Fox of France

Soon came the opening day of the "Basket Fair". Early in the morning, the front of the Champ de Mars station was crowded with people - the world's first passenger train will depart from here soon.

Little Franz also came to the station with other students. There were three third-class carriages on the first passenger train. These three carriages were allocated by lottery to several schools built in poor areas. Luckily, the school where little Franz was attending got the lottery.

Then there is the assignment within the school. In order to prevent the rich from taking advantage of what they shouldn’t—although there are basically no rich people in the school where little Franz studied, but the more this is the case, the more serious he must be Come, so that the students know how fair and loving France is - the allocation of places in the school depends entirely on the test results.

Little Franz is not particularly serious about his studies, but the content of elementary school studies can be handled with a little cleverness. Coupled with the fact that the academic level of the students in the school where the little Franz is generally relatively poor, it is said that the little Franz stood out and won a place.

Yes, the academic level of schools in poor areas is quite low. Generally speaking, in today's France, although compulsory education is implemented at the elementary school stage, the educational funds that schools in different regions can get vary greatly.

Of course, the country is very fair to all children, whether they are the children of the poor or the children of the rich, and the educational expenses allocated to each child are exactly the same. But the problem is that the state allocation is quite limited, and it can only maintain the most basic operations.

Generally speaking, there are three main sources of funding for a primary school in the compulsory education stage: state funding, neighborhood funding, and donations.

State funding is calculated based on the number of students. The amount of the block grant is paid out of the public service expenditure of the block. The public service expenditure of the block is decided by all citizens of the block and collected from all residents of the block. Therefore, many people also call it "neighborhood tax". Generally speaking, neighborhoods where rich people live will always charge a higher "neighborhood tax". ) On the one hand, it also guarantees the quality of public services in the neighborhood, including education.

As for poor neighborhoods, there is almost no public service spending, so block grants naturally don't exist. As for donations, don't even think about it. As a result, schools in poor areas rely almost entirely on government funding to operate. This makes the difference in funding for schools in poor and rich areas of Paris very large.

For example, in the original St. Antoine District (after Napoleon became the first ruler, it was subdivided into many small blocks), the proportion of state appropriation in their funds was always 100% Over ninety-eight. However, in rich areas like the Pantheon neighborhood, state funding may not even account for 5% of primary school funding. Considering that the state appropriation is the same for every student, we can immediately draw a conclusion that in primary school, a poor child’s education expenditure may only be about 5% of that of a rich child.

Therefore, in elementary schools in Fuyu District, there are usually only about twenty students in a class, and each class has a dedicated teacher for each subject; and each teacher even has a teaching assistant. In addition, various other facilities are far from what schools in poor areas can imagine.

In poor areas, in an elementary school, the names of all the teachers and staff, including the principal, may not exceed the palm of one hand. A teacher often has to take on multiple subjects such as French, mathematics, science, and art, and teach multiple grades at the same time. In addition, due to insufficient funds, they cannot hire a sufficient number of qualified teachers, so their classes are extremely large. In many cases, there is only one class in a grade, and there may be hundreds of students in this class. And their teacher may simply be a student who just graduated from this school with better grades.

Therefore, in terms of academic level, the academic level of students from schools in poor areas is almost not at the same level as that of students in rich areas. Even the academic level of senior primary school students in schools in rich areas may be higher than that of students in poor areas. The children's teachers are tall.

In a sense, after the abolition of the aristocratic system, this difference has become one of the means for those with high status to ensure that their children and grandchildren can always occupy high positions. Educational inequality reinforces social inequality.

However, the country cannot be blamed for this. After all, who made you unable to buy a house in a rich area or pay the "neighborhood tax" in a rich area? Therefore, the government cannot be blamed for suffering, and the society cannot be blamed. At least Napoleon's government still paid attention to the poor children. For example, today's "historic opportunities" are all given to poor children, although to be honest, such "historic opportunities" are actually of no real use. .

Since it is such a historic moment, of course there must be a ceremony or something. Somebody has to give a speech. After Joseph and Lucien's review and Lucien's personal guidance, the First Consul delivered a speech entitled "Driving into the Spring of Science" at the train station. In the speech, Napoleon pointed out that "the progress of science and technology , is the first impetus to promote the progress of human society, and France calls on her sons and daughters to strengthen their efforts in this area and continue to forge ahead bravely in the ocean of science.” He also pointed out that France has a great responsibility to the world, that is, France should lead the whole of Europe and even the whole world into the spring of science just like the Roman Empire brought the world from ignorance to civilization, just like a steam locomotive It's like speeding up on the railway with other carriages. Finally, His Excellency the First Consul also pointed out that in this train, the first three carriages were all given to those children free of charge, in order to encourage them to explore bravely and continue to lead the world to ride the wind and waves in the sea of ​​science in the future.

Napoleon's speech was repeatedly interrupted by warm applause and shouts. At first, people shouted: "Long live the First Consulate!" Then, whoever took the lead, suddenly shouted "Imberado". So everyone shouted "Imberado" together.

"Imberado" is Roman, and it directly means the invincible commander. The famous Caesar was once called "Imperator" by the soldiers. Later, after Octavian established the imperial system in Rome, the title of "Imberado" was limited to the current emperor and occasionally to members of his immediate family. The Roman emperor always used the title "Inberado" as his personal name when he ascended the throne; after Tiberius' reign, the act of being hailed as Inberado has become a symbol of the emperor's ascension to the throne. At this time, these people shouted "Imberado" to Napoleon, which was not only praising Napoleon's military exploits, but also meant "persuading the First Consul to go further".

However, Napoleon did not respond too much to this shout. After finishing his speech and announcing the opening of the passenger train, he left the rostrum.

Then it is time to check the ticket and get on the bus. The first to get on the bus is naturally the passengers in the luxury box. For example, Nathan Rothschild, who paid a lot of money to photograph the sixth car, got on the car early.

A luxury box is a luxury box after all, and its comfort and luxury are far from comparable to that of a luxury carriage. If anything, the luxury cabins on some sea ships may be comparable to it. In fact, the train's luxury boxes are largely referenced to sea ships.

Instead of sitting on a soft sofa admiring the cabin, which had cost him so much, Nathan Rothschild would walk straight ahead, until he came to the junction of the sixth and fifth carriages. There, stood a waiter.

"I'm Nathan Rothschild from Rothschild Bank. May I visit the fifth compartment?" Nathan Rothschild asked while handing over a business card.

The waiter took the card and noticed that there seemed to be something under it, which seemed to be a promissory note. He put away both of these things in silence, and replied:

"Mr. Rothschild, I need to ask the passengers about this matter."

Then the waiter walked in, and after a while, the waiter came back and said: "The gentlemen inside welcome friends who come to visit."

So Nathan Rothschild walked into the No. 5 carriage under the leadership of the waiter.

The reason why the price of carriage No. 6 was so high at the beginning was entirely because the person who bought carriage No. 5 was named Bonaparte. Therefore, many people speculate that Napoleon's family members will board this train.

Napoleon's whereabouts are public, and he will take the second train to the Liberty Palace, but it is speculated that his older brother and younger brother are likely to be on this train. If you can take advantage of this opportunity to establish a relationship with them, it will be worth the money spent. (Conversely, if Napoleon was up there, those people would certainly have no chance of approaching him, given the inevitable security.)

However, in fact, Napoleon's family was not in this carriage, and Joseph was not that keen on taking the train—I even did the Fuxing in my previous life. As for Lucien, he will not go to the Palace of Liberty at all today. He will sit in the Ministry of Truth and be in charge of all kinds of propaganda today. As for Louis and Pauline, they were going with Napoleon, so there was not a single Bonaparte in this carriage. The people here are all friends and students of Joseph.