The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

  It is often said that Kunming is like spring in all seasons, but it also has shortcomings, that is, there is too much rain in summer, and sometimes it rains for half a month.

   Zhou Hexuan seemed to be trapped in Kunming. It rained heavily for three consecutive days and couldn't leave at all. Every night is even more busy, because the student dormitory is ventilated and leaked, and I often get up in the middle of the night and use the washbasin to catch the rainwater, otherwise the bed will be flooded.

   Zhou Hexuan also went to a few classes on a rainy day, which was very uncomfortable. Because the roof is made of tin, the raindrops tinkle like a non-stop, and the teachers can only shout in class.

  Jin Yuelin always spoke in a low voice. One time he couldn't roar out in class. The content of the lecture was completely covered by the sound of rain hitting iron.

  The bombing losses that day were also counted. A school building of the Teachers College was bombed, but luckily no one was injured or killed. The administrative office building of the school headquarters was also bombed and collapsed. It was said to be an office building, but it was actually a bungalow with earth walls.

Two teachers and students were injured in the school headquarters. One student was wiped by the blasted stone on his forehead and fell into a coma on the spot. After waking up, he was fine. Lying in the hospital slowly recuperating.

   This situation has been calculated, the Southwest Associated University was bombed not long after its establishment. It was the first time that a Japanese plane bombed Kunming. Due to the imperfect air defense alarm system in the city, two students, three school workers and three family members of staff were killed.

   Now, whether it’s the air-raid sirens, or the school’s teachers, students and family members, they are all accustomed to air strikes, and casualties have been greatly reduced.

   Such precarious days not only did not scare off teachers and students, but aroused their patriotic enthusiasm. During the all-out Anti-Japanese War, more than 30% of the college students of the United Nations joined the army, and many faculty members also joined the army.

   For example, the great poet Mu Dan, who was studying in the Department of Foreign Languages ​​of the Southwest Associated University at this time, stayed at the school to teach after graduation. At the age of 24, Mu Dan signed up for the expeditionary army as a university teaching assistant, and survived after a near-death experience.

   Zhou Hexuan was a little ashamed of this, because he copied Mu Dan's "Praise", and all he could do was to help as much as possible with money.

   On the fifth day of coming to Kunming, the rain stopped, Zhou Hexuan invited Mei Yiqi to meet at the teahouse.

  "Bubble Teahouse" and "Running the Alarm" are the collective memories of Lianhe teachers and students. They are not entertaining in the teahouse, but go to the teahouse to do academic research.

   Only the library of the Southwest Associated University is a tile-roofed building, which is not affected by the rain. However, the library has limited space and can only accommodate a few people, and the rest can only go to the nearby teahouse. There are electric lights in the teahouse, and you can sit for a long time with a cup of tea. It is a good place to study and do research.

   After a long time, the owner of the teahouse felt unbearable, and some deliberately dimmed the light, clearly not wanting teachers and students to come to sit.

  Mei Yiqi held the teacup lid and smeared, and asked, "Mr. Zhou is leaving?"

"Let's go tomorrow," Zhou Hexuan said with a cheque. "You can withdraw 1 million French currency at the Kunming Bank, which is used to build the library and school building for the school. The library is too small, and the scale should be enlarged. The iron room of the school building The roof should also be replaced, and all of them are replaced with tiles, at least in rainy days, classes can be continued as usual. The money should be used as soon as possible, and it is best to find someone to buy building materials immediately, otherwise the price will rise again if it is delayed.”

   These days, capitalists are uncomfortable. Don't look at Zhou Hexuan's real estate business in Sichuan to make a lot of money, but prices may rise faster than making money. It feels a lot better to earn tens of millions now, but in a few years it will be waste paper. In 1943, the Southwest Associated University could spend 150,000 yuan to buy an electric meter.

   Instead of putting money in the bank to depreciate, it is better to use the money for real, at least Zhou Hexuan feels better.

   Of course, there is a more secure way to store value, which is to exchange money for gold or foreign exchange. The four major families take the lead in storing foreign exchange in various ways, while the folks are racking their brains to reserve gold, and only fools hold the depreciating fiat currency in their hands.

  Mei Yiqi held the check, feeling warm and sour in his heart, he choked a little: "Mr. Zhou, thank you for everything you have done to the General Assembly, I will immediately let people buy masonry tiles."

Zhou Hexuan took out another telegram and said with a smile: "The teachers and students of Central University and the Agricultural College of Jinling University have sent back and forth calls. They set off from Chengdu yesterday and brought excellent breed chickens imported from the United States. I am only responsible for the For the money, you can negotiate and solve the rest yourself, and I will remit the funds for starting a chicken farm one after another."

   "Lian's teachers and students must keep the chickens well." Mei Yiqi said.

   During the period of the Republic of China, the Agricultural Colleges of Central University and Jinling University were the most powerful. The former started in Zhang Zhidong in the late Qing Dynasty, and has a strong technical foundation; the latter is even more powerful. Various well-known foreign agronomists came to teach, and some international friends did not leave China during the Anti-Japanese War.

  Let's put it this way, apart from being partly supported by the Soviet Union, the development of agricultural technology in New China is based on these two universities - this is when a large number of top agronomists choose to go to Taiwan.

   In addition, Peiping Agricultural University is also relatively powerful, but it is still inferior to the agricultural colleges of Central University and Jinling University.

   On June 23, Zhou Hexuan left Kunming.

   Before leaving, Zhou Hexuan went to visit the third son of Long Yun, thanked him for providing cigarettes and other supplies, and wrote a sub-word to the third son of Long Yun as a souvenir.

   On July 1, "Today's Review" published an article by Zhou Hexuan with the title: "The Tasks and Expectations of Today's Students".

Although the Southwest Associated University was known as the poorest school in the Republic of China, when they could not have enough to eat, they published a comprehensive publication that had the greatest influence during the Anti-Japanese War. Comment".

   "Today's Review" has a very clear goal in its founding, that is, to provide services for the Anti-Japanese War. The contributors are mainly professors from the Southwest Associated University, and some of the authors of the articles are from other schools. The contributors are famous, including: Zhu Ziqing, Luo Wengan, Yang Duanliu, Pan Guangdan, Feng Youlan, Qian Zhongshu, Chen Daisun, Shi Guogang, Ye Gongchao, Lu Kanru, Zhang Daoxing, Lin Huiyin, Wang Yuanzhao, etc.

  The content of the articles is also varied, some discussing the situation of war, some discussing politics, some discussing economics, some discussing education, some discussing social order. Some people even publicly promoted the Communist Party's anti-Japanese base areas behind enemy lines, which made the central government headed by Lao Jiang very unhappy.

   Because of this, Chang Kaishen often ignores the Southwest Associated University, and even the Ministry of Education deliberately suppresses funding. After the Japanese invaders occupied Vietnam, the central government asked the Southwest Associated University to relocate, but the Southwest Associated University refused, for fear of losing the freedom to run a school after moving to Chongqing. As a result, school breakfasts were canceled, and students sometimes only had one meal a day. Their physical fitness was extremely poor, and they often fainted in class.

   Zhou Hexuan's article was published in "Today's Review", and immediately aroused extensive discussion in the academic circles, because there was only one core point: college students had better not join the army.

   Zhou Hexuan hopes that the students can learn as much as possible, do more scientific research in the rear during the war, and provide the country with advanced technology. Moreover, the more arduous tasks of the students will be after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, when China will be devastated, and China's recovery and development after the war will depend on these students.

  Some people agree with Zhou Hexuan's point of view, and some people express strong opposition. Although most people shouted that the Anti-Japanese War would be won, but in fact, they had no idea in their hearts.

   Therefore, some scholars criticized Zhou Hexuan severely, believing that he was attacking the enthusiasm of the students to join the army, which is very bad.