[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-rise-of-the-empire-spain":3,"chapter-rise-of-the-empire-spain-rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-375":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Rise of the Empire: Spain",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2365303,4632,"Chapter 375: Educational Undertakings","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-375",375,"\u003Cp>Gao Da did not care how troubled the British were at this moment; because they had just occupied Morocco, all of Spain was quite excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to better carry out the localization of Morocco, after discussions by the Spanish government, it was finally decided to carry out a major renaming of cities throughout Morocco.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Moroccan cities would build a large number of Spanish-style buildings and migrate a large number of people from Spain and other European countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides this, the names of the cities would also be changed to Spanish-style names, completely removing the previous Moroccan style.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After this set of measures, the localization work of Morocco was mostly completed. It only required the in-depth implementation of the work to halve the Moroccan population and the migration of more European people to complete the entire localization progress step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for personally appointing the Viceroy of the Morocco colony, Gao Da did not pay too much attention to the localization work of the Morocco colony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Da was still quite trusting of the current Minister of Colonial Affairs, Count Menotti, and the Viceroy of the Morocco colony he had appointed himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The localization of the Morocco colony was actually not a difficult task; it could just be used to test their abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to these tasks, Gao Da was more concerned about the scientific development and technological progress in Europe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, it was already 1896, and the 20th century would soon open its curtain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What technology would be most important for the military in the 20th century? Among them, the most worth mentioning were probably the two technologies of tanks and airplanes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the era when tanks and airplanes showed their great power would have to wait until World War II, in fact, tanks and airplanes already had prototypes during World War I or even before it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The invention of any science and technology is not achieved overnight; it is realized by later generations standing on the shoulders of giants after exploration in this area by generation after generation of pioneers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the famous father of modern aviation, the Wright brothers, conducted their first flight experiment in the true sense in 1903.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The airplane technology at that time was not yet mature, and airplanes only showed their great power in the Second World War; there was an interval of thirty or forty years in between.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The famous father of aviation was not the creator of airplane technology either. As early as thousands of years ago, people had all kinds of fantasies about flying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The design principle of the modern airplane was proposed by the British scientist George Cayley. He clarified the design idea of separating lift from power and is hailed as the father of aeronautics.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the design idea proposed by George Cayley was at the beginning of this century, and decades have passed since then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can be clearly seen that various other scientific technologies, including airplanes, all evolved step by step through exploration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This actually also represents one thing: wanting to develop a technology requires relying on long-term exploration and a large amount of capital as well as the investment of scientists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Da certainly knew when airplanes and tanks were invented, but Gao Da would not wait until that time to study the relevant technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As early as several years ago, Gao Da had established research projects related to airplanes and tanks at the Royal Academy of Sciences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, for the sake of confidentiality, the research project related to airplanes was called \"Sky,\" and the project related to tanks was called \"Water Tank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, after several years of research, both research projects have made certain progress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, wanting to manufacture finished airplanes and tanks based on this, the difficulty was still a bit high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tanks are relatively simple; the most primitive tank was nothing more than a vehicle covered with a layer of iron sheet. Currently, automobiles already exist, and covering them with a thin layer of iron armor—saying such a product is a primitive tank is actually no problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But airplanes are different. No matter how primitive an airplane is, a finished airplane is destined to be able to fly into the sky in a controllable manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this point cannot be realized, no matter what materials make up the airplane, it cannot be called a complete airplane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the science and technology of this era, wanting to manufacture a controllable airplane capable of flying into the sky, the difficulty is still very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Da has visited the \"Sky\" project team many times and, according to their research and development progress, appropriately lowered the requirements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Da suggested that the \"Sky\" project team first manufacture an airplane that could glide by wind power, and after success, then manufacture a glider that could control direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After succeeding again, it would not be too late to consider adding power to the glider. Anyway, there are really too many factors to consider regarding airplanes, and this kind of technology cannot be rushed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Da also encouraged the experts of these project teams and personally promised that during their research and development, no matter how much the research funding was, it would absolutely not be a penny less.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, Gao Da has never been stingy regarding these project researches of the Royal Academy of Sciences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the establishment of the Royal Academy of Sciences, project teams have been established one after another. At first, because the number of academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences was small, the scientific research funds invested in the Royal Academy of Sciences each year were only a few million pesetas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with the continuous expansion of the number of academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences, the research and development funding also doubled continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current number of people in the Royal Academy of Sciences has exceeded 2,000, making it a super-large scientific research association in the true sense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You must know that there are only two ways to join the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. One is to receive an invitation letter from the Royal Academy of Sciences through one's own research achievements, and the other is to be recommended by an academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences and then enter after a series of reviews.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter which way of entering the Royal Academy of Sciences, the academy's review is quite strict. Doing so is also to ensure that those who enter the Royal Academy of Sciences are high-level talents from Europe or even the whole world, and there will be no experts who are just loafing around mixed in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also the reason why Gao Da is not stingy at all with the academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Since he knows that these scientists are all capable, Gao Da naturally does not mind using funds to help them conduct research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After so many years of development, the Royal Academy of Sciences has already possessed different departments. Among them, the most important are the physics and chemistry departments, and there are others including the geology department, life sciences and medical departments, etc., in charge of different types of academicians and research projects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since there are departments, there are naturally heads for each department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it is the head of each department or the head of a research project, they can receive an extra salary on top of the original academician's salary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This can also be considered an incentive for these scientists. As long as one can join the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, even if there are no major breakthroughs in scientific research for the rest of one's life, one can live without worries for a lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spain's treatment of these scientists is excellent, which is also the reason why the academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences have continued to expand after so many years of development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for a small portion cultivated within Spain itself, most of the academicians were lured by Spain from various European countries through awards and other benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To put it nicely, it is called luring; to put it bluntly, it is actually poaching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this phenomenon is actually very common in European countries. After all, the area of European countries is too small, and coupled with the relatively developed economy, immigration is very normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The original Spain had no attraction for the European public; after all, Spain's geographical location was not only relatively remote, but its economy was also relatively backward, and the education and medical environment were also relatively poor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after many reforms and developments in Spain, Spain's own industry and economy have reached the level of medium-to-upper-tier powers, and the education and medical environment have also been greatly improved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For many Europeans, Spain is also a relatively good place to go. Although Spain still has such or such shortcomings, Spain also has its own advantages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to a popular immigration destination like the United States, Spain can also avoid war and is located in Europe, not too far from home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Going to the United States might be safer, but the problem is that the United States and Europe are separated by the Atlantic Ocean, which is equivalent to leaving one's hometown forever, and it is basically impossible to return to Europe again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences has a total of 2,224 academicians, among which there are 972 basic first-level academicians, accounting for 43.7%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are 772 second-level academicians, accounting for 34.7%. The number of third-level academicians is also not small, with a total of 480, accounting for 21.6%. Whether they are the heads of various departments of the Royal Academy of Sciences or the heads of various research projects, their own status is still that of an academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First-level academician is the most basic title of the Royal Academy of Sciences, while third-level academician is the highest title of the Royal Academy of Sciences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All scientists who can obtain the title of third-level academician are, without exception, carefully selected by the Royal Academy of Sciences and are existences that can be called scientific masters throughout Europe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people either possess extremely rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience themselves, or have developed quite important scientific inventions; otherwise, they are not qualified to be promoted to third-level academicians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that Spain can have 480 third-level academicians is enough to show how hard Gao Da has worked in talent mining over the years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to lure these talents, Gao Da offered a salary sufficient to attract the attention of scientists all over the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The salary of the most basic first-level academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences is as high as 3,500 pesetas, and coupled with the income from other part-time jobs of first-level academicians, the annual income is at least 5,000 or 6,000 pesetas or more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The income of second-level academicians is as high as 7,500 pesetas, and with other part-time income, it can easily exceed 10,000. If there is progress in relatively important research and development projects, whether it is the income brought by the research project itself or Gao Da's rewards, it is enough to make the income of these second-level academicians multiply several times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the highest-level third-level academicians, the basic income is already as high as 12,500 pesetas. Third-level academicians mostly hold some relatively important positions concurrently, such as honorary professors, deans, and vice deans of some Spanish universities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These part-time jobs at universities can allow them to obtain an income comparable to their basic salary, not to mention the income brought by presiding over a major research project, which can also allow their income to multiply several times on this basis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This has also led to academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences always wanting to be promoted to third-level academicians, because the income of third-level academicians is truly high; the basic income alone is already the income of a Spanish household for several or even more than ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, among these academicians of the Academy of Sciences in Spain, the most famous should be Benz, the general manager of the Royal Benz Automobile Company, and Gramme, the general manager of the Spanish Royal Electric Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Da personally promised these academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences that as long as the research project succeeds, the project team can share 5% of the benefits brought by the research project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it is the income brought by automobiles or the income brought by electricity, the 5% share represents an astronomical figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also the reason why Benz and Gramme are famous; they have become famous multi-millionaires, and such wealth is what other academicians in Spain want to achieve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although many scientists do not value fame and wealth, there are also many scientists who still value money relatively highly. After all, besides being able to improve their own living standards, money can also allow their families to live better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, having more money can also make their project research go more smoothly. There are a large number of unknown talents in the whole of Europe; the reason they are unknown is either because their own luck is insufficient, or because they do not have much economic ability to support themselves in conducting project research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the famous father of aviation, the Wright brothers. Their early airplane experiments did not bring them much income, and the Wright brothers were even impoverished because of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were not for finally obtaining funding from the US military, I am afraid the Wright brothers would have already gone bankrupt before a real airplane was born, and naturally, there would be no legend left about the Wright brothers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current status quo in Europe is really appropriate to summarize with the saying \"there are often thousands of fine horses, but not often a Bole to recognize them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Europe attaches importance to education, there is no shortage of talent within Europe. In addition to those famous scientists in history, there are many capable scientific workers within Europe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Da has no filter for these historical celebrities, nor will he simply think that as long as they are historical celebrities, their abilities must be particularly outstanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These historically famous scientists, besides their own outstanding talents, their own learning and life experiences are also the reasons that made them stand out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is precisely because Gao Da knows this point that he did not disrupt the life trajectories of some famous scientists who are currently in their youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyway, Gao Da has a clear memory of a large number of famous scientists in his mind, and it will not be too late to lure them after they gradually grow up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently, Spain's main goal in luring talent is those scientists who are already quite capable. No matter whether these people have left a heavy mark in history or not, as long as it is confirmed that their ability in scientific research is indeed good, they are the targets of Spain's luring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if the ability of these experts is not enough to join the Royal Academy of Sciences, they can be invited to Spain to serve as visiting professors at some universities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides university professors, there are other positions; anyway, as long as they are talents, Spain welcomes them warmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is precisely because of the addition of these backbone-like talents that Spain's reform and development have been so smooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After these 20-plus years of development, Spain has caught up with the progress of European countries in terms of education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for those elderly and disabled people who truly cannot shake off their illiterate status, the vast majority of Spaniards have already completed at least primary school education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The nine-year compulsory education pilot work carried out in Madrid and Barcelona is also quite smooth. According to the report of the Minister of Education, Alan Carlton, in the new year, which is 1896, the education department will try to promote nine-year compulsory education in more cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the just-passed 1895, Spain's annual fiscal revenue reached a new high, as high as 1.4462 billion pesetas. The total fiscal expenditure of the same year was only 1.3964 billion pesetas, and this was still because Spain launched the Morocco War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Morocco War had not been launched, the fiscal expenditure would have been even less, at least 20 million pesetas, which also proves that Spain's current fiscal situation is indeed quite good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The foreign debt that Gao Da owed in the first few years after becoming the King of Spain has basically been paid off by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spanish government only has the debt owed to the royal family left to be paid off, but Gao Da does not care about this small amount of money and specifically instructed the government to pay it back slowly, so as not to affect the fiscal budget of various departments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is precisely because of this that the education department has such confidence to promote the implementation of nine-year compulsory education nationwide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The influence of nine-year compulsory education is very far-reaching. Don't look at the fact that the difference between nine-year compulsory education and six-year compulsory education is only three years of junior high school; in fact, it can also affect the number of students in high school and even university.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the government bears the tuition fees for primary and junior high school for Spaniards, those poor families will have more funds to allow students to attend high school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A very simple truth: the more primary school students there are, the more middle school students there will naturally be. The more middle school students there are, the more high school students there will naturally be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With more high school students, there will naturally be more university students every year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Education is originally like this, one link after another, from the most basic primary school education affecting the middle-level junior high and high school education, and then affecting the high-level university education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the popularization of nine-year compulsory education can be completed, this will be an important milestone in the history of education for Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spain, having completed the popularization of nine-year compulsory education, not to mention ranking first in the world in terms of education, can at least rank among the forefront of Europe, at a level of being firmly in the top three and striving for the first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because he understands the importance of education to the country, Gao Da immediately summoned the Minister of Education, Alan Carlton, after seeing that report, and asked about the problems encountered by the education department in promoting nine-year compulsory education in the two cities of Madrid and Barcelona, as well as what proactive responses the education department should make for the nationwide promotion of nine-year compulsory education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a discussion lasting nearly two hours, Gao Da found that this Minister of Education was indeed fully prepared for the nationwide promotion of nine-year compulsory education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the education department was already fully prepared, Kaluo naturally would not obstruct them further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In any case, Spain currently had sufficient funds to promote nine-year compulsory education, as the colonies from Africa could provide Spain with a large amount of fiscal revenue every year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Money had to be spent somewhere, so it was better to use it in the education and medical sectors, allowing the Spanish people to tangibly feel the difference between the current Spain and the Spain of before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only the Spain of the Sun Never Sets era could have used its vast wealth for domestic development, the one to drive the First Industrial Revolution might not have been Britain, but Spain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I rushed and rushed but still made it in time; thank you all for your support!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today's ten-thousand-word goal was successfully completed, and I still need to do ten thousand words for two more days!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",3335,"2026-06-25T09:27:14.599Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e14b5d48bfa849a2c8cc1c415df73058f8e4449d45ec03867e65f5204a6469c4","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-376","rise-of-the-empire-spain-chapter-374",493,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Frise-of-the-empire-spain-cover.jpg"]