The cabinet meeting ended smoothly, and Ferdinand was pleased with the division of labor, and he was given the right to supervise the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education.

Compared with other industries, the cabinet paid significantly less attention to agriculture, and the plan formulated rarely involved agricultural development, which gave Ferdinand an opportunity.

The Ministry of Education is even simpler, the Bulgarian treasury is out of money. At present, in addition to the opposition party, the most fierce criticism of the government is the education sector, and the salaries of teachers have been suspended for several months.

Since Ferdinand, the king, was willing to take over, they naturally didn't mind throwing away a mess, and the education funds were owed anyway.

Ferdinand took two hot potatoes, but he was very happy in his heart.

Bulgaria is an agricultural country with poor mineral resources, and agriculture is the easiest thing to achieve in the short term.

Compared with China's land utilization, Bulgaria, like European countries, is far behind. If the area of arable land in Bulgaria in the East is doubled.

Of course, Ferdinand didn't plan to do that, it was completely unnecessary. The area is equivalent to that of Jiangsu Province, but now it has a population of just over 300, less than one-tenth of Jiangsu's population in the same period.

It was enough for Ferdinand to vigorously build water conservancy, popularize advanced agricultural technology, and increase grain production. (Agricultural development in the Balkans was backward, and the grain yield per mu during the same period was less than two-thirds of that of Western Europe.) ）

As long as he did this well and won the support of the peasant class, which occupied nine layers of the total population, he would be invincible. Even if it is hundreds of thousands of pounds pasted for this, Ferdinand will not hesitate to do so.

As for the education sector, it's even better. History tells him that as long as you control the school, you control public opinion. If you control the next generation of the country, you will control the future of the country.

The priority is to build a university. The first university in Bulgaria, the University of Sofia, was founded in 1888.

It was also this university that gave birth to the first socialism in Bulgaria, the Scientific Society, and laid the foundation for the proletarian revolution.

Ferdinand's efficiency was enough to put the cabinet to shame. Knowing that the treasury had no money, he did not go to the Stamm cabinet.

On January 10, 1888, as soon as the cabinet had clarified the division of labor, Ferdinand, in his capacity as the Grand Duke of Bulgaria, issued the second decree "Issuance of 5 million leva education bonds" (note: 1 leva = 1 franc = 0.2903225 grams of gold)

The whole country was shocked, knowing that due to the civil war, Bulgaria's financial revenue in 1887 was less than 40 million leva.

This move was soon strongly supported by the people of the educational circles and the enlightened bourgeoisie. Despite the fact that the interest rate was only slightly higher than that of a bank deposit and the term was as long as 10 years, everyone gave generously, and half of it was sold in just one month.

The shrewd Ferdinand, of course, knew that the benefits were maximized, and not only subscribed for 300,000 leva in a high-profile manner, but also publicly invited the media to monitor the use of this fee, and his popularity increased for a while.

Anyway, he doesn't plan to deduct education funds, no matter how strict the media supervision is, the unlucky ones are only the people below. If he could catch a few moths, he wouldn't mind.

The money was paid, in addition to the payment of teachers' salaries that had been in arrears over the years. The first university in Bulgaria, the University of Bulgaria, was built with a grant grant.

The rest of the money has not been touched, and the cabinet has tried to pay attention several times, but it has been blocked back by Ferdinand's special sentence.

Destitute, Stam also followed Ferdinand's example and issued bonds. However, his appetite was not as small as Ferdinand's, and the funds needed for the Five-Year Plan were astronomical for the government.

As soon as it was sold, it was a railway bond of 50 million leva, followed by an industrial bond of 30 million leva.

The Bulgarians are not yet so wealthy, and the credibility of the government is not so high. For millions of educational debts, they carried forward the patriotic spirit, gritted their teeth and ate them.

There is nothing that can be done about the industrial bonds and railway bonds issued by the government, and it is embarrassing to sell only a few hundred thousand yuan.

Ferdinand didn't worry about the troubles of the cabinet. He is still worried about the choice of the first president of the university, and he must be highly respected and able to convince the education community.

There is precisely no one in the Bulgarian educational community who is expected to be a candidate. As in this country, most of the students who have enough ability are still very young and do not have that qualifications. The older generation is conservative in thinking, lacks an international perspective, and cannot keep up with the pace of the times.

Ferdinand, who couldn't find a candidate, set his sights on the Ministry of Education.

"Minister Chekov, what does your Ministry of Education think about the rector of Bulgarian universities?" Ferdinand

"Your Excellency, now that the education world has been noisy, there are only three people who are qualified to nominate them, but their abilities are difficult to convince!" Education Minister Chekov said with a headache

Ferdinand knew that the lack of ability was still a minor problem, and the point was that all three of them were opponents of Stam's cabinet. Veteran educators, who belong to the pro-Russian faction, are definitely opposed to their coming to power in the Cabinet.

"And what about the others? You always have to find a suitable candidate, you can't drag it out like this, and now the school is still an empty shell! You better go back and think slowly! "Ferdinand threw the pressure on Chekov

This made Chekov very difficult, if he was selected from these three, how would he explain to the cabinet? If you choose someone else, how can you convince the education community?

Chekov, who had a headache, suddenly had a bright eye, and thought of a suitable candidate, or let the king be suspended. As soon as this idea came out, it could no longer be stopped.

First of all, the cabinet will not oppose and can bring the opposition down; Secondly, the education sector also explained the past, at least in the future, there will be no need to make up the education funds, and this reason is enough to make those three old stubborn quits by themselves.

On the way back, Chekov thought about it more and more. If Ferdinand is made the president of the university, then the presence of the Ministry of Education will definitely be greatly strengthened, and the king can also bear the funds without having to bear the pressure of the cabinet himself.

No, such a big thing is not something I can do alone, so I just contact the education community and let them come forward. Whoever is against it, let him be responsible for solving the education expenses!

Not as Chekov expected, after the release of the news, the controversial issues in the educational circles immediately stopped.

For the sake of everyone's interests, or for their own jobs, they can receive their salaries on time, and almost all teachers have publicly expressed their support for Ferdinand as principal.

Ferdinand was stunned, and he was the one who everyone wanted. At the moment, I thought it was impossible, I was an outsider, I only had been on the throne for half a year, and I didn't do anything big, so I could get the support of everyone.

Even Chekov's repeated statements could not convince Ferdinand that he did not want to be a headmaster and then be scolded by those educators.

"Carl, send someone to check, what's going on?" Ferdinand decided to get to the bottom of the situation

"Grand Duke, this is actually very simple!" Carl said calmly

"Oh, tell me about it?" Ferdinand