In Hu Shuhua, we can see the epitome of literati in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and we can also see the spirit of intellectuals pursuing progress at that time.

Hu Shuhua has been reading books for 30 years——

In the first ten years, he read four books and five classics, was enlightened at the age of six, and was talented at the age of seventeen, which is very rare for the children of township school teachers. But Hu Shuhua did not choose to continue the imperial examination, but entered the private Mingde School in Hunan and began to learn Western knowledge.

In the middle ten years, he received a new education in China, dropped out of the Beijing Normal School of Translation and Interpretation at the age of 25 (his studies were interrupted due to the Xinhai Revolution), and at the age of 27, he was admitted to the German government-funded international student, becoming a member of the tide of studying abroad in the early years of the Republic of China.

He spent the last ten years of his higher education in Germany, where he studied in one sitting, and finally received a doctorate in metallurgy at the age of 34.

After returning to China, although Hu Shuhua joined the Kuomintang Party, he did not choose to become a government administrative bureaucrat. He first served as the director of various factories, such as the director of the Shanghai Iron and Steel Plant, the director of the Hanyang Arsenal, and was also invited to help Tang Shengzhi organize the Hanyang Iron Works, during which he published monographs such as "Ferrometallurgy", "Metallurgical Engineering", and "Iron and Steel Industry".

It can be said that Hu Shuhua has made great contributions to China's modern national industry.

Hu Shuhua has served as the director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, the director of the Central Department of Agriculture, and the director of the Central Department of Agriculture and Forestry, but he finally chose to be the principal. Since then, Hu Shuhua has become the president of five universities in one go, including three times in Hunan University.

Hu Shuhua had several positions as a member of the Central Committee in the Nanjing government at this time, why did he come to remote Chongqing to be the principal?

Because of political repression, of course.

Hu Shuhua is also the chairman of the Shanghai National Salvation Federation, and has repeatedly issued telegrams and declarations, calling for "stopping the civil war and uniting with the outside world." As a result, the president of Hunan University could no longer do anything, so he could only go to Sichuan to accept Liu Xiang's asylum.

With Liu Xiang's emphasis on talented people and his policy of vigorously developing Sichuan's internal affairs, Hu Shuhua became a hot figure as soon as he arrived in Chongqing. At least Sichuan's arsenals and steel factories need academic bulls like him to be in charge.

It can be said that he can come and go as he pleases Liu Xiang's official residence, and Chongqing Mayor Li Hongkun can only perform disciple salutes in front of him.

This can be seen from Li Hongkun's reaction before, Li Hongkun sat on a sliding pole at first, and after meeting Hu Shuhua, he could only get off the sedan chair and walk together.

Cultural people may not be useful when they encounter a gun, but most of the time they will be respected by the gun.

At this moment, in the living room of the Zhou Mansion.

Li Gengu, commander of the Chongqing garrison, took the initiative to give up the chief guest position to Hu Shuhua, and Hu Shuhua sat down with a swagger without the slightest prevarication or psychological burden. Chongqing Mayor Li Hongkun can only sit in the second seat, Li Gengu is again, and Fan Ha'er is obediently accompanied by a miscellaneous division leader.

Although everyone had something to talk to Zhou Hexuan, before Hu Shuhua finished speaking, everyone else chose to shut up.

"Principal Hu," Zhou Hexuan asked, "the last time I came to Chongqing, there were only a few preparatory classes, how is the school developing now?" ”

Hu Shuhua stroked his long beard and said a little proudly: "There are three major colleges of arts, science and engineering, and the College of Engineering only recruits preparatory students for the time being, and undergraduate classes will be opened after the summer vacation this year. The three colleges plus the preparatory department have a total of more than 400 students, which is the first in Sichuan! ”

Hu Shuhua is fully qualified to be proud, although he did not founded the major engineering colleges, but in his hands they are thriving, and many engineering scholars have been invited to come and be professors. Just looking at the faculty of major engineering colleges, it can already be ranked among the top 10 engineering colleges in China.

"I didn't expect the major development to be so fast, and President Hu ran the school in a good way." Zhou Hexuan slapped a sycophant with his hand.

Hu Shuhua said in a hurry: "When the School of Engineering is on the right track, I am still preparing to set up a business school, a law school and a medical school in a major way. At that time, there are six subjects, although it is not said to surpass Tsinghua University and Peking University and Central University, but at least it will catch up with Fudan Tongji. ”

"There will be a day." Zhou Hexuan nodded.

Chongqing University was very good during the Anti-Japanese War, and even the Central University was borrowed to live in a major campus, which can be said to be as many masters as dogs, and scholars walked all over the place.

Just like Central University and Tsinghua University and Peking University, the super universities during the Republic of China were spun off after the founding of New China.

a major medical school, which was later merged into West China Medical University and eventually became part of Sichuan University; The Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science were also merged into Sichuan University; The railway engineering major was merged into Southwest Jiaotong University; The School of Business was merged into Southwest University of Finance and Economics and Sichuan University of Finance and Economics; The law school was dismantled and merged into the Southwest University of Political Science and Law; The Department of Geology was dismantled and merged into Chengdu University of Technology; The Department of Architecture was dismantled and merged into Chongqing Jianzhu University; The Department of Physical Education and the Department of Agriculture, which were merged into the Western Normal University and the Department of Agriculture, respectively, became part of Southwest University; The Department of Chemical Engineering was merged into Chengdu University of Science and Technology, which later became part of Sichuan University......

In later generations, more than half of the universities in Sichuan and Chongqing inherited the major genes of the Republic of China, and many of its majors were dismantled into Guizhou University, Yunnan University, Hu University, Wuhan University and so on.

The reason why the major events in history are so awesome is because Chongqing was the wartime capital, and elites from all over the country gathered here.

Hu Shuhua stroked his beard and said: "Now that the national crisis is at hand, North China and East China are not enough to defend, Sichuan will be the rear of the Anti-Japanese War, and Chongqing is the throat of Sichuan." Chongqing University should seize this opportunity to rapidly expand its power to accommodate more scholars and students. In time, China's hope lies in Sichuan, and Chongqing University should cultivate more talents for national rejuvenation. ”

"Principal Hu has far-reaching vision, and I admire it!" Zhou Hexuan praised.

In fact, at this point in time, anyone who understands can see something about the future. When Lao Jiang inspected Chongqing University last year, he had already said something similar, which shows that he also has points in his heart.

After chatting about education again, Hu Shuhua looked at Li Hongkun for two years and said: "I won't delay much, Mayor Li still has something to do, right?" ”

"Education is also a serious matter." Li Hongkun said with a smile.

Zhou Hexuan asked, "What advice does Mayor Li have?" ”

"I don't dare to give advice," Li Hongkun said sincerely, "Although Li has studied for a few days, he has studied at military schools, and he is a big old man." Now he has been appointed as the mayor by Commander Liu, and he belongs to chasing ducks to the shelves, and he has launched an order to be honest and fearful. Mr. Zhou is a great talent in the world, since he has settled in Chongqing, how can he leave a legacy in the countryside? He also asked Mr. Zhou not to shirk and go out of the mountain to serve as the chairman of the Chongqing Municipal Assembly. ”

During the period of the Nationalist Government of Nanjing, the administrative system at the provincial and county levels was adopted, and cities could only be established if specific requirements were met. There are also some places that have reached the standards for establishing cities, but due to the large administrative expenses of municipal-level institutions, they are still county systems, such as Suzhou County, Wuxi County, Yantai County, and so on.

In the local administrative system, the parallel method of party and government is adopted, and the local party committee and local government jointly govern the system.

At this time, Chongqing was a provincial municipality under the jurisdiction of Sichuan, and the supreme ruling bodies were the municipal party committee and the municipal government, and there was also a "municipal council". This is a crappy institution that learns from Western democratic politics, somewhat similar to the local people's congress of later generations, and Li Hongkun now wants Zhou Hexuan to be the head of the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress.

According to the Organic Law of the Municipal Senate promulgated by the Nanjing National Government, public servants are not allowed to concurrently hold the post of councillor, and the municipal senate may put forward bills. If the mayor disagrees with the Senate's proposal, he can submit a reconsideration, and if there is a conflict with the mayor after the reconsideration, then the whole city must vote on it.

This regulation seems to be very beautiful, but in fact it is all nonsense, you let the local people of the Republic of China vote for all? Hehe.

However, since Li Hongkun personally recruited Zhou Hexuan as the chairman of the Chongqing Municipal Assembly, the situation is different, and it belongs to the extreme importance attached to Zhou Hexuan. In the future, if Zhou Hexuan puts forward municipal development requirements for Chongqing, as long as the content is not too excessive, Li Hongkun will basically agree, otherwise he will slap himself in the face.

Zhou Hexuan felt very fresh about this, Lao Jiang recruited him before, and he was always allowed to serve as a minister and director, and he was never asked to be the chairman of the Senate.

That's interesting!

"Since Mayor Li sincerely invited, then I can't refuse." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Li Hongkun laughed: "With Mr. Zhou's participation, Chongqing's future development will definitely be more rapid." ”