Beiyang reactionaries

In the stage of Sino-German cooperation, the universities of China and Germany have frequent exchanges, the business circles of China and Germany cooperate closely, and the military and political circles of China and Germany also cooperate a lot.Therefore, there are many inter-governmental and non-governmental relations between China and Germany.

Although China attaches the most importance to standing on the side of the anti-fascist alliance, the contacts left by China in Germany are still playing a role.Using these connections, Li Zhilong really managed to make a lot of people in the later stages of the war.Many scientists in Germany who wanted to get rid of the war found Li Zhilong and left Germany through China.Even the top Nazis in Germany and business leaders found out about Li Zhilong's secret transfer of assets.But apart from these top talents, the best thing about Europe is that their foundation is very strong.This includes the talent base.

Europe is the birthplace of the world's industrial revolution. Although China, the United States and the Soviet Union came from behind, their industrial scale has surpassed those of the European powers.But it does not mean that the talent reserves of China, the United States and the Soviet Union surpassed that of Europe.On the contrary, Europe is still an old-fashioned imperialist, old-fashioned industrial power, with a very strong talent team.The talent pool they have accumulated for so many years is no joke.

The proportion of technical engineers and doctors is among the best in the world.

Duan Xun is greedy for these talent reserves.Although Duan Xun has paid great attention to education since he entered Beijing.Cultivate talents with echelon education in the mode of universities, junior colleges, technical secondary schools, and technical schools. Over the past 20 years, tens of millions of talents have been cultivated, but for a big country like China, there is still a shortage of talents.In particular, more than half of technical secondary school graduates have become teachers.Therefore, there is still a lack of sufficient talents in industrial construction.

Moreover, after the economic development, there is not only a shortage of industrial talents, but also a lack of management talents and legal talents.Even with the development of trade, there is a lack of international legal talents.Although it has been cultivated, it cannot keep up with the speed of economic development.

It is really because China's territory has expanded too fast in recent years, its population has increased too rapidly, its industrial scale has increased rapidly, and its demand for talents is also very alarming.Those engineers and doctors in Europe are very much needed in China.

Human nature is common in many ways.

Compared with the current Europe, China can give better treatment and a more stable life.For China, there are not many such good opportunities.The current development of China's industry and the current achievements of higher education are inseparable from the introduction of talents several times.

China introduced the most talents during the Great Depression.At that time, the world economy was in crisis, and it was very difficult for many outstanding talents to get enough food and clothing.So I chose to leave my hometown and come to China.

Then when the Nazis were anti-Semitic, China also received a large number of Jewish talents.Of course, the senior Belarusian intellectuals who were defeated by Soviet Russia in the Russian Civil War in the early years were also left behind by China.In addition to them, after the great purge of the Soviet Union, China also absorbed many purged Soviet talents.

It is precisely because of this that China's education has the current development, and China's industry has the current development.Therefore, Duan Xun has always been more favorable to foreign talents.Because China's industry is still in the developing stage, China's higher education is also in the developing stage.

At present, there is still a huge talent gap in China.

It should be said that in the next 20 years, China will still be very short of talents.It is estimated that after more than 20 years, there will be tens of millions of people receiving undergraduate education in China, and when the number of graduates from technical secondary schools and technical schools reaches hundreds of millions, China will really have no shortage of talents.

"I'll make arrangements."

Wang Jingwei nodded.

Introducing foreign talents and then relocating them, China is already familiar with the road.There are very clear regulations on what level of talent, how they should be placed, and how they should be arranged.

"Vice Chairman Dai (Dai Kan), I have read the report on developing county economy and liberalizing rural areas."

"Chairman, as written in the report, in order to ensure food security and to obtain enough start-up funds from agriculture, our country has always suppressed rural development. But our country has developed to the present, and the industrial construction has already established a preliminary foundation. , Many aspects can operate and develop on their own. Even compared with the domestic market, the industrial scale is relatively high, showing signs of industrial overcapacity. The digestion of industrial products in Chinese cities has reached a saturated state. If we want to expand the urban market again, It takes a certain amount of time to adjust. Therefore, after discussing with the Economic and Development Commission, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Agriculture, the cabinet focused on the county and the vast population of the countryside. It was agreed that the way to expand the domestic market in a short period of time is to develop the economy of the county , develop the rural economy."

With the devolution of power from the Supreme Council, the Cabinet began to become the highest executive body and began to perform more responsibilities.

The war is over, and the wartime economy is about to change.

This is not so easy.Since last year, the cabinet has been adjusting China's industrial structure to allow China's economy to come out of the wartime economy.But now because the war has just ended, global trade has not yet recovered. As a result, China's industry has begun to experience a crisis of overcapacity.In fact, during the war, for export, too many war materials were produced.

The purpose of the cabinet is to resolve this contradiction.

After 20 years of rapid development in China's cities, the urban population has reached more than [-] million.However, it is not easy to expand the city's consumption capacity at present.Nor can it be expanded in a short period of time.

Compared with the rural areas with a population of [-] million, there are still those counties that have more room for development.

"County economy? Rural economy?"

"Chairman, we have always strictly controlled the development of county towns and rural areas. The government's control has resulted in a large amount of government administrative expenditure. If we can release part of the development of county towns and rural areas and allow them to develop on their own, first of all Administrative costs can be greatly reduced. This alone is not a small sum.”

Dai Kan made a report on behalf of the cabinet.

Explain the reasons for the Cabinet report.Duan Xun listened quietly, and Dai Kan continued: "In addition, in order to control the expansion of the urban population, we were worried that the urban population expansion would cause too many problems, so we have been controlling the flow of rural population and preventing the rural population from The population comes to the city at will. The population expansion of big cities still needs to be controlled by the government, but the cabinet believes that there is no need to restrict the population increase of some county towns. On the contrary, the cabinet believes that county towns can freely choose to develop. Including urban construction, the government has been Oppose each city to build itself. Each city must obtain the approval of the local construction department and the cabinet economic development committee if it wants to carry out urban construction. Including those small counties who want to carry out urban construction, they must also obtain the approval of the provincial construction department. This I was worried that the bank's funds would flow into these areas and affect the government's investment plan. As a result, the development of those counties was tied up. In fact, the population of some counties in our country has begun to increase, and they have the ability to expand themselves. But because of policy restrictions, so It was not able to expand. Once we loosen the ties, those counties can expand themselves. Everyone knows that urban construction has an amazing role in promoting the economy. If those counties can expand themselves without government funding, they can activate the county economy.”

"As long as the county economy is active, farmers can participate in the construction of the county during the slack time to increase their income. Similarly, when the county economy is active, food, clothing, housing and transportation will follow. In this way, we can not only reduce administrative costs, but also activate the county economy. and the rural economy. As long as the county economy begins to develop, the county and the countryside will become new economic development points in our country, and they will also be able to absorb the current excess production capacity in our country.”

Listening to Dai Kan's report, Duan Xun nodded.

I understand what Dai Kan means.

That is to loosen the constraints on the economy of the county towns, allowing them to develop their own capabilities and develop their economies.It is a better way for local governments to loosen the ties.

Only by letting go can the subjective initiative of grassroots governments be mobilized.

"What about big cities?"

"It should still be controlled. Only economic policies are introduced for county towns, and higher-level cities still need to be monitored. Because once these cities are loosened, bank funds will flow in. Most of our funds still need to be used for industrial construction, so we can't Let too much money flow into urban construction. The result of the cabinet discussion is that larger-scale urban construction must be controlled for at least the next five years. After five years, the blockade can be slowly lifted."

"It's a good idea. But I think it's better to be more cautious and try it out in a few provinces. The cabinet can choose which provinces to choose. I think we can find some representative provinces, the eastern coastal provinces with relatively developed economies. , the central provinces, the northeastern provinces, and the economically backward northwest and southwestern provinces, all intercept a province. Let’s see the situation first, and if the situation goes well, then promote it. If there are any problems, they can be corrected in time.”

Duan Xun put down the report in his hand and finally made a decision.

"Yes."

Dai Kan breathed a sigh of relief.

Dai Kan is very urgent now.Because according to the timeline introduced by Duan Xun, the Supreme Committee ended in 1949.After Congress passed the presidential system proposal, the presidential election and the cabinet prime minister election would not be held until 1950 at the earliest.

But by 1950, Dai Kan was 70 years old.According to the current retirement plan, the 70-year-old Dai Kan is not eligible to participate in the cabinet prime minister election.In other words, only five years are left for Dai Kan.

Therefore, Dai Kan hopes that at the last moment, he can do more things and leave more things behind.Therefore, he hoped that Duan Xun would support the cabinet's decision this time.Although Duan Xun was more cautious and did not promote it nationwide, he still supported the cabinet's plan on the whole, which made Dai Kan very satisfied.

"Chairman, at the recent discussion meeting to discuss the termination of the Supreme Council, many people raised two issues. The issue of education and corvee."

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"Chairman, at the recent discussion meeting to discuss the termination of the Supreme Council, many people raised two issues. The issue of education and corvee."

After talking about the cabinet's proposal, Yang Wei spoke.

Dao: "During the recent symposiums, some people raised these two issues with me. The first is the issue of education. Many people think that our country's economy has developed to a certain extent, and the government's finances are also sufficient compared to before. There are many. So they all think that our country should implement the compulsory education system, at least seven years of compulsory education should be satisfied, and hope that the government can introduce the "compulsory education law" to make compulsory education legally guaranteed. On this basis, five years of free compulsory education should be implemented .”

"Five years of free compulsory education?"

"Yes."

Yang Wei nodded, and said: "The voice is not small. When Mr. Zhongshan took office as the interim president in Nanjing, he had already said that compulsory education should be implemented. However, after our country fell into chaos, this matter was delayed. However, many people in the academic circle have always believed that China has the conditions to implement compulsory education, and can implement certain free compulsory education. Everyone believes that Germany and Japan can rise and become industrial powers, which is inseparable from their emphasis on education. Germany The implementation of compulsory education even has a history of 200 years, and Japan has a history of half a century. In terms of economic strength, our country is already much stronger than Prussia, which was 200 years younger, and Japan half a century ago. Therefore, compulsory education should have been implemented long ago. educate."

Ten years of trees, a hundred years of trees.

Speaking of education, Duan Xun also became more serious.

Before the establishment of the Supreme Committee, Yang Wei was the speaker of the National Assembly. After serving as the vice chairman of the Supreme Committee, he was not only responsible for the research and review of laws and policies, but also responsible for the work of the Overseas Chinese Committee.

It is precisely because of this that he usually sees a lot of people.

Terminating the Supreme Council and then rerunning parliamentary elections is not something that can be said and done.Yang Wei, as the vice chairman of the Supreme Committee, still needs to communicate with other parties, some other scholars, and even the Chinese and overseas Chinese.

The first is to appease them and tell them that Duan Xun has no intention of following Yuan Shikai's old path.The second is to hope that they understand that the current situation at home and abroad is complicated, so it is impossible to terminate the Supreme Council immediately.The third is to persuade them to accept that the Chinese regime has changed to a presidential system.

Because of this, he communicated with many scholars.

"What you said is indeed reasonable. It seems that we did not formulate policies in this regard. This should be our mistake, and it is my mistake. I have always said that education is the foundation of a strong country, but unfortunately it is only lip service now. Just talking, it should be worth introspecting. All minors, regardless of gender, should receive education, which should be compulsory. We should introduce the "compulsory education law", first stipulated in policies and regulations. But five years of free compulsory education Education? This is not something you can talk about. Have you carefully calculated how much more money the Ministry of Education will spend once the five-year compulsory free education is implemented?"

"Chairman, this requires a data report from the Ministry of Education."