Sun Yuanqi was a little silent. Update up to 78xs //

Wang Xiluan is indeed very reasonable. Sun Yuanqi is only a master of physics, not a god, and his knowledge of a hundred years ahead may allow him to have a say in physics, chemistry, mathematics, electronics and other fields, but by no means in all fields. In subjects such as literature, history, philosophy, and law, many times he is not even half a bucket of water for a quick graduate, so how can he judge the merits of the writings of scholars in these fields? Traditional academics such as text phonology, exegesis, and famous objects and canons, I'm afraid he won't even be able to read them!

Sun Yuanqi pondered for a moment and replied: "Brother Renxi can be said to have seen thousands of miles and seen everything, and Sun really did not consider this, but fortunately, it is not too late to make amends." Sun plans to directly nominate the president of the Central Society to first select a group of honorary members in various fields to be responsible for the evaluation of scholars' works. Historiography such as Yang Linsu (Yang Shoujing) and Wang Kuiyuan (Wang Xianqian), classics such as Wang Xiangqi (Wang Minyun) and Liao Siyi (Liao Ping), philosophy such as Yan Jidao (Yan Fu) and Liang Xinhui (Liang Qichao). The law is very unfamiliar to Sun, I don't know what Brother Renxi recommends? How about Wu Wenjue (Wu Tingfang) and Shen Jiquan (Shen Jiaben) two old gentlemen? ”

Wang Xiluan said: "These two gentlemen are both teachers under the bottom, and Wang didn't dare to put his beak at first. Since Mr. Sun asked now, Wang had the courage to say a few words. Mr. Wu studied law at Lincoln Law School in London, the first of the four leading colleges in the United Kingdom, and obtained a doctorate degree, making him the first Chinese to obtain a doctorate degree in law in the United Kingdom. He then returned to Hong Kong to practise as a solicitor and was soon admitted as a practising barrister by the Governor. He assisted Mr. Shen in the compilation of the "Current Criminal Law of the Qing Dynasty". Abolish criminal punishments such as Ling Chi, beheading, and corpse killing, prohibit torture, and edit civil, criminal, and procedural laws. End the situation in which China's civil law and criminal law are not separated, and open up a new era for China's criminal law. So as an honorary member of law, he definitely deserves his name!

As early as the 12th year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1886), Mr. Shen published the first legal work "Collection of Thorn Characters". Since then, he has also written more than ten manuscripts such as "Autumn Notes", "Occasional Notes on Laws and Regulations", and "Miscellaneous Laws and Regulations". In addition to research. He has also been extensively engaged in legal practice, including serving as the Right Attendant of the Criminal Department, the Minister of Revision of Law, the Principal Secretary of the Dali Yuan, and the Right Attendant of the Ministry of Law, as well as presiding over the formulation of a series of legal codes such as the Civil Law of the Great Qing Dynasty, the Draft Commercial Law of the Great Qing Dynasty, the Draft Criminal Procedure Law, and the Draft Civil Procedure Law. It can be said to be the pioneer of modern Chinese jurisprudence.

"Mr. Wu studied overseas, and Mr. Shen is rooted in the local area, one China, one West, one ocean and one soil. It is enough to call China's jurisprudence a double masterpiece. It is up to them to judge the writings of the current legal profession. Nature is fair and just, and no one dares to disagree. It's just that the two gentlemen are now in their old age, and their energy has decreased sharply, and they will retire after Xinhai and no longer care about things. Especially Mr. Shen, who has been sick and bedridden for a long time, I'm afraid that Mr. Sun, you-"

"Is it difficult for Sun to invite the two gentlemen out of the mountain?" Sun Yuanqi took over the conversation.

The bigwigs are all seniors in their seventies and eighties, which is indeed a common problem in the Chinese academic circles, especially in the field of liberal arts. The reason is that Chinese like to discuss seniority and respect for the elderly. It is also because the academic achievements of ancient times need to be accumulated slowly, and they do not need to be too amazing and brilliant to think critically. Therefore, the advantage of age is obvious. The folk proverb "I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice, I have walked more bridges than you have eaten" and "I have no hair on my mouth, and I am not firm in my work", which is the concrete embodiment of this thinking.

Someone once jokingly summarized the plan for the cultivation of literature, history, philosophy and science, including worshipping under famous teachers, obtaining a degree from a famous school, studying abroad, teaching at a famous university, writing a large number of articles, etc., but the most important one is to strive for a long life. As long as you boil all the scholars of your generation to death, and you are the only one who survives, you will naturally become a scholar. The reason why Wen Huaisha, Ye Man and the like can be famous is that they live long enough, and then there are no tigers and monkeys in the mountains to call them kings.

But what is the purpose of Wang Xiluan so concerned about the health and age of Shen Jiaben and Wu Tingfang?

Sun Yuanqi suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his head, and asked Wang Xiluan politely: "Yes, Mr. Shen is sick in bed, and Mr. Wu has retired to Shanghai, and it is indeed difficult for Sun to invite the two gentlemen out of the mountain." As a well-known figure in the legal field, Brother Ren Xi doesn't know what good strategy he has? ”

Wang Xiluan's attitude was still respectful, but his tone was slightly bright: "There is no good plan to speak of, but from Mr. Sun's idea of borrowing the Chinese Society for Science and Technology to select members, I suddenly thought of a solution." ”

"Oh?"

Wang Xiluan continued: "Just as Mr. Sun entangled overseas students to establish the Chinese Society for Science and Technology, in November of the second year of Xuantong (1910), we and other students of the Beijing Normal Law School Xiong Yu, Wang Kezhong, Wang Zijian and others established the Beijing Law Society with the donation and sponsorship of Mr. Shen, which was the earliest law society in China. After the establishment of the society, it set up a short-term legal and political research institute to actively cultivate legal and political talents. Edited and published the Journal of the Law Society, which is published monthly. However, due to political changes and social turmoil at the end of Xinhai, the activities of the Law Society were forced to be suspended.

"Now that the Republic of China has begun to renew everything, it coincides with the establishment of the Central Society, so I implore Mr. Sun to come forward to reorganize the Law Society, and on this basis, the China Law Society will be established, and the Central Society will fund it, and take the task of judging the writings of scholars in the national legal circles as the first task of the Society, so that the Society can resume its activities as soon as possible and make due contributions to the political reform and the people's public order!"

Wang Xiluan's intention turned out to be here!

At the end of the day, his goal is to be a member of each other. Before coming to visit Sun Yuanqi, he had already formulated two strategies for the "Central Society Law" and the "Detailed Rules for Mutual Election", one was to directly strive for the status of the former Jingshi Law School as a higher education institution. However, Sun Yuanqi started his career through education, and his life trajectory almost completely coincided with the development of modern higher education in China, and he knew the ins and outs of various colleges and universities. As soon as the first round of the contest began, Wang Xiluan was directly knocked out by Sun Yuanqi.

The other is to make a roundabout effort to obtain the qualifications of the former Beijing Law Society to comment on the writings of scholars in the national legal circles. According to the provisions of the Law of the Central Society, those who have special works that have been evaluated by the Central Society are also eligible for mutual selection. The definition of "writing" is much broader, and whether it is a translation, a textbook, a monograph, a thesis, an excerpt, a compilation, a translation, or a writing, it can all be counted in the category of writing. If the Beijing Law Society controls the power to judge publications, they can count all the papers in the "Law Society Journal" edited and published by themselves as works.

Although Sun Yuanqi has been in charge of the Faculty for several years and has a clear understanding of the situation in the educational circles, how could Sun Yuanqi know that there is a local primary school association with more than 10 or 20 people in the relatively unfamiliar field of law, and that he has edited and published several issues of magazines that cannot be put on the table. Wang Xiluan really took advantage of the ignorance of this matter in the market, so he tricked Sun Yuanqi into the trap he set step by step.

It's a good calculation!

Although Sun Yuanqi was a little disgusted with Wang Xiluan's methods, he still praised the Beijing Law Society, and it was really necessary to have some interest and research in the profession to be able to take the initiative to form a professional academic group, establish a research institute and edit and publish a magazine in this year! Such people may not have a very high academic level, but their sense of responsibility is exactly what the Jingshi is most needed for the establishment of the Central Society, and it is impossible to be too demanding when all disciplines are in the embryonic state at present.

Sun Yuanqi said: "As an ex-officio member of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Central Society, it is reasonable for the China Law Society to be funded by the Central Society in the future. However, the rectification and upgrading of the Beijing Law Society to the Chinese Law Society is a matter of great room for discussion. ”

"Why is that?" Wang Xiluan frowned.

Sun Yuanqi replied: "It is true that the Jingshi Law School and the Beijing Law Society have made extraordinary contributions in the history of the development of Chinese law, but it is still very doubtful whether they can represent Chinese law and organize the China Law Society. As far as Sun knows, according to the statistics of the General Affairs Department of the School in the first year of Xuantong (1909), there are 47 schools of law and politics with 12,282 students in the country, accounting for 37% of the total number of schools and 52% of the total number of students, respectively. Scholars who have written in these schools can sincerely convince the Jingshi Law School and the Beijing Law Society. I'm afraid that the law teachers and students of Peking University, Jingshi University, Beijing College of Law and Political Science and other schools on the ground in the capital will be unconvinced first!

"Then there are students studying abroad. In the three years from the first year to the third year of Xuantong, there were 958 publicly-funded and self-funded law students who went to Europe, the United States, and Japan. If it is counted as a previous year, the total number is no less than two or three thousand, including Wu Wenjue (Wu Tingfang), Wang Liangchou (Wang Chonghui) and other famous schools Doctor of Law. Will they be convinced of you? Don't let your Jingshi Law School and Beijing Law Society become the laughing stock of the legal community! ”

Wang Xiluan was silent.

Sun Yuanqi continued: "Of course, Brother Ren Xi's suggestion is very feasible, and the pioneering work of your Jingshi Law School and the Beijing Law Society cannot be ignored, so it is better for you to convene all the teachers and students of law majors in the Jingshi to comment on the scholars who have special works but do not have the qualifications for mutual selection, and finally select no more than one-twentieth of the number of qualified candidates as members of your Beijing Law Society." You legal scholars have always been known for their rigor and fairness, and the plans you want to formulate and the results of the elections are very fair. When you succeed in the election, you can also extend this experience to other provinces and other professions. ”

There are only about 500 graduates of the Jingshi Law School, and even if everyone has written books and everyone participates in the election, according to the ratio of one-twentieth of the people, only 25 of them will be elected as members of the Beijing Law Society, and they will have to participate in the election of the National Law Society, and they will definitely not be able to manipulate the results of the election in the end.

Wang Xiluan lowered his head and thought for a moment before replying, "Follow Mr. Sun's orders!" (To be continued.) )