The development of electronic computers is a huge project, especially in the early 20th century, when electronic components were super backward, it was basically a handicraft workshop.

Obviously, this kind of operational and exploratory work is exactly what Tesla wants, and the Sect Master is simply happy to do it. It is also a rare opportunity for the young students at the school, and many of them are very actively involved. Liu Bin, in particular, has completely turned it into a fun game. Through him, Sun Yuanqi finally understood why middle school students in later generations always liked to solder a radio by hand.

Although Sun Yuanqi was the initiator of computer research, he was still powerless for this kind of manual work like building blocks and carrying the Tower of Hanoi, so he could only avoid it and devote more energy to the start-up work of the department.

Because Sun Yuanqi had written a set of textbooks from primary school to university before, he was very familiar with the approval of textbooks and curriculum design. Especially for the part of scientific knowledge, in less than a month, a plan was written and sent to Shang Shu Rongqing's desk. Rong Qing naturally didn't understand these things, but he knew that it was not against the rule of the Qing Dynasty, so he easily let it go. The trouble is the Chinese knowledge part.

In China's officialdom from ancient times to the present, it is the ass that decides the head. It seems that as soon as you sit in that position, a few paragraphs written casually can be turned into "great spirit" and "important instructions": a few nonsense sentences, all of them are humorous, whether they are funny or not, the people around them have to cooperate with silly music: as soon as the head is hot, the layman can command the insider, and the insider has to show admiration. Now Rongqing is like this, after changing from the secretary of the criminal department to the secretary of the school, it seems that he is immediately proficient in new education.

According to Sun Yuanqi's original plan, in addition to foreign languages, it is divided into three parts: language, ideology and morality, and composition. This is a common division in later generations. After Rongqing got the plan, he finally found an opportunity to show his skills and twisted the brush, so he circled and dotted. After Sun Yuanqi got the revised draft, he almost wanted to cry without tears:

Let's start with the language. With a stroke of the pen, Rong Shangshu changed it to "Reading the Scriptures" and the following words also indicated: "Students graduating from the primary school must be able to recite the "Book of Songs" and "Shangshu": after graduating from the middle school, they must be able to recite one of the three transmissions of "Mencius" and "Spring and Autumn": as for the higher school, after being familiar with the three rites, they can be flooded between poems and songs.

He was particularly dissatisfied with the pinyin Shangshu mentioned by Sun Yuanqi, and after carrying it all with a large pen, he wrote vividly on the side: ""Spring and Autumn" is strict with the great defense of Xia, and "Mencius" has not heard of the change in Yi. How can I change the Chinese script, from the letter of Lading?! ”。

Let's talk about ideology and morality. Rong Shangshu criticized: "It's not proper! Inappropriate! Young children should be taught the way of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and peace. And the foundation of human ethics and morality is in the two books of "The Book of Filial Piety" and "The Analects". This lesson can be renamed "Slimming"

Finally, the composition. Rong Shangshu's ink didn't seem to cost money, so he painted most of the original manuscript and wrote on the ground: "When students compose, they must always know the beginning and end, and the rhyme, so the content of the composition class can be divided into ancient texts, pun texts, ancient poems, and rhythmic poems. The second ............"

According to Rongqing's change, there are a lot of scriptures that should be memorized, and the eight-strand essays and trial poems that should be written are just a makeover. Reciting some classics, Sun Yuanqi has no objection, but he can't have a lot of "Four and Five Classics"!

Sun Yuanqi persuaded him a few times, but Rong Shangshu was like a stone in a thatched pit that was smelly and hard, and he had his own opinions and insisted on going his own way. Back and forth several times, but no progress was made except for the deletion of a part of the recitation. Sun Yuanqi could only give in and attach the Chinese Pinyin scheme as an elective content to the back of the foreign language, and finally passed the review of Rong Shangshu.

originally thought that his work was already the worst, but seeing Zhang Yuanji, Luo Zhenyu, and their back and forth changes, Sun Yuanqi finally understood what it meant to be "not lonely, there must be neighbors". For example, Rong Shangshu insists that in the new-style school, every time the semester begins and ends, and the first day of the month must be led by the principal and teachers to bow down to Confucius: every year on the birthday of the queen mother, emperor, empress, and Confucius, teachers and students must also kowtow and salute as etiquette. This is completely different from the education of the past! From this, it can be seen that other reforms in the future of the Qing court are estimated to be in the form of a walk, just a perfunctory allusion!

After the examination and approval of the textbooks, all the foreign language, mathematics, physics, chemistry, geography, and natural sciences textbooks of the Commercial Press were selected, and only the language and ideological character needed to be adjusted on a large scale. However, according to Rongqing's meaning, it is not difficult to compile and select, it is nothing more than deleting, deleting, and reducing the "Four and Five Classics". In the process of deletion and revision, Sun Yuanqi inevitably had to mix some private goods into it. For example, in the selection of content, try to avoid the paragraphs about Zhongjun, and avoid the passages of Tai Zhu Qu Ya: the phonetic pronunciation of rare characters does not use the traditional Chinese reverse cut, but uses Chinese pinyin.

However, Sun Yuanqi was not depressed about this, because in early March, Vera gave birth to a daughter for him and named him "Sun Nianlei". Now that the children are complete, and they are so happy that they can't find the north, how can they have time to be depressed and depressed?

It was April 1906 when I was busy with the school. Since he didn't go to the United States last year, Sun Yuanqi was a little worried. At the beginning of myself and the school, American universities and friends gave me the greatest help: and after four or five years of going back and forth, I had already formed a deep relationship with my colleagues in the laboratory. If you just withdraw and ignore it, no matter from which point of view, you can't help it. Therefore, I plan to take a leave of absence for two or three months to go to the United States to explain my future research plans to my colleagues, so that I can stay in China with peace of mind and engage in my own education and scientific research. But I haven't thought of specific travel arrangements yet, because of the sudden arrival of an edict, the plan is completely stillborn.

It was one day at the end of April, a eunuch came to the palace, and found Sun Yuanqi who was doing private work in the school department. After putting himself in a posture, he took out a scroll of the holy decree and pretended to read it. Sun Yuanqi didn't understand the words of the previous paragraph, but the last sentence was heard very clearly: "With the title of the right attendant of the school department, he will be the envoy of Hubei Province, and he will be the doctor of Fengtong, Xu Ruguo." Chin this! ”。

Sun Yuanqi thanked the eunuch who announced the decree in a daze, and read the decree back and forth several times, but he didn't understand the "Hubei Mention Envoy". What kind of official position? At this time, the only one who can solve his doubts is the uncle and grandfather in Lianzi Hutong.

I didn't care about other affairs in the ministry and hurried out. The old man seemed to know that he would come to the gatehouse at this time, so he stood on the road and looked, and when he saw Sun Yuanqi, he said in a loud voice: "The old lady will talk about it early in the morning, saying that you will come today." The little one still doesn't believe it, but it's not even noon before you arrive. Hurry up in the house please! …”

Sure enough, when I entered the main hall, I saw the old man sitting on a chair drinking tea. After kowtowing and greeting, the boss beckoned: "Baixi, sit down!" ”。

Seeing that Sun Yuan was seated 1, the old man continued: "The old man told you a few years ago that he wants to let you out for a few years of training, and by the way, I will have a long experience." I guess you received the decree today, right? ”。

Sun Yuanqi came out of the cuff with a holy decree, and the way was in a hurry, and the silk was so wrinkled.1 handed it to the old man. The corner of the old man's eyes jumped a few times, but he didn't say anything after all, and was about to get up trembling with the holy decree, but Sun Yuanqi hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

The old man got up, bent down and bowed a few times before opening the holy decree and reading it before returning it to Sun Yuanqi. Sun Yuanqi didn't care, threw it on the coffee table on the side, and hurriedly helped the old man to sit down. Seeing this, the corner of the old man's eyes jumped a few more times, and finally he couldn't help but say: "Baixi, treat the holy decree like a pilgrimage to the emperor, do you know?" ”。

"Oh!". Sun Yuanqi then put his hand together and gathered the holy decree, and after sitting down, he asked: "Uncle and grandfather, if you go out, you can also go to Jiangsu." But this Hubei is also far away, right? ”。

The old man smiled slightly: "Jiangsu is indeed a good place, the Ming and Qing dynasties have the most talents, but you can't go where others go!" ”。

Sun Yuanqi was a little puzzled, and asked in a loud voice, "Then why?" ”。

"Because you're from Jiangsu!". The old man replied bluntly, "People from this province can't be officials in this province, this is the custom!" So you can't go to Jiangsu. As for Zhili and Shandong, they are not as good as Hubei. ”。

"Why? I have heard that the Governor of Zhili, as one of the nine highest-ranking feudal ministers of the Qing Dynasty, is known as "the head of the Xinjiang ministers." Why is Zhili inferior to Hubei? ”。 Sun Yuan has been in the Qing Dynasty for so long, and he still knows some officialdom.

The old man stroked his beard: "Baixi, you don't know one thing but you don't know the other!" First of all, Zhili is located in the important area of Gyeonggi, and there are many royal relatives and nobles, and they are the most unstoppable officials, but Hubei is not as good. Secondly, Yuan Xiangcheng, the governor of Zhili, the old man has no friendship with him, but Zhang Nanpi, the governor of Huguang, is very close. Third, when you first arrive in the officialdom, you will inevitably have some mistakes, and once you disobey the official, it will be difficult to advance in the future. Yuan Xiangcheng is now less than fifty years old, and his career is still long: and Zhang Nanpi is nearly seventy years old, even if there is resistance, you can get through it. Another point is that since the 30th year of Guangxu, the governor of Huguang and the governor of Hubei, in other words, there is only half of the governor of Hubei, which is easier to be an official than other places. So in the eyes of the old man, Hubei is the best! ”。

Only then did Sun Yuanqi understand that the boss took great pains to push himself up! Immediately, a question came to mind: "Uncle and grandfather, what kind of official is the envoy?" I hadn't heard of it before. …”

The old man nodded: "Naturally, I haven't heard of it before, because this envoy has been newly established recently.

But you should have heard of academic politics before that, right? ”。

"Yes." Sun Yuanqi not only heard about Xuezheng, but also dealt with Ye Changchi, a Xuezheng in Gansu!

"Now this scholar is the former scholar and politician." The old man explained, "In the past, the academic administration was to maintain the rank of Beijing officials, and to supervise the academic affairs of the provinces from the provinces of the ministers. In this way, Xuezheng, as a chaplain, has the same status as the governor and governor, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior, and there is no direct report of something: and Xuezheng belongs to outsiders in the province, and it is not easy to echo with the locality. Now that the new school department has been established, the government, public, and private schools in various places are flourishing with each passing day, and it is no longer the same as before, and the examination is only once every few years, so it has been changed from a school administration to a school ambassador. ”。

Only then did Sun Yuanqi understand: It turned out that it was just like what those Hanlin officials were talking about, and he was released to study politics.

"This mention of the school envoy is the three products, in charge of the province's education administration, and the school rules and regulations. Now you are going down with the title of the right attendant of the school, which is one level higher than the ordinary envoy, and you want to come to the province except for Zhang Nanpi, there is nothing to ask for. You don't have to worry about people kowtowing to others too often! ”。

It seems that the boss has even taken into account his own temperament, how can Sun Yuanqi still say what he said? (To be continued.)