Although on the surface, the University of Nyasaland is more similar to universities in the United States, in essence, the University of Nyasaland is in the same vein as European universities.

Many European universities have political backgrounds, such as Oxford University, because there was a little unhappiness between the king of England and the king of France, and then the king of England recalled the British scholars in the University of Paris and forbade them to work at the University of Paris, so the University of Oxford was born.

The University of Nyasaland was privately funded by Roque, and it must serve Roque's needs in terms of operation, which is fundamentally different from those universities in the United States that are commercial companies, no matter what commercial companies do, they are motivated by interests, and the University of Nyasaland has many political purposes, such as poaching people from Germany, and while enhancing the strength of Nyasaland University, it will definitely have a great impact on Germany's domestic scientific research capabilities.

That is, the University of Nyasaland is not short of this money, otherwise Roque will use this as a reason to go to the British government, and maybe the British government will still give money.

The University of Nyasaland is indeed not short of money now, and some people are lining up to send money to the University of Nyasaland, and Xiao Si is very enthusiastic.

In 1902, just before Cecil Rhodes' death, Cecil Rhodes established the "Rhodes Scholarship" at Oxford University to sponsor the world's "outstanding, courageous, benevolent and leader-like" young elites to study at Oxford University.

It seems like a good thing, but in fact, Cecil Rhodes set up the scholarship with the intention of cultivating a pro-British faction among American students, and eventually creating the conditions for the British Empire to "recover" the United States.

But this does not prevent the results of the "Rhodes Scholarship", the Rhodes Scholarship is also known as the "Roche Scholarship", by the 21st century has been one of the most competitive scholarships in the world, the winners are called "Rhodes Scholars", after its establishment, a total of more than 8,000 people have received the Rhodes Scholarship funding, President Bill Clinton of the United States, Canadian Prime Minister John Turner, Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke have received the "Rhodes Scholarship" funding.

After the establishment of the University of Nyasaland, Xiao Si expressed the hope that the "Rhodes Scholarship" would also be established at the University of Nyasaland to support students with outstanding performance.

The scholarship is also a double-edged sword, if the University of Nyasaland accepts this scholarship, then in the future, the award of the scholarship will inevitably be affected by Xiao Si.

And Roque's purpose in establishing the University of Nyasaland is to cultivate talents for Nyasaland, and this purpose cannot be shaken, so Roque has not agreed to it all along.

Now there is finally an opportunity to set up a scholarship, but not for students, but for European scholars who wish to immigrate to Nyasaland.

"In general, the Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Nyasaland is to provide assistance to scholars who are struggling to make ends meet, whether they are willing to immigrate to Nyasaland or not, of course, if they are willing to immigrate to Nyasaland and work at the University of Nyasaland, they will definitely get more scholarships, and the budget for this is enough to have 20,000 or 30,000 pounds a year, in addition to the Rhodes Scholarship, the University of Nyasaland can name the Faculty of Chemistry 'Rhodes College' in honor of Mr. Cecil Rhodes's contribution to Nyasaland." Roque is not opposed to the establishment of scholarships, no matter what the purpose of the scholarship is, in the end it is those who really need it.

To say that Cecil Rhodes's contribution to Nyasaland is truly unparalleled.

If Cecil Rhodes had not sold Nyasaland to Roque, there would be no University of Nyasaland and even the Federal Government of Southern Africa, so in Nyasaland, streets and squares named after Cecil Rhodes are everywhere, almost every city.

Xiao Si is of course happy to see this situation happen, to the extent of the Rhodes family, it is no longer important whether the money is not rich, whether it can correct the name of Cecil Rhodes and establish a positive family image is even more important.

Because of the colonial development in southern Africa, in fact, Cecil Rhodes's reputation in southern Africa is not good, many people refer to Cecil Rhodes as a "greedy and brutal colonizer", so Xiao Si is now very keen to invest in public facilities such as museums, libraries, parks, etc., trying to slowly change the image of the Rhodes family in people's hearts.

"No problem, I can personally contribute a million pounds to the establishment of the Rhodes Scholarship, I don't care who you want to give the prize money to, but I have to have a statue and a library, and the University of Nyasaland has to organize people to write a biography of my father, and there is an annual commemoration for my father." Although Xiao Si has many requirements, the cost is not high.

The statue of Xiao Si is ready-made, you can pull it over at any time, the library is now available, just change the name, as for the biography and commemoration activities, it is not a matter for the school at all, there are so many professional lecturers in the University of Nyasaland, there is no need for professors to be responsible, hand over to one or two professional lecturers, and it can be completed in three or two months.

"No problem, every year when we give out the Rhodes Scholarship, we hold a ceremony to commemorate Mr. Cecil Rhodes – as for the scholarship, we are ready to entrust the RAND Bank to invest and use the annual profits for the scholarship, so that the Rhodes Scholarship will always exist." Douglas is also familiar with this kind of thing, and Xiao Si set up a scholarship for a few years Cecil Rhodes, for the United Kingdom, Cecil Rhodes is a contribution, so there is no psychological barrier in this regard.

"That's good, please—" Xiao Si said sincerely.

If this money is handed over to the RAND Bank to operate, it is indeed more suitable than in the University of Nyasaland, the RAND Bank now also has financial management projects, and many people will hand over the excess money to the RAND Bank to invest and operate, and the annual profit is still very rich.

At least it is better than direct deposit in the bank, the vast majority of banks in these years are vampires, and the money deposited in the bank not only has no interest, but also has to pay custody fees, so not only does not charge custody fees, but also pays interest RAND Bank can expand so rapidly.

After talking about the establishment of the scholarship, Roque also has requirements for the issuance of scholarships, "strained" is actually a very flexible word, some people are very satisfied with an annual salary of 100 pounds, and some people have an annual salary of 5,000 pounds is not enough to spend, there are many scholars living in poverty in Europe, and the Rhodes Scholarship cannot be given to people at the meeting, mainly those who are willing to immigrate to Nyasaland, or scholars who are interested in immigrating to Nyasaland.

This is what Douglas is responsible for: "In principle, the Rhodes Scholarship is awarded 100 per year, each of which is about 200 pounds, which is already a great improvement for a family, if you need more help, it depends on whether you are willing to work for the University of Nyasaland, even if you don't immigrate to the University of Nyasaland, it is okay to contribute to the University of Nyasaland, the situation in Europe is very bad now, all countries are investing money in national defense, and there is little investment in education, Funding for the university is dwindling, and many relatively unimportant disciplines are largely on the verge of being abolished, and this time twelve of the scholars who have come to the inauguration of Professor Abu's new laboratory have already made it clear that they are willing to stay in Nyasaland, and all of them will receive a reward of five hundred pounds, which was previously paid for by the University of Nyasaland and is now also paid for by the Rhodes Scholarship—"

"100 is too little, increase to 200, 200 pounds is too much, reduce it to 100 pounds, expand the scope of beneficiaries, reduce the amount of awards, and let more people enjoy the funding of the Rhodes Scholarship, so that it can have a greater impact." Roque was not satisfied with Douglas's arrangement, and a hundred pounds a year was the middle class, and two hundred pounds was indeed too much.

"Okay—" Douglas immediately wrote in the little notebook.

This is the advantage of being the master of his own house, Xiao Si set up a scholarship at the University of Nyasaland, and after paying the money, Xiao Si has nothing to do, and Xiao Si does not even have a say in the distribution of scholarships.

Roque can make a decision, whether Douglas wants to or not, he can only cooperate with Roque's decision, this kind of power is indeed easy to inflate.

"Locke, I'm going to change the name of Salisbury to Rhodes City, what do you think?" Xiao Si has bigger plans, and he can finally think of asking Roque's opinion.

Salisbury, the seat of Rhodesia's capital, was named after the then British Prime Minister, the Marquess of Salisbury, and it is also clear from this that Cecil Rhodes and Roque were really the same kind of people.

As soon as Roque got the Zambezi Valley, he named Nyasaland's only port city after King Edward VII, which was essentially a sign of loyalty to the British royal family.

"It's too early—" Roark vaguely felt that something was wrong, the Marquis of Salisbury had only been dead for a few years, and it seemed too cold to change the name of the city named after the Marquis of Salisbury now.

"Of course I won't come forward, just let the state government vote, now it's the federal government, and it's going to vote-" Xiao Si's method is not clever, although Rhodesia, like Nyasaland, has also joined the federal government of southern Africa, but the federal government's influence on Rhodesia is also not enough, don't look at Xiao Si did not serve as the governor of Rhodesia, but the status of the Rhodes family in Rhodesia is still unshakable.

To put it mildly, without Xiao Si's consent, Rhodesia did not dare to make such a decision at all, although the previous Marquis of Salisbury has died, but the Salisbury family is still there, and the influence is still there, so this is actually asking for trouble.

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