At the end of June in the first year of the Tang Dynasty, the trees on the outskirts of Chang'an City were also withering, indicating that it was the beginning of autumn. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 At this time, there is little sadness and loneliness in autumn, but at present, there are a group of people in the four schools who are happily cheering and celebrating. They are the same group of people who applied for graduation this year, and they successfully graduated. Since the implementation of the credit system in the four courses, the school system of the four courses has also been relaxed, originally according to three years of study, and then if you can't pass the exam after three years, you will also face elimination, you can't continue to study, and you have to be sent to your hometown. And after spending a huge amount of tuition and living expenses, it will end up with such a result, which must be embarrassing.

However, since the implementation of the credit system, students can choose their own pace of study and adjust their own learning pace, from the past three years to three to nine years. Within three to nine years, you can regulate yourself according to your own learning ability, and you can also regulate your own learning progress according to your own financial ability, so that you can determine yourself. However, this method cannot get the guidance of teachers in time, and the management is a little lax and cannot be strictly managed. In this way, students are required to have a strong ability to learn on their own, and teachers are just a tutor.

However, because students can choose their own teachers, these teachers of all four subjects are coping with this change. The ordinary teachers of the four disciplines have become a foregone conclusion in the face of the credit system, and some teachers have chosen to adapt to the changes of the times and take the initiative to change their teaching methods and teaching styles. They take the initiative to cater to those students, and then strive to serve the students, so that the students can understand the course content, and then the students are not able to learn in time because of the credit system. However, they are better served by teachers, so that learning progress does not necessarily slow down overall.

As for those teachers who refuse to adapt to changes, Zhang Chao also asked them to go back where they came from, don't care. Although some want to fiddle with their old qualifications, they think that they were Zhang Chao's "teacher" back then, and the master doesn't give Zhang Chao much face. But Zhang Chao is not the kind of person who "respects teachers and values education". Even if these people used to be his teachers back then, anyone who didn't cooperate would give him a fuck. Those who think that they are Teacher Zhang Chao can be proud, Zhang Chao has no mercy on his subordinates. Zhang Chaoke is a very "cool" person, how can he not be cool as a politician. Not to mention that most of these teachers didn't teach him a single lesson back then, even if Zhang Chao, the person who taught him, was a politician, it was definitely to be cleaned up. As a politician, you can't let others be presumptuous because of emotional reasons, and politicians often can't compromise their personal feelings. What's more, Zhang Chao and these so-called "teachers" may not have much affection. Most of them have not been able to teach Zhang Chao a single lesson in person.

Finally, these students apply for graduation on their own, and according to Zhang Chao's regulations, students can apply for graduation in April of each academic year, and then hold graduation exams in May and June as appropriate, which is different from the graduation month in later generations. Of course, this graduation exam is just a comprehensive test to test whether students have forgotten what they have learned. Because of the credit system, it is inevitable that there will be times when you will get credit too early, and then forget it after a long time. The credits obtained in this way are meaningless, so Zhang Chao also has to take the final exam test for them. If you pass, you can graduate.

"Congratulations, you are the first batch of graduates after the restructuring of our four schools. Although not all of you will be able to take the imperial examination, I believe that no matter where you go in the future, you will also be the elite of our Datang. I just want you to remember what you're studying for. I would like to ask you today, what is your ideal after studying in the future? I asked you what you read for. I used to say that I studied for the rise of China, but I want to tell you one more sentence now. ”

"Reading, that is to establish a heart for heaven and earth, and a life for the people. For the sake of the saints, for the sake of eternal peace. Any truly good reader should take this as his motto! Zhang Chao said.

And those graduating students were immediately excited when they heard Zhang Chao's words. Because Zhang Chao is telling them how to make up his mind after studying. Zhang Chao's plagiarized words of Zhang Zai in the Song Dynasty made them all very excited, because these sentences are several great ideals that traditional Confucian scholars look forward to. To establish a heart for heaven and earth, that is, to write books and speak, can establish faith for all the people in the world. But. At present, this power is completely monopolized by the scholars, because the scholars have a monopoly on the right to interpret the classics, so ordinary people are not qualified to do so.

As for establishing a life for the people, that is, for the officials, and after having knowledge, they will do things for the officials and the people, so that the people can get better. As for continuing to learn for the sake of the saints, that is, to be an educator, to be able to become a great educator like Confucius. The last is to open peace for all generations, this is the highest ideal, to achieve a real peaceful and prosperous world, to make all the people in the world forever peaceful. This is the highest ideal in Confucianism, so that they can achieve a truly prosperous era and be happy forever. However, what can really be done is the first three, so Zhang Zai's sentence can be regarded as including all the highest ideals of Confucianism.

"Now, all of you graduates, get ready to go on stage! Let your juniors see your demeanor, let them see the demeanor of your graduates, and then you can study hard in the future, and strive to be able to get honors like you as soon as possible. Zhang Chao said.

According to the previous plan, these graduates had to be given a graduation ceremony so that they could strengthen their sense of belonging. Because the four schools in the past did not pay attention to these, those students also came here to fight for the opportunity to take the imperial examination, and then they all had nothing to do with the four schools. But Zhang Chao is different, he knows that a grand and memorable graduation ceremony is a very important thing, if there is this graduation ceremony, then it can completely make those graduates remember this learning experience for a lifetime. If the graduates remember this graduation ceremony, they will naturally remember the experience of studying, and they will be able to recall the bits and pieces of the year, and they can truly recall the process of studying back then. And only if these graduates can remember their alma mater, then the alma mater can rely on these graduates in the future and become the network of their alma mater.

Many schools are like this, 30 years ago, the father respected the son, and 30 years later, the son respected the father, and the school is the same. When students are young, they rely on their school status to get a good start. But once it comes to the back, it is the school that requires those graduates, hoping that those graduates can remember the school's cultivation grace and remember the friendship of classmates back then. However, the previous four disciplines did not pay attention to these. Before the four schools, it was a government yamen, and the government's function was much higher than the educational function, so it didn't pay much attention to this graduation ceremony. So now Zhang Chao also wants to make up for this as soon as possible, so that students can get real attention and make them feel their first graduation ceremony.

"Today. It's the turn of the annual graduation ceremony. This is also our first graduation ceremony, and I hope you can take a good look at your seniors, who have finally walked towards graduation after hard work. And you must follow their example in the future, be able to study hard, and then strive to graduate as soon as possible. Zhang Chao said.

Immediately, "Tuo" took the initiative to shout: "Dr. Zhang is right, we will definitely study hard, and then graduate as soon as possible like all our seniors, and then we can truly become the pillars of my Datang!" ”

With the beginning of "support", some people immediately made speeches.

"Good! We will definitely read well. And then one day we will all be able to stand here so that the students can see our demeanor! "Dr. Zhang, we will definitely work hard, and then let us become the pillars of the country as soon as possible!" "We will all study hard and strive to glorify our ancestors!" ……

"Now, the graduates come up, and we're going to get the diploma!" Zhang Chao said.

Soon, more than 100 students who applied for graduation immediately began to stand in front of more than 1,000 students, and then prepared to receive the so-called graduation certificate. In the past four studies, there was no such statement of graduation certificates, these were all obtained by Zhang Chao. Even. This graduation certificate is not ordinary, they are all high-end goods!

"Li Tianya, I graduated with a first-class grade in the final test this time, and I will be awarded a bronze graduation certificate!" Zhang Chao said.

According to Zhang Chao's plan. All students who have graduated in the first class can obtain a bronze graduation certificate. Students who graduate from the second class will receive an iron graduation certificate. As for the back, there is no such thing, Zhang Chao did not set up the so-called two grades of graduates, because if you can't even achieve "good" grades. Then you don't want to graduate. Zhang Chao doesn't have any C-class, because this will make students feel like "sixty points" long live. Zhang Chao has seen too many so-called "sixty points" in later generations, and Zhang Chao naturally doesn't want this when he comes to this world. Therefore, he did not set a grade of "passing", and he must achieve good results in order to graduate, otherwise everyone will pursue a passing grade in their hearts.

Zhang Chao first sent the bronze graduation certificate to this Li Tianya, which can be regarded as his completion of the study career of the four schools. And Li Tianya took this bronze graduation certificate, feeling that he was not in vain. And getting this graduation certificate, this is what makes him feel that his three years of study have finally come to fruition, and he feels that he has come here to study, which is not in vain. And with this bronze graduation certificate, he felt heavy in his heart, and he really felt that he had worked hard for many years and had been recognized by others.

"Thank you, Dr. Zhang!" Li Tianya said.

Li Tianya was sincere, although Zhang Chao had only been here for a few months, and he hadn't really taught him a lesson. But he knew the importance of Zhang Chao, because if Zhang Chao hadn't finally come to the four schools to carry out reforms, the four schools would not have become so dynamic. And now in this Li Tianya's heart, he really has a sense of belonging to the four schools, because he has now obtained this graduation certificate, and he has also obtained a graduation ceremony of a fairly large scale, which makes them all feel respected. He has been studying for more than ten years and has gained a lot of respect, which can also make him feel a sense of belonging to this school. Especially in this era, there are not many ceremonies held in any school for students who have graduated and become teachers. Even if there are so-called ceremonies, most of them are graduation ceremonies conducted by some tutors for their own apprentices, and for such large-scale training of students, there are almost no graduation ceremonies. However, Zhang Chao was the first to hold a ceremony for the graduating students, so that the students of these schools felt valued and honored, and only then could they feel a sense of belonging to this school.

"I want you to remember what you will do in the future. Whatever difficulties you encounter, the four schools will always be your alma mater and your home. All of you will be graduating from four schools in the future, and you can cooperate with each other. Then we will form a four-door school alumni association in the future. All students who have studied in the four schools, students who have studied in the four schools, or teachers who can still teach in the four courses, can join this alumni association. This way people can connect with each other later, and then be able to go out later. We can help each other. In this way, together on the big stage of the world, you can show your talent and make progress together! Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao first got the "alumni association" thing out, which can be regarded as attracting those graduates to join in. Although there was also the so-called "senior brother, junior brother, senior sister, senior sister", this is also based on the model of the mentor system, everyone is a student of the same tutor, and both parties are senior brothers, senior brothers, senior sisters, and younger sisters, so that they can help each other. However, for those schools in Datang, everyone has not been able to really pay attention to the alumni relationship between the graduates of this college. Really start to value alumni relationships. It must wait until the Song Dynasty to really pay attention to it. And only in the Ming Dynasty will this alumni relationship really swell and become a towering tree. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a large group of officials and students gathered into a large political party in a academy called "Donglin Academy". Although there is no consensus on the praise and disapproval of him by the Donglin Party, his method of connecting everyone with the academy as a link is also a very good method.

Even in later generations, many alumni associations often have alumni associations, one by one, which is actually a means of promoting each other. Alumni associations are also a way to pull relationships. When the teaching model of the tutor system in the past changed, and then it became a class system. In this way, the scale of the senior brothers and younger brothers is also in batches. After all, a large group of people have a greater probability of becoming a talent than those mentorship models. And this alumni model is also conducive to building relationships and uniting these people as a collective.

"Everyone, please take your seats!" Zhang Chao said.

Zhang Chao sent these graduating students into the banquet. But this time, only these graduating students can eat these banquets, and those juniors are not qualified to do so. As for the rest, it is the teachers who are responsible for giving them the feast. This banquet is not only the so-called thank-you banquet, but also the so-called graduation banquet, and the two are combined. And the reason why all the students are not allowed to come together at the table. That's because the four schools don't have that much economic condition. A banquet of more than 1,000 people, I am afraid that it is impossible to arrange it at all, after all, it must cost a lot of financial resources, so it is impossible for Simen Xue to hold such a large-scale banquet every year.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is July, have you heard of gardenias?" Zhang Chao asked.

"Gardenias?" People don't quite understand what kind of flower this flower is.

"Gardenia, that is, a flower that grows in Jiannan Province, Jiangnan Province, and Lingnan Province now." Zhang Chao said.

Everyone doesn't understand why Zhang Chao said that Jiannan Province, Jiangnan Province and Lingnan Road are all spent, thinking that these three places are not rich and densely populated places in this Tang Dynasty. Jiannan Road was also a generation of Sichuan in later generations, and Jiangnan Province was the Fujian and Zhejiang generation of Fujian and Zhejiang, and finally Lingnan Road was also in the Liangguang area of Guangdong and Guangxi. In later generations, Sichuan was a major province in terms of population, industry and agriculture, and Guangdong was a major economic province, but now they are in a situation of too much development. This makes everyone understand, why Zhang Chao said this gardenia.

"Gardenias, white colors, symbolize purity. And he is in June, which is exactly the time when the students of our four studies graduate in June. This gardenia is one of the most beautiful flowers that blooms in June, and the pure color of the flower represents our pure feelings. And we, the students, went outside together, and after graduating together, the relationship between us was like this gardenia, white and pure. Since then, everyone has officially entered the big stage of the world, and then began to stage their own lives. However, I hope that you will be like this gardenia in the future, forever preserving the purity of the year, and your affection. Now, I'm teaching you to sing this song, and the gardenia blooms. ”

"Gardenia blooms, how beautiful, how white......"

Zhang Chao began to sing the famous "Gardenia Blossom" that later generations of students graduated, but he changed the lyrics of the second sentence and the lyrics of the third game, because the original Gardenia Blossom was two sentences of English, and this era is naturally not suitable for speaking any English. So he chose to use two sentences in Chinese instead, so that it can be said.

"Gardenia blooms, gardenias bloom, gardenias bloom, it is a touch of youth and pure love!"

When Zhang Chao sang this gardenia, many people at the scene were a little shy. Because most of these graduates are fifteen or sixteen years old, these students will be high school students in later generations, but now they are all graduates of the country's highest universities. And at this time, fifteen or sixteen years old, it is also the time to get engaged and get married. Many people in the Tang Dynasty also got married at this time, just at the beginning of their love, which made them all feel blushing.

"Why, you don't have anything to be embarrassed about, you have reached this age, you must have your favorite girl in your heart, there is no need to be shy." Chang Chao took the initiative to reassure him.

However, one of the teachers immediately said, "Dr. Zhang, your song is too straightforward, isn't it too ......?"

During the so-called Tang Dynasty, it was still very popular in the Han Dynasty and there were many Yuefu poetry collections, and there were no such vernacular songs, so that everyone heard such a "straightforward" song, and they all felt a little "vulgar". But Zhang Chao didn't care.

"The so-called youthful emotion, and what complex Yuefu poetry collection must be used to say? I think that young students should be direct, and the friendship between classmates should focus on expression, rather than paying attention to any style. As long as you can express the friendship of your classmates, it doesn't matter what kind of Yuefu poetry collection you use, or what ordinary language you use, or even straightforward language, it's okay. No matter who you are, you have the qualifications and the right to express your cherished friendship with your classmates. If we rashly set up a rule that we must use Yuefu poetry collections, then doesn't this set up an obstacle between classmates? If people are all in the way of friendship with classmates, isn't this too impersonal? Zhang Chao said.

The teacher thought about it and immediately said, "It seems that I am in love, Dr. Zhang is right, anyone has the qualifications to express the friendship of classmates." No matter what the results are, as long as they used to be classmates after all, there is no need to artificially set up rules for Yuefu poetry collections, and I'm afraid that holding this will set up obstacles. ”

"Okay, I also told you about this gardenia blooming, I hope you can remember what the four schools teach you, and you can really study it well in the future, so that you can really learn what you should learn. After you graduate from the four courses, you have really stepped into the big stage of the world. Now, I toast you, it's a parting drink. Zhang Chao said.

"We also toast Dr. Zhang, and hope that the four courses will be able to fill their careers in the future!"

Everyone also took the initiative to toast, and even the next toast was to the teachers of the four disciplines, which can be regarded as gratitude for the teachings of the teachers. Then, there were classmates toasting each other, which was a farewell to the friendship of classmates, and from now on, everyone could go out of society, which was a parting of classmates for several years. (To be continued.) )