Mediterranean Hegemony Road

The cabinet meeting ended smoothly, and Ferdinand was very satisfied with the division of labor. He got the supervisory power over the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education.

Compared with other industries, the cabinet did not pay enough attention to agriculture, and there were very few plans involving agricultural development, which gave Ferdinand an opportunity.

The Ministry of Education is even simpler, the Bulgarian treasury is out of money. Apart from the opposition parties, the most ruthless critics of the government are the education sector. Teachers' salaries have been suspended for several months.

Since King Ferdinand is willing to take over, they naturally don't mind throwing away a mess, anyway, they still owe education funds.

Ferdinand received two hot potatoes, but he was very happy.

Bulgaria is an agricultural country with poor mineral resources. The easiest thing to do in the short term is agriculture.

Compared with the utilization rate of land in China, Bulgaria and European countries are too far behind. If the area of ​​arable land in Eastern Bulgaria can be doubled.

Of course, Ferdinand didn't intend to do that, and it wasn't necessary at all. The area is comparable to that of Jiangsu Province, and now there are only more than three million people, less than one-tenth of the population of Jiangsu in the same period.

Ferdinand's plan to vigorously build water conservancy, promote advanced agricultural technology, and increase grain output is enough. (Agricultural development in the Balkans lags behind, and the grain yield per mu during the same period is less than two-thirds of that in Western Europe.)

As long as he does these things well and has the support of the peasant class, which occupies nine layers of the total population, he will be invincible. To this end, even if it costs hundreds of thousands of pounds, Ferdinand does not hesitate.

As for the education sector, it is better. History tells him that as long as he controls the school, he controls public opinion. If you control the next generation of the country, you will control the future of this country.

The immediate priority is to build a university. Bulgaria's first university in history, the University of Sofia, was established in 1888.

It is the same university that created the first socialist society in Bulgaria, the Scientific Society, which laid the foundation for the proletarian revolution.

Ferdinand's high efficiency is enough to make the cabinet feel ashamed. Knowing that the treasury had no money, he did not go to Stam's cabinet either.

On January 10, 1888, just after the division of labor was clarified in the cabinet, Ferdinand, as the Grand Duke of Bulgaria, issued the second decree "Issuing 5 million leva education bonds" (Note: 1 lev = 1 franc = 0.2903225 grams of gold)

The whole country was shocked, knowing that due to the civil war, Bulgaria's fiscal revenue in 1887 was less than 40 million levs.

This move was quickly supported by the educational circles and the enlightened bourgeoisie. Although the interest is only slightly higher than the bank deposit, and the tenure is as long as ten years, everyone still generously donated, and half of the sales were sold in just one month.

The shrewd Ferdinand, of course, knew how to maximize the benefits. Not only did he subscribe for 300,000 leva in a high-profile manner, he also publicly invited the media to monitor the use of this fee, which greatly increased his reputation.

Anyway, he doesn't intend to deduct education funds, no matter how strict the media supervision is, the unlucky people are only the people below. He wouldn't mind if he could catch a few worms.

I got the money, except for the repayment of teachers' wages that were owed over the years. Funded the construction of Bulgaria's first university - "Bulgarian University".

The remaining part of the money has not been moved. The cabinet tried to pay attention several times, but was blocked by Ferdinand's special money.

Stam was in a hurry, and he followed Ferdinand's example and issued bonds. However, his appetite is not as small as Ferdinand's. The funds required by the "Five-Year Plan" are astronomical for the government.

The first shot was 50 million levs worth of railway bonds, followed by 30 million levs of industrial bonds.

Bulgarians are not that wealthy and the government is not so reputable. For the millions of education debts, they carried forward the spirit of patriotism, and they ate their teeth.

For the industrial bonds and railway bonds issued by the government, there is nothing that can be done, and it is embarrassing to sell hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The troubles of the cabinet, Ferdinand did not worry about. He is still worrying about the candidate for the university's first president, who must be highly respected and convincing in the education world.

Among the people in the Bulgarian education circle, there is precisely no one who is expected to be popular. Like this country, most international students with sufficient ability are still young and do not have that qualification. The older generation is conservative in thinking, lacks an international perspective, and cannot keep up with the times.

Ferdinand, who could not find a candidate, turned his attention to the Ministry of Education.

"Minister Chekov, what does your Ministry of Education think about the rectors of Bulgarian universities?" Ferdinand

"Your Excellency the Grand Duke, the education world has been quarreling now. There are only three people who are eligible to nominate, but their abilities are difficult to convince!" Minister of Education Chekov said with a headache.

Ferdinand knew that the lack of ability was still a small problem. The key was that all three of them were opponents of Stam's cabinet. Veteran educators belong to the pro-Russian faction, and the cabinet will definitely prevent them from taking office.

"What about the others? We always have to find a suitable candidate. We can't drag it on like this. Now the school is still an empty shell! What to do then, you should go back and think about it slowly!" Ferdinand threw the pressure on Qi Cove

This made Chekov very embarrassed. If he was elected from these three people, how should he explain to the cabinet? If you choose someone else, how can you convince the education community?

The headache of Chekov suddenly lit up, and he thought of a suitable candidate, or let the king be suspended. Once the idea came out, I couldn't stop it.

First of all, the cabinet will not oppose and can suppress the opposition; secondly, the education sector has also explained the past, at least in the future, there is no need to worry about education funding, this reason is enough to make the three old stubborn quit.

On the way back, Chekov thought the better. If Ferdinand is made the president of the university, then the presence of the Ministry of Education will definitely be greatly enhanced, and the king can bear it even if he needs funding, without having to bear the pressure of the cabinet himself.

No, such a big thing is not something I can do alone, so I just contact the education community and let them come forward. If anyone objects, let him be responsible for solving education funding!

Not contrary to Chekov's expectations, after the news was released, the endless debate in the education circle stopped immediately.

For the benefit of everyone, or for their own jobs, they can receive their wages on time. Almost all teachers have publicly expressed their support for Ferdinand as the principal.

Ferdinand was stunned, and he was the one who everyone expected. At the moment, I think it is impossible. I am an outsider, and I have only been on the throne for half a year, and I have not done anything major, so I can get the support of everyone.

Even if Chekov repeatedly stated, he could not convince Ferdinand that he did not want to be a principal and then be scolded by those educators.

"Karl, send someone to check, what's going on?" Ferdinand still decided to find out the situation

"Grand Duke, this is actually very simple!" Carl said calmly

"Oh, tell me?" Ferdinand