Beiyang reactionaries

At present, there are several million Nanyang Chinese. Many of them think that their home is in China and they are Chinese.Therefore, they are very concerned about how to identify Chinese nationality, the election criteria for Chinese members of Congress, and so on.

"Mr. Chen, I would like to thank Mr. Chen for his support for our country's education, and Mr. Chen for supporting our country's education reform."

Duan Xun first thanked Tan Kah Kee.

Because Tan Kah Kee really supports Chinese education very strongly.After so many years, Tan Kah Kee has donated more than 500 million in education in China alone.

Now Tan Kah Kee's assets are only about 600 million US dollars.Donate over 500 million, that's around $200 million.

Not only that, Tan Kah Kee also supports the government's education reform.

In the past, Chinese universities were relatively chaotic.There are national universities, provincial universities, universities founded by private donations, and universities established by foreigners.

too confusing.

After Duan Xun entered Beijing, he carried out educational reforms.

After reorganizing Chinese universities, there are only three types of universities left.One is a national university, a university directly under the control of the Ministry of Education, and they are currently the most powerful universities in China.In the past, some local universities and private universities were integrated into national universities.

The second category is provincial universities, and the third category is universities established by foreigners.Duan Xun has not yet dealt with universities built by foreigners, but it is a rule that foreigners must obtain the approval of the Ministry of Education to establish a school in China.

When private universities were brought under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Tan Kah Kee strongly supported them.Especially Xiamen University, which is a university funded by Tan Kah Kee alone with 400 million yuan.But Tan Kah Kee did not bargain with the Ministry of Education at all, and was the first to incorporate Xiamen University into a national university directly under the Ministry of Education.This has made the Ministry of Education's process of rectifying private universities across the country much smoother.

"Prime Minister, it should be. What we people want to see most is that the country can be stable and able to develop. In recent years, under the leadership of the Prime Minister, the country has not only ended the warlord war, but also begun to gradually solve the problem of the concession. This It is a great encouragement to those of us overseas Chinese."

Tan Kah Kee is very humble.

He is indeed happy.Since the end of Qing Dynasty, he has been to China several times.Including after the Revolution of [-], he has also been to China many times.But every time he came, he would be deeply worried.

The Revolution of [-] overthrew the Qing Dynasty, but there were many warlords in the country, wars continued, and people's livelihoods withered.There is no hope at all.Until Duan Xun turned out from the southwest and took over Beijing, within a few years, the warlords who ruled the country had ended.It even fought a war with Japan and took back a lot of sovereignty.

Recently, an agreement was reached with the United Kingdom to abolish the British Concession.China has begun to take back the British Concession, and before the end of 1924, it will take back all of the British Concession.

These feats are real.

"Mr. Chen, I'm sorry. This is the mission that history has entrusted to our generation. If we can accomplish it, then we should. If we can't, it will be our sin."

"Prime Minister, you are too modest."

"Mr. Chen, I met with Mr. Chen alone today because I have something I want to talk to Mr. Chen about."

"Prime Minister, please speak."

Chen Jiageng sat up straight.

It's not a big problem for Duan Xun to meet him in person.Because Duan Xun and Tan Kah Kee knew each other very early, and Tan Kah Kee is a representative of overseas Chinese in Nanyang.When he came to Beijing by himself, it was normal for Duan Xun to take some time to meet him.

But meeting alone like this, and still being so solemn, Chen Jiageng knew that something must happen.

"Mr. Chen, you are well-informed and have traveled to European and American great powers. You should understand that the reason why the great powers are great powers is because they are all industrial countries and industrial powers. And if we want China to develop, we must also follow this path. The only way is to develop industry.”

Chen Jiageng nodded.

Agree with Duan Xun.What the great powers rely on to run amok is to rely on their ships and guns.And behind these ships and sharp guns is a powerful industry.

If China wants to develop, it must also have its own ships and guns, and it must develop its own industry.

"So the cabinet formulated a five-year industrial development plan at the end of last year. The cabinet hopes to use about ten years to establish a basic foundation for our country's industry. However, during the implementation process, many problems have been encountered. The biggest one is The problem is that we lack talents. We lack industrial talents. In order to cultivate these talents, the cabinet can only decide to suspend the construction of universities and vigorously develop vocational colleges. But even if we want to develop vocational colleges, our country also lacks this aspect Teacher. Therefore, most of the vocational schools in our country can only be attached to some factories and need factory technicians to be teachers. There are also many university teachers who spare time to teach. The lack of technical talents has seriously delayed China's chemical industry and the development of the machinery manufacturing industry."

"Prime Minister, this is a historical issue. Our country's science education foundation is too poor."

"That's it."

Duan Xun nodded.

Then he looked at Tan Kah Kee and said, "So I can only focus on foreign countries, hoping to introduce more talents from overseas. According to preliminary statistics, the number of Chinese abroad is currently around 800 million, and most of them are overseas. Nanyang region. I hope that Mr. Chen can go out and promote it in Nanyang region. Can those knowledgeable and skilled people return to work in China. "

At present, there are about 800 million overseas Chinese.

Most of them are in the Nanyang region.The total number of Chinese in the United States is less than 10, and the number of Chinese in Europe is not large.Moreover, the Chinese in Europe and the United States basically go there to make great efforts, and there are very few second-generation Chinese overseas Chinese born in Europe and the United States.Therefore, the education level of Chinese in those areas is very low.

But the Nanyang region is different.

The history of Chinese going to Southeast Asia is very long. Since the Qianlong period, many people have gone to Malacca.The Chinese community is developing rapidly and powerfully in Southeast Asia.More importantly, Nanyang Chinese attach great importance to education.At present, about 80.00% of the schools in the Nanyang area are Chinese schools, which are schools for Chinese children.So not to mention ordinary intellectuals and technicians, there are still many highly educated people in the Nanyang region who have returned from studying in Europe.

It was this group of people that Duan Xun took a fancy to.

If we can introduce thousands or even tens of thousands of talents in this field, it will be of great benefit to the development of China's current vocational colleges or the literacy campaign.It would be even better if tens of thousands of people could pour into the country.

Now Duan Xun only hates that there are too few talents.

"Prime Minister, I understand what you mean."

Chen Jiageng nodded.

Then he said solemnly: "Prime Minister, don't worry. Although the majority of Nanyang Chinese are illiterate, Nanyang Chinese attach great importance to children's education. There are not many talents who graduated from colleges and universities, but there are still many people who have received general education. For For us, China will always be our motherland. The motherland needs it, and I believe our young people will be willing to return to China. I will immediately generate electricity for Nanyang and call on everyone to return to China to support construction.”

"Thank you Mr. Chen."

Duan Xun immediately stood up and bowed slightly to Chen Jiageng.

Duan Xun is really very grateful.In today's China, if there are 100 more people, the power of 100 more people will be gained.1000 more people, that is the power of 1000 people.

Even if 100 people come back, 1000 people can be trained in China.If 1000 people come back, 1 people can be trained.

"Prime Minister, dare not be, dare not be."

Chen Jiageng was taken aback.

Immediately stood up and waved his hands again and again.

"Prime Minister, the motherland is our backing outside. We are all willing to do our part for the motherland."

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"Prime Minister, this is the statistics of the current number of overseas students compiled by the Ministry of Education."

After Duan Xun talked with Chen Jiageng, Chen Jiageng immediately sent a telegram and issued a call.Call on the educated youth of Nanyang to serve the motherland and return to the country for construction.

Of course, due to time issues, it is mainly spread in Malaysia.

Duan Xun didn't even think of it.

Compared with 100 years later, most of the overseas Chinese at this time are first-generation immigrants, and most of them came from China.Therefore, they basically agree that the motherland is China.Because of this, China's nationality law caused such a big reaction from overseas Chinese.Therefore, after Tan Kah Kee issued the calling order, more than 700 people signed up to participate in just one week.

The Chinese population in the Nanyang region is large, and there are no longer a small number of educated young people.The call to return to China to build the motherland is very influential.Many educated young people from Nanyang are willing to return to China.Tan Kah Kee decided to continue accepting applications, and the first batch of people will return to China after the Chinese New Year.According to the current situation, Tan Kah Kee estimates that there should be about 500 people in the first group of people returning to China after the Chinese New Year.

This surprised Duan Xun.