Zhao Bingjun and the others naturally understood what Yuan Shikai meant.

This morning, he disagreed with Sun Yuanqi and was directly ordered to expel the guest, and his face was already a little unbearable. If you take the initiative to send someone over now, it will inevitably appear to be low-voiced. It is best to find a suitable person and inadvertently convey the intention accurately, which not only saves face, but also does not appear too obtrusive.

Zhao Bingjun's eyes rolled: "Dashuai, there is a suitable candidate in the down!" ”

"Who?" chapter

"Morrison!"

Everyone's eyes lit up.

Zhao Bingjun explained: "Morrison just resigned from the post of chief correspondent of The Times in China a few days ago to prepare for the appointment of political adviser to the marshal, which is already well known in Beijing. He will come forward to deliver the news to ensure that Sun Baixi can understand what we mean. Moreover, Morrison is now busy selling his collection of books to the library of Jingshi University, and Sun Baixi is back at Jingshi University, and it is only natural that they will meet each other. More importantly, by Morrison to deliver the news, we can not only bring our meaning to Sun Baixi, but also inform Zhu Erdian of Sun Yuanqi's intention to interfere in Tibet's internal affairs through him! """ chapter

Yuan Shikai immediately made a decision: "Zhi'an, then you contact Mo Lixun as soon as possible, and let him find a way to convey the meaning of the peace talks to Sun Baixi, so as not to have too many dreams at night." Once the peace agreement between the north and the south is reached, it is necessary to quickly form a responsible cabinet, and at least Sun Baixi will be invited to come out as the chief of education. If you don't care about him, I'm afraid it will cause endless trouble. After a pause, he asked again: "By the way, what is Uncle Yuan's opinion on being the deputy minister of education?" ”

Zhao Bingjun said: "Uncle Yuan heard that the marshal invited him to be the deputy minister of education, and he was overjoyed. has already begun to hand over the affairs in hand, and it is time to submit his resignation when Sun Yuanqi returns to school. ”

Yuan Shikai nodded: "Education affairs can't be covered by Sun Baixi. Uncle Fu Yuan once worked under the old man's scene, and the old man trusted him quite a lot; He also served as the president of the University of Jingshi. Sun Baixi is no stranger to him. It is most appropriate for him to be the deputy minister of education! ”

As Yan Fu and Zhao Bingjun said, as soon as Sun Yuanqi sat down in the school office the next morning, Fu Zengxiang came to the door.

After the greetings, Fu Zengxiang said with a straight face: "Fu is valued by adults and has been hired as the president of Jingshi University for two years. Since taking office, he has been sleeping and trembling. I hope to make some small achievements to repay the grace of adults. However, the scholars of the University of the World are like clouds, and scholars are like the sea, and everyone has the foundation of their life. Chinese and foreign young people seek education, and the number of students in school exceeds 3,000. Fu felt that he was shallow in his studies and was really incompetent, so he sincerely asked to resign from the position of principal. ”

Although Sun Yuanqi already knew that he was going to resign. At this time, he was still quite stunned: "Why did Principal Yuan say this?" Mr. since he became the Principal. Teachers can teach with peace of mind, students can study with peace of mind, the school has made great progress, and scientific research achievements have emerged one after another. Principal Yuan's reputation has spread far and wide in the national education circles, and he has a good reputation among teachers and students. Why do you suddenly want to quit? Is there anything that is not satisfactory about the school? ”

Fu Zengxiang said: "Everything is fine in school, but Fu Mouzhi is not in education, so he ......"

Sun Yuanqi knew in his heart that it seemed that the hat of the deputy minister of education sent by Yuan Shikai had taken away his soul. I couldn't keep it, so I had to say, "Uncle Yuan might as well go back and meditate for a few days." If the decision is made, the resignation may be submitted to the Board of Directors. In short, if you have a great future, you will not be forced to keep you when you go; If you are tired of the mundane that day, the campus of Jingshi University will always be open for you. ”

Fu Zengxiang was a little emotional, got up and bowed deeply: "It's Fu who has the love of adults!" This affectionate friendship, Fu must always remember it. ”

Sun Yuanqi hurriedly held on: "Uncle Yuan has worked hard for the school in the past two years and has contributed a lot, I should thank you!" ”

Fu Zengxiang said: "The people who ride in the car carry the troubles, the clothes of the people have the worries of the people, and the responsibilities are, and the word 'thanks' is really ashamed." Thank you for your continued care! ”

In the future, he will be the deputy minister of education, and Sun Yuanqi will be the chief of education, so he naturally needs Sun Yuanqi to take more care.

After sending Fu Zengxiang away, Sun Yuanqi was in a big mess, and he no longer had the intention of writing tomorrow's speech, so he had to write letters to Cai Yuanpei, Fan Yuanlian, Liang Qichao and others first. Halfway through the letter, I heard Feng Jishan knock on the door: "Master Sun, Mr. Wang Jing'an asks to see you!" ”

"Hurry up, please!" Sun Yuanqi hurriedly got up and greeted him outside the door, and said with a smile: "Jing'an, when did you become so polite?" In a blink of an eye, he saw Wang Guowei followed by a Westerner about fifty years old, so he asked, "Jing'an, who is this gentleman?" ”

Wang Guowei introduced: "This is Mr. Morrisun, the former chief correspondent of The Times in China, and the current political adviser to Yuan Xiangcheng. ”

Sun Yuanqi hurriedly bowed his hand: "Ah, it turns out that you are 'China's Morrisun', look up for a long time!" ”

Morrison, a Scottish native born in Australia in 1862, was an adventurous child who spent his teenage years walking alone across the continent. In 1894 he traveled to southern China and later wrote his travelogue "Chinese Customs: An Australian in China", which was published in England and attracted wide attention in the West. It was because of this book that he was appreciated by the British newspaper "The Times" and was hired as a correspondent in China, beginning his 16-year career as a journalist.

Morrison's first-time scoop from Beijing made The Times a well-deserved authority in reporting news about China, and Morrison also became the most important "China expert" between Beijing's political circles and Western journalism in the first two decades of the 20th century, and was called "China's Morrison" and "Beijing's Morrison." It is said that many foreigners who have just arrived in China will be pulled straight to Morrison's house on Wangfujing Street by rickshaw drivers as soon as they get off the train. Because in the eyes of the coachmen, all the foreigners who come to Beijing must have come to Morrison.

Morrison used the pages of the Times to launch a campaign to curb Russian influence, which led to the "Russo-Japanese War", so much so that the international public opinion circles at that time called the "Russo-Japanese War" "Morrison's War". After Yuan Shikai became emperor, he renamed Wangfujing Street, where Morrison lived, as "Morrison Street", and this English name was used until 1949. This also shows Morrison's influence in China!

Mo Lixun also learned from Sun Yuanqi's appearance and bowed his hand and said: "Master Sun is a world-famous scientist. In the next reporter, how dare the light of the fireflies compete with the bright moon? ”

Sun Yuan smiled and said: "The reporter is known as the 'uncrowned king', a word of praise. Honored in Huagon; The depreciation of one word is stricter than the axe. The life and death of mortals such as us are completely in your thoughts. In this way, aren't you the bright moon? ”

Morrison: "Galileo is still the Galileo of the world, but the Roman Inquisition has become an institution of infamy." Therefore, the great scientist is the dazzling bright moon. ”

Sun Yuanqi laughed: "We don't have to praise each other, come and come." House please! ”

After sitting down, Sun Yuanqi was a little strange: "Jing'an, how did you know Mr. Morrison?" ”

In Sun Yuanqi's opinion. Morrison is a Western journalist who pursues political news, and Wang Guowei is an Oriental scholar who is immersed in green lights and yellow scrolls, and the two of them should have no intersection.

Morrison took the initiative to take over: "Since I settled in Beijing in 1897, I have purposefully and systematically collected books from Western countries on Asia, especially China. Almost every month's salary is spent on this. So far, there have been more than 24,000 books, newspapers, periodicals, maps, etc. But I'm getting married this year, and I need a lot of money to live after marriage, and it's hard to maintain this expensive hobby in terms of energy and money. So I decided to sell my collection.

"The Jingshi University Library is currently the library with the richest collection of books in China and even in Asia, including the unique oracle bones of the Yin Shang Dynasty, the Dunhuang testament, and hundreds of rare books of the Song and Yuan dynasties. What's more, the Jingshi University Library offered me a price that appealed to me. And Mr. Wang is the director of the library, and he comes and goes. We're acquainted. ”

Getting married this year?

While Sun Yuanqi congratulated, he couldn't help but look at Morrison again: judging from the contours of his face. When he was young, he was supposed to be a handsome and burly handsome guy. But he is now forty or fifty years old, how can he get married? In fact, Morrison was single until 1910, when Jenny was 21 years old, when she was hired as Morrison's secretary. Just like the post-secular social phenomenon, the secretary and the boss had a secret affair and hooked up, and then the two married in 1912, and the fifty-year-old Morrison ended his bachelor life.

Wang Guowei continued: "Mr. Morrison's collection is rich in content, variety, and unique in perspective, and is full of materials from Western countries on the Far East, including periodicals on Asia in European countries since the 18th century, various maps, picture albums and original photographs, and the writings of missionaries of European Christian churches in China. Among them, there are many unique books and surviving masterpieces in China, such as the first edition of Marco Polo's Travels in the East published in 1485 and a map of China drawn in 1600. After weighing up, our library decided to buy the entire collection at a price of 150,000 yuan. ”

Historically, Morrison's collection of Orientalists in China was bought by the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu of Japan for £35,000 in 1917 and shipped to Tokyo, originally under the name "Morrison Bunko". Later, it was expanded to become the Oriental Bunko, known as the "Mecca of Orientalists". Later generations of bibliophiles compared the Morrison Library with the Yongle Canon, the Dunhuang Documents, and the Silk Song House Collection, and regarded the eastward flow of the Morrison Library as a "sad history" of Chinese scholarship.

Sun Yuanqi said: "Thank you Mr. Morrison for his significant contribution to academic research! Your collection will greatly enrich the collection of the University of Kinsei University and fill the gap in the collection of Oriental literature in our library. I just don't know what advice you have for your visit today? ”

Morrison took out a pen and paper from his briefcase: "I have resigned not long ago as the chief correspondent of The Times in China, but I have served it for 16 years, beginning in 1897. One last thing I want to do for it to bring my career as a journalist to a successful conclusion, and that is to interview you. ”

"Interview me?"

"Yes!" Morrison's eyes burned, "You must know that you are not only the most famous scientist in the world today, but also a famous Chinese political figure, this intricate identity seems to be contradictory and conflicting, but it is one, which makes the British people also puzzled." If you can be interviewed and answer our questions yourself, you will definitely attract a large number of readers! (To be continued...) )