Sun Yuanqi knew that the political situation in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China was unstable, and the internal and external situation was turbulent and treacherous, and it was the most sinister. Therefore, he concentrates on studying, ignores the affairs outside the window, never wants to get involved in politics, and strives to educate talents for the country, hoping that after twenty or thirty years, his students will be able to use advanced scientific knowledge and cultural concepts to secure the people internally and resist strong enemies externally.

Who knows that if there is nothing to do at home, disaster will come from heaven! When I first heard about this, I was annoyed and hated these noble children who had nothing to do. If Pu Lun is in front of him, he wants to slap him left and right twenty times!

I heard that the old man said that this matter involves the dispute between the old and new factions of the imperial court, and there will be a big turmoil. felt even more depressed and wanted to die, that is, Pu Lun and Zai Zhen's uncle and nephew were chopped up, and they were all angry.

The old man just stroked his beard and pondered, and Sun Yuanqi accompanied him, not daring to make a slight move, just afraid of interrupting his train of thought.

After a long time, it was dark outside, and it was even darker in the study. Within a few moments, Sun Yuanqi couldn't even see the old man's movements. It wasn't until the servant brought the candlestick that the room was filled with dim light.

The old man took out his pocket watch, carefully identified the moment, and said, "Baixi, let's go, let's have dinner with the old man first!" ”

I don't have a clue about this troublesome matter, how can I be in the mood to eat? Sun Yuanqi didn't dare to disobey, and reluctantly followed behind the boss and moved to the dining hall.

The old man seemed to understand his nephew's sorrows, and explained: "If the matter can be solved, why worry? If it can't be solved, is it useful to worry? This matter is out of your control now, so you might as well eat in peace! ”

After eating a meal that I didn't know how to taste, I went back to my study.

As soon as he sat down, the old man said: "According to what the old man thinks, it is estimated that Pu Lun's excerpt will be handed into the palace in the morning to ask for the order, and the yamen will get the news in the afternoon." By the time they have something to do, it will be at least two days away. Initially, the excuse they used to attack must have been the various loopholes of your Jingshi University, which in turn were the shortcomings of other schools. Fortunately, your school is located in the wilderness, and the officials in the capital know very little, so it is only when you write the recital that you remember to gather information everywhere. Therefore, the most important thing is not to let them get any unfavorable news, especially unfavorable news with real evidence. ”

"Good! Don't worry, the students of the school have just finished their military training, and I rushed back to the school early in the morning to arrange and ensure that the vicinity of Jingshi University is like an iron bucket, so that they will not get any news! Sun Yuanqi gritted his teeth and said.

The old man shook his head slowly: "No! Cannot! If you use this tactic and they can't find out the news, they will add another charge of 'conspiracy' to their script. When you go back, you just need to be tight inside and loose outside, especially paying attention to strangers, etc., as long as they don't find out any big bad news. Try to let them know as much as you can about trivial things. This is not only harmless, but if the paper is full of such trivial things, it can also resolve the attack invisibly. ”

After listening to this, Sun Yuanqi nodded again and again, admiring the boss's insight.

"Baixi, you have been abroad for a long time, and you can't help but be estranged from the customs and customs of my Daqing." The old man looked at Sun Yuanqi with a kind face, "Before, the old man didn't ask you much. Now that this has happened, you should tell the old man in detail about the various rules and regulations in the school, and see which ones are in violation of the laws and regulations of the Qing Dynasty. There are some inappropriate places that you can change after you go back, and if you can't change them for a while, then try not to let outsiders know. ”

Sun Yuanqi immediately started from the big and small things at the beginning of the school's establishment, and talked about the heating that had just been built now. The boss listened attentively, asked a few questions from time to time, and pointed out the joints when encountering important problems. For example, if men and women in primary school are in the same classroom, they feel that it is very inappropriate: men and women, the great defense of human morality, and the prevention of micro problems, should start from the doll. It was pointed out that it was better not to recruit girls. Sun Yuanqi strongly disagreed with the elder's suggestion, and did not say that women are half the sky, but said that the mother is the child's first teacher, and in order to improve the quality of the people in the future, the importance of women's education cannot be ignored. As a university that cultivates China's best talents and pioneers the nation's ethos, how can it ignore this? But since the boss said so, he had to teach the girls separately in the future.

What the old man said, Sun Yuanqi carefully wrote it down. stayed in Sun's Mansion for one night, and the next morning, as soon as the city gate opened, he drove straight to the school in a carriage and went to discuss the matter with Zhang Yuanji.

As it turned out, the boss's worries were by no means unfounded. On the afternoon of the third day, when Sun Yuanqi and Zhang Yuanji were desperately rectifying at school, a few regular customers came to a teahouse in the city near the Metropolitan Procuratorate. When the boss saw it, he immediately led them into the private room and asked respectfully, "How many masters, or Longjing before the rain?" ”

The man at the head nodded. The boss immediately beckoned the young man with quick hands and feet to make tea and hand it into the house. The old man who finally entered the house took the teapot in the man's hand and said, "Let's discuss some things, we don't need you to serve!" ”

The guy said "yes", and when he went out, he obediently closed the door.

The old man carried the teapot and poured tea for the old man sitting at the upper seat, and asked, "Heweng, I don't know why you always ask me to come?" ”

The old man on the left also said, "Yes, Senior Xu, I don't know what to order?" ”

It turned out that the person sitting on the upper seat was Xu Yu, the imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Xu Yu, the word Renfu, the number Donghe, a native of Zhucheng, Shandong, the third year of Guangxu (1877) Jinshi, among these five people, the earliest in the department, so he was not allowed to sit on the upper seat. The old man on the left is called Wu Baoling, and he is also the imperial history, just because he is a Jinshi in the sixth year of Guangxu (1880), which is one subject lower than Xu Yu, so he accompanies him on the left.

There are two people sitting, but they are about forty years old, one is called Zhou Shumo, and the other is Xu Deyuan, both of whom are from the Chouke family in the fifteenth year of Guangxu (1889). The old man respectfully poured them tea, but the two of them just said, "There is a laborer", and did not get up. It turns out that this medicine man's name is Wang Fengchi, the word is Praise, the number is the medicine level, and he is a native of Yuanhe, Jiangsu. Although he is much older than these two, because he is a tribute, he has not been promoted, and he is inevitably inferior in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which pays the most attention to science and armor in the capital.

After pouring tea for the two of them, the medicine man poured himself another bowl before sitting down at the bottom.

Xu Yu covered the tea bowl and said in a low voice: "The news above said that the day before yesterday, Pu Beizi of the Hidden King's Mansion was on an excerpt, and he said that the disadvantages of the new-style school were played in the palace yesterday and were left behind. ”

"Yo? This Bei Ziye, who walks horses and dogs, fights cocks and feeds eagles, still has such a serious thing! Wu Baoling fiddled with the tea leaves on the bowl with the lid of the bowl, and said disdainfully, "I'm afraid someone instructed it, right?" ”

"Don't you dare to be instructed by someone, this is an opportunity!" Zhou Shumo is young in the end, and he can't help but be a little hot, "Since the national change in the year of Gengzi, the governors of various places have been scared by foreigners, so they advised the Queen Mother to promote the school, so that my Chinese children can learn the strange skills of the West." The Plains of the Imperial West are not afraid of ships! I, China, should take faithfulness as the armor, and propriety and righteousness as the trunk, so that those who are near will be pleased and those who are far away will come. Degas is all over the world, Enpu is on five continents, and if you fight with this, why not win? If you levy it on this basis, why not accept it? This kind of foreign school cannot show the emperor's virtue and consolidate the country's foundation, and it cannot please the scholars and enrich the people. For the country and the people, there is no profit at all. and confuse people's hearts, and corrupt the holy way. There is no greater harm than this! ”

Xu Deyuan nodded: "Brother Nian is very right!" The way to govern the country lies first in the hearts of the people. If people's hearts are at peace, the family and the country will be governed, and the country will be peaceful. If people from afar are not satisfied, then since the cultivation of Wende, An can rely on the ingenuity of skills to win the hearts of the people? This kind of school is also prohibited. ”

Wu Baoling drank hot tea and said: "The way to build a country is to be courteous and righteous rather than powerful; The fundamental picture is in the hearts of the people and not in the skills. Today, there is a school, seeking the end of an art, and serving Yi as a teacher. However, the treacherous people may not be passed on to their subtlety; Even if the teacher is sincere, the person who has achieved it is no more than a man of numbers. Throughout the ages, there have been no people who can rise and fall and rejuvenate the weak. The world is big, there is no lack of talent, such as astronomy, arithmetic must be taught, learn from the side, there must be a master. Why bother with people? Why bother to teach others? Why set up a foreign school? ”

Wang Fengchi said cautiously: "A while ago, didn't there be an edict ordering the editors of the Hanlin Academy and the people of the Zhongshu House to go to the university hall to study Western studies in the future?" It is rumored that Yuan Xiangcheng and Zhang Nanpi also plan to reduce the amount of admission to the academy and transfer it to the school as appropriate. ”

"These are shameless people!" Zhou Shumo slapped the table: "Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial court has ordered officials, and they must use people who are on the right path, why?" It is because I read the book of Confucius and Mencius, learn the way of Yao Shun, and use it in a clear and far-reaching scale. What are the benefits of making people enter the school, learn to be ingenious, and specialize in the principles of making ships and foreign guns, in governing the country and the people? It's so unreasonable and ridiculous! ”

Xu Deyuan shook his head and read in a tone of chanting the pun: "There are many tricks, so that the small court will set up a hall of the same text; The military aircraft has no far-sightedness, and the children of Jia are tempted to worship different kinds as teachers. ”

This is a couplet that ridiculed Prince Gong and other military ministers when the Tongwen Museum was opened a few years ago. When the other four heard this, they all bowed their heads and laughed.

Xu Yu said: "The meaning of the top is also to use this reason to first ask the queen mother and the emperor to bitter the shortcomings of Chen Xuetang." When the time is ripe, then go to the universities, primary and secondary schools in various places. Readers all over the world will inevitably respond when they hear it. ”

When the four of them heard this, they all nodded in goodness. Zhou Shumo drank dry tea in one sip: "This time, I must take the lead, do such good deeds for the country and the people, and leave a name in history!" ”

Wu Baoling said with a smile: "Brother Zhou's huge pen is like a rafter, famous at home and abroad, and is known as the 'soul hooking pen'. This time, we must avoid a head. And wait a few days, please read Xiongwen! ”

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