Chapter 1110: Japan and Russia break off diplomatic relations
Chapter 1089 – Japan and Russia break off diplomatic relations
In the early 20th century, studying abroad was not a simple matter. The cost was high, but the most critical thing was the language barrier.
The prerequisite for studying abroad was to learn a foreign language, not only to fulfill the oral communication, but also to reach the level of test-taking.
With the exception of Japan’s pheasant universities, which are open for admission, all other universities have a threshold. Unless one pays a high sponsorship fee, one has to pass an entrance exam.
Whether it is a written test, an interview, or a recommendation for admission, there is no standardization.
Whether you can stand out or not, in addition to personal ability, the more important thing is networking.
This is the main reason why international students from the Far East go to Japan, after all, if they go, they will have books to read; while if they go to other countries to study, they don’t even know if they can get the admission qualification.
Nanyang University enrollment is no exception, the entrance examination is limited to the Austrian Nanyang a few test sites, it is impossible to send people to the whole of Asia to organize the examination.
The Ministry of Education has regulations, the examination syllabus must be around the secondary school textbooks. The same test questions, improvised overseas students obviously can not compete with local students who have studied hard for more than ten years.
It seems that the whole of Asia enrollment of more than a thousand people, in fact, can stand out in the written examination, or the Austrian Nanyang region of the majority of students.
Written test can not pass, it means and free education insulation, can only pay to study.
Nanyang University was first established, William the president also has no bottom, so in the charge is still very fair.
Compared to the domestic high tuition that moves more than 10,000, Nanyang University charges the lowest professional, only need 500 Guilders per year.
For international students who are well off, this is naturally not a problem. However, for the vast majority of students with an average family, this is a big problem.
Especially for the traditional families that passed down the tradition of farming and studying, it was an astronomical amount. Even if there were ten thousand mu of good fields, the annual income would only be ten thousand taels of silver.
It seemed to be enough, but the whole family was counting on these earnings to eat, and at most they could support one or two foreign students.
Of course, the main reason is that there are only rumors about the abolition of the imperial examinations, which have not turned out to be true, and people are not very enthusiastic about studying abroad.
When the imperial examinations are canceled and people realize that studying abroad is the only way left, that will be the time when the Far Eastern students will be exported like crazy, and then it will be the time to raise the strength of the family to support them.
“Boan, don’t joke about it. The ones who just came to Japan are fine, those of us who have studied for several years and see that we are about to finish our studies, then run off to the South Seas to start from scratch ……”
Halfway through his words, Liu Renxin realized that he had misspoken. There were not only old foreign students present, but also newcomers.
Perhaps the speaker did not mean it, but the listener did! Even though he was forced to lose face and could not immediately attack, the thorn in his heart was still planted.
If they were strangers, they could still be friends if the misunderstanding was resolved. On the contrary, between friends, once such a misunderstanding occurs, even if it is resolved, it is difficult to return to the past. The world of adults is never simple.
Seeing the tense atmosphere, a usually and Liu Renxin good friend of the students to change the topic said: “Liu brother do not have to be pessimistic, we in Japan a few years of learning is really limited, have the opportunity to continue to further study is not a good thing.
As far as I know, many Japanese students are also starting to prepare for the exams and are ready to compete in the Nanyang University.
Now that the situation in Tokyo is uncertain, we should also make plans early, even if we can’t get a first class, we should at least get an enrollment qualification.”
This is the truth, at this moment the Japanese people’s yearning for the European world is the craziest. Having the qualification to study in Europe, absolutely no one would stay on the mainland to attend school.
Although Nanyang University was not a European university, having a Shinra prince as its president was still very attractive to everyone.
Other than that, graduating from Nanyang University, it would be much simpler to further one’s education in the Shen Luo territory.
Japanese students were making preparations, and the impact on the international students was undoubtedly huge. Even if someone told them that Nanyang University was a pheasant university, no one would believe it.
The more attractive Nanyang University was, the more competition there would be. By then, not only would the entrance exams need to be competed for, but even the places for self-funded studies would need to be competed for as well.
After all, the school is a school, can not be completely commercialized, although the highest bidder can maximize the benefits, but President Williams can not afford to lose this face ah!
In this context, it is natural that the examination can only continue. Only in order to ensure the fairness of the educational resources, the Ministry of Education of Shen Luo has a provision that self-funded students shall not exceed five percent of the total number of students.
Of course, international students were not within the quota limit. In principle, as long as one could afford the money and the school could accommodate them, it was more than enough.
The local universities didn’t have this kind of trouble, the high fees scared off ninety-nine percent of the international students, it was Nanyang University that really needed to be considered.
The tuition fee of 500 Shendian deterred some, but it was not enough to discourage, and there were still many who met the conditions.
The first, second and third class were born in this context, the lower the class the higher the tuition fee to be paid, the third class can not get that is the scum, Nanyang University does not accept rags.
This is an embarrassing problem, there are a lot of international students who are the best of the best, but there are also a lot of students who are the worst of the worst. Most of these people have a common characteristic, that is – the imperial examination is hopeless.
The main purpose of sending them out to study is still to become officials. Don’t talk about saving the country or not, that’s just what the scholars think individually, it can’t represent the big family behind them.
In a sense, grades or no grades don’t matter to everyone, it’s still mainly for gold plating.
However, after a few years of study, the Japanese school diploma did not get, Nanyang University is even a qualification can not get, then go home will not be able to explain.
“Not far from the Nanyang University enrollment, want to improve performance in a short period of time, we can only collect funds to hire private tutors to tutor.”
Seeing that no one answered, Li Boan took the initiative to poke through the windowpaper. Clutching at the Buddha’s feet in the interim was also better than not holding at all.
It is estimated that there are more than one person who holds similar ideas, only that usually everyone is used to boasting of their natural talents, and are too embarrassed to admit that they are a school dregs.
Of course, it’s a bit too much to say “scum”, but it’s true that most of the people who studied in Japan didn’t learn much.
After all, these days, Japan’s education resources are also scarce, especially higher education resources, is a scarce resource.
Teachers in higher education are mainly foreign students who are sent to Japan, and most of the foreign students in Europe at the same time enter the pheasant university, learn a little bit of skin and come back, and then begin to teach and educate people.
Often times, that is organized for teachers to study first, and then go back to teach students. The main reason for being able to cultivate talents is that people are willing to study.
At the University of Tokyo, it is not uncommon to see teachers and students working on a problem late into the night.
In contrast, a pheasant university is a very different story. Many of the teachers have never been to college, so they read through the textbook and call it a class.
Except for the few international students who were able to enter regular universities and learn, most of the international students were just muddling through.
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The storm induced by Nanyang University had only just begun, and was quickly squashed by the new favorite.
On February 6, 1904, the Japanese government suddenly announced that it had broken off diplomatic relations with Russia, and the situation in the Far East became steeply tense.
Everyone knew that war was coming, except the Tsarist government, which was in a state of “confusion”, and Nicholas II, who swore to his countrymen that the Japanese government would not dare to take action.
Well, in recent decades the Japanese government in the face of the Great Powers is indeed very weak. Whether it is the initial Black Ship incident, or the Philippine War, or even before the embassy case, as long as the intervention of the Great Powers of the Japanese government on the goat.
But the problem is that when the Japanese government goaded, there is a common characteristic: the opponent is too strong, really can not win.
Obviously, the situation is different now. The Russian Empire was powerful, but their power in the Far East was limited.
At least before the opening of the Siberian Railroad, the Russian Empire’s power in the Far East was no match for the Japanese.
Why should the Japanese government wimp out if they can win the fight?
In any case, a war between Japan and Russia is inevitable, and it is better to start the war while it is now than to wait for the Russians to be ready to start the war with a much higher chance of winning.
Of course, the most crucial thing is that Britain and Shinra have officially broken up. Having Britain’s allies backing them up can offset the diplomatic pressure from Shinra.
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Vienna Palace, after receiving the news that Japan and Russia had broken off diplomatic relations, Franz had to step out of his comfort zone and continue to fulfill his monarchial duties.
Driven by the butterfly effect, the Russo-Japanese War has also undergone a sea change, and at this moment it is no longer just a battle between Japan and Russia, but also a game between Shinra and Britain.
Shinra to pit the Russians is not false, but the outside world does not know ah! In the view of many people, the Russian-Australian alliance is still strategically one.
The current Russo-Japanese War is not only a struggle for hegemony in the Far East, but also a game in the struggle for world hegemony between Britain and Shinra.
Actors have been in place, now waiting for the opening gong sound, as the host Franz how can be absent?
Theoretically speaking, to hand over to his son to preside over, seems to be not a big problem. But Franz is not assured ah!
In normal times a mistake is just a matter of time, now this kind of time any details of the error, may lead to the next layout failure.
Layout failure is just a matter of fear, afraid of not the Russians into the pit, but early exposure of the plan, the Russians pushed to the side of the British.
Although the Holy Roman Empire has become a great power, one against two is not without a chance of victory, but the risk is high!
A steady victory by strength is true happiness; a victory by risk is gambling. For a great nation, gambling is undoubtedly a great taboo.
When it comes to digging holes and burying people, Franz thinks that he is still better than his son, especially when it comes to pitting the Russians, that is even more experienced.
Just look at the tsarist government, obviously been pitted many times, but never had a seizure, is enough to illustrate the problem.
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Franz: “Japan and Russia have broken off diplomatic relations, it looks like war will break out in a few days, Frederick start moving!
It’s important to get our trade friction with the British up before the news of the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese war spreads, and speculate on prices in advance.”
There was no way around it, the Russo-Austrian alliance had an agreement that if war broke out on one side, the other side had to give support.
The most important one was that in times of war, the prices of strategic goods could not be raised. Simply put, it is the first order is what price, the back are what price.
This time was different, the Tsarist government simply did not believe that the Japanese dared to make a move, and pressed ahead with the ordering of strategic materials.
It so happens that now the Anglo-Austrian trade conflict broke out, providing the best excuse for price increases, Franz naturally will not let go.
Purely commercial behavior, prices fluctuate, is also normal. Even if the Tsarist government found out, it could not say anything.
“Father, this is not good, is it? The Czarist government is already in financial difficulties, and it can’t even come up with the funds for the war at a moment’s notice.
If nothing else, the Russians will end up borrowing money from us, and speculating on prices now will only cause the Russians to go bankrupt early.”
It was not that Frederick’s modesty was so high, it was mainly that the Russian Empire was so poor that a large part of the funding after the war broke out would have to be paid for by the government in Vienna.
The higher the prices, the more money the Vienna government lent out. With the financial situation of the Tsarist government, repayment can be said to be a long way off.
As for the Russians out of the collateral, symbolic significance than the actual significance, really if the physical offset, I guess the relationship between the Russian-Austrian alliance is also the end.
Of course, there is another exception, that is, the tsarist government was driven to the brink of extinction, can only sell off assets to survive.
You can refer to the Soviet Union after the breakup of the original time and space. As long as the money can be exchanged, that is what is sold. If it didn’t sell, it must be that the money given was not enough.
As long as enough money is given, nuclear bombs can be sold. If not for the leakage of information during the operation, the first nuclear bomb deal in the history of mankind would have been completed.
Trying to push the Russian Empire to the brink was obviously not a simple matter. With Shinra unable to do it himself, the Japanese alone simply couldn’t do it.
Against this backdrop, for the Vienna government, the more money it lent to the Russians now, the more it would lose in the end.
It is also the capitalists who are cheapened by speculating on the prices of strategic goods, even though Shinra has multiple businesses that are government and royal holdings.
Franz shook his head and said in a serious tone, “Frederick remember one thing: ‘If you want to take, you must first give.’
How will the Russians feel comfortable if they don’t lend out more money?”
The theory that “the one who owes money is the master” also applied at the beginning of the 20th century. Lend out more money and the creditor is kidnapped by the debtor.
The Americans in the original time and space were the ones who had to personally come down to help the Entente after the Russian surrender because they had lent out too much money, in order to make sure that the money they had lent out didn’t go down the drain.
That’s kind of the positive, there’s also the negative, Britain and France. Because the woolly bear, the debtor is finished, resulting in the debt blood money, directly affecting the post-war domestic economic recovery speed.
Now the Vienna government is facing the same situation, if the Russian Empire is finished, the financial system of Shenla will be equally impacted.
The size of the impact was ultimately determined by the amount of debt. It can be said that the more money lent out, the tighter the economic binding between Russia and Austria.
Knowing that it was impossible to do so was naturally not Franz’s willingness to help, but most of all to reassure the Tsarist government.
A debt of a few hundred million guilders can not kidnap Shinra, but a debt of more than a billion, billions, then it is really not even loose loose.
“Give up the child to catch the wolf”, in order to entice the Tsarist government to fall for it, Franz was also prepared to put down blood money.
It’s just “money”, as long as we can become the ultimate winner, it doesn’t matter if we print a little bit more.
Even if it triggered an economic and financial crisis, it would be half the world sharing the loss together, Franz can afford to lose.
(End of chapter)