Zhu Chongzhen and Situ Leiden looked at each other, and they could see the strange look in each other's eyes. If this young man said these words, if he were to a revolutionary, or even a royalist, or even a Chinese scholar who had read and read, he would have aroused admiration and a sense of bosom friend. But these words were said to Zhu Chongzhen and Situ Leiden.

These two people, one of whom is of American descent, although they are missionaries and teach Greek at Jinling Theological Seminary, they love Chinese culture and are willing to come to China to live and enjoy the Chinese customs and people. Although a person who has set off the storm of revolution in his homeland and spent ten years of his efforts translating the classics of European and American maritime countries, he is dedicated to retaining the Taoist system of China, and what the Taoist system sends is the classics, why would people be forbidden to read those Chinese classics?

"'When the countries of Europe, England and France, are united they will no longer be divided, and when they are governed, they will no longer be chaotic.' Who are you listening to when you say this? The air was quiet for a while, and Zhu Chongzhen suddenly chuckled.

"My master Qian Bogui!"

"Presumably, this person has never traveled abroad, nor has he ever inspected Western countries, right?" Zhu Chongzhen said with a smile.

This young man didn't care about Zhu Chongzhen's laughter so much, and his attitude was even more contemptuous of his teacher, and he couldn't help but be a little angry.

"Who are you? How dare you laugh at what my teacher said? ”

"It doesn't matter who I am. It's just that if the British and French countries are united, and there will be no more chaos after the rule is over, it is really a big joke in the world. Have you read Zhu Fangsheng's translation of the revolutionary history of the countries? ”

"It's just that I've heard people say it," the young man's face suddenly darkened when he heard Zhu Chongzhen say this, "Mr. Zhu's books are all voluminous, and Luoyang paper is expensive, my family is very poor, and I don't have any money left to buy them." ”

"Well," seeing the young man's color, Zhu Chongzhen was a little unbearable, he looked around, and saw that this school, Nanjing Private Zhongying Middle School, now has only four walls, and the doors and windows of the house are locked tightly.

"Is my brother a student at Zhongying Middle School?" Zhu Chongzhen asked, "My name is Zhu Qiu, I was born in the twenty-first year of Guangxu (1895), and my relatives in the township called me Aqiu. What is the name of my brother? ”

The young man cleaned up his clothes, "I'm Qian Mu, the word is Binsi." is the same as his brother, and he was also born in the twenty-first year of Guangxu. ”

"Is this school closed?" Situ Leiden suddenly interjected and asked, "Are you out of school?" ”

Qian Mu looked a little lonely, nodded, and smiled bitterly, "Now that the war disaster in Nanjing is blazing, the school naturally can't do it." To be honest, I came to see the school for the last time today. Today I am going to take a leave of absence and return to my hometown in Wuxi. It's just a pity that I didn't succeed in my studies. ”

"If you want to study, you can come to our Jinling Theological Seminary. You can be exempted from tuition fees and provided room and board. Situ Leiden saw that the young man was talking and talking, although his clothes were slightly shabby, but he did not feel embarrassed and inferior to the two of them, with his understanding of Chinese culture and Chinese. Such a person is generally a legendary non-pool thing. This kind of person is often something that can be met but not sought.

Qian Mu was overjoyed, but after a moment, he calmed down again, "Your Jinling Theological Seminary only teaches theology-related, or can't help but disagree and be compatible with other studies?" ”

Situ Leiden was just about to answer, when suddenly Zhu Chongzhen opened his mouth to ask, but this question stunned both of them: "Are you Qian Mu, after Qian Miao, the king of Wusu?" Among the five representatives of Changzhou Mansion Middle School, but are you? ”

Qian Mu was stunned for a moment, he never thought that this young man would actually know about him!

"How do you know?"

Zhu Chongzhen smiled, this smile looked so unfathomable and profound, even Situ Leiden was a little surprised, "You said that you are really stepping on this land for the first time, how can you know about a nameless teenager?" ”

"I didn't introduce it clearly just now," Zhu Chongzhen said with a sly smile, "I'm Zhu Qiu, the word Fangsheng, the name Chongzhen!" ”

These words were really like a lightning strike, and Qian Mu, who had always been calm, was stunned, "You...... You...... Are you the King of Han? Are you Mr. Zhu who translated the book? Are you Zhu Fangsheng? ”

Zhu Chongzhen, who was before Qian Mu met, was still smiling and nodded, and couldn't help but be a little discouraged, "I didn't expect that Zhu Fangsheng, who was known in the world with Yan Jidao and Lin Weilu, was actually the same as me." It's hard for me to claim to be smart all these years, if there are really people outside the world, there are heavens outside the sky! ”

Seeing Qian Mu's expression like this, and saying such things, Zhu Chongzhen smiled and comforted him: "In my opinion, the qualifications of you and me to study are actually almost the same. But I'm lucky, I have some money at home, and it's easier to get the classics than you. ”

"Childe is saying, in the long run, I will be Fang Zhongyong?" Qian Mu knew that his family was poor, and now that he had dropped out of school, he was naturally a little confused about the road ahead. For a 16-year-old boy, if he is conceited and intelligent, and he is motivated to study, he is always eager to occupy the information and read through the classics that he thinks and desires, so as to inform the past and the present and know the world. But if you know that you can get the sky by yourself, but you miss it because of your family's poverty, and you are getting farther and farther away, you can't be complacent. This kind of growing pains is the most demoralizing. Today's Qian Mu is another person at this crossroads.

"Since you met me and Mr. Situ, it won't be Fang Zhongyong." Zhu Chongzhen put away his smile and said with a straight face, "However, I am different from Mr. Situ, I can also give you a way, but it is not between these walls and tiles." ”

Zhu Chongzhen's actions are often unexpected, always making people feel strange and strange, but they are like hearing the road.

"What kind of road are you talking about?" Qian Mu asked sideways, but his expression was calm as usual, and he didn't think that the young man in front of him had any great reputation.

"Zhang, Heng!" Zhu Chongzhen stared at Qian Mu's eyes and said word by word.

"Zhang Heng?" Situ Leiden knew that this was another common code word of the Chinese. Erudite Chinese, especially those Chinese scholars and bureaucrats who are well versed in history, often like to do such things, and they like to use allusions to hint at their intentions. No traces, only understanding.

This Zhang Heng, Situ Leiden knows. Zhang Heng was a famous scholar in the Han Dynasty, and he was also the queen of the wang family, but when he arrived, his family was also very poor. At the age of seventeen, when he came to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to study, he was rejected by Taixue because his family was poor and there was no one in the court. But he was not discouraged by this, but went to Taixue privately and listened to the lectures of the erudite Confucians. Because there is no enrollment and no subject restrictions, Zhang Heng is eclectic, broad-minded, and eventually becomes a generation of masters.

"The road that King Han said is to ask Qian Mu to be like that Zhang Heng, to listen and self-study, so as to become his greatest?" Stuart Redden interjected.

"Mr. Situ is right." Zhu Chongzhen didn't answer yet, but Qian Mu replied: "But my family is poor, and I can't leave the southeast, so I can't go to Beijing." Coming to Nanjing is actually a relief for the people of the clan. Now that Zhong Ying has closed the school, I can't always rely on my clansmen, how can I blindly ask for others? ”

Zhu Chongzhen looked at Situ Leiden, then at Qian Mu, and smiled lightly, "Just now, your teacher said that the countries of China and France will no longer be divided when they are united, and they will no longer be chaotic after they are governed." Not exactly. Decades ago, Germany fought with France, and France was defeated. At the time of the French and English Revolutions, the turmoil in the country lasted for decades or decades, and it is still in turmoil today. What's more, now that the two countries are invading everywhere, although the territory is vast, sooner or later it will fall apart like Mengyuan. ”

"What your teacher said is actually a comparison of cultural advantages and disadvantages. Now that you and I are going through the world, reading through the texts to make it clear, I am now exhausted, I am already involved in the chaos, and I have no time to do such things of meditation. So, I thought, what do you think of entrusting this matter to you today? ”

Qian Mu was shocked by Zhu Chongzhen, Li Hefei once said in the past, in this world, one country has a problem, and several countries have instigated, which is really a change that has not been seen in thousands of years! The Chinese Taoist system has continued to this day, and it has encountered unprecedented challenges. Nowadays, the scholars of the whole country, even those who have been conservative in the past, also know that this Western study must be learned, and the Chinese body must not be changed. How to coexist with Western learning in middle school is the theme of this era, and it is the mission of this generation.

But this mission, like Mount Tai, suddenly pressed on his shoulders, making Qian Mu Haosheng hesitate and doubt himself.

"Me?"

"That's right," Zhu Chongzhen said with a straight face: "Don't hide it from the fourth brother, you are the candidate, but not the only candidate, after I came to the homeland, after these months of travel, I have also selected a lot of talents, but who can finally inherit the Taoist system and carry forward the past and forge ahead into the future." I'm afraid only God knows, and I know. ”

Zhu Chongzhen's words aroused Qian Mu's competitive heart, he raised his eyebrows, arched his hand at Zhu Chongzhen, and asked: "Dare to ask Zhang Heng in the world, what do you want to do?" ”

"It's easy to say." Zhu Chongzhen said, took out a piece of jade jue from his arms with his left hand, placed it in the palm of his hand, raised his right hand, flew out of the purple emperor blade, and gently cut it, turning the jade jue into two halves, and then picked up half of the jade jue and handed it to Qian Mu, "This half of the jade jue is a token." After the Xinhai Revolution was pacified, in the north and south of the river, in the southeast and southeast, wherever there is a library building, or the National History Museum resides, you can enter with the jade jue, read all its books, if there are books all over the country but can not get it, you can hold the jade jue, to the Commercial Press Mr. Zhang Yuanji, ask for classics. ”

"You are still a powerless teenager now, with this Yujue, you can withdraw the necessary living expenses from Mr. Zhang Yuanji until the weak crown ......"

"Brother Fang Sheng, is this underestimating me?" Qian Mu suddenly said angrily: "I am already grateful for you to provide the classics, how can I do such a begging trip again!" ”

Zhu Chongzhen's face was solemn, "It's me who lost his words, don't blame the fourth brother!" ”

"You made such a generous promise, but what else do you want me to do?" Qian Mu asked.

"Maybe ten years, maybe more than ten years, I hope that the fourth brother can do one thing for me."

"What's the matter? If it is against morality, even if I am mediocre all my life, I will not accept such expectations from you! ”

"Fourth Brother Bin thinks badly," Zhu Chongzhen shook his head and said, "I just hope that Mr. can work hard and teach some of the essence of the Chinese Taoism to Qiu Ba when the time comes." ”

After hearing this, Qian Mu thought about it for a while, although it was a little tricky to teach martial artists to understand Taoism, it was not a difficult task, so he nodded and said, "Since this is the case, I will agree to you!" ”

After that, he reached out and took the half of the jade, carefully put it into his underwear and put it away with meat.

Situ Leiden on the side looked a little confused, he was a little surprised, China is not without good schools today, such as the Beijing Normal University Hall, even in the southeast, there are many private churches, such as St. John's University, and even has been recognized by the United States. But this Qian Mu, who didn't go to a good school, actually accepted Zhu Chongzhen's Zhang Heng road!

"Young man, why don't you come to Jinling Seminary?" "Even if you don't want to go to seminary, I can refer you to St. John's University, which is a registered university in the United States!" ”

Qian Mu opened his mouth and replied: "I am now sixteen years old, and I have long passed the age of ignorance, since the acquisition of classics is not a problem in the future, why should I follow the steps and suffer from exams and tests?" ”

Situ Leiden was about to ask, suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the three of them looked back, and saw several horses stopped at the gate of Zhongying's school, the first one turned over and dismounted, galloped, ran to Zhu Chongzhen, made a military salute, and said loudly:

"Report to King Han, the presidential palace is dissatisfied with the parliament's resolution, and sent troops to besiege the parliament, asking the parliament to change the resolution!"