Song Zhewu smiled and asked, "Who is this person that the chairman wants to invite?" Shang Zhen said with a solemn expression: "Director General of the China Association for the Promotion of Civilian Education, Mr. Yan Xingfu, Mr. Yan Yangchu." He smiled again and said, "I was supposed to give you a separate pick-up, but since you caught up today, we will combine the two meals into one meal to save some expenses, Wenge won't be surprised." ”

"Sure enough, it's him." In the memory of Song Zhewu's previous life, Yan Yangchu was very famous.

Yan Yangchu was a native of Bazhong, Sichuan, and entered a church school in his early years, and later transferred to Yale University in the United States. In the early summer of 1918, Yan Yangchu graduated from Yale University in the United States, and two days later, he went to the battlefield in France to participate in the work of serving Chinese workers under the auspices of the YMCA. In his time with the Chinese workers, he found that the laborers were not only industrious and simple, but also had extraordinary enthusiasm and wisdom. It is only when they do not have the opportunity to receive education that they fall into poverty and ignorance, and become the object of bullying and enslavement. The Chinese Workers' Camp is a microcosm of Chinese society. Without high-quality nationals, where can a strong motherland come from! At this point, Yan Yangchu began to aspire to carry out national education.

In the summer of 1920, Yan Yangchu returned to the motherland and immediately planned a civilian literacy campaign, calling for "eliminating illiteracy and becoming a new people", and in 1923, he established the famous Chinese Association for the Promotion of Civilian Education (hereinafter referred to as the "Ping Church"), and served as its director-general. He chose Changsha, Yantai, Jiaxing, Wuhan and other places to carry out civilian literacy education experiments. Everywhere they go, a student march is organized to promote the meaning and methods of civilian literacy. In-service primary and secondary school teachers are recruited as volunteer teachers, students are recruited according to community segments, and civilian literacy classes are formed by using the vacant rooms of commercial banks, institutions, and temples, and the school starts on schedule. The literacy class lasts for 4 months and teaches four volumes of "A Thousand Words Course for Civilians", learning more than 1,000 commonly used words. Stick characters are also taught, and the texts are all in the vernacular. After gaining experience from the experimental work, it will continue to be promoted locally and overseas. After several years of hard work, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of civilians in various localities have obtained literacy certificates through study. In Changsha, for example, there are as many as 200,000 literate civilians, ranging in age from out-of-school children in their teens to the elderly in their sixties and seventies, in 58 different occupations.

By the mid-20s, most provinces and cities across the country had established branches for the promotion of civilian education, and the metropolises of North China, Central China, East China, and South China had set off a vigorous literacy campaign to eradicate illiteracy, which became a feat in the history of Chinese education in the 20 s. After the achievements in urban civilian education, he further pondered that China has always been a country based on agriculture, with 80% of the population living in the countryside, and the rural areas are the foundation and center of gravity of Chinese society. China is experiencing a total social collapse, and in order to save China, we must first help the countryside, and to build China, we must first build the countryside, which requires a profound rural transformation movement. The rural movement will shoulder the mission of "national reconstruction".

In 1943, on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of Copernicus's birth, representatives of more than 100 universities and scientific research institutions in the United States selected Yan Yangchu as one of the "Top Ten Great Men with the Most Revolutionary Contributions in the Modern World". Wright, Henry. Ford, etc. Yan Yangchu is the only Asian to receive this honor.

The venue for Shang Zhen's banquet to Yan Yangchu was chosen at the Liuguo Hotel. Built by the British in 1900, the Six Nations Hotel is a four-story building with typical British architectural style. As soon as Shang Zhen and the others arrived, they were led by an Indian waiter holding a headscarf and came to a Western-style private room on the third floor.

As soon as Shang Zhen and the three of them sat down, the guards reported that Mr. Yan Yangchu had arrived, and Shang Zhen hurried to the door of the private room to greet them.

When Shang Zhen and Yan Yangchu greeted each other, Song Zhewu looked at Yan Yangchu carefully. Yan Yangchu, in his 40s, was wearing a gray suit, tall and thin, with a pair of big eyes on his slightly dark face.

"Wenge, this is the general director of the Ping Church, Mr. Yang Chu. This is the commander of our security forces in Hebei, Song Zhewu, whose name is Wenge. Shang Zhen introduced the two to each other. After the two politely shook hands and exchanged a few words, the four of them sat down again under Shang Zhen's greeting. Song Zhewu didn't talk much because he couldn't find a suitable topic for a while, and Song Zhewu was reluctant to say false polite words such as Jiu Yang. Yan Yangchu didn't say much, because few soldiers were interested in what he did, so he didn't want to say more.

After the four people were seated, the waiter began to prepare the dishes. Because Yan Yang is a native of Sichuan at the beginning, Shang Zhen specially ordered Sichuan cuisine today, dry roasted fish, husband and wife lung slices, camphor tea duck, dried fried shredded beef, a small plate of Sichuan kimchi, a big bowl of hot and sour soup, all of which are famous special dishes in Sichuan, and the wine is a small porcelain jar of Sichuan Luzhou Laojiao. From the choice of food and wine, it can be seen that Shang Zhen spent a lot of thought on this banquet for Yan Yangchu. The waiter poured the wine for the four and stepped aside.

Shang Zhen picked up the wine glass: "Tomorrow, Mr. Yangchu will go to Dingxian, today's banquet is for Mr. Yangchu's grand trip, I wish Mr. a smooth journey, and secondly, to Wenge to catch the wind, come, we will drink this cup." Yan Yangchu and Song Zhewu both stood up, and the two thanked Shang Zhen repeatedly, and the four of them drank their wine. The waiter came over to pour the wine again, Song Zhewu took the wine jar, waved his hand to let the waiter withdraw, and poured the wine for Shang Zhen and the others one by one. Shang Zhen picked up the wine glass again and said: "This second glass of wine, as the chairman of Hebei Province, I respect Mr. Yangchu for the father of Dingxian County, this time Mr. Yangchu will take Dingxian County as an experimental county for rural construction, and the father of Dingxian County is blessed!" "Chairman Shang has won the award." Yan Yangchu also seemed to be a free and easy person, and he toasted another glass as he spoke. Liu Pei was busy serving dishes to Yan Yangchu and Song Zhewu and persuading them to drink.

Yan Yangchu was very talkative, and explained some details of the rural construction movement to Shang Zhen while drinking, and the atmosphere of the banquet was very harmonious. Shang Zhen saw that Song Zhewu had been unable to interject, and was afraid that Song Zhewu would be snubbed, so he said with a smile: "Mr. Yangchu, you and Wen Ge have three things in common. "Oh" Yan Yangchu was a little surprised, how could he have something in common with the same soldier, and there were three of them at once, he couldn't help but be interested, glanced at Song Zhewu, and said to Shang Zhen: "Chairman Shang, please speak, Yangchu is willing to hear the details." Shang Zhen smiled and said: "Although you are both literate and martial, you are all returning from abroad, you are a graduate of Yale University in the United States, and Wenge is a graduate of the Dresden Infantry School in Germany." Shang Zhen remembered Song Zhewu's statement about sea turtles, and couldn't help laughing: "It's all sea turtles." After saying that, he laughed, and Liu Pei also laughed. Song Zhewu was afraid that Yan Yangchu would misunderstand Shang Zhen, so he hurriedly explained with a smile: "Mr. Yangchu, this is what I told Chairman Shang, we came back from abroad, because we all returned from overseas, so we can be referred to as returnees." Yan Yangchu suddenly realized, and he couldn't help laughing, and said to Song Zhewu with a smile: "Brother Wenge, this word is very appropriate. He turned his head and said to Shang Zhen with a smile: "But Chairman Shang, this returnee is not another turtle." Shang Zhen suppressed his laughter: "Mr. Yangchu, Shang is joking, Mr. Yangchu won't mind, right?" "Who would mind, I've been in the United States for many years, and Americans have a lot of humor, 'There's a saying in the United States that a man who can't be humorous is not a good man'. According to the Americans, Chairman Shang is a real man. "Okay, then let's all toast to real men." After speaking, Shang Zhen raised his head and drank the wine in the cup again, and Yan Yangchu, Liu Pei, and Song Zhewu also drank happily.

"The second thing you have in common is that both of you have strong perseverance to achieve your ideals. Regardless of personal fame and fortune, Mr. Yang Chu gave up the superior living conditions abroad and returned to China, but he did not hesitate to work hard and went down to the countryside. To put it low, it is for the benefit of the poor people; At the highest level, it is to work hard for the future of our country and nation. Shang Zhen looked solemn, and then said: "If there is anyone I respect the most Shang Zhen, it is Mr. Yang Chu!" Yan Yangchu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Chairman Shang is serious, the people are the state, the country is solid, although the people are weak for a long time, but they are hardworking and simple, and they have a lot of wisdom. Again, the Chairman continued* as I am. Shang Zhen nodded, Yan Yangchu did not have the vanity of ordinary literati, and he could do things in a down-to-earth manner, which was commendable! This time I went to Dingxian, and I proposed to the people who went with me, "Moving from Yanjing to Dingxian is not a geographical distance of hundreds of miles, but a distance of more than ten centuries." We must overcome all difficulties, do our best in all respects to adapt ourselves to rural life, and live together with the peasants. ”

"Mr. Yang Chu deserves it. In order to build an army that is not weaker than that of the Western powers, Wenge did not hesitate to throw himself into the army, and with his own strength, he built a first-class army that is also first-class throughout the country, and it is also commendable. The third thing you have in common is that you both know the economy. Mr. Yang Chu categorized the problems of rural China as "stupid, poor, weak, and private", and advocated that the "four major educations" of literature and art, livelihood, health, and citizenship should be used to cure them. Shang deeply believes that among them, livelihood education is used to cure "poverty". conducting agricultural scientific research, holding experimental farms, improving pig and chicken breeds; "Livelihood training" for farmers, such as agricultural promotion of improved seeds, prevention and control of pests and diseases, scientific pig raising, chicken raising, beekeeping and other livelihood methods, can be described as a good way to build. I believe that in less than ten years, Dingxian County will definitely undergo earth-shaking changes, at that time, if Shang is still in Hebei, he will definitely use the power of the whole province to promote it everywhere, and Hebei Province will be greatly governed. When he said this, Shang Zhen's eyes lit up, his face was flushed, and he was already very excited.

Song Zhewu knew that Shang Zhen's words were sincere, but Shang Zhen, a righteous gentleman who was worried about the country and the people, would not stay in Hebei for so long.

Yan Yangchu also felt Shang Zhen's feelings, picked up the wine glass, and said to Shang Zhen in a slightly trembling voice with excitement: "The chairman is worried about the country and the people, and the blessing of the people of Hebei." Please allow Chairman Yang Chu to have a drink. After speaking, he raised his head and drank the wine in his glass.

Shang Zhen took the opportunity of drinking to calm down and continued: "Wenge not only has good military training, but also understands the way of economy, several factories are thriving, Zhenbang brand dyeing cloth, fragrant snow white noodles, and dried noodles are well-known throughout the country. ”

Yan Yangchu was a little surprised, Zhenbang brand dyed cloth, fragrant snow white noodles, dried noodles, these things are now sold all over the streets in Beiping, and it is really surprising that a soldier is so economically minded.

Liu Pei added: "Mr. Yangchu, I can also tell you a secret, the reason why his cloth and flour are good is because they are added with something called --- additives, and this additive is made by himself, and I want to pay 3 million oceans to buy it." ”

"Wenge still knows chemical engineering?" Yan Yangchu is a person who has received modern education, and he suddenly discovered the problem. "Chemical engineering is an important basic discipline of modern industry, which is directly related to the national economy and people's livelihood, so Zhewu is not only studying military affairs in Germany, but also dabbling in some things." Song Zhewu replied cautiously.

"Wenge also understands modern technology, it's really rare for a soldier like you to get it." Yan Yangchu seemed to have a lot of wine, and raised his glass: "Chairman Shang, Liu Shenzuo, we have a drink for China's most knowledgeable general." After everyone put down the cup, Yan Yangchu asked Song Zhewu: "Wen Ge, I went to Dingxian this time, a very important aspect, is to fight poverty, since you are proficient in modern science and technology, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Song Zhewu knew that Yan Yangchu could not work for him alone, if this person was not too deeply influenced by the teachings of Christianity, or this person's personality was very great. Song Zhewu's memories of his previous life remember that after 1950, after Yan Yangchu's experiments in civilian education and rural construction in China were forced to be terminated, he transferred his career to the broader international arena -- some countries in the third world, and based on the basic experience of the Dingxian experiment and the theory of Chinese level education and rural construction, he continued to campaign for civilian education and rural transformation in Thailand, the Philippines, India, Ghana, Cuba, Colombia, Guatemala and other countries, and guided the implementation of field experiments and community education. The initial slogan of "eliminating illiteracy and becoming a new people" was expanded to "eliminating illiteracy and becoming a new people of the world".

In 1956, with the indirect help of Yan Yangchu, according to Yan Yangchu's idea of rural transformation, the first batch of nationally elected legislators in the history of the Philippines were elected. Later, Yan Yangchu established the International Institute of Rural Rehabilitation in the Philippines, which has been working to this day.

In 1955, Yan Yangchu was selected as "one of the 100 most important people in the world" by the American magazine "Prospect". International public opinion praised him as "a heroic scholar with firm convictions and rich imagination, a liberator of the minds and spirits of the toiling commoners," "the father of civilian education in the world," and "a true philosopher and humanist." The famous American writer Nobel Prize winner Pearl Race praised him for "lighting a light in the dark places of the world". Both the President of the Philippines and the King of Thailand presented him with the highest honorary medal of their country in recognition of his outstanding contributions to their respective countries.

Although he couldn't use it for himself, Song Zhewu still decided to help him, and to give him a good impression, maybe the pace of history will finally change direction, and Yan Yangchu will only serve his motherland all his life.

So, Song Zhewu told Yan Yangchu in detail what he knew about the method of raising earthworms and chickens. Yan Yang was very excited when he heard it for the first time, asked for a pen and paper, and carefully wrote it down......

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