Xue Cai Yuanpei smiled and said: "Brother Baixixian, saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, you have the right to be a great mercy and compassion for all sentient beings!" ”

Sun Yuanqi said angrily: "What kind of purification sentient beings are this? It's clear that it's a dead friend and not a poor man! ”

Cai Yuanpei salivated: "No matter what, Brother Xian must help my brother tide over the difficulties today." ”

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but want to roll his eyes: Why should I? What did you owe in your last life?

However, Sun Yuanqi still pressed the xìngzi, carefully weighed the gains and losses, and said loudly to the surrounding students: "Ladies and gentlemen, the zhongyāng society has not been established for a long time, and the membership recognition affairs are cumbersome, and it is inevitable that there will be some mistakes in the middle. There is a cloud in the Analects: 'Who is without fault?' After that, it can be changed, and the good is great! Sun believes that the Ministry of Education will be fair and just and properly handle the relevant matters of the zhongyāng society, and give a complete explanation to the people of the whole country. ”

As soon as the words fell, Cai Yuanpei added: "After the resolution of the Ministry of Education and the approval of the Presidential Office, from now on, Mr. Sun Baixi will serve as the president of the Zhongyāng Society, the chairman of the Membership Selection Committee, and the chairman of the Election Committee of the Senate, and will be fully responsible for all the affairs of the Zhongyāng Society. Mr. Sun Baixi is a tall learner, with outstanding moral character, and is known as the world's most important. He is in charge of the zhongyāng society, and the election of members and senators will be convincing to you! ”

"Good!" The students cheered. However, the cheers were much quieter than before, and there were also discordant notes such as "Cai Yuanpei get out of the Ministry of Education" and "Welcome Mr. Sun to take charge of the Ministry of Education".

Sun Yuanqi understood that most of the students who were able to go to the door of the Ministry of Education to chase and intercept and protest and petition were not qualified for mutual election or were in between the two qualifications, and seeing that other peers who were in between the two or did not have the qualifications for mutual selection had obtained permission through various relationships, the so-called "not suffering from inequality", they became indignant and angry under the psychological imbalance, so they tried to vent their dissatisfaction through these protests, and then obtained the regression and recognition of the Ministry of Education.

Now that Sun Yuan, who graduated from a prestigious overseas university and single-handedly founded China's highest university, and is well versed in the development of China's higher education, has risen up to deal with this matter, the qualification will definitely be severe, and all the tricks will be hidden, and their wishes will be frustrated. So they inevitably felt a little lost, and the cheers were naturally much quieter.

After a few more moments of reassurance, the students dispersed. Sun Yuanqi looked at Cai Yuanpei with some amusement: "Brother Xiaomin, you deliberately tricked me here, right?" You and I are brothers, this move is inevitably unkind! ”

Cai Yuanpei said with a smile: "Then is it kind for you to nominate the foolish brother as the chief of education?" Without waiting for Sun Yuanqi to answer, he said solemnly: "Baixi, it seems that it is not difficult for Zhongyāng to learn all things, because throughout the country, there are less than 100,000 people who meet the conditions for mutual election of members, which is far less than the population of a local government; However, the first problem that is not easy to face in order to meet the deadline for senators is the difficulty in explaining the qualifications for mutual election, not because the laws and regulations of the society are not clear, but because the students do not want to listen to them. You also saw the scene of the students' protest just now, if you weren't here today, Cai would definitely be killed.

"Next is the difficulty of reviewing the graduation certificate. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the graduation diplomas issued by the provincial colleges and universities were printed and filled in by the provinces themselves, and there were only schools and schools on them, and there were no student photos to alter and imitate very easily; If it is an impostor, there is no way to check it for a while; If the academic certificate is accidentally lost or damaged due to the military disaster, or if you are not around at this time, it may be difficult to reissue it. In addition, it is also necessary to beware of the provinces deliberately colluding with the academy to cheat in order to win local places.

"In addition, there is the difficulty of making a register for elections, from the local collection and verification of diplomas, to submitting them to the Ministry of Education for review, to the registration and return of diplomas by the Zhongyāng Society, the procedures are complicated and the workload is large, and unless a large number of people deal with it together, it is easy to cause all kinds of materials to pile up and be caught off guard. Moreover, the slightest mistake in the work will cause disputes, but there must be many mistakes during the period, such as the loss of the diploma in the process of delivery, the omission of some people in the register, etc. If someone in the middle deliberately stirs up trouble, I am afraid that it will be difficult to die well.

"There is also the difficulty of eradicating fraud. Each province must receive the electoral rolls and ballots before the election can be held, and after the mutual election, the votes must wait until the provincial ballots are aggregated to the zhongyāng society to determine the membership list, and there are opportunities to get up and down in the process.

On the one hand, there are many difficulties, and on the other hand, time is pressing, and with less than four months between now and the convening of the National Assembly, a slight delay will lead to failure. So please consider the overall situation, start as soon as possible, and finish it early! ”

Sun Yuanqi knew that the situation was serious, so he did not refrain from the appointment of the Zhongyāng Society. After learning a little about the progress of the preliminary work of the Zhongyāng Society, he quickly returned to Jingshi University and held a week-long consultation and discussion with personnel from the Department of Education of Jingshi University, the China Academy of Policy Sciences, the Chinese Society for Science and Technology, and other units on the positioning, structure, and election of the Zhongyāng Society. Just when Cai Yuanpei and the petitioning students were about to lose patience, he submitted a series of documents to the Ministry of Education, including the "Constitution of the Zhongyāng Society", "Rules for the Mutual Election of Members of the Zhongyāng Society", and "Measures for the Election of Senators of the Zhongyāng Society".

In these documents, Sun Yuanqi first defined the zhongyāng society as an academic institution with two entities: the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Engineering Technology, now the Chinese Society for Science and Technology; and the soon-to-be-established Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, which will be officially known as the Chinese Society of Social Sciences.

From the perspective of institutional settings, each school has a series of specialized societies under its jurisdiction. Take the Chinese Social Science Society of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, for example, there are names such as the China Society, the Chinese Philosophy Society, the Chinese History Society, the Chinese Economics, and the Chinese Chinese Language Society.

From the perspective of institutional affiliation, the zhongyāng society corresponds to the provincial societies, the departments of the zhongyāng society correspond to the divisions of the provincial societies, and the specialized societies of the zhongyāng society correspond to the specialized societies of the provincial societies.

As a result, the members who join the Association are also divided into three categories: ordinary members elected by the provincial professional societies; Senior members elected by all ordinary members of the National Professional Society; Those who are nominated by the president or vice president of the zhongyāng society, or who have made special contributions to Chinese scholarship by foreign scholars, are called honorary members.

As for the mutual election of members, Sun Yuanqi punished the previous students for questioning the "Zhongyāng Society Law", and first made a special definition of the group of people who are eligible for mutual election. For example, the so-called "university and technical college" is a higher education institution that selects students who have graduated from high school or have graduated from high school to enter the school through examinations, and provides academic education and awards specific degrees. The so-called "graduates of universities and colleges for more than three years" are students who have received more than three academic years of teaching in specialized courses at universities and colleges and universities, passed all subjects, and obtained a diploma. The strict definitions, the old-fashioned interpretations, and the harsh terms are simply outrageous.

Sun Yuanqi was afraid that it was not enough to be secretive, and he organized the teachers and students of the Department of Education of Jingshi University to collect and sort out all the materials since the emergence of higher education in China in 1898, and listed in detail the names of all the schools that have implemented higher education in the country, as well as the starting and ending years, and the names of majors. Foreign universities and colleges are also listed, with the exception of graduates of accelerated colleges set up by various countries for Chinese students. For example, the Zhejiang Provincial Two-Level Normal School, where Cai Yuanpei cheated, clearly states that only graduates of the school's excellent normal department from 1908 to 1912 have the conditions for mutual selection.

In order to prevent the omission of personnel due to the lack of school information, Sun Yuanqi also specifically demanded that all provinces should promptly carry out the election of ordinary members for the qualified persons specified in the list, so that the senators who will participate in the National Assembly can be elected within the specified time. As for other students who are not on the list, they can report to the Ministry of Education in the form of a letter, and the Zhongyāng Society will also set aside a separate Senator seat for them, and wait for the right time to fill in the list, so as not to accumulate all the elections due to some people. After the promulgation of the regulations, if any students pick quarrels and provoke trouble, protest and petition under the pretext of obstructing the election, they will be fined 100 silver dollars for the first time; the second time a fine of 500 silver dollars will be imposed; The third time is a one-month detention sentence and deprivation of the right to vote and to stand for election for five years.

In a letter to Cai Yuanpei accompanying the document, Sun Yuanqi also stated that if the provisional Senate and the cabinet agreed with him, then he would accept the appointment of the relevant post and temporarily be in charge of the mutual election of members and senators of the Zhongyāng Society; If you don't agree, then I'm sorry, Sun's ability is limited, so you should ask for another master!

It is estimated that the provisional Senate and the cabinet have no other tricks, and they quickly agreed to all the documents submitted by Sun Yuanqi. Subsequently, these documents were continuously published in the form of zhèngfǔ announcements in the media such as "Zhengjing Rì Bao", "Declaration", "Minli Bao", "Minquan Daily", and Zhonghua Broadcasting, and the Chinese Society for Science and Technology located next to Jingshi University also hung up plaques such as "zhongyāng society", "zhongyāng society natural science and engineering technology department", "zhongyāng society member selection committee", "zhongyāng society senate election committee" and other plaques. It marks the official establishment of the Zhongyāng Society.

I don't know if it was because of Sun Yuanqi's personality or because the relevant punishment regulations were too strict, but no one raised objections within the promulgation of the proclamation. As an institution of higher learning with the largest number of teachers and students in China, Jingshi University, which is close to the water, has registered more than 1,000 people at the election office in the past few days, accounting for almost ninety percent of the total number of registered students in the country!

When the actual members are elected, it won't be the only one in the world, right? Sun Yuanqi is not only worried: although Jingshi University is indeed a leader in China's scientific community, it is understandable that it occupies the majority of the Zhongyāng Society. However, if he is in charge of the election power of the Zhongyāng Society, if 67 of the current 7 senator seats are occupied by Jingshi University students, I am afraid that it will inevitably be criticized, right?

At this moment, the doorman suddenly came to report: "My lord, please see Wang Xiluan of the Jingshi Law School!" ”