In mid-September, "Legend of the Galaxy Heroes" was about to be serialized in the UK, and Zhou Hexuan, who had dug a big hole, boarded the ship back to China in style.
In addition to Vivien Leigh, she was accompanied by Arthur Henderson, the leader of the British Labor Party, and Bernard Shaw, the leading figure in the British theater industry.
The British Independent Labor Party has completed its general election. The new leader is George Lansbury, but he will not officially take office until October. In other words, Arthur Henderson, the former British Foreign Secretary, has lost all party and political power.
His position turned into an ordinary little old man, and he could visit China without any restrictions.
During the ocean journey, Arthur Henderson had a pleasant chat with George Bernard Shaw. They were old friends and shared the same political ideas. They kept discussing the future of the Labor Party and how to implement progressive socialism in Britain.
In the more than three months since Zhou Hexuan left China, many major events have happened.
For example, Chang Kaishen held a military conference in Lushan, where he made it a basic national policy to "reconquer foreign countries before settling the country inside", and mobilized 630,000 troops to launch the fourth military encirclement and suppression of the red zone.
Another example is that Japan officially began to send armed immigrants to the Northeast. The immigrants were organized into military groups, issued weapons, and practiced farming while fighting. None of the Japanese immigrants who stayed in the Northeast after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War was innocent, because they were soldiers or military dependents!
Just when Zhou Hexuan left the UK, the Northeast Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army severely damaged the Japanese Kwantung Army and won a beautiful victory. The Kwantung Army launched a retaliatory action, killing more than 3,000 villagers in Jiajiagou, Pingdingshan, and Qianjinbao, creating an inhumane
"Pingdingshan Massacre".
When Zhou Hexuan arrived in Shanghai by boat, the League of Nations Investigation Team issued the "Report of the League of Nations Investigation Team", recognizing that Northeast China is an integral part of China's territory, denying that Japan launched the September 18th Incident as "legitimate self-defense", and confirming that the puppet Manchukuo was Japan's violation of the Northeast
A tool concocted by the will of the people. Judging from these contents, the League of Nations seems to be upholding justice for China. However, this report also added a clause advocating the establishment of a special system with a high degree of autonomy in the Northeast that is protected by foreign countries.
In other words, the League of Nations attempted to turn the three Northeastern provinces into an international condominium area, thereby replacing Japan's exclusive position in Northeastern China.
It's like your own house was taken over by bullies, and a group of bullies were invited to seek justice. The bullies said that this house is not exclusive to anyone and should be shared with everyone.
Once this report was released, it was immediately strongly opposed by the Chinese people and also by the Japanese Kwantung Army.
The situation between the two countries is relatively delicate. Both the Chinese and Japanese governments tend to accept the League of Nations' ruling. However, the Chinese government does not dare to publicly express support due to the boiling public opinion, while the Japanese cabinet is controlled by the military and behaves repeatedly and submissively.
In another six months, the Japanese cabinet would succumb to the threats from the military and publicly announce its withdrawal from the League of Nations. The "Report of the League of Nations Investigation Team" would therefore become useless paper.
Of course, there is not no good news in China. For example, the Nanjing government announced the implementation of the compulsory education policy and promulgated the "First Outline of Measures for the Implementation of Compulsory Education" and the "Measures for the Implementation of Short-Term Compulsory Education."
The "Outline" stipulates that the period from August 1932 to July 1935 is the "First Period", requiring all localities to establish "compulsory education experimental areas" during this period, and it is illegal to force school-age children not to study. The "Measures" stipulate that
Issues left over from history have been supplemented: In order to relieve older out-of-school children, short-term compulsory education can be implemented and "short-term primary schools" can be established to eliminate illiteracy.
During the entire period of the Nanjing National Government, the Ministry of Education was probably the one who worked hardest. No matter how fierce the factional struggles between Cai Yuanpei and Li Shizeng were, their goals and ideals were the same, which was to "save the country through education"!
In order to achieve the goal of saving the country through education, Cai Yuanpei, Li Shizeng and their party members carefully formulated various educational regulations. Based on China's poor current situation, they came up with various remedies, such as setting up "short-term primary schools" on a large scale to eliminate illiteracy. The result was that
There was a serious shortage of teachers, so a tuition-free simple normal school was quickly established to train primary school teachers.
In 1931, the number of students in simple normal schools nationwide was only 20,875. When vigorously promoted in 1932, the number soared to 59,006 in 1933. Many of these students who graduated from simple normal schools went on to
He became a primary school teacher and contributed greatly to the literacy movement in New China.
From 1929 to 1936, the investment in education by Chinese governments at all levels was relatively stable. Not to mention the central government, even local warlords with a moderate sense of mind would attach great importance to education.
It is a lie that education funding in the Republic of China must account for 30% of fiscal revenue. Only crazy fruit fans will believe it. Although there is not 30%, there is 3.3% (data from the "First China Education Yearbook"
, 1991 edition), the Nanjing National Government has done significantly better than the Beiyang government in education. Even if the development is slow, it is at least developing.
It wasn't until the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War in 1937 that China's education situation hit a low point again. It was common for university and middle school teachers to be owed wages, and elementary school teachers hardly received wages. Many elementary school teachers could only work to make ends meet.
Teach with passion. Like the situation in the movie "The Donkey Gets Water", it is almost impossible to use the donkey to earn an empty salary? Haha, don't even think about it!
Education is a top priority for a country and a nation, no less important than the development of industry and military.
One of the very important reasons why China has been able to develop rapidly after the reform and opening up is that it has universalized nine-year compulsory education. Even for ordinary migrant workers, there is a huge difference between being literate and illiterate. This is a superpower hidden among the Chinese people.
wealth.
Doesn’t India want to surpass China? Please first popularize education.
The ship sailed slowly towards the Shanghai pier. Vivien Leigh stood on the deck and looked out, and said happily: "China is more prosperous than I imagined. I thought it was another India."
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "What you see is the most prosperous city in China."
Arthur Henderson and George Bernard Shaw also walked on the deck. George Bernard Shaw said: "I have received letters from Chinese readers and discussed Chinese dramas in the letters. I heard that China's Peking Opera has caused a sensation in the United States?"
"You can communicate with Mr. Mei Lanfang of China, he is a top drama master." Zhou Hexuan said.
"Woo"
The whistle sounded and the ship began to dock.
Zhou Hexuan found that the pier was full of people, most of whom came to greet Bernard Shaw and Arthur Henderson. One was a famous British drama master in China, and the other was the former British Foreign Secretary. People from the cultural, military and political circles must have wanted to
They came in droves, and the grand reception was no less grand than when Einstein visited China.