Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 49 Global university rankings in 1862?
William IV came to this world, and seven years passed in the blink of an eye.

How pitiful the decline of the Netherlands was back then. Over the years, under his deliberate promotion, the route development model was changed, especially after many heart-to-heart conversations with his father, William III, the two began to have a close " cooperate".

Yes, just like the time when his father William III abdicated the throne, it was the result of a secret discussion between the two.

The purpose is to make neighboring countries take off their guard.

Luxembourg is very dangerous far away from the mainland of the Netherlands and could follow in the footsteps of Belgium at any time.

Therefore, it can be said that it is most appropriate for William III to leave the complete framework and go to Luxembourg alone to protect the territory.

This is a secret between father and son, and even his younger brother, Prince Frederick, does not know.

After William III arrived in Luxembourg, this principality of a thousand castles in Central Europe became much safer.

Members of the Privy Council arriving today are:
Dutch Prime Minister Johann Rudolf Tolbeck, Interior Minister Jonler, Foreign Minister Hesbert von, and Finance Minister Jan von Capellolo.

Industry Minister Wem Kot, Education Minister Ruud Bales, Director of the Dutch Royal Intelligence Service Bill Charlie, Director of the Dutch International Intelligence Service Mackay Sean, and Agriculture Minister Erne Bevin.

In addition, there are three people. They are Jane Simscock, the Governor-General of East India who has just returned to report on his duties.

The former prime ministers were the liberal Hertor von Hemstra and the conservative Jan Jacob Rocusson.

In addition to them, Chief of General Staff of the Navy and Army Mark Rude, Minister of the Navy Jan Peter, Minister of War Petter de Jong, Chief of Naval Staff Joseph and Karls, Chief of Army Staff Jop Ill, etc., almost all The whole cabinet was called.

"Your Majesty, the Dutch education system is now completely on track. We are ahead of most European countries in terms of education, even in proportion, including the British Empire and the French Empire, which have always been good at education.

In particular, the bill "Law on Completion of Primary Education for All - Nine-Year Compulsory Education" promulgated by us last year caused a sensation in Europe last year.

It is said that Queen Victoria and Napoleon III were very dissatisfied with this, and both issued orders to the cabinets of the two countries to follow the footsteps of the Netherlands as soon as possible.

According to my report from the Financial Times, the second largest media in Europe, the British Empire is currently discussing this bill in the House of Commons. It will not be completed until the second half of the year at the earliest. It may not be passed by the House of Commons and the House of Lords by the end of the year.

After all, the interests of many nobles and capitalists in the House of Lords are involved.

However, France is said to be very confident that it will become part of the constitution this year and will be implemented next year, which is quite promising. "

The speaker was Lud Bales, Minister of Education of the Netherlands. He was 32 years old and graduated from Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands, in 1853.

Speaking of this, William IV had to be very satisfied with the educational achievements of this era in the Netherlands.

Especially the achievements he made during these seven years.

Among other developed industrial countries in Europe, the Netherlands currently only has six years of compulsory education, which is the primary education in later generations. Last year, the Netherlands implemented nine years of compulsory education, which is said to be leading the world.

“Our primary and secondary schools in the Netherlands are mainly composed of private schools and public schools.

There are currently 2000 schools of various types in the Netherlands, with a total of more than 200 million local students.

The current annual education expenditure is 2%, about 1.2 million Dutch guilders (about 480 million pounds).

小学在校生110万，约占55%；中学教育则占据了30%为60万；大专院校则是占据15%，人数在30万人左右。

At present, there are a total of 4 comprehensive universities in the Netherlands. These 4 universities are all famous universities in Europe and even the world. There are also 2 polytechnic universities and 4 junior colleges. These 6 institutions are all based on His Majesty’s policies in recent years. Planned and established.

It has absorbed the former surplus middle school student resources in the Netherlands and is also the source of top local talents in the Netherlands. .

Among the comprehensive universities, Leiden University was founded in 1575. Among European universities, natural sciences, medicine, social behavioral sciences, law, art and literature, etc. are all leading projects in Europe, such as economics, political science, and language. The academic level is also first-rate.

Among them, the other three universities in the same group of the Four Musketeers of the Dutch University Alliance are not too different. They have taken on the role of training pool for the top talents in the Netherlands.

With the approval of various countries, the "European Times", which is headquartered in Luxembourg and published every six months in European countries six years ago, releases the global university rankings in January every year, and this year is no exception.

The specific ranking is:
1 University of Oxford (English, founded in 1096, the same below), 2 University of Cambridge (English, 1209), 3 University of Paris (France, 1150), 4 Humboldt University of Berlin (Principal, 1810), 5 Vienna University (Austria, 1365);

6圣彼得堡国立大学（俄，1724年）、7莱顿大学（荷，1575年）、8伦敦大学（英，1836年）、9阿姆斯特丹大学（荷，1857年）、10 布鲁塞尔大学（比，1834年）；

11莫斯科国立大学（俄，1755年）、12奥地利大学（奥，1220年）、13慕尼黑大学（巴伐利亚，1472年）、14波恩大学（普，1786年）、15里斯本大学（葡，1288年）；

16乌普萨拉大学（瑞典，1477年）、17里昂大学（法，1456年）、18哥本哈根大学（丹，1479年）、19爱丁堡大学（英，1583年）、20圣安德鲁斯大学（英，1441年）；

21 University of Groningen (Netherlands), 22 Harvard University (M, 1636), 23 University of Grenoble (France, 1339), 24 University of Strasbourg (France, 1538), 25 University of Utrecht (Netherlands, 1636); 26 University of Lorand (Hungary, 1635), 27 Yale University (M, 1636), 28 University of Szeged (Hungary, 1581), 29 University of Manchester (English, 1824), 30 University of Madrid (West, 1499)"

吕德.贝尔斯感叹的道：“我们专门计算过，按国别来算，大英帝国在全数30所大学中，占据了1、2、8、19、20、29，合计大英帝国共斩获了6个名次。

What is particularly noteworthy is that among the top ten, it not only occupied No. 2, but also No. 8.

It can be said that it is the most powerful and deserves to be the most powerful country in Europe.

France also occupies a lot of positions. It is worthy of being the founder of the oldest university in Europe. The rankings it received are 3, 17, 23, and 24;

The Netherlands has been investing continuously over the past few hundred years. In particular, the University of Amsterdam, which His Majesty built in 1857, directly reached the ninth place. It was completed in just 5 years, which is terrifying.The rankings of the Netherlands are 7, 9, 21, and 25.

Tsarist Russia is also very powerful, and indeed it is a resource-rich country: 6, 11;

The remaining Germany, Prussia and Austria not only have almost the same military and comprehensive strength, but also have tit-for-tat education. Hungary is also good, winning two seats."
Prussia: 4, 14;

Austria: 5, 12;

Hungary: 26, 28;

United States: 22, 27
Belgium: 10;

Bavaria: 13
Sweden: 16;

Portugal: 15;

Denmark: 18;

Spain: 30;

As Lud Bales conducted academic analysis one by one, he spent a full 20 minutes analyzing the shortcomings and advantages of education in various countries, so as to improve the relative weaknesses of the Netherlands and enhance its own educational strength.

During the whole process, William did not say a word, but listened quietly. From time to time, the secretary made a unique movement to indicate the key points that needed to be circled. It was just a movement.

After he finished speaking and everyone had digested the information he brought, William straightened up and said affirmatively:
"Yes, everyone has seen the efforts of the Ministry of Education over the years. In fact, I would say that of all the departments, the one that needs your attention the most is not the Ministry of Finance."

"Hahaha" everyone looked at Finance Minister Kapelo with a kind smile, because he likes to hold up the finance and issue money the most, so he is the person that every department likes to find the most, and everyone says that he is stingy behind his back.

But this is just a complaint. They understand that if they are asked to do it, they may not be any more generous than him, or even worse.

The latter, Kalope, shrugged and expressed his helplessness, with a stinking look of debt on his face that made everyone laugh at him again.

"Of course, Kalope is the person we need the most connections with, but Bells is the source of your talent pool. This year, in addition to the Leiden University, University of Amsterdam, Utrecht University, and Groningen just mentioned, In addition to universities and other comprehensive universities.

The four major professional universities include The Hague University, Hann University, Free University of Amsterdam, and Wageningen Agricultural University;
The two major science and engineering universities, Delft University of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology, etc.”

William IV suddenly stood up, stared at everyone present and said:
"Don't underestimate them. Our soldiers all came to work with us after learning from them. Without them, we would definitely be just a bunch of generals.

Therefore, education must be worthy of attention. Bells, whether it is junior college or science and engineering, must follow up and must provide the best conditions. I have a hunch that the key to future world changes will most likely be found from them. world progress"

Everyone's expressions changed greatly,
Tolbeck stood up, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean, technological progress will be based on the model of school development?"

"No, I didn't say that." William IV objected. Seeing a few people's doubts, he followed up: ""Why must the school move forward and explore and develop on its own? "

"Can we cooperate with the school to research a project? The company invests and materials, and the school composes the project. Students are the largest human resources and the cheapest talent resources. Then they complement each other and benefit from both parties."

“Both parties benefit, how does the school benefit from the law?”

It was Finance Minister Cappello who was speaking. It was related to the school's finances, that is to say, it was related to the size of his allocation. He was very concerned about the question.

This time, no one laughed at him again.

Because everyone's interest was piqued, and they couldn't help but think of a horrifying question: If schools can do this with companies, then there's a problem.

What about the army?
Are there other departments that can also get a share of the pie?

Are you following the same pattern?
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