Everyone else has jobs and socializes, and only Pan Lao, the new prime minister of the government, accompanied Zhou Nan into this primary school.

Seeing such difficult conditions, Zhou Nan couldn't help but feel a little ashamed. There are dozens of people here crammed into one room, and he and his relatives can have a small courtyard, and he and Audrey can also enjoy a single room, which is a bit far from the treatment.

However, this also directly shows the importance that all walks of life in South China attach to him.

Pan Lao, Cai Lao, although they all have a lot of money, but now they are all approachable and mingle with the masses. Only when he traveled, not only was he accompanied by four bodyguards, but Nanhua also specially sent a team of five people to protect his safety.

This is to put his safety above all else's attention.

Their arrival quickly attracted the attention of the people who lived here, and when a young man saw Zhou Nan, he excitedly threw away the washbasin in his hand, and shouted as he ran over: "Mr. Zhou Nanzhou, it's really you!" ”

Zhou Nan stopped Popler's attempt to block him, and asked with a smile: "I'm just an ordinary person, I don't have two noses and three eyes." Brother Tai's surname? Where did it come from? ”

He excitedly held Zhou Nan's hand, a little speechless, Zhou Nan gently patted his arm with his left hand, and then he said excitedly: "My name is Lu Yang, I am from Penang, Malaysia, and I am a teacher at a local Chinese school. ”

Pan Lao said: "This primary school is full of guests from the cultural world. ”

Lu Yang greeted Pan Lao excitedly and said: "Premier Pan, today I heard on the radio your vision for the future of Nanhua, can Nanhua really achieve comprehensive compulsory education in the future?" ”

Pan Lao nodded and said, "This is our goal for the future of Nanhua. At present, although there are many difficulties, we are confident that we can solve any difficulties. Education is the foundation of the country and the foundation of South China's century-old development. ”

"Can I come here to teach in the future? I teach mathematics in a private secondary school in Penang and I think I am up to the job. ”

Pan Lao said with a smile: "Of course we welcome it, the biggest difficulty in the current comprehensive compulsory education is not the problem of funding, but the shortage of teachers. More than one-third of the 11 million people in South China are young people, but the number of teachers is far from enough, so we welcome any teacher who is interested in imparting knowledge in education. Whether it is treatment or housing issues in the future, we will give priority. ”

While they were talking, they heard the movement and people all ran over, and after a while, a large group of people surrounded them, all looking excited.

From a row of houses to the north, a group of people in robes and horse coats also appeared, their dress was slightly outdated, and they were not young, in stark contrast to this group of young people in Western-style clothes.

Looking through the air, Zhou Nan saw a lot of "familiar" faces among them, which made his heartbeat can't help but speed up a lot.

Pan Lao introduced Nanhua's education policy to this group of young people, and then said: "For specific situations, please pay attention to the Nanhua Daily in the next few days, and all our national policies in Nanhua will be told to everyone through the newspaper." Now please give us a little time, Lao Yu and Huayang are busy, please forgive me. ”

Although these people were excited, they all understood the situation and got out of the way, but they still followed behind them.

The school is a square with three classrooms on one side, only nine in total, two toilets in the corner of the courtyard, and only the north row should be the teacher's office.

The yard is the playground, the area is not large, and the entrance of the classroom is a corridor more than one meter wide, so you can prevent rain when it rains.

The condition of this primary school is very poor, but it is already one of the best houses in Pontianak, at least the wooden houses are still new, and they will not leak when it rains.

Pan Lao took Zhou Nan and them to the north side, and a group of people also greeted the corridor. Before he got closer, Pan Lao had already smiled and said, "The conditions are simple, please don't be surprised." ”

A thin old man with glasses and squinting eyes smiled: "Si is a burrow, but I am Dexin." It's not much better to have a long conversation with scholars from all over the world than to live in a big house. ”

Zhou Nan's right palm was attached to the palm of his left palm, his hands were long from top to bottom, he bowed ninety degrees, made a day and then straightened up and said, "Elders are above, boy Huayang is polite." ”

Everyone returned the salute one after another, all of which were salutes, which also made the group of young people who grew up drinking foreign ink in the back particularly fresh.

Hu Xijiang, who was wearing a white shirt and trousers, and was dressed in a very foreign style, returned the salute with a smile: "Huayang is very polite, it is rare for you to receive a Western education, but you will not forget the Chinese gift." ”

"Although he is in a foreign country, as a descendant of China, the kid does not dare or forget."

Everyone looked at Zhou Nan's young face and couldn't help but sigh a little. Although Zhou Nan is young, his academic achievements and social influence far exceed those of others.

Regardless of his achievements in Europe, the development path he planned for South China alone was beyond their reach.

And such a high-spirited young man, not only does not have a trace of arrogance, but also is so humble, it is even more rare.

Before they met, they had some worries about not getting along, but now they don't have any worries.

Chen Yinke squinted his eyes and smiled: "Although Huayang is young, his achievements are beyond my generation, I am really ashamed." Please ......"

How dare Zhou Nan take the lead in the house among a large group of masters, he gave in modestly, but still followed him into the house.

This room is smaller than a classroom and contains four desks, which are now pieced together to form a bed. Two pillows were placed on the bed, apparently two people in one room.

Because it is a school, others may be bad, but the tables, chairs and benches will not be bad, there are already four benches in it, and the young people ran to move a few more benches, and a dozen people crowded and sat down.

And the young people didn't want stools, or sat cross-legged in the room, or crowded in the doorway, wanting to hear what they were discussing.

Pan Lao inquired about their food supply, and knew that all aspects of service had followed, so he was relieved.

Pontianak, which originally had a population of only 200,000, now has more than a million people, and it is easier to eat and drink, but the conditions of the place where they live are poorer.

Masters like them could have lived in the homes of rich people, but they didn't care about the poor accommodation, and preferred to get together with a group of like-minded comrades.

After greeting for a while, Chen Yinke said with a smile: "Huayang is now famous in Europe and the United States, I was also in London some time ago, and I saw in the newspaper that Huayang was wearing Hanfu to attend Princess Eliza's wedding, which really did a lot of publicity for us Chinese." It's just that what do you think about traditional culture and Western culture? ”

Zhou Nan asked and found out that Chen Yinke had an eye disease, and the operation in China did not cure it, but worsened it. While teaching at Oxford, he was treated again in London, but there was still no improvement.

"Huayang didn't know that Mr. was also in London at the time, otherwise, he wouldn't have delayed meeting Mr. until today."

For this master who was tortured in his later years, Zhou Nan was deeply sympathetic. He is a pure literati who does not know how to be flexible, so the ending is particularly miserable.

If he hadn't seen him, Zhou Nan might not have forced him to change his fate, but now that he has seen him, it is like he wants to leave him behind.

"The Chinese civilization has a long history and is uninterrupted, which is far from being comparable to Western civilization. It's just that China has been devastated for a hundred years, and the guns of the West have defeated our bodies and destroyed our spirits. Whenever he sees some scholars who call for comprehensive Westernization, Huayang always resents his thoughts. The West is superior to China, not because civilization is superior to China, but because the system is superior to China, and science and technology are superior to China. ”

"We must learn from Western science and technology, but we must not lose our spiritual civilization. Fifty years ago, the Westernization Movement put forward the idea that middle school should be used for Western learning, and that it was the right way to learn from the West. ”

Everyone nodded. Hu Xijiang took out a stack of hand-copied manuscripts and said: "Huayang, this is your plan for the University of South China that I copied, and we have been discussing your ideas before you came, and we happen to have many questions I want to ask you about." ”

"Don't dare to ask for advice, let's discuss with each other."

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"Throughout modern times, there have been many masters, but almost all of them are masters with a pen, including me. Spirit is important to a nation, but what is more important is the development and application of science and technology and the improvement of productive forces. Therefore, on the basis of inheriting the tradition, the University of South China must invest more resources in other disciplines, mathematics, physics, chemistry, which are the foundation of scientific and technological development. ”

Hu Xijiang nodded and said, "It is precisely because of this that I dare not accept the position of principal." Although I think I am very knowledgeable, I don't know anything about it, so I can only be a layman leading an insider. I am now willing to be a lackey of Huayangmen, as long as I can contribute to the development of the Chinese, I will be satisfied in this life. ”

Hu Xijiang is a very smart person, and throughout his life, he can be described as a complete and proud person. Now that he can say such things, Zhou Nan is also moved.

However, his words can say this, but Zhou Nan can't do this. It would be arrogant to let such a master be his deputy.

Zhou Nan thought for a while and said: "The University of South China will face the recruitment of students from all over the world, and the management of school affairs will also be very heavy work, so I intend to set up a school council to help the president share some administrative work." If Mr. Xijiang does not give up, I am willing to share the position of principal with him. You are responsible for liaising with celebrities from all walks of life to give lectures in the East, and I am contributing to the development and application of the school in the West. As for the high and low, let's not subdivide it. ”

He admires Zhou Nan again, but Zhou Nan is only 26 years old, and he is more than 30 years older than Zhou Nan. So when he heard Zhou Nan say this, his heart was also very ironing, and he said with a smile: "I don't dare to ask for it." ”

(I want to write too much, but I dare not write it, the ideological struggle in the forties was the most intense.) Many friends parted ways because of their different beliefs and turned against each other. And these can't be written, they can only be passed by in the spring and autumn penmanship. I drank too much today, I'm sorry, and the writing is a little unsatisfactory. ）