Holy Roman Empire

The vigorous examination of the Austrian civil servants continued until February 1849, and the final result was a few happy and a few worried.

Franz breathed a sigh of relief and finally ended smoothly. With this good start, the talent selection system in Austria has changed.

The central government uniformly selects talents and assigns them to serve in local areas, which greatly weakens local power and strengthens centralization.

On February 6, 1849, the Austrian National Parliament officially opened, marking the beginning of the participation of all Austrian peoples in politics and the determination of the fate of the country.

A total of 115 parliamentarians from various ethnic groups in Austria participated in the meeting. Theoretically, the quota was allocated according to the population ratio, but considering the actual situation, it increased to 15 people.

Many ethnic groups in Austria are scattered and concentrated. Franz cannot naturally gather them together. The election of parliamentarians is based on regions.

The candidate is naturally nominated by His Majesty the Great Emperor, and then elected by local vote.If a nation has no representative, do n’t worry or panic, it ’s just being represented.

In the cheers of the people, Austria ’s nominally highest authority, the Austrian National Parliament, was established.

The first thing the National Assembly opened was the adoption of the Austrian Compulsory Education Law.The much-anticipated compulsory education was finally established in Austria in the form of law.

The opinions the government solicited from the society have also come to an end. Hundreds of thousands of suggestions have been received one after another. Of course, most of them are repeated.

To Franz's surprise, there are so many people who oppose compulsory education, and nearly half of the opinions are to advise the government not to hurt the people.

That's right, in the eyes of many people, compulsory education is a waste of money.

They also cited examples. The two great powers in the world today—Britain and Russia—do not have compulsory education, while the kingdom of Prussia next door has engaged in compulsory education and has not become a world hegemon.

Franz, who has a strong quality in his heart, decisively ignored these different opinions.

The dividends of compulsory education in the Kingdom of Prussia are not yet obvious. Only after the outbreak of the second industrial revolution will everyone suddenly realize that the Kingdom of Prussia has so many skilled workers and engineers.

Relying on a large number of skilled workers and engineers, after the outbreak of the second industrial revolution, the German economy surpassed the United Kingdom.

After several rounds of screening, finally in Franz ’s hands, there were five feasible plans, including the arrangement of people to propose sandbox teaching.

Seeing one of them, Franz was very angry.

"Part-time and part-time compulsory education" simply means that children who receive compulsory education should go to the factory to work part-time, and then take half-day classes to use their work income to pay for the cost of compulsory education.

On the surface, there is no problem, in fact, the problem is big.Once the capitalists colluded with the school, it is estimated that good compulsory education has become a source of cheap labor for the capitalists.

Even if it is all arranged to a state-owned enterprise, the final result will not be much better. State-owned enterprise managers will also chase benefits, and finally everyone will collude and work half-day to become a day, which is not surprising.

Franz still has a temperament, he can't do anything about exploiting children.

Moreover, the Kingdom of Prussia, which is even poorer than Austria, can complete compulsory education, and there is no reason why he cannot carry it out.

After decisively kicking this one, Franz found that there was no most pit, only more pits.

Someone actually proposed that church-style compulsory education, in other words, entrusts compulsory education to the church, the government allocates funds to the church, and the church is responsible for compulsory education.

Franz really wanted to find the bastard who made this suggestion and then unloaded it.

In terms of cost, it is indeed possible to save a part. Churches are spread all over the country. Students can go home to live and save the cost of school construction. The clergy have other income and do not rely on wages to live on, as long as some subsidies are paid.

But the consequences?It is a serious question whether the next generation cultivated by the church will be loyal to the emperor or the church in the end.

Franz did not dare to underestimate the influence of religion. From the Middle Ages to the present, European governments are trying to weaken the influence of religion and drive the history backward. How is this possible?

These two seemingly feasible pit-loading suggestions actually contained misfortune, but so many people agreed, Franz couldn't help but sigh, "National quality education should be strengthened!"

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After excluding two suggestions, Franz said: "Prime Minister, submit these three reliable opinions to the parliament for discussion, and choose one of the compulsory education that best suits Austria's national conditions."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Felix replied

The so-called discussion is nothing more than a passing scene, the will of the emperor is the will of the Austrian National Assembly.It is okay to have your own opinion, but it cannot conflict with the emperor's opinion.

Of course, if there is a good reason to convince His Majesty the Emperor, Franz is also good at it, as long as it is a good suggestion, he is willing to adopt it.

The Minister of Education, Leo von Tutus-Huoheng, handed over a thick document and said: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Education has already prepared a plan for compulsory education. Please review it."

Franz took the document, about two or three hundred pages, he did not rush to open it, so much content could not be read in a moment and a half.

Austria is a multi-ethnic country, and its national conditions are very complicated. Compulsory education is implemented in different ethnic areas, and the methods and methods used are different.

There are more aspects involved, and the plan becomes thicker in the end.

"Count Huo Heng, let's talk about your plan, is it ready?" Franz asked with concern.

Huo Heng quickly replied: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Education sent people to conduct field research throughout the country, and decided to adopt batch-type compulsory education, starting with the metropolitan area where the population is concentrated, and gradually spreading to the countryside.

Our goal this year is to carry out compulsory education in major cities such as Vienna, Prague, Pecs, etc., and strive to popularize compulsory education throughout the country within five years.

The location of schools in these big cities has basically been determined. Considering the funding problem, we are in principle renovating the existing buildings.

At present, 1023 schools have been constructed, and a total of 34216 teachers have been recruited. These teachers are undergoing emergency training and are expected to be completed in May.

The Ministry of Education plans to officially open compulsory education in June this year.In the early stage, taking into account the school's carrying capacity, we first enrolled students who enrolled voluntarily and waited five years before compulsory education for all school-age children."

Franz nodded. What he was most afraid of was that officials were blindly working on projects for political achievements and tossed good compulsory education.

"Whether the Ministry of Education considers students with better family conditions who have the money to pay for tuition and need better education conditions.

There is no need to grab resources for compulsory education with ordinary children. Has the Ministry of Education differentiated them?Asked Franz in doubt.

Poor education is naturally the patent of the poor. Can't the descendants of capitalists and nobles also take the sandbox to class?

Earl Huo explained: "Your Majesty, there are already fee-based schools in Austria. We have not made major changes. These schools are not included in the compulsory education management system.

Taking into account the fair choice, the Ministry of Education's funding quota for these schools will be gradually reduced in the future. All schools will allocate education funds according to the number of students and uniform standards."

Perhaps this is not the best choice, but it is the most suitable choice.The Austrian Central Government ’s education funding for each student receiving compulsory education is equal, taking into account the principle of fairness to the greatest extent.

If you have money at home, you can spend money on schools with better conditions. These are their freedoms.After the government lowered the appropriation for these fee-charging schools, the tuition fee would naturally increase.

Times have changed. It turned out that the Austrian Empire only had to pay for the education of these two or three hundred thousand students. Now it has to pay for the education of millions of students. The polarization of education has become inevitable.

Of course, the local finance also has education funds. Wealthy areas have more, and financially difficult areas have less.The central government ’s funding for education can only guarantee the most basic students to complete compulsory education.

"Let's do this first, and continue to solicit opinions from domestic education experts. As long as it is practical and beneficial to Austria, we can accept it." Franz thought and thought

Since we want to make a show in politics, we have to do a full set. In the early stage, we have solicited opinions from the people, and now we naturally have to continue.

Regardless of whether it will be adopted in the end, after at least a round of heated discussions, the relationship between the Austrian government and experts and scholars in society has eased a lot.

The Austrian government's crackdown on the rebellion last year has created a gap with cultural figures and has been gradually eliminated.

Many people are dissatisfied with the Austrian government. They are dissatisfied with the rigid system that hinders the development of the country. This is not to say that these people are not patriotic or want to rebel.

In fact, Austria is quite conservative.The revolutionary ideas prevailing in France have little room for survival here. Everyone wants reform, not revolution.

In the Metternich era, the reform was used as a slogan every day, but it was reflected in the action, but the government did not make any movement, so that everyone was very dissatisfied.

In the Franz era, the reform of the Austrian government has not stopped, first abolition of serfdom, and the implementation of labor protection laws, then civil servant examinations, promotion of compulsory education, and so on.

Although these reform measures have left a lot of room, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach, such progress has been enough to satisfy the reformers.

Except for the second-year youngsters, I didn't think about it in one step.Especially older people prefer to boil the frog in warm water and make social changes step by step.