Shandong University Hall does not recruit female students, and co-education is still a dream. It is not difficult for Xu Si to enter the school, because his father is the principal. But the gender still needs to be kept secret, but fortunately, she does not live in school, so it is not much trouble.

The military parade that just ended shocked the students. Xu Si was not the only student who came to the school to watch that day. In the past few days, the students, disappointed with the imperial court on the Manchurian issue, have been talking more enthusiastically about the wonderful military parade in the Fifth Town.

"I never thought that a soldier could be trained like that! I want to go to Fifth Town as a soldier. ”

"So why can't the elite troops fight Russia?"

"Why do you want to help Japan? The Japanese should be kept out as well! "The news has just come that the Japanese army has occupied Seoul and is advancing frantically northward. The students had a wide range of knowledge, and they did not need any military literacy to know that the Japanese army would definitely cross the Yalu River and enter Liaodong......

Xu Si was reluctant to get too close to her classmates, fearing revealing her identity. So she just quietly listened to the comments of her classmates. She didn't know how to spend the summer, and when she was less clothed, her delicate curves would be difficult to hide. Just talking about facial features can be nonsense, and there are two bulges on the chest that can't be explained in any way. My father is planning to achieve coeducation, and whether he can succeed or not is still between the two.

The shock of the military parade in the big school field was huge, she didn't care much about the uniform pace, but she liked the three tunes very much. Through her father, she had already inquired about the names of the three songs, the welcome song, the parade song, and the military song of the fifth town. The composer is General Long Qian, the commander of the fifth town, who is tall and burly. A young military commander with a dark complexion. His father told him that he was not yet 30 years old.

"Listen! The wind is whistling, and the trumpet is sounding...... "high-spirited with chic and romantic colors."

"To the vast fields, to the high hills!" The two sentences at the end of the military song bloom with endless ambition.

I didn't memorize the lyrics, but these two sentences were imprinted in my head. Xu Si made a request to his father, to find the complete lyrics of the military song of the fifth town, as well as the welcome song and the parade song.

"Well, I don't see Admirals anymore." Xu Wenfu muttered, "It is indeed a fine product. When I see the general, ask him for it. ”

"Don't you know the officer below?"

"My father had always hated wearing military uniforms, and he really didn't have much to do with the people under him. However, I invited him to come to the school to give a talk. He had agreed. ”

"When?" Xu Si became interested. "What will he speak?"

"I said that he should set the topic himself, and he will talk about it casually. Oh, do you think teachers and students will like it? ”

"I think I'll love it. In the past few days, everyone has been talking about the military parade. Oh, father, do you think those songs were really composed by the Admiral? ”

"I think so. This talent is not limited to the management of the army. I've learned that. Music is a little talk. Maybe it's just interest. ”

"Music is no small path. Putting in a lifetime of energy may not be able to enter the house. Xu Si expressed dissatisfaction with her father's disdain for the music she was obsessed with.

Xu Wenfu's invitation to Long Qian to give a speech at Shandong University Hall was quickly fulfilled. On the afternoon of February 13, in the auditorium, which had not yet been fully completed, Long Qian gave a speech to the teachers and students of Shandong University Hall.

This large hall was built by Xu Wenfu after he took office. He believes that the university must have such an auditorium where all the faculty and students can gather. The chair has not yet been set. Except for the gentlemen of the school, who sat on temporary chairs, the total number of nearly 1,000 students was standing to listen to the lecture.

On this day, Long Qian did not wear a military uniform, but a dark gray suit. This set of clothes was custom-made for him by the original Huayuan Garment Factory, and it was the first time he wore it in public.

"Dear President Xu, teachers and students, good afternoon. Long was invited by Mr. Wenfu to stand here and say a few words. I was very uncertain, worried that I wouldn't be able to tell you something worth listening to. I have always believed that the person who satirizes the cow is not the cow but the one who plays the harp. Speaking depends on who the audience is, writing a book depends on who the audience is, whether it is a senior chef cooking a dish, and knowing who the diners are. I used to talk to my subordinates, and they were all groups with low literacy or even no literacy. Today, I am facing the most knowledgeable group in Shandong Province, which makes me nervous. If you have a different opinion, please be patient and listen. After speaking, you can criticize and discuss it in person, or you can write an article to refute it later. ”

Xu Si, who was sitting behind his father, looked at the young man on the stage with wide eyes. After changing into a dress, he seems to have changed into a different person, becoming young and polite, speaking with a Beijing accent and talking eloquently.

"Today I will only talk about one issue, the understanding of China's political situation." Long Qian opened the speech with a clear and clear topic.

Xu Wenfu, who was sitting in the front row, was shocked, he didn't expect Long Qian to choose such a topic.

"There is no mystery in politics, and it is not the preserve of those in power. A good society is one in which everyone participates. It's not just a 'shi' in Shinong industry and commerce. The teachers and students here may think that 'only the superior wisdom and the lower foolishness are unswerving', this can be regarded as a Confucian classic. And we, the teachers and students of the university hall, are naturally part of the 'scholars'. How can you talk to those who are 'laboring'? I don't see it that way. Only when all elements of society rise up to shoulder their responsibilities can there be hope for this society. This is the mystery of Gu Yanwu's "the rise and fall of the world, the husband is responsible". As far as I understand, taking on the rise and fall of the world does not have to be done when the sky falls apart, it is a normal job. Long is a person who leads the army, and he knows the difficulty of governing the army, and only when the soldiers and the officers have the same desires, can this army be like an arm. However, the long history of our country has formed a unique political formation, which has penetrated into every aspect of our lives and affects everyone all the time. ”

There was a humming sound of head-to-ear buzzing. This opening sentence shows that the speaker is not a vulgar martial artist who is illiterate, but has a knowledge of Chinese culture. Moreover, the interpretation of politics is also new. Xu Si, who listened attentively and took a notebook to record with a pen, saw that the two gentlemen of the Chinese department were communicating in a low voice, and seemed to disagree with Long Qian's opening sentence.

Long Qian coughed lightly and continued to preach. "I think Chinese politics is laissez-faire. There is an old saying, 'It is better to rule the world than to be at peace with the world, and it is better to be at peace with the world than to be at peace with the world'. One phrase speaks to the core of Chinese political customs—negativity. But why should we take the negative over the positive? The core reason is class.

The word is a poop word. What is Class? It is a group that is differentiated by different socioeconomic status. It's okay to call it class. Economic status creates a class, and people basically operate within the confines of their class. This is true for making friends, and even more so for weddings and funerals. This is what the saying goes. If we don't talk about their political demands, the class is the class, but because of the antagonistic factor, the class is more expressive.

"Politics always arises out of the creation of classes. In primitive societies where classes were not produced, politics was clear. This is what Confucianism yearns for. I will never forget the Datong society, which is full of appreciation, and the section of "the journey of the avenue, the world is a public ......" contained in the Book of Rites is the eternal yearning of our intellectuals. But there are few times when that kind of society has been realized. Primitive societies are not recorded. After entering a written society. I don't think any dynasty can do that.

"If there are classes, the interests of each other are by no means the same. For example, landlords and hired peasants, one side always wants to collect more rent. The other party is always thinking about reducing rent and interest. The ruling class of today's society is hereditary aristocrats and bureaucrats. The so-called bureaucrats are the first officials, and the second is the soldiers. The third is the people who are auxiliary officials, such as shogunes, officials, servants, gentlemen, and wealthy people. These people's interests are basically the same as those of the rulers, and the opposite are the opposite of those of the governed. Of course, among the ruling class, there are no Qing officials who care about the people's welfare, such as Hai Rui in the Ming Dynasty, Jackie Chan and Zhang Boxing in this dynasty, who regard the interests of the ruled as their own interests. However, this kind of person does not seem to be tolerated by the mainstream of officialdom. Moreover, these Qing officials who are remembered by the small people are always very few. In terms of biology, the good and the bad are always in the minority, but the norm is the mean. A person who is in the middle of the mean will not take the interests of others as his own interests, nor will he take the harm of others as his own harm, and always put his own interests first. This is what has always been emphasized that human nature is selfish. The organization of society always divides the interests of one part of the people with the other part or more parts. This requires the ruler to fulfill his responsibilities as governors. However, the social division of labor is fine, the population is so large, and the social hierarchy or class is becoming more and more complex, and the weight of supervision is a big problem. Accountability is the prerogative and responsibility of the ruling class. But in doing anything, the bureaucratic class will inevitably exploit the small people and benefit themselves, so the diligent officials will inevitably always offend people, and it is better to do less or nothing to do more than to be safer. After thinking through this verse, it becomes clear that what political customs always abolish polarity. ”

It's interesting. Xu Wenfu listened with relish. He considered himself a man of the ruling class as Long Qian put it, with hundreds of acres of good land at home, and shares in factories and firms. If you think about your colleagues, they all seem to be people of the same class.

"Historically, the supreme ruler has been permissive of the bureaucracy or the ruling class, and the regime has lasted longer, but if it has adopted radical policies, it has been reversed internally. Therefore, such as the king of the Song Dynasty, Jing Gong, there are always very few. Such people are not liked by the bureaucratic class or by the supreme rulers, and life is very difficult. Feng Menglong in the Ming Dynasty has a collection of novels, which contains a description of Wang Anshi, you can take a look at it, is it like what I said.

"Because there is such a tendency in politics to seek innocence, this has created a bureaucratic habit, and the political attitude adopted by the bureaucratic class is always like this: first, not to do things, second, to avoid blame, and thirdly, to cheat when the blame is not met......"

A chuckle was lowered. Xu Wenfu almost burst out laughing. Long Qian's summary of the three states of officialdom is quite expressive, and what he experienced after taking over Shandong University Hall is exactly like this.

"The way not to do things, first, prevarication, is to simply not do it, or leave it to others. Second, to delay is to drag things down, hoping that they will be eliminated on their own. This is the reason for the low efficiency of officialdom. However, to be exempt from accountability is to adopt the so-called means of speaking official words, which sounds completely correct, but in fact they are all nonsense and empty words, which do not make up for anything. Cheating is self-interest, it is the nature of classes and individuals, and it has always been the case, the ruler cheats, and the governed cheat as well......

"All kinds of politics always have to have money before they can be held. If we want to actively rectify politics, we must talk about the law of managing money. However, the most important tax in this dynasty is the land tax, which is the field tax, and the ding is the body tax, that is, forced labor. Obliging the people to serve in the military service has many disadvantages, so they are exempted from the service by paying the money instead. That is, the government collects the money and then hires people to do things. And the so-called money collectors are not levied on those who should serve. Instead, he tried to put the county's amount in a showdown with the house of Arita, which was called a paving into an acre. It's called Ding Tax, but it's actually still a field tax. The county tax in this dynasty is actually a Ding amount, and it will not increase due to the increase in population, and the Holy Ancestor issued an edict in the 51st year of Kangxi, 'After the order, this breeds people, and will never be added.' At this point, the two taxes were officially combined...... The government relies on financial support to operate. Taxation is its positive source. But the external situation has changed drastically. For example, the invasion of foreign powers and the reorganization of armaments led to a sharp increase in government expenditures, and the number of internal personnel also showed an increasing trend due to the passage of time. The Western Han Dynasty supported about one official for every 9,000 people. In modern times, there are less than 1,000 people. However, the increase in land taxes could not keep up with the speed of spending. This is where the contradiction arises......

"The stupidest of all. I also know that the increase in yield per mu is not an overnight thing. Therefore, it is difficult to increase the land tax. But more and more places to spend money are also an unstoppable trend, so. In order to cope with the changes in the situation, it is necessary to vigorously develop industry and commerce in order to increase the source of tax revenue. It is believed that the signs of a civilized society can be observed by the source of taxation, and the more advanced the society, the lower the proportion of the land tax, until the field tax is completely eliminated. The imperial court implemented a new policy to encourage private capital to enter industry and commerce, and vigorously set up industries...... That's the meaning. ”

"The most important functions of the state are twofold, one is to maintain order at home, and the other is to defend against foreign aggression. In order to achieve these two goals, there was military punishment. China's previous situation, in peacetime, did not care about soldiers. The so-called soldiers are only a group that eats in the name of soldiers, and basically has no combat effectiveness. Looking back at the armies of various dynasties and generations in history, there is no exception. For there is neither an opposing external enemy, nor an internal strife that must be prevented. Under such circumstances, neither the soldiers nor the leaders expected to fight, so the powerful and elite army in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China quickly became corrupt. But why don't people in the private world want to maintain a strong army to protect their industries? However, when there is a goal of strong and useless soldiers, the front of the army will naturally turn inward, which is what the supreme ruler fears the most. Therefore, it is absolutely not necessary to reorganize the army. Therefore, in the history of China, civil strife broke out, and the country often had no available troops, and it was only after a considerable period of time that the newly formed army could play its role, fighting wars on the one hand, training and building on the other, and thus developing and growing into a new strong army. The Hongyang Rebellion and the rise of the Xianghuai Army are the best examples......"

Xu Wenfu was a little dumbfounded. This is a very sensitive topic. The momentum of the imperial court's formation and training of the new army is very large, and the world knows it. His talk about the use of external and internal use is reasonable, but it sounds harsh. The fifth town has just held a military parade that shook Jinan Mansion, so strong army, right? Externally?

Long Qian continued, "As for criminal law, in China, it is not law but custom that maintains order. When a person commits a crime, it is a social sanction rather than a legal sanction. The reason for this is the weakness of the government due to political laissez-faire, and the difficulty of applying one law due to the vast territory and different customs in different places. Thus, custom gradually replaced law. Another reason is that it is always difficult to eliminate local evil forces, such as patriarchal treatment......

"Because people don't learn history, Ash is selfish and complacent. And history is to everything, what chess is to chess. In the late Qing Dynasty, from Zeng Guofan to Li Hongzhang, he had a lot of reserves of historical knowledge, so he was still able to do it. Most people do not learn history, just as they do not study the music and play chess in vain, then success or failure is blunt, and there is absolutely no certainty, thus creating a situation in which a country has no long-term people to rely on. Indeed, modern Chinese scholars have failed in cultural competition and are competing to learn from the West. From learning from the West for use, he embarked on the road of no return where middle school could not be used as a body. The so-called Handan toddler is lost. As soon as its foothold is lost, there is a phenomenon of people in the country 'rising for a while, and falling into small successes'. The history mentioned here must be studied by everyone. In the time of Zeng Guofan, most of the scholars in the country had not lost their origins, so they were still able to occupy the center, but now the vast majority of people seem to have lost their knowledge of history, even if the monarchs here may have doubts about their own history, it is naturally difficult to occupy the position of the empty middle backbone...... What I mean by this is that when we learn from the Western powers, we must base ourselves on our own realities, and it is not okay to blindly copy and copy......

"The reason why I chose such a topic is to hope that the students here will have a correct understanding of today's society after they leave school and go out into society. Gentlemen, don't think that what Long said is the only thing that is correct. To tell the truth, it has only been five or six years since Long returned to China, and he can't talk about authoritative understanding at all. However, it is difficult to cope with the influence of politics because of the lack of political conditions. The above is my speech, the class has an axe, thank you. ”

After speaking, Long Qian bowed deeply to the audience.

Xu Wenfu was the first to stand up and applaud warmly. Maybe it was out of politeness, maybe it was sincere, and the applause from the audience was quite warm.

When the applause subsided, Xu Wenfu stopped Long Qian, who walked off the podium, "General Xie Lu Xie Long gave a wonderful and unique speech. Please stay with the general, and I have questions below. ”

Immediately after standing up, an old man with braided hair, the braids were gray, with a beautiful silver hair, and a Suzhou accent, "The contemptible Jiao Yinju is a teacher in the Western Literature Department." I just listened to General Long's explanation of politics and expressed my deep admiration. May I ask you, Lord Admiral, what do you think of a new university? (To be continued......)