Chapter 8: Seize the Day

The captives confessed that there was a cavalry company stationed in Caocun Town, and there was also a battalion of Beiyang soldiers in Tongshan County. There is also a mark in the fifth town in Xuzhou City, and there are about 3,000 people in the head of the six infantry artillery battalions under Zhang Xun.

This information was very timely, and after some questioning, Leng Shu learned that it was not the main force that went south to Xuzhou from the fifth town of Beiyang, but the strength of a reinforced regiment. Its main force was still in Jinan, and Zhang Yongcheng was forced by Beijing's telegram, so he pretended to be. As for Zhang Xun's subordinates, they claimed to have more than 20,000 people in forty battalions, but in fact they were only in their early 15,000s, and the main force went to Suqian. Because a brigade of the National Defense Force moved forward to Suxian, Zhang Xun returned to Xuzhou and did not dare to slack off. At present, there are more than 4,000 troops stationed in Xuzhou, including Zhang Xun's two artillery battalions. It is equipped with 75 Japanese-made mountain guns.

Leng Shu is an expert, and when he heard this information, he judged that it should be the Meiji 38-style 75 mountain gun, which was equipped a lot of artillery in the Japanese army, and its power was much stronger than the 57-caliber artillery that was now heavily equipped in the Beiyang Army. The third division is equipped with the Grusen 57 gun, and it will definitely suffer a loss against this.

If this idea was known by Huyan Aobo, he would definitely crooked his mouth and said, "I don't know!" The one of the little devils also dares to call the mountain cannon? "In fact, the biggest feature of the 75-caliber mountain artillery and field artillery produced in Japan is that it is light and suitable for fighting in a backward transportation environment like China. However, compared to the Bofors 75 mountain cannon, a product of the past era, it really can't be compared.

In Wuchang, a fleet slowly docked, and after the peace between the north and the south, the British announced the unsealing of the Yangtze River waterway. The fleet was able to depart from Shanghai and come to Wuchang. The first person to come off the ship was the German devil Victor, who kept cursing the British.

The shipment had been stopped in Shanghai for two months, and for Victor, the loss was significant.

When Victor arrived in Wuchang, Fang Jianxiong was a guest at the provincial government's cultural and education department. This is the first time that Fang Jianxiong has come to this yamen after Shen Junru took office as Minister of Culture and Education.

Attaching importance to education is Fang Jianxiong's consistent policy. After being busy for a while, it is natural to come to inspect the work. Shen Junru is quite enthusiastic about this job, and the three towns of Wuhan have gone relatively early in modern education, which is the credit of Zhang Zhidong. In 1893, the Ziqiang School was established, which was later changed to the Dialect School, but due to financial problems, the Dialect School was closed not long ago.

After Shen Junru took office, the first thing he did was to restore the school. It should be said that Shen Junru is still quite comfortable. Educational funding. The provincial government approved it very simply. Fang Jianxiong's arrival shows that he attaches great importance to the education department. This is the first time that Fang Jianxiong has appeared in a government department since the opening of the tripartite talks.

Everything that the marshal attaches importance to has always been something that the government attaches importance to, and this point has been reached in Hubei. Fang Jianxiong came this time to learn about the current situation of the education department in Hubei. Five-year compulsory education system. This is basic education, Fang Jianxiong is very concerned, but it is far away. Higher education. So this time the focus is on inspecting higher education, and of course this purpose will not be immediately revealed.

Fang Jianxiong's arrival. For Shen Junru, it is an opportunity to slaughter fat sheep. After staying in Wuchang for a while, I finally got to know Fang Dashuai's attitude towards the government and his enthusiasm for education and industry. Fang Dashuai's enthusiasm for education, Shen Junru can be said to appreciate it very much. Scholars have the problem of being good teachers. If you do a good job in education, you will be famous by the way, and it will be better if you can leave your name in the annals of history.

When facing Fang Jianxiong, Shen Junru no longer had the meaning of the big name he had before. Fang Dashuai personally came to the door, and after Corporal Lixian, everything changed. Traditional literati are still very disciplined. Unlike the so-called public knowledge later, those who open their eyes and tell nonsense with a clear conscience will catch a lot of them on the Internet. In these years, mixed intellectuals, a good reputation is the most important. I don't want to go later, even if you are notorious, as long as you become famous, someone will still hold your stinky feet and make a lot of money.

Shen Junru is determined to make great contributions to the cause of education, so he enthusiastically led a group of subordinates to come out to greet Fang Dashuai. Lao Yuan bowed his hand to greet: "The handsome day is full of opportunities to come to the headquarters, Junru and all my colleagues are deeply honored." Since the revolution, the commander has swept the southeast, swept the north of the Yangtze River, and turned to the ....... ”

"Stop! Stop! Fang Jianxiong was shocked when he heard this, if this old man was cold, Fang Dashuai would still be at ease. It's a praising when it comes up, which makes it clear that it's not a good thing.

Shen Junru stopped touting with a smile, and with a look in his eyes when he saw Tang Seng's meat, Fang Jianxiong turned around and fled.

"Mr. Bingfu, don't do this, I'm not used to it. In fact, I know very well in my heart that with your person, I am afraid that this trip will be good or bad. Fang Jianxiong sighed, but still didn't leave. And I'm deeply ashamed that my cheekiness can't withstand the praise of this kind of upright gentleman, and I still need to exercise.

Fang Dashuai, who has always refused to eat calculations, really took a bite back. Shen Junru, a gentleman, how can he withstand the counterattack of a reactionary warlord like Fang Dashuai. He smiled and raised his hand to make an invitation: "Handsome, please!" ”

While walking inside, Shen Junru began to speak unceremoniously: "The handsome and wise, Shen does have difficulties to take care of." ”

"Mr. Bingfu doesn't need to be polite, but if it is conducive to the cause of education, Jianxiong will definitely do his best." Fang Jianxiong is very simple, he didn't come to this era, it's hard for you to understand why there are so many people in this era who would rather stick up their entire net worth and engage in education. After staying for a few years, I have constantly seen some unique temperament belonging to this nation from Li Guangjiong and others, and it is precisely because in every era there will be a group of people who continue the incense for the future of the nation and are willing to dedicate a qiē, that the Chinese civilization can continue for thousands of years without interruption.

"Since Dashuai said so, Shen is not welcome. Shen was deeply saddened by the suspension of the Wuchang Dialect School. After running for many days, I finally got some eyebrows. However, the provincial government has limited funding and can only offer four courses. ”

When Fang Jianxiong heard this, he raised his hand and interrupted, "Let's talk about the situation of this dialect school first. ”

Shen Junru didn't expect Fang Jianxiong to ask this, how could Xindao not even know about this famous school? The predecessor of the dialect school was the self-improvement school founded by Zhang Xiangshuai, which initially set up four disciplines: dialect, arithmetic, gezhi and business, which was the first modern education in Central and South China. The so-called self-improvement, Xiang Shuai said, Gaiwen Jingguo is based on self-improvement, the way of self-improvement, and the education of talents first. ”

When Shen Junru shook his head and explained, Fang Jianxiong suddenly spoke, as if he was not very polite. However, Shen Junru didn't care, and listened to him patiently. "Zhang Xiangshuai is right, I am here today to discuss with Mr. Bingfu how to build a modern university of science and technology in the true sense. The strength of the Western powers is rooted in the Industrial Revolution. The foundation of the modern industrial revolution is science and engineering education. The construction of a university of science and technology in Wuhan is precisely the purpose of today's Jianxiong's self-defeat. ”

As he spoke, Fang Jian's heroic feelings were somewhat urgent, and at the last moment, he waved his hand fiercely and pointed to the west: "Mr. Bingfu, time is running out, the pace of the Chinese nation catching up with the world is too slow, and my generation should seize the day!" ”

"Well said!" In an instant, the image of Fang Jianxiong, a reactionary warlord, grew taller, and his fierce wave of his hand was so powerful and inspiring. With the support of such a warlord, uh, no, it's the leadership and support of the leader, and if the school can't be run well, then it's not a matter of being sorry for people.

"Dashuai's words are deafening, and if we and other people in the education circles can't do our job well, we can be regarded as national sinners." Shen Junru was deceived by the blood, and the national sinners came out.

After some discussion, Fang Jianxiong once again gave the cottage the disciplines he used to study in a certain school, and now used them all to the cottage, and finally decided to raise half of the government and half of the non-governmental people to raise 500,000 yuan to set up a polytechnic university on the basis of the dialect society. Because the university is in the three towns of Wuhan, Fang Jianxiong thinks it would be better to call it Wuhan University of Technology.

Shen Junru expressed his objection and said: "It's better to call it Wuhan University, Shen feels that in the future, some disciplines of literature and history can be added to build a comprehensive university." ”

This is a small problem, Fang Jianxiong nodded: "Okay, it's called Wuhan University." Taking advantage of today, I still have some ideas that I would like to exchange with you in the education field. ”

When Fang Jianxiong left the Ministry of Education, Shen Junru led the crowd to send him off, originally planning to slaughter a knife, but he never thought that Fang Dashuai was purely self-defeating. When he walked to the gate, Fang Jianxiong stopped, took out a check for 500,000 yuan, and said with a smile: "Look at me so busy, this is a little fund collected by the people, and it was handed over to Mr. Bingfu." According to the discussion just now, half of it will be used for Wuhan University, and the other half, my idea is to build a school of traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine is the traditional medicine of the Chinese nation and the essence of Chinese civilization. How to protect and develop traditional Chinese medicine, the education department must pay attention to it. Traditional Chinese medicine is an empirical science, how to do a good job in the teaching of traditional Chinese medicine, we work together to explore, and carry forward the prosperity of this national wealth. ”

Fang Jianxiong's car had already gone away, and Shen Junru was still standing in place and watching, and suddenly slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, why did you forget to ask Dashuai to mention the name of the new university?" ”

This wish was not fulfilled in the end, because Fang Dashuai refused, boasting: labor and management do not have the habit of inscriptions everywhere! Not to mention a calligrapher, indiscriminate inscriptions for fear of being over-struck by lightning by 13! In the end, I found Mr. Cai Yuanpei and asked him to write an inscription for the new university, which was not mentioned later.

The preparatory work for the establishment of Wuhan University began in full swing at the beginning of 12 years, and at the same time, Wuhan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine began. (Site. Your support is my biggest motivation. )