Chapter 391: 390 [Broken Things in the Northern Education Circle]

Throughout the period of the Republic of China, China's industry and commerce were inseparable from bureaucratic capital.

If you want to start a company or build a factory in China, it is relatively safe until the scale is not large. But once it becomes a large-scale enterprise that is making money every day without official background protection, it is basically a fish on the chopping board.

The only solution is to actively invite warlords and bureaucrats to become shareholders. The same is true for Zhou Hexuan's underwear company and factory. The Xu family and the Zhang family have recruited several southern officials to join them in the past two years. Although the shares are not much, they can already guarantee the smooth development of the enterprise.

Although Zhou Hexuan's reputation is great, he also has some relationship with the central government. But as the saying goes, the King of Hades loves little ghosts, so if officials are not invited to calm down the situation, it is inevitable that some guys will be jealous.

Both Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang once occupied Tianjin, and they have bought shares in some companies without exception. For example, Jiuda Refined Salt Company has Feng Yuxiang's shares.

Although Yan and Feng are stepping down, their shares cannot be moved. Even the deceased Li Yuanhong and other Beiyang elders dare not touch the shares of such big shots because of their great influence.

You can't touch a tiger's butt, but it's okay to pet a kitten.

Zang Qifang moved very quickly, and he aimed his spearhead at the lost generals of the Northwest Army and the Jinsui Army. These people used to use the names of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan to buy shares in many small and medium-sized companies in Tianjin, which are very suitable targets.

Those Zhang Xueliang and Chang Kaishen who have already been recruited, or are planning to be recruited, cannot be provoked. They can only deal with those whose troops have been disabled and who have no political influence left. Including an important staff member of Yan Xishan, whose shares in the two companies in Tianjin were all confiscated.

As a scholar, Zang Qifang's method was not rude, but first interviewed the heads of major companies, and after vaguely expressing her intentions, hinted that the other party took the initiative to report "illegal" shares. After grasping the actual situation, Zang Qifang began to shift charges, such as "threatening merchants, compulsively buying shares" and so on, announcing that these shares were illegal.

Zang Qifang has tried to reduce the influence as much as possible, but things are getting bigger and bigger, and some people even directly sued Zhang Xueliang.

Zhang Xueliang called Zang Qifang and scolded him, and asked him to find a way to calm the incident.

Zang Qifang had no choice but to contact the relevant companies again, and asked the other party to pay for the redemption of these shares, which were converted into silver dollars and paid to the bureaucratic warlords at a low price. He only collected fines from it. Most companies are very happy with this, and it would be great to spend some money to get the shares back, anyway, the other party can no longer be a backer.

Only by collecting fines, the Tianjin Municipal Government recorded nearly 200,000 yuan, and Zang Qifang directly allocated 50,000 yuan to subsidize Tianjin's middle and primary schools. Tianjin's educational circles were extremely satisfied with this, and believed that the new mayor was sincerely committed to education, and Zang Qifang's reputation and prestige gradually spread.

However, the development of things was far beyond Zhou Hexuan's expectations.

Zang Qifang actually engaged in party-oriented education in Tianjin's education system, demanding that the "Three Principles of the People" be included in the compulsory courses of primary and secondary schools. Although these partisan content is not much, just mentioned slightly, but it is enough to make people vigilant.

Zhang Xueliang's tutor, confidential secretary, and personally appointed mayor of Tianjin are actually believers in the "Three Principles of the People". He dared to do this just after he took office, and he didn't take Zhang Xueliang seriously at all. In a few years, the entire Tianjin Municipal Government might be turned into a party.

No wonder Zhang Xueliang "has little regard for Zang Qifang". No wonder Zang Qifang was the mayor of Tianjin for only a few months in history, and Zhang Xueliang was transferred back to the Northeast to manage the Land and Mu Bureau. During the Anti-Japanese War, this guy even served as a supervisor of the Central Supervision Committee of the Three Youth League.

In late October, Zhang Xueliang came to Tianjin again, and asked without saying a few words: "Mingcheng, why did you give Zang Qifang a bad idea?"

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "I thought the mayor of Tianjin you appointed was your confidant. Since Zang Qifang said he was short of money, I'll help him get some money. By the way, why is he engaging in party-oriented education?"

Zhang Xueliang shook his head and sighed: "I transferred him from Northeastern University, just because I didn't want him to engage in this kind of thing in school. I didn't expect this person to change his mind. I'm really disappointed!"

"What's the situation?" Zhou Hexuan asked curiously.

Zhang Xueliang explained it in detail, and Zhou Hexuan finally understood it completely.

It turns out that Zang Qifang, Zhou Shouyi, Gao Xibing and others established a "June 1 Society" at Northeastern University, which advertises academic research on the surface, but secretly actively engages in party work.

Zhang Xueliang heard about this a little bit, so he transferred Liu Shangqing, Governor of Fengtian, to take over the school. However, Liu Shangqing was persuaded to change Northeastern University into a college system. Zang Qifang and others served as the deans of each college respectively, and cultivated the students' party feathers, trying to let the power of the Nationalist Party get involved in the Northeast education circle.

In order to further control the school, Zang Qifang and others also jointly signed a letter to Zhang Xueliang, accusing the vice principal Liu Fengzhu of embezzling school funds. They even secretly encouraged students to make troubles. Certain student movement activities at Northeastern University in the past two years were quietly supported by the "June 1st Society".

In anger, Zhang Xueliang dismissed all the principal persons in charge of the "June 1st Society". But he is soft-hearted and nostalgic. After all, Zang Qifang has been his tutor and confidential secretary for him, so he appointed Zang Qifang as the mayor of Tianjin as soon as he got excited.

"Zang Qifang is indeed a talented person, and he is sincerely for the country, and the party-oriented education is not for his own selfishness," Zhang Xueliang said with a helpless smile, "I transferred him to Tianjin as the mayor to let him reform himself. Who would have thought that he would be so stubborn.”

Zhou Hexuan asked, "What are you going to do now?"

"The mayor who has just been appointed cannot be replaced immediately," Zhang Xueliang thought for a while and said, "Let him be the mayor of Tianjin for a while. I will replace him after the Lunar New Year."

There is a saying that kindness does not command soldiers, and political struggles are also like battlefields.

Zhang Xueliang is obviously not a qualified leader, he is too kind. If it was Lao Jiang, if there were two or five youngsters under his hands, he would be light in the end, and if he didn't do it, he would be destroyed humanely. Who would continue to entrust them with heavy responsibilities, expecting the other party to turn over a new leaf?

Although the education field had no soldiers, no money, and seemed to be unable to do anything, it was extremely influential during the Republic of China, and no matter which faction attached great importance to it.

Although Northeastern University is a public school, it is actually no different from a private school. When the school was founded, Zhang Xueliang personally donated 1.8 million yuan, which was maintained by the Northeast local financial allocation every year. Even Northeastern University moved inward during the Anti-Japanese War. Zhang Xueliang also solved the funding problem.

To put it bluntly, Northeastern University is Zhang Xueliang's private property, and there is no room for anyone to engage in party-oriented education.

Principal Luo Jialun, whom we have mentioned many times, has already left Tsinghua University at this time because of the forced Party-oriented education.

During the Central Plains War, Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang tried to weaken the influence of the Nanjing government in Beiping, and repeatedly urged the teachers and students of Tsinghua University to attack Luo Jialun.

The teachers and students of Tsinghua University had long been dissatisfied with Luo Jialun, and immediately responded to the "drive Luo movement". The Tsinghua Student Congress even proposed "asking Luo Jialun to resign automatically".

Luo Jialun still wanted to continue playing the strategy of retreating and advancing. While sending a telegram to Nanjing to resign, he announced his resignation at Tsinghua University. As a result, the teachers and students followed suit and directly acknowledged Luo Jialun's resignation, and urged him to hand over the school's administrative rights as soon as possible.

Luo Jialun was self-defeating, instantly confused, and left Tsinghua sadly. He still can't figure out why Tsinghua teachers and students don't appreciate the contributions he has made to Tsinghua University?

The reason is simple, Luo Jialun is too arrogant.

A 30-year-old major general and a 30-year-old university president are very energetic in doing things. How many people have offended Luo Jialun? He even regarded the professors of Tsinghua University as his subordinates, and always spoke in a condescending manner, and the deans of Tsinghua University were always scolded by him at will.

The worst thing is Luo Jialun's party-oriented education and military-oriented education, which drove Tsinghua students almost crazy, and I wish this guy could get out of here.

"Hey, let's not talk about that," Zhang Xueliang said with a smile, "I'm going to Shanghai in a few days, Mingcheng will go with me."

Zhang Xueliang went south this time to formally assume the post of Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force, and by the way, he also had to ask Chang Kaishen for help.

It seems that Chang Kaishen's sworn brothers don't end well?