The news of the life-and-death battle between the German and French troops at Verdun was immediately passed on to Edel. Facing this battle, Edel only knew that it was the battle with the heaviest casualties in the First World War, and everything else was almost forgotten.
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However, now that a decisive war has broken out between Germany and France, it has also relieved the pressure on Romania from a side perspective. Not everyone can calmly face all of their neighbors joining the war, while they are as stable as Mount Tai.
At least stationed in Bulgaria, the German 11th Army led by Field Marshal Mackensen is not expected to stay long. When the German army is not seriously injured, Edel does not want to face the world's strongest army yet. This is not in line with Romania's
Interests, of course, are not in his interests.
Edel put down the information about Verdun and took out a piece of news about the country. This was a statistical report on Romanian school students sent by the Ministry of Education, and Edel was looking at it carefully.
Edel, a good young man of the new century who was born in New China and grew up in Hongqi, is certainly no stranger to education. He still has some vivid memories of the education he received in his previous life.
The situation in Romania now has certain similarities with the motherland of his previous life, so some of the methods in his previous life can also provide some reference for Romania. What Adel is thinking about now is to use education to improve the quality of Romanian citizens and prepare for the future.
Edel, who has lived in Romania for more than 20 years, has a deep understanding of the characteristics of the Romanian people.
Because the fertile land of Romania has created unkind habits of the Romanians. From the earliest rule of the Roman Empire, to the Avars, Slavs, Cumans, Tatars, and finally the Ottomans. Records recorded in Romania
Historically, the Romanians have been ruled by various ethnic groups. This makes Edel, who has the memory of later generations, feel a little helpless. In the textbooks of previous lives, the few times they were ruled by other ethnic groups have always been a history of humiliation.
If you look at the history books of Romania, they all have a history of being oppressed. This makes Eder feel that it is urgent to reform Romania’s habits. In fact, Romania has been doing it in the past few years, but they are more based on nationalism.
Direction. However, nationalism is a double-edged sword. If it is not grasped well, it will turn into populism and it can easily hurt oneself.
So Edel has always believed that a new direction is needed, but fortunately there is a ready-made reference target, which is the approach to reunifying Germany. Some people may say that the motherland of later generations has also done a good job in this regard, and Edel has actually considered it.
, but in the end he gave up this idea. Because Romania did not have a strict political group that issued orders and took effect, it was too easy to take it for granted by learning the methods of the previous motherland.
As we all know, Germany was a loosely divided land in Central Europe from the early to the middle of the 19th century. It was not until Prussia unified Germany that it became a major European power. Continuous investment in education is the key to Germany's strength, and Edel also plans to take this path.
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However, what is different from Germany is that Romania has greater pressure to rise. Now the development of science and technology has made the gap between European countries wider and wider. If Germany is stronger than Germany, it can fight on two fronts to face Britain and France alone, and still have free time.
Hit Russia with one hand. Weak countries can only survive by relying on strong ones.
Edel, who is Chinese at heart, cannot bear to have his own destiny in the hands of others. That's why he needs to lead Romania to the negotiating table of the great powers and have his own seat instead of waiting for the verdict of the great powers.
Then increasing investment in education will also be the main means. Of course, controlling the direction of public opinion is equally important, and Edel will not relax on either.
Now there are 951,600 students in Romania, and the number of teachers has reached 15,700. The number of students has reached 10.5% of the population, and the number of students taught by each teacher has also dropped to 60.6. It is much better than Romania in its previous life, but it is still
It fell short of Edel's expectations.
We must know that Germany, which is famous for its emphasis on education, has a terrifying figure of 11.67 million school students across the country with its 65 million population. This will mean that school students account for 17.95% of the total population, basically covering the entire German education-age population. Every
A German is educated, which enables Germans to compete with other countries in all aspects.
The education in Edel's mind will also look like this, but his goal will be even bolder. He plans to take advantage of Romania's current good economic situation to launch nine-year compulsory education. This is not Edel's inner expansion and his desire to conquer the world.
The country that attaches great importance to education is the result of his careful consideration.
If you want to transform the characteristics of a nation, you need long-term financial investment, changes in social cognition, and the guidance of public opinion. Moreover, this investment can only be guided slowly, and it will take decades. Now Romania cannot wait.
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In Edel's mind, World War II was the last chance for Romania to rise. If this opportunity was missed, it would be impossible unless Romania had a territory of 9.6 million square kilometers, a population of over one billion, and a powerful organization.
The political party has been moving forward in accordance with the set goals, so that it can achieve a breakthrough in the fixed social structure after World War II. Romania does not have any of these, so World War II will be the last chance.
At the same time, educated and high-quality citizens will be better than uneducated people no matter what kind of job they will engage in in the future, including the military. This is what Edel thinks is the key. Although Romania now has 400,000
A strong standing army, but this is the result of decades of continuous training.
You must know that the training for recruits in Romania lasts 15 weeks, which is longer than the training time for recruits of all major powers. From this aspect, it can be said that the Romanian army attaches great importance to training, but this is not because the quality of the civilian population is not as good as that of other major powers, and it is a last resort.
What's the solution?
You must know that according to the Romanian military's investigation, 12 weeks of training for German recruits is more effective than 15 weeks of training for Romanian recruits. Whether it is technical and tactical understanding or understanding of military orders, these are goals that Romanian recruits cannot surpass.
These are the conveniences brought by high-quality citizens, and they are also temptations that Edel cannot refuse.
What's more, Romania only has a population of 16 million including the overseas tribesmen, which is much smaller than the 30 to 40 million population of today's major powers. Romania cannot afford to use the tactics of competition and attrition. Therefore, it cultivates Romania's own high-quality people.
