On the twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month, the south gate of Beijing.

Li Zhen took the soldiers of a brigade under Liu Jintang, plus Lu Shaochuan, Chen Yucheng and Li Xiucheng, as well as dozens of merchants who followed Li Zhen south, as well as a number of family members, and rushed to Nanjing together. This road is vast, because there are many people, and the people are mixed, and it is quite lively. The businessmen are all human spirits, revolving around Wang Chi and wanting to have a good relationship with Wang Chi. After all, having a good relationship with Wang Chi is indirectly equivalent to having a good relationship with Li Zhen.

In addition, Li Xiaotong, Gu Lina, Alice and others are another group.

At the same time, Lu Shaochuan, Chen Yucheng, Li Xiucheng and Liu Jintang are another group.

These groups do not interfere and brag with their own people.

From Beijing to Nanjing, we traveled south and arrived in Nanjing in early March. After all, there were a lot of people along the way, as well as businessmen and family members, and it took a lot of time. After arriving in Nanjing, Li Zhenchuan issued an order to stay in Nanjing for one day before continuing south. The merchants stopped for a while to rest, and Li Xiaotong, Gu Lina and others also settled down in the city.

In the barracks, Li Zhen summoned Nanjing officials.

The leading official appeared in Li Zhen's sight, and Li Zhen was quite surprised.

The person who came was a person he was familiar with, named Zhang Zhiping.

Li Zhen has an impression of this person. Zhang Zhiping is Zhang Zhidong's cousin, in the past Yi 60 launched a rebellion in Beijing and usurped the throne, Zhang Zhiping and Li Zhen went south together to protect the little emperor to Nanjing. After that, Zhang Zhiping served as an official in the army and was under the jurisdiction of Huang Shihai. After Huang Shihai led the army to leave Nanjing, Zhang Zhiping was ordered to stay and garrison Nanjing.

Li Zhen smiled and said, "I didn't expect to meet the old man here." Zhang Zhiping, how have you been doing in the past few years? ”

Zhang Zhiping said: "Thank you President for your concern, I have been an officer in the army in the past few years, and I have learned a lot from studying with Commander Huang. Now, I am in charge of Nanjing, and I am also studying hard, and I will definitely live up to the cultivation of the president. ”

"Okay, I'm still learning."

Li Zhen said: "Learning is a good thing, worthy of encouragement!" ”

After a pause, Li Zhen said: "Nanjing, as a key area in the country, is a place with a large number of foreigners, which is relatively open and prosperous. You should have received a document from Premier Zeng about the construction of a new school, right? ”

"Got it!"

Zhang Zhiping nodded and answered immediately.

Li Zhen asked with interest, "How is the situation?" ”

Zhang Zhiping replied: "When the order was issued, the response was very enthusiastic, and there were many people involved. The big and small merchants in Nanjing City all let their family disciples participate. However, there are advantages and disadvantages, and there are countless scholars who have spoken out against it, and they have tried their best to stop the opening of new schools. However, this move angered the merchants of the city of Nanjing, who united and immediately suppressed the opponents. Now, the school is up and running. ”

"Driven by profit!"

Li Zhen smiled, he had already guessed this result.

The businessman sees an opportunity to become a businessman, and will definitely let the children of the family participate. Once someone touches the interests of these merchants, the merchants will definitely rise up and resist. Li Zhen's purpose in involving businessmen was to use the power of businessmen to suppress the opposition and continue to open schools in the name of justice, and finally subtly change the school's education methods, gradually reversing the deep-rooted power of the eight strands.

Li Zhen became interested and said, "Let's go, take me to the school!" ”

Zhang Zhiping immediately responded, and went out of the barracks with Li Zhen and headed towards the school.

Nanjing's new-style school is called Nanjing University Hall, located in the south of the city, backed by mountains and water, and is a clean place.

When Li Zhen arrived, the students in the school were still in class.

The age of the students is not very old, but there is a minimum age limit, which is at least sixteen years old. They came to study in the school with the support of their families. In addition, the students who come to study know that if they study well, they will be awarded official positions in the future, so they are very serious about whatever they do. They carry not only the hope of their families, but also their personal future.

After Li Zhen and Zhang Zhiping entered, they did not alarm the people in the school and came outside a classroom.

Li Zhen stopped to watch, and his eyes fell on the teacher in the classroom.

In the classroom, a foreigner is teaching.

This foreigner's Chinese is not very good, but at least it can be understood. With his back to the blackboard, his eyes swept over the students in the classroom, stretched out his hand and pointed to a microscope on the podium, and said loudly: "Students, in today's lesson, I will let you see a magical and strange world, and let you know the pictures you have never seen before. What I set up on the podium was a microscope, and through the eyepieces, I could see countless small cells. It's a novelty and it's worth seeing. I'll show you this, and then you can come up. ”

After speaking, the foreign teacher demonstrated it.

After he stood up, he found Li Zhen and Zhang Zhiping watching outside, but he only smiled slightly and ignored it.

Parents often come to the school, and the teachers have become accustomed to it.

"Teacher, I'm coming!"

One of the students stood up and strode forward.

He stood on the podium, looking confident and calm. Immediately, the students followed the instructions of the foreign teacher, kept their eyes close to the eyepiece, and stared at the eyepiece. In an instant, the student's eyes widened, his face changed greatly, he took a step back in fright, his feet were weak, and he sat on the ground with a panicked expression on his face, and said: "Hexology, hexology, this, this...... It's sorcery! ”

The foreign teacher shook his head and said, "You haven't been in contact with it, so you're not used to it." Actually, this is a very normal picture. ”

He asked the students to go down and asked, "Who wants to come up?" ”

With the first student's surprise, the students below were aroused and came up one by one. When they saw the magical picture under the microscope, some panicked, some felt magical, and their expressions were different.

Li Zhen stood outside for a while, then turned around and left, going to walk around the rest of the classroom.

After walking down, Li Zhen only had one feeling.

Chinese, too backward!

Simple new knowledge is shocking to students.

Li Zhen looked at Zhang Zhiping and said with a serious expression: "Zhang Zhiping, you have also seen the situation of the students, and they are embarrassed and embarrassing. Our students only know the Four Books and Five Classics and the Eight Strands of Literature, which is far from foreign academics. I hope that students can see more of the outside world and open their eyes in the few years they are studying. There is a reason for the purpose of running a school. ”

Zhang Zhiping nodded and said, "Don't worry, President, I will do my best." ”

Li Zhen lost interest in staying, and quietly left Nanjing University Hall with Zhang Zhiping and returned to the barracks. Then, Li Zhen asked people to prepare and take the train south tomorrow.

ps: the third shift; Call it a day, see you at zero.