Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 720 The new Dutch cabinet government is unveiled

On February 1879, 2, in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Liberal government officially completed the transfer of power to the coalition government composed of the Christian Party and the Socialist Party.

On February 1879, 2, the new Dutch cabinet government officially came to power.

Prime Minister: Theo von Linden (leader of the Christian Party)
Deputy Prime Minister: Jules Danetant (leader of the Socialist Party)
Chief Chancellor of the Exchequer: John Press (Christian Party)

Minister of Foreign Affairs: Joseph Beit (Socialist Party)

Home Secretary: David Blanc (Christian Party)

Defense Secretary: Fox (Christian Party)
Minister of Industry: Mari Philippe (Socialist Party)
Transport Secretary: Byers (Christian Party)

Minister of Education: Hester (Socialist Party)
Energy Secretary: Cromwell (Christian Party)

In addition, Justice: Robert Cook (Socialist Party)

Speaker of the Privy Council and Speaker of the House of Commons: Baron Caslan (Christian Party)

Lord Privy Seal and Speaker of the House of Lords: Marquis Andrew Smith (Christian Party)

University of Sydney.

Above the gate of the world's second largest university, the school motto "The stars change, wisdom is eternal" is clearly engraved.

"I didn't expect that the Socialist Party would succeed this time. In order to win over the Socialist Party, the Christian Party spent a lot of money this time. It actually allowed the four giants of the Socialist Party to win the deputy prime minister, foreign minister, industry minister, education minister, and even... Down the Supreme Court Justice.”

"Yes, this time the Socialist Party has truly become one of the largest parties in the Netherlands."

"Not to mention, after returning to the Netherlands from Belgium, in just a short period of ten years, the Socialist Party actually occupied a place in the Dutch political arena for the first time. In addition to its own structure being directly copied from Belgium, their doctrine was that of His Majesty William IV. Support is indispensable. Without His Majesty's support, the Socialist Party is the largest party, which is bigger than other small parties such as the Labor Party and the National Party. It would be good to get seats in the parliament. How can it be like now? In the Netherlands, we are divided between the Liberal Party and the Christian Party.”

"I am the biggest winner this time in the general election. Maybe in the next general election, the Christian Party will be in trouble and become the next Liberal Party."

At the University of Sydney in the Netherlands, which is ranked second in the European Times, rows of brand-new teaching buildings are full of interactive discussions. Yes, at the University of Sydney, teachers and students are not prohibited from having direct discussions over an issue. Even current affairs allow for this discussion. It is this atmosphere that has driven the University of Sydney to become more and more academic. Internationally, the papers published by teachers and students of the University of Sydney are the most reprinted and published in newspapers.

Because of this, the University of Sydney even beats the University of Cambridge in the UK and is known as the most desirable university for liberal arts students in the world.

As for the University of Melbourne, which ranks first, it is the most desirable place for Dutch science students.

William IV walked along and saw the teachers and students arguing over a problem with red eyes and pale faces, and he couldn't help but smile knowingly.

He couldn't help but sigh: "This is the academic atmosphere."

He turned to the side and followed the President of the University of Sydney, Hermann Van Peron, and joked: "Professor Hermann is indeed a world-famous commentator on current affairs. Even the students are discussing current affairs in class."

Before Professor Herman could wait, the people next to him laughed softly.

Herman Van Peron suddenly smiled bitterly, "No way, they can't change it" Haha!

The old slick.

It was obviously him, but he relied on the students.

But William IV naturally would not blame the other party.

He said to the people next to Hermann Van Peron: "You are all from universities across the Netherlands. Currently, there are 56 universities in the Netherlands. You are the presidents or acting presidents of these 45 universities. The International Universities published in the "European Times" last year In the rankings, your universities are among the 200 in the world, which is great, but pressure is motivation. In the future, my idea is that with the increase in population, the population of the Netherlands will double in 20 years. , correspondingly, higher education in the Netherlands must keep up, or even exceed the current level. Therefore, my next plan here is that in 1900, there will be 100 colleges and universities in the Netherlands, and you , will be a member of the 100 Dutch universities, even a witness and promoter. By then, the vice presidents or deans around you may be the leaders of these new universities."

William IV said sternly: "So, after you all return to your respective schools, use your teaching methods and management models, and hand in hand to educate them to become new university leaders in the Netherlands. , at that time, you were the biggest contributors to the Netherlands.”

William IV's words made everyone present look surprised.

Even Herman Van Peron is like this.

There are now 45 universities in the Netherlands, more than doubling to 100. The manpower and material resources involved are huge.

The University of Sydney is an institution in the education and research center of Dutch higher education institutions. In the 1878 world university rankings, it ranked second behind the University of Oxford and the University of Melbourne, second only to the University of Cambridge.

There are currently 18000 students at the University of Sydney, 800 of whom are foreign students. The number of teachers has reached 1300, including 150 at the professor level. The University of Sydney's four colleges of law, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences have established a total of 80 departments and nearly 800 courses. courses, more than 30 activities are organized every year, and the annual financial budget exceeds 5000 million Dutch guilders, 20% of which is used to research new technologies.

Precisely because he knew the difficulty of running a world-class university, he felt the pressure on the 100 universities mentioned by William IV.

He couldn't help but show a wry smile to Owen, the president of the University of Melbourne next to him.

Owen naturally knew what he wanted to say.

Owen, a science student, naturally did not care about anything, so he said: "Your Majesty, if you want to run a university, the resources of teachers and students are equally important. It is difficult to find teachers."

Seeing William IV looking over, he cried a little: "Take the University of Melbourne as an example. We are currently the most comprehensive university in the Netherlands and even the world, especially our science disciplines in Melbourne are the best in the world.

Metallurgy, theoretical physics, mathematics, space physics, particle physics, etc. in the School of Mathematics and Physics.

Botany, Zoology, Microbiology, Ecology, Radiobiology, Natural Resources, Animal Physiology, Oceanography, Cell Sciences, Neuroscience and Neuroscience, Emerging Genetics and Immunology of the Faculty of Biology Learn to wait and see, it gives ordinary people a headache.

Bio-chemistry, organic and organic chemistry, chemical analysis, analytical chemistry, structural chemistry, physical chemistry, metal chemistry, applied chemistry in the School of Chemistry, my God, I still get a headache just thinking about it.

The School of Earth Sciences is even more speechless, including geology, geography, mineralogy, petroleum storage, geochemistry, surveying, etc.
This is the strength of the University of Melbourne. In addition, there are economic history, social work, environmental psychology, economics and employment, public affairs management, public administration, sociology, statistics, social anthropology, and social development in the School of Social Sciences. , education, information processing, international economics, political science, business management, demography, human geography, social psychology, international relations, social policy"

When Owen said this, he smiled bitterly and said: "It is really difficult to run a first-class university, so Your Majesty, can you provide more in terms of budget?"

William IV ignored him and walked directly to the principal's office, "You want a budget? There is a lot of social capital. You won't use university project research to invest."

(End of this chapter)