CHAPTER XIV

Xie Mingxian, 24 years old, from Hunan, Xiucai. The figure is not tall, and he still looks quite upright, but what impressed Chen Ke the most was Xie Mingxian's amber eyes. Amber is not as light as yellow and is not dull. To be precise, the Chinese are not black-haired and black-eyed, but the kind of deep brown that is characteristic of China. That is, a little bit of yellow is added to the black. There is a kind of warmth in the heaviness. Compared to this extremely deep color, amber is very striking. And Xie Mingxuan usually doesn't like to talk, his bright eyes calmly look at everything happening around him, as if he has something to express, but he is so silent.

Chen Ke has a high opinion of Xie Mingxian, every time he asks Xie Mingxian to do something, Xie Mingxian can always complete it well. Chen Ke still remembers the first time he recruited Xie Mingxian, at that time, this young man neither showed off nor showed off his reputation as a "talent", but had an attitude of working and taking money to eat. In this day and age, it is a quality that is very difficult to see. Later, when Chen Ke wanted to continue to hire Xie Mingxian, Xie Mingxian said that he hoped to work more and get more money. Even free political lessons are not very reluctant. Later, Chen Ke said that he would also pay Xie Mingxian a salary for the class, and Xie Mingxian took a notebook to listen to the class seriously.

Fearing that he would have to give a lecture to Fudan students, Chen Ke wrote a manuscript full of "nationalist sentiments", which was very inflammatory for the Seven Youths, not to mention China in 1905, but also in China in 2005, and there would be enough market for such articles. As a result, Xie Mingxian's evaluation was "speechless".

Chen Ke knows that this kind of nationalist incitement has never been substantial. From Chen Ke's political point of view, all the so-called national things are false propositions. The birth of nationalism is the product of social development, so nationalism must disappear in the course of social development. As a **, more precisely, a Maoist, Chen Ke does not like the concept of nationality at all. The class struggle is the source of social contradictions, and the advocacy of nationalism is a means in itself, not an illusory thing. In the Chinese tradition, there is familialism and Huayi. But there has never been a tradition of nationalism. Chu culture was still the standard Nanban culture in the Spring and Autumn Period, and now it is still a treasure of Chinese culture. If you have to talk about blood, the people who have been "barbarians" in the Chinese are only afraid of the majority. Chen Ke's blood type B, with Mongolian spotted birthmarks and compound toenails on his little toes, is logically a manifestation of standard Xiongnu blood. But Chen Ke is first and foremost a Chinese through and through, including himself and those around him, and no one has ever doubted it.

No one will ever think that Xiongnu culture is Chinese culture, but Mr. Sima Qian clearly recorded in the "Historical Records" that the Xiongnu are also standard Yanhuang Miao descendants. From the perspective of the great division of labor in human society, the separation of nomadism and agriculture created the nomadic Xiongnu people in the north. China's oldest nomadic enemy is just a branch of China. Later, the Xiongnu were integrated into China again, and how many "descendants of the Xiongnu" sacrificed their lives to defend China, this number cannot be counted at all. Chen Ke is an ordinary person, so Chen Ke does not like the so-called "nationalism".

Xie Mingxian's ability to completely reject nationalism and think that Chen Ke's incendiary speech was meaningless, and this insight was not ordinary.

Looking at Xie Mingxian's slightly boring look, Chen Ke couldn't help but ask, "What does Mingxian think?" Please teach me bluntly. ”

Looking at Xie Mingxian's appearance, he had already had something to say to Chen Ke, and his lips tensed slightly, it seemed that he had made up his mind. Sure enough, Xie Mingxian replied: "Mr. Wenqing, when I first met you, to be honest, I thought you were also a fake foreign devil. I do not like you. Later, I felt that your book was also reasonable, not an outsider. I was impressed by Mr. Wen Qing. But Mr. Wenqing, the so-called employment is not suspicious, since you have used me, then please believe me. If Mr. Wen Qing thinks what you say is right, then after I do it, I will naturally follow Mr. Wen Qing's guidance. You're lecturing and lecturing every day now. I can't wait for us to think and do exactly what Mr. Wen Qing said. No matter how well you speak, what can you do? Now that I've written such a thing, I don't even know what Mr. Wenqing is going to do. ”

This is a very serious statement, if it were someone else, Xie Mingxian would never be so blunt. But somehow, Xie Mingxian believed that Chen Ke could understand his own meaning and accept his own ideas. I don't know why, although Xie Mingxian has a lot of dissatisfaction with Chen Ke, he is very confident in Chen Ke's strength. Xie Mingxian is a talent, and he can be regarded as having seen some famous teachers. In all fairness, although Xie Mingxian didn't like Chen Ke at first, he still really admired Chen Ke's knowledge. Although at first, as Xie Mingxian said, he didn't like Chen Ke himself, but after a long time, he also felt that Chen Ke was not a nasty guy. And Chen Ke can still listen to other people's words on the surface. Moreover, Chen Ke was already relatively rich, Xie Mingxian very much hoped to be able to take on more work under Chen Ke and then make a fortune. Unexpectedly, although Chen Ke has a lot of money-making skills, he doesn't care too much about it. On the contrary, there are new ideas. Xie Mingxian has been dissatisfied for a long time, and today he really can't help it, so he just told him bluntly.

Xie Mingxian finished speaking in one go, looking at Chen Ke's solemn face, and felt that he might have said something serious. In Chen Ke, he doesn't earn much, but Chen Ke is also a literati after all, and the work he does is not manual labor. If Xie Mingxian goes to find a job now, he may not be able to find this type, if Chen Ke turns ......his face in anger, thinking of this, Xie Mingxian is also a little worried, he said: "This is also my own opinion, if it is inappropriate, please forgive Mr. Wenqing." ”

Chen Ke fell into deep thought, he didn't guess Xie Mingxian's thoughts, and the things he was thinking about actually had nothing to do with Xie Mingxian. Xie Mingxian's complaint made Chen Ke suddenly realize that he was puzzled by something recently. "How should the revolutionary work be carried out?"

It must be said that Chen Ke himself is not a revolutionary who tries to break everything. Born at the end of the 20th century when China had initially completed industrialization, Chen Ke instilled the word "system" in his bones since he was a child. If it is said that the party relied on theoretical study to build a real industrial party in China, an agricultural country, then Chen Ke's consciousness really conformed to Marx's original wish. Marx wrote books that were meant to be read to the people of the industrial countries. Chen Ke is completely within this "scope of application".

Chen Ke knows "right and wrong", but he himself is not necessarily a person who has the courage to innovate. Without sufficient social practice, it is not easy to make a breakthrough in theory. Back in this era, everything Chen Ke did was "imitation". A parody of the predecessors. And the nature of Chen Ke's "system" makes him unable to accept "making mistakes". In the history of the party, many mistakes were made at this stage. This is a kind of inevitability, and if you have not experienced failure, you will naturally not be able to sum up your experience and embark on the right path. Chen Ke had been a teacher, and at this not-so-long period in his life, Chen Ke understood one thing. If the teacher really teaches seriously, then in the teaching process, the teacher will gain much more than the student. Because students only make their own mistakes, and teachers have seen countless mistakes through their students.

The right path is not a straight line in theory, he has experienced countless failures, countless mistakes, and finally found the right way. This process is not done by learning, but by practice. Chen Ke once made an analogy that the students often see an impassable mountain ahead, but in Chen Ke's view, it is one or more mountain roads. This is not only Chen Ke's own practice, but also includes a lot of things that Chen Ke has learned from the practice of his students.

From the perspective of this experience, Chen Ke should let everyone practice and experience the revolution by themselves at this stage. What Chen Ke wants to do is to analyze the results of these practices with everyone and explore the right path. Chen Ke himself had little revolutionary experience. And even if Chen Ke wanted to practice first, a lot of work temporarily tied Chen Ke, and he didn't have the time to go to the grassroots. As a result, Chen Kexian was trying his best to instill theoretical knowledge in his students and comrades. But the students didn't seem to appreciate it.

In the face of the current problems, what we need is solutions, what we need is to do it, not to learn some theories that are completely divorced from practice. Xie Mingxian in front of him is an example, and the students in the school who are dissatisfied with Chen Ke are also examples. As long as they are provided with the opportunity to practice, the students and comrades will definitely be able to make great progress.

But Chen Ke also knew that once he entered the practice period, things would definitely get out of Chen Ke's control. Reality is always more bizarre than the most exaggerated fiction, just as the same physical theory can produce divergent understandings among students. When Chen Ke was in high school, there was a classmate who made all the wrong multiple-choice questions, even if it was a multiple-choice question, and there was only one wrong answer, and this classmate was able to choose only this wrong one and give up all the correct answers. The physics teacher at that time was not angry, but he thought that this student was really studying hard. Otherwise, the answer will not be such a result.

Revolution is not a dinner party, and revolution is not an examination paper. If you let go and let the comrades do it, it is destined to have all kinds of losses, and Chen Keke does not have the confidence to solve all problems at any time. And the revolution will ruthlessly abandon many people, which has long been proven by countless examples. Chen Ke asked himself, when reading the history books, Chen Ke could still agree with "decisive killing", but in the face of these classmates and comrades who got along day and night, Chen Ke couldn't make up his mind.

While he was thinking, the door opened. Yu Youren pushed the door in, and when he saw Chen Ke, Yu Youren's face was full of surprise. "Mr. Chen is here."

Hurriedly putting aside other thoughts, Chen Ke stood up and said, "Mr. Yu, I'm here to take the blame." ”

Hearing this, Yu Youren laughed, "The students are young and vigorous, what does it have to do with Mr. Chen." If I am guilty of pleading, wouldn't I, as a teacher, be even more guilty? ”

After everyone sat down, Yu Youren probably talked about this incident, the so-called fight is naturally not a fight for life, and it is not even a punch or kick. It's just that the students pushed and shoved a few times, tearing a piece of clothing. Everyone's mouth is fierce, and some words are more "radical", but Fudan Public School doesn't care much about this. The students of these years are already radical, and it is common for them to shout a few words of rebellion, and no one will really put this at ease. The matter has been settled, and the two parties to the dispute have gone back to the dormitory.

Chen Ke's purpose this time was to resolve the internal contradictions of the Huangpu Society, and he also wanted to say hello to Mr. Ma Xiangbo by the way. In any case, the reason why students fight is themselves. If you don't show up at all, it's not always appropriate. No matter how high-sounding the words of a creature like a literati are, if the other party doesn't even have basic respect, it's easy to hold grudges. At this point, it has nothing to do with fame. In accordance with the stance of the united front, this aspect must not be neglected.

Hearing Chen Ke propose to visit Mr. Ma, Yu Youren said that Mr. Ma was at school. Chen Ke immediately said that he wanted to visit now. Yu Youren led the way, and the group walked across the campus to Mr. Ma Xiangbo's office. Chen Ke is a celebrity at Fudan Public School, and there are many people who have listened to his lectures. Seeing Chen Ke appear, many students were greeting Chen Ke. The attitude of ordinary students is very good, but some students from Huangpu Institute are not very satisfied. Seeing Chen Ke coming, they looked at Chen Ke uncomfortably, and two of them simply turned around and walked in other directions, not knowing what they wanted to do.

When he arrived at Mr. Ma's office, Yu Youren opened the door, and Chen Ke saw at a glance that there was actually a familiar person inside. Cai Yuanpei was also quite surprised when he saw Chen Ke come in. It's been more than two months since they last met, and the two have no plans to have a deep friendship, but they didn't expect to meet here today.

"Wen Qing, do you know Heqing?" Mr. Ma Xiangbo saw some clues and asked.

"I met Mr. Cai." Chen Ke said with a smile.

"Oh." Mr. Ma only responded.

"This time, I made a special trip to Mr. Ma to make amends." Chen Ke didn't want to entangle with Cai Yuanpei more, he hurriedly said.

"Wen Qing is too polite." Mr. Ma Xiangbo said open-mindedly.

After chatting a few words, Cai Yuanpei interjected very casually, "I watched Wen Qing's masterpiece a few days ago, and when I saw Wen Qing before, I really didn't know that Wen Qing's talent was like this. ”

"It's not my credit alone, when I wrote that book, this Xie Mingxian also helped a lot." Chen Ke introduced Xie Mingxian to Ma Xiangbo and Cai Yuanpei. Since Chen Ke said it, the attention of the two naturally turned to Xie Mingxian. Anyway, literati meet like that, and everyone is very polite. After chatting for a while, Chen Ke apologized again, and seeing that Mr. Ma Xiangbo didn't mean to blame, he got up and took his leave.

When I got out of Mr. Ma Xiangbo's office, I saw a few people standing in the distance, led by Xiong Mingyang. Seeing Chen Ke coming out, he came straight to Chen Ke. Yu Youren was right, Xiong Mingyang was really not injured, but seeing that he clenched his fists, deliberately threw off his arms, and strode over, with an arrogant appearance, Chen Ke stood in place and waited for him to come over.

Xiong Mingyang walked up to Chen Ke and looked Chen Ke up and down, with a mocking expression on his face. He emphasized, with a kind of hypocrisy peculiar to literati, "Mr. Chen, he actually explained that he came to school. I drank too much and got into trouble for Mr. Chen by talking nonsense when I got drunk, and here I will give you a gift. After speaking, he pretended to clench his fists slightly and bowed.

"You also understand the revolution? After reading a few books, you think you can make a revolution? Chen Ke said with a smile.

"What?" Xiong Mingyang really didn't expect Chen Ke to come up like this, and the dark mockery on his face suddenly turned into consternation.

"The Huangpu Institute is about to start a social survey with the aim of investigating the current situation in China. Do you think you want a revolution, but if China doesn't know what it's like, how can it be revolutionary? ”

"Does the Revolution Still Need to Be Investigated......

"Do you think that the common people know a few things about the land cession compensation, I don't say the common people, it's you, I think I know a lot. Let me ask you, do you know how many treaties Europe and the United States have signed with China? What is it? What exactly is the impact of these treaties on China? Can you tell me now? Chen Ke's face was already very cold, and there was even a look of ridicule on his face.

There were also a few students who came with Xiong Mingyang, and they all seemed to support Xiong Mingyang, and they all had dissatisfied looks on their faces. was asked by Chen Ke with such a face, and the expressions of Xiong Mingyang and the others immediately changed to embarrassment. The arrogance flew out of the clouds.

"Forget it today, you go and gather all the members of the Society, and go to the Society for a meeting at seven o'clock tomorrow night. I will assign social investigation work to everyone. Don't be pretentious. After Chen Ke finished speaking, he saw that although Xiong Mingyang was already discouraged, he still looked a little unable to let go. Chen Ke stuffed the manuscript he had written to him, "If you want to listen to beautiful words, what I have here is, read this first, and write it casually when I was in school today." See how these differ from my usual lectures. ”

After speaking, Chen Ke didn't wait for Xiong Mingyang to speak, and took Xie Mingxian away.

It wasn't until he walked out of the school gate that Chen Ke asked, "Mingxian, you said you wanted to take on some work, but you don't know what you want to do." ”

"Jobs that make money. I need to earn some money. Xie Mingxian said frankly.

"It's good to want to make money, but can you tell me why?"

"This ......" was asked by Chen Ke directly, but Xie Mingxian felt that the reason was difficult to say.

"I don't mean anything else, if you want to make money, you have to be determined. Different reasons bring different determinations. You name your reasons, and I can arrange a job that suits you. ”

Hearing Chen Ke say this, Xie Mingxian also felt that it made sense, and he mustered up the courage to say: "I want to take my mother out, and I must have a family business first." So Mr. Wenqing, no matter how hard and tired you are, it's good to earn money as soon as possible. ”

"It's not a small determination. But can you elaborate on it? Chen Ke asked with a smile.

"It's about my family's private affairs, forgive me."