Chapter 1798: Royal West Point
Why did Marin insist on sending the nobles to the Americas? First, there is not enough land in the country, and secondly, it is also because these nobles will also find their own way to recruit people to reclaim the wasteland.
In addition, these nobles all have a certain degree of military literacy, and basically all of them have been trained in military command since childhood. Once they have an interest in the Americas, they will be very eager to help protect the sovereignty of the Americas.
If, as the British did, the colonial lands were given only to merchants, adventurers, and even exiled prisoners, the consequences would not be good. You must know that whether it is a merchant, an adventurer or an exile, they are all of inferior morality, and if they have milk, they are all mothers. Although the nobles are not very good, they at least pay attention to glory and loyalty. Therefore, it is also necessary to let some nobles farm in the town of America.
Moreover, if the aristocracy wanted to assert its rights, they had to recognize and protect the rights of the royal family first. Otherwise, the royal power is subverted, and the next step is that their privileges are stripped away. Therefore, although the nobles are not good people, for Marin, it is more comfortable to cooperate with them than with merchants and adventurers.
In addition, once the aristocracy settled in the Americas, they would inevitably become one of the most core members of the local council. Once they vote on whether to become independent, these people will definitely choose to support the royal family in order to protect their titles. Otherwise, once they defect, their titles will not exist. After all, without the existence of the royal family, they, the nobles canonized by the royal family, lose their meaning.
Therefore, in any case, in the American colonies, it is still necessary to leave a group of nobles to come to the town. Otherwise, it is all businessmen and adventurers as representatives, and it is not guaranteed that one day there will be different intentions.
In fact, the collapse of the colonial system of the British Empire in later generations was also related to the fact that too many aristocratic officers died in the two world wars. With those aristocratic officers there, naturally they would not easily allow the colony to become independent. But without those aristocratic officers, when the power is in the hands of the capitalists, those people don't matter. In the eyes of the capitalists, the colonies are kept when they are earned, and they are thrown away if they are not earned, and they do not care about the difficulties of their ancestors when they were trying to seize the colonies. In their eyes, as long as the interests are sufficient, the state can also be sold. Officials from civilian backgrounds, because of financial constraints, are often more easily bought by capitalists. Officials from the aristocracy, on the other hand, tend to value face and honor more, and are not easily bribed. Because, they are not bad for money......
Because of this, Marin, who had been a monarch for a long time, gradually changed his original position of being closer to the commoners to being closer to the military aristocracy. Because, in case of danger, those military aristocrats were more reliable than commoners. It's not that those military aristocrats have good character, but that they are more consistent with their own interests. And civilians, though they themselves were kind to them early on may make them grateful. However, after a long time, when the common people have become accustomed to these good, it is difficult to say. When the time comes, they will want more, if they don't give it......
Of course, even if Marin was inclined to the military aristocracy, he would not be willing to use any stupid person. In general, the children of the natural nobility in the army are preferred. But if it's a time of war, it's military merit. Whoever has great military merits will be more likely to be promoted. Unless, when a noble child and a commoner child have similar military merits, will the noble children be given priority......
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At the end of the day, it's a matter of "the ass decides the head". At the beginning, when Marin first crossed over, he was still the psychology of the common people in his heart, closer to the commoners, and a little hostile to the nobles.
When he really became a prince on the German side, Marin gradually discovered that he was in the same league as the nobles......
If you treat civilians preferentially, you will certainly make them grateful. However, people are forgetful. When they get used to the benefits, one day you suddenly don't give ...... This is the so-called "Shengmi Endou Mi Hatred......
But the old nobles and themselves really can't pee in the same pot, the old nobles look down on Marin's origin, and Marin also looks down on the old nobles' duplicity and incompetence......
In desperation, Marin could only select new military nobles from among the civilian soldiers and use his own ideas to influence them and turn them into people like himself. In this way, with enough helpers, there is no need to worry about being unlucky and having no supporters in the future.
However, the basic qualities of these military aristocrats from civilian backgrounds are really flattering. Karn was stupid, but most of the commoner-born nobles were on the same level as this one. Only people from the side branches of the declining aristocracy, such as Schwartz and Stadder, can barely be regarded as talents because they have received a good basic education since childhood.
In short, Marin was disappointed with the level of these guys. Even if they later became illiterate, most of these guys could only reach the level of the second grade of primary school in the later generations, which was really embarrassing.
However, Marin has high hopes for their descendants. After all, it is certainly much better to be educated from an early age than to become an adult. And the first batch of officers' children are now in high school and are about to go to college.
However, at present, there is no special military university in Beihai State, only the University of Aurich has a military academy. Marin felt that the qualification was not enough, and decided to improve the status of the military academy.
It just so happened that he had just mixed up the title of king, and it would be wasted if he didn't use it. The king, as a sovereign monarch, could issue edicts and prepare for the establishment of universities. Unlike the Grand Duke of Beihai, the establishment of a university still requires the approval of the Holy See or the emperor. No way, although the Grand Duchy of the North Sea has autonomy, nominally, it is not a sovereign state.
But this time the American kingdom that the Holy See rewarded him was different, although it was a wild land, but it was Marin who had the final say. In the name of the king, in the name of pacifying the barbarian natives, it is still possible to establish a military university.
So, Marin thought of West Point......
"Well, everyone is mixed with North America, and they are all called American XX, so let's also establish a West Point Military Academy...... Just calling West Point doesn't seem to be domineering enough, so ...... Let's call it 'Royal West Point'......"
In this way, Marin happily named this university, which was affiliated with the Kingdom of America, "Royal West Point". And the location of the school, Marin intended to be placed on the West Bank of the Hudson River in New York City. In later generations, West Point was located 80 kilometers north of New York City on the West Bank of the Hudson River.
But Marin did not intend to build it that far from New York, but directly planned to build it on the west bank of the river across the river from Manhattan Island. Then, build a castle called West Point, also named West Point Fort...... Well, that's how West Point did......
Then, in order to make sense, Marin first issued a castle called West Point Fortress on the west bank of the Hudson River in New York.
Two days later, Marin signed a new order to build the first university in the Kingdom of America on the basis of Fort West Point...... Royal West Point ......
In this way, the appearance of the name West Point is not so abrupt......
However, considering that it is estimated that no military aristocracy is willing to send their children to school in "remote" New York, Marin adopted a compromise plan - the Military Academy of Aurich University was separated from the University of Orich and merged into the newly established "Royal Military Academy at West Point". Then, the original "Military Academy Branch Campus of the University of Aurich" outside the city of Aurich was directly renamed "Royal West Point Military Academy Aurich......
In this way, the problem of the school being too remote is solved. West Point Fortress or something, just put on a name. At that time, teaching or something, and still teaching at the branch campus outside the city of Aurich. As for the main campus of the Royal Military Academy at West Point...... God knows when we will be able to build admissions......
But that doesn't matter, Marin is just borrowing a name anyway. He is now a king and is entitled to the title of Royal or Koniglich. In short, it's a title that elevates your qualification. With that, it sounds a lot taller. Just like Real Madrid in later generations, if there is no "emperor" word, it will be called "Ma (Delhi)...... Forced Ge suddenly lowered 108,000 miles......
However, Marin is still a little upset in his heart, because this "Royal West Point Military Academy", if called in Chinese, always sounds like a school that trains chefs to make cakes, and it is a fight with Xin Dongfang......