Chapter 404 403 [Central University Is Also Short of Money]

Nanjing Railway Station.

Zhang Xueliang, Yu Fengzhi, Zhang Xueming and more than 100 entourages were about to board the car and return to Peiping. Chang Kaishen and Song Meiling saw them off in person.

"Brother Han Qing, please take care of the northern affairs!" Chang Kaishen said while shaking Zhang Xueliang's hand.

Zhang Xueliang said with a smile: "I will live up to my brother's entrustment."

Song Meiling and Yu Fengzhi were also whispering their farewells, no matter whether they were pretending or not, there was more or less sisterly affection.

This time Zhang Xueliang came to Nanjing, not only did he and Chang Kaishen worship him as brothers, but their wives also married Jinlan, which seemed to suddenly turn state affairs into "family affairs".

Chang Kaishen received Zhang Xueliang with a very high standard, and the stations along the way were covered with slogans, such as "Deputy Commander Zhang is the messenger of peace", "Deputy Commander Zhang is an example of national unity" and so on.

When Zhang Xueliang's special train arrived at Pukou, Song Ziwen and He Yingqin led more than 700 officials to welcome it. Then everyone transferred to a ferry to cross the river, and the Lion Rock Fortress fired 19 shots—21 shots for the treatment of the head of state, and 19 shots were slightly less than 21 shots.

Accompanied by many dignitaries, Zhang Xueliang arrived at the official residence of the Nanjing Nationalist Government in a special car. Chang Kaishen, who was dressed in military uniform, immediately stepped forward, greeted him with a western hug ceremony, and then walked into the gate holding Zhang Xueliang's hand.

During his stay in Nanjing, Zhang Xueliang participated in the National Congress of the Nationalist Party, and accompanied by Chang Kaishen, he paid homage to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. Zhang Xueliang's cooks are specially hired, and Wu Zhihui, Shao Lizi, Yu Youren and others often accompany Yan Yin. Accompanied by Song Meiling, Yu Fengzhi listened to operas, went shopping, watched movies, and did charity work, enjoying the treatment of being at home.

Chang Kaishen's behavior made Zhang Xueliang a little flattered, and all the dissatisfaction in his heart disappeared. He is not a person who likes to hold grudges, Chang Kaishen treats him like a scholar of the country and gives him enough face, Zhang Xueliang suddenly lost his way.

From a political point of view, Zhang Xueliang's character is really naive enough.

After shaking hands with Chang Kaishen, Song Ziwen and others to say goodbye, Zhang Xueliang walked up to Zhou Hexuan, put his arms around Zhou Hexuan's shoulder and said, "Mingcheng, I'm leaving first, and we'll see each other again in Peiping!"

"Six commanders, go slowly," Zhou Hexuan said in a low voice suddenly, "as soon as possible, transfer the Fengjun elite back to the northeast, and beware of the Japanese!"

"I understand. When I get to Beiping, I will send 10,000 people back immediately." Zhang Xueliang said.

Zhou Hexuan said: "Ten thousand people is not enough, at least thirty thousand."

"I'll try my best," Zhang Xueliang said, giving Zhou Hexuan a hug, and then waved, "Goodbye!"

Seeing such an intimate act, Song Ziwen, He Yingqin and others were very surprised. Zhang Hanqing and Zhou Mingcheng have such a deep personal relationship that they can be as good as two brothers.

Zhang Xueliang, Yu Fengzhi and his party boarded the car and left, and the others also dispersed.

Chang Kaishen invited Zhou Hexuan into his special car, and asked casually, "I heard that Mr. Zhou is compiling history textbooks for Central University?"

"Yes, world history textbooks," Zhou Hexuan explained, "I found Central University's Western History textbooks to be very confusing, so I planned to compile one myself."

Chang Kaishen nodded in praise and said, "Mr. Zhou is a top historian in the world. The textbooks you compiled must be extraordinary." After a word of praise, Chang Kaishen suddenly asked for no reason, "Mr. Zhou is willing to join the party?"

"Hehe, let me forget it, I like freedom." Zhou Hexuan said perfunctorily.

"That's a pity, the great sage left his home, it's a loss for the party and the country," Chang Kaishen said with emotion, "I met with the US envoy a few days ago, and he was full of praise for you, saying that you are the most intelligent person in China. By the way, your brother-in-law, I have already promoted him to be the mayor of Jiujiang."

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Zhou Hexuan pretended to be grateful. He was not Zhang Xueliang, a little favor from Chang Kaishen would not be able to impress him, let alone make him work hard for it.

Corporal Chang Kai Shen Lixian did a great job and asked the driver to drive Zhou Hexuan to the gate of Central University before he turned back to the official residence of the Nanjing Nationalist Government.

Although Zhou Hexuan didn't think there was anything wrong with such courteous treatment, in the eyes of others, it was a sign of "the holy family is upright". Coupled with the fact that the central government issued "The Rise of Great Powers", in the eyes of government officials at all levels, Zhou Hexuan belongs to the kind of cultural celebrity who must be curry favor with.

The reason why Zhou Hexuan stayed at Central University and did not go back to the north with Zhang Xueliang was because he still had a speech. The previous two lectures were academic lectures, which were only aimed at students of the history department of Central University, but this lecture is open to all students.

Just after returning to the dormitory, Duan Xipeng brought Luo Jialun to visit and asked Zhou Hexuan to go out for dinner.

Luo Jialun and Duan Xipeng were old friends who had known each other during the May 4th Movement.

When the food and drink were served, Duan Xipeng made a toast first and said, "Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid I can't decide the textbook you wrote for Central University."

"What's the situation?" Zhou Hexuan clinked his glasses.

Duan Xipeng smiled wryly and said, "I, the principal of the Central University, is only acting. A few days ago, the National Party held a national meeting and elected a new Minister of Education. According to the instructions of the Ministry of Education, I will be transferred at the end of this semester."

"That's a pity." Zhou Hexuan regretted.

Duan Xipeng is a good man and a good official. His catchphrase is "the common people must live!".

During the Anti-Japanese War, the work Duan Xipeng was responsible for required 120 establishments, but he only used 60. When others advised him not to work too hard, he replied: "The common people are suffering too much." He became seriously ill and fell into a coma. The doctor used oxygen during the rescue, because the oxygen needs to be imported. After waking up, he ordered: "Forex, use less. "

But it was such a good official who was beaten by the students within a few days of acting as the president of Central University.

Duan Xipeng shook his head and laughed at himself: "It's not easy to be the president of Central University, I can finally have a few days of leisure."

Zhou Hexuan asked curiously, "What is the difficulty?"

Luo Jialun interjected, "What difficulties can there be? Of course it's the lack of money!"

"Central University is also short of money?" Zhou Hexuan felt unbelievable.

Because Duan Xipeng is not only the acting president of Central University, but also the vice minister of the Ministry of Education. The vice minister of education personally manages and presides over the university, so why the hell is there no money?

"Which university is not short of money?" Luo Jialun sneered.

Zhou Hexuan really wanted to say, when you were the principal of Tsinghua University, you never saw any lack of money, and you were a complete local tyrant.

After the two explained in detail, Zhou Hexuan finally understood that the original landlord's family did not have any surplus food. Not only Peking University has insufficient education funds, but even Central University is the same. Professors have to stop paying their salaries every now and then.

The teaching funds of the Central University are mainly allocated by the Jiangsu Provincial Government and the Central Ministry of Finance, with an annual budget of 1.92 million yuan.

The annual education fund of 1.92 million yuan is already considered very large, enough for Peking University to use for several years. But Central University's stall is also huge, with too many teachers and students, and this little money is simply not enough.

In the middle and late period of the Republic of China, the most powerful university in China was not Tsinghua University, nor Peking University, but Central University, and its school level could even be called the first in Asia.

Let’s take a look at how New China split up Central University, directly from one school to more than a dozen schools: the School of Engineering became independent and became Southeast University, the School of Medicine became independent and became the Fourth Military Medical University, and the Teacher’s College was later Nanshi Normal University The Department of Aeronautics became independent and formed Northwest University of Technology, the Department of Water Conservancy became independent and formed Hohai University, the Department of Food became Jiangnan University, the College of Agriculture became Nanjing Agricultural University, the College of Forestry became Nanjing Forestry University, and the Department of Meteorology became Nanjing Meteorological College , the Department of Political Science and Law moved to Shanghai to form East China Political Science and Law... The rest is Nanjing University.

How much do you think it will cost to maintain such a large central university?

By the late period of the Republic of China, the annual education expenditure of Central University was equivalent to the sum of Tsinghua University, Peking University, Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University.

Originally, the money was not enough, and the Jiangsu Provincial Government and the Central Ministry of Finance often deducted it, which made the Central University often have nothing to eat. Because of this, the Central University in history changed several presidents within two years, and finally no one wanted to be the president—the new president was determined not to take office.

What happened in the end?

More than 1,000 students from the National Central University directly rushed into the Central Party Headquarters of the Nationalist Party to discuss the explanation. After that, he went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to petition and injured the Minister of Foreign Affairs. This is not over yet, "Central Daily" accused these students of being "like thugs". In anger, the students simply smashed the "Central Daily" newspaper office.

What is it that Peking University students make trouble? Central University is awesome!

It was not until Luo Jialun was ordered in the face of danger that the turmoil at Central University completely subsided.

Some people say that Luo Jialun is a natural university president. After he took office at Central University, he united with students and professors internally, and wandered among various government departments externally. Not only did it receive sufficient education funding, but it also made Central University bigger and bigger, and eventually became the number one university in Asia.

At this moment, Luo Jialun is still in a state of poverty. He was kicked out by teachers and students of Tsinghua University at the beginning of the year, and returned to Nanjing in despair, but he was not reused for the time being.

Perhaps it was his failure at Tsinghua University that made Luo Jialun see his own shortcomings, which led to his glory as the president of Central University.

"Oh, stop talking, drink!" Luo Jialun said extremely frustrated.