Chapter 23, Prologue
On August 2, 1888, the first entrance examination of Bulgarian universities was grandly opened, and the history of the Bulgarian college entrance examination began.
The college entrance examination lasted for three days, and the content of the exam was also varied, covering all walks of life.
However, the admission of professional results occupies a major position, accounting for 80% of the total scores. If the major score is in the top three, other subjects will be admitted even if they are zero.
Of course, the candidates still don't know that after three days of testing, they are all like frosted eggplants, and they have no confidence.
Sofia seems to have become noisy, and there are people everywhere who complain that the exam questions are too difficult, and many people are secretly regretting that they have accumulated too little knowledge in ordinary times.
On August 15, the entrance of the University of Bulgaria was already crowded with people, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the final result.
On the other hand, they are all happy, they don't have to worry about applying for a major, and they don't have to worry about choosing the wrong major, which will affect their future development. The school will choose the most suitable major for them, and it can be assigned in a package.
As for hobbies, can you eat them? Sorry, it's the 19th century, haven't heard of that creature.
Ferdinand was very satisfied with the results of the admissions, although there were many shortcomings, but it was the first time, and it was generally smooth, at least no one cheated.
In commemoration of his reading career. The start date of school was chosen by Ferdinand on September 1st, a familiar day.
It opens with Ferdinand's speech, which looks back at the history of Bulgaria...... (100,000 words omitted, you can attend your own opening ceremony)
Amid the cheers, 436 students entered the halls of the university.
Looking at the students in their prime, Ferdinand was full of emotion, this is his future team.
Thinking of the dense schedule, Ferdinand gloated, "Be proud! Now unleash to your heart's content! Tomorrow you will find out how horrible it is to go to college! ”
You know, the closed militarized management that Bulgarian universities now use, up to twelve classes a day, plus self-study time.
From waking up at half past five in the morning to leaving school at half past ten in the evening. Except for meal time and short stop breaks in the middle, you have to spend it studying.
This is Ferdinand's study plan based on the schedule of the third year of high school in his previous life, and since it was the first time to run a university, everyone had no experience, so they did it.
The management personnel were hired by the Ministry of Education from the Berlin Military Academy with high salaries, and they directly copied that set of management methods.
In this year, the transmission of information has not changed, and the spring breeze of democracy and freedom has not yet blown. Bulgaria was still relatively conservative, with a tradition of strict teachers and apprentices, and then it was adopted by respected educators.
Ferdinand, who had just returned to the palace, received bad news - the peasant movement had begun.
Following the last tax hike, the Stam Cabinet made another stupid move, and passed a proposal in Congress to reinstate the payment of tithes in kind.
If the last increase in agricultural taxes only harmed the interests of rich and poor peasants, the landlord class could still make up for its losses through land annexation.
The resumption of Ottoman tithes, then, seriously hampered the development of agrarian capitalism.
To a large extent, the interests of the landlord class were harmed, but it was the small and medium-sized landlords who opposed it most fiercely, which meant that government officials could carry out new plundering against them.
They set off a peasant protest movement, which began to spread rapidly throughout Bulgaria.
To Ferdinand's relief, they were now mainly rallies and demonstrations, and had not yet evolved into revolution.
This also strengthened his determination to topple the cabinet, but after all, the Stam cabinet made a great contribution to his ascension and had the merit of supporting him. There must be a compelling reason for Ferdinand to remove the Cabinet.
Historically, it lasted until 1894, when the Stamm cabinet was already angry, that the original owner personally stepped down and removed the cabinet.
Before that, Stambolov had always been in power. Ferdinand, although he resorted to political means, to a certain extent, divided the power of Stambolov and strengthened the ministries; But it was also powerless to change the status quo in which Stambolov was in charge of the cabinet.
Ferdinand originally thought that he would have to wait for the next parliamentary election to successfully seize power. Unexpectedly, due to his butterfly effect, the financial crisis of the Bulgarian government intensified.
In order to successfully complete the "Five-Year Plan," the Cabinet will go crazy. In order to raise funds, exorbitant taxes have emerged one after another.
Ferdinand knew that a regime of police terror was about to take shape, and in just one year, the Bulgarian police force had increased by 50 percent.
Stam Bolov also set up a secret police without authorization, and the intelligence organization in the hands of Ferdinand found more than 300 people, and of course sent people to infiltrate it.
If you don't make a move, you must see through the apocalypse. Ferdinand took the opportunity to stuff private goods, such as anarchists, the future head of the revolutionary party, and activists.
Preparing to kill people with a knife and solve future enemies once and for all is considered to be the last use of the Stam cabinet.
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"Your Excellency, we have already set it up, and the fish have entered the net!" Forhu (head of the intelligence organization)
Ferdinand nodded in satisfaction and said, "Then let's get ready to close the net!" ”
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Michael impatiently knocked on the Prime Minister's office and said, "Your Excellency, something is wrong!" ”
"Don't be in a hurry, say slowly, God is still watching, the sky can't fall!" Stam Bolov said slowly, sipping tea
"Oh, hell! My Excellency Prime Minister, the sky is about to fall. After hearing the news, I don't think you're in the mood for tea anymore! Michael said anxiously
"Oh, what can make my minister, Mr. so shocked! Let me guess if it was the Ottomans calling, or maybe the Serbian mincs were doing something again? Stamm Bolov joked lightly
"Oh God! Mr. Prime Minister, don't you read the newspapers? Our secret treaties with Britain and Austria-Hungary have been exposed, and now public opinion is shouting and killing the government! Michael said angrily
With a "bang", Stam-Bolov's hand shook and the teacup fell to the ground.
Exclaimed, "What? How is this possible? Isn't this something that only a few of us high-level executives know? ”
"Yes, there are no more than five people on our side who know the contents of the secret agreement! But now that the secret covenant has been published in the newspapers, it is exactly the same, not a single punctuation mark has changed! Michael said worriedly
"Could it be that there is a problem on the British and Austro-Hungarian sides, it shouldn't be, it won't leak secrets on both sides at the same time! There will be no more than ten people on our side who know the secret agreement, and only a few people in our cabinet know the content, and even the Grand Duke doesn't know the specific agreement, who will leak the secret? Stamm-Bolov said confusedly