Rise of Empires: Spain.

Chapter 28 Royal Military Academy of Madrid

After being crowned, Carlo was in great trouble.

If Spain wants to achieve revival, it must have a large number of talents to work hard for the expansion of all industries in Spain.

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

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 formal universities.

But here's the problem.

Although Spain has so many universities with a long history, it does not attach as much importance to the cultivation of university talents as major powers such as Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Austria.

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

Colleges and universities do not receive sufficient funding for education, and the training of high-quality talents in Spain can be said to be a mess.

Even in the military, the shortage of talent is affecting Spain at all times.

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

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

Carlo also knew that this time point would bring about major changes in the military. The line infantry tactics that dominated Europe during the Napoleonic era had now become a tactic of queuing and shooting.

Although the French had a greater overall strength than Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War, the French were destined to have a difficult time fighting because of the large number of French line infantry established by Napoleon III in imitation of his uncle Napoleon.

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

Of course, France is not completely weak now, and a Spain that completely 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 funding budget for the education sector in the new year.

Carlo took the opportunity to acquire ownership of the Royal Military Academy from the government using 300 million pesetas.

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 put all his energy into the reform of Spain.

Although this might allow Carlo to infiltrate the military with influence through officers trained at the military academy, that would be at least several years or even a dozen 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 55 years old that Primo's only wish is to make Spain rejuvenate 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 very good mood at this time, and his attitude towards Primo changed from being hypocritical at the beginning to truly respectful.

No matter what the historical evaluation of Primo was, in Carlo's eyes, Primo now was indeed a hero like Garibaldi.

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

The only difference is that Garibaldi was hostile to the Italian government and king because of his history of supporting the Republic, while Primo gained Carlo's trust and strong support because he supported the monarchy and supported Carlo to become the King of Spain.

Carlo, in a good mood, discussed a lot about the future development of Spanish military academies with Primo, who came from an officer's 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.

The Royal Military Academy will be split into two parts to take into account the different needs of the Spanish army for officers.

The Royal Military Academy is still located in Madrid, and its role is to train excellent junior officers for Spain. The students of the Royal Military Academy are divided into two groups: 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 of the split will establish a new military academy in Zaragoza, Aragon, with the full name of Royal Military Academy Zaragoza Branch.

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

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

While training Spanish officers, Carlo could also make these officers more loyal to him.

After all, as the King of Spain, Carlo was 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 will be loyalty to the king and the country.

With these officers who have been baptized with loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, Carlo will be able to exert greater influence on the future Spanish army.

If the ideas of loyalty to the monarch and patriotism are incorporated into the education of Spaniards from childhood to adulthood, a perfect closed loop can be achieved, which will increase the loyalty of all Spaniards to the monarchy and Carlo.

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 bottom of their hearts and be fanatical and loyal to Carlo from the bottom of their hearts.

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

After investing more than 100 million pesetas in the Royal Military Academy of Madrid, the Royal Military Academy quickly expanded and recruited a large number of students after a simple screening within the Spanish army and civilians.

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