The future great mathematician, the prover of Fermat's Last Theorem, the father of Chinese computers, the father of the Chinese Internet, the first batch of winners of China's highest national science and technology awards, the first Chinese academician of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mr. Zhou Weilie, is still
Still on the arduous road to study.
Fairbank wrote to Roosevelt immediately after visiting the Southwest Associated General Assembly:
"Access to food and housing, as well as the basic necessities of life, has become the most important problem for the faculty and staff of Southwest Associated University. I am deeply shocked and disturbed by the poverty situation of the professors. They are waging a tenacious struggle, but it is difficult to sustain it for a long time.
Keep at it. You can imagine the desperation, the poverty, the struggle to keep up appearances, the mutual support, and the gradual erosion of action.”
“The professors and lecturers of Southwest Associated University are slowly falling into a state of mental and physical hunger, even though they are all students who have returned from studying in the United States and are the elite in Chinese academic research... These Chinese students who have received training in the United States
Intellectuals, whose thoughts, words, deeds, and lectures all adopt the same methods and content as ours, constitute a palpable American interest in China and are a decisive force in the ongoing struggle here. But
In the past year, we did not come up with solutions to assist them, and the United States United Assistance to China did only a little work."
Fairbank used to teach at Tsinghua University and was old friends with Mei Yiqi, Jin Yuelin, Chen Daisun, Zhang Xiruo, Qian Duansheng and others. Therefore, he was appointed as the US special envoy this time, and his first stop in China was to visit the Southwest Alliance
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That night, Mei Yiqi hosted a banquet and invited Jin Yuelin and others.
Fairbank learned the next day that the meal he had eaten cost more than 1,000 yuan, equivalent to three months' salary of professors. Fairbank was so shocked that he gave the school a bottle of western medicine worth 1,000 yuan as a gift in return, and immediately gave it to Roosevelt
The President writes a letter.
In the letter, Fairbank adopted a very effective strategy. He said that most of the teachers at Southwest Associated University had studied in the United States, and their academic thinking and teaching methods were American. This was a special part of the United States' interests in China. The United States
We should help quickly. As long as we help the Southwest Associated University, we can gain far-reaching influence in China.
President Roosevelt agreed very much with this. After receiving the letter, he immediately sent a telegram back and ordered the United States United Aid China to provide living subsidies to professors. Not only to help Southwest Associated University, but also to help all Chinese universities with difficult conditions.
Fairbank was extremely happy after hearing the news and flew directly to Chongqing, but what happened next made him inexplicably angry.
Chang Kaishen actually refused to allow the United States to fund China's government-run universities on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the dignity of the country and the nation...
Fairbank depressingly sent a telegram to the Southwest Associated University. When Jiang Menglin announced that the U.S. aid plan could not be implemented, all the professors at the Southwest Associated University went crazy. What a waste of national dignity, the government is still borrowing money from the United States through the Lend-Lease Act.
As for borrowing money and supplies, why can’t I go to the professor?
Although professors from Southwest Associated University previously wrote articles criticizing the government, they were limited to specific policies and expressed their opinions through rigorous academic papers. This has nothing to do with politics, but scholars' concern and discussion about policies. The starting point is to help the government find and fill gaps.
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But now that the request for a salary increase has failed, and even the United States has not been able to offer help, the thoughts of the professors at Southwest Associated University have become more and more radical, and they have gradually begun to take a political stance when criticizing the government. In the next two or three years, some of them completely
Some people tend to sympathize with the Communist Party, while others are not optimistic about the National Government.
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Fairbank seemed extremely excited. He waved his arms wildly and said: "Zhou, is there something wrong with your Mr. Chiang's brain? Damn the dignity of the country and the nation! Is his dignity just to let the professors starve? Is his dignity just to not care?
The life and death of the people? At that time, I wished I had a gun in my hand and shot this bastard to death!"
"I can't understand it either." Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly.
Zhou Hexuan really didn’t know about the refusal of the United States to support Chinese professors. I just heard from Fairbank that he also wanted to crack open Chang Kaishen’s brain to see what happened. It doesn’t require the government to pay for it, and it can improve the lives of countless professors.
, what is there to say no to this kind of thing?
If it was for political purposes, the Southwest United Congress at this time only yearned for democracy and freedom. Not many people were pro-Communist. Even radicals such as Wen Yiduo had nothing to do with the Communist Party. Even the Southwest United Congress had
The extreme right exists. These extreme rightists all support Chiang Kai-shek and are his own people!
Able to force extreme rightists to become liberals and liberals to become extreme leftists, Chiang Kai-shek is truly a talent. It makes people suspect that he is the number one underground party lurking in the Kuomintang.
Southwest Associated University is just a microcosm, representing the broader group of Chinese professors. The United States is trying to help all professors in difficulty this time. Chiang Kai-shek beat him to death with a stick, offending the elite of China's scientific research and academic strength.
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Is it really for the so-called face of the country?
Although it sounded ridiculous, Zhou Hexuan actually believed it because he couldn't find a more reliable reason.
"Hey, let's not talk about this anymore," Zhou Hexuan asked, "Old Fei, what important mission do you have in coming to China this time? Do you need my help?"
Fairbank said: "I am the chief representative of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services in China. I am responsible for collecting all aspects of intelligence to facilitate the United States to formulate more detailed assistance plans for China."
The Office of Strategic Services, the predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency, was established in June this year.
Zhou Hexuan said helplessly: "China's biggest problem now is fiscal collapse and financial market chaos. On the one hand, it is the impact of the war, and on the other hand, the Japanese print too many counterfeit coins. From the beginning of the war to now, the Japanese have printed at least billions
Counterfeit currency, all these counterfeit currency have flowed into the market, and it will be difficult for China’s economy not to collapse.”
"No wonder China's prices have risen so much." Fairbank said with emotion.
From the end of last year to now, the price of rice in China has nearly tripled, and it continues to rise sharply, almost every day. In June, Zhou Hexuan asked Sun Yonghao to bring 10 million to build teachers' dormitories, but in August it was felt that it was not enough.
, and quickly asked Wu Youxun and others to take back another 20 million.
To talk about a very ridiculous fact, Zhou Hexuan's factories in China, except for pharmaceutical factories, are now having difficulty making profits. When the supply of products exceeds demand, several factories have actually begun to lose money. It is estimated that by next year, even pharmaceutical factories will not be able to make profits.
You will also lose money.
Medicines are controlled materials, so price increases need to be discussed with the government. Even if they increase, they won’t go up dramatically. The problem is that raw materials and labor costs are skyrocketing!
Although the price of sulfa on the black market is high, it is still cheaper than those second-rate dealers.
Especially those officials who are responsible for the control of materials, enriching their own pockets and embezzling money at every level. Zhou Hexuan's investment in setting up a pharmaceutical factory is actually making money for these bastards. But he has nothing to do about it, unless he can take the initiative and replace all the officials.
, otherwise even if Zhou Hexuan steps up and kills a few little shrimps, the real mastermind behind the scenes will still be at large.
The country's suffering can be overcome, but the moths are so disgusting that it would be strange if the Republic of China did not perish.
Even if Zhou Hexuan is not a time traveler, given the situation he is facing now, he still wishes that Chiang Kai-shek's government would end soon. During the Anti-Japanese War, a sulfonamide pharmaceutical factory would still face losses. Isn't this a big joke?
