Chapter 611: The Achievements of the Royal Academy

One obvious feature of the economic recovery and prosperity of various countries is that per capita income continues to expand, and has even doubled compared to before the war.

But the question is, have workers’ real incomes in these countries really increased? I'm afraid not necessarily.

First, they face longer working hours. The war caused the European powers to lose a large number of people, and the shortage of labor prompted some factories to start exploiting workers.

Workers' income seems to have increased, but they have to work many more hours than before, and their hourly wages have even decreased.

Coupled with rising prices, currency depreciation, etc., people's quality of life and happiness index are constantly declining.

Those who are obviously different from these European countries should be the workers in Australasia.

The eight-hour work system in Australasia was still implemented relatively firmly. Although it was temporarily changed to a ten-hour work system during the war, workers' incomes also increased.

The biggest benefit for Australasian workers should be the eight-hour work system, which is a work system that has not been implemented even in some later countries.

For Arthur and the current Australasia, the eight-hour working day is considered a more appropriate working time.

It can not only meet the country's production needs, but also allow workers and people to have enough rest and entertainment time.

This is also the reason why the Ministry of People's Welfare has not formulated many policies to benefit the people so far.

After all, as long as the eight-hour working system is firmly implemented, the difference from European countries will already be apparent, and the attractiveness of immigrants will naturally increase.

As for those further policies, such as a high proportion of medical reimbursement, higher income and subsidies, fewer working hours, etc., these policies will be left to future Australasian monarchs.

For Arthur, his prestige among the people has almost reached its peak, and there is no need to use such a policy to increase his prestige.

But future monarchs are different. If you want the monarchy of Australasia to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and for the people to recognize Australasia's successive monarchs from the bottom of their hearts, it is necessary for each monarch to do something that is in line with the times. .

Relying on the royal consortium, future monarchs can also issue more detailed and generous subsidies and policies to win over the people and increase their reputation.

No need for that in this day and age. After all, the people's welfare system is too high, which will make people feel lazy.

Anyway, if you don’t work, you don’t have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation. So how many people will take the initiative to work?

To say that the most elegant class currently living is probably the new aristocracy that was enfeoffed in large numbers after the war.

Although the number of new nobles is not large, there are only a few hundred people in total. But compared to common people, these aristocrats are already very wealthy. Any new aristocrat is a middle-class person with a net worth of hundreds or thousands of Australian dollars.

Although the new nobles of Australasia did not hold any lands, this did not prevent them from building castles within their fields.

In fact, all land in Australasia is privatized, and all the lands acquired by these nobles are permanent.

The government does not have any restrictions on building castles. As long as they have money, they are free to build castles on their own land.

However, whether they are knights, barons or earls, the scale of the castles they build is not too exaggerated. The cost is generally around one thousand to two thousand Australian dollars. To put it bluntly, it is a larger manor.

Although Australasia does not allow private armed forces, if they are in the name of a hunting team, these nobles can also have a hunting team of 5 to 10 people, which is enough to patrol and protect the estate.

Of course, the weapons equipped by these hunting teams can only be shotguns or pistols. The standard weapons equipped by the army, including large-scale machine guns and artillery, are certainly impossible to see among civilians.

And each hunting team has its own mission, and there are certain quantity requirements for the prey hunted every year. This also encourages Australasians to actively hunt wild animals to balance the ecology of Australasia.

This can be regarded as a special point of Australasia. While other countries have begun to restrict hunting, Australasia is encouraging hunting.

As long as you are not hunting protected animals, such as the rarer carnivores in Australasia, you can basically hunt the rest without worrying about breaking the law.

In particular, prey such as Australian hares are not only abundant in quantity, but can also be exchanged for money at canneries or private parties, which can be regarded as additional income.

The hunting team that hunts the most hares every year can also receive an audience from Arthur, and there are even special hunting competitions, etc. This is also Australasia's efforts to balance the ecology.

Many new nobles have already formed their own hunting teams. In peacetime, apart from farming and making money, their interests were hunting and horse racing.

This is also the biggest difference between nobles and ordinary people. Even if it is just the most ordinary knight, as long as there is no extravagance and waste, the income is still very considerable.

On this basis, by doing a little business and farming, the nobles would have enough leisure time to pursue their own interests and hobbies.

Whether in Europe or Australasia, the most popular hobbies among nobles are basically gambling and hunting such as horse racing.

Of course, there are also many nobles who like to have lovers, which is not news to European nobles.

The Royal Academy, which was built specifically for the aristocracy, has now gathered a large number of aristocratic children.

This is a good thing for Arthur. At least it can ensure that the descendants of those nobles receive a sufficient and excellent education. They will become the backbone and right-hand man of Arthur's descendants and contribute to the country.

Although some noble titles are intended to attract some talents, Arthur does not want the new nobles in Australasia to become wine and meat buckets. At least they must be honest and not discredit the noble class.

To put it bluntly, the interests of the noble class and the monarch are the same. The reputation of the nobles is not very good, and the monarch will also suffer losses to a certain extent.

I hope that the first noble to be deprived of the title will not appear too early, but if it does appear, Arthur will act without hesitation.

As the king of Australasia, Arthur has the right to deprive the nobles of their titles while having the right to enfeoff the nobles.

However, this right is generally not used unless a noble commits treason or completely violates the interests of the monarch.

Of course, in addition to recruiting children of nobles, the Royal Academy can also pay for the children of some capitalists to enter.

The Royal Academy has corresponding school districts from the earliest elementary school to university, which can be said to cultivate talents from an early age.

This also leads to the most fundamental difference between the Royal College and other universities. Compared with other universities, the Royal College is more demanding in the cultivation of talents and has stricter requirements for students.

Of course, compared with ordinary universities, the Royal College is also very strict in controlling ideological education.

Whether it is capitalists or noble children, the first lesson they receive in the Royal College is how to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and regard filial piety and loyalty to the royal family as the most important concept.

Such ideological education courses will accompany all Royal College students throughout their learning careers until they successfully graduate from the Royal College and become the mainstay of Australasia.

During this period, some students who did not perform well, especially those who had objections to the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, will receive special attention from the Royal Security Intelligence Agency.

Fortunately, there are still too few such people, and the thoughts of most students are still well influenced.

After all, most students have been studying at the Royal College since elementary school. Children's thoughts are the easiest to influence, which is also the real reason why ideological education courses start from elementary school.

Only by cultivating the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism for these noble children and capitalists from an early age can they fully implement such ideas throughout their lives.

If we have to say the biggest difference between the Royal Academy and other universities, it should be the Royal Academy's cultivation of interests and hobbies.

In addition to their own studies, the Royal Academy's courses also include hunting, riding, aristocratic etiquette, etc.

In addition, they will be arranged to specific training directions according to their areas of expertise.

Generally speaking, the most popular training direction for students at the Royal Academy is officials and generals.

But there are exceptions. The Royal Academy is also very fruitful in scientific research, which has also attracted some aristocratic children to embark on the road of scientific research.

Arthur's attitude towards the training of these aristocratic children is to focus on cultivating some talented and gifted aristocratic children as the backbone of talents.

The rest of the ability is not enough. After ensuring that these less capable aristocratic children receive sufficient ideological education, their professional choice is not very important.

No matter which aspect they choose, it is still a contribution to the country. What's more, for these aristocratic children, as long as they are not too dandy and are honest and decent, they have already met Arthur's requirements for most aristocrats.

After all, there aren't that many geniuses, and we can't expect every noble son to become a pillar of the country.

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