Sun Yuanqi was not in a hurry to go north this time, so he did not deliberately arrange a special plane, but took a passenger plane of China Airlines at will.

After the plane took off from Shanghai, I don't know whether it was from the perspective of safety or profit, almost every station must stop, and it has stopped at Nanjing, Hefei, Kaifeng, and Zhengding before arriving in Běijīng. However, as far as Sun Yuanqi observed, the operation of China Airlines is still very good, and the passenger plane rated for ten people is almost always full, you must know that the short flight from Shanghai to Nanjing is as high as 40 silver dollars!

What intrigued Sun Yuanqi even more was the identity of the passengers. Except for a very small number of new cháo people who deliberately flew to open foreign meat, the vast majority of them were male xìng businessmen under the age of forty. Of course, the cabin of the plane is not very good, and it is winter, and every passenger has to hug a thick blanket and shiver during the voyage, which is indeed not suitable for the elderly, weak, women and children, and not for those sons of daughters who can't sit down. Only those businessmen who are in pursuit of time and money will dare to endure this torture.

Sun Yuanqi said that he was going to běijīng to have a look, but as soon as he got off the plane, he saw Cai Yuanpei waiting at the airport.

It seems that the messy things that Zhongyāng learned did toss Cai Yuanpei enough, only to see that he was thin, his face was blue and black, his hair was half a hundred, and his cheekbones were high, and when he saw Sun Yuanqi, he pounced and held Sun Yuanqi's hands tightly: "Baixi, you are here!" Yuan Pei has been looking forward to his son for a long time! ”

Sun Yuanqi was a little surprised: "Why did Brother Xiaomin come here? Sun heard that there had been a uproar in the capital recently because of the membership of the Zhongyāng Society, and it happened that the benevolent brothers had called each other. So he went north to see what was going on. Why, the situation has eroded so far? ”

Cai Yuanpei sighed: "It's hard to say!" Let's go, let's get in the car and talk as we walk. ”

The new car produced by General Motors began to enter the Chinese market in the second half of the first year of the Republic of China. Because of its elegant style, sturdy body, stable exercise, comfortable seat and many other advantages, it quickly won the favor of high-ranking officials and giant businessmen. Although the price is high, and the tariff is worth at least three or four thousand silver dollars, it has quickly become the new favorite of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and other places. According to Sun Duoxin, who is in charge of GM's sales in China, a conservative estimate a month ago, at least 300 GM cars could be sold this year, and it is estimated that it will double next year.

The hot sales of General Motors have led to the shortage of products from Yanchang Oilfield Company in northern Shaanxi on the market. It has also promoted the exploration, exploitation, distillation and refining of oil in various parts of China from another aspect. Of course, this is all off topic.

Cai Yuanpei, as the Minister of Education, was also allocated a General Motors car by the cabinet. Cai Yuanpei pulled Sun Yuan up to the back seat. Then began to complain: "Baixi, in the past, there was a proverb in the countryside that 'other people's work is easy to do, and other people's money is easy to earn', and Cai still doesn't believe it. I always thought that since others can do something, we must be able to do it! Since receiving the post of Director General of Education. Cai only then understood what it meant to be 'sometimes poor in manpower'. In the past, it seemed easy to watch Bai Xi promulgate the school system and implement compulsory education when you were in office; When I started to do it myself, I realized that the root was not like that!

"Let's talk about the funding for compulsory education! I thought that the most troublesome thing was fundraising, but I didn't expect Baixi that you had already helped solve it in advance, and the rest of the things should be very easy and freehand. Who knew that when it was distributed, this province also stretched out its hand to shout poverty, and that province also opened its mouth to ask for money, and there were holes almost everywhere. The treasury has long been empty. The Ministry of Education is the Qingshui Yamen again, where is the money to fill the holes? Cai had no choice but to wipe his face. Tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and then beg for food everywhere, only to barely make a difference.

"Let's talk about the current Zhongyāng Society's membership recognition. The membership is clearly stated in the "Zhongyāng Society Law" promulgated by the Great Presidential Palace, who knows that those students prefer to take quotes out of context, deliberately misinterpret them, and even ignore the decrees, make trouble, and protest and petition around the yamen residence every day. Those students are the pride of the sky, and they can't be convinced, and they can't beat them, so that the Ministry of Education can't be at peace. Cai is even more exhausted, feeling ten years old in a month! ”

After listening to Cai Yuanpei's complaint, Sun Yuanqi also expressed deep sympathy for him.

Generally speaking, if you want to control the situation, you must convince people with reason, suppress people with power, and move people with emotion, but Cai Yuanpei has just taken over the Ministry of Education, and he has no affection for students; As a human, educator, and revolutionary, he disdains to use his power to overwhelm the other party; Therefore, he can only use the method of presenting facts and reasoning to try to persuade students. But how can those hot-blooded students be in the mood to listen to you rumbling through your mouth? The so-called "convincing people with reason" is tantamount to playing the piano to a cow.

Cai Yuanpei finally said with some luck: "Fortunately, the virtuous brother values benevolence and righteousness, and is loyal to the country, so he can think about the country's great plan, solve the danger of the school, and save the foolish brother from fire and water, do not avoid hardships and dangers, and shoulder heavy responsibilities, the foolish brother is really grateful!" ”

Sun Yuanqi didn't want to get involved in this mess easily, so he hurriedly defended: "Brother Xiaomin, the junior brother went north this time mainly to deal with the affairs of Jingshi University, and did not involve anything else, I'm afraid that Brother Ren has some misunderstandings, right?" Moreover, according to the laws and regulations of the state, the zhongyāng society should be in charge of the director of education, and the benevolent brother is talented, and he must be able to handle this matter with ease, so why bother to involve the younger brother in this outsider? I hope that Brother Ren will forgive his sins! ”

Cai Yuanpei suddenly looked bitter, and clenched his fists again and again: "Baixi! Virtuous brother! It was you who pushed the foolish brother into this fire pit, and now the foolish brother is in trouble, you can't see death and not save it! Brother Yu begs you to be able to help you in the past brotherhood, if you don't come forward to deal with the affairs of the zhongyāng society, Brother Yu has no choice but to resign. Truth be told, I had already written my resignation letter and put it in my office drawer long before I counted it. ”

Seeing Cai Yuanpei lowering his figure like this, Sun Yuanqi couldn't resist, so he had to say to the snake: "Brother Xiaomin, the younger brother is also helpless about this, let's take a look." ”

While the two were talking, the car had already arrived outside the Ministry of Education. At this time, a large group of petitioning students were gathered outside the Ministry of Education, because most of the day had passed since early in the morning, and there was no figure of Cai Yuanpei, the head of education, and Jǐng Wei of the sect repeatedly said that the head of the ministry did not arrive at the ministry today. So everyone was a little discouraged and prepared to go to Cai Yuanpei's apartment to surround it. was already preparing to disperse, and suddenly saw Cai Yuanpei's car appear. Everyone was shocked, and immediately stepped forward to surround the car, raised their arms and shouted:

"We want ballots! We want to be fair! ”

"Equality in the academic community, no discrimination!"

"Injustice is better than death!"

"Down with Cai Heqing, the chief of education who is authoritarian and fraudulent!"

"Cai Heqing does not resign, and the education community has no peace!"

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Fortunately, this sedan designed by Jingshi University has been designed with the occupants in mind, and the windows are made of one-way see-through glass. In addition, the inside of the car is dark, so Sun Yuanqi, Cai Yuanpei and others sitting in the car are not afraid to be seen by outsiders; Moreover, the car door can be locked backwards, and there is no fear of students pulling the car door. But Sun Yuanqi was curious. The slogans chanted by the students seemed to imply that Cai Yuanpei had been unfair in the process of electing members of the Zhongyāng Society. However, as far as Sun Yuanqi knows, Cai Yuanpei's personal character was well-known during the Republic of China, how could there be authoritarian fraud?

Cai Yuanpei seemed to be aware of Sun Yuanqi's doubts, and said with a wry smile: "Cai is also in love!" Then he asked again: "Baixi." You should know about Zhejiang Provincial Two-level Normal School, right? ”

"Zhejiang Provincial Two-level Normal School? Sun naturally knew about this school. Its predecessor was the Yangzheng School established in the 25th year of Guangxu (1899). Later, it was successively renamed Hangzhou Fu Middle School and Zhejiang Normal School, and it was changed to the current name not long ago according to the order of the Ministry of Education. Before and after Xuantong, it was known as the 'Six Normals' together with Běijīng Higher Normal School (the predecessor of today's Běijīng Normal University), Nanjing Higher Normal School (the predecessor of today's Nanjing University), Wuchang Higher Normal School (the predecessor of Wuhan University), Guangdong Higher Normal School (the predecessor of today's Sun Yat-sen University), and Chengdu Higher Normal School (the predecessor of today's Sichuan University). Sun Yuanqi has been in charge of the school for so many years and knows everything about colleges and universities across the country, but he is a little puzzled: "Brother Xiaomin, why did you suddenly mention this school?" ”

Cai Yuanpei replied with some shame: "Indeed, as Baixi said, Zhejiang two-level normal school can be regarded as a national famous school. Especially when Zhejiang's higher education is slightly weak, it is even more commendable. But this school is slightly different from the other five high schools. It is reflected in the name alone, because in addition to the higher normal school that trains secondary school teachers, there are also secondary normal teachers who train elementary school teachers, so it is called the 'two-level normal school'.

"After the Ministry of Education approved the Zhongyāng Society to begin the membership review, the Zhejiang Department of Education called the Ministry of Education to ask how the school's members should be selected for each other. Cai was hindered by Sang Zi's affection, and the gentry of Zhejiang Province asked for intercession, so he approved all students of the school to enjoy the right to choose each other. Who knew that when the special department of the ministry found out that the school not only had a high-level normal elective course for higher education, but also a simple course for junior normal education and a special course for physical education, it refused to sign. Cai was also confused for a while, so he drew his own charge and filed the matter. As a result, public opinion was in an uproar, and they accused Cai of dictatorship and fraud. ”

Only then did Sun Yuanqi understand the whole story, but Cai Yuanpei's favoritism and favoritism could indeed be regarded as authoritarian fraud, and this move would make things more complicated and make him disqualified from handling the affairs of the Zhongyāng Society.

The two sat in the car and talked, but the students outside the car thought that Cai Yuanpei was deliberately dodging, and they didn't dare to get out of the car, so they were even more excited. Seeing this, Cai Yuanpei had no choice but to loudly call the patrol and doorman at the gate of the Ministry of Education to come to the rescue, and the driver of the sedan also honked his horn desperately, slowly driving back the students who were blocking in front.

After patrolling Jǐng to disperse the students slightly, Cai Yuanpei pulled Sun Yuanqi out of the car and said loudly to the students: "Cai Moucai is shallow in learning and has a loss of personal morality, and he can't handle the relevant affairs of the Zhongyāng Society fairly and justly, which is really ashamed of the people of the world." Therefore, I specially invited Mr. Sun Baixi to be fully responsible for this matter, and from now on Cai will not interfere, and please forgive Cai! After speaking, he bowed deeply to each of them.

When the students saw Sun Yuanqi appear and Cai Yuanpei apologized, they were stunned at first. Then he jumped for joy.

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help frowning and complained in a low voice: "Brother Xiaomin, this time you have made me miserable!" (To be continued.) )