The first few rounds of examinations and screenings were presided over by Luo Zhenyu and Zhang Yuanji, the two vice presidents, and Sun Yuanqi rarely participated in them because of the arrival of international students from various countries. Today this is the first contact list.

"Jiang Zhiqing."

This is the first person on the list. Sun Yuanqi said that he had never heard of this name, so his reaction was mediocre.

"Cheng Qian."

This is the second person on the list. In a trance, Sun Yuanqi seemed to have heard this name before, did it appear in the movie "The Founding Ceremony"? Or is it in "The Battle of Crossing the River"? Although the names are not as thunderous as Sun Yat-sen and Yuan Shikai, they can let themselves hear of them, and they are all great figures in the Republic of China

"Yan Xishan"

This is the third person on the list. When Sun Yuanqi saw this name, he was already stunned: Isn't this person the later king of Shanxi? No, no, it's definitely a coincidence. The school has never enrolled students in Shanxi, how could that old Xi'er appear in his own school? Hehe, the so-called "Lin is similar, Sima is similar, the name is similar, but the reality is not similar", it must be that I have thought too much

Put the list on the table and want to use the compilation textbook to calm down for a while. Before I could write a few words, I suddenly thought again: What if it was the Yan Laoxi in history, didn't he change history by force?

hurriedly took the list and looked at it carefully, it seems that the three words "Yan Xishan" are the same as Yan Laoxi in later generations. Is it a coincidence? Or is it just the same person?

Practice makes sense. As soon as he had a thought, he hurriedly asked Zhao Jingxing and the three people on the list to be invited to the principal's office, hoping to find some clues about this.

Half an hour later, the men came to the office one after another. Although the students roughly guessed that it might be about studying in Japan, the principal couldn't figure out what to say to them, so they could only sit in their chairs and think about it in their hearts.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Sun Yuanqi stood up and poured hot tea on them, while secretly examining the four students. Zhao Jingxing has seen a lot on weekdays, but this time he is just tied up, so naturally he doesn't have to care. Just look at the three of them, all of them have a strong aura, and the outstanding characters are really extraordinary.

However, Sun Yuanqi listened to the names of Cheng Qian and Yan Xishan, but he couldn't tell the difference between his appearance; On the contrary, the youngest of them looked quite familiar, as if he had often seen them somewhere before.

Seeing Sun Yuan starting to take the teacup, the man hurriedly got up and caught it. With this reason, Sun Yuanqi said: "Since everyone has arrived here, they naturally know who I am, so I don't need to introduce myself." Although I am your principal, among the four of you, except for this Zhao Jingxing, the other three do not know each other. I'm afraid the four of you don't know each other very well, right? Why don't you introduce yourself? ”

The closest to Sun Yuanqi was a young man in his twenties, and his appearance was originally ordinary, but because of the pair of eyebrows full of heroic taste, the whole face looked vivid. Seeing that Sun Yuan looked at him at first, he hurriedly got up. Only then did Sun Yuan find out that the young man's height was actually about 1.7 meters.

He bowed to everyone before he said: "Student Yan Xishan, whose name is Baichuan, is a native of Wutai County, Shanxi, born in the ninth year of Guangxu (1883), and is now studying in Class B of the second grade of the Higher Education Hall. ”

From the first word he said, Sun Yuan heard the strong Shanxi flavor in it. Shanxi, Yan Xishan, the word Baichuan, is it really that goods? Although I thought so in my heart, I couldn't verify it. Could it be that he grabbed his hand and said to him, "Young man, I see that you have dragon muscles and tiger bones, and your weapons are extraordinary, and you will definitely be crowned a marquis and worship the prime minister in the future"?

At that moment, I had to ask again: "Baichuan, you are from Shanxi, how did you come to Beijing to study?" ”

Yan Xishan was quite embarrassed, and immediately covered up the past, and replied without humility or arrogance: "Mr. Hui, the student's family was originally half farmer and half businessman, and he entered a private school when he was ** years old, and read enlightenment readings such as the "Three Character Classic" and some of the Four Books and Five Classics. At the age of fourteen, the student dropped out of school and went with his father to learn business at his own Jiqing Changqian shop in Wutai County.

"Who knew that there was a national change in the year of Gengzi, and the money shop business plummeted, not only did he lose his money, but he also owed people 2,000 hanging money. The creditors pressed tightly, and the student's father and son were forced to escape. First in Taiyuan to hide debts, and then I heard that there are schools in Beijing, free of charge, and allowances, so the students arrived in Beijing in the twenty-ninth year 03) and were admitted to the school's higher learning hall, so far. ”

Sun Yuan nodded and said no more, lest he be suspicious. After inviting him to sit down, he looked at the man beside him.

This young man also looked like he was in his twenties, with a very strange face, but his eyes were bright. At this time, he calmly stood up straight and replied: "Student Cheng Qian, the word Songyun, a native of Liling, Hunan, was born in the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), and is now studying in the third grade class A of the higher school. Students also entered the school at the age of nine, made up for the school examination at the age of fifteen, and was admitted to Xiucai at the age of seventeen. During the Gengzi period, seeing that the country was in decline and would die in danger, the students thought that the history could not save the country, so they gave up their careers. Previously, the students had studied with Ren Lao (i.e. Wang Minyun) and got to know Brother Huizi (i.e., Yang Du). It happened that when he came back from Japan, he recommended my husband's school to me. So the students went north in the autumn of 28 years 02), and since then they have been studying in the higher education hall and have benefited a lot"

Sun Yuanqi thought to himself: It seems that this person is Cheng Qian in his memory. After inviting him to sit down, he looked at the last strange student, thinking that he was Jiang Zhiqing.

This Jiang Zhiqing is very young, and his height is similar to Zhao Jingxing. It looks like the eyebrows are clear and beautiful, and the connotation is not revealed, and occasionally the eyes turn, but the cunning state is revealed. Seeing Sun Yuanqi looking at him, he hurriedly straightened his face and stood up solemnly: "Student Jiang Zhiqing, who has not yet taken the word, is a native of Fenghua, Zhejiang, and was born in the thirteenth year of Guangxu (1887). His father died young, and he was raised by his mother. Entered the school at an early age, recited the history of the scriptures, and was 28 years 02) should be a boy who failed the list. However, because of this, he was able to see the thousands of worlds, his eyes were opened, and he was determined to accept a new type of education and enter a foreign school. At this time, I heard that our school is free of food and clothing, and there are bursaries; Zhejiang predecessors Mr. Cai Heqin, Mr. Cai, Zhang Jusheng, and Mr. Zhang are also highly respected; Coupled with the embarrassment of the student's family life, my mother tightened my clothes and food for me to go to school, so I couldn't bear it, so I came to the school at the beginning of the 29th year 03), and now I am studying in the first grade B class of the higher school. ”

Hearing Jiang Zhiqing's Fenghua accent, and he said that he was from Fenghua, Zhejiang, Sun Yuanqi understood why he felt that this person was familiar: this kind of demeanor is definitely very similar to the chairman on the screen, but the chairman's name is Zhongzheng, the word Kai-shek, and he is not called "Jiang Zhiqing".

Since they are all from Fenghua, with the same surname as Jiang, and some of them look like the chairman, is there any blood relationship between them? The chairman is about the same age as Taizu, so I think he is a teenager now. Thinking of this, Sun Yuanqi asked tentatively: "How much do you Fenghua surnamed Jiang?" ”

Unexpectedly, the principal would ask him this question, Jiang Zhiqing was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly replied: "There are not many people surnamed Jiang in Fenghua, and most of them live in Xikou. ”

"Then, does your family have a boy named Jiang Zhongzheng, the word Kai-shek?"

Jiang Zhiqing thought for a while and shook his head: "No, our family does not have names Jiang Zhongzheng and the word Kai-shek." Why, sir, do you know him? ”

"No, no, no." Sun Yuanqi thought to himself, I know the chairman of the committee, but can the chairman on the screen be equated with the current Jiang Zhongzheng? At the moment, he said, "I just heard that there is such a person, who is said to be talented and intelligent, and is a good seedling." Zhiqing, if you find out that you Fenghua is such a person in the future, remember to ask him to come to Beijing to find me."

If the chairman of the committee can be reformed well, will there be fewer civil wars in the future? After the meeting, the chairman of the committee suddenly woke up, gave up martial arts and practiced literature, and engaged in scientific research, maybe Sun Yuanqi thought so.

After Zhao Jingxing's introduction, Sun Yuanqi said: "As you think, the four of you have been selected as the first batch of publicly-funded students to study in Japan in our school, and will leave at the end of the year to study at Tokyo Zhenwu School, and those with excellent grades will be escorted to the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School." Here, I would like to congratulate you on your shortlists, and wish you all the best in your journey and success in your studies."

Although the students had expected this result for a long time, but now that it was confirmed by the principal himself, they still couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they condescended:

"Thank you sir"

"Thank you for cultivating"

Sun Yuanqi's voice changed: "Since you are a student sent by the school to study abroad, and you are responsible for your tuition and basic living expenses during your study in Japan, the school has certain requirements and expectations for you, and I hope you can abide by it." ”

The students hurriedly got up, stood solemnly, and listened to Sun Yuanqi's lecture.

"First of all, you should study hard during your stay in Japan, strive to successfully complete your studies with excellent results, and fully demonstrate the excellent quality of our Jingshi University students and my Chinese students."

Requiring students to study hard is also the proper meaning of the question.

"As for your graduation from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, including Zhao Jingxing, you will decide where you will go, and the school will not interfere. If you need a recommendation from the school, or even go back to work, the doors of the school will always be open for you. ”

Zhao Jingxing came back to bring the security guards, so naturally it didn't matter. But cattle like Yan Xishan and Cheng Qian want to shine in history, and Sun Yuanqi is unwilling to change their grand vision of life because of his favor.

"In the future, when you graduate from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, it is very likely that you will enter the army and have a certain amount of military power. The last point, and my deepest expectation for you, is to love the country and the people after taking power. To love the people means to fight less civil wars, or even no civil wars, to unite the guns with the outside world, to protect the homeland and defend the country, and to benefit the people.

"To be patriotic means not to betray the motherland and not to collude with foreign aggressors to betray the interests of the nation and the country. If any of you become a traitor and bring shame to the school, will the school not only expel him, but also ask all alumni to beat the drum and remember it? ”

Sun Yuanqi particularly emphasized this point because Yan Laoxi was stained during the anti-Japanese period. In particular, during the most difficult period of resistance against Japan, from 1940 to 1945, he once lost confidence in the prospect of the war, and in order to preserve his strength under the pressure of Chiang Kai-shek, he held many negotiations with the Japanese army and Wang Puppet, and speculated between the resistance against Japan and the surrender of Japan.

The four of them replied in unison, "The student has written it down."