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When Song Xiaofei talked about cultural innovation with Yan Fu, Liang Qichao, Lu Xun, Gu Hongming, Rong Rong, and others, they also talked about religious issues and the problems of church universities. This article was first published by xstxt At that time, because Xi Muqing's family believed in Christianity, there were many foreigners' churches in China, and Timothy Li was still a close friend of Song Xiaofei, so Christianity developed rapidly in China. Many religious schools have also received encouragement and approval from the Chinese government.

In the late 19th century, the Western Christian Church began to establish a number of higher education institutions in China, and by 1907, it was a great sight, and the church universities had spread all over Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Southwest China. Famous Christian universities, such as Yenching University, Fu Jen University, St. John's University, Qilu University, Jinling Women's University, Jinling University, Soochow University, Hujiang University, Fujian Union University, Lingnan University, Changsha Yali University, Hubei Wenhua University, West China Union University, and universities in Europe and the United States all recognize academic qualifications. There are also Christian universities founded by Chinese priests, such as Aurora University in Shanghai, which are well-known at home and abroad.

Gu Hongming said: "Many people say that we Chinese have no religious beliefs, but I think it is inaccurate. We Chinese believe in ancestors, and also believe in many ghosts and gods, such as the Dragon King Temple, the land god, and the Confucian Interpretation Dao. The religious beliefs of the Chinese people are more complicated. These are the sustenance of our Chinese soul and part of traditional Chinese culture. Christian and ecclesiastical universities, on the other hand, are foreign cultures, and we should be wary of the invasion of these foreign cultures. ”

As the chief of education, Yan Fu has always been a strong promoter of the church university, and listened to Gu Hongming's words. retorted: "Professor Koo, we can't say that Western culture invades and slanders people like that. It will only show that we Chinese culture is not confident. Human cultures communicate with each other, and good things are naturally deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There is no such thing as aggression, and many church schools not only teach new science courses such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry, but also teach traditional Chinese culture, including the "Three Character Classic", "Thousand Character Text", "Hundred Family Names", "Four Books", "Five Classics", and so on. Speaker Yung Hung. It was the American missionary Brown who was sent to the United States from Morrison School to study. The mission schools, especially the Medical University of Union Medical College, have trained many medical talents for us. is also Speaker Rong Hong's classmate Huang Kuan. He became the first Chinese Western doctor to undergo formal training in a medical university. ”

Liang Qichao said: "I agree with President Yan Fu that Catholic universities have made great contributions to higher education in China, such as the law department of Soochow University and the medical department of Union Medical College. That should be for sure. And don't say anything about cultural aggression. Good culture should be learned by the whole world. Otherwise, others will say that Chinese do not distinguish between right and wrong. Moreover, the diplomas of these church universities are recognized by European and American countries, and some schools can directly enter graduate schools in the United States after graduation. The level of Chinese talent has been greatly raised. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "I have also heard Timothy Lee say that the Church University is an important place for cultural exchanges between China and the West, and many leaders of the Church University advocate that the Church University should absorb the essence of Chinese and Western cultures. It has an obvious cultural communication function. Today's China is overwhelmed by the absorption of foreign cultures. Not to mention refusal. It shows that the import of Western culture is to remedy the shortcomings of Chinese culture, and it is by no means aggressive. ”

Seeing that the attack on the church university had failed, Gu Hongming took a step back and said, "Then for Christianity, you can't let it develop, right?" When I read the book of the great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, I openly said that God is dead. That is, God does not exist at all. Now that churches are rising in various places, Confucian scholars have a lot of opinions. ”

Song Xiaofei shook his head and said, "I once talked to Xiaoqing about this issue, and she said that about any religion, the most boring and futile question people ask is whether there is a god they believe in. And many atheists try to prove that God does not exist. The real problem. It's not about whether God exists or not, it's about how do you find peace in your mind once you're sure that God doesn't exist? How do you live in harmony with others? ”

Gu Hongming said: "Of course, we can be staunch atheists. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Professor Gu is rich in five cars, of course, there is no problem. But what about the ordinary toiling masses? I think humans invented religion for three reasons, one is the fear of death. If you don't have faith, the fear of your own death, the loss of your loved ones, and the eternal death of your loved ones, will stay with you for the rest of your life. The second is that people have deep-rooted ** and violent impulses, which is the primitive animal nature of people, if there is no faith, how can society be more harmonious? The third is that in secular life, it is inevitable that there will be all kinds of suffering, flying disasters, birth, old age, sickness and death, ** can not be satisfied, and religion is a kind of spiritual sustenance. Therefore, I have always advocated tolerance for religion, and freedom of belief has been written into the constitution of the republic. ”

Gu Hongming said: "The president has a point. I originally thought that the president was born in a martial arts and had no culture, but I didn't expect the president to be knowledgeable. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "I just read a lot of books. Chinese culture and religion, I think it is better to be diverse and inclusive. In the Indonesian colony, there are still many Islamists. In a vast multi-ethnic country like ours, religious freedom and multiculturalism should be national policy. ”

Liang Qichao and others agreed, saying: "In ancient and modern times, there have been too many wars caused by religious conflicts in China and abroad, and during the multicultural period of our country, such as Li Tang, the national strength was relatively strong. We should define a national policy of multiculturalism. ”

After determining China's cultural policy, Liang Qichao proposed that the Second Republic be renamed the Chinese Empire before the National Day in 1907, and that China's political, economic, and cultural policies should be specified in the constitution. Such as the Roman Empire, the British Empire, etc. It does not have to be a monarchy with colonies or wanton expansion. China now spans the Eurasian continent and has nearly 16 million square kilometers of land, and is already equipped to restore the empire. ”

During the discussion in the Congress, some people opposed it, and the majority agreed with Liang Qichao's proposal. Song Xiaofei also agreed, and the vote passed in the National Assembly with 627 votes, and more than two-thirds of the members voted in favor. The amendment to the constitution clearly stipulates that the Chinese Empire will follow the path of democracy with Chinese characteristics, and politically, govern the country according to the constitution and establish the Imperial Constitutional Court. Deliberative democracy was adopted, and the Senate and the House of Representatives were merged into a loya jirga, with 800 members elected in proportion to the number of people in each province and region. The National Assembly has independent legislative powers. The Baath Party's leadership of the National Assembly was abolished, and the Baath Party and other parties had legal parity. However, the Baath Party remains the ruling party.

In addition, the president is the head of the empire and at the same time the commander-in-chief of the empire's land, sea and air. In case of emergency, the President has the power to dissolve the National Assembly. The President nominates the Prime Minister, who forms the responsible Cabinet within one month. Economically, the free market has been implemented, and an anti-monopoly law has been introduced to ensure free competition. Culturally, we should practice inclusive and open multiculturalism, absorb all the beneficial achievements of human civilization, abolish all cultural censorship institutions, and transform the Baath Party's Propaganda Department into a center for collecting public information. Dissolve the Chinese Writers Association, and all writers fend for themselves, so that their works can be put to the market for testing, that is, handed over to the people to choose, and survive the fittest. Dissolve the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and other institutions. In the field of publishing, censorship has been liberalized across the board.

After the National Day in 1907, Sheng Xuanhuai also carried out most of the ministerial reforms of government agencies, canceled and merged many ministries and commissions, streamlined the administration and delegated power, such as merging the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Ministry of Culture to become the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. A new Intellectual Property Department was established.

At this time, the territory of the Chinese Empire included today's China, Outer Northeast, Outer Mongolia, Nebuchu, Sakhalin, Japan's Kyushu region, Indonesia, the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, etc., with a land area of 16 million square kilometers, a population of 600 million, an army of 1.5 million people, including a tank corps, 100 tanks, a naval warship tonnage of 270,000 tons, more than 100 advanced submarines of various types, and the air force with more than 20 aircraft. And Song Xiaofei's goal is to take Singapore, Malaysia, and India from Britain in the upcoming world war and annex Australia. In this way, China can dominate Asia! (To be continued......)