After entering the industrial age, the Government of Berlin had realized the importance of population, especially the labor force with a certain level of knowledge.
The Kingdom of Prussia was the first country in the world to complete compulsory education. The Rhineland region was also the most industrially developed area in the Kingdom of Prussia. A large number of basic talents were gathered there.
These talents happened to be what the Kingdom of Prussia needed the most right now. In the early stages of industrial development, the demand for high-skilled talents was not high, but the demand for ordinary technical workers was the highest.
After the outbreak of the second industrial revolution, Austria was able to surpass Britain and France. It was not because Austria's technology was advanced, nor was it because of Franz's foresight. The core factor was the large number of engineers.
Without enough basic talents, no matter how advanced the technology was, it could not be quickly transformed into industrial production.
With the development of industrial technology, the demand for basic talents was increasing. Later countries were engaged in compulsory education, which was the result of market pressure.
The old empires of the original time and space sat on rich resources, but they fell behind in the second industrial revolution because they lost in the number of basic talents.
By the time they reacted, it was already too late. Competitors could not stay put and give you decades to cultivate talents.
The Kingdom of Prussia had always maintained a high investment in military spending, and the domestic economy did not collapse. In addition to the strong political skills of the Government of Berlin, the advantage of the quality of the population was also an important factor.
In theory, people who completed compulsory education had the potential to become an ordinary technical worker. If they worked hard, it was not impossible to become an engineer.
Most of the low-end engineers grew up as skilled workers, and basic cultural knowledge was a necessary condition.
If someone did statistics, they would find that although the population of the Kingdom of Prussia was far lower than that of Britain and France, the number of basic engineers was not inferior to that of Britain and France.
If it was only to develop the Kingdom of Prussia, there would definitely be enough talents. William I would not pay so much attention to immigration. The key was the Kingdom of Poland that needed to be developed.
During the era of the Tsarist government, the Polish area implemented serfdom. Education was only the patent of a few people, and ordinary people were pure illiterate.
After Poland's independence, although slavery was abolished and efforts were made to develop education, the results were not optimistic.
An idealistic government would only look at the surface when formulating policies. They would do whatever was good without considering the actual situation.
The Polish government ignored the fact that there was a lack of teachers and finances, and blindly followed the trend of compulsory education, even going one step further than Austria.
The idea was good, but reality did not allow it. In the end, the plan could only remain on paper. Other than building a few schools to serve the children of the rich and powerful, the actual significance of the country was zero.
Now that the Polish Federation had been established, the task of developing Poland had fallen to the Government of Berlin, and the demand for talents had naturally increased.
William the First said, "No matter what, we have to immigrate as many people as possible. Domestic industrial development required talents, and the assimilation work in the Polish region also required immigrants.
The former Polish revolutionaries, led by Dombrowski, have been very restless recently. They have been resisting the work of national integration. The government's next task is very heavy. "
For the Kingdom of Prussia, Poland was still too big to swallow in one go. In order to stabilize the situation in Poland, the Government of Berlin had to compromise with the local forces in Poland.
However, compromise was also based on the object. The former Polish government headed by Dombrowski was the biggest beneficiary of the Polish – Polish merger. There was no possibility of compromise between the two sides.
In order to maintain local stability, William the First couldn't do anything to them even if he knew that the former Polish government was secretly playing tricks.
On the surface, he couldn't do anything, but within the scope of the rules.
Mao Qi advised, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. The focus of the government's work will still be on the resettlement of immigrants.
Now the biggest problem is the corruption of the Polish government. The federal government has just been established, and in order to maintain local stability, it is not convenient for us to be ruthless.
When the situation stabilizes, the government will conduct an assessment of public officials, kick out the malfeasance and corruption, and clean up the governance of the Polish region. "
There must be a way to settle accounts later, but not now. Although the former Polish government was driven out of power, the strength of the revolutionary party still could not be underestimated.
In particular, the army formed by the Polish government in the later period was all trusted aides cultivated by the revolutionary party. The combat effectiveness of these troops was not good. But there were still tens of thousands of people. If they were really forced, it would not be good to have a life and death struggle.
Originally, it was a bit far-fetched for Prussia to annex the Polish Kingdom. If another civil war broke out. That would be too damaging to the morale of the people in the country.
The method used by the Government of Berlin was to boil the frog in warm water. The defeat of the Polish army in the Russo-Polish War gave the Government of Berlin an opportunity to intervene in the army.
With the excuse of war losses, William the First took the opportunity to abolish the designation of the four infantry divisions of the Polish Kingdom, and the remaining troops were also compressed to varying degrees.
Of course, while reducing the size of the organization, William the First was also expanding the armaments. This was not contradictory. The units that had been disbanded had all disappeared on the battlefield.
If it was a heroic unit that won the war, it was naturally impossible to abolish it. The problem was that the Polish army lost, and lost miserably, so it became reasonable to abolish the designation.
To rebuild the new designation, the remaining officers of the original unit were destined to be marginalized. As the defeated general, even if they were to retire, no one could say anything.
William the First didn't do it so ruthlessly. Some of these people were transferred to the reserve, and some stayed in the active army. It depended on which side they stood on.
The Polish army was trained by the people of Prussia, and the pro-Portuguese faction was naturally indispensable. When forming a new army, it was natural to give priority to their own people.
After some operations, the armed forces of the revolutionary party had been reduced by a small half. This was the reason why William the First wanted to move against the revolutionary party.
Now that he was opposed by the Prime Minister, William the First was very unhappy. However, he was shrewd. He could even tolerate a powerful minister like Bismarck in the original universe, so he could naturally accept Mao Qi's straightforwardness.
People with ability usually had a bigger temper, which made William the First feel very helpless.
After thinking rationally for a moment, William the First nodded. "Then let's wait! First collect the evidence, then settle the accounts in the future. "
William the First had long passed the age of youth and liked to think twice before doing anything. After perceiving the possible risks, he decisively chose to take a step back.
Foreign Minister Jeffrey Friedman reminded, "Your Majesty, the international conference on the West Asia Massacre is about to be held in Jerusalem. We need to make a choice.
The current national situation is still unclear. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs suggests that we continue to remain neutral and avoid participating in the diplomatic game between the UK, Fao, and FAO. "
The international situation was not unclear, it was a complete mess. The UK, Fao, and FAO were cooperating and confronting each other, which made the European diplomats almost nervous.
In this context, it was very easy to be at a disadvantage by blindly "standing on a side". What if they just stood on a side and offended someone, and the boss suddenly reconciled?
In the face of interests, there was nothing that could not be discussed. The UK, Fao, and FAO cooperated because of interests, and the confrontation was also because of interests.
Fortunately, the three parties were very rational now. Even if there was a confrontation, they did not drag everyone into the water and limited the confrontation within the scope of the rules.
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In Vienna, while the people of Prussia were hesitating, the UK, Fao, and FAO were secretly negotiating on the division of interests.
The most important reason why the great powers were great powers was that they were thick-skinned.
It seemed that the UK, Fao, and FAO were checking and balancing each other, but this was only a superficial effort for the outside world to see. Secretly, everyone had already sat at the negotiating table and argued about the division of interests.
The West Asia issue was just a shadow. The conflict between the Osman and Persia, from the standpoint of the UK, Fao, and FAO, was actually a child's play.
Almost all the refugees had died, so there was no need to discuss this issue. In this era where the weak were prey to the strong, "right and wrong" was the least worth arguing about.
The international community would not sanction the Osman Empire just because the Osman Empire expelled refugees into Persia and caused heavy losses to Persia.
Similarly, the international community would not hold the Persian government responsible just because they slaughtered refugees.
In addition to verbal condemnation, it was more about the division of interests between the UK, Fao, and FAO. This was the focus of the current debate.
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