Chapter 28 Royal Military Academy of Madrid

Carlo, who had been crowned, was in a lot of trouble at this time.

If Spain wants to achieve revival, it must have a large number of talents to fight for the expansion of all walks of life in Spain.

But for Spain, where the illiteracy rate is as high as 70%, what it lacks most at present is talents, especially high-quality talents trained in regular universities.

Speaking of which, Spain has a very long history of establishing universities.

The earliest University of Salamanca was established in 1218, which has a history of 651 years. In addition, there are many universities that have been established for hundreds of years, which is much better than those European countries that have few regular universities.

But the problem lies here.

Although it has so many universities with a long history, Spain does not attach as much importance to the training of college students as the powerful countries such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria.

Previously, the Spanish government would rather waste its annual fiscal budget on some useless places than invest in education to encourage more Spaniards to apply for universities.

Major universities also do not receive sufficient educational funding support, and the training of high-quality talents in Spain can be said to be a mess.

Even in the military, the problem of talent shortage is affecting Spain all the time.

During the reign of Isabel, most of the senior officers of the Spanish army were controlled by the nobles, and it was very difficult for ordinary people to become senior officers of the army.

Although the current army was transformed from the revolutionary army, which temporarily eliminated this problem, the inability of middle and low-level officers to continue is still a huge problem.

And Carlo also understood in his heart that this time node was a major change for the military. The line infantry tactics that could dominate Europe during the Napoleonic period have now become a tactic of queuing and shooting.

Although the overall strength of the French in the Franco-Prussian War was greater than that of Prussia, the large number of French line infantry established by Napoleon III in imitation of his uncle Napoleon destined the French war to be not so easy to fight.

Therefore, Carlo not only wanted to expand the scale of the Royal Military Academy, but also wanted to learn some excellent ideas and systems of the Germans, the world's first army in the future, in the army, and establish a stronger army and officer training system for Spain.

Of course, France is not completely weak now, and a Spain that fully imitates Prussia is also a huge threat to the French.

For Spain now, less is better than more. While learning some systems and ideas from the Prussian Army, the new military academy will also absorb some ideas from the French Army, combining the strengths of the German and French armies.

After Carlo proposed to Primo the idea of ​​attaching importance to the development of universities, Primo readily agreed and said that the Spanish government would prepare more budget for the education department in the new year.

Carlo took the opportunity to use 3 million pesetas to obtain the ownership of the Royal Military Academy from the government.

Primo certainly understood the importance of the military academy. But for Primo at this time, it would be better to hand over the ownership of the military academy to Carlo, and he would put all his energy into the reform of Spain.

Although this may allow the officers trained by Carlo through the military academy to infiltrate the army, it will be at least several years or even more than ten years later.

By then, Primo will be in his 60s, and it will be a question whether he can continue to serve as the Prime Minister of Spain.

It is precisely because he is already at the age of 55 that Primo's only wish is to make Spain realize its revival at this time, and power struggles are no longer important to Primo.

Carlo, who had acquired the ownership of the Royal Military Academy, was in a good mood at this time, and his initial hypocrisy towards Primo turned into true respect.

No matter how Primo was evaluated in history, in Carlo's eyes, Primo is indeed a hero like Garibaldi.

It is an honor for Italy to have Garibaldi, and it is also an honor for Spain to have Primo.

The only difference is that Garibaldi was hostile to the Italian government and king because of his history of joining the Republic. Primo, on the other hand, gained Carlo's trust and strong support because of his support for the monarchy and Carlo's support for becoming the King of Spain.

Carlo, who was in a good mood, discussed a lot about the future development of the Spanish Military Academy with Primo, who came from an officer family, and invited Primo to become the honorary vice president of the Spanish Royal Military Academy.

Carlo will become the honorary president of the Royal Military Academy, so that all graduates of the Military Academy can understand who trained them as officers.

Considering the different needs of the Spanish army for officers, the Royal Military Academy will be split into two parts.

The main campus of the Royal Military Academy is still located in Madrid, and its role is to train excellent junior officers for Spain. The source of students at the main campus of the Military Academy is divided into two parts: one is the Spanish civilian students who are willing to apply for the military academy, and the other is the excellent soldiers selected from the Spanish army.

The other part after the split will establish a new military academy in Zaragoza, Aragon, with the full name of the Royal Military Academy Zaragoza Branch.

The purpose of the Royal Military Academy of Zaragoza is to train senior officers for Spain, and it can also be called the cradle of Spanish generals.

The two military academies with different goals will continue to train excellent backbones and grassroots officers for the Spanish army, so that the Spanish army can maintain excellent combat effectiveness and flexible combat thinking and become a first-class army in Europe.

While training Spanish officers, Carlo can also make these trained officers have higher loyalty to himself.

After all, as the King of Spain, Carlo is the nominal commander and leader of the Spanish army.

In the future, the first lesson for admission to the Royal Military Academy of Madrid and the Royal Military Academy of Zaragoza is loyalty to the king and the country.

With these officers who have been baptized by the idea of ​​loyalty to the monarch and patriotism, Carlo can also exert greater influence on the future Spanish army.

If the idea of ​​loyalty to the monarch and patriotism is interspersed in the education of the Spanish from childhood to adulthood, a perfect closed loop can be achieved, and the loyalty of all Spaniards to the monarchy and Carlo can be improved.

This is also Carlo's ultimate goal for Spanish education. Only through subtle influence and baptism from childhood to adulthood can the Spaniards accept the monarchy from the heart and be fanatical and loyal to Carlo from the heart.

Because he had received education at the Royal Military Academy of Turin, Carlo was familiar with the procedures of the military academy.

After investing more than 1 million pesetas in the Royal Military Academy of Madrid, the Royal Military Academy quickly expanded and enrolled a large number of students after a simple screening within the Spanish army and the public.

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