Chapter 1569: Moral Education Classes, Establishing a Branch in the Territory

"Moral education requires taking a test?" Xia Duo pointed to a desk not far away and asked curiously.

What moral education was, Xia Duo, as the true leader, naturally knew very well; he had just casually brought it up as a conversation starter. What he hadn't expected was that the Progress Society would be so efficient—the Enlightenment Book hadn't even been fully completed, yet the relevant teaching had already begun.

Jibusen answered quite earnestly: "Moral education doesn't require many tests; it's mostly practical classes held outside. These test papers are ones I collected on behalf of Puxini, who asked for leave to go home and visit his sick mother."

"Puxini?"

Xia Duo searched his memory. It turned out to be an apprentice sponsored by Daxia Territory; of course, he had now become an Official Mage and had joined the Academic Affairs Office, becoming a glorious people's Teacher.

"I understand. Let him rest easy and take care of his mother at home; the Academic Affairs Office will not put any pressure on him."

"Thank you for your understanding, President."

"No need to thank me. The Tower of Time is not a place devoid of human warmth."

Afterward, Xia Duo brought up the real business. He asked Jibusen: "Which part of the Enlightenment Book is still unfinished?"

"It's mainly the part Yatewude is handling regarding the higher-level worldview; the compilation team is still refining it."

"Higher-level worldview?"

After a moment of thought, Xia Duo understood what Jibusen was referring to. It must be the nature of the world—metaphysical things. These things should be included in the Enlightenment Book, but there was no need to delve too deeply into them, so he gave an Indication:

"The development of Magic advances with each passing day, and our understanding of this world is also constantly growing. There is no need to limit the children's horizons with our current shallow concepts. Regarding the nature of the world, just record as many hypotheses and conjectures as there are; the most crucial thing is to emphasize the process of exploration and cognition."

Xia Duo hadn't even figured out the nature of the world himself, so "popularizing" it to children like this was somewhat irresponsible. Stimulating the desire to explore and cultivating critical thinking skills were what enlightenment should be about.

Hearing this, Jibusen nodded thoughtfully. "I strongly agree with your point of view, President, but this matter still requires you to notify them yourself."

"Mm."

Xia Duo nodded and continued to ask: "How is the apprentices' acceptance of the moral education classes currently?"

"Everyone is quite happy to attend moral education classes. Usually, everyone is cooped up in the Tower of Time with all sorts of classes packed into their schedules; now that they have a chance to go out and walk around, everyone is very happy," Jibusen said with a smile.

In fact, it wasn't just the apprentices who liked moral education classes; he liked them very much himself!

"As long as they are willing to attend, that's good. But still, pay attention to the apprentices' feedback after class, as well as suggestions and opinions from the Territory. If there are any problems, notify me in time."

"Yes."

"How many class hours of moral education have been conducted?" Xia Duo asked again.

"Besides me, the Progress Society has sent twelve other people. So far, nearly 50 classes have been held."

"That many?"

A flash of surprise crossed Xia Duo's eyes. He thought to himself that there really was strength in numbers; if he had been responsible for it all by himself, it would likely have been time-consuming, laborious, and inefficient!

"Let me see the moral education assessment records you are responsible for."

"Alright."

Jibusen immediately stood up, ran back to his desk, pulled out a thick record book from under the table, and brought it to Xia Duo. "This is my portion of the records, but all of our records have backups with the Tower Spirit."

"Mm, I will check the Tower Spirit's records. Let me look at this one first."

Xia Duo flipped through the record book. Inside were pre-printed forms, with names in the left column and assessment items in the top row. Seeing this template, Xia Duo immediately thought of the various record sheets from when he was in High School.

A strong sense of déjà vu welled up!

"Did you come up with this form yourselves?" Xia Duo asked. He hadn't been "nanny" enough to prepare the assessment forms as well.

Moreover, these were printed forms; one only needed to manually fill in the specific scores or evaluations afterward. This didn't seem like the Tower of Time in his impression.

In his impression, the Magic Technician Department of the Tower of Time could only produce some rather crude Blank Notebooks; printing text and the like still required his help. He hadn't expected them to be able to support custom layout printing so quickly.

"Sami came up with this. Their Laboratory now uses this kind of form-based experimental record book. The Magic Technician Department collaborated with their Laboratory and even does custom work for other laboratories. This moral education assessment record book of mine was customized for us by the Progress Society."

"So that's how it is!"

Xia Duo sighed inwardly, once again confirming the correctness of the collective path. If one had to think of and do everything by oneself, could one eventually create a true civilization? It might not even be as good as a puppet!

A true civilization requires countless individuals to add bricks and tiles together; it can never rely solely on a small number of individuals.

Thinking of this, what Xia Duo had originally intended to say as a direct order now turned into a request for opinions: "Jibusen, do you think it is necessary for the Progress Society to establish a branch in the Territory?"

"Establish a branch in the Territory?"

Jibusen was momentarily blank-faced, but seeing the President's serious expression, he realized the President wasn't joking. Thus, Jibusen began to seriously consider the necessity and even the feasibility of this matter.

After a long while, Jibusen took a deep breath and looked straight at Xia Duo: "President, I think this is necessary, and very necessary!"

"Oh? Why?" Xia Duo asked calmly.

"The goal of our Progress Society is to establish a true Magic civilization, and that cannot be separated from the vast majority of ordinary people! You have already begun to Popularize Magic education, and many people—even I myself—are beneficiaries. Therefore, the order of ordinary people, or rather the order of the Territory, is even more important. The Tower of Time is, after all, just a Mage Tower organization. The Progress Society needs to let more people outside the Tower of Time accept our philosophy, because those are the seeds of the future!"

"Is that what you think?"

"Yes, these are my true thoughts! I even think we can go a step further and spread our ideology throughout all of Netheril, thereby attracting more like-minded people!"

By the end, a flush appeared on Jibusen's face, and his eyes shone, making Xia Duo sigh even more in his heart.

Good fellow, he hadn't even managed his own house well yet and was already talking about external output.

"Spreading it in Netheril is not urgent for now. We should still handle the matters at hand first."

"Yes, the President is right to reprimand me. We should first manage Daxia Territory and Savile Territory well, so that all the oppressed Netherese people can see the progressiveness here; that way, it will be more persuasive when we spread it later."

"..."

Xia Duo knew very well that Jibusen was just an ordinary member of the Progress Society. Perhaps he had joined earlier than others, but this was definitely not just his personal thought; there must be more people within the Progress Society who thought the same way.

Of course, with people like this, there would certainly be others, and in the end, it would still require democratic centralism.