Mediterranean Hegemony Road

After Ferdinand finished pretending to be coercive at the Bulgarian University, he personally issued a graduation certificate to the more than 400 students at the scene.

After a busy day, Ferdinand didn't have time to rest, and the Minister of Education, Chekov, ran over in sweat.

Ferdinand asked suspiciously, "Chekov, what's so urgent?"

"Your Excellency the Grand Duke, I'm sorry to disturb your rest!! We are in trouble regarding the arrangement of college graduates!!" Chekov wiped his sweat and said

Hearing this, Ferdinand became even more puzzled. It must be known that the quality of this year's university graduates is very high, and they are all science and engineering majors, which are scarce talents, and it is not easy to find employment! So he asked, "What's the problem??"

Chekov looked at Ferdinand and said with some embarrassment: "Your Excellency, the Grand Duke, this is our underestimation. Regarding the arrangement of college students, they are all carried out by reference to returning students. We have also conducted relevant investigations before, according to their The willingness has been adjusted. But just now the school sent us new applications from students, and many people gave up their original administrative positions, hoping to go to the front line to do technical work!"

After listening to Chekov's explanation, Ferdinand knew the cause and effect. Mostly it was his speech today that stimulated this group of young students. At the same time, he was even more puzzled, "This is a good thing! Haven't we been advocating it all the time?"

"This~ mainly because we didn't expect such a change, and we couldn't get so many suitable positions for a while!" Chekov said hesitantly.

"Oh! I see, it's really troublesome, let me think about it first!" Ferdinand said with a headache

If it's normal, it's just a little trouble. Some people resettle first, and some people delay the resettlement for a few months. It doesn't matter. The problem now is that Ferdinand just pretended to be coercive today. In front of all the teachers and students of the school, he made a clear promise to everyone to work together, and he couldn't slap himself!

This is also the reason why Chekov hurried over. In fact, this class of college students is in high demand, and many departments are making ideas, and there is simply not enough points. The list of job placement has long been determined and has been sent to the school. Now due to Ferdinand's reasons, many of the previous arrangements have been abolished.

Ferdinand kept wandering back and forth. After a while, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said uncertainly: "Isn't the reserve plan started! Why don't we organize them and train for three months first??"

Chekov said cautiously: "Okay! There is a three-month buffer, which is enough for us to deal with the rest! And now that the national reserve has been activated, they will have to participate in training sooner or later, and no one can say anything!"

This time, it was Ferdinand's turn to be dumbfounded. He did not expect this unreliable proposal, and Chekov would also express his support. Also found a reasonable excuse, does the Bulgarian reserve plan include these students? Obviously, as long as Ferdinand is not an idiot, it is impossible to send them to the battlefield as cannon fodder, this is his direct line! !

After thinking about it, Ferdinand decided to do it! Simply put, all students will graduate after three months of basic training. That is to exercise their bodies, but also hone their willpower, kill two birds with one stone!

"Then let's just popularize it. From elementary school to university, all students must have no less than one month of military training every year, and three months after graduation!! For patriotism education, we also need to increase the class hours. I have asked Austrian for teaching materials. The Hungarian experts have prepared it, you can take a look first!" Ferdinand waved his hand and made a decision

The shocked Chekov was stunned, and after a while, he came to his senses, and nodded dazedly.

Then the Bulgarian students fell blood mold, and what was a happy vacation has now turned into a painful training. Ferdinand also euphemistically called it to improve the overall quality of students, but in fact it was a complete militaristic education.

However, in the 19th century, militarism was not notorious, especially in the Balkans, and there were more or less shadows of militarism in every country.

Patriotism education, not to mention, loyalty to the monarch and patriotism was almost one at that time, and Ferdinand's private goods were mixed in, but it was impossible to find faults on the bright side!

Students of this era are not spoiled by later generations. There are not many of them, and no educators have shouted for them. The absence of holidays means more study time and no tuition fees. What a good thing, parents don't care about their opinions!

Ferdinand knew that since the age of electricity has not yet fully entered, the tasks of the Bulgarian students are not very heavy, at least they will not have self-study in the future. The content to be learned is not as much as the later generations. Shenma piano, painting, dance, etc. are still the patent of the nobles.

If it weren't for the cost, Ferdinand really didn't mind and moved his work and rest schedule to Bulgaria. After thinking about it, Ferdinand still gave up. Electricity in this era is not cheap! The annual electricity bill of Bulgarian universities makes the Ministry of Education complain a lot, and it only supplies electricity to classrooms, laboratories, offices, other dormitories and canteens. Sorry, Bulgaria is not so proud yet.

Even at the time, Bulgarian students were the hardest in the world. Starting from the "Second Five-Year Plan", weekends have been changed to single breaks, winter and summer vacations do not exist, and the longest Christmas vacation is only three days.

The concept in the education world is "if the quality is not enough, just use the time to make it up!" Anyway, putting in more effort will always have an effect, and the facts have proved that it is indeed very effective. In the past two years, the graduation rate of primary and secondary school students has greatly improved.

At the end of the 19th century, the standard of living of Europeans was mostly brown bread, and it was not necessary to eat meat several times a year. It was not bad to be able to eat enough. Bulgaria has developed well in recent years, and the improvement of people's living standards is limited to the fact that everyone can fill their stomachs, there are more vegetables and fruits on the table, and occasionally they can eat meat.

Ferdinand knew that if military training was carried out, many children from bitter backgrounds would have nutritional problems. He also knows that the Ministry of Education has proposed food subsidies very early, but due to financial difficulties, only some students with excellent grades can receive subsidies. So he asked, "Chekov, if we subsidize meals for students across the country during military training, how much will it cost?"

Chekov, who was still in deep thought, reacted at once, thought for a moment and said, "Your Excellency, there are now more than 364,000 students in the country. According to the calculation of one month's military training for the students each year, three months for the graduates. According to military training calculations, if basic subsidies are given, the annual expenditure will be about 500,000 levs."

When he heard the number of people just now, Ferdinand was startled, thinking it would be an astronomical number, but the price quoted by Chekov was much smaller. Needless to say, Ferdinand also knew what was going on. Bulgaria itself is a food-producing country, and the unit price of the government's unified procurement is much lower.