Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

"In the past two years, our Jin-Cha-Ji region has developed too rapidly, and the military has also expanded rapidly, so the base area is burdened. So everyone thinks that there are too many schools and too many cadres in the various military regions, so these units are being merged. The university is only in name; in reality, it is to streamline the military and reduce the burden."

Wei Hongjun couldn't help laughing.

What the hell is going on? Wei Hongjun said angrily, "These people are really imaginative. We in the Jincha region have been fighting externally, not within the base area, so the base area has been very stable in recent years. We even got through the difficult times of 41 and 42. It's so much better now than it was then."

At present, agricultural production in our Jin-Cha-Ji base area is stable, the economy is thriving, and the base area is not short of money at all.”

This is not Wei Hongjun bragging.

Although there are many troops and various logistical agencies in Jin-Cha-Ji now.

But in fact, Jin-Cha-Ji was not short of money. In fact, among the Eighth Route Army bases, Jin-Cha-Ji had the lightest burden.

The main reason is that the Jin-Cha-Yi base area has not been affected by the war in recent years.

Therefore, agricultural production was not affected, and the base areas had sufficient food reserves. Furthermore, as the war progressed, trade between the base areas and the Japanese and puppet troops became more frequent. The military region truly had money. Therefore, Jin-Cha-Ji still had some surplus funds, which could be used to provide some to the central government each month for central government funding.

"Anyone complaining?"

"Of course. They are the top leaders of their respective schools. If you merge these schools to form a university, they won't know where to go next. What position will they have next?"

Sui Twelve told Wei Hongjun the situation outside very directly.

Wei Hongjun nodded.

I finally understand what it means.

To put it bluntly, it's all for his own selfish ends.

Even if the original units were small and low-level, they were all the top leaders in their own areas and had the final say. However, once these schools were merged, many things would change.

However, Wei Hongjun paid no attention to these voices. He couldn't possibly give up on running a university just to cater to their petty motives and personal interests. Establishing universities was the unstoppable trend, a necessary step for the CCP. So, Wei Hongjun bluntly stated, "Compared to the current chaos, where one school teaches one way and another another, standardizing textbooks and instruction is the inevitable path toward formalizing education. And, as they say, pooling resources and centralizing school operations can also significantly save resources. Furthermore, the central government has already approved this initiative, so it must proceed."

"I knew it was."

Sui Shier and Wei Hongjun have been friends for many years.

Know Wei Hongjun's character.

You can't back down from something you want to do just because of a little bit of opposition. Now that Wei Hongjun has pulled him in, Sui Twelve isn't hiding his opinions. "Then let me state my opinion. I oppose the idea of ​​establishing a Military Engineering University and a North China University of Technology."

"Old Sui, the reason I came to you is because you're a professional in the industry, and you've studied in the United States and are familiar with universities. That's why I asked you to come here. Just say whatever you want to say.

"Currently, we do lack industrial talent. We're short on talent in all areas: the military industry and other factories. But we're also short on teachers for the industrial sector. Establishing two universities would be a complete waste. It would be better to merge them. Some courses are completely the same, so there's no need for such clear divisions. With the same funding for the military region, one school would be better than two."

Wei Hongjun nodded slowly.

Sui Twelve is right. You can't expect to become fat all at once in anything.

step by step.

Military industry is also a type of industry. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the military exerted considerable influence on industry for a period of time. Merging these industries and concentrating funding could help cultivate more talent.

"They should be merged. Old Sui, please share your thoughts.

"I've been working in the military industry for the past few years, and I've gained a better understanding of our current reality. When I returned from studying abroad, I was focused on how to train more university graduates. But during my time in the Eighth Route Army, I've gained some new insights. We need to train outstanding university graduates and high-level technicians. However, at this stage, we need more mid-level technicians with a certain level of knowledge, as well as junior technicians with basic industrial knowledge, than these high-level technicians.

Wei Hongjun listened quietly to Sui Twelve's words.

Later, online debates between science and engineering and the humanities led to a lot of mutual ridicule. Of course, it was mostly science and engineering students who mocked the humanities as useless. In reality, there's no such thing as useless knowledge; it all depends on how you use it.

The same is true for science and engineering and liberal arts.

If you actively participate in social practice and apply what you have learned to reality, then both science and engineering and liberal arts will become knowledge that the country needs. However, if you are divorced from reality or stay away from social practice for a period of time, then both science and engineering and liberal arts will become useless.

To put it bluntly, social practice is the most important thing.

Why do many university professors' words make ordinary people laugh? It's because many university professors have spent years in the ivory towers of their universities, divorced from social practice and reality. Therefore, their words are out of touch with reality.

The same goes for twelve.

My thoughts when I was a teacher at the university were completely different from what they are now.

Because he personally participated in the work on the Eighth Route Army side and saw the real situation. If it were Sui Twelve, the university professor at that time, he would definitely set up a university in accordance with the high standards when he helped Wei Hongjun to set up the university.

But it's different now.

Sui Twelve began to consider the reality.

"So my suggestion is that the North China University of Technology we establish be divided into elementary, intermediate, and advanced classes. Students in the advanced class should have at least a high school education. They will study in the advanced class and acquire more comprehensive and difficult knowledge, aiming to cultivate senior technical personnel. The intermediate class can be selected from ordinary factory technicians to cultivate core technical personnel. As for the elementary class, it can mainly be selected from workers, farmers with a certain level of education, or students. They will learn about industry, machinery and equipment, and learn how to operate and repair them, becoming entry-level technical personnel. After our university is formalized, the intermediate class can be separated into a secondary education school, and the elementary class can be separated into a technical school. The elementary class will enroll the largest number of students, followed by the intermediate class. The advanced class can adopt a smaller but more elite approach."

Sui Shier wants to merge universities, colleges, technical secondary schools and vocational schools.

It is not the kind of university that only trains college students.

Wei Hongjun wrote down Sui Twelve's words. Then he said: "This direction is indeed good. This time I plan to merge all the industrial schools in the military region, including the short-term training courses of the Ministry of Military Industry. However, at present, the Jin-Cha-Yi Military Region does not have a special industrial school except our Chanan Industrial School. There is a Taihang Industrial School at the headquarters, but we have no control over them. So this time when we open an industrial university, our Chanan Industrial School is the core. But the Chanan Industrial School alone is far behind the university we want to run. There are many problems in running a university, but we can slowly solve other problems. But there are two problems that must be solved, but This is also the most difficult issue to resolve. First, there's the issue of textbooks. Whether it's beginner, intermediate, or advanced classes, a university should have standardized textbooks. Second, there's the issue of teachers. Teachers are paramount to the success of a university. My approach is to address the teacher issue first. Only after that can we address the textbook issue. Our textbooks can draw on those of other domestic schools and industrial universities abroad. I will apply to the military region and the central government to import textbooks from various domestic universities. However, the school's textbooks still need to be addressed by the teachers themselves, once they are in place.

"Political Commissar, speaking of which, we in the Eighth Route Army now have quite a few university teachers and students. Among them, there should be quite a few studying industry. They may not be numerous, but gathering them together to establish a university shouldn't be a problem."

Sui Twelve immediately gave Wei Hongjun some advice.

"Heroes see the same thing."

Wei Hongjun nodded.

Indeed, there weren't many high-level intellectuals like university professors and university students within the Eighth Route Army. After all, the Eighth Route Army had such a vast territory and so many troops. Proportionally speaking, university professors and university students within the Eighth Route Army made up less than one percent.

Among these university teachers and students, it is estimated that less than 10% are studying industry.

Very few.

But although it is a small number, there are still a few hundred people.

If we pick a hundred people from among them, there will be no problem becoming university teachers.

"In addition to these people, I plan to hire some Japanese technicians as school teachers. They will mainly teach students in the intermediate classes."

"I agree."

Sui Twelve agreed.

Currently, many factories in Xuanhua area employ Japanese technicians.

These guys performed OK.

Many of these technicians weren't particularly interested in fighting. They were more interested in earning money. If the Eighth Route Army paid them, they would work for them. While Japanese industry couldn't rival that of established imperialist nations like Europe and the United States, it was still very useful to China.

"Old Sui, you know I'm busy right now. So I'd like to give you the task of establishing North China University of Technology. Check the archives to see how many military and local cadres in our Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region are university students studying industry, or are university teachers. Then, screen them and give me a list. I'll be responsible for mobilizing these cadres later. I'll also send a telegram to the Central Committee, hoping they can help us resolve some of the teacher issues.

This time, Wei Hongjun planned to transfer all the students studying industry from the front line.

The current Eighth Route Army has no shortage of capable fighters.

What is lacking is these technical talents.

"it is good."

Chapter 600 Primary Education and Literacy

After talking with Sui Twelve, Wei Hongjun adjusted his university plan this time.

Wei Hongjun is planning to establish five universities this time.

One was the Military and Political Cadre University, one was the Public Security University, one was the Industrial University, one was the Medical University, and the other was the Normal University. After Wei Hongjun's investigation, he re-arranged his work.

One is to find a place to set up a university in a short period of time.

Another is to determine the composition of each university. Just like Sui Shier suggested, the industrial university should be divided into advanced, intermediate, and elementary classes.

Then, based on these, we will assign teachers to the university and finally determine the textbooks.

Of course, during this process, cadres will be assigned to each university.

After the project was largely completed, the next step would be the responsibility of each university. Wei Hongjun was, after all, the political commissar of the Ji-Re-Cha Military Region, and his primary responsibility lay with the military. It was impossible for him to personally establish all the universities.

Therefore, Sui Shier was asked to check the files and start screening the list of teachers at the Industrial University.

Wei Hongjun met with Liu Kaifeng, the current director of the Education Department of Jin-Cha-Ji, to discuss the Normal University. The reason he chose to discuss this matter with Liu Kaifeng was not only because he was the director of the Education Department, but also because he had been in charge of primary education and literacy education in Jin-Cha-Yi and Yi-Zhong Military Region for many years.

Wei Hongjun has a big appetite, but he knows that taking too big a step can easily cause him to hurt his balls.

So, when Wei Hongjun launched the Normal University, he didn't intend to become a giant all at once. Although it was a Normal University, his idea was to run the school in a combined college and technical secondary school model.

Three-year and two-year programs.

It mainly trains middle school and primary school teachers.

Liu Kaifeng is very experienced in this area.

"Leader, I agree with this idea. Currently, China's biggest problem is the large number of illiterate people. The children of workers and peasants have almost no chance to receive an education. This is not only because their families are poor, but also because the vast majority of workers and peasants are subjected to the policy of obscurantism and enslavement education of the reactionary ruling class. These reactionary ruling classes not only oppress workers and peasants politically and economically, but also ideologically prohibit them. They use a set of obscurantism and enslavement education to make the workers and peasants give up on receiving an education. Currently, all the powerful countries in the world attach importance to education. Take Japanese imperialism for example. Most of their children can receive compulsory education. In comparison, the vast majority of our workers and peasants' children are illiterate. We must change this. Cultivating qualified middle school and elementary school teachers through three-year and two-year programs is what China needs most at this stage.

Wei Hongjun told Liu Kaifeng about his idea, and Liu Kaifeng agreed with both hands.

Liu Kaifeng knew Wei Hongjun.

Because when he was in charge of primary education and literacy education, he also came to the Eighth Column base. However, at that time he mainly interacted with the education cadres of the Eighth Column and had no direct contact with Wei Hongjun.

This time Wei Hongjun was in charge of setting up the university, so this was the first contact.

But Liu Kaifeng was really surprised when he heard Wei Hongjun's thoughts on the Normal University. He didn't expect that a general like Wei Hongjun, who came from a peasant background, would have such a deep understanding of university education, or the current educational situation in the base area.

Although I have heard of Wei Hongjun's name, it was not as direct as today.

Liu Kaifeng graduated from Peking Normal University and later taught in middle schools in Chahar and Hebei. It was only after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War that he joined the Eighth Route Army. He has not yet joined the Communist Party.

But because of his outstanding abilities, he is currently serving as the director of the Education Department.

Wei Hongjun was very happy with Liu Kaifeng's support. So he said, "I have a request from your Education Department."

"Leader, I fully support the establishment of a normal university. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

"First, I've found a president for the Normal University. But I need the support of your Academic Affairs Office."

"who is it?"

"Zhou Rongxin, head of the Party School's Organization and Education Section."

Liu Kaifeng frowned and said, "Leader, the authority to transfer Comrade Zhou Rongxin is not mine."

Zhou Rongxin is a Party School cadre after all.

He also helps process some documents from the Central Committee. If he needs to be transferred, it's not up to the Education Department to decide. Wei Hongjun nodded and said, "I know. But Zhou Rongxin was an education cadre before he went to the Party School. So I still need your approval in terms of procedures. I'll go to the Organization Department for the rest."

"I have no problem here."

Liu Kaifeng nodded.

Zhou Rongxin couldn't be considered a cadre under his management. Wei Hongjun didn't even need to notify him; he could have just transferred the matter through the Organization Department. As a member of the Central Committee of the Jin-Cha-Yi region, he could have ignored the Education Department for such matters. But Wei Hongjun knew the rules.