1840Indian rebirth

In this war, although Mexico's overall strength was not as good as the United States, Santa Anna still had to bear some responsibility for Mexico's failure.

In order to strengthen centralization, Santa Anna untimely weakened Mexico's local army.

As a result, when the U.S. military invaded, the resistance of Mexican state soldiers was often extremely weak, and they even surrendered altogether.

After the war began, Mexico hurriedly re-strengthened its local army.

But unfortunately, it was too late. Even if the number of soldiers could be restored quickly, the compensation of combat effectiveness could not be completed in a short time.

Within two years, Mexico was completely defeated and half of its territory was occupied by the United States.

These lands have not been formally ceded, but everyone knows that the meat eaten will not be spat out again.

Polk's heart is known to everyone on the road.

Everyone knows that the current President of the United States is eager for expansion. This workaholic president will definitely expand the territory of the United States as much as possible.

"Santa Anna has always brought disaster to Mexico, and now it has plunged the country into a bottomless abyss. How dare you compare yourself to Napoleon!" Juárez had great opinions on Santa Anna.

"He proudly said that he was the Napoleon of the Western Hemisphere, but I don't think he has any resemblance to Napoleon except that he was exiled!"

"I hope he will never come back after this time!" Juarez took a sip of wine.

"As far as I know, Santa Anna seems to have served as president many times? Maybe ten times?" Ma Shao asked.

"Yes, the situation in Mexico is turbulent. This is nothing. It is not surprising to have two presidents in one month. Many of Santa Anna's terms lasted only a few months or even shorter." Juarez said.

After a pause, he sighed slightly: "But I must also admit that the people have not completely abandoned him."

"He was first regarded as a hero - that is, when Mexico became independent. To this day, after this tragic and humiliating defeat, some people still regard him as a hero."

Ma Shao was silent for a moment: "People are always nostalgic."

"Yes." Juarez nodded, "But nostalgia is sometimes terrible. At least Santa Anna is not worthy of our nostalgia. He should be completely abandoned, just like the mud on our clothes!"

The horse whistle smiled and said meaningfully: "There is no doubt that the Mexican people need a new leader."

Juarez smiled and said nothing.

Later in the evening, Margarita came into the room: "It's time for dinner, Benito."

"Okay, honey," Juarez responded.

Then he said: "Let's have dinner together, Ma Shao."

"It's a pleasure."

Ma Shao and Juarez had dinner together and tasted some Oaxaca City specialties.

This city has some food genes, at least it is much richer than the Mexican food he has seen in the past two months.

The next day, Mashao began to establish the Mexican branch of Apache News Agency in Oaxaca City.

Thanks to the personal accompaniment of Governor Juarez, the process was very smooth and had a green light all the way.

Just near the governor's mansion, the news agency spent several thousand dollars in gold coins to buy a house.

This house was originally a private residence, and it was quite luxurious, more than enough for a dozen people to work and rest.

Due to the shadow of the war, the owner of the house wanted to leave here, so he sold it to Ma Shao.

Later, the Apaches added equipment to the house and made some modifications to make it the home of the news agency branch.

Twelve Apaches will remain here, including two official editors.

The remaining ten are all soldiers.

Changmao is the president here and is responsible for managing everything here.

The soldiers sent to the Mexican branch are all screened and have good writing skills.

They not only perform security duties, but also serve as trainee newspaper editors and reporters, assisting Changmao in handling news and intelligence.

In addition to various daily utensils, the most important items in the branch are books, which are all selected by Mashao, mainly natural science and history.

When the Apaches left Sleeping Bear City, they were undoubtedly separated from the best learning environment, and they still had a lot to learn.

These collections of books are a kind of compensation.

It's definitely not as good as the classes in Sleeping Bear City, but it's still much better than not studying at all.

Of course, there is also the indispensable "Spiritual Instructions", which almost every Apache man, woman, and child has a copy of. This is the most important teaching material.

"Lingyu" concentrates the core views of Ma Shao and a set of knowledge structures that are not profound but are quite complete.

In Ma Shao's view, leaving aside a small amount of religious elements, if anyone fully understands and agrees with the content of this book, then he is no different from his own clone.

"These collections of books are very good." Juarez looked through the collection of books in the news agency, holding a book about the Pythagoreans in his hand, "although I don't know much about mathematics."

Ma Shao pointed to the bookshelf: "Most of these mathematics and natural science books do not require advanced knowledge. Strictly speaking, they should be regarded as subject histories."

"Discipline history?"

Ma Shao nodded: "Yes, the history of mathematics, the history of physics...and of course the history of society and politics, which is history in a general sense."

"I see you are a history buff." Juarez smiled.

Ma Shao: "Hegel said that philosophy is the history of philosophy. I think this sentence can be extended to all disciplines."

"If you don't know the history of mathematics and physics, it's impossible to understand mathematics and physics, chemistry, biology or law, and the same is true."

"An important reason why Faraday was able to achieve the scientific achievements that are well-known today is that he had an in-depth understanding of the history of science in his early years."

When Ma Shao was a high school physics teacher in his previous life, he always attached great importance to the history of physics.

It is not difficult for him to teach any class to be the first in the grade in physics.

The really challenging job is to give students a deep understanding of the history of physics.

There is a lot of content about the history of science in the textbooks. For example, Faraday’s experience he just mentioned is the content in the physics textbooks.

But unfortunately, there are not many teachers and students who pay attention to the history of science.

Or to a certain extent, it can be said that there are not many teachers and students who have the energy to understand the history of science in depth.

There are almost no exams, only one or two multiple-choice questions, which are only briefly touched on, such as "Which of the following experiments illustrates the existence of atomic nuclei?"

In the long run, the history of science is precisely the most important.

After all, for most people, those troublesome formulas and problem-solving skills will be forgotten soon after leaving campus.

In other words, formulas and problem-solving skills are knowledge that depreciates very quickly.

This is not the case with the history of science.

The history of science is generally stories, less involving formulas, more adaptable to human memory, and less likely to be forgotten.

More importantly, the history of science allows people to better understand the nature of science.

People who know nothing about the history of science often view science from a mystical perspective, treating science as some kind of indescribable new-age witchcraft.

A common example is that some people often regard science as a religion or superstition.

But anyone who knows a little bit about the history of science knows that the history of science is a history of self-questioning, and the predecessors of science are used to overthrow it. This is essentially different from religion.

Scientists can say that they are closer to the truth than their predecessors, or even say that their predecessors were wrong, but magicians will never dare to claim that they are better than prophets at any level.

The expression "superstitious science" is just like "a triangle with four sides". It is a self-contradictory expression in itself. The two words should not be combined at all.

Mashao never expected most Apaches to become mathematicians and physicists, nor did he expect them to master complex problem-solving skills. This was not necessary.

But the history of science is essential.

In his opinion, only by making the history of science become common sense to the Apaches and letting the Apaches know where the truth comes from can this nation be truly saved.

In particular, the trial and error experiences in the history of science are extremely valuable lessons and are applicable to almost all problems.

It would not be very meaningful to just allow the Apaches to have stronger material weapons to overthrow the United States and achieve a simple revenge.

Juarez looked at the Apache soldiers who were moving furniture, especially the weapons on their bodies, and after a while said, "Are they all soldiers?"

"Yes." Ma Shao nodded, paying attention to his expression.

Juarez pondered: "Although I personally don't care much about this, after all, I also know that you have a tradition of all people being soldiers... However, I still hope that you will not carry weapons, at least not carry rifles."

Horse Whistle: "The rifle is indeed somewhat conspicuous. They will definitely not take it out with them in the future."

"I think pistols are indispensable. They need to defend themselves. And at critical moments, these weapons may also be able to help you, Juarez."

"oh?"

Juarez looked slightly moved.

The horse whistle continued: "These soldiers only obey my orders, but I will definitely not stay in Oaxaca for a long time."

"While I am away, my friend, you are their supreme commander. They will be as loyal to you as they are to me."

Juárez is governor and can mobilize Oaxaca's military.

But the reason why the military in Oaxaca is willing to obey Juárez's orders is entirely because he is the governor.

If he is no longer the governor, these state soldiers will naturally no longer obey his orders, and it is not surprising that they will even turn around and attack him.

In other words, the state government's troops were loyal to the governor, but not to Juárez.

Regardless of his official position, Juárez himself does not have any powerful force, at least not an armed force loyal to him personally.

Now, Mashao is equivalent to lending him such a private armed force. Although the number is not large, they are obviously the best among the best, ten high-quality soldiers.

Just like Ma Shao said, at the critical moment, this private armed force will be able to help Juarez.

Juárez naturally understood the truth and said with a smile: "I believe these warriors will definitely become an important force in maintaining order in Oaxaca!"