Although Sun Yuanqi admired Cai Yuanpei a lot, and the two also had a deep friendship, his letters were not enough for Sun Yuanqi to rush to Beijing to save the scene. Free e-book download // The more critical factor that prompted Sun Yuanqi to leave the mountain came from Tang Shouqian's persuasion.

Since Zhang Jian's betrayal of the party, Tang Shouqian has become the only veteran figure in the party who can compete with Sun Yuanqi, and Sun Yuanqi also respects him very much. In the current primary election of the House of Representatives, Tang Shouqian worked tirelessly to travel to Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, and other places, using his influence to try his best to reduce the tremendous impact of Zhang Jian's rebellion against the party, and organizing a campaign team to meet the challenges of the Kuomintang and the Republican Party, so that the New China Party firmly occupied more than 40 percent of the seats in East China, and laid a solid foundation for the victory of the New China Party in the whole country. From this point of view, Tang Shouqian can really be said to have made great contributions! Therefore, Sun Yuanqi came to Shanghai after the primary election, in addition to wanting to rest for a while, mainly to meet with Tang Shouqian to express his gratitude.

During this time, Sun Yuanqi and Tang Shouqian either went to the Nanxiang steamed bun shop in the City God Temple to eat crab roe buns, or went to the new stage of the 16th shop in Nanshi to listen to Peking Opera, or tasted tea and talked freely in Lilith's Huaxi Garden. When he received Cai Yuanpei's air letter, Sun Yuanqi and Lilith, Tang Shouqian, Yang Yongtai and several others were opening foreign meat at Yipin Xiangfan Restaurant on Sima Road, and he was reluctant to pick up this hot potato from the bottom of his heart, but Cai Yuanpei's words were sincere, and he couldn't help frowning at the moment.

Seeing this, Tang Shouqian asked, "Baixi, what tricky things have you encountered?" ”

Sun Yuanqi smiled bitterly and handed the letter to Tang Shouqian: "Cai Heqin wants me to be the president of the Central Society, and be responsible for the mutual election of members of the Society and the election of senators. At present, the gentry in various parts of the country are making a fuss about the explanation of their qualifications, and every day they gather around the residence of the Ministry of Education and the chief and deputy ministers to protest and petition. Now let me go north, and don't you want to roast me on the fire? ”

After reading it, Tang Shouqian said: "What does Baixi think of the Central Society? ”

Sun Yuanqi shook his head and said, "To put it mildly, the Central Society is a freak!" Perhaps Yuan Xiangcheng's original intention in establishing the Central Society was to build it into the highest academic institution in the country such as the National Research Institute, but Sun had already established the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Society for Science and Technology and other organizations before that, and initially had the functions of the Central Society in terms of natural science and engineering technology. The establishment of the Central Society will inevitably give people the feeling of stacking beds.

Perhaps Yuan Xiangcheng and Cai Heqin were also aware of this, so they made certain adjustments in the promulgated "Central Society Law" to turn the Central Society into a national federation of graduates of colleges and universities. It would have been a good idea to adjust it all, but it has retained the tail of an academic institution, and it has become the nondescript four dislike it is today. As the saying goes, 'if the name is not right, the word will not be good, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done', and so on. I'm afraid that the Central Society will not exist for long; Even if he can survive, he is a marginal character who is not embarrassed or embarrassed. ”

In addition to Sun Yuanqi and Zhao Jinghui, there are also famous railway engineering experts Zhan Tianyou, engine expert Li Fuji, computer scholar Liu Bin, and foreign scholars with Chinese nationality Martin, Tesla, Rutherford, Einstein, and Mileva. Among the ten who were elected. More than half of them have won the Nobel Prize, a proportion that has amazed the whole world, and it can really be regarded as the highest academic institution in China's natural sciences and engineering technology.

Tang Shou said: "Baixi, you focus on it from an academic point of view, and the analysis is convincing. However, the existence of the Central Society is not only an academic institution, but also a political issue. It is true that the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Society for Science and Technology have a great influence in the international community, and they have made countless students look up to them in China. But after all, it is only an academic institution, and its influence is limited to academic circles.

"Our country has always had the tradition of 'learning and excellence', which not only means that those who are well educated can enter the official career, but also means that the size of the academic knowledge is determined by whether they can enter the official career and the size of the official position. If you don't have a status in politics, no matter how influential you are in academics, you will inevitably be despised by the world. Therefore, whether it is the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Society for Science and Technology, it is conceivable that it will not be able to compete with the Central Society in the near future. The key to this is that the Central Society has a number of senators comparable to those of the provinces. ”

Sun Yuanqi, Yang Yongtai and others couldn't help but nod and said: "What Yu Weng said is extremely true, the official-oriented, official-oriented, and official-oriented official-oriented ideology is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and I am afraid that the academic community is not exempt from vulgarity." ”

Tang Shouqian continued: "The number of senators owned by the Central Society is comparable to that of the provinces, and it is conceivable that the president of the Central Society will have a huge influence on the intellectual community in the future. In the current primary election of members of the House of Representatives, the votes of our New China Party mainly come from Western-style school graduates in their twenties and thirties in terms of age, and from the perspective of occupation, they mainly come from intellectual circles, and these are the foundations for our New China Party to live and survive. However, the membership of the Central Society overlaps with the supporters of our party.

"There is a cloud in the Book of Rites: 'There are no two days in the sky, there are no two kings in the earth, there are no two lords in the family, and there are no two lords.'" If the president of the Central Society is a polite gentleman who retreats modestly, it is fine. If the Kuomintang is to install a person who fights for power and profit in this position, I am afraid that there will be a dragon and tiger battle with Baixi in the future! In that case, why don't we take this opportunity to accept the presidency? ”

Yang Yongtai said: "Sting, it's not easy to be the president of the Central Society!" Now that the qualification of a member is selected by each other, the Ministry of Education is restless, who knows how many twists and turns will be in the future? Yuan Xiangcheng and Cai Heqin presented the high hats of the president, the chairman of the member selection committee, and the chairman of the senatorial election committee, to put it bluntly, to let the adults be villains, decide who is qualified and who is not, and who will be on and who will not be on it. In the end, there is not much credit, but it is all the work of offending people and carrying the black pot, and if it is not done well, it will affect the overall situation of our New China Party's election in the whole country, how dare adults easily take over this mess? ”

Tang Shouqian stroked his beard: "Baixi, Changqing, the old man will tell you the story in "Han Feizi"!" It is said that there was a ruling minister named Zihan in the Song Kingdom, and one day he said to the monarch Song Huanhou: 'The people like to reward gifts, so you are in charge of this power; The people hate the punishment of killing, so let the ministers be in charge! In this way, you can return the favor to the top, and the grievance to the minister, and the people can only be grateful to the king, and the country will always be stable. Song Huanhou pondered for a moment, felt that what Zihan said was very reasonable, so he agreed.

"From then on, whenever a minister wanted to issue a decree and kill a minister, Song Huanhou would say: 'Go ask Zihan about this kind of thing!' As a result, the princes and ministers of the whole country are afraid of Zihan but not the national army, and the small people of Shengdou only know that there is Zihan but do not know that there is a king. A year after the policy was implemented, Zihan killed the Marquis of Song Huan and set himself up as king, and no one in the country stood up to oppose it. The history is called 'Dai's Song'. Baixi, do you know what the story in "Han Feizi" is trying to illustrate? ”

Sun Yuanqi is not as knowledgeable as Tang Shouqian, so he naturally doesn't know that this story is from the "Two Handles" of "Han Feizi", so he can only be silent at the moment.

Tang Shouqian didn't expect to get an answer from Sun Yuanqi either: "This story is intended to illustrate that 'the Ming Lord's way to control his ministers is only two handles.'" Those with two handles, punishment and virtue. What is criminal morality? Said: Killing is punishment, and reward is virtue. Those who are ministers are afraid of punishment and reward, so the lord of the people uses his own punishment and virtue, and the ministers are afraid of his authority and return to his benefit. What do you mean? That is, the superior must be both gracious and powerful, and cannot abandon one or the other, so during the reign of the imperial power, there is a saying that 'thunder, rain and dew are all gentlemen'.

"Baixi, since the Guangxu period, you have donated funds to build schools in the north and south of the river, benefiting thousands of students across the country; After ruling Sichuan, he exempted the provinces of Sichuan and Shaanxi from money, grain and land, and the blessings were not extensive. However, you have seldom taken measures in terms of coercion and punishment, and even if you are in charge, there are few punishments for killing, which makes people feel that you are born to be less decisive, good and indisputable, so Yuan Xiangcheng and Song Dunchu have repeatedly framed and used our New China Party. Baixi must show decisiveness at the right time to make them taboo.

"In the current election of senators of the Central Society, the bill promulgated by the Grand Presidential Office for membership was originally very clear and clear, and it should be very smooth and easy to identify, but it turned out to be in an uproar. Why? The root cause of this lies in the fact that some graduates and students who do not have the qualifications for mutual election have misinterpreted the bill from the perspective of their own favor, believing that they should enjoy the qualifications for mutual election, and Cai Heqin does not have much authority, and the handling is weak, which has caused a storm of mutual election, which is increasing day by day.

"At this time, Baixi should stand up and use his authority in the education field to clearly define the qualifications for mutual selection, yes, yes, or no; If there is any deliberate troublemaker after the explanation is issued, the punishment will be closed, and the punishment will be punished. In this way, Yuan Xiangcheng, Li Huangpi, the Kuomintang, and the Republican Party also know that you are just 'ordinary and invisible, and occasionally show your grandeur', and you are not always weak and bullied. ”

Yang Yongtai also agreed: "Stinging Weng Gaojian! My lord, how can you show the bodhisattva's heart without thunderbolts? ”

"This ......" Sun Yuanqi suddenly hesitated: he has been engaged in education for so many years, he has a deep affection for students, and he likes "harmony is precious" in everything, and he really can't be ruthless in protesting and petitioning them. Maybe this is what Tang Shouqian said about the character of "born with few decisions, good and indisputable"?

Tang Shouqian was a little dissatisfied when he saw this, and his voice raised slightly: "Baixi, when you are interrupted, you will suffer from it!" ”

Sun Yuanqi had no choice but to take a step back and say, "I'll go to Beijing to have a look." ”

In this way, he flew back to Beijing to participate in this special election. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to m.qidian. )