Nanjing Railway Station.

Zhang Xueliang, Yu Fengzhi, Zhang Xueming and more than 100 members of the entourage were ready to board the bus to return to Beiping, and Chang Kaishen and Song Meiling personally saw them off.

"Brother Han Qing, please take care of the affairs of the north!" Chang Kaishen held Zhang Xueliang's hand and said.

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

Song Meiling and Yu Fengzhi are also saying goodbye in whispers, whether they are pretending to be or not, they have a bit of a deep taste of sisterhood.

This time Zhang Xueliang came to Nanjing, not only did he and Chang Kaishen worship their sons as brothers, but their wives also married Jinlan, which seemed to have turned state affairs into "family affairs" all of a sudden.

Chang Kaishen's reception of Zhang Xueliang was of a very high standard, and the stations along the way were plastered with slogans, such as "Deputy Commander Zhang is the messenger of peace and resettlement" and "Deputy Commander Zhang is an example of national reunification."

When Zhang Xueliang's special train arrived in Pukou, Song Ziwen and He Yingqin led more than 700 officials to greet him. Then everyone transferred to the ferry to cross the river, and the Lion Rock Fort fired 19 cannons - 21 for the treatment of the head of state, 19 for the treatment of the head of state, 19 for slightly less than 21.

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

During his stay in Nanjing, Zhang Xueliang attended the National Congress of the Kuomintang and paid homage to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum accompanied by Chang Kaishen. Zhang Xueliang's cooks are specially hired, and Wu Zhihui, Shao Lizi, Yu Youren and others often accompany Yan Yin. And Yu Fengzhi was also accompanied by Song Meiling, listening to plays, shopping, watching movies, doing charity, and enjoying the treatment of being at home.

Chang Kaishen's style made Zhang Xueliang a little flattered, and all kinds of dissatisfaction in his heart disappeared. He is not a person who likes to hold grudges, Chang Kaishen treats him as a national soldier, and he has enough face, Zhang Xueliang suddenly couldn't find the north.

Zhang Xueliang's character, from a political point of view, is really naïve enough.

After shaking hands with Chang Kaishen, Song Ziwen and others to say goodbye, Zhang Xueliang walked to Zhou Hexuan's side again, put his arm on Zhou Hexuan's shoulder and said, "Mingcheng, I'll go first, let's meet in Beiping!" ”

"Six marshals go slowly," Zhou Hexuan suddenly whispered, "Transfer the elite of the Feng army back to the northeast as soon as possible, beware of the Japanese!" ”

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

Zhou Hexuan said: "10,000 people is not enough, at least 30,000. ”

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

Such an intimate move surprised Song Ziwen, He Yingqin and others. How deep is Zhang Hanqing and Zhou Mingcheng's personal relationship, so that they can be as good as their brothers.

Zhang Xueliang and Yu Fengzhi 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 explained, "I found the Western history textbook at Chung-Ang University to be confusing, so I planned to make my own." ”

Chang Kaishen nodded and praised: "Mr. Zhou is the world's top historian, and the textbooks you compiled must be extraordinary." After complimenting him, Chang Kaishen suddenly asked for no reason, "Is Mr. Zhou willing to join the party?" ”

"Hehe, I'd better forget it, I like to be free." Zhou Hexuan said perfunctorily.

"That's really a pity, Daxian relics, this is the loss of the party-state," Chang Kaishen sighed, "I met with the US minister 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, that brother-in-law of yours, I have promoted him to be the mayor of Jiujiang. ”

"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!" Zhou Hexuan pretended to be grateful. He is not Zhang Xueliang, Chang Kaishen's little favor can't move him, and it's even more impossible for him to work hard for this.

Corporal Chang Kai Shen Lixian did a lot of hard work, and asked the driver to drive Zhou Hexuan to the gate of the Central University before he turned back to the official residence of the National Government in Nanjing.

Although Zhou Hexuan didn't feel anything about such courtesy, in the eyes of others, it was a manifestation of "Holy Grace". Coupled with the central government's issuance of "The Rise of a Great Power", Zhou Hexuan belongs to the kind of cultural celebrity who must be tied up in the eyes of government officials at all levels.

The reason why Zhou Hexuan stayed at Central University and didn't go back to the north with Zhang Xueliang was because he still had a speech. The first two lectures were academic lectures for students of the Department of History at Chung-Ang University, but this lecture is open to all students.

As soon as he returned to the dormitory, Duan Xipeng brought Luo Jialun to visit and asked Zhou Hexuan to go out to eat together.

Luo Jialun and Duan Xipeng are old friends, and the two have known each other since the May Fourth Movement.

After the wine and food were served, Duan Xipeng first toasted: "Mr. Zhou, I am afraid that I will not be able to call the shots in the textbook you wrote for Central University." ”

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

Duan Xipeng smiled bitterly: "I, the president of Central University, am only acting for me. A few days ago, the Celestial Nations Party held a national convention 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 shame." Zhou Hexuan said regretfully.

Duan Xipeng is a good person and a good official, and his mantra is "The common people have to live!" ”。

During the Anti-Japanese War, Duan Xipeng's work required 120 establishments, but he only used 60 people. When others advised him not to work too hard, he replied, "The common people are too hard." He later became seriously ill and fell into a coma, and the doctor used oxygen for the rescue, because oxygen needed to be imported, and when he woke up, he instructed: "Foreign exchange, use less." ”

But such a good official, a few days after acting as the president of Central University, he was beaten by the students.

Duan Xipeng shook his head and laughed at himself: "The president of Central University, it's not easy to be a good person, I can finally relax for a few days." ”

Zhou Hexuan was curious: "What's the difficulty?" ”

Luo Jialun interjected: "What other difficulties can there be? Lack of money, of course! ”

"Chuo University will also be short of money?" Zhou Hexuan felt incredulous.

Because Duan Xipeng is not only the acting president of Chung-Ang University, but also the vice minister of education. The university that the vice minister of education personally manages and presides, why is there no money to use it?

"What college is not short of money?" Luo Jialun sneered.

Zhou Hexuan really wants to say that when you were the president of Tsinghua University, you never saw a shortage of money, and you were completely a local tyrant.

After a detailed explanation by the two, Zhou Hexuan finally understood that the landlord's family had no surplus grain. Not only is Peking University's education funding insufficient, but even Central University is the same, and professors have to stop paying their salaries every once in a while.

The teaching funds of 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 a lot, enough for Peking University to use for several years. But Chuo University also has a big stall, and there are too many teachers and students, so this money is not enough at all.

In the middle and late Republic of China, the most powerful university in China was not Tsinghua University or 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 the Central University, directly from 1 school to 12 schools: the College of Engineering became independent as Southeast University, the School of Medicine became independent as the Fourth Military Medical University, the Normal College was later the Southern Normal University, the Department of Aviation was independent to form the Northwest University of Technology, the Department of Water Conservancy was independent to form Hohai University, the Department of Food became the later Jiangnan University, the College of Agriculture became Nanjing Agricultural University, the College of Forestry became Nanjing Forestry University, the Department of Meteorology became Nanjing Institute of Meteorology, and the Department of Political Science and Law moved to Shanghai to form East China University of Political Science...... The rest is Nanjing University.

With such a large Chung-Ang University, how much do you say it will cost to maintain?

By the late Republic of China, the annual education funding of Central University was equivalent to that of Tsinghua University, Peking University, Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University combined.

Originally, the money was insufficient, and the Jiangsu Provincial Government and the Central Ministry of Finance often withheld it, so that the Central University often ran out of rice. Because of this, the historical Central University has changed its president several times in two years, and in the end, no one wants to be the new president - the new president resolutely refuses to take office.

What is the end of the trouble?

More than 1,000 students from Chung-Ang University rushed directly to the Central Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang to discuss the law. After that, he went to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to petition and injured the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The JoongAng Ilbo accused the students of being "like thugs," and in a fit of rage, the students simply smashed the JoongAng Ilbo's newspaper building.

What is Peking University students making trouble? Chuo University is awesome!

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

Some people say that Luo Jialun was a natural university president, and after he took office at Chung-Ang University, he united students and professors internally, and moved between government departments externally. Not only did it receive sufficient funding for education, but it also made Chung-Ang University bigger and bigger, and eventually became the number one university in Asia.

At this moment, Luo Jialun is still in a state of distress. He was driven away by Tsinghua teachers and students at the beginning of the year, and returned to Nanjing in a gloomy manner, and was not reused for the time being.

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

"Alas, don't talk about it, drink!" Luo Jialun said extremely frustrated.