As the saying goes, if there is no profit, don’t start early. Once there is a profit, Nanming will be highly efficient from top to bottom. In less than two months, the first batch of international students have been sent out, and a total of more than 40 people have taken the Huayuan Company. The ship returned to Peiping.
Although it came quickly, I still missed the university admissions season of the Republic of China. The Republic of China now has universities in cities such as Peking, Jinling, Wuchang, Liaoyang, and Xi'an. The annual enrollment quota is about 4,000 people. The entrance exams are at the end of May and July. The school officially started with a four-year academic system and a credit system. Every college student must complete 200 credits to obtain a degree.
Peking University also has a doctoral school, which mainly recruits outstanding university graduates for further study. Chongdao Hall also has a special research institute, which specially recruits science and engineering talents for further study. Although universities in Liaoyang, Jinling and other places have just started, they are still in their infancy. It is beginning to take shape. Among them, Liaoyang University focuses on engineering, focusing on metallurgy; other universities focus on literature and science, with different directions, but they all cultivate practical talents.
Of course, the establishment of universities is not only about cultivating practical talents, but also about instilling ideas. After all, only those who are thoughtful and educated can be called real talents. Those who have no ideas and are just obedient can only be slaves at best. The Republic of China is not like that. That kind of person is needed.
Although the international students from Nanming arrived late, Wan Lei did not send them back. Instead, he opened a preparatory class at Peking University to educate these newcomers and let them take the exam when the exam starts next year. Whether they can pass the exam or not depends on their own ability.
Even so, Wan Lei still believes that the chances of these people passing the exam must be very low. After all, the primary and secondary education in the Republic of China has started long ago. After several years of popularization of education, the cultural quality of the students is definitely better than that of these "half-way monks" international students. Much higher, even if these people can get into it, they will only be admitted to the second-tier universities at most. There is no hope for Peking University, unless Wan Lei opens a back door for them.
However, Wan Lei rarely interferes in university education and management. Although he goes to Peking University to give lectures from time to time, he never interferes with the school affairs, let alone fills the university with students through the back door. Even his own teaching All students who come out must pass the formal examination before they can be admitted.
Generally speaking, the quality of the students taught by Wan Lei is relatively high. The early batch of students entered Peking University one after another. Some of them passed the entrance exam when they were only twelve or thirteen years old, and they immediately became a sensation in Peking University. The core figures, coupled with the fact that they are the disciples of President Wanda and have strong family backgrounds, are very dazzling in Peking University. Everyone believes that they will be the political stars of tomorrow.
In fact, Wan Lei has no intention of turning Peking University into a place for cultivating bureaucrats, nor does he want all of his students to go into politics. Therefore, these so-called "stars of tomorrow" have always kept a low profile. Most of them have chosen science and engineering, and only a few have majored in science and engineering. Some people choose to major in politics and economics. Even so, these people are also deeply interested in science and engineering, because they all know that it is technology, not politics, that truly advances civilization. Only politics that serves science and technology is good politics.
After the Annan War, there was no war in the Republic of China, and no other major disasters occurred. Wan Lei finally had some leisure time. He usually dealt with some government affairs and accompanied his wife and children in his free time. His life was dull but very fulfilling. The only thing that made Wan Lei Regrettably, the two wives never gave birth to any more children for the Wan family.
The days passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, autumn turned to winter, auspicious snow came as expected, and a new year ushered in, and this year is the fifth year of Huali, and it is also the last year of Wan Lei's term. In this last year, Wan Lei had to consider whether to run for the next president.
Ordinarily, being an official is what everyone wants, and being the president of a country is what everyone wants. However, Wan Lei has been in power for five years. In fact, if you include the period before winning the country, it is more than ten years, and he has done more than ten years. The politics of the new year will make everyone feel tired, especially mentally. Wan Lei really wants to retire and live a leisurely life raising flowers and feeding fish for a few days.
However, Wan Lei also knows that this is an extravagant hope. Although the Republic of China is on the right track and is developing rapidly, there are still many internal problems that have not been resolved. For example, the rule of law has not yet fully penetrated the hearts of the people, and the quality of officials needs to be improved, etc. , if these problems are not solved well, the Republic of China will not escape the path of destruction.
Since he couldn't retire, Wan Lei had no choice but to bite the bullet and plan for the general election. Although his reputation was still at its peak, there were still competitors. For example, among the congressmen in Jiangnan, many people tended to support Tie Xuan or Xu Huizu. When a human being comes to power, Wan Lei's biggest supporters are the military, so Wan Lei must focus on winning over the military's morale.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhou Tianshou, commander of the Northwest Military Region, returned to Peiping and resigned as commander of the military region. Wan Lei specially appointed him as chief of staff of Huayuan to perform some of the powers of the president on behalf of the president, such as inspections in all directions and meetings with local officials at all levels on behalf of the president. Wait, the reason why Wan Lei did this was firstly to win over the military faction, and secondly to cultivate the military-political faction.
In fact, Wan Lei himself hopes that the military can also have the opportunity to run for president. After all, the Republic of China is an emerging expansionary country. If the position of president is left to civilians for a long time, it will emphasize civil service over military power, and the country will become Weak, of course, the position of president cannot be controlled by the military, as this will lead to militancy.
It is best to balance both civil and military factions, but Wan Lei also knows that this is difficult, because Wu has been leading troops abroad for a long time, and his aura relationship with parliamentarians and gentry in various places is not as good as that of civilian officials, which existed during the election campaign. Disadvantage, Wan Lei asked Zhou Tianshou to "abandon martial arts and embrace literature", which was actually to reduce this disadvantage.
Wan Lei's behavior, which was similar to opening a back door and appointing a successor, naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of some civilian officials. For this reason, Wan Lei also published a special editorial, highly praising Zhou Tianshou's dedication to guarding the country's borders, and repeatedly emphasized that , the purpose of transferring Commander Zhou back to Peiping was to allow him to recuperate; to hire him as the chief of staff of Huayuan was to value his talents and appoint people on their merits.
As soon as Wan Lei's editorial came out, civilian officials naturally stopped saying anything in public, but there was still a lot of discussion in private. More congressmen voted for Tie Xuan. As a result, Wan Lei's campaign year became even more intense. Not having a good time.
Although the election year will be very difficult, Wan Lei has still done what needs to be done. Among them, the export of science and technology is the top priority in the new year. After signing the railway transfer contract with Nanming, he successively Various coastal city-states in India signed relevant contracts, and the technologies transferred ranged from railways to new cotton seeds to new spinning machines. In short, the Republic of China truly transformed from commodity export to technology export.