In Kong Jingfan's house, he had a simple light meal, the old lady opened the wine, and Qu Ning drank two glasses with him, which was slightly drunk.

After the meal, the old lady went to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, she and Kong Jingfan went to each other's study, the old gentleman looked at her twice, squinted and said: "The young lady came to find the old man, it must not be so simple as eating a meal, right?" ”

Qu Ning nodded.

There was a slight sly in her smile: "Then old man, what do you think I am here for?" Since you're willing to see me, you must have guessed what I was trying to say, right? ”

The old gentleman nodded, closed his eyes and said leisurely: "Although the old man lives in the northeast, he still knows a little about domestic affairs because of his developed journalism. The young lady is planning all kinds of things in Beijing, and the old man has also heard of it. He suddenly opened his eyes, and looked directly at Qu Ning's gaze, flashing with a light of consideration, "The young lady's essay on Confucius, the old man has also read it......"

Qu Ning was slightly stunned.

What he said about "criticizing Confucius" refers to the article she wrote against Confucius and Mencius in the battle of public opinion in Kyoto.

If this old gentleman had read that article, then he would still be willing to see her, and the meaning of this is worth pondering.

Qu Ning arched her hand, and she didn't say much at this time: "If the old gentleman knew what happened at that time, then you can also understand that my original intention in writing that article was not to oppose Confucianism, on the contrary, I wanted to correct the fallacies of later generations when interpreting the way of Confucius and Mencius. So what I wrote at that time was not to beat Confucius and Mencius to death with a stick, but to correct the problem of 'overcorrection' for future generations, of course, maybe my approach was more radical. ”

The old gentleman glanced at her and nodded half-loudly: "...... I also disagree with the statement that there is a reason for heaven and the desire to destroy people. If it weren't for the fact that the young lady wasn't the kind of person I thought she was, I wouldn't have agreed to see you today. He paused, looked at her very sincerely, and asked bluntly, "But have you thought about it, young lady, what are you going to do?" If you want to impress the old decay, your mouth alone is not enough. ”

Kong Jingfan said and smiled slightly: "All kinds of things that the young lady planned in Beijing, those who seek profit lure each other with profit, those who chase fame move by fame, and those who have personal virtue attack their mistakes, and you do get the results you want." But the old man has a clean breeze on his sleeves, is willing to be poor, he is at this age, and half of the people who have been cut into the soil have already looked down on fame and fortune in the morning, if the young lady wants to use the set in Beijing, there is no need to waste everyone's time as soon as possible. ”

Qu Ning nodded: "But the old gentleman always has one thing he wants, which is why you are willing to live in the northeast for so many years, and what you want, except for the superior who holds the real power in his hands, no one can give it to you." ”

The old gentleman was noncommittal: "What does the old man want?" ”

"You want to continue to learn for the saints and open peace for all generations!" Qu Ning looked into his eyes and spoke loudly, "Your ambition is that you want to pass on the Chinese culture for thousands of generations, and you want to bury your stomach full of knowledge so that you will not be buried in the loess for a long time!" If you don't have such ambitions, why are you willing to live in the Northeast for a long time? As a descendant of the Confucian family, you may not have the ambition to become the head of the family, and you do not have the greed to make thousands of dollars, but you have been teaching and educating people as a teacher for so many years, are you willing to watch Chinese culture become the end, and now, in those Western-style schools, there is no such course as Chinese culture at all? ”

Kong Jingfan's thin figure trembled slightly, and he looked back in disbelief.

Qu Ning knew that her words had hit the nail on the head, she smiled and made a decision: "I have made an appointment with some technicians from the United States to prepare to open a technical college in Northeast China. This is different from the university, in the technical college only need to learn some mechanical manufacturing and other technologies, but in addition to this, I can persuade the young marshal to stipulate that all basic education must add the course of Chinese culture, ideology and morality are included in the consideration, and even included in the conduct evaluation of officials, if I can do such a guarantee, will the old gentleman help me say a word, help me establish a firm foothold in the northeast? ”

Kong Jingfan was silent for a long time, and finally nodded heavily.

When Qu Ning went back, her mood was still very heavy.

For a person like Kong Jingfan, he didn't ask for anything for his own wealth and fame, on the contrary, all he asked for was the prosperity of national studies, so simple, so unfavorable to himself.

He didn't even ask her what she wanted to "enter the body", and he didn't think that he could write a book or make any benefits from it, but such a person in the Confucian family could not guide public opinion and gain a foothold.

On the contrary, Kong Jinghao, who often accompanies the emperor and often makes some sour poems and phrases, or writes some notes and gives some bad ideas to show his "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism", has a transcendent status in the Confucian family, and even enjoys the treatment of almost an old man.

The Confucian family in Shandong still has a great reputation in later generations, and what she said in the old gentleman's house before was the truth, and she actually didn't want to destroy all the ways of Confucius and Mencius.

What she wants to destroy is the bad habits of the archway being soaked in the pig cage and wrapping the little feet, but not the etiquette and shame, and the etiquette and righteousness.

The old gentleman told her that he felt that she had done overkill in Beijing, but with her identity, many Confucians would not really mind, after all, in their eyes, she was still a very young and ignorant junior, and it was understandable that she had taken a detour, but as long as she would change, they would be willing to tolerate it.

As long as she is willing to carry out certain reforms under their jurisdiction in the Northeast, it is not difficult to win the hearts of the people.

When it comes to the matter of the Japanese, the old gentleman also said, in fact, many northerners also see the ambition of the Japanese wolf, but the Japanese are smart, and they are borrowing the shell of the Chinese industry in terms of investment, and even in terms of public opinion, they also borrow a lot of Chinese newspapers, and on the Chinese side, there will always be some traitors and traitors who sell national interests in exchange for personal money.

So the old gentleman would rather be in the same stream with them for the time being, he also wanted to see what kind of insects were making waves in those tumors, so he gave Qu Ning a large list and asked her to take it back to the young marshal for review.

Kong Jingfan's face was full of pain when he handed over the order: among his students, there were even some of them.

It was because he was their teacher that they had no defense against him, but now that he had confessed what they had done, the old gentleman almost burst into tears and was in agony.

Qu Ning covered the paper that had become warm on her chest, and sighed softly silently: where she was holding was just a thin piece of paper, it was clearly the old man's still hot heart!

***

Young Marshal Tang came back for dinner as usual in the evening, and today Mrs. Tang was not in the mood to cook herself, but she was just sitting sideways, looking preoccupied, and even the dishes were just a few chopsticks at random.

She looked absent-minded and naturally couldn't hide Tang Shaoshuai, who was always paying attention to her, the man looked at her several times with an unaware expression, and the man finally couldn't bear her absent-mindedness, and personally sandwiched a bunch of vegetables and made her bowl into a small hill, and finally changed her to a surprised look, and then he raised his eyebrows lightly: "Don't you want me to coerce you if you don't eat well?" "Isn't it the same as asking for attention?

Qu Ning silently looked at the small mountain in the bowl and choked speechlessly, and only rubbed his forehead for a long time: "Have I eaten so much?" "Northeast cuisine is mostly stewed, not to mention that the current chef skills in this kitchen are not too good, the vegetables are cut into large pieces, and their men eat it well, but as a woman, she really can't eat so many dishes! It's full when you look at it.

The man over there only spoke: "If you're afraid that you won't be able to eat, don't wait for me to give you a second time." ”

"...... "What a bandit logic!"

Qu Ning really can't understand the other party's logic now, but she really doesn't have the habit of having leftover rice bowls, so she swallowed it in her stomach with her neck, and in the end she felt that her throat was about to overflow, Tang Shaoshuai only then looked over and looked at her bowl, and saw that she couldn't eat a few chopsticks left, so she reached out and nodded her forehead: "Look at you in the future, you dare not eat well and be absent-minded." ”

Qu Ning dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, he glanced at him, over there, Tang Shaoshuai reached out and took her bowl, and filled it into her mouth in three or two, in her stunned expression, he lazily spread out on the chair, glanced at her and asked, "Okay, let's talk about it now, what are you thinking about today, you don't even want to eat well?" ”

Qu Ning thought about it, sighed, took out the list that she had been carrying in her arms for a long time, handed it over, and told Young Marshal Tang about her going to see the old man today.

He listened very carefully, listened to her slowly with light eyes, and didn't interject a word in the middle, and at the end he had roughly guessed the reason why she was so worried: "Are you worried that my thoughts are different from yours?" ”

Qu Ning let out a "hmm" and nodded.

Tang Shaoshuai returned from studying abroad, and when they got married, they were both Western-style weddings that were grander.

Although she could not guess his idea of governance, they had talked to each other about "constitutional monarchy" or "democratic republic", and she thought that this man probably really hated some rotten and old things.

So she agreed to that Kong Jingfan and said that she wanted to prosper Chinese studies, and she always felt that Tang Shaoshuai might not agree, and they probably had to fight a famine for this.

Qu Ning thought about it, and simply used a gentle tone: "Sincerely, I also know that you may not agree with my idea, but since I have already agreed to him, you see, people didn't even give me the list without saying a word, so I can't go back on what I promised......" Greasy and huhuhu grabbed the other party's arm and shook it, she said softly, "Sincerely, you will leave me here." ”

At the end of the words, the end of the note rose sweetly, but there was a bit of uncertainty in the laughter.

Tang Shaoshuai glanced at her, and finally sighed lightly: "Since you and I are husband and wife, what you said is naturally what I said." ”

Before she had time to be overjoyed, the man had already slowly flipped through the list, and muttered in a low voice by the way, probably deliberately wanting her to hear: "...... I knew that this was for this, so it would have been better to say no earlier? People are worried about the sky and make people eat badly...... "You still think what's wrong, isn't it just promising others something behind my back?" What a big deal, trivial......

Qu Ning still wanted to say the moving words that were completely stuck in his throat: Tang Shaoshuai, you are very obedient to your wife in everything, and it is not wrong to take my behavior as the guideline, but what is the way you say this is so indebted, so arrogant, so it's itchy? This is the legendary thankless!