Before Zhou Shumo and others could write their memoranda, when Sun Yuanqi was in a hurry, Hu Xun and Li Guobing suddenly knocked on the door of the principal's office.

"All for the students, for all the students, for the students." This slogan of the rotten street in later generations has been implemented by Sun Yuanqi since the beginning of the school. Although the situation is urgent, he still puts down the busy affairs at hand and receives them seriously.

"Zishi, Junheng, come on, come on, sit in the house! Why have you come this time? Did you encounter any difficulties in your study and life? Sun Yuanqi let them into the house and asked patiently.

Li Guobing is young and straightforward, he can't hide things the most, and he doesn't care about greetings, so he shouts: "It's not that we are in trouble, it's that the school is in big trouble!" Sir, don't you know, the well-fed Yushi and Hanlin in the city are preparing to write an excerpt and ask the imperial court to close our school! ”

"Ah——!h Sun Yuanqi was surprised by the speed of the officials, and secondly, he was surprised that even the students in his own school knew about it, and he was surprised to say in surprise, "Jun Heng, is this serious?" ”

"Then there can be a fake!" Li Guobing replied.

Hu Xun was old in the end, and then explained: "Sir, we have relatives in the court, and we have just received reliable news that there will be people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Hanlin Academy to participate in our academy in the near future, so as to achieve their selfish desire to abolish the academy and resume the imperial examination. The student is here to inform him, I hope that Mr. can prepare in advance! ”

"On behalf of the Academy, thank you!" Although they belonged to teachers and students, Sun Yuanqi still thanked them gratefully.

The two hurriedly returned the salute: "Mr. is polite!" We are the students of the school, and the rise and fall of the school have their responsibilities, and the honor and disgrace are related to it, and we dare not accept Mr. Xie. ”

Sun Yuanqi sighed before he said, "It's not the school, so that the students are distracted by this matter." ”

"What are these words, sir?" Li Guobing said dissatisfiedly, "These Qingliu have long wanted to oppose the establishment of schools in various provinces, afraid that they will eventually implement Western-style education throughout the country and abolish the imperial examination, but first, they are hindering the meaning of the palace, and second, they have not found the reason." This time, they have been planning for a long time, and our school has also suffered for others. ”

Speaking of Qingliu, Sun Yuanqi really felt a little emotional. If it is said that the lack of vigor after five generations is the acquired deficiency of Han culture, then the advantage of good tongue is simply the fetal disease of Han culture. Some time ago, I was compiling a history textbook, reading some history, and knowing that "the Song people have not yet decided on the discussion, and the soldiers have crossed the river", I have a lot of complaints about Qingliu's misguided country; Now that I have the pain of the skin, I hate Qingliu even more!

This clear stream may have originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and in the process of development and growth, the shortcomings of each school were extracted: the moral stance of Confucianism, the rhetoric of Zonghengjia, the meanness and severity of Legalism, and the sophistry of famous scholars...... A strange group of pretentious people was formed. At least by the end of the Warring States period, they were already active in political life.

When the country was peaceful, these people heard about it, and they might be able to play a role in correcting the evils of the times. However, the more the dynasty reached the time of life and death, the Qingliu people made more and more joy, as if the troubled times were the grand stage on which they could best show the power of their tongues and brushes. For every measure to remedy the evils of the times, they can raise countless objections from a moral height. Sometimes, you don't even need a reason, it's just for the sake of getting in favor and against for the sake of being against. But if this group of Qingliu really comes to do practical things, Zhang Huang will be disgraced and helpless. "Although there are a thousand words in the pen, there is no plan in the chest" is their most typical portrayal.

Take the end of the Qing Dynasty as an example, Qingliu's "record" is extremely brilliant:

The first is to hinder the Westernization movement. At that time, due to a series of defeats, many gentry had realized the necessity of learning from the West, and the Westernists also accounted for the majority in the military aircraft department. Li Hongzao, the die-hard minister of military aircraft, felt that he was alone, so he gathered a group of imperial historians and Hanlin around him to strengthen his momentum. These "Taiwan admonitions" also regard their attachment to Li Hongzao as a step of advancement, and they flaunt themselves by discussing the government and criticizing the powerful, and are known as "clear streams." The Empress Dowager Cixi also secretly allowed the Qing faction to use their remarks to contain the Westernists, and many Western-style bureaucrats were excluded and attacked. For example, Guo Songtao, who was recommended by Yi and Li Hongzhang as a "first-rate" foreign talent, returned from a mission to Britain in 1879, and had to resign from his post and return to his hometown in Hunan under the attack of the "Qing Discussion". Although the westernization business was difficult to stop and was gradually implemented, it has missed a valuable development opportunity.

The second was the defeat of the Battle of Mawei. At the tense moment of the Sino-French War, the Empress Dowager Cixi made major personnel changes, sending some important figures of the Qing school to serve in the local military to satisfy their strong desire to fight the main war. Among them, Zhang Peilun, one of the four admonitions of Hanlin, was appointed as the Minister of the Fujian Council Office to assist the Minister of Shipping, He Ruzhang, to supervise the Fujian Naval Division. Zhang Peilun, who used to be fiercely in the main battle, immediately rushed to the front line, and turned to eagerly hope for the success of the Sino-French peace talks. When he saw that the French ships were frequently moving towards the sea surface of the Minjiang River, not only did he not make preparations for battle, but he gradually put back his old rhetoric. Vice Admiral Gu Ba of the French Navy led the fleet to the mouth of the Minjiang River and proposed to He Ruzhang and Zhang Peilun to enter the Mawei Military Port of the Fujian Navy Base and anchor. He and Zhang, fearing that their refusal to provoke and affect the peace talks, agreed to this unreasonable demand and gave them the "most friendly reception" in the hope of easing the situation. However, after the French ship entered Mawei, it went against the preface, monitored the Fujian naval division in the harbor day and night, did not allow it to move, and opened fire when it said and moved. The officers and men of the naval division resented the French warships for being forced by force, and in the face of the great disparity between the strength of the enemy and us, they repeatedly asked for anchor training in order to defend themselves. However, He Ruzhang and Zhang Peilun, fearing that they would hinder the peace talks, repeatedly used the excuse of "the end of the war" as an excuse not to allow them to anchor on their own without an order, and even ordered that "they are not allowed to fire artillery first, and those who violate it will be killed even if they win." They did not tell the officers and men the truth about the challenge of the French army, nor did they prepare for the battle, so they allowed the ships of the naval division to anchor in the middle of the river. It wasn't until they saw that the French ship was ready to fire that He and Zhang began to panic and sent people to the French ship to ask for a change in the date of the war on the grounds that they were not ready for battle. Guba not only flatly refused, but also ordered the French ships to fire their guns in advance. The Fujian Navy Division lost its fighters and rushed to the battle, and some warships were sunk or set on fire before they could anchor. At this time, He Ruzhang and Zhang Peilun, as commanders, abandoned their divisions and fled in a hurry, which led to the annihilation of the entire Fujian Naval Division.

The third is to actively instigate the Sino-Japanese war, and then defeat it. In the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu, most of the core figures of Qingliu were the close ministers of Emperor Guangxu and the protégés of Weng Tongyong, such as Concubine Zhen's brother Zhirui and Wen Tingshi, the best servant of Weng Tongyong, Wang Mingluan and his protégé Zhang Jian, as well as Lu Baozhong, a bachelor of waiting, and Huang Shaoji, Ding Lijun, who were known as "Hou Qingliu". Most of them are important figures in the Dictionary and Taiwan, who are deeply worried about the future and fate of the country, and hope to strengthen the national strength and stop Japan's ambition to invade China by reforming internal affairs and reorganizing the armed forces. He also wanted to take the opportunity to strengthen the power of the Guangxu Emperor and expand his influence. For this reason, regardless of the gap in the combat strength of China and Japan at that time, they constantly used the "Zhu Yi" to instigate the imperial court to fight against Japan, and the words often focused on Li Hongzhang. After the defeat of the naval battle, Wu Dayi, a famous scholar of the Qing Dynasty, advocated resolute resistance because he got a bronze seal of the Han Dynasty of "General Du Liao", and volunteered to lead his division to the battle. After the actual engagement with the enemy, they were defeated and fled, and the army was defeated, and within six days, they successively lost the military important places such as Niuzhuang, Yingkou, and Tianzhuangtai outside the Shanhai Pass, and the whole line collapsed. This defeat directly contributed to the formation of the peace talks and the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.

Therefore, if there is a ranking of the culprits of the fall of Chinese dynasties, then Qingliu will definitely be able to make the list. And the clear stream and the partisan strife are almost the heads and tails of the same coin. Their interaction is also a dynastic talisman, such as the late Han Dynasty's party struggle, the Wei and Jin Dynasty's Qing talks, the late Tang Dynasty's Niu Li party struggle, the Northern Song Dynasty's Yuanyou party struggle, and the late Ming Dynasty's Donglin party struggle.

Purely from the perspective of the stable development of the dynasty, to evaluate the merits and demerits of the "Qingliu", it is not the merits that are quite five or five, but the four or six openings, three or seven openings that are too great, and even the twenty-eight and nineteen openings that are far greater than the merits. To sum up their performance in eight words, that is: insufficient success and more failure. Therefore, some male lords with a bad temper are often killers for these clear streams who are untrustworthy and difficult to bear heavy responsibilities, such as Qin Shi Huang's burning classics and pit Confucianism; Han Gaozu's drowning Confucian crown, the bed saw it and ate it; Emperor Wu of Wei killed Kong Rong and drove You Heng.

Sun Yuanqi couldn't help but be stunned. At each time of major change, the powerful and stubborn old forces will violently fight back, trying to eliminate the new ones that are growing, and in a short time there will be restoration. Many geniuses and great men died in the darkness before the dawn. At the moment, I had to comfort: "Thousands of sails pass by the side of the sinking boat, and there are thousands of trees in front of the sick tree." Although the road is tortuous, the future is bright! ”

Hu Xun nodded: "What Mr. said is extremely true. However, our school has suffered from such pond fish, but we must resolve it as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

"Oh?" Sun Yuanqi's heart moved, "What good opinion does Zishi have?" ”

Hu Xunxun said: "The disciple has no good idea, but there is a plan-"

Sun Yuanqi hurriedly said, "Let's hear it?" ”

Hu Xun was no longer polite, and talked eloquently: "Gengzi Nian boxing bandits made a rebellion, the Eight-Nation Alliance Army entered Beijing, and the Queen Mother and the Emperor went hunting in the west. In order to quell this catastrophe, Duke Li Wenzhong was ashamed and endured, and signed peace treaties with other countries despite his illness. The students remember that there is an article in it, which roughly means that it is forever forbidden for Chinese people to form or join various organizations that are enemies of Western countries, and those who violate them will be beheaded. If such an incident occurs in the area under the jurisdiction of the local government that harms the people of Western countries, the officials of all localities must immediately impeach and punish them, otherwise they will be dismissed from their posts and will never be used. Now it seems that this one can be put to good use! ”

"How?" Sun Yuanqi shamelessly asked, "Would you like to invite a foreigner to be the principal?" ”

Hu Xun shook his head: "That's not necessary!" Students listened to Mr. Wang's speech in Shanghai last year, and when he talked about the school's founding strategy, he mentioned the school board of trustees. Perhaps because the school has not been established for a long time, the school has not established a board of directors. Mr. has studied in the United States for many years, and must know many Americans, so he only needs to find a few temporary members of the school board of trustees, and immediately issue a statement after the imperial historian submits the letter, saying that the school is owned by Americans, and it is strictly forbidden to attack it; Then he submitted a letter of protest to the imperial court, demanding that the official be strictly investigated. When the imperial court saw this, it would not dare to dispose of the school, and only the big things would be turned into small things. ”

Sun Yuanqi felt that this was a very good idea, and after sending Hu Xun and Li Guobing away, he carefully weighed it again, and felt more and more that this was a good strategy to avoid reality and make up for nothing. But he didn't dare to make his own decisions, so he had to go to the city to ask his uncle and grandfather for advice.

In the study, Sun Jianai squinted his eyes: "Your student's name is Li Guobing?" The surname is Li, and he is a national character, I'm afraid he is the grandchild of Li Wenzhong, right? ”

I have been in the Qing Dynasty for so long, and I follow the customs of the locals, and I also roughly know the nicknames of some people, such as Li Wenzhonggong, Li Hefei, and Li Zhongtang, which refers to Li Hongzhang, who died not long ago. Sun Yuanqi was stunned when he heard this: "Li Hongzhang's grandchildren? I really don't know! ”

The old man sat up straight: "In this way, it is not surprising that he got the news. I'm afraid that the person who gave him the idea was also from the Beiyang family. They are also keen on foreign affairs in Beiyang, and they have built schools, opened coal mines, built railways, built warships, and made steel. Now that I heard that there was a movement in Beijing, I was afraid that something would be involved, so I pushed you out and let you take the lead. ”

"Uncle, can this idea work?" Compared with the fancy intestines of the people in Beiyang, Sun Yuanqi is more concerned about this issue

The old man nodded slowly: "This method of self-respect with foreign countries can also be used!" It's just that although the number of roads is too strong. It's like treating a patient, the same method is used, whether to use croton or rhubarb, it depends on the doctor's means and thoughts! ”

Sun Yuanqi hesitated and said, "Uncle and grandfather, in fact, I have dual citizenship of China and the United States. If I declare that I am a U.S. citizen in the newspaper, I think those attacks will be silenced, right? ”

The old man's face turned grim and he said sternly: "No! Absolutely not! I'll never mention this later! Even if someone asks, don't talk about it! As long as you insist that you are a citizen of China, you understand? ”

Seeing that the old man was serious, Sun Yuanqi had no choice but to say "yes".

"Know how many people you have dual citizenship? Are they all reliable? The old man asked again.

Sun Yuanqi replied truthfully: "There are only four or five people, all of whom are relatives, and they should be reliable!" ”

"That's good!" The old man breathed a sigh of relief, "Remember, you must not only be sure that you are Chinese, but also let those who know keep their mouths shut!" What these Qingliu are best at is to use other people's privacy to make a fuss! ”

The old man saw that Sun Yuanqi agreed, and then said: "The idea of the school board is good, but the members in it can't all be foreigners, and the Chinese must account for about half, so as not to tell the truth in the future and say that the school is foreign!" Who knows if there will be another such thing as punching in the future? Be careful. ”

This is the best way to go! Sun Yuan started his head and promised.

"Moreover, the school board submitted a letter of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which ultimately carried too little weight. The old man knows that you are very familiar with the American Minister to China, and in the name of the school board, I can ask him to put pressure on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to severely punish those officials who wrote the letter. For him, it is just a gesture, but in the court that is afraid of the ocean like a tiger, it is like a morning bell and a dusk drum, which is enough to calm down those Qingliu who like to do nothing. The old man improved another comment.

Sun Yuanqi wrote down that after he went back, he followed the instructions of the boss and drew up a list of seven members of the first board of trustees of Jingshi University:

Mike Donaldson, vice president of the Yale Alumni Association

Alexander Coster, principal of Darcy Senior High School

John Martin, professor of chemistry at UC Berkeley

Renaud Bergman, General Manager of Bergman (USA) Condiment Ltd

Xia Ruifang, general manager of the Commercial Press

Sun Yuanqi, president of the private Jingshi University

Zhang Yuanji, director of the Council of the Private University of Economics and Economics

These seven people, apart from themselves, are either relatives or partners. Almost as soon as the telegram was sent, a promised reply was received.

As a result, on the second day after the Soul Hook Pen Zhou Shumo Concert appeared in Di Bao, the "Announcement of the Board of Trustees of the Private Jingshi University" was published in Chinese and foreign newspapers such as "Zilin Xi Bao", "Declaration", "Beihua Jiebao", "News Daily", "Beijing-Tianjin Times", etc., which solemnly pointed out: "The private Beijing Normal University is an important achievement of Sino-US cooperation in running schools, aiming to improve the level of national education in China. In daily teaching, we actively abide by the relevant laws and regulations of China and the United States, and there is no violation of them. Any attack or false accusation against the private Jingshi University can be regarded as a violation of the Xinchou Peace Treaty, and the university has the right to demand that the Qing government rectify it, and reserves the right to further investigate the relevant personnel for their crimes. ”

On the third day, Mr. Conger, the US minister to China, lodged solemn representations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Qing government, holding that Zhou Shumo's recital was suspected of undermining the personal and property safety of American citizens, and demanded that it be rectified within a time limit.

Half a month later, under a long pavilion in the southern suburbs of Beijing, someone was saying goodbye. Look carefully, but it is Xu Deyuan and Zhou Shumo, and there is not a boy in Tsing Yi holding the case. Xu Deyuan held the wine jug, poured two glasses of wine, handed one to Zhou Shumo, and the other held it in his hand, and said: "Brother Nian reprimanded him to Shanglin County, Guangxi, although the mountains and rivers are far away and the miasma is dense, but the high name has been all over the world, and there are people who are unjust. Therefore, I gave you two sentences of Tang poems: 'Persuade you to drink a glass of wine, and there is no one in Yangguan in the west.' ''Don't worry about the road ahead, no one in the world knows you. 'Drink this cup to your heart's content!' ”

"Haha, the foolish brother still thinks that it is 'dying before leaving the school, and the hero will be full of tears'! Drink to your heart's content! With that, Zhou Shumo raised his wine glass and drank it all. threw the wine glass on the case, and hugged his fist at Xu Deyuan: "The green mountains do not change, the green water flows for a long time, and there will be a period in the future!" Little brother go too! ”

After walking away, I could still hear Zhou Shumo singing loudly:

A morning plays nine heavens, and the sunset falls eight thousand on the sunset.

If you want to eliminate the evils for the Shengming, you are willing to decay and cherish the old age.

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