On June 22, Peking University students suddenly called the country and announced that they would restore the name of Peking University.
The education circles in the north and south were inexplicably surprised, but the government officials were surprisingly silent and did not stand up to condemn this behavior of ignoring the government.
On June 23, Li Shizeng passed through Tianjin on his way south and stopped by Sanletang to visit Zhou Hexuan. The old gentleman looked haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was in a very depressed state.
Zhou Hexuan personally poured tea for him and asked: "Is Mr. Shi Zeng going back to Nanjing?"
"Well," Li Shizeng nodded and said, "Go to Nanjing to ask for funds to build the Peking Research Institute."
Li Shi never mentioned the Peking University District and the Ninth National School, obviously admitting that his educational reform was a complete failure. He will probably focus his future energy on the Peking Research Institute.
No matter how many mistakes Li Shi made during the educational reform process, his conduct is still worthy of admiration.
Without Li Shizeng and Cai Yuanpei, who actively promoted the work-study movement in France, China would have lost a large number of top students studying in France, including several of the founding figures of our party. Without Li Shizeng, he established the Peking Research Institute and through his connections in the French education sector,
Actively planning to establish an atomic research institute may make it more difficult for New China to manufacture atomic bombs.
Li Shizeng's visit to Zhou Hexuan was also for official business. He asked: "I may go to France at the end of the year. I wonder if Mingcheng is willing to go with me?"
"What are you going to do in France?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Li Shi once said: "I still have some connections at the Pasteur Institute in France, and I plan to contact them to start academic cooperation. The Pasteur Institute is very successful in the field of biology, which will be of great help to the Institute of Biology we are about to establish. As for the Institute of History,
I need Mingcheng’s help. You have a huge influence in the French historical academic community. I hope you can persuade one or two French historical academic structures, or some authoritative historical experts to cooperate and exchange.”
The Pasteur Institute was very powerful. It pioneered microbial physiology, discovered the rabies vaccine, invented the "pasteurization method", and also made outstanding contributions in the treatment of plague, yellow fever and other research. Before Zhou Hexuan traveled through time, this
Eight scientists from the research institution have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.
General de Gaulle once said: "There are three things in France that you must not touch, namely the Académie de France, the Institut Pasteur and the Eiffel Tower."
The Chinese Academy of Sciences in later generations was able to reach the world's top level in the field of biological research, which was the foundation laid by the cooperation between the Peking Research Institute and the Pasteur Institute.
Strictly speaking, Li Shizeng's active work will have a huge impact on the future of Chinese academic circles, but it is rarely known.
Zhou Hexuan thought carefully: "I will go to the United States probably in August, and I will not leave until at least November. Then I will directly cross the Atlantic to Europe, and let's meet up in France."
"Then I'll leave this matter to Mingcheng, farewell!" Li Shizeng stood up and shook hands with Zhou Hexuan.
Zhou Hexuan asked: "Mr. Shi Zeng is leaving now?"
Li Shizeng smiled bitterly: "For the 12 noon boat ticket, I have to rush to Nanjing to ask for money."
"I'll send a car to see you off." Zhou Hexuan said with emotion.
Li Shi really wanted to do something, but unfortunately there were too many constraints. The biggest problem was not getting money.
Cai Yuanpei was much more tactful and interesting, and he embraced Chang Kaishen. The two worked together to build a research institute. As a result, Cai Yuanpei's Central Research Institute had been completed, but Li Shizeng's Peking Research Institute did not even have funding.
Zhou Hexuan personally took Li Shizeng to the dock, and then returned with a sigh and a shake of his head.
The situation in Peiping was too complicated, and all the factions in the country were at odds with each other. With Li Shizeng's naive temperament, he plunged headlong into the big sauce vat of Peiping. You can imagine how difficult it was to succeed. It was extremely rare to successfully run the Peking Research Institute.
Zhou Hexuan saw off Li Shizeng at the dock, and saw off Zhu Xiang the next day. This angry young man finally went to study in the United States, and he didn't know if he could successfully complete his studies.
The situation between the north and the south is also deteriorating. Feng Yuxiang and Chang Kaishen started fighting last month.
Feng Yuxiang appointed himself the commander-in-chief of the Northwest Road Power Party to save the Communist Party, and called on warlords from all over the country to fight against Chiang. However, no one paid attention to him. Even his own subordinates Han Fuju and Shi Yousan also defected and publicly raised their banners to support the Central Committee (Chang
Keshen).
This was exactly the same as the previous battle between Jiang and Gui. As soon as the war started between the two sides, Chang Kaishen bribed the enemy general to betray him.
Feng Yuxiang is self-inflicted. The Northwest Army was developed on the basis of a regiment. All generals are Feng Yuxiang's old subordinates. He has a strong paternalistic style in running the army. All his subordinates have become provincial chairman and provincial governor. Feng Yuxiang also
Frequent scolding in public is the same as lecturing a son or grandson.
Sometimes Feng Yuxiang gets angry and even slaps him in the face. Who can endure this?
In addition, the Northwest Army was very poor and could not afford military pay in many cases. If Chang Kaishen handed over the banknotes, there would naturally be people willing to be bribed, but Feng Yuxiang thought that all his generals were loyal to him.
After Han Fuju and his close friend betrayed each other, Feng Yuxiang was immediately confused, knowing that he could not defeat Chang Kaishen on his own. He sent several telegrams to Yan Xishan and Zhang Xueliang, but did not receive a definite reply.
In desperation, Feng Yuxiang had to go to Shanxi in person to discuss the anti-Chiang affairs with Yan Xishan, and was willing to regard Yan Xishan as his "leading brother".
Yan Xishan was still thinking about doing business at this time, entertaining Feng Yuxiang with good wine and food, but in fact he was under house arrest in disguise. He actually used this as a bargaining chip to launch air-to-air negotiations with Chang Kaishen in an attempt to peacefully resolve the war and profit from it.
benefit.
As soon as Chang Kaishen saw that Feng Yuxiang was under control, he immediately went to Peking in person and sent Wu Zhihui, Zhao Daiwen, and Kong Xiangxi to Taiyuan with a personal letter, inviting Yan Xishan to come to Peiping to discuss the aftermath of the Northwest Army.
On the seventh day after Li Shizeng left Tianjin, Chang Kaishen and Yan Xishan formally met in Peking.
After bargaining, Chang Kaishen appointed Yan Xishan as deputy commander-in-chief of the navy, army and air force, which was equivalent to the second highest position in China at this time. Yan Xishan was complacent about this, feeling that he had taken a big advantage, and promised to solve the problem of the Northwest Army.
Yan Xishan not only betrayed Feng Yuxiang, but he also did not want to lose his reputation. He claimed that it was for the sake of national peace and not for betraying his friends for glory. He also called the whole country, hoping that Feng Yuxiang would understand and not blame him for this matter.
When Feng Yuxiang saw the telegram, he was probably so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.
Yan Xishan put on a whole show to show that he was dedicated to serving the public. He resigned due to illness and convened a meeting with his subordinates, saying that he would go abroad with Feng Yuxiang. He said with great embarrassment: "It has been difficult since ancient times to sacrifice the promise. But it will be beneficial to the country."
, There is no breach of trust, Shan is not rigid, there is no need to fight for this small section."
How nice it sounds to say that I did not stick to trivial matters and did treacherous things for the sake of my country.
Although Feng Yuxiang was under house arrest, in order not to completely anger the generals of the Northwest Army, Yan Xishan allowed him to send telegrams to the outside world.
Feng Yuxiang was also a thousand-year-old fox. He ate and drank quietly, but secretly ordered his subordinates to defect to Chang Kaishen, saying that the Northwest Army was willing to accept the central government's reorganization. By the way, he also asked Chang Kaishen for a large sum of military pay.
Seeing the weak uniforms of the Northwest Army, Chang Kaishen thought that all plans to defeat the enemy had been realized, so he decided to hold a second demobilization meeting and targeted Yan Xishan, who had just returned the favor to the two brothers.
Yan Xishan capsized in the gutter and felt that the deal was a huge loss, so he turned around and joined forces with Feng Yuxiang. Feng Yuxiang had this intention, and the two hit it off, and finally put aside their old grudges and cooperated to fight against Chiang Kai-shek.
Now it's Chang Kaishen's turn to have a headache. If he just gives up when he sees fit, he can successfully deal with the Northwest Army, but now he can't do it without fighting.
These military leaders are all bad-tempered and have never considered the interests of the country.