For Liang Dingfen's recommendation, Sun Yuanqi had a headache: refusing is naturally not good, and when he first came to Hubei, he offended the real power figures, which was obviously not a wise move; But if he promised him, he would immediately be set aside and become the second Chao Gai.

Yang Duxiao sat on the side and looked at Sun Yuanqi with a grin: "What positions are you going to give Liang Zhentai?" ”

Sun Yuanqi crossed his fingers and said: "Among these six subjects, the General Affairs Section is in charge of teaching materials, and I agreed with the Commercial Press before that I would promote teaching materials together, but in order to avoid constraints, this subject naturally cannot be given to him."

"The special department is in charge of universities and scientific research, which is not only what I am best at, but also the purpose of my coming to Hubei, and I can't fake it.

"As for the general subject, it is the foundation of the special subject, without primary and secondary education, the university is a tree without roots and water without a source; Besides, Mr. Cai Heqin will run a school here in the future, so this must also be grasped in his hands.

"But the Industrial Division is in charge of vocational education, the Library Department is in charge of experimental instruments, and the Accounting Department is in charge of building schools, so I would also like to intervene. But Liang Zhentai is too strong in Hubei, and all the schools were created by him with the help of Xiang Shuai, and the academic community is his people, so I am afraid that at least these three positions must be given to him."

Yang Du nodded: "You're right, we can only keep three positions at most"

"Oh?" Sun Yuanqi felt that Yang Du had something to say.

Yang Du no longer smiled, and said: "Saying that we can only leave three seats for long, it is because we can only find three people at the moment: Lin Weilu, Uncle Liu Shen and Bucai." Although Zhang Xingyan and Chen Zhongfu are talented, they only show off their talents and fame, and according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, they cannot be officials. If you come out to serve as a section chief, you will definitely be summoned to discuss things, which will be unfavorable to you. ”

Sun Yuanqi didn't love power, and immediately decided: "Then we will have three subjects: general affairs, special, and general, and the other three subjects and the academic affairs office will be given to them, and they will be content if they think about it."

Yang Du's expression did not move, but he asked rhetorically: "Among these six subjects, which ones are you most familiar with?" ”

Sun Yuanqi was a little surprised by his question, but he still answered honestly: "If you want to say that you are the most familiar, it is naturally the special department, followed by the general department, the industrial department, and the general affairs department, and as for the library department and the accounting department, it is the most unfamiliar." ”

"If I were you, I would choose the three subjects of general affairs, books, and accounting." Yang Du said firmly.

"Huh? Why? ”

Yang Du smiled: "Because Chinese officialdom has always been deceived and concealed, you don't know much about the three subjects of general affairs, books, and accounting, if you appoint others, it will be difficult for you to grasp the truth in the future, so you can only listen to it." And these three subjects are all related to financial power, so it is no less than Tai'a holding it. In case they pretend to be public and private, and fill their own pockets, and are not discovered, they are regarded as bodhisattva blessings; Once the East Window incident happens, you will definitely be implicated by them, at least you will not be able to escape the charge of negligence.

"And if you master these three subjects, and let out the three subjects of special, ordinary, and industrial, things will be much easier. First of all, you are familiar with these matters, and they can't deceive you, but can grab their pigtails at any time. Second, you are running the school at the behest of the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and you can blatantly meddle in the business of these three departments and empty them, and they are not easy to say. Third, when you have the right people, you can replace them on the pretext that they are not familiar with the business, and you will not delay your business.

"So, if I were you, I would choose the three subjects of general affairs, books, and accounting."

Sun Yuanqi has always been as good as a stream. It's just that when Liang Dingfen was told about this result, this lord was not too happy: after all, none of the errands with a lot of oil and water were caught, and the rice bowl was full of chicken ribs that had no meat to eat and were discarded. But then again, people have generously ceded half of their territory to themselves, what else can you say?

Now that the yamen has been preliminarily built, Sun Yuanqi immediately plunged into the intense busyness. The work idea has already been thought of, that is, the eight-character policy of "easy first, then difficult, and gradually pushed forward".

Therefore, "easy first and then difficult" means to first grasp the imminent primary teacher education and the primary education that has been roughly formed in Hubei; then focus on secondary education and industrial education; Finally, there is higher education. The so-called "gradual roll-out" is to first implement the education transformation plan in Wuchang Prefecture, the provincial capital, and then promote it to the rest of the nine prefectures, one prefecture, and one hall after achieving certain results.

As early as 1904, Zhang Zhidong had set up 5 higher primary schools and 43 primary schools in the provincial capital, and also set up 17 primary schools outside the provincial capital. As for other privately founded primary schools, they are dotted all over the land of Hubei. There are schools and students, and the key is to look at the teaching materials and teachers.

At present, Lin Shu is the head of the General Affairs Division of the Department of Education and Mission, but in fact he is only responsible for the drafting and sending of documents; As for the examination and approval of teaching materials, it is still under the management of Sun Yuanqi.

When Sun Yuanqi was in the school, he had already reviewed the textbooks of primary and secondary schools in various places, and found that most of the science textbooks were temporarily translated into Japanese textbooks by people hired by the provinces. Japan's science and technology level is not very good, and most of the textbooks used in schools are simplified versions of European textbooks. As soon as we trace back to the source, we found that the Chinese textbooks were all outdated knowledge from Europe and the United States one or two decades ago, and taught them to primary and secondary school students. And because everyone's language habits are different, the same content can be translated for you several things, such as nourishing gas, oxygen, light gas, and hydrogen, which is very unfavorable for the popularization of scientific and technological knowledge. However, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was no such professional organization as the "National Committee for the Examination and Approval of Scientific and Technological Terms", and at present, the only way to deal with this problem is to temporarily deal with it by stipulating unified teaching materials.

At this time, he received the first batch of temporary bibliographies for primary and secondary schools approved by the school department, and Sun Yuanqi immediately issued his first order after becoming an official on the surface of the Hubei Provincial Education Envoy:

"The right attendant of the school department is the Hubei Provincial School Envoy Sun for the province's primary and secondary schools to switch to textbooks:

On May of the 32nd year of Guangxu, the Ministry of Education consulted the national primary and secondary school textbooks for examination and approval, and Meng Yizhi approved the implementation of the proposal and promulgated the provinces. Today, the teaching materials of Hubei Province are mixed, and they should be unified according to the decree. Starting from July of this year, all new students should adopt the standard textbooks, and should not neglect the students who have already completed the school, and each school should select suitable textbooks from them according to the current progress of the coursework, and make up for the deficiencies for a period of two years, and must be corrected. If there is any non-compliance, severe punishment will be given. Be sure to. Notice is hereby given"

There have been so many primary schools, and the teaching materials have begun to be unified, but if the teachers are still those private school teachers who are called Shiyun, what effect can they have? At this time, Sun Yuanqi understood why the Beijing Normal University Hall was the first to run the Normal Hall, followed by the Shixue Hall: to manage the school, the first priority is to be normal

At present, there are many normal schools in Hubei: as early as 1902, the Hubei Normal School was established outside the Binyang Gate in Wuchang; Hubei Kindergarten Teacher, which specially cultivates kindergarten teachers, was founded in the autumn of 1903; The Hubei Normal School, which was intended for teachers to study, was opened in 1904; The Zhijun Normal School, which is designed to train teachers for various prefectures and counties in Hubei, was established in 1905; At the beginning of this year, Zhang Zhidong just changed the Hubei Higher School of Literature into the Lianghu General Normal School, and ordered all prefectures to temporarily change all the middle schools they set up into junior normal schools...... However, no one in the department knows what the level of teaching is.

Taizu taught us: "Without investigation, there is no right to speak." Sun Yuanqi decided to go out in person and investigate on the spot. Choose an early morning on a sunny day, change into a moon-white bamboo cloth robe, and get ready to go out.

Hearing that Sun Yuanqi was going to "Weifu Private Visit", Yang Du, who was doing a good thing, immediately came over, and Liu Shipei also took it. In the others, Mr. Lin Shu is a lot older, and he still has to translate books, so naturally he won't join in the fun; Zhang Shizhao was busy compiling the financial budget of the yamen this year and couldn't spare time; As for Chen Qiansheng, he often doesn't see anyone for three days, and this staff member is more comfortable than being a master.

Lao Zhao saw that Sun Yuanqi was going out, and he hurriedly followed. Sun Yuanqi waved his hand and asked him to go back and rest quickly: behind a few young people, followed by an old servant who spoke Shandong dialect, it was really a bit of a surprise to see that Sun Yuanqi did not let him follow, Lao Zhao always felt uneasy, and hurriedly turned around and called three or four security guards, so that they could be decorated far behind, so that they could take care of it.

"My lord, Brother Wanzi, where are we going first?" Liu Shipei was also arrogant, and he looked at people with his head held high. can talk about running schools and scientific research, Sun Yuanqi can spare him more than five times, not to mention that now he is living under the scenes, and he has to respectfully call him "adult". And what he learned was limited to scriptures, and when it came to human sophistication and scheming, he was far from being Yang Du's opponent. The two had only known each other for a few days, and the young man didn't dare to roll his eyes when he saw Yang Du.

"When you're out of the house, you still call me 'Baixi'" Sun Yuanqi said casually: "This time, we will first go to the Zhijun Normal School and the Normal Training Institute, then go to the Hubei Normal School, and finally the Lianghu General Normal School." ”

"It seems that Baixi is ready to move from thrift to luxury, and gradually get better." No matter rain or shine, spring, summer, autumn and winter, Yang Du has always been inseparable from the paper fan in his hand, as if this is his signboard.

"Yes, these four schools are really climbing higher step by step - the descendants are higher than the predecessors," Liu Shipei said.

Wuchang City is not big, and he went to the branch county normal while talking. The school gate was very simple, and the old man who guarded the gate was preparing breakfast, and the smoke was curling. The young man who looked like three students walked into the school, didn't ask a word, and continued to bury his head in his great cause of burning fire.

When the three of them entered the school, they saw several neat rows of brick houses. Because it has only been built for a long time, the wall is still snow-white, and every short distance is written with an ink pen, such as "learning without getting tired, teaching without tireless", "reviewing the old and learning the new, being able to be a teacher", "learning from a high school as a teacher, being a model" and other slogans. It was probably early, and there were only a few young people in the classroom, either catching up on sleep, or chatting together, and few were reading. Seeing Sun Yuanqi and his party, just like the old man at the door, just glance at it.

Books are important assets, so there are few stacks of books on the desks as they were in later generations. Sun Yuanqi wanted to go over and see what kind of books those people had in their hands when they came first.

Liu Shipei's eyes were sharp, and he only glanced at it, and then whispered to Sun Yuanqi: "It's the "Notes on the Four Books and Chapters and Sentences". ”。.。