Before the exam, Sun Yuanqi received a total of 156 "Registration Forms", which gave people a feeling of pain and lukewarmness: if the school was good, there was no situation where thousands of people were empty and rushed to the top; If you don't say it well, there is no door to crowd, and the kittens look like three or two. I had to comfort myself: everything is difficult at the beginning, and when the school is built and its reputation is great, there will definitely be a situation where thousands of troops will be tested in the future at that time!

In this registration form, Sun Yuanqi saw several familiar names: Hu Xun, Zeng Guangxi, Zuo Gongxian, and Li Guobing. I paid special attention to it, Hu Xun reported to the Department of Chemistry, Zeng Guangxi and Zuo Gong first reported to the Department of Physics, and Li Guobing reported to the Department of Electronics. On Hu Xun's registration form, the age column is 24 years old, Sun Yuanqi thought: With a beard on his face, he is old like that, how can he be only 24 years old? Don't care about him at the moment.

The examination room in Beijing is the Physics Institute, I don't know if it is the influence of the Gengzi National Change, or the atmosphere is not as open as the south, plus Sun Yuanqi's students, there are only forty or fifty people. Look at the place of origin, but most of them are directly subordinate.

The examination papers in Shanghai were specially sent by the Commercial Press. The person who came, Sun Yuanqi, knew Shi Yunyu, who had dealt with him a few times. This time, he shouldered three tasks: first, of course, escorting the examination papers; Second, I sent a sample book and asked Sun Yuanqi to review it so that he could start printing. Sample books include the lecture manuscript "The Preliminary Draft of the School System" in Shanghai, the newly compiled "General Physics", "Fundamentals of Mathematical Analysis in Engineering", and "Electronic Circuits", as well as the earlier works "Principles of Chemistry" and "Overview of Wireless Communication Systems", the last four of which have been named "'Business and Economic History' University Textbook Series". The third is to inspect the construction of Jingshi University. When she was in Shanghai before, Xia Ruifang promised to donate a sum of money.

After the exam, Sun Yuanqi's students were all brought to the new campus, responsible for giving opinions on the construction of the school, supervising the quality and progress of the construction, and doing what they could to add a little popularity to the barren mountain. With the laughter of young people and the vigorous construction site, there was suddenly no desolation.

Sun Yuanqi and Shi Yunyu followed the carriage carrying food to the new campus. has been busy with the exam, and Sun Yuanqi has not passed for several days. Perhaps because of the large number of vehicles heading to the new campus, the road is riddled with ruts. The driver was also familiar with the road, and after an hour, he arrived at the river. This is a big change from two months ago:

Coming down from the official road, there is a wide concrete avenue flanked by small pine trees transplanted from the mountain. A short walk down the road will bring you a small square. In the center of the square is the lawn, and with a little soil and watering, the weeds will grow vigorously. On top of the meadow lay four large stones that had been carved into a flat surface. Sun Yuanqi introduced his plan to Shi Yunyu: "When my uncle Sun Shouzhou came back from Xi'an, I asked him to inscribe the name of the school, and then engraved it here. ”

From the stone of the school's name, there is an arch on each side. Behind the arch is the wall of the school. Today, the arch is largely completed, but the wall is only half-drawn.

Walking through the archway, there is a large green area, which is planted with various trees, all of which need to be removed when leveling the land. Next to the river, it is also convenient to pour water. Sun Yuanqi pointed to the Greenland Center and said: "In the future, a monument will be built here to engrave the name donated to the school, so that every student who enters the school should first thank the virtuous people who have created the conditions for their studies." ”

Skirting the greenery along the concrete avenue is a bridge under construction. According to the plan, the 20-meter-long bridge will be a wind and rain bridge with Chinese characteristics. In order to avoid overflowing floods when flash floods come, Sun Yuanqi has arranged for manpower to take advantage of the summer drought to repair the riverbed and embankment, and plant ginkgo biloba on both sides of the embankment. Because the farming season has passed at this time, many of the farmers in the vicinity are doing the work.

The bridge has not yet been built, and there is a makeshift pontoon bridge near the left. After crossing the pontoon bridge, I was struck by a leveled playground on the left side of the road, surrounded by an oval track paved with cinders, on which a few students were already playing, and the atmosphere of the university was blowing up. The so-called green space is actually the original wild grassland, but the gravel on it is picked up, and then covered with a thick layer of loess, watered, and a few days later it is full of green. Although it can't be made of plastic runways and artificial turf, it is one of the few in today's China.

A little further on the right side of the road are two rows of stunted buildings that have taken shape. Sun Yuanqi said that those are the dormitories where the workers now live, as well as ancillary facilities such as canteens. Before the start of the school year, after part of the building is completed, workers will be evacuated and new students will be housed.

Shi Yunyu looked at the magnificent buildings and plans all the way, and when she saw this short house at first glance, she felt out of place with the surroundings, so she asked, "Mr. Baixi, why don't you build it a little better?" It's also too ......."

Sun Yuanqi has his own opinion on this: "There are three reasons: First, the total area of the school is more than 15,000 acres, and there is no long-term plan yet. The U.S. architectural design firm responsible for the work will arrive next month to begin full planning. At that time, the student dormitory and canteen will be built according to the plan, making the campus more beautiful and convenient. Second, even if I could build it now, I wouldn't build it because there might be a shortage of funds. Thirdly, haha, it is considered to be educating new students, what is called 'born in sorrow and dying in peace'. ”

Indeed, Sun Yuanqi has some insufficient funds. Since the start of construction, Sun Yuanqi has a deeper understanding of the current economic situation. In these years, the most expensive thing is not manpower, the surrounding farmers and the Lifu recruited by the capital can solve the problem for a few or more than ten yuan a day, or even no money, as long as three meals a day. The most expensive is not grain, meat, eggs, or vegetables, which is a matter of a few taels of silver a day. The most expensive are building materials. Wood and stone can be sourced locally, and these naturally do not cost money. The most expensive ones are steel bars, cement, etc., either at high domestic prices or imported from abroad. Just one lecture hall cost nearly 30,000 taels of silver! Even though the U.S. dollar is quite strong now, and 1 U.S. dollar can be exchanged for 1.3-1.4 taels of silver, Sun Yuanqi is still a little stretched in the face of large-scale construction.

Shi Yunyu was silent. Continue along the road, and soon reach the foot of the mountain. It's another big construction site, and it's already taking shape. Although it is only a prototype, it can already be seen in its magnificent atmosphere.

Standing in front of this building, Sun Yuanqi acted as a docent: "This building was designed by me and the design firm. Speaking of this, Sun Yuanqi was a little complacent: "The building as a whole is calyx-shaped, surrounded by three-story small buildings, a total of five. Because the university first admits four majors: mathematics, physics, chemistry, and electronics, four of them are teaching buildings for each department. The northernmost one is the school's administrative office building. These five small buildings surround the central synagogue. The hall is circular in shape and has three floors, which are connected by corridors to the surrounding buildings, making it a complete and harmonious whole from the outside. This building, which integrates an office building, a lecture hall, and a teaching building, will be the main learning place for students for a long time. ”

Shi Yunyu was speechless, as if she was surprised by the whimsy of this building, or the strange shape.

Bypassing the large construction site, there are stone steps that lead to the top of the hill. Because the mountain is gentle, every few dozen steps, there is a platform. Sun Yuanqi said that in the future, a pavilion can be built on the platform for student activities, self-study, and reading.

Although the mountain is only one or two hundred meters, there are three or four hundred steps, and the two of them are out of breath. The top of the mountain is also a construction site, and two floors have been built, and it seems that there is still a meaning of continuing to build up.

"This is our library, which will have five floors." Sun Yuanqi said, "This library is located in the highest and most conspicuous place after entering the school gate, which is to remind students to respect knowledge, love knowledge, and create knowledge." ”

Shi Yunyu suddenly realized: "This is the library!" By the way, we at the Commercial Press would like to donate to the library......"

Sun Yuan nodded: "Mr. Xia told me." But forget about this building, if you want to donate, build another one! ”

"Why?" Shi Yunyu was puzzled, "Isn't it enough for the school to have a library?" ”

"There's a reason for that." Sun Yuanqi explained, "This building was built to commemorate a person, because the collection of books in it was painstakingly collected by him, and he paid with his life for it. But he was illiterate and just an ordinary old man. His surname is Tong, this building is called Tong Wen Building, and the library is called Tong Wen Library. ”

Speaking of these, Sun Yuanqi was a little sad, and it was not good to say much in front of the guests, after all, Lao Tong's books were largely stolen. Then he collected his emotions: "Besides, in the future, the knowledge will become richer and richer, and the library should also have a larger collection of books." This library is certainly not enough. In fact, this Tong Wenlou is said to be a library, but rather a library, which is dedicated to storing the books he collected. If you want to donate to the Commercial Press, in addition to donating to build a library, you can also donate a commercial library, you can donate a professorship of library science, or you can donate a librarian position. The specific purpose of our school will be adjusted according to the amount of donation. ”

After sending Shi Yunyu away, Sun Yuanqi stayed in the new campus, in addition to his previous work, he now has added a new job of correcting test papers. Changing the high school exam papers? This is a matter that holds the future of many people, and it must not be taken lightly, so Sun Yuanqi decided to do it himself.

Grading test papers is actually very boring, especially when the test papers are still made up by yourself, but fortunately there are only more than 160 test papers. As far as the overall situation of marking the test papers is concerned, the students who apply for the examination still have a solid foundation. But there is also a problem, that is, the current terminology of mathematics, physics, and chemistry is far from the terminology in Sun Yuanqi's education, such as copper sulfate, which many people write as "copper raises sulfur and raises three". It seems that the unification of natural science terminology is a very important task.

When correcting the Chinese language, Sun Yuanqi found it very interesting: the same silent writing of the section of "Mencius" "Gain more help for the right, but help less for the unjust", and the candidates are either good at word or not at all. And English has such a problem. It is estimated that the dictation is good, and it is all from traditional education; I don't know a word, it's all taught in a Western-style school. In the end, I can only use Chinese language, foreign language, and biology as references, and only admit students according to the scores of mathematics, physics, and chemistry. But in terms of additional questions, few people can really reach the level of undergraduate graduation. For this reason, Sun Yuanqi had to change the originally planned undergraduate and graduate levels to preparatory departments and undergraduates. Some students who are particularly good in a single subject can be admitted as preparatory students. For example, there is a young man named Zhou Da in Jiangsu, who is very good at mathematics, and even made a lot of additional questions, but unfortunately physics and chemistry are poor, and Sun Yuanqi gave him a place in the preparatory department of mathematics.

The few people I am familiar with are all on the list, and many of them have done very well in the exam. The rough ones include Zhang Chun and Gu Zhilin of the Department of Mathematics, Han Yu, Chen Jide, Zhou Zongwu, Zeng Guangxi, and Zuo Gongxian of the Department of Physics, Hu Xun and Liu Bin of the Department of Chemistry, and Pan Xian and Li Guobing of the Department of Electronics.

After the circle, Sun Yuanqi decided to go back to the city and send the list to the newspaper for publication. Based on the current situation, it should be okay to set the start of school on October 1. The relevant buildings can be completed by September 25, and the rest is the renovation and improvement work, which can be done slowly. It's time to start preparing desks and bookcases.

After entering the city, as soon as he arrived at the door of the house, he saw Lao Zheng standing at the gate talking to people, and when he saw Sun Yuanqi, he hurriedly greeted him: "Mr. Sun, someone from the old man's mansion has come up, and he has sent five little young masters!" ”

"Who?" Sun Yuanqi didn't understand for a moment, "Oh, it's the five younger brothers in the uncle's mansion, right?" ”

"That's right!" Lao Zheng nodded, "People are still at the door!" ”

Sun Yuanqi stepped forward quickly and greeted the visitor, and the five younger brothers who had already entered the courtyard also came to kowtow and meet Mr.

When there was a boxer last year, the house of the boss Sun Jianai was also affected. Emperor Guangxu and the Empress Dowager fled to Xi'an, and Sun Jianai, who was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, also dragged his family to the line and drove with the king. When leaving, he naturally didn't worry about his five grandchildren and nephews staying in the capital, so he took them with him. After Sun Yuanqi came back, Lao Zheng reported the matter to him. Sun Yuanqi didn't pay much attention to these second-generation officials and **, but it's better to leave now. Unexpectedly, it will be returned now.

chatted casually with the visitor, only to know that Sun Jianai, who had only returned to the capital a few days ago, had been appointed as a scholar of Tirenge University and a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and he was also very busy. The person who came said that when he came, the old man had instructed him to invite his cheap nephew to come to the house for a talk.

Sun Yuanqi didn't know if the boss's "I have time to go to the house to talk" was a polite remark, or if there was something really wrong. However, he did have something to find the boss, so he agreed that he would visit his uncle's house tomorrow morning.

The next day, Sun Yuanqi took Lao Zheng, as well as a gift and his recently compiled books, to visit Lianzi Hutong.

As soon as he arrived at the door, a family member led him straight to the study. Sun Yuanqi knew that the old man liked the old ceremony, so when he entered the door, he respectfully knelt down and kowtowed to say goodbye.

I haven't seen him for more than a year, and the old man seems to be in good spirits, and he said in a loud voice: "Baixi, get up, hey, a family, how can you be so polite?" Get up. ”

Kowtowed, Sun Yuanqi looked around. Sun Jianai's study, Sun Yuanqi has gone back and forth a few times, and he is always the same. This time I said goodbye, and the appearance was completely changed: there were bookshelves on all sides, and the shelves were full of books; Now it's empty. Sun Jianai sat behind the bookcase, and the room became more and more empty.

Sun Jianai laughed: "Baixi, do you think the old man's study is a lot bigger?" The books were all stolen by the bandits, and their whereabouts were unknown. Alas, anyway, the old man doesn't read anymore, if those people can read and understand loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, the old man will be at ease in his heart......"

Sun Yuanqi nodded yes in a friendly manner, but he didn't dare to continue. I thought to myself: These books may be picked up by Lao Tong and hidden in his house! He immediately presented the books he brought: "Uncle Ancestor, these are several textbooks compiled by the younger generation recently, please teach them well." ”

This time, there are five books, including "Fundamentals of Mathematical Analysis in Engineering", "General Physics", "Electronic Circuits", "Principles of Chemistry", "Overview of Wireless Communication Systems", and "Preliminary Draft of School Structure". For the first five books, Sun Jianai estimated that he would also look at the title of the book, which reversed the traditional habit of turning vertically and right, and changed it to the most common horizontal and left-turning style in later generations, which was convenient for the typesetting of formulas, illustrations and other content. But the last one, Mr. Sun Jianai flipped through it with great interest, and then said: "Baixi, when it comes to Western studies such as Gezhi and chemistry, you don't think twice about it. These days, the old man has met some foreigners, and he has not praised you in front of me, which really makes the Westerners bow their heads. As your uncle, the old man is also honored! ”

Sun Yuanqi bowed and said "don't dare" again and again.

Sun Jianai said again: "The old man's nephew and grandson, who have not become a weapon, have studied with you for a year, and they feel much smarter and more agile than before. It seems that Western studies do have enlightening points. Now, I'm going to trouble Baixi again, didn't I cause you any trouble, did I? ”

What trouble can there be? What trouble do you dare? Sun Yuanqi thought to himself, but said in his mouth: "Several virtuous brothers are talented and intelligent, and they are not the credit of education. I haven't seen you for a long time, and I still think about it. It will be good to meet every day in the future. It's just that the school will be moved out of the city soon, and I don't know what my uncle wants-"

"Naturally, they want to follow, they don't suffer at all, how will they do things in the future?" Sun Jianai's attitude was very resolute, "The old man already knows about your school from newsprint. It's good to return to China to run schools and open up people's wisdom. To run a school, we should not only have character and chemistry, but also pay attention to Chinese culture, which is also very right. Since Tongzhi, it has been said that foreign affairs are mastered by mastering the skills of the master. That's probably not bad. Zhang Nanpi wrote a book "Persuasion of Learning", advocating that middle school should be the body and Western learning should be used. Insightful! Chinese culture is the knowledge of a country's people to settle down and live, how can it be abandoned? ……”

Sun Yuanqi sat there and listened to the old man's comment on "national learning must be learned". Sun Yuanqi's original intention in running the National Academy was to comfort those who were old-fashioned, otherwise he might be attacked by these people when he was running the school; Second, in later generations, the reputation of the "Institute of Chinese Studies of Tsinghua University" is too great and desirable, and it has a taste of Dongshi's imitation; Third, the traditional culture was completely destroyed after the May Fourth Movement, and the "Chinese culture fever" has risen again in the 21st century, but no one knows what Chinese culture is, which is a pity. It can't be said that Chinese culture is a "Three Character Classic" and a "Analects", right? You can't say that eating zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival and eating moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is to experience traditional culture, right?

The old man talked for a long time before returning to the topic of school: "Baixi, are there any difficulties in running a school?" ”

Sun Yuanqi was worried that he couldn't find an excuse to ask the old man to inscribe the name of the school, so the pillow was handed over: "The schools are all right, but the teachers are relatively scarce, after all, I have very few friends in the Qing Dynasty, and my knowledge is limited." In addition, I hope that my uncle will inscribe the name of the school......"

Hearing Sun Yuanqi ask himself to inscribe the name of the school, the old man seemed very happy: "Hahahaha, please ask the old man to inscribe the name of the school?" Okay, good, that's easy! When I calm down, I'll send someone to send it to you. As for the teachers, the old man of Gezhi and chemistry can't help, and in terms of economics and history, I can recommend a few...... Well, what's that school of yours called? ”

"It's called Jingshi University, Jingshi, and takes the first two words of 'Jingshi Shi'." Sun Yuanqi replied respectfully.

"'Proven in the world'? Okay, good name. The old man casually picked up the wolf hair on the desk and wrote down the name of the school on a piece of letterhead, "Jingshi University, it reads quite similar to the hall of Jingshi University?" However, the hall of Jingshi University has disappeared! Alas, Xu Jingcheng ......"

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