence in the West will become increasingly greater, and Chinese will replace Portuguese and Portuguese as the new common language for international trade. This means that if we master this language, we will have a huge advantage in East-West trade."

"Secondly, Eastern civilizations have many more advanced technologies than us. Almost all of their technologies are spread in Chinese and write textbooks in Chinese. Only by learning Chinese can we learn technical knowledge quickly. We just let university students learn Chinese, and did not popularize Chinese throughout England. Our English language is not affected. What do you think?"

Sofia glanced at hundreds of MPs and patiently explained her intentions to them.

In Chuyun's Jingshi University, they all set up language colleges for various local kingdoms to better do business around the world.

If England wants to be a bridge between the East and the West, it must take the initiative to learn Chinese.

However, it is not easy to make a slightly conservative English turn Chinese into a university-like compulsory course like Latin.

After another day of quarrel, the MPs reluctantly agreed to set up Chinese courses at Cambridge University and Oxford University.

The two most famous universities in England, providing priests, judges and ministers for the kingdom, learned that a language from the East called Chinese would become their compulsory course. This language was not an alphabetical language, but a hieroglyph, and suddenly became an uproar. They were in contact with hieroglyphs that they had never touched before.

Not only students, but some lecturers and academicians also joined the protest. They wrote letters to their respective deans, asking Her Majesty the Queen to abolish this compulsory requirement, which is not in line with academic freedom. They believe that there is no need to force learning of other languages ​​other than Latin and Greek. Other languages ​​should be freely studied according to their respective needs.

The joint protest between Cambridge University and Oxford University feedbacked Sophia's desk, and Sophia felt pressure from all sides.

It is not easy to be a good queen with real power, and you also have to negotiate and compromise with all forces.

When she was studying in Beijing, she had to learn Chinese for communication. When she could communicate with locals fluently, she realized the benefits it brought was not only trust, but also quickly understood the changes and knowledge that occurred in the East - and these benefits were beyond the experience of students who were obsessed with ancient literature such as Confucianism, Latin, Greek, etc.

Not only Chinese, but also for many new studies, in addition to mathematics, astronomy, and navigation, other new studies, Oxford University and Cambridge University also expressed their acceptance. In particular, the biology studied by Princess Sophia has brought great challenges to the church.

"Oh, I really don't want to be a queen. It's better to stay in the East and study freely. Occasionally you can buy some novel things." Sofia put his chin on the desk, and in front of her was a report on the resistance of Oxford and Cambridge University's new school.

During the period of presiding over the change, not only the members of the parliament, but also Sophia was also very tired. The Queen was too burdened. She also had to try every means to balance the relationship between various groups and not offend any group as much as possible.

She didn't even have time to drive the four-wheeled car she brought back from the East in the English countryside, and state affairs had already squeezed her out of time. Fortunately, after the establishment of the cabinet, the cabinet led by the Prime Minister had begun to help her with trivial administrative affairs.

"Oxford University and Cambridge University are too influenced by the church, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to make breakthroughs in them. New studies are necessary, otherwise they will be too backward. Even if they are not as good as the East, they will live a better life than their neighbors in the European continent." Sophia stretched and suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

Isn’t it just that Oxford University and Cambridge University are unwilling to accept new studies?

Since they don’t want to, why not rebuild a new university from scratch so that they can see the achievements of the new university?

The idea of ​​building a new university emerged in Sophia's mind, and she planned to imitate the Kinthian University to create a royal university here to replace the dominance of Oxford and Cambridge universities in England.
Chapter completed!
Prev Index    Favorite Next