If there was a problem, look for the father. This was common throughout the ages, and the prince was no exception.
Unfortunately, William was now in the probation period. A telegram for help could solve most problems, but it also meant that he failed the test.
To become a qualified monarch, one must first have the ability to deal with difficulties. Asking for help obviously couldn't prove one's ability.
Although the development of the Southeast region was important, in the eyes of Franz, it was obviously not as good as cultivating a responsible son.
It was a colony. If the economic development was slow, then it was slow. If the economy was advancing by leaps and bounds, then there was no need to worry.
After all, the biggest characteristic of the colonial system under the Shinra model was that they were particularly good at fighting. If there was money and an industrial system, it was difficult to guarantee that they wouldn't have ambitions.
In order to avoid this situation, from the beginning, the development direction of the colonies under Shinra was planned by the Government of Vienna.
The first choice was to develop economic agriculture and mining to provide industrial raw materials for the country; the second was to develop light industry.
As for heavy industry and emerging technology industries, they were completely blank. If they lacked anything, they could purchase it from the country. There was no need to repeat development and waste resources.
In fact, there was no need for special restrictions. Without domestic support, with the talent reserve of the colony, it was simply impossible to play the technology industry.
With the formulation of the overseas state strategy, the Government of Vienna also reduced a lot of restrictions on the colony. Especially after the prince succeeded as the governor, he almost completely let go.
Unfortunately, the times were different. The second industrial revolution was coming to an end, and the threshold of industrialization had been raised.
Every time William thought of this, he envied his brother who went to Austria Central America. Although there was also a lack of talent, he could always raise a hoe and find someone.
With the identity of the prince and the illustrious reputation of Shinra, it was still very attractive to the talents of the American countries.
Many times, he didn't even have to pay the actual price. He could directly rely on empty promises to trick a large group of people to work for him.
Although the abilities of these people were uneven and far less professional than the Shinra natives, they were still "top talents" in the colony.
Relying on poaching, in just a few years, Austria Central America had already laid the foundation of industrialization.
In comparison, the Aussie Nanyang was much more miserable. William wanted to poach people, but there was really no place to start!
Throughout the whole of Asia, there was not a single industrialized country, including Japan and the Empire of the Far East. They had just begun to industrialize, and the lack of talent was very serious.
Originally, William had high hopes for Lanfang Autonomous Province. He thought that there should be a good talent reserve here.
In fact, it was the case. With the prince's identity, William was immediately welcomed after arriving in Lanfang.
After all, there was no fight for the throne in Shenluo Empire, and the internal disputes within the imperial family were also very small. As a prince, he would either be a duke or return to his country to take up an important position.
Regardless of the situation, the future was bright. There was no risk at all in seeking refuge there.
Although they had lived a peaceful life for decades, the Nanyang Chinese's sense of crisis had not disappeared. He naturally had to lean on the thigh that was delivered to his doorstep.
The large families in the area all sent their direct descendants to serve under William, greatly enriching the team.
Indeed, they were all talented, but unfortunately, all of them had gone astray. If he were to look for economic talents and bureaucrats, there would be plenty of them. He could find suitable people from the bottom to the top.
If you want to play with industrialization, you can forget about it. "In this world where culture is more important than science and technology, the capitalists in Lanfang have to hire technicians from Shinra."
"Of course, it was not that there were no technicians. There were at least basic industrial workers."
"Roads, water conservancy, and other infrastructure projects can still be carried out with the local talent reserve."
"Since he became the governor of Nanyang, William's projects are basically around roads, water conservancy, and other infrastructure."
"He doesn't need to do it himself. He only needs to appoint a few children from a large family to be in charge of a project, and there will be craftsmen immediately."
He learned from Franz. William never cared about how the craftsmen came. He only cared about the results.
"It's not possible to build a university. Unless he wants to build a liberal arts school or a military school, he won't be able to gather enough teachers."
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After hesitating for a moment, Roderiger carefully replied, "Your Highness, other than Professor Drake who accepted your invitation, everyone else chose to refuse. However, they recommended their students."
"Once again, it was proven that ideals belong to a few people." As a prince, William had personally written an invitation, but he only managed to invite one professor.
Recommending his own students, in a sense, was purely giving face to William.
One had to know that William's invitation letter was not sent out indiscriminately. He didn't invite those successful and famous people to invite them. Instead, he only invited newcomers who needed opportunities in their professional fields.
Unfortunately, only a small number of people really dedicated their lives to education and scientific research. Most of them were ordinary people.
Those who could become professors weren't young at all. It was too difficult to ask them to leave their comfort zone and go to the overseas colonies to make a living.
Of course, these were not the most important. The key was that the elites who were willing to leave the European continent had long been poached by the nobles.
Just look at Africa. It was also a poor start, but there were already more than a dozen professional universities, and the quality of education was not low.
On the surface, these universities were established by the Government of Vienna, but in fact, they were sponsored by the local nobles.
Not only the sponsorship money, but more importantly, the sponsors. In addition to the teachers poached from Europe, some of the teachers were directly from the local nobles.
This was also the national condition of Shinra. The German Region had a tradition of attaching importance to education. The second generation of nobles with enough resources generally had higher academic qualifications.
In contrast, the Nanyang region did not have this. It wasn't that the local nobles were useless, but it was mainly because the opening of the Austrian Nanyang was too smooth, and the number of noble lords enfeoffed was too small.
With a small base, the probability of having science and engineering talents was even smaller. Even if it appeared occasionally, it would be a precious treasure that had already been properly arranged.
"Sigh!"
After a sigh, William said helplessly, "It seems that we can only wait for the economic crisis to poach people!"
Influenced by Franz, his sons did not have the habit of taking their anger out on others for no reason. The battle to poach people happened every day in Shinra. Other than his identity as a prince, William had no advantage.
On this issue, he could not count on the nobles to give him face. Not to mention the prince, even the emperor had to rely on his own means to do so.
"Your Royal Highness, it is not impossible to establish a university now. Although we do not have enough science and engineering teachers, there is no shortage of people in other fields. They can be sent to study in the country for half a year.
With the special situation of the Austrian Nanyang region, we do not need to establish a university according to domestic standards. We can directly downgrade it to a technical school.
With Professor Drake, plus the students recommended by others, we can completely set up the framework of science and engineering. It is not a problem to cultivate basic science and engineering talents.
Anyway, there is no competition here. Even if the quality of teaching is a little bad, there is no worry about not having enough students.
If we want to increase our international influence, we can also open military basic teaching. With the prestige of the imperial army, there is no need to worry about international students signing up. "
Roderigg suggested.
Regardless of the quality of teaching, establishing the first university in the Nanyang region was a great political achievement. For William, who was in the state of assessment, this political achievement was definitely a big plus.
Since it was a bonus, it was naturally better to have a bigger presence. Although Shinra did not advocate internationalization of education, a university with international influence was also the icing on the cake.
Coincidentally, Nanyang University came at the right time. Because of its geographical location, it had an innate advantage. Moreover, with the addition of Shinra, it had a great influence on East Asian students.
If they were a little more thick-skinned, they could completely claim to be the number one university in Asia. As for Tokyo University, which was established earlier, they could just ignore it.
Anyway, now East Asia was in the stage of 'foreign monks chanting sutras'. Tokyo University was far from being as powerful as the future, and its international status might not necessarily be as high as some technical schools.
As for the 'Nanyang University' that was under construction, as long as it became well-known, it would be half done. As for the quality of education, it could be slowly made up for later.
To put it bluntly, it would take a few years to go to university. It could completely open classes while replenishing the teaching staff.
As long as the final graduates were qualified, who dared to say that Nanyang University was not good?
William asked uncertainly, "You mean if the quality of teaching is not good enough, we can make up for it with the quality of students. The question is, will this work? "
Although Roderigg did not say it directly, he mentioned 'there is no shortage of students' twice, which was obviously the best hint.
"Your Highness, a good school can also cultivate bad students, and a bad school can also have good students.
Under the background of the same teaching resources, this kind of differentiation is obviously the problem of the students themselves.
The teaching materials and management model we use can be completely copied from domestic universities.
As long as the quality of the students we recruit is good enough and willing to study in-depth, even if the teaching staff is lacking, it will not matter. "
Perhaps there was a scam! After all, the poor quality of teaching did indeed affect the students' learning.
But in this day and age, it was not easy to have the opportunity of higher education. An additional university meant an increase of hundreds or even thousands of opportunities.
With so many students, there was bound to be some gold that could be sifted out. There was no need to have a genius, as long as some of the students could reach the national average level, or even slightly worse, it would be considered a success.
After thinking for a while, William nodded. "Then first set up the framework. I will communicate with the Ministry of Education to choose a location for the school. The recruitment of teachers and follow-up publicity work will be left to you.
If the Ministry of Education can't send someone with authority to be the principal, I will do it myself. In order to ensure that the first enrollment can be completed smoothly, we have to build up the momentum. "
Moral integrity was never worth mentioning in the face of politics. For the sake of political achievements, William also went all out, even prepared to become the principal himself.
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In Tokyo, following the arrival of the Tsarist government representative, the Russian Embassy case once again entered a new stage.
Under the forceful suppression of the Government of Japan, Tokyo finally returned to normal. With the background of the organizers being sent to prison, the protests of the people in Tokyo also stopped.
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In the Holy Roman Empire's Embassy in Tokyo, Minister Jose put down the coffee in his hand and cautiously asked, "Liu, are you sure releasing a few students will help the empire expand its trade share in the Far East region?"
As time went on, more and more Chinese students were implicated in the incident. The first unlucky person, Wang DeCheng, was finally no longer alone.
The more people were implicated, the greater the power behind it. President Liu, who originally only wanted to act as a middleman, was finally persuaded and became the lobbyist.
With his understanding of the Holy Roman Empire, President Liu knew that it was meaningless to talk about whether the arrested students were innocent or not.
To ask for help, the best way was to ask for benefits. Directly giving gifts was too outdated. With the moral integrity of the Shinra bureaucrats, they would always eat the gifts from strangers without doing anything.
Doing it in the dark required a lot of time, and they also had to bear the risk of exposure.
Whether it was the Chinese Guild Hall or President Liu himself, they couldn't bear such a risk, even if the favor behind them was very good.
If giving gifts didn't work, then give political achievements. All bureaucrats, big or small, loved this kind of thing.
Anyway, these things, with the help of the families behind the students, he only needed to do a favor at little cost.
That was the truth. When Minister José heard that he could expand his trade share, he immediately became interested.
It was nothing more than releasing a few unlucky people, it was not a big deal at all. Not to mention that they were not the murderers, even if they were the real murderers, as long as the benefits were big enough, there was room for negotiation.
"Your Excellency, the fathers of these students are all government officials of the Empire of the Far East, and the families behind them are very influential in the Empire of the Far East.
If you can get them out now, you will be their savior. We Chinese pay attention to gratitude, and you can gain the friendship of them and their families at the same time.
It will be difficult to expand your country's market share in the Far East region, but it won't be a problem to expand the market share of the few foreign firms you designated.
It is said that due to the tension between Japan and Russia, the Empire of the Far East recently had a large military purchase order of one million, and the buyer has not been confirmed yet, what do you think … "
Without waiting for President Liu to finish, Minister Jose's serious face broke into a smile, "If this order can fall into the hands of the Empire, I don't think it will be a problem."
There was no other way, even though they were all ministers, there were different levels. As the minister in Japan, Jose obviously couldn't be compared to the ministers in Britain and Russia.
If it was just this, it would have been fine, but Japan was too poor, and there was no chance for him to gain political achievements.
If it wasn't for the Russian Embassy case, he would still be the Shinra minister with no sense of existence, and wouldn't even have the chance to perform.
Jose never thought that there would be a day when he would be favored. First, the Russian Embassy case broke out, and he got the chance to gain political achievements. Now, there was a large military purchase order delivered to his door.
Although one million in silver wasn't a large amount, it couldn't cover the huge profits from the arms trade. This order had at least a few hundred thousand in silver in profit, and if the subsequent purchase of ammunition was included, the profit would even exceed the current purchase contract.
If he took this order and sold it to the military, not only could he gain political achievements, but he could also gain the favor of the military.
For Minister Jose, who had ambitions to become an official, the significance of this was extraordinary. Even President Liu, who saw this uninvited guest, was a lot more pleasing to the eye.
President Liu heaved a sigh of relief after getting a definite answer. He immediately promised, "Your Excellency, please don't worry. We will try our best to make this deal happen, but it will take some time. Can you see if you can get the person out first? "
He had to be anxious, the trial conference hosted by the International Court of Justice had already begun, and if he didn't get the person out soon, he would see him in court.
Minister Jose smiled, "Don't worry, I can still speak in the International Court of Justice.
As a group of inexperienced students, participating in the demonstration was completely forced, and it had nothing to do with the Russian Embassy case.
If they are released now, it will easily cause suspicion from the outside world. It's better to wait and let the International Court of Justice prove their innocence. "
He wasn't bragging, as the Minister of Shinra, Jose did have the ability to influence the International Court of Justice's decision.
Just look at the composition of the International Court of Justice, most of them were from Europe. Maybe if they were to go against their principles to carry out the trial, some people might refuse. However, letting go of a few shrimps that couldn't even be considered small fishes was not a problem.
Seeing that the person in front of him wouldn't release the eagle until he saw the rabbit, President Liu wanted to say something but stopped.
