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The target plane, Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, Yanhuang Continent, in the cave where Wang Fan lives. At this time, a small-scale tea party was being held in the cave, and there were 3 guests in the house, namely Lao Mao, Liu Shaoqi and Zhou Eni, who were specially invited by Wang Fan. Two days ago, after Wang Fan's reminder, Lao Mao properly solved the family affairs in the Soviet Union, which can be regarded as his own concern, and he is in a good mood. It happened that Wang Fan said something and wanted to consult a few uncles and uncles, so there was this tea party in the evening.

"Wang Fan, what's the matter?" Lao Mao took a sip of the tea in the teacup and asked casually.

"Hehe, a private matter, it's not a big deal, today just a few uncles have time, I'm doing it, I want to ask and understand a question in my heart." Wang Fan replied in a relaxed tone: "In fact, it is also very simple, that is, there has been a trend of nostalgia for the Republic of China in later generations, referred to as 'Republic of China Fan', which basically means that the decade from 1926 to 1936 is a golden decade, and the living standards of the people have improved rapidly. ”

"There are a few examples mentioned: one is a female textile worker in Wuhan, who has more than 30 oceans in a month, which is higher than the inspector of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau (18 yuan) and the section chief of the Shanghai Health Bureau (30 yuan); The second example is that the annual salary of a small worker can buy 1 mu of land in Hankou; The third is Ye Kaitai from old Wuhan, and they give apprentices the treatment of 10 silver dollars after the expiration of three years, 15 in the second year, and 20 in the third year. 72 days of paid leave per year, plus an additional 72 days of pay if no leave is taken. Dragon Boat Festival, autumn bonuses, to the end of the year and then to each person's salary as the base for dividends, the general year, 1 yuan salary can be dividends of four to five cents. The pharmacy also has a foundation, which deposits 4 months' salary in installments, and when Wu Shuoqing, the master of cutting medicine, returns to his hometown, he gets back more than 500 yuan in principal and interest. ”

In general, this group of supporters of nostalgia for the golden decade of the Republic of China believed that in 1933, the monthly wages of workers in Shanghai could generally reach 20 yuan, and the annual income of dual-income families was more than 400 yuan. Families such as skilled workers, primary school teachers, and medical staff all have a monthly income of more than 50 yuan, reaching the level of moderate prosperity; Families of employees, engineers, teachers, doctors, journalists, writers, lawyers, and ordinary actors with a monthly income of more than 1,200 yuan enter the proletarian class. Wang Fan added.

"So, hehe, Wang Fan, what do you think?" After Liu Shaoqi heard it, he smiled slightly and asked.

"I was a little chaotic, because the education I received when I was a child told me that the Republic of China was an old society with all evils, with lost sovereignty, poverty and weakness, constant disasters, starvation, warlords, rampant foreign powers, and invasions by Japanese invaders, and every day was shrouded in an atmosphere of darkness, terror, and despair. However, the publisher of these chapters, by quoting scriptures, described another Republic of China, simple, hopeful, optimistic, longing, in short, the idea of the Republic of China is progressive, love is free, life is leisurely, the mood is petty bourgeoisie, courtship is romantic, and the government is barely passable. These two completely different views confuse me, and these days, I myself have been to a lot of cities to see, in general, it is still sad than happy, but in the mind I always feel that through a layer of window paper, I can't see through, and I can almost see the essence of the situation, so I want to ask a few uncles and uncles, what do you think? Wang Fan said the doubts that had haunted him for many days.

"Wang Fan, I read the information you distributed to me, hehe, it's a little interesting!" Lao Mao smiled and said: "Let's start with myself, in 1918~1919, I worked as a library administrator at Yenching University (Peking University), and Hu Shi, a returnee scholar, was a professor at Peking University. You know that, right? ”

"Well, I've heard of this!"

"My monthly salary at that time was 8 yuan, and Professor Hu's monthly salary was 240 yuan, a difference of 30 times, of course, Professor Hu's salary was not the highest, at that time the head of the department of Peking University was Comrade Chen Duxiu, his monthly salary was 400 yuan, and a few years later, the monthly salary of Peking University professors will be doubled, reaching an average of 500 yuan. Unfortunately, the monthly salary of a librarian has not risen much. Lao Mao said one set of numbers after another lightly.

"The difference is so much, isn't it 30 to 60 times the difference?" Wang Fan was taken aback by the huge disparity in proportion.

"The difference is very big, but if it's just a change in value, there is nothing, the key is to paraphrase a term in your later generations, the difference in purchasing power, because I am a librarian at Peking University, so I live in Beiping, when in 1919 in Beiping, a piece of ocean should be able to buy 20 catties of rice, 8 catties of pork (data source "Economic History of the Republic of China"), which is equivalent to how much money in later generations?" Lao Mao asked.

"Well, about 40~50 yuan!" Wang Fan calculated in his heart and replied.

"According to the results you calculated, my salary is roughly equivalent to 320~400 yuan in later generations, so what about Hu Shi? His income is 9600~12000 yuan, which shows a huge gap between the rich and the poor, but there is a big difference with the gap between the rich and the poor in later generations, have you noticed? ”

"What's the difference?"

"If the income of the future generation is 3200 corresponding to 96000, and the 320 of the Republic of China corresponds to 9600, although the ratio is the same, but in actual life, 3200 can live a month, 320 a month, can 320 a month?"

"320 yuan a month? Well, you have to buy rice and vegetables to get by, and if you rent a house, pay for water, and have the necessary coal money, you should burn coal at that time, right? Not at all! Wang Fan speculated.

"So what I was facing at that time was the problem of survival, and the rich have a strange land, which has never been a reason for revolution; The poor have no place to stand, which is the root of rebellion! Lao Mao said this, his expression was very serious.

"Looking at it this way, Hu Shi's 9600~12000 yuan a month can definitely be regarded as a bourgeoisie!" Wang Fan said.

"Yes, in the Republic of China, university teaching is a very decent profession. Of course, I don't have a grudge against university professors here, many of them are very respectable in character, and I am just calculating and discussing the income level of the people. You know Lu Xun, right? Liu Shaoqi answered.

"Of course, he was very famous in later generations!" Wang Fan nodded.

In the current era of the Republic of China, the positions of university professors are usually very secure, neither like businessmen who may go bankrupt because of failed investments, nor like officials who can be dismissed without cause at any time because of regime change, and the vast majority of university professors live in big cities with relatively good security, unlike rural landlords who have to worry about peasant rent resistance, bandit robbery, and warlord extortion. It can be called an iron rice bowl of iron rice bowls. Therefore, their happy life often makes future generations sigh. Liu Shaoqi continued.

"Let's talk about Lu Xun, in the last 9 years of his life, he lived entirely on royalties and manuscript fees, with a monthly income of more than 700 yuan, equivalent to more than 20,000 yuan in later generations. At that time, the monthly living expenses of a family of four workers in Shanghai were less than 40 yuan. According to the "Lu Xun Diary" you brought, there are thousands of more than 700 pages in total that record his economic income. From 1912 to the Ministry of Education in Beijing until his death in 1936, his total income exceeded 120,000 silver dollars in 24 years, which is about 4.8 million yuan in your later generations. These incomes fully guaranteed his writing environment and living standards in the courtyard houses of Beijing and Shikumen buildings in Shanghai. Zhou Enlai added, "Of course, I don't mean to discredit these scholars, but it just confirms from one side that the salary level of university professors is 30~50 times different from the people at the bottom, how much is it in the future, 3~5 times is the norm!" ”

"Everything is fundamentally economic! University professors in the Republic of China can easily buy a courtyard house in Beijing. And if you want to get a 100-square-meter three-bedroom apartment in Beijing, I'm afraid you have to buy it on the boundary of Tongzhou! Lao Mao also interjected and commented.

"However, there are fewer and fewer professors who dare to tell the truth and the truth in our later generations, and many so-called scholars speak for money, so some people change the words of experts and professors to bricks of masonry and beasts!" Wang Fan thought of all kinds of reports in later generations and sighed with emotion.

"It's a real problem, and it's a big one!" Lao Mao lit a cigarette, took a puff and said: "If scholars, those who have the right to speak with the pen, are in their positions and do not seek their own politics, then it is unfair to the people of that society, and it is also dangerous for that political party!" Let's find a way to avoid this! ”

"It feels like the backbone of the person is gone!" Wang Fan answered.

"In fact, Wang Fan, the reason why the 'Republic of China Fan' you mentioned resonates in the main plane society lies in this! Although the Republic of China is a turbulent and turbulent era in society and politics, it is a prosperous era of human spirit -- there are many masters, elites have emerged, all of them have unique personality charm, free lifestyle and high spiritual temperament, and these festivals and customs of the Republic of China era are summed up, which is the so-called "Republic of China style" from the Qing Dynasty to the entire Yan and Huang Dynasty The kind of scholarly spirit, that 'take the world as its own responsibility', 'the country is busy, and the husband is responsible' broad mind, in the Republic of China education and academic circles still have a legacy. It is full of the style of the classical Yanhuang scholars, combined with the progressive ideas of the modern West, and the belief vacuum of later generations due to various reasons, so the 'Republic of China Fan' has been borrowed and recalled by later generations. Zhou Eni continued.

"But there is one point, the scripture is a good scripture, but you can't be biased!" Liu Shaoqi interjected, "Although 'Republic of China Fan' reads smoothly and is tempting to mention, it is too advocacy and not a blessing of the country!" ”

"Huh? Why? Uncle Liu, isn't it good to have a little more bones? Wang Fan didn't expect Liu Shaoqi to say this, and asked incomprehensibly.

"As long as you really think about planning the development of a township, a county, a province, and a country, you will encounter some problems and understand this truth." Liu Shaoqi didn't smile at this time, and said very seriously: "I'll give you an example, these 'very stylish' 'elites of the Republic of China era', such as Zhang Taiyan, Cai Yuanpei, Chen Yinke, Liang Shuming, Mei Lanfang, Xu Zhimo, Wen Yiduo, Lu Xun, Zhang Ailing, Liang Qichao...... Although it is true that they are all people with a thunderous reputation, which makes later generations look up to the mountains and respect them, they are basically people engaged in social sciences, and they study and research education, learning, foreign languages, history, philosophy, art, etc., but it is difficult to find any talents in engineering and science. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, almost all of the scientists who shouldered the backbone of national defense, science and technology, and industry, such as Qian Xuesen, Li Siguang, Zhu Kezhen, etc., returned from studying abroad. ”

"What's wrong with that?" Wang Fan didn't quite understand.

"Big problem!" Lao Mao interjected.