Chapter 154 exhausted

When Zhang Shizhao served as the chief education officer, he made up his mind to start with three things, namely, the announcement of a unified university examination, the Ministry of Education set up a special examination committee to focus on students' entrance and graduation examinations; the Ministry of Education set up a compilation center to supervise and reward university professors Writing and translating books; merging eight universities in Beijing. These measures of Zhang Shizhao were later considered to be in line with the current situation, but they were strongly opposed by the educational circles and young students at that time, and they could not be effectively implemented at all.Enraged students destroyed Zhang Shizhao's own house for preventing students from participating in the "National Humiliation Day" on May 7, and students from various schools gathered to petition for Zhang Shizhao's dismissal.

Zhang Shizhao's move to rectify his academic style failed, and he was forced to petition to resign from his post. After being persuaded by Duan Qirui, he was reassumed the post of Chief Justice. Since then, students have become more active in participating in political campaigns.Duan Qirui simply appointed the Chief Justice to someone else, and appointed Zhang Shizhao as the Chief Education Chief, intending to rectify education and curb the growing student unrest.At this time, the students of Beijing National Women's Normal University (Women's Normal University) asked to replace Yang Yinyu, so Zhang Shizhao took the lead in using the Women's Normal University as a model.

Yang Yinyu, the president of Women's Normal University, is the first female university president in China. She follows Western educational theories and advocates that students should concentrate on studying and not participate in or interfere in political movements. She is also very strict in the corresponding school rules and disciplines, which aroused Serious protests by students and staff. The Women's Normal University Students' Self-Government Association sent representatives to the Ministry of Education to demand that the Ministry of Education remove and replace the principal.Zhang Shizhao was very annoyed by the violent behavior of the students, and determined to rectify it with strong suppression.With his public support, Yang Yinyu announced the expulsion of Liu Hezhen, Xu Guangping and other six members of the student self-government association.

The women's normal college students were tit-for-tat, decided to expel Yang Yinyu, and launched the "Expelling Sheep (Yang) Movement", thus breaking out the trend of women's normal university.During this period, Lu Xun, Qian Xuantong and other seven educational figures jointly issued a declaration, expressing firm support for the students, and Lu Xun was fired from the Ministry of Education by Zhang Shizhao for this reason. Lu Xun has long been famous in the literary world, and the lethality of his essays is unparalleled.Not only did he scold Zhang Shizhao bloody in the article, unceremoniously calling Zhang "a sheep like a beast, a beast like a sheep", but he also took up legal weapons and sued the former boss.

In the end, it was not the teachers and students in the student movement who could not bear it, but the ruling government that had long since lost its strength.In addition to Yang Yinyu being dismissed from the post of principal, Zhang Shizhao was also forced to resign from the post of Education Commissioner after his house was destroyed by students again.Zhang Shizhao, a scholar by nature, had a good reputation before he joined the ruling government, but he was burdened with too much infamy for being in charge of the Ministry of Education, and the ending can be described as miserable. In fact, the "weakness" of the ruling government has a lot to do with the political tide behind the student movement.At that time, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party adopted a strategy of uniting Feng Yuxiang and the National Army in order to oppose Feng and Duan.Feng Yuxiang secretly asked Lu Zhonglin to protect the movement.In this way, in Beijing under the control of the National Army, the student movement and mass movement led by the KMT and the Communist Party have become increasingly popular, and they have all focused their spearheads on the Feng Faction and the Duan Qirui government.

Duan Qirui's life is getting worse and worse.In addition to being criticized and attacked by public opinion, Feng Yuxiang persecuted him in every possible way within the Beiyang faction, "coercing the emperor to command the princes"; Zhang Zuolin also issued a declaration announcing that the three eastern provinces would sever all administrative relations with the ruling government. Although Duan Qirui has always attached great importance to the tariff conference, there is still no specific solution, but he really can't go on, so he is determined to resign. On January 6, 1926, Duan Qirui had someone draw up a telegram of his resignation, but before the telegram was sent out, various newspapers had already published the content.Some aides took advantage of the situation to persuade him not to show weakness. Duan Qirui was very upright and strong, so he took back the telegram and never mentioned the matter of resignation.

At this time, the executive government was useless, and the decree could not leave the city of Beijing, even the gate of the executive government. Duan Qirui could only spend most of his day chanting scriptures and playing chess.Although he appeared to be very leisurely and peaceful on the surface, he was actually very worried. In the "Yin Xue Ji" written during this period, he sighed: "Gang Ji has been gone for a long time, Tai Ah has been in power (referring to the fall of power) for a long time, personnel affairs Haste makes waste. Exhaustion does not help.” Another thing that worries Duan Qirui is the "gloomy clouds and gloomy military spirit" in the north.The "Guofeng War" once dominated by Feng Yuxiang has taken a new turn. Zhang Zuolin, who was once forced to almost resign, launched a jedi counterattack. He first defeated and shot Guo Songling, who rebelled, and then joined forces with Zhilu, Jin Army, surrounded Feng Yuxiang's national army.

Caught in the gap between the parties, the tighter the conflicting parties squeeze each other, the more unlucky the powerless and courageous ruling government will be.