If the founding of the New Army on 1 September only made a small number of people happy, then today on 3 September made all the students in the world excited. On this day, the Beijing Normal University Hall, which took three months from preparation to the completion of construction and cost 1.2 million taels, was opened, and the affiliated Chinese Library was officially opened.

For Zhu Lixue, who has been in use for a hundred years, the Jingshi University Hall can be said to be deviant. In addition to language and mathematics, the courses offered by Beijing Normal University are all "odd silver skills". In addition to language and mathematics courses, geography, history, physical education, physics, chemistry, etc. are compulsory courses. In addition, at least one subject must be taken in agriculture, minerals, engineering, machinery, electrical appliances, industry and commerce, medicine, engineering, foreign languages, and journalism. This deviant thing caused a lot of waves, and people died.

Wang Changyi, because his family was poor, he fell in the imperial examination several times, and he was quite unhappy. This time, I heard that there is a monthly living allowance for studying in Beijing Normal University, and I can find a real shortage after graduation in the future. Unexpectedly, his actions provoked ridicule and ridicule from the other students who lived in the hotel. Wang Changyi is loyal and honest, and he is not good at words, and he is somewhat ashamed in his heart, so he doesn't dare to fight back against the abuse of these people, but he just dodges left and right, and tries to avoid meeting with those students. Who would have thought that one night, the group of students were drinking in the store, and on a whim, they actually pasted a couplet on Wang Changyi's bedside. The upper link is: filial piety, loyalty, courtesy, righteousness and humility, and the lower link is one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. The upper part of this couplet is missing a shameful word, which means to scold Wang Changyi for being shameless. The next link is missing an eight, forgetting eight, which means scolding Wang Changyi for being the king's eight. At that time, the concept of the name of the scholars was very important, Wang Changyi's face was relatively thin, and he was not open-minded enough, so he suffered countless anger these days, and his heart was depressed. Lying on the bed at night, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, thinking of the frustration of the imperial examination, and the insult caused by studying in the hall of Beijing Normal University, in a moment of anger, he actually committed suicide by hanging a beam in the room with a bed sheet.

In this way, the voices of the people, whether they are clean or conservative, are all voices of opposition. Guangxu was originally under comprehensive pressure to forcibly promote the construction of the school. When Cixi took out the money to build the school, the conservative faction was silent for a while. Rong Hong hurriedly sent a post to Weng Tonggong to ask him to be a guest lecturer at the Beijing Normal University, and Weng Tonggong accepted it at Guangxu's behest, suppressing the voice of the Qingliu faction. And from the palace, it is said that in the future, only in the future will be able to graduate in the Beijing Normal University Hall, which will make most of the people who are unwilling to take the imperial examination have another way. The opposition is getting quieter and quieter.

At the entrance of the hall of Beijing Normal University, the first president, Rong Hong, with the teachers he invited from home and abroad, lined up in two lines to greet the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor who came to attend the opening ceremony.

"It's all excused." Cixi raised her hand in the air: "This is not in the court, there is no need to be polite." Cixi walked to the VIP signing desk, looked at the big red gilded signature book, and wrote the word Cixi with a pen.

"Dear Dad, write your name instead of your title." Guangxu hurriedly reminded on the side: "After today, this signature book will be sealed for future generations." It can't be that future generations only remember a title and not know its name. It is to let future generations know that it was Yehenara Xingzhen who took out her own Neinu silver to build the first highest school in our Qing Dynasty. ”

Hearing Guangxu call her name, Cixi's face suddenly changed greatly, how could the name of the mourning family be called in such a large public.

Rong Hong on the side also said: "Yes, Lafayette." It's not just about writing down your name, it's about taking a picture after a while. After today, the autograph book and your photo will be displayed in the Hall of Fame of the Kyoto University Hall for students and future generations from all over the world to see. In this way, the name of Galeries Lafayette will be remembered by future generations. ”

Cixi's face immediately became sunny: "As far as you are concerned, the name of this mourning family will be remembered for thousands of years?" ”

"Exactly, so ask Galeries Lafayette to nominate it."

Before the Qing Dynasty, due to the status of women, although they had names before marriage, they often only said how a certain family had a daughter. As soon as he gets married, his title is given the husband's surname plus his maiden name, and finally the word "clan". For example, if Cixi is a woman from an ordinary commoner's family, she should be called "Aixinjue Luo Yehe Nara". Just like the Han folk say "Zhao Li's" and "Zhang Wang's". Her name is generally unknown to others. Under Cixi's understanding, what future generations should remember is "Cixi Empress Dowager Lafayette - Aixinjue Luo Yehenara Clan". Now, if you want to write down your name, what future generations will remember is "Yehenara Xingzhen". Even if the female emperor left behind, it was only the tuba "Wu Zetian", and her maiden name "Mei Niang" could not be left in the official history. This is a glory that women cannot enjoy.

After Cixi finished writing the four words of Yehenara, her hand holding the brush stopped, and her mood was difficult to calm down. It's hard to hide the excitement and excitement. Until Guangxu reminded her: There is still a large group of people waiting behind. Only then did he solemnly write the word "Xingzhen".

Since there was still time, the head teacher Xi Yanfu took Cixi to visit the campus where she had spent money.

Located in the Jingshi University Hall of the Mashen Temple, under the premise of retaining as much of the original landscape as possible, Guangxu added the concept of campus construction in later generations to the planning here. The overall planning of the university hall, including every step of the planning and design, can only be carried out with Guangxu's nod. Just for transplanting a large number of flowers, trees and bamboo, it costs as much as 50,000 taels of silver, and most of the cost is used for labor, some flowers and trees inside and outside the capital, including the palace, are transplanted in large quantities, and even a few mountains are "empty" in the suburbs of the capital.

When you walk into the school, the first thing that catches your eye is the leafy trees. In the middle of the school is a straight cement main school road as wide as 15 meters, with a cement flower bed in the middle of the road, transplanted trees on both sides, and a special auxiliary road and pedestrian path at the very edge of the road. No one could understand Guangxu's design at the time, but the result of Guangxu's forced implementation was an amazing recognition after only twenty years. The wide field in front of the school building is surrounded by many delicate and upright pine trees, like two rows of guards. In the middle of the north side of the field stands a flagpole with the dragon flag, the symbol of the Qing Dynasty.

Walking on the avenue of the campus, Cixi looked around, and the more she looked, the more pleasing she felt to the eye, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that it looked good. The road is so straight, the ground is so flat, the trees are so green, the school buildings are so neat, the people are so spirited, the shade of the trees is so cool, the wind is so comfortable, and even the sun is so warm in September. I didn't notice that Li Lianying on the side was sweating profusely from the sun.

Teaching buildings, laboratory buildings, dormitory buildings, libraries, etc., all under Yan Fu's detailed explanation, made Cixi nod and praise frequently. "Yes, yes, the mourning family's silver is not in vain."

"If it weren't for the full support of the Queen Mother Lafayette, there would be no Jingshi University Hall today. The students of the world thanked Lafayette for his grace. Saying that, Yan Fu was about to kneel.

Without waiting for Yan Fu to kneel, Cixi waved her hand: "This is not a court, there is no need to be polite." As long as you can recommend some useful talents to the imperial court, you will not waste the hard work of the mourning family. ”

"Lafayette, you're tired of walking for a long time, why don't you take a sedan chair?" Li Lianying summoned the sedan chair that followed behind.

"No, no, no." Cixi looked at a bench placed not far from the roadside, patted the bench next to her and sat down: "This is a good idea, you can rest at any time." Whose idea is this? ”

"The Emperor's idea." Yan Fu immediately replied: "This campus is large, and there are some chairs for passers-by to rest. Galeries Lafayette, in front of which is the unnamed lake. It is a place that will be built into a hall of fame, although it has not yet been completed, but the environment is acceptable, I wonder if Galeries Lafayette will go to see it? ”

Weiming Lake is built according to the model of the park, and the winding path is secluded. The trees on both sides are not yet lush but still green and tall, and the roads are surrounded by flowers on both sides and all around. Walking through the path, you will be greeted by a green lawn. On the road, there are still workers who are still busy. Pieces of slate are still being processed. It's a bit noisy, but it's still orderly. The various combinations of plants, water platforms and water features give people a natural and comfortable experience: the white guardrails are particularly eye-catching.

"Queen Mother, these stone slabs are used to build the celebrity corridor. Those who can sign their names in the signature book today will engrave their life deeds on it for future generations to comment. Yan Fu explained: "It will take some time to complete. After completion, the Queen Mother will be asked to inspect. ”

"Good, good, good here." Cixi didn't know how to express it, and after a while: "In the future, the garden of the mourning family will be repaired like this." ”

After Cixi finished speaking, Guangxu who followed behind almost vomited blood, how much silver will it cost to rebuild your garden! At this time, Guangxu regretted dying.

"See the Queen Mother Lafayette auspicious."

Only then did Cixi come back to her senses and unconsciously walked back to the central square of the campus. The first group of 3,000 students had already gathered in the square. Nearly 300 of them were girls. Why are there girls? For this, we also need to thank Sun Minwen. As early as a few days after Rong Hong returned to China, when Guangxu summoned him to the Jinluan Palace, Rong Hong proposed that the West should be emulated, and the Beijing Normal University should properly recruit female students. Before he could say the reason, Sun Minwen hurriedly stood up and said: Since ancient times, women are virtuous if they are not talented, and women should teach their husbands and children at home, and it is immoral to show their heads.

Anyway, Sun Minwen always worked against Guangxu, but this reason seemed to be right at the time. But Guangxu didn't say a word, first pulled Sun Minwen outside the hall to beat the thirty boards, watched Sun Minwen pull out of the palace and pulled back after the beating, and asked: "Jianzi dares to say that the queen mother is talentless." Are you guilty? ”

Only then did Sun Minwen react: "The slave is guilty, and the queen mother's talent is beyond the reach of the slave." ”

"Pull it out and hit another thirty boards. Dare to say that the Queen Mother is not virtuous. ”

Crackling and thirty boards, when did Sun Minwen suffer this kind of crime, as soon as he came back, he shouted: "The Queen Mother has both talent and virtue." ”

"I don't know what to do, if I hadn't seen you work hard for the Qing Dynasty, I would have beheaded you in front of the palace. Thirty more boards. The queen mother is not a woman, it is difficult to be a monster. As soon as Guangxu's words came out, all the courtiers in the hall had their own expressions, and they blushed when they wanted to laugh, and they wanted to oppose Guangxu's black line.

Crackling and coming to the thirty boards, Sun Minwen shouted while fighting: "Since ancient times, women who are not talented are moral, which is nonsense at all. This person should be beheaded, he should be beheaded. ”

Sun Minwen, who finished playing the ninety boards, had already thought that he was as soft as mud. I only know how to kowtow vigorously and confess my guilt. Guangxu sat on it and watched, thinking that you should not take me seriously, and you will oppose whatever I say, and kill you. "How many fights?" Guangxu asked.

"Go back to the emperor and play a total of ninety boards." The guards in front of the temple returned.

"Ninety is hard to remember, and then ten boards. One hundred good notes. Guangxu said lightly. Sun Minwen couldn't even say anything against it. The courtiers understood, don't provoke the emperor in this matter.

After Cixi knew about this, Cixi said that Sun Minwen's words were too frivolous this time. Guangxu said: "Since ancient times, men who can achieve great things have a mother with both talent and virtue." Far as Mencius, as close as Emperor Shengzuren. I'm going to put up a stall with Lafayette...... Hey. Cixi's heart was overjoyed. In this way, the Kyoto Normal University began to officially recruit female students.

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