"Minister Zhang, can't you hire with a high salary?"

Zhang Lan shook his head: "There are two difficulties in Junzuo, the first is that there are not many qualified educational talents, and most of them are old-style figures from the former Qing Dynasty, teaching Chinese and history, there is no problem at all, teaching physics and chemistry is not good, and the second is that there is a limit to high salaries, once the salary of teachers is too high, it can only exacerbate social contradictions, and it is precisely some people who are dissatisfied with the conditions given by Sichuan and choose to refuse!" ”

Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, China's scholars have always enjoyed superhuman treatment, not to mention that most of these scholars are scolding the political axe, but they actually have vested interests.

Taking wages as an example, some workers in Yanjing Shanghai can get three or five yuan a month, which is already good, and the professors of Peking University at the same time can get four hundred yuan a month, and ordinary workers will be deducted, these professors will definitely not be in arrears, no matter how difficult the political axe is, they will try to give them full allocation, and the income of professors and workers can reach a hundred times, it is this huge income gap that allows the so-called literati to afford to play the Republic of China style.

However, compared with later generations, if the income gap between university professors and ordinary workers is three or five times, it is considered to be respect for knowledge, but once it reaches a hundred times, it is to create hatred, which can only cause a sharp confrontation between the two groups, and it can be said that the Republic of China's treatment of scholars is very outrageous.

Later generations of scholars are touting the freedom of the Republic of China, but also touting the reading power of scholars, and lamenting the style of the Republic of China, but they are not recalling this kind of superiority with a hundred times the income of ordinary people and overlooking the suffering sentient beings, compared with their predecessors, they are really too ashamed.

But the Republic of China's respect for scholars has not brought about the country's prosperity and strength, and science and technology have not really developed, those professors take huge funds to study the pile of old papers, play culture, play ancient books, and are busy writing books one by one, how can anyone use this money for scientific research, who has made military products that can enhance the strength of the country, not that the cultural level is not important, but at the juncture of life and death, and still insist on doing these, that is, the merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country.

A group of people who should have been seriously despised, but because their disciples and grandchildren have the right to speak, they desperately try to beautify them and send some people to the altar, and the countless laborers who really support the backbone of this country are the technicians who developed aircraft cannons, tanks and warships for this country, not the so-called scholars who make the wind and the moon.

Today's Sichuan has made great strides into the industrial age, the income of skilled workers, engineers, and entrepreneurs is increasing rapidly, and the income of corresponding teachers is decreasing, and university professors can no longer maintain a hundredfold income gap, so many literati are reluctant to come to Sichuan to teach.

"Minister Zhang, there are vested interests at all times, they still like to be high, we have no choice, but without them we can also run education, I have a proposal, that is, to ask our officials at all levels in the political axe, from which a group of capable and knowledgeable people are selected to serve as part-time teachers, including me, all ministers must undertake a course, no less than two class hours per week, in addition, you can also let the business community participate in it, and the rest of the gap I think will be made up from overseas Chinese, Now the Chinese in the United States have begun to return to China one after another, and we will go to Nanyang to hire some of them, and we will be able to fill the gap! ”

Qiao Yu's idea is whimsical, but Zhang Lan thought about it carefully, this is really a way, there are indeed a considerable number of new talents in Sichuan political axe, these people are closer to the society and have a deeper understanding of many issues, of course, they may still be a little unfamiliar with education, but in any case it is a good alternative.

"Marshal, will letting these officials be teachers, will it affect the prestige of the officials?"

"Isn't Confucius also a teacher, teaching and educating people is not a shameful thing, isn't I, the visiting envoy, still the honorary president of Sichuan University, I will go at least twice a week in the future, just talk about international relations, you can't be idle, everyone must have a course!"

As soon as Zhang Lan saw that Qiao Yu was playing really, he also agreed with this emergency method in his heart, who called the teacher so scarce, this is also a way to do it.

"Minister Zhang, let's grit our teeth and survive for a while, as long as the war in Europe is over, we will be able to hire a group of foreign teachers at a low price, and the first batch of students we will train in a few years will also grow up, and everything will be easy to do at that time, now we can only do this!"

"Junzuo can personally go to give lectures to students, I'm afraid that the officials in Sichuan will join in, but it will make Junzuo hard!"

Qiao Yu sent Zhang Lan away, and his heart was constantly reminding himself that although Sichuan seemed to be developing very well, the foundation was still weak, and there was not even a decent team of teachers, let alone talent training.

Soon Qiao Yu really changed into a long shirt and came to Sichuan University according to what he said, and began to teach international relations, four classes a week, and the hall patrol made it to lecture in person is undoubtedly a news with an explosive surname, some people sighed that such a big official really went to lecture, of course, some people questioned Qiao Yu's level, didn't a guy from a martial artist go to coax, Qiao Yu basically ignored these strange words, and taught at Sichuan University for nearly a semester, and then ended teaching for safety reasons, However, Qiao Yu also made a good start, officials at all levels in Sichuan, business experts are eager to give lectures at the university, although these people may be lacking in theory, but they can give practical knowledge to students, so Sichuan University has gradually changed the situation of the ivory tower, after the students have enriched their knowledge, their understanding of the society has also become mature, and it is easier to produce results, which has also become a good tradition, and celebrities are vying to be able to lecture at Sichuan University for pride.

In the plan, Sichuan will allocate 400 million yuan in three years to assist the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou in developing their economies, complete the construction of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway and the Guizhou-Chongqing Railway as soon as possible, speed up the investigation and design of the Guizhou-Guizhou and Yunnan-Guizhou railways, break ground as soon as possible, build 100,000 kilometers of highways, and strive to connect all the major cities of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces with railways and highways, so that the flow of materials in the actual area will be unimpeded.

Sichuan has assisted the two provinces in developing agriculture, set up 10 chemical fertilizer factories, renovated farmland and water conservancy projects, and worked hard to increase grain output, so that the grain self-sufficiency rate of the two provinces has exceeded 70 percent.

Yunnan and Guizhou provinces have completely abolished the Lijin checkpoint, realized free trade with Sichuan, and jointly seized the opportunity of the war in Europe to expand exports and achieve food and clothing for the people.

Yunnan and Guizhou provinces have completely banned smoking, reduced the area under opium cultivation to less than 5 percent within three years, and jointly issued unified southwestern banknotes and jointly supervised the issuance of currency.

After Cai Yi got Qiao Yu's plan, his face was very ugly, recently Cai Yi's teacher Liang Qichao came to Kunming, he also wanted to expand the influence of the United Party, but after entering the southwest, Liang Qichao really felt the power of Sichuan, there were Sichuan commodities everywhere, and there were traces of Sichuan businessmen everywhere, at this time Liang Qichao really understood Cai Yi's difficulties.

"Songpo, I think that although Qiao Yu said it very well in the plan, there are hidden tracks everywhere, if this condition is accepted, Yunnan will almost become Qiao Yu's bag!"

"Teacher Gaojian, this is indeed the case, but what else can we do to refuse now, the power of Sichuan is too strong, Qiao Yu is the southwest patrol envoy, and it is justifiable to meddle in the affairs of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Zhang Bailin of Guizhou is Qiao Yu's lackey, and now there is only one province left in Yunnan, and I am also alone!"

Liang Qichao's face is also very ugly, it is indeed as Cai Yi said, Sichuan's power is too big, and Yunnan has no possibility of confronting at all, I thought that he had obtained the position of commander of the southwest frontier for his apprentice, and if he could command the army in the southwest, he would be able to balance Qiao Yu, but now it seems to be complete wishful thinking.

Liang Qichao and Cai Ye repeatedly looked at the text of the plan, Sichuan is mainly for the benefit of the people everywhere in the plan, building railways, building factories, and running schools are all Cai Ye can not decide, if he does not agree, the people of Yunnan will definitely stand up against him, even the governor is no exception, now the living standards of the people in Yunnan are too low, compared to the bordering Sichuan is simply heaven and earth, the people's dissatisfaction is more and more backlogged, and now it has reached a critical point, as long as Cai Ye rejects the plan in front of him, someone will immediately stand up to overthrow Cai Yi.

"Songpo, railways and other things are not easy to refuse, but I think this currency problem is still relatively easy to start, Sichuan wants to use a unified banknote in the three provinces is nothing more than to exchange a piece of paper for other people's sweat and sweat labor, we want to expose him, use public opinion to let him retract this plan, the currency is not controlled by Sichuan, Yunnan can still maintain reading power, if the people of Yunnan are using Sichuan tickets, then there is really no way!"

Liang Qi surpassed such an idea, Cai Yi thought about it carefully, nodded slightly, this is also the only feasible way at present, "Teacher, Qiao Yu is also harboring evil intentions on the issue of banning smoking, in this plan, there is only a plan to increase people's income and prevent the interests of the people from being harmed by the ban on smoking, but the army that benefits the most from opium is the army, if opium cultivation is reduced, even if it does not harm the interests of the people, then the Dian army may not have military spending to sustain it, but the topic of smoking ban is brought out, Qiao Yu occupies the moral high ground, and he can't oppose it at all! ”

Liang Qichao's eyes also narrowed: "What a powerful Qiao Yu, last year Tang Jiyao was driven down by Qiao Yu with the opium problem, this time he still uses this excuse, it seems that he has pointed the finger at you in Songpo, we must find a way to deal with it!" ”