C3336 It is not wrong to lose

Technology was the most productive force in the 21st century, and it was already the slogan of smelly streets. However, at the end of nineteenth century, this kind of thinking only stayed in the minds of some scientists and politicians, unable to form a consensus among the people.

It was not because the people at the end of nineteenth century thought that advanced technology was bad, but it was because these people thought that the importance of high technology to help the nation's power was not very high.

The technology was good, but to a country, it was still a matter of who had the most troops, whose battleships were the largest, whose cannons were the sharper, and who had the largest number of colonies.

This idea was not unique to France. In fact, it was similar to Britain. Other countries might not even be comparable to the English and French!

Only one country was an exception, and that was Prussia!

The end of the Franco-Prussian War had actually been decided in 1809. Sixty years ago, a series of educational reforms in Prussia had already determined that the country would become one of the world's top powers.

It was well-known that Martin Luther was the leader of Prussia's protected Protestantism, and Martin Luther was the first to propose compulsory education.

The main consideration of his proposal was to wrest the faithful from the Catholic-controlled masses, since at that time Catholicism in the Middle World was largely dependent on the knowledge of the priests, who could read the Bible and exploit the believers with this power of interpretation.

The illiterate people became sheep to the Holy See!

In order to reform the religion, Martin Luther had to rob the believers first, and the most important thing about the robbers was to teach the people to read, so that they could read the Bible and understand what it meant.

This was the fundamental difference between the Protestantism and the Catholic Church. In the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church did not allow people to read the Bible on their own.

Due to Martin Luther's forceful lobbying, Prussian Kingdom had the earliest concept of compulsory education. Although it was not implemented at that time, the seed had already been planted.

It was under the influence of Martin Luther that a duke named Ernest began to promote compulsory education in his territory. Any parent who did not let their child go to school was subject to a high fine.

Under the Duke's perseverance, in thirty years the dukedom was transformed to such an extent that even the farmers of Gotha were thought to be more courteous and literate than the nobles of Berlin.

The successful experience of Duke Ernest began to spread throughout Prussia, in Frederick. During William I's reign, Prussia built more than 1,800 schools.

But even so, Prussia was not truly compulsory for all!

"Do you know when it changed?" Xiao Letian looked at his subordinates and asked softly.

"The real change was actually over seventy years ago, and the source was still in the Napoleon the War God …"

In the battle of Jena in 1806, the army led by the King of Prussia Frederick William III was no match for the French army led by Napoleon.

Then, in 1807, the Treaty of Tilsit was signed. Prussia lost nearly half of its territory, leaving behind 1 million people who had previously ruled in Prussia's new borders.

Because the ceding provinces were fertile lands, Prussian taxes plummeted. The 100 million in reparations as well as the reduction in the size of the army to 40 thousand had caused the political organization of Prussia, which had become the vassal force of the Napoleon Empire, to completely collapse.

How did Prussia rise, how did it get its revenge? And finally, the path they chose was... Education!

Fichte, the philosopher and father of German nationalism, saved Prussia with his influence and countless speeches!

This country must make up for its material loss with its spiritual power. It is because of poverty that education is required. I have never heard of a country that has run out of money because of education.

Education will not only not make the country poor, but on the contrary, education is the best way to get out of poverty!

If Prussia wanted to be the world leader in the structure of military and political organizations, it had to be a leader in the world of education and science.

In 1809, Prussia officially began the reform of education throughout the country. In just thirty years, Prussia's school enrolment rate had reached 82%.

"Since 1809, sixty years have passed. Do you know what those sixty years are? "It's a 3-4 generation update …"

"How many scientists, engineers, and skilled workers have Prussia accumulated over the course of these sixty years? Have you ever studied these things in France? "

"I can tell you in a pessimistic manner that Prussia's technological level has completely surpassed Britain's. Due to the support from the high technology, Germany's industrial production is already unstoppable in France …"

"You cut the price three times? Let me tell you the truth, even if your Steel plant price drops by another half, Prussian would still dare to follow up, and they can use the price war to drag you guys to death … "

"Have you calculated how much manpower is needed to produce a ton of steel in France? We estimated that you French people need about 350 people to produce a ton of steel... "

"Britain needs about 300, and Prussia? I tell you that the Krupp Steel plant makes every tonne of steel... They only need 120 manpower! "

"How do you compete? How can you compete with them in terms of price? "

Xiao Letian sighed and said, "Do you know how powerful the power of technology is? "Not only is it about saving manpower, but even more frightening is that the price of raw materials is also lower than yours …"

"The quality of the continental Europe's iron ore is actually not that high, because more than seventy percent of the iron ore contain sulfur, and sulfur is a harmful substance for steel smelting …"

"If you French want to produce high quality steel, you need to choose expensive minerals with less sulfur in them... This kind of high-grade ore must be expensive! "

"But Prussia has developed a very good desulphurization process by now... It's because of the Desulphurization process, their Steel plant is not picky with food, any iron ore can use it! "

"Moreover, after the steel is desulfurized, it can be used to produce combat weapons. That is, steel gun s …"

"Look at this battle. France is still using their heavy and cumbersome Bronze Napoleon Cannons, but Prussia has already fully adopted the pure steel afterloading cannons. How could you possibly win?"

"It's not only on the battlefield that you can't win! You won't be able to win in business! "

"After this war, Prussia's arms became a gold medal, and their cannons were exported to the world. How much do you think they'd have to earn?"

"To tell you the truth, more than seventy percent of your French military factories will go bankrupt after the war!"

"Prussia will defeat you in every way because technology can crush France!"

"There are many coincidences that you all think are due to … Do you think it's simple now that you see Krupp's posthumous steel gun? "

"It is indeed not difficult, but it was just improved to a wedge shaped cannon latch with a closed loop … It is very easy for you French to imitate it! "

"But why don't you think about how such a simple design came from Prussia?"

"Why not come out of France first? If you France appear first, then France will be the first on the battlefield to oppress Germany! "

"There must be something in the midst of all these coincidences! because you don't have as many engineers in France as you do in Germany. If the basic is not big enough, what other crafts do you all want to break through? "

"It's not wrong for you to lose!"