After lunch, Sun Yuanqi said goodbye to the old man and went back in a carriage.

The old Zhao in front of the car grinned with the gourd that opened the scoop, and his back was straightened before, and he couldn't wait to paste a few big words on the door of his head: "My master is a big official." The few entourages in the back also threw off their arms and walked, looking like they were deliberately playing tricks, and Sun Yuanqi just wanted to have fun.

As soon as I entered the school gate, it was the end of school in the afternoon, and some students bowed and kowtowed. It turned out that when Lao Zhao came back to get the fountain pen, he shouted once, and then the palace sent holy decrees, official edicts, etc., for a time, almost everyone in Jingshi University knew that President Sun was the new "Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy". At the beginning, there may be many students who don't know this) "Bachelor's Lecture", and when people who are familiar with the rules of the system explain, everyone is a little excited and hot-eyed: After all, the "Reliable Mileage Award" is a foreigner's thing, and it has nothing to do with my Qing Dynasty. If, in case, one day President Sun really became a scholar and a scholar, wouldn't it be ......... for us?

Sun Yuanqi hurriedly got out of the carriage, helped the students up, and chatted casually. When the nearby students saw Sun Yuanqi appear here, they hurriedly called their friends and gathered here. In a moment, more than half of the students in the school gathered in the small square at the entrance of the school, and the voices of the students "Congratulations to Principal Sun on his ascension" came and went. Zhang Yuanji, Pi Xirui, Wang Guowei and others also heard the news, and as a member of the system, they had to come over to congratulate them.

Although the teachers and students of the school are now greeting each other with smiling faces, the "congratulations on Gao Sheng" made Sun Yuanqi feel unhappy in his heart: this voice is more about the yearning and thirst for power, which is also human nature, and now it appears at the gate of the university, which is really harsh. This also goes against the original intention of establishing a university: to apply it to the world, to strengthen the country and benefit the people, to cultivate academic and scientific research talents, teaching teachers in other schools, and technical forces of enterprises and institutions as the center, but not to train bureaucrats and scholars.

This kind of symptom should be corrected in time!

At that moment, Sun Yuanqi walked quickly to the carriage, stood on the wheel and arched his hand to everyone, and then signaled everyone to be quiet:

"Dear teachers and friends! Dear students! Hello everyone. ”

"Today, so many people are gathered here to congratulate me warmly and congratulate me on my ascension. First of all, I am very happy because it shows that you see me as a friend and a teacher. If I'm a bad person, I guess everyone should spit on me at this time! So I'm very happy. ”

"But at the same time, I also have a question that has been buried in my heart, and everyone is here today, and I would like to take this opportunity to raise it and discuss it with you. The question is: Why study? In other words, what to do after reading the book. ”

"Mr. Zhang just said to me, "Why study, why study, similar words, Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty also said, it was found in his clothes after his death, saying: Kong said Chengren, Meng said to take righteousness." But its righteousness is exhausted, so it is benevolent. Read the books of the sages, what do you learn? Now and then, there is almost no comparison. ”

"What do you learn when you read the books of the sages? Each of you will have your own answer to this question. Come, let's talk about this classmate first? ”

"Okay, go and be a good official and educate Li Min. Confucius said, learn and excel. One answer. Classmates, you can also talk about it! ”

"Oh, self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world. This is in "University", and it is indeed very suitable for the purpose of the school. What do you think of you raising your hands so high? ”

"Well, if you don't be a good doctor, you're a good look. There is Mencius's "poor is good for himself, and good is good for the world, and the courage and mind are very good." What about you? ”

"Answer your doubts and explore the mysteries of the world? Good, full of research and exploration spirit. In the future, we must study hard with this sentence as the purpose! “

"Just now, all the students have expressed their own answers. Each answer is grandiose and worth a lifetime of fighting for, very good! I've been thinking about this question a lot. A few days ago, I took advantage of my spare time to read the "Analects" I have been running around at home and abroad all these years, studying science and engineering, I don't know anything about these basic classics, and now I feel a little regretful, so I plan to make up for it When I was flipping through it, I saw a sentence in it, saying that "the scholars of the ancient times are for themselves, and the scholars of today are for people", which quoted Cheng Zi's words to explain, saying that "for oneself" is to want to get it from oneself: "for others" is to want to see and know others. I'm not wrong, am I? If there is a mistake, everyone should point it out. I really can't do that, you can be my teacher. ”

"Because I am a halfway monk, when I first saw that "the scholars of the past are themselves, and the scholars of today are people", I did not think of Chengzi and Zhuzi, but thought of something else. It doesn't necessarily make sense, so I ask you to correct me when I say it today. First of all, "for yourself" is literally for yourself. No matter how ordinary an ordinary person is, there are always two pursuits: material and spiritual. When you are born, you have to eat, drink, pull and sleep, which is on a material level. What you need can't come out of nowhere, so you have to learn all kinds of skills and experiences to keep yourself well fed, fed and clothed: in the process of learning skills and getting food and clothing, he has to deal with the nature and society around him, which involves a spiritual level, such as changing his shortcomings and becoming a recognized good person in order to gain everyone's recognition of himself. ”

"Well" as a person, in the literal sense, is for others. How about doing it for the sake of others? It is like a person who has nothing but volunteers to shepherd sheep and manage the household for others. We all know that although this person volunteered, we must guess that he was trying to take advantage of it and bargain. ”

The ancient scholars were for themselves, first for themselves, and then for others. I have the skills and means to make a living, so that I have food and clothing, I have Xu Li, and I think of others, which is a kind of kindness. Today's scholars are human beings, first for others and then for themselves. But if you don't sweep a house, how can you sweep the world? If you can't support yourself, how can you serve others first? In the end, it is all about self-interest by harming others. ”。

"Of course, these are my family words, don't take them seriously. However, from this passage, it is very interesting to talk about the question of "why study, why study" today. Studying, first of all, "for yourself" is to learn a skill, you can support yourself" and then feed the whole family, so as not to achieve nothing, to others to support, drag others: at the same time, pay attention to their own quality cultivation, let themselves integrate into society, and strive to become a person worthy of the respect of others. ”。

"For yourself, one layer, as long as you maintain sincerity and conscience, even the peddlers and pawns can do it. As a university that cultivates elite talents in society, it is not enough for us to do just "self-cultivation" when cultivating students. And students limit themselves to "for themselves, one layer, and they also fall into the inferiority." After we are "for ourselves", we must also "be a person, just like an official, in addition to supporting the whole family", we must think of benefiting the people within the scope of our ability: to be a doctor, after having enough food and clothing, we must better study medical skills, popularize medical treatment, and save more patients: as scientists, in addition to satisfying our own thirst for knowledge, we must also develop high-quality and inexpensive livelihood products to benefit the public............ The purpose of our university is to apply it to the world, strengthen the country and benefit the people. While cultivating students' good moral character, learning ability, and livelihood skills, it is also necessary to educate students to have a broad mind and commensurate ability to serve the country and the people and help the world. ”。

"Now" our country is surrounded by foreign powers on the outside, and weak on the inside, and poor on the inside. You are all aspiring young people, and at this time of great promise, you need to establish a firm foothold, rise up the determination to turn the tide, and revitalize the country and the people. And the direction of efforts is not only to be an official. Those who study physics and chemistry can use their efforts in steel, ships, railways, and electric power; those who study engineering electronics can use their efforts in guns, cement, coal, and communications............ Today, "I am in front of this official, but I really have to do it, and my interest is not here." I hope that you will not learn from me, use your precious youth time, and "study hard, work hard, and work hard" with the heart of serving the country and the people. ”。

I went back to Jingshi University for a day off, and I was thinking about how to explain to Yale and Mi T that I had postponed my trip to Dunhuang first, when I saw Pan Xian sneaking into the president's office and asked "Hello sir" carelessly......

"Yela? Something? ”。 Sun Yuanqi thought there was something wrong with his graduation project. Today, "the first batch of students enrolled in Jingshi University has completed four years of study, and only their final graduation thesis remains.

"No............ No, no, it's a little thing. ”。 Pan Xian said in the period.

"Oh?".

Pan Xian cowered and moved to the desk, took out a piece of paper from his arms, and respectfully handed it to Sun Yuanqi: "Sir, that's, I just want to ask you to sign it............"

Sun Yuanqi took it, but saw the title of the public declaration of the renewal of the contract of the United States, and hurriedly read it.

It turned out that after the Opium War, a large number of Chinese laborers were lured to the United States under the guise of gold panning, and took on extremely heavy labor such as reclamation, road construction, and mining to promote the prosperity of the United States. During the Tongzhi and Guangxu years, there was an economic crisis in the United States, and in order to get out of the predicament, the United States began to incite the exclusion of China. In the 10th year of Guangxu (1(8)94), the United States forced the Qing court to sign the "Treaty on the Prohibition of Chinese Workers in the United States and the Protection of Chinese in the United States", which imposed various harsh restrictions on working in the United States and China. This is about a period of 10 years.

At the end of last year, when the treaty expired, the Qing government, under the appeal of the vast number of overseas Chinese and the people in China, submitted a request to the United States to revise the treaty. The United States categorically refused to absolve the treaty and demanded that it be renewed for a new one. This inspired a patriotic movement against the United States' rejection of China and a boycott of American goods. In the month of this year, the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce decided to impose a two-month period on the part of the United States, and if the United States forces us to renew the contract, it will unite with the whole country to vow not to sell American goods as a boycott. With Shanghai as the center, the movement quickly spread to many large, medium, and small cities across the country, and received strong support from overseas Chinese. Businessmen, school teachers and students, and people from all walks of life formed various patriotic groups and held group speeches, and merchants did not enter or sell American goods, people did not buy or use American goods, and dock workers did not load or unload American goods.

The public manifesto that Sun Yuanqi is holding in his hand is drawn up by educational circles.

Seeing Sun Yuan's frowns, Pan Xian was worried in his heart, and explained with a dry smile: "The whole school counted me a little back, so many people drew lots, and I was drawn, hehe............ I didn't want to come, they said that I was the most daring, and they wanted me to come, and I had no choice but to come..............."

"You're not bold, but thick-skinned!". Sun Yuanqi finished reading it, and teased while signing.

Seeing Sun Yuanqi signing, Pan Xian was overjoyed, and took the paper with a smile: "Thank you, sir!" Thank you for the compliment! ”。

After saying that, he ran out of the principal's office in a puff of smoke.

Sun Yuanqi was also overjoyed after he left, just like drowsiness and a pillow, and immediately sent letters to MIT and Yale, expressing his resolute opposition to the US government's position on renewing the contract:

This treaty is not abrogated for a day, as a "laborer". One of them did not set foot on American soil for a day.