"Zhiyuan, it's better for you to come early than to come by chance, it just so happens that I have something to discuss with you."

When he opened the door and saw that it was Cheng Nuo coming, Cai Yuanpei was overjoyed and introduced him to the door.

Cheng Nuo was carrying his things, and said curiously: "Cai Gong, do you want to ask about the Second Courtyard of Workers and Peasants?" Don't worry, when I return to Beijing, I will not cherish myself, and I will definitely contact the best gentleman of our Academy of Sciences to ensure that the normal studies of students will not be delayed.

Maybe after a long time of training, there will be sincere emotions between teachers and students, and I am afraid that Cai Gong will not let you go. ”

"Where do you start with this, Professor Cheng Zhiyuan doesn't also do his own private work, occupying normal office hours, I didn't say that I want to deduct your salary or anything, for real talents, we at Peking University have always respected personal choices, and go and stay at will." Cai Yuanpei teased.

After hearing this, Cheng Nuo's old face turned red, and he said stubbornly: "I went out, but I applied according to the normal steps, and I also filled the class hours of the academy." ”

"Okay, let's go back to Beijing about these things." Cai Yuanpei smiled and didn't expose it, and after leading Cheng Nuo into the door, he pointed to the young man sitting inside and smiled: "Let me introduce you, this little friend's name is Wang Lezhi, a person from Tai'an Mansion in Shandong, I am an old friend of his father, and I heard that I was in Shanghai, so I came to sit down." ”

The young man is also very knowledgeable about etiquette, and when he saw the introduction of himself, he immediately got up and smoothed the wrinkles on his body, and said enthusiastically: "I contemptible people see Professor Cheng, I have heard that Professor Cheng is a world leader in arithmetic, and I thought it was an old man with white hair, but now I see a real person, which is very different from the rumors in the market, and I am short-sighted." ”

Cheng Nuo returned the salute: "This hat in the world can't be worn, it's all spread by outsiders, it can't be true, as for the rumors, it naturally can't be true, but I hope that what is passed on is not the name of my Cheng someone, but the knowledge in it, these are dry goods." ”

Cai Yuanpei quipped: "First think about how to spread your knowledge on the campus of Peking University, and then talk about the spread to the community, but the price of reciting is not small, at least a thick pile of scratch paper will work." ”

After these people finished joking, Cai Yuanpei poured the tea and said: "Why did you come by chance just now, because the things we talked about happen to have something to do with you, and I want to hear your opinion." ”

Cheng Nuo held the cup and said curiously: "Do you still have something to do with me?" I guess it has something to do with the Academy of Sciences, right? ”

Cai Yuanpei smiled: "Yes, what you said is very right, it is not so much related to the Academy of Sciences, but to the Academy of Social Sciences under it." ”

Under Cheng Nuo's curious eyes, Cai Yuanpei took a sip of tea, wiped his mouth and said, "Do you know the National History Museum?" ”

Cheng Nuo was relatively unfamiliar with this word, and said suspiciously: "I remember that when the provisional government of the Republic of China was just established in Nanjing, Hu Hanmin, Huang Xing and other revolutionary predecessors applied to the then provisional president for the establishment of the National History Academy, saying that the Republic of China was established at the beginning and should inherit the tradition of historical revision.

The history of the founding of the Republic of China was investigated in detail, and the history of the founding of the Republic of China was written. ”

Cai Yuanpei nodded and said: "The former martyrdom and the party came, the correct history and the foundation of the country, it should be written in the book and written as a letter history, so that the people of the country will know it." ”

Wang Lezhi, a young man on the other side, sighed and said: "However, since the Republic of China, there have been very few people who have established the Xuanfu History Museum, and there is no official document to hand over the deeds of each person, which is empty and empty, and there is no way to start." ”

Cheng Nuo was puzzled: "Although I don't know what happened, I know that the interim president at that time had agreed to this matter and established the National History Institute. ”

Wang Lezhi smiled and said: "He usurped power just to be the emperor, which dynasty and which generation of emperors did not have historians to accompany him?" In fact, although Yuan Shikai promoted the establishment of the National History Museum, in fact, he did not carry out substantive historical revision work, and was once reduced to a tool in the hands of Yuan Shikai. ”

Cai Yuanpei sighed: "Originally, the National History Museum was all some literati of the former Qing Han Forestry Academy, which was already criticized, and later Yuan Shikai tried to restore the imperial system, and the National History Museum was even more resisted, and the former director Wang Minyun also took advantage of this to resign from his position, and after the failure of the imperial system, the National History Museum was naturally closed. ”

Hearing this, Cheng Nuo was a little puzzled: "Just close and open again, history revision is a boring thing, as long as the bottom line remains the same, there is no need to stick to the past." But speaking of which, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with our Academy of Social Sciences, right? ”

Cai Yuanpei glanced at Cheng Nuo deeply: "It's okay before, it's very relevant here." ”

Cheng Nuo asked, "What about this?" ”

Cai Yuanpei replied: "Now that the political situation is calm, it was originally to reinstate the former curator Wang Minyun, but unfortunately Mr. Wang is old and has just passed away not long ago, President Sun naturally thought of Zhang Taiyan and wanted to recommend him as the successor curator, but unfortunately, although President Sun recommended him, this matter did not go smoothly." ”

Speaking of which, Wang Minyun is also a legendary figure, he really has some ability, he is the first Confucian in Hengyang, and even the great painter Qi Baishi we know is also his disciple, and he was also a staff member of Zeng Guofan, not only full of poetry and books, but also obsessed with the so-called imperial art.

once admonished Zeng Guofan and asked him to be the emperor, but unfortunately he was decisively rejected by the other party.

Such a big man once held a position, and the idle people don't even have the qualifications to take a look, not to mention the task of presiding over the revision of national history, in addition to the necessary Chinese culture skills, its reputation must also be able to suppress a group of staff who repair history.

As a master of Chinese culture, Zhang Taiyan's ability can naturally be recognized by all walks of life, otherwise he would not be recommended by President Sun.

However, because Zhang Taiyan opposed not only the constitution of the Qing government, but also the bourgeois democratic system that the revolutionaries would pursue in the future, and the new warlords and stubborn bureaucrats opposed Zhang Taiyan as the director of the National History Museum, so even with the approval of President Sun, he still could not go to work normally.

In other words, President Sun is also a mascot, and his recommendation is not taken seriously by all parties.

After figuring out the ins and outs of the matter, Cheng Nuo couldn't help asking, "Then does Mr. Zhang Taiyan know about this matter?" ”

Wang Lezhi Nunu mouthed: "Of course I know, I still went to inform it in person, but Mr. Zhang is also very backbone, and he didn't hear the opposition from all walks of life, so he directly refused the invitation." ”

Cheng Nuo asked, "What did Mr. Zhang Taiyan say?" ”

"His original words were, 'I don't know the true feelings of my generation, and today's human feelings, and the history of the country is not as good as the history of the country', and he is very dissatisfied with the position of director of the National History Museum." Speaking of this, Wang Lezhi also wondered: "How did I hear that in addition to this, Old Man Zhang has recently become obsessed with medicine and is treating people everywhere."

Isn't he a master of Chinese medicine, when did he become a master of traditional Chinese medicine, it's really weird. ”

Cheng Nuo, who was drinking water, almost choked when he heard this.

Why is a good master of Chinese culture and become a master of traditional Chinese medicine, this matter is completely attributed to Cheng Nuo, if he hadn't invited Mr. Zhang Taiyan to settle in the medical school under the Academy of Sciences, how could there be today's change, he is old, but he is devoted to studying medicine.

Even the last time he sent Wu Liande and others to Tianjin for prevention and control, Mr. Zhang Taiyan also had to leave for the north after learning about it, and went with him, saying that he wanted to take a good look at these juniors, and he had to take a good look at the matter of human life.

It is estimated that if everything goes well, Wu Liande, Zhang Taiyan and his party will already arrive in Tianjin by boat.

Thinking of this, Cheng Nuo scratched his head a little embarrassedly, swallowed the tea in his mouth, and pretended to be calm: "There should be other plans, there are so many masters, it shouldn't be a problem to invite one more person, I think Mr. Wang Guowei is quite suitable." ”

Cai Yuanpei smiled bitterly: "It's good that it's so simple, now everyone is avoiding it, where would they think of jumping into this pit again." ”

Wang Lezhi said helplessly: "Since the establishment of the National History Museum, the achievements have not been revealed, and the funds are wasted, and no one supports it, so it will be temporarily suspended and handed over to the Ministry of Education to take over, and the new Minister of Education Yuan Xitao will formulate a method to merge the National History Museum into Peking University, and order Peking University to set up the National History Compilation Office, and Uncle Cai will also serve as the director of the Office.

The annual budget is 40,000 yuan to support the revision project. When I received the materials of the National History Museum, except for a few packages of files and a wooden sign, there was not a single word on the materials of the National History, and there was not even a word about the regulations for editing. ”

Think about it from another perspective, if Cheng Nuo is asked to be the director of the National History Compilation Office, he will have only one name after he gets it, and there will be nothing such as personnel, establishment, office space, etc., and he will have to be blind.

"Cai Gong, you two have said so much, it's not as simple as complaining to me, is it?" Cheng Nuo thought about it for a while, and felt that things were not as simple as he imagined: "Could it be that you have taken a fancy to our Academy of Social Sciences?" But at the moment, even the dean is not in place, and we can't do the work of compiling history. ”

"Don't be so anxious to deny it first, who doesn't know that you Dean Cheng is a good recruiter, I think you can do this job." Cai Yuanpei poured water over Cheng Nuo, took out a document from his briefcase with a smile, and handed it over.

On it is written a line of large characters "Brief Outline of the National History Compilation Office Attached to Peking University".

Ignoring the tea, Cheng Nuo hastily flipped through it, which mainly stated the work responsibilities and personnel arrangements of the National History Compilation Office:

"Article 1 This office is affiliated with the Department of Chinese History, Liberal Arts, Peking University

Article 2 The compilation and solicitation of two shares shall be disposed of

……

Article 15 The director of the solicitation unit shall be paid according to the director of the library of the university; The clerk and secretary shall be paid according to the clerk and secretary of the University. ”

There wasn't much written on it, and the fifteen texts were concise and to the point, and it didn't take much effort to read them.

Handing the brief back to Cai Yuanpei, Cheng Nuo was puzzled: "The things on this are very good, I can't see any problems, I don't know why Cai Gong asked me to see this?" ”

Cai Yuanpei smiled, and directly under Cheng Nuo's gaze, he picked up the pen and added an extra line of five words from the Academy of Social Sciences after the four words of Peking University.

"Can you spot the problem now?" Cai Yuanpei said gently.

"No, Cai Gong This is the task given to Peking University by the Ministry of Education, why do you want to add our Academy of Social Sciences, you must know that now we don't even have a plaque, and it is not as good as the appearance that you just received the National History Museum, and you are even poorer." Cheng Nuo was completely stunned and hurriedly asked.

Cai Yuanpei explained: "The compilation of national history should be absolutely separated from the intervention of government power, but Peking University is institutionally limited by the national government, and it is difficult for it to be free from the intervention of government forces in the future, and even to collect power to other government departments. ”

Cheng Nuo understood what was going on, and said uncertainly: "Cai Gong is saying that because our Academy of Sciences has a private identity, the two families cooperate, if the government wants to regret it, there is more room for mediation?" ”

Cai Yuanpei nodded: "Historians, record the phenomena of the past society, and hang down the future." We read history and obtain the knowledge of the ancients, which is based on the basics, and the more we study, the reason why this human knowledge has progressed. It is of great significance, and we present have the responsibility and obligation to let future generations know the truth about this period of history.

Therefore, maintaining the independence of the compilation of national history is the first thing we should consider, and it just so happens that the influence of your academy of sciences is getting bigger and bigger, and our two families can cooperate with each other to make your academy of social sciences famous. ”

Wang Lezhi also said on the side: "I heard Uncle Cai say that Mr. Liang Rengong is the future president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Mr. Liang Rengong is the proposer of 'new historiography', and he just took this opportunity to innovate the compilation of history books in our old society. ”

Cai Yuanpei also said earnestly: "The compilation of traditional Chinese historical books can be divided into three categories: chronicles, chronicles and chronicles.

Therefore, the revision of history books should not only serve politics, but should comprehensively reflect history and meet the needs of social development. The National History Compilation Office plans to compile various dictionaries, focusing on the social function of historiography, with the aim of popularizing scientific and cultural knowledge and providing reference for social development and national rejuvenation. ”

Cheng Nuo suddenly realized that there were still these levels of meaning, in addition to the recognition of the independent status of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, there was also respect for Mr. Liang Qichao, and even the obsession with Mr. Zhang Taiyan.

No wonder the smile on Mr. Cai Yuanpei's face has not stopped since Cheng Nuo came over, it turns out that this abacus has been crackling.

However, from the overall point of view, the cooperation between the two sides is also a good thing for Cheng Nuo, after all, other natural sciences have gradually been on the right track, and it is not easy for the humanities to catch up.

Now it is just right to take advantage of the transportation of Peking University to overtake in corners.

After thinking about it, Cheng Nuo began to have preliminary communication with Cai Yuanpei on some of the details.

Halfway through, the young man Wang Lezhi had something to do, so he said goodbye first.

Looking at the back of the young man who was gone, Cai Yuanpei sighed with emotion: "Zhiyuan, do you know how famous your name is in these young groups, although my little friend came to see me, but in fact, I talked about you endlessly, and I had to inquire about the conditions for working in your Academy of Sciences." ”

Cheng Nuo was curious: "Then what did Cai Gong say?" ”

Cai Yuanpei lifted his glasses and said, "I said, if you can go to the Academy of Sciences, you must have a master's degree at least, and ordinary universities are only worthy of serving tea and pouring water." ”

Cheng Nuo asked: "What did that little friend say?" ”

Cai Yuanpei smiled and said: "He said that it was just right, he was preparing to go to the history department of Princeton University to study, and when he came back, he just met your requirements."

It is good for you to sit at home before you fall from the sky. ”

(End of chapter)