Mediterranean Hegemony Road

Sophia in January is still bathed in the arms of winter, and the snowflakes are faintly visible, looming, as if the gods in the sky were inadvertently scattered to the mortal world.

Facing the cold winter, Ferdinand walked out of the palace gate and went to the Bulgarian University for inspection.

In this era, Bulgarian college students are synonymous with hard work. Ferdinand regarded them as scientists for training. Of course, the content to be learned is also indispensable, and winter and summer vacations naturally do not exist.

All universities in Bulgaria have a five-year schooling system. They have to complete all the courses of later generations of undergraduates, postgraduates and doctoral students in just three years, and the other two years are used for internships.

I get up at 5:20 every morning, receive an hour of military training, wash for ten minutes, and then start my morning class.

The get out of class ends at 7:30, and then there is an hour for breakfast, followed by another class, each class is one and a half hours, half an hour between classes, and lasts until noon for lunch.

Meal time is the same one hour, class starts at one o'clock, and dinner starts at four thirty.

The one-hour military training started at 5:30, and the class started again at 7:00. It was not until 10:30 that school was dismissed. Before 11:00, he had to finish washing and go to bed.

Well, they are studying all day long, and there is only one holiday per month, and all the holidays each year add up to no more than 20 days. This is university life in Bulgaria.

No way, elite education is so strict, and this is what Bulgarian educators did with some modifications based on noble training.

So Bulgarian college students have become the hardest college students in the world, but they have no reason to refuse, and universities across the country are a standard.

Even for foreign students, except for a few geniuses, most of them are not as capable as the college students who are trained locally. The facts are in front of us, who can criticize this education model.

In addition to the heavy coursework, it is not easy to graduate from the university successfully. Many professional graduation thesis must be completed by their own experiments.

Otherwise, the tutor alone will not be able to pass the test, not to mention fraud. Everyone will be responsible for the authenticity of the thesis for life. Once a problem occurs, the diploma will be recovered and a heavy penalty will be imposed.

Under this strict education model, there is also an unexpected gain, that is, Ferdinand has been a king for so many years, and there has never been a student demonstration.

The messy thoughts of the outside world will disappear when they arrive at the school, and they will not spread at all. Everyone is busy studying. Who dares to be distracted and do not want to graduate?

You must know that Bulgarian college students are now strictly selected. Even so, the graduation rate is still less than 50%, and the rest will naturally be repeated.

If you don’t graduate after three years of retention, you can only go out to work and study. Anyway, so far, only one person has obtained a diploma after leaving school.

Of course, there is no one standard for everyone. Geniuses can be an exception. If they are strong enough, they can take the graduation exam in advance. It is also allowed to ask for leave to do research. If they graduate with great achievements, they can be exempted from the exam.

The World War has affected all walks of life in Bulgaria, but it has not affected the school. There are two worlds inside and outside the school.

Except for occasionally hearing a few tutors discussing, and reading it in the newspapers ordered by the school, everyone almost forgot about the World War.

Ferdinand knew that middle-2 young people were the most prone to rebellion. There must be many people who are dissatisfied with such a heavy coursework now. Why do they have to take so many courses, and foreign universities do not need them?

At this time, their senior brothers or mentors will tell them that you are all Bulgarian elites, what is an elite

Of course, the ability is stronger than others. Since this is the case, it is natural that it cannot be treated according to the standard of ordinary people. Compared with the universities that ordinary people go to abroad, is this not a shame?

And there are a lot of cases,

The education of the children of the old nobles in Europe, look at the strict requirements of the upper class, do you want to be one of them?

In addition to these daily brainwashing, Ferdinand also visited several universities in Bulgaria almost every year. Of course, he also gave these students a bowl of chicken soup for the soul.

Every time, after he went to inspect, the people below were as excited as chicken blood

The reality is in front of you, the salary is good, and the status is still high. Now, among the newly promoted nobles in Bulgaria, in addition to the army, there are the most scientific researchers.

Although the total number of people is already the largest in the army, the proportion of scientific research is high, almost reaching one-tenth of the total number of people.

Basically, as long as a large scientific research result is produced, someone will join the big family of aristocrats, and the tangible benefits will become the driving force for everyone to engage in research and development.

This time was no exception, and despite the freezing wind, Ferdinand delivered an exciting speech.

Fortunately, the weather in Sofia is not too cold, and it is only a few degrees below zero today. If it is left in St. Petersburg when it is 20 to 30 degrees below zero, it is estimated that he will not be able to speak.

Of course, Ferdinand wasn't the one who blamed himself. In fact, this was also the time when he tested the results of his teaching. At least he could see the results of military training.

Bulgarian students have military training classes every day. It has always been rain or shine. Standing in the snow for a while is not a problem. If no one can afford this hardship, then there will be a problem with school education.

In fact, this kind of thing has never happened. Military training is a Bulgarian tradition. It started from elementary school and has long penetrated into everyone's bones.

Habits become natural, it is already a part of their lives. If you find a group of people of all ages in the suburbs who consciously do physical training every day, don't be surprised, this is their living habit.

"Your Majesty, do you want to rest for a while?" the attendant asked

Ferdinand waved his hand and said with a smile, "No, it's so cold, and the students are all standing on the playground. It's not good if it freezes."

Adolf Cole, the old dean next to him, was a little dissatisfied, and said confidently: "Your Majesty, you are overthinking it, even if you let them stand outside for a day, these guys are still alive and kicking."

Ferdinand smiled and said, "Of course, just kidding, Bulgarians can't be so vulnerable."

For this retired old man, Ferdinand still respects him very much. He single-handedly built the education system of Bulgarian universities, and now it has been extended to the whole country.

In short, it is strict and rigid rules and regulations, and flexible mechanisms, copying the German education model, and combining with the actual situation to carry out in-depth processing, making Bulgarian education a system of its own.

Perhaps Ferdinand himself did not realize that Bulgaria has gone farther and farther in military education, and has penetrated into every corner of the country, especially the quality of its soldiers, which is far superior to other countries.

Even if you pull up a militia force anywhere, they can go directly to the battlefield, and the combat effectiveness will not be much lower than the main force of the current major powers.

In fact, the world war is going on now. If someone carefully studies it, they will find a very interesting phenomenon, which is a bit like the German civil war.

The British royal family is of German noble origin, and there are also a number of German nobles in the UK; the same is true of the Russian Empire, the Tsarist family is also of German noble origin, and there are naturally many German nobles in the country; Bulgaria is still the same, and Ferdinand is also from Germany aristocrats, there are still many German aristocrats in the country

Even if everyone is inextricably linked, but no one has been soft-hearted when it comes to starting, this is very "European", relatives are relatives, and war is war.

Even if the war was so fierce, Ferdinand still held his title in Germany and Austria, William II still held the title of the British, and he was revoked without saying anything. A strong man like Ferdinand The king dares to visit relatives in an open and honest way

For example: his uncle Franz Joseph I died, he still sent a representative to the funeral, still expressed his condolences, and no one felt that there was anything wrong

Of course, there are also weak ones. For example, when George V just gave up his rights, he was pinched by others, and he was also detained by someone for colluding with the Germans. If it wasn't for the good business of the British royal family before, the royalist faction was very powerful. , will become a republic

Under everyone's attention, Ferdinand walked slowly to the podium and started a passionate speech: "Classmates and teachers, today, my choice seems to be not very good, the cold wind is piercing.

But the world is so cruel, can we not be changed by our will, but a mere blizzard can make us surrender?"

"No" everyone said in unison

Ferdinand continued: "The will of man cannot change the world, but the power of technology can

From the first day you entered the school gate, someone has told you that knowledge changes destiny, and knowledge changes the world

I won't repeat it, the world war is about to end soon, and Bulgaria's focus will once again return to domestic construction. But that doesn't mean the world is at peace

This brutal war also explained to us the nature of this world, the strong eat the weak and the fittest survive.

It seems to ordinary people that the failure of the Allies was because the Germans did not have a reliable ally and would be amazed at the strength of the Germans

But it seems to me quite the opposite, the failure of the Allies is that the Germans are not strong enough, the only reason they will fail is that they are not strong enough

Don't pin your hopes on the outside world, only your own strength is really strong

So what about us Bulgaria can't even match the Germans, and at most we can only be on par with the Austro-Hungarian Empire, what are we doing?

The question of what to do if we are not strong enough is going to be asked of you. Our generation is about to become a thing of the past. We have fulfilled the mission entrusted to us by the times, and the future of this country has been handed over to you.

The future of Bulgaria is up to you, are you ready to meet the mission that the times have entrusted to you?"