Minister Raul did not dare to guarantee what level of combat effectiveness of the new army would be after the expansion.

Compared with the current Australasian army, which has already participated in World War I, the combat effectiveness of the new recruits is definitely more than one grade lower, which is inevitable and unavoidable for any country to expand its army.

If we want to solve such a problem, in addition to increasing the training of new recruits, we can only find opportunities for these recruits to go to the battlefield and experience life and death in order to improve their combat effectiveness.

But the war after the First World War is not easy to find, especially the war that Australasia can intervene in, it seems that the only war is the Russian civil war.

But without the leadership of Britain and France, Arthur could not have taken the initiative to participate in the Russian civil war.

Russia and Soviet Russia are fighting fiercely, and the standing forces of both sides have exceeded one million, which is beyond the current Australasia can interfere.

Even if he could intervene, it was destined to cause heavy losses to Australasia, and the gains outweighed the losses for Arthur.

Judging from Australasia's current international status and the strength of the world alliance backed by it, there is basically no country that is not open-minded to provoke Australasia, even the Americans.

"This is a normal problem to be faced by the expansion of the army, and judging from the current situation, we can only hope for a lot of training to improve the combat capability of the soldiers." Arthur nodded, understanding Minister Raul's question.

Seeing that there were any objections to the military expansion plan proposed by the Prime Minister of Kent, Arthur said: "In this case, then the new round of military expansion will be implemented as soon as possible in accordance with this plan." I hope that by next year's National Day, the total number of our regular army will be expanded to more than 250,000. ”

The size of the two divisions of the Guards is 40,000 men for the time being, after all, the duty of the Guards is only to defend the capital and the royal palace, protect the safety of the royal family and Arthur, and the scale does not need to be too large.

The actual combat army in Australasia was still the Wehrmacht, and there was no need for the Guards to dominate the ranks.

After the proposal for military expansion was passed, Prime Minister Tetter shifted the topic to the fourth point of the four-year plan, which is science and technology.

"Your Majesty, everyone. In addition to attaching importance to and vigorously investing in military science and technology, we should also attach importance to and increase investment in civilian science and technology and other research.

In addition to the Victoria Prize that we have, there should be smaller awards to reward other researchers and people in the private sector who have helped in scientific research.

At the same time, it is also helpful for our scientific research work to set up more scientific research funds and encourage more civilian scientific researchers to conduct their own research. Prime Minister Kent said.

One of the important reasons for the massive exodus of European talent is that a large number of civilian scientists do not have enough research funds, and it is precisely because they devote all their net worth to research that they cannot make ends meet, live in poverty and even go bankrupt.

After more than 10 years of education, Australasia has also given birth to a small number of private scientists and research teams.

It is still necessary to protect these people, after all, no one can guarantee whether these people will have great scientists in the future.

Using a small amount of money to save the scientific research careers of these people is equivalent to scratching lottery tickets, which can not only protect the scientific research environment of Australasia, but also try to tap some scientific research talents in the private sector.

After all, although the Victoria Prize is already a world-famous scientific research award, its fame is definitely international, and the winner of the Victoria Prize every year can also attract a lot of media attention.

But the problem is that the Victoria Prize has been awarded for more than a decade now, and the number of Victoria Prize winners has exceeded 70.

This is not worth mentioning compared to the large number of unambitious researchers around the world, and only by issuing more small awards and small funds to help more scientific researchers can we improve the scientific research environment in Australasia and turn Australasia into a strong scientific research country.

Needless to say, the importance of scientific research is not just talking, but education is not just talking, education is going to change the environment for scientific research, scientific research is going to change all walks of life in the country, and fundamentally improving a country's heritage and the advanced level of science and technology in all kinds of ways.

It is thanks to all kinds of scientific research that the European region has become the brightest pearl of the world thanks to the two industrial revolutions.

Without these two industrial revolutions, the lives of Europeans today would not be much better than in the Middle Ages, not to mention that major European countries have become world hegemons and have established colonial empires all over the world.

It is precisely because of its heavy investment in military science and technology that Australasia has achieved a leading position in aircraft and tanks, giving Australasia the strength of a military power.

The strength of the country can never be separated from scientific research, so it is necessary to improve the scientific research environment as mentioned by the Prime Minister of Kent.

The premise that the Australasian government can spend some of its money to improve the research environment is precisely because the Australasian government is in a very good financial position and has enough money to splurge it.

But this is not a squander, as encouraging research is important to the country's development and can even determine whether Australasia's future will be stronger.

Arthur also attached great importance to the field of scientific research and those scientists, and was even more receptive to the proposal of the Prime Minister of Kent.

Even Arthur said that the royal consortium will allocate some funds to share the pressure on the government, and at the same time help more scientific research teams and scientists.

At present, the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences spends tens of millions of Australian dollars every year to support a large number of scientists.

However, the achievements of these scientists are well worth the cost, and figures such as Albert Einstein and Tesla, the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences has a great reputation around the world.

Coupled with the attraction of the Victoria Prize, the Royal Australasian Academy of Sciences is home to a small half of the 70 Victoria Prize winners, nearly 30 of the world's top talent.

Winning the Victoria Prize means having a lot of research funding, which makes many patriotic scientists reluctant to move to Australasia.

Arthur agrees, but focuses on a few scientists. The more famous ones in later generations were basically co-opted to the Royal Academy of Sciences in Australasia.

Those who don't have much reputation in later generations, or whose fields of study don't pose much of a threat to Australasia, don't care so much.

After all, Australasia can't entrap most of the world's scientists, and other countries won't allow Australasia to manipulate these scientists, let alone send people to assassinate them.

If it is exposed by the media, the country's reputation will be damaged at least, and at worst, it will greatly lose its attractiveness to foreign talents.

The current Victoria Prize is the golden sign of the Australasian scientific research community, Arthur will not allow it, and will definitely not make the Victoria Award less attractive.

Scientific research and education are both very important to the importance of a country, scientific research determines whether a country is strong or not, education determines whether scientific research is strong or not, and education and scientific research cannot be separated.

Prime Minister Kent then brought up the topic of education, and Arthur replied that there would be a major expansion of the number of Australasian universities.

At present, the total number of universities in Australasia is about 30 large and small, spread across Australia and New Zealand.

However, New Guinea and Australian Timor, whose populations have grown significantly, do not yet have universities, or rather no more formal universities.

In fact, it is also very understandable, after all, Australasia's previous strategy was to develop the mainland, and it has been in a state of semi-neglect for the colonies.

Of course, a large part of the reason is that there are still opportunities for expansion in the territory of Australasia.

The current colonies of New Guinea, like the current colonies, have more than doubled their expansion compared to before World War I, and the lack of universities after the population boom is a disadvantage.

Universities are very important to a country, and they can only attract international students, train them into talents who are close to Australasia, and even directly attract these talents with good academic qualifications to Australasia.

In addition to this, the popularity and number of universities also determine the educational environment in Australasia. The educational environment is also linked to the attractiveness of immigrants.

Some immigrants even go to certain universities, after all, who doesn't love a region with an excellent education and medical environment?

Those ordinary civilians may not care about this, after all, for these people, a high school degree is already very good.

But for groups that are themselves highly qualified, the number of universities and the level of education are still important.

If the immigrant himself only has a high school degree or less, then he does not have much hope for college, after all, college students are still very expensive.

But if immigrants themselves have a college degree or higher, and they certainly want their children and relatives to have a college degree as well, then the number of universities becomes important.

Even the level of education of the university, the international popularity and influence of the university, and the situation after employment, etc., are all taken into account by these people.

Although compared to the two, the former is definitely more numerous. But for the development of a country, it is certainly better to have more high-quality talent immigrants than those ordinary civilian immigrants.

While this may seem a bit brutal, it is actually what it is. In today's environment, a highly qualified immigrant with a university degree can contribute far more to a new country than an ordinary immigrant.

However, Australasia is currently short of population, and there are not too many restrictions on immigration.

As long as you are a European population and have undergone a round of political censorship, you can apply for Australasian citizenship.

During the period of applying for naturalization, as long as you pass the examination period of more than half a year, you can basically obtain Australasian citizenship and become an honorable Australasian person.

For the improvement of the educational environment, Arthur has great determination and also big plans.

For Australasia, which aspires to become a superpower, the number of universities is destined to exceed the triple digits, and even close to four figures in the future.

Of course, the specific number of universities should also be linked to the population, and it is most reasonable for the people to build as many universities as they need.

Given that the plan is only four years old, the construction of the university is not so exaggerated.

In addition to the universities to be built in New Guinea and Australian Timor, regional universities in Australia and New Zealand are also to be expanded and constructed.

Before the Cabinet government completed its term, around 1923, the number of universities was raised to at least 50 to meet the demand for universities in the four-year plan.

Of course, these 50 universities are only the number of regular universities established by the state. As for the number of technical schools and private universities, they are not in the range of these 50, and the number will only be more.

There are also technical schools that train all kinds of technical talents, and with the demand for jobs in Australasia, there are already countless such schools.

This is also the reason why there is no shortage of technical talents in various industries in Australasia when they are expanding.

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