"I didn't ...... No problem. ”

Facing Cai Yuanpei's question on the rostrum, Fu Sinian looked a little at a loss, but he didn't dare to look back at Cheng Nuo next to him, for fear that something would really be discovered.

"Well, we at Peking University pay attention to democratic centralism, and if you have questions, you can not only ask questions in class, but also in private, and you are welcome to make more suggestions." Cai Yuanpei said with a tone of an elder and relieved on it.

As a student's "behind-the-scenes", although Cheng Nuo's mood was a little wrong just now, he took the initiative to stand up and pat the student's shoulder, let him sit down, and said to the stage: "Cai Gong, I was communicating with classmate Fu about something just now, and the reason is that I am not there." ”

"It doesn't matter." Cai Yuanpei waved his hand and quipped: "On weekdays, Professor Cheng Shenlong sees the beginning but not the end, and it is difficult for our students to see him, but now that we have finally caught up with our opening ceremony, it is a little inappropriate for Professor Cheng to only sit in the audience." ”

Before he finished speaking, Cai Yuanpei took the initiative to step down from the rostrum, stood in the aisle and raised his hands towards the students on both sides: "Students, on such an important day, do you have to invite our Professor Cheng to speak a few words, you say, right?" ”

"Yes~" The students looked at Cheng Nuoxing behind him and shouted in unison.

Among them, Fu Sinian next to him shouted very loudly, pulling his throat for fear that Cheng Nuo would not be able to hear, which made Cheng Nuo both helpless and funny.

Walking through the crowd, Cheng Nuo's eyes looked up, Wen Yin was looking at this side with a smile in his eyebrows, and found that Cheng Nuo couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hand after looking at him, and then he didn't know what he thought, and he also shook his fist in the air, obviously wanting to pass this small breath.

Thinking of this, Cheng Nuo couldn't help but smile and said, "It's okay, I just took advantage of this precious opportunity to occupy some of everyone's time." ”

Saying that, Cheng Nuo got up directly from his position, came to the aisle and nodded to Cai Yuanpei, then stood on the rostrum and asked below: "Students, teachers, hello everyone, before the speech, I want to ask you a question, what is industry?" ”

Originally, everyone thought that as a professor in the School of Mathematics, according to his previous practice, he must start the course with a famous mathematical quote, but I didn't expect that today is very different, and even the content of the lecture seems to be extraordinary, which makes people a little caught off guard.

Just as Cheng Nuo was waiting for the commotion in the audience to end, and after the student took the initiative to stand up and answer the question, a crisp voice came out from behind:

"The so-called industry refers to the material production sector that extracts natural material resources and processes and reprocesses raw materials."

When I looked back, it was Wen Yin, who was standing pretty, with an expression on her face that was about to praise me.

In front of the majority of teachers and students, I really don't dare to do superfluous actions, but what people say is very right, and it is obviously suspicious not to make a reasonable evaluation.

Cheng Nuo couldn't help but rub his nose and praised: "Teacher Wen Yin is right, it is worth praising here." ”

After saying this, Cheng Nuo took the initiative to applaud, and under his leadership, the scene was applauded, which made Wen Yin, who sat down, a little embarrassed, lowered her head and stuck out her tongue, showing her cute nature.

At this time, there were two people in the audience who shook their heads in unison, one was Fu Sinian, and the other was Cai Yuanpei.

"It is said that 'when you make a meritorious contribution to your career, you will be called a poem and a book in later generations', Professor Cheng, you have changed......"

"Alas, the woman didn't stay, she was fine before, but I didn't expect that everything would change when my sweetheart came back, but if you calculate carefully, both of them are not small, and they should start a family, otherwise this matter will only become more and more ......"

Cheng Nuo on the rostrum noticed the strangeness of these two people, and was still giving a speech with great interest: "We don't talk about mathematics today, only talk about industry, which just happens to be Cai Gong's engineering college knot." ”

Following Cheng Nuo's words, Cai Yuanpei looked helpless, because of the shortage of funds, he wanted to abolish the School of Engineering, but thanks to Cheng Nuo's opposition and measures, it was retained.

However, compared with other colleges, the School of Engineering is still more expensive, and the financial resources of the Beiyang government are indeed not counted on, so for the long-term development of the school, the School of Engineering is also as careful as possible, and some disciplines are directly cut.

There is also a shortage of talents, and there is also little funding, if it were not for the help of the School of Applied Engineering under the Academy of Sciences, it would have been a long time ago.

Now that Cheng Nuo took the initiative to mention this matter, he thought that things must have taken a turn for the better, and with his well-thought-out, Cai Yuanpei was still happy to cooperate: "Yes, the School of Engineering is still recording a few outstanding talents this academic year, you can stand up and let everyone know each other." ”

Before the words fell, several freshmen of the School of Engineering stood up and bowed a few times to the surroundings, which could be regarded as greeting everyone.

Cheng Nuo greeted him with a smile on the rostrum: "Very good, it is estimated that there will be many opportunities for us to deal with each other in the future, I hope you will be mentally prepared." ”

After letting a few freshmen sit down, Cheng Nuo said in a deep voice: "In the long ancient society and the early modern society, human industrial production was powered by manpower, animal power or simply used natural forces, and the handicraft industry was based on personal experience as the technical basis, and it had not yet completely separated from agriculture and become an independent production sector.

However, starting with the invention and use of the steam engine, there was an industrial revolution in European countries, which transformed the handicraft industry dependent on agriculture into an independent machine industry powered by natural forces and based on the principles of natural science......

In other words, Cheng Nuo used domestic examples from time to time to demonstrate, telling the process of modern industrial history, which attracted frequent nods from teachers and students in the audience.

But all of this is still an introduction, and after the background is almost finished, Cheng Nuo left the rostrum, walked to the blackboard at the back, and solemnly wrote a line of words:

- So, what do we do to develop industry?

As soon as these words came out, the audience immediately quieted down, and then began to discuss softly, and slowly the voice began to become louder, and finally directly turned into a heated discussion in the audience.

Cheng Nuo on the stage is naturally very happy to see this scene, the more fully discussed, the more everyone cares about the national industry, and the better the effect will be for Cheng Nuo's expression of his next views.

Taking advantage of the time for everyone to discuss, Cheng Nuo habitually prepared to take a sip of water to moisten his throat, but he touched the air with his right hand, and then realized that he was in the auditorium of Peking University, not in his academy.

In addition, it came relatively suddenly, and it is understandable that the reception staff was not prepared.

Just as Cheng Nuo was about to give up, the pretty figure next to him unexpectedly appeared beside him again, but at this time she played the role of serving tea and pouring water.

Bringing his teacup over, lifting the lid to the side, Wen Yin said softly: "I just didn't care about you just now, I haven't drunk the tea since I got it, and now it's lukewarm, I see that you are quite tired from speaking, so I brought it to you, if you don't mind, drink it directly." ”

As he spoke, a few blush immediately appeared on Goose Dan's face, and without waiting for Cheng Nuo to answer, he turned around and left.

Cheng Nuo here originally wanted to be polite and humble, but he didn't think that his throat was just uncomfortable, but after taking a sip, the figure disappeared again, and the "thank you" became silent, so he had to say silently in his heart:

"This favor is really owed more and more."

However, after this time, everyone in the audience has discussed the results.

There is support for the development of higher industrial education on the following grounds:

"In traditional science and technology, all inventions are often accidental, and inventions may not be able to say what they are, or what they say is not true. The strong industrial conservatism of traditional societies not only led to the extremely slow development of handicraft technology, but also made the scale of technical education extremely limited.

After the emergence of the machine industry, the situation has undergone fundamental changes, the production technology is extremely complex, the basis is the esoteric, complex modern science, not only to master a specific production technology, but also to understand the scientific principles behind the technology, so the cultivation of personnel is very important. ”

There is also support for giving feedback to the public and getting the government to come forward, on the grounds that:

"At present, the start of industrialization lacks both a favorable internal and external environment, and a sufficient dynamic mechanism. Without the guidance and support of state power, and without the help of national political forces as economic levers and driving forces, industrialization will be difficult to carry out.

Taking Japan as an example, with the exception of the military and railways, the government has directly sold these government-run enterprises to private capitalists in the form of cheap and interest-free installments, and at the same time has adopted such methods as granting huge loans, giving priority to imports, and reducing or exempting enterprise taxes and export duties. ”

There are also radicals who directly support the reform of the existing public government on the following grounds:

"The political system is essentially a superstructure, and although it is determined by the economic foundation of a particular society, it also plays a decisive role in the social economy under certain conditions.

An advanced political system is not only to enable the government to enjoy sufficient authority and adopt a series of policies to develop the productive forces, but also to enable citizens to enjoy full freedom, so as to stimulate their enthusiasm for producing material interests and their creative ...... in carrying out scientific and technological innovations."

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother-in-law says that the mother-in-law is reasonable.

Of course, Cheng Nuo can't say that other people's faults are at this point, but some factors are obviously not something that can be changed now, just like the great man has just entered Peking University at this time, and he is standing under the stage as a librarian, and he is slowly accumulating strength.

If it weren't for the deterrence of * crabs, it would have been necessary to make friends.

"Everyone is right, but here I ask you again, where do we come from to develop the primitive accumulation of industry, or the initial capital?" Looking at the crowd in the audience, Cheng Nuo asked a question.

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the audience looked at each other, and no one could give a suitable answer.

Faced with such a scene, Cheng Nuo did not answer in a hurry, but returned to the blackboard, erased the line of words just now, replaced the pen with two big characters, and then turned around and displayed it in front of everyone, and said in a deep voice: "That is agriculture." ”

As soon as the word "agriculture" was announced, it immediately caused a riot.

This time, Cheng Nuo didn't give everyone time to digest, and said directly: "An ordinary truth is often ignored by people, that is, in order to get the prosperity of industrial commerce, there must first be a sufficient surplus of agricultural production, so that it is possible to feed the part of the commercial and industrial population that no longer needs self-sufficiency."

At present, our country is in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and China's industrialization has a different background from the industrialization of Western countries, and the industrialization of Western countries took place under the condition of the continuous expansion of overseas markets, while China's industrialization did not have overseas markets, let alone the expansion of overseas markets.

At the same time, it is carried out under the condition that it is the overseas market of Western countries, so if China's industrialization is to continue, it must expand its own market, so where is our market? It's actually quite simple! ”

While talking, Cheng Nuo added two words under the word "agriculture" - rural and peasant.

"But back to the math I'm good at, in math terms." Cheng Nuo stepped down from the podium and stood among the students and continued: "In a closed economy, the size of the industrial sector is a function of agricultural productivity, and agriculture must have the ability to produce food and raw materials for consumption by the industrial sector.

But what is the current level of agriculture? I'm afraid it's not optimistic! ”

In the new school year, there are many students who come directly from the countryside, and they know the situation there very well, but they have not had the means to talk about it before, and no one wants to care about this largest and at least vocal group.

If Cheng Nuo took the initiative to open this chatterbox, these people stood up one after another and told the difficulties of the countryside with their personal experiences, which made the audience think deeply.

Historically, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty developed industry relatively early, it mainly invested in the military industry and civilian industries related to the military industry, and not only relied on foreign countries in terms of machinery, equipment, technology, etc., but even imported most of the raw materials from foreign countries, and rarely had contact with their own agriculture.

It was precisely because of the disconnection between industrialization and agriculture that the industrialization of the Manchu Qing Dynasty did not change the traditional economic structure of China.

Later, during the Beiyang and Nanjing political periods, the long-term, large-scale, and large-scale civil wars, foreign military and economic aggression, and successive disasters put China's agriculture in a serious crisis.

As a result, not only is there no consumer market to support industrial development, but there is also a shortage of raw materials, and the objective conditions are really not available.

Looking at the crowd in the audience, Cheng Nuo directly showed his views: "Students, I hope that when you do your studies, you will try to be as realistic as possible, my country has a vast territory, and its civilization is also based on farming, no matter what you do, you can't ignore this biggest practical problem."

Now, with today's opening ceremony, I hope that you can learn more about our engineering studies, solve more problems with better technology, and measure a farther tomorrow with more real steps.

This semester, I will carry out a course on agricultural machinery in the College of Engineering, and everyone is welcome to actively choose courses, and those who are interested can contact Fu Sinian, the study representative, in advance......"

Before the words were finished, the matter of the information course directly leaked the water of Fu Sinianwei.

And Cheng Nuo, the initiator, found Cai Yuanpei after the speech:

"Cai Gong, I'm really sorry, I was in a hurry just now, and I directly told me about my new course on it, and I didn't discuss it with you in advance, I'm very sorry."

Cai Yuanpei said magnanimously: "It's okay, it's all for everyone's sake, but I have something to emphasize." ”

Cheng Nuo was curious: "I don't know what it is?" ”

Cai Yuanpei said seriously: "I just hope that you, the more such courses in the future, the better." ”

This just happened to fulfill Cheng Nuo's intention, and he took advantage of the fact that he also talked about the radio major, so there were two more sub-majors under the engineering department of Peking University, namely agricultural mechanization and radio, and the professional talent team was basically responsible for the Academy of Sciences, which in a sense was a joint enrollment and training.

Although he didn't understand Cai Yuanpei about the radio major, after Cheng Nuo explained its importance, he expressed full support for the establishment of the major, and he could do whatever he wanted.

It's a pity that before they could continue to discuss, Cai Yuanpei actually left under an excuse.

(End of chapter)