After reflecting on Austria's foreign policy, Franz decided to farm with peace of mind in the days to come.

Austria has been very popular recently. It fell down from the Kingdom of Sardinia in a few seconds, extorted a war reparation, and then interfered with the Pope, consolidating its hegemony in Italy.

Now a Holy Roman Alliance has been created. Everyone knows that this alliance is not as simple as it seems. Just look at the reaction of the German region.

The difference between the Holy Roman Alliance and the Holy Roman Empire is that of two words, which can easily make people associate.

If it hadn't for attracting the participation of Italian countries and putting their base camp in Rome, many people would probably not be able to sleep.

Even so, in the eyes of many German nationalists, this is a prelude to Austria's desire to unify the German region.

The seeds have been planted, and the rest are waiting to take root and sprout. If you want to harvest, you should wait until your strength reaches your mind.

On June 1, 1849, Austrian compulsory education officially kicked off. All children aged 6 to 1 year old can register at any compulsory education school.

Austria's compulsory education plagiarized some of Prussia's successful experiences. The core purpose of both sides is the same, so the management method can naturally be learned from it.

Prussia's purpose: "By resisting the spread of revolutionary ideas through schools strictly controlled by the government, and train loyal and brave people."

Austria's purpose is similar, but to say that the purpose of education is to take "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" as the main idea and adopt semi-militarized management.

Since everyone thinks this is appropriate, Franz will naturally not object. The national conditions are different and the times are different. Many things from later generations are not applicable in this era.

For example, now, Franz is still worried that compulsory education will be overcrowded at the beginning. After all, only more than a thousand schools can not accommodate so many students.

Facts prove that he was thinking too much, and many people at the bottom were not very interested in compulsory education. It was okay for people living in cities or around them, but their horizons were broader and they knew that it would be easier to find a job after studying.

In remote mountainous areas, many people have never walked out of hundreds of miles since childhood, and they don’t know what the use of reading is.

The people's ideas have not changed yet, and Franz couldn't help but be glad that he did not make his own decisions and turned the tithe tax into an education surcharge. Otherwise, many people would probably say that they do not need compulsory education and would not pay the tax.

Don’t doubt that it is common for European people to resist taxes on the grounds of not needing it. As long as the revolutionaries encourage and the nobles will add fuel to the fire, it may be a nationwide tax resistance campaign.

Fortunately, there is no tuition fee for compulsory education in Austria. As long as the government continues to enforce the order, they will implement it.

Although there is one and a half labor force, isn’t there a single word? Everyone can still calculate the calculations. The school is boarding system, and they don’t have to bear the expenses of their children at other times except for holidays.

"Have the statistics come out for freshmen?" Franz asked with concern.

"Your Majesty, it has been preliminary statistics. There are a total of 12.46 million students enrolled at the start of the school year, one fifth less than we expected." Earl Leo von Tuss Huheng replied, Earl of Education Minister Leo Von Tuss Huheng

The education rate in Austria in this era was actually not as low as Franz initially imagined. The Ministry of Education calculated that the number of primary school students in school exceeded 2.3 million in 1848, and the number of middle school students exceeded 50,000.

Of course, the distribution of educated people is also very uneven. Austria, which has the highest enrollment rate, and Bohemia has an economically developed region, reached 94 in 1842, while Galicia, next door, had an enrollment rate of only 27, and Dalmatia, the lowest province, was less than 5.

Of course, this data is not perfect, only free people are calculated, while serfs are excluded.

And enrolling does not mean you really receive education. Many free church schools use the guise of education to cheat donations.

Students come and go freely, and teachers are also casual in class. They teach whatever they want. Not many people can learn knowledge.

Due to local governments, many public schools are not allocated in time, and the arrears of teachers' salaries often occur, and some schools have empty-handed noises.

Not long ago, when education strictly investigated the local education system, there was a school with 15 teachers, and in fact there was only one teacher, and this teacher was responsible for the courses in all grades of the school.

What’s even more bizarre is the existence of schools, teachers, and students, which means that the inspectors cannot find where the school is.

These defrauding government education funds are no longer an isolated case. The more remote the place is, the more serious the situation is.

This has been confirmed by many later information. Among the soldiers recruited by Austria in Galicia in 1865, only 45 were able to write simply, which was far from the original enrollment rate.

Franz had not had time to deal with the chaos in the education system. He had just succeeded to the throne, and domestic stability overwhelmed everything, but this did not mean that things were over.

The compulsory education promoted now is a test. Those who dare to do things are just right to deal with it.

Anti-corruption can only start from now on. If the old accounts are settled, a major investigation of the Austrian government will be found that nine of the ten officials have been killed and some have missed the net.

This is the commonality of all old empires. Frankz was helpless in the face of this situation. He couldn't arrest everyone, right?

He was not Emperor Chongzhen, and he could not tolerate any sand in his eyes. As long as he could do things, he could put his personal ethics into his small notebook and keep the problems in his future. There is no need to worry about the future.

"Why is it so much worse?" Franz asked with concern.

"Your Majesty, most of the schools for compulsory education are concentrated in cities, and our enrollment is only for cities or surrounding areas.

These areas are the best areas for education. We have missed the season at this time, and those who have the conditions to enroll have already entered the school.

Our Ministry of Education has previously counted all the students who can enroll this year, but as long as the family conditions are acceptable, they will not choose to enter compulsory education schools." Count Leo von Tuss Huheng explained

There is no way, who makes compulsory education in Austria poor education?

In order to save money and save all unnecessary facilities, even teachers have just come out of the novice village, so the quality of education can only be said to be better than none.

There are many children in this era. Based on the Austrian population base, the primary school students in this era should be around 6 million to basically complete the compulsory education for all.

"Since that's the case, the Ministry of Education and local governments will fill up the gap in the future and don't waste resources.

At the same time, we must standardize the teaching management system of church schools. If you want to defraud education funds under the name of the school, you can let them go to prison." Franz thought for a while and said

If you weren't afraid of bad influence, Franz would have to learn from the Prussian government and directly snatch the right to education from the church.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured. From now on, all students in Austria will take the unified examination organized by the Ministry of Education every year. As long as students fail on a large scale, these garbage schools will be banned.

At the same time, we will also send people to the school for inspection from time to time. Once we find that the textbooks are not issued uniformly by education, the teachers and school administrators will be held accountable for their educational responsibilities." Count Leo von Tuss Huheng replied

Now the Austrian government is financed, and the faculty is not rich, and it is not able to fully distribute compulsory education. In the future, these church schools will be targeted for banning.

Austria only has the voice of the emperor. The church only needs to serve God. If you are energetic, you can go to the colony to vent your problems. They don’t need to worry about the next generation.

Since the boss has already decided, the Ministry of Education will naturally work in this direction. The most typical example is that from 1850, the Austrian government will terminate the allocation of funds to church schools.

If they can not accept government funding, rely on church funds to run education, and meet the management requirements of the Ministry of Education.

Franz had no objection. Such enthusiastic people should be praised. He did not mind giving these people an education medal.

In any country, there is always a group of people who contribute silently, and Austria is naturally no exception. It is always bad to cut it with one knife.
Chapter completed!