On September 21, not long after meeting Mr. Conger, that is, on the morning of the sixth day of the eighth month of the 24th year of Guangxu, the Empress Dowager Cixi launched a palace coup, announced the resumption of political training, imprisoned Emperor Guangxu in the Hanyuan Hall in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai, and ordered the arrest of Kang Youwei and other reformers, and the "Wuxu Coup" occurred. Kang Youwei fled Beijing the day before the coup, and the "Six Gentlemen" of Tan Sitong, Yang Rui, Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi, Kang Guangren, and Yang Shenxiu were killed in Caishikou on August 13 (September 28). The sensational "Hundred Days Restoration" was stifled by the stubborn old-fashioned forces represented by the Empress Dowager Cixi.

After the failure of the reform, the Jingshi University Hall, which was a product of the Restoration, was also in turmoil for a while, and although on August 11 (September 26), the "Decree on the Continuation of the Opening of the Jingshi University Hall to Stop the Reform of the Law" was issued, but the people's hearts were panicked and could not stay all day.

Sun Jianai, who managed the Jingshi University Hall as a scholar and co-organizer of the university, was cautious and low-key, and took a moderate position during the Wuxu Reform, and often took a middle ground between radicals and conservative forces: on the one hand, he advocated learning from Europe and the United States, suggested the establishment of a central school, an accelerated school and a medical school, and recommended the works of Feng Guifen, Zheng Guanying and others to the Guangxu Emperor; On the other hand, he pointed out that "China takes etiquette and religion as the foundation of its state, and the name of the program is always new", believing that the inherent system cannot be broken, and at the same time calling Kang You "academic misconduct". Therefore, after the failure of the reform, he can continue to stay in office in the DPRK, but he is more cautious and cautious in his words and deeds.

Sun Yuanqi, who exists like a sesame seed in the hall of Beijing Normal University, although he was once played by Sun Jianai as the teaching of the style of the hall of Beijing Normal University, he will not be held accountable for a while. In line with the principle of "be careful and make no big mistakes", in addition to going to Chongshi Middle School to attend classes, they all hid in the horse temple and concentrated on systematically sorting out the physics knowledge learned in their previous lives. In terms of details, Sun Yuanqi also made some reviews: for example, he never mentioned anything other than physics in class; I shaved the front half of my head in front of the mirror, although my hair was a few inches long and I couldn't braid it, but wearing fake braids, I really looked like a Qing Dynasty person; Going out is definitely cloth shoes, long shirts, and fake braids.

September 30 in the Western calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, although Chongshi Middle School is a Western-style middle school, the school also has a half-day holiday, and each teacher also gave a box of mooncakes, four persimmons, and four apples. On the way back, Sun Yuanqi sold two catties of wine and a few cooked food, although he was alone, and there were some miserable rains in the city, the festival still had to be lived.

When I entered the Horse Temple, I saw Lao Tong sitting at the door, so he said, "Lao Tong, it's half August, how did you live?" ”

In the past two months, I don't see you every day, I always have to see him a few times, and I gradually understand Lao Tong, knowing that he is a bachelor, and he has a brother on it, who lives farther away, and it is rare to see him once a year.

Lao Tong saw that it was him, and stood up repeatedly: "Yes, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival." How else can you live? It's a one-man life. ”

"Then go up to me tonight and have a drink!" Sun Yuanqi felt that there was no less trouble in this period of time, so he invited.

Lao Tong smiled and said, "Then why are you so embarrassed to bother? ”

"Isn't that the end of the story?" Sun Yuanqi said, "I am also a person, and it is quite tasteless to live the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Seeing that Sun Yuanqi said sincerely, Lao Tong agreed.

When the round moon hung on the top of the tree, Lao Tong carried a bag of things and walked into Sun Yuanqi's yard. Sun Yuanqi had already packed up the wine and food and placed them on the stones in the courtyard, and placed two mazars next to them, so that he could see the moon through the gap in the willow branches.

Lao Tong shouted loudly from afar: "Mr. Sun, I'm here to eat!" ”

Sun Yuanqi laughed: "Welcome, welcome." ”

Lao Tong came closer, handed the things to Sun Yuanqi, opened it, and saw that it was a box of osmanthus cakes: "I said that I was a treat, why did I bring things?" Tie the guys? ”

"Tie guys? My old Tong can take a big advantage! Lao Tong said proudly, "I've heard before that Mr. Sun is from Jiangsu." I heard that southerners have to eat osmanthus cake during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so I pondered and bought a box. Wait a while and try it to see if it's authentic? The owner of the pastry shop asked me for a ticket. ”

Sun Yuan was moved. Then beckoned Lao Tong to sit down, drinking and eating food, and gossiping at the same time.

There weren't many common topics between the two of them, so when they talked, they talked about the matter of the Beijing Normal University Hall. Lao Tong burped and said: "Since the Queen Mother's training, the repair of this horse temple has also been relaxed, and I don't know when it will be repaired." ”

"Then the university hall won't be open for a while?" Sun Yuanqi speculated.

"Probably yes. The bunnies in the Internal Affairs Office were very well-informed, and as soon as the palace shrugged their butts, they knew what to fart. "Lao Tong is a flag man, it doesn't matter what he says.

Sun Yuanqi thought for a while, and then said, "Then will they repair my yard?" ”

"This yard is neat, and it doesn't need to be repaired." Lao Tong picked up the wine bowl, took a sip, put down the wine bowl and continued: "I told them that Mr. Sun is the nephew of Scholar Sun, and the house is a little leaky. When they heard it, they couldn't rush to repair it, and it was estimated that it would be these days. After the repair, you have to live. ”

Scholar Sun is talking about Sun Jianai, the current co-organizer of the Bachelor's Fellowship, which is about the same as the vice premier of the State Council in later generations, an absolute high-ranking official. As a result, Sun Yuanqi inexplicably became "**".

When Sun Yuanqi thought about it, he was relieved, and it was estimated that no one would dare to look for his thorn for the time being.

Lao Tong drank crookedly and left, and Sun Yuanqi sat alone in the atrium, and at this time, he really felt bleak. Looking at the full moon in the sky fixedly, I thought of my parents, girlfriends, classmates, and teachers in a different time and space, and drank wine one by one, and the wine turned into tears and flowed down from the corners of my eyes......

On the 11th day of the eighth lunar month (September 26), the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered that the primary schools set up by the prefectures, prefectures and counties should be at the discretion of the local officials and listen to the people's convenience. Those who are not in the ancestral temples of the provinces are not obscene, and they need not be changed to schools.

On August 24 (October 9), the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered: "In the future, the township examination, the general examination and the annual examination, etc., will be the same as before, and the examination will still be carried out separately in the four books and texts, scriptures, and questions." ”

These major blows to the new school have caused many primary and secondary schools to be closed or even closed. Chongshi Middle School is a church school, so it has little impact, on the contrary, there are several new faces, presumably transferred from other schools.

On September 18 (November 1), Gao Gengen also published "The Hidden Dangers of the New School are Huge, Please Cancel and Fold", saying that "these schools are all decorated with middle schools as the appearance, hiding people's eyes and ears, and they are dedicated to spreading Western learning, with foreigners as the suzerain, and foreigners as talismans", "There is only the name of the middle school in the school, and Western learning is served, and those who enter it are all taught by it, learn its etiquette, and take the medicine of its obsession, and are willing to rebel and not change", and asked "to send an edict to the Library, in addition to the Tongwen Museum, the Military Academy, and the Machinery Bureau to keep it practical, All the newly created large, medium and small schools outside Beijing will be abolished, and those that have not been established will be stopped, so as to put an end to chaos and sprout. If there are those who are privately studying Western studies or falsely claiming to be concerned with current affairs, they will be severely punished immediately, and those who are immersed in Western studies and willing to follow the rebellion have nothing to rely on, that is, there is no way to be confused, and the ancestral law will not change again, the holy way will not be chaotic again, and the great trouble can be eliminated."

Although the folds are not sent in the middle, they are already a variety of schools that are frightened by the bow, and after hearing the letter, they either change their doors or close their doors.

Because Chongshi Middle School has been established for more than 30 years, its founder Ding Yunliang is a second-class official, and with the support of the American Legation, it has become a big tree shelter from the wind and rain for a while. Sun Yuanqi saw that there were several more students in the class.

One day in early November of the Western calendar, Sun Yuanqi finished his class from the advanced class and, according to the usual practice, asked, "Is there anything I don't understand in today's class?" ”

I saw a student behind me raise his hand: "Sir, I have a problem!" ”

Sun Yuanqi's class was carried out in accordance with the textbooks of later generations, with rich examples, simple explanations, and very careful definitions, which were generally understood by those who finished the class, and few people in the advanced classes asked questions. If I asked, I mostly asked some other marginal questions after class. I was surprised that someone suddenly asked a question today. Hurriedly said, "What's your problem?" ”

Sun Yuanqi is a new young man in the 21st century, who pays attention to the equality of everyone, so he respects the students very much and never puts on a "dignified face", so the students like him very much, especially in the primary class.

"Sir, I just transferred from Beiyang Higher School, my name is Chen Jide, and a few others are from Baoding Middle School. Compared with the original classmates, there is a big gap missing, and I want to make up for it by myself. So I would like to ask sir, is there any textbook in the class? The student stood up, not very old, not very tall, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, a square nose and mouth, and wheat-colored skin, but he was very lively.

"There are no textbooks." Sun Yuanqi replied, "When I started the school year before, I had already told you that what I taught was different from others, and there were no teaching materials, so I asked my classmates to take notes carefully. If you want to see it, you can ask them to borrow it. ”

"It's okay to borrow nature...... Chen Jide sat down with some embarrassment, estimating that the newcomer couldn't play with the original classmates for the time being, and it was a little difficult to borrow notes.

Sun Yuanqi was just about to leave, and another person raised his hand: "Sir!" ”

Retracting his feet, this time the question was asked by a classmate who had been in class since the beginning of school, a very handsome teenager, Sun Yuanqi had some impressions and said, "What is your problem?" ”

"Sir, I've been listening to the lectures all the time - after class, I've also read the notes of our classmates, and everyone is different, and even resistant." The student stood up, "I saw that Mr. brought some paper with him to class, I think it was an outline, so I would like to ask Mr. to leave it for us, and we can return it to you in the next class." ”

Sun Yuanqi was stunned for a moment, this student's statement should be credible, because he rarely writes in class, and only occasionally uses chalk when he needs to draw, and the rest is open to say. Why? Sun Yuanqi has his own difficulties, that is, he doesn't know many traditional characters, and he is afraid that he will reveal his stuffing when he writes it. Similarly, the syllabus of the class was also written with a pen by hand, and it was all simplified characters, how dare you lend it to students? As for what happens after everyone listens to the lecture, it all depends on each person's own notes. The problem of note discrepancies is probably a problem that will be encountered by all levels of classes.

After pondering for a long time, Sun Yuanqi said, "This is indeed a problem. By the way, what's your name? ”

"Han Yu, the word Boyu, sir." The student replied.

"In this way, Han Yu, you are responsible for collecting two or three well-recorded notes, Chen ...... Chen ...... "Sun Yuanqi forgot the name of the first student and pointed at him.

"Chen Jide, the word is de, sir." Chen Jide stood up.

"Yes, Chen Jide, you find two neat writers, and then go to my residence with Han Yu every Friday and Saturday night, tidy it up from scratch, and copy it down, it's a standard, let's take turns copying it." Sun Yuanqi didn't want to write by himself, so he used this method. As for the beginner class, it is Monday and Tuesday; For intermediate classes, Wednesdays and Thursdays are held.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the atmosphere of Confucianism was strong, and the "dignity of the teacher" was emphasized, as the saying goes: "A teacher for one day, a father for life." He also said, "If the gentleman has something, the disciple will do his job." "So it is natural to listen to the teacher and do things for the teacher. The students agreed without the slightest opinion. So six days a week, there are students coming and going in the horse temple. Lao Tong smiled and said to Sun Yuanqi: "If others don't know, they still think that the hall of Beijing Normal University has opened!" ”

At the residence, Sun Yuan called the group of people who repaired the house to first tear down the broken kang in the north of the west wing and connect it with the middle to form a large room; I asked Lao Tong to buy a few chairs and a few tables. Every time a student came, Sun Yuanqi dictated to the students how to write in front of his outline and students' notes, one, two, three, four, A, B, C, and ......; At the end of the pen, I have to look at it again and make certain changes before the student takes it back and writes it.

In the beginning, everyone came unusually: Mondays, Tuesdays, elementary classes; Wednesdays, Thursdays, Medium classes; Friday, Saturday, Advanced Class. Gradually, the middle class copied the textbooks of the elementary and advanced classes, and the higher classes also came to listen to the lessons of the middle and elementary classes, and even in schools, some students from the primary class were absent from class and went to the higher classes to listen to the lectures...... In the end, it was simply mixed, Sun Yuanqi couldn't remember who was in the elementary class and who was in the advanced class, anyway, 6 days a week, there were people in the West Wing. The most exaggerated thing is that it is closed on Sundays, and there are people who touch it to ask questions.

In order to make the comparison clear and facilitate teaching, Sun Yuanqi made a lot of experimental equipment by himself, which was quite practical although rough. I bought a few more with my salary and put them in the west wing, which actually looked like a laboratory.

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