Chapter 10 Patriotic Society
Yang Rui was very tired after two classes. He was not only tired when standing, but also had a lot of chalk dust. Isn’t teaching really a job that ordinary people do? Fortunately, he is a university teacher, who only teaches, has little homework and does not write much on the blackboard. After two classes, the students were also very focused. Although there were no textbooks, economics itself is a social sciences, so it’s enough to understand. When the get out of class was over, the students were still immersed in knowledge, so when they asked questions in the last five minutes before get out of class, no one asked anything. Yang Rui directly announced the get out of class and packed up his things and left the classroom.
The corridor outside the classroom is connected, and further out of the corridor is the main road. This structure is very similar to the arcade in Guangdong. The road is over there, and there is another row of houses, with blue bricks and gray tiles. There is a tree between the two rows of houses. There is no variety. Only the leaves left on the trees swaying in the breeze, while the leaves falling on the ground dance in the wind. At this time, the early winter sun is passing through the sparse branches and shining, and a shallow shadow falls on the ground. Yang Rui stood in the sunlight under the eaves, leaning against the pillars facing the street, and was very comfortable in the warm sun, completely making him forget the unique coldness in Shanghai at night. Subconsciously, he couldn't help but take out the smoke and lit it deep. It was really beautiful sunshine. Yang Rui said in his heart. He seemed to feel like he was in the Starbucks Cafe now. It would be great if all this was a dream.
After smoking, Yang Rui went to the teacher's lounge for a while, and then left and prepared to go home. But looking at the sunny winter day, the bustling pedestrians, the shops, the rickshaws coming and going, and the foreign devil knights galloping in the racecourse, they didn't want to go back to the dark and cold pavilion to climb the grid, so they followed the main road to the Bund. This main road was the later Nanjing Road. Of course, there is no prosperity in the future now, but now
Here in the concession is also the most prosperous place. There are shops on both sides of the street, and the signs on the outside are invisible. Although they are made of cloth and are not as dazzling as neon lights, they are also very spectacular when looking at them in rows. There are some women who are soliciting customers standing in front of the shop, and some outsiders who are shopping are being snatched in. No one dares to pull Yang Rui, but some people speak a different foreign language in his ear. Yang Rui ignored him and just walked sideways.
At noon, Yang Rui was tired of strolling and had dinner at a teahouse on the side street. The teahouse was also good at doing business. Seeing the sun, the police officer saw that there was no one for a while, so he moved a few tables to the outside and placed a row along the wall. The guests who sat comfortably and didn't want to leave also had lunch here. Yang Rui was eating, but he didn't feel a stray dog running over. He was shocked and was about to drive him away, but the dog sat upright in front of him and watched him not move. The dog was not big, and the hair on his body was black and white, very dirty, and the white hair on his forehead to his nose turned gray. Its black eyes looked at Yang Rui, looking at him with no intention of leaving. Yang Rui had no choice but to throw a small one over.
The ribs, the flower dog bit the bones before they could fall to the ground, and they started to bite it immediately. The teeth were not as good as that, and there were not many ribs in the ribs. When Yang Rui saw the flower dogs, he knew that these were not enough to be fed, so he reached out to call the guys. When the guy ran over, he was startled. Yang Rui shook his hand and said, "Don't be afraid of it if it's okay." Give him a few copper circles and said, "Help get some bones." The guy took the money. Soon, he took a bowl and put some bones in it. Knowing that Yang Rui was going to feed the dog, he put it in a broken bowl. Yang Rui put the bones on the ground, and saw that it was eating so he ignored it and spread the newspaper to read the newspaper.
The Su newspaper was still reporting on the withdrawal of school, saying that the Patriotic Society had already started school and students were attending classes seriously. Then, it was said that there were incidents of school-to-student conflicts between the public schools in Wuxing, and more than 20 students dropped out. It seemed that schools across the country seemed to be infected, and all had to make trouble for school. The Qing Dynasty was really stupid. They could pay for school, raise students, and run new troops. After the students finally finished their studies and the army finally trained, they began to rebel. The overseas revolutionary party was the foundation.
They were all foreign students, and the new army that launched the Wuchang Uprising was also a new army that had been launched with all their efforts. Cixi was really a figure, but she understood the dilemma of the Qing Dynasty - not reforming, waiting for death, reforming, and seeking death. Some people said that it was a mistake for her to declare war on all countries, but how could she know it was not her intention? At that time, the Boxer Rebellion was not small and it was not weakened by foreigners. So as long as someone climbed the high ground and called it, the Qing Dynasty would be over. Look at history, you can know how the Hunan Army did not have it.
The next day was to teach another class. With the experience of the previous day, Yang Rui gave a more fluent speech, and the examples he gave were different. This time he talked about the Opium War in 1840, or the Tamsui War. No matter what the origin of the war was, the real reason was that the West wanted to open the door to the Chinese market - analyzing the natural contradiction between the British free economic system and the small peasant economic system of the Qing Dynasty. This is the ultimate root of the war between the two sides. After two wars, Britain achieved their goal of opening the Chinese market, and China is currently slowly integrating into the free economic system led by Britain and other Western countries. Shanghai is the biggest bridgehead for Western countries in China.
It is rare for a student to stand up and ask: "Sir, is it good or bad for us to enter the capital system?" It seems that because of nervousness, Yang Rui did not listen to the complete one time, and the student said it again.
Yang Rui understood and nodded and let the student who asked the question sit down. Then he said, "This student dares to ask questions and deserves praise. I hope everyone will ask questions in the future if there are any questions. As for this question, there is a question about the current situation. The current situation is not a question of whether it is good or not. Even if it is bad, you can't refuse it, because this is imposed. During the Qianlong period, the British came and hoped that the court could open the country's door to do business with them and integrate into the free economic system they led. However, when Qianlong was not allowed, the British did not agree. More than 40 years later, the British opened our door with cannons.
It's like you have a comfortable life in the house, self-sufficient way, but suddenly you have a bandit and you have to do business with them. What do you do? Some people are born brave and fight with them; some people are frightened, and they can do whatever they say, and they want to sell, and they try their best to buy whatever they want. What the robbers want to buy, and they try their best to sell regardless of the price. A truly smart person understands the rules of the robbers, and bargains according to their rules, and try to protect their own interests."
At this time, another classmate asked: "Sir, if we make money from foreigners, won't they be angry? What should we do at this time?" This classmate asked everyone's thoughts.
"This question is very good." Yang Rui praised: "There are three ways to encounter this situation. First, the robbers have a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years. The contract system. They have established a country through business since ancient times. This is the foundation of their country. As long as he thinks that you are a knowledgeable person and cannot be fooled easily, in their words, they are called civilized people, then he will generally abide by the agreement. If he does not abide by it, he can sue the court or go to the newspaper office to publish it. Second, there are many robbers. If he violates the agreement, he can join forces with other robbers to resist him. You must know that there are conflicts between the robbers. Third, when we cannot protect all our interests, give up part of it appropriately."
Speaking of this, Yang Rui sighed again: "You are the first people in China to study Western social sciences. Although we cannot deny the role of investigating things and chemistry, the previous decades of self-improvement movements have taught us a lesson. Just building warships, opening shipyards, and setting up steel mills are not enough to change China's current disadvantages. We must understand the principles of foreigners governing the country. You must know that the presidents and prime ministers of Western countries such as the United States and Britain have never been from science, but basically from law and economy. It can be seen that they regard these ways of governing the country."
The students listened very seriously and didn't know who had spread the news. I heard that Mr. Yang, who was talking about economy in the society, returned to China after traveling to Europe for several years. He was particularly proficient in Western business schools. The printing library was printing Mr.'s books. Such news also caused some students from lower grades to come in, making more people in the classroom.
When he came to the classroom lounge after class, Cai Yuanpei came over. Yang Rui still admired Cai Yuanpei quite much. Although it was not good to take students to drop out of school together, he reshaped the spirit of Peking University when he was the principal of Peking University. It has been praised by Peking University in later generations. It can be seen that he still really loves students and considers students. After seeing the ceremony, Cai Yuanpei said: "The class in Cheng Cheng is so good, and the students like it very much, haha."
Yang Rui was a little Haoran. It would be strange if he was seen by the great masters of the Internet in later generations and didn't scold him to death. He said modestly: "I dare not, don't you dare. This is the first time I have taken such a big class. To be honest, I'm still a little scared." After saying that, he laughed.
Cai Yuanpei also laughed and said, "Haha... I was like this for the first time on the podium. My brother Jingcheng is really with each other." Cai Yuanpei said, and touched his goatee, as if he was recalling his teaching.
Yang Rui said this just to mock himself. After laughing, he asked, "Brother Jimin, the head of the society, is busy with all kinds of things, how can he have time to come here?"
Cai Yuanpei stopped laughing and said, "Ji Min came to thank the teacher for his behalf. After the class yesterday, the students said that listening to the teacher's class was like enlightenment and benefited a lot. After listening to the students' relays yesterday, they realized that Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had these hidden stories back then." After that, they sighed.
Seeing him sighing, Yang Rui sighed, and said, "Chongzhen was too eager to do things in his youth. More importantly, he took over a mess. His vitality was almost exhausted, and his luck was not good, so he died. Chongzhen's life was really hard. It is said that he usually walked slowly because the clothes inside were patches, so he was worried that exposing the patches was damaged by royal dignity."
Yang Rui was moved, but Cai Yuanpei was absent-minded. He looked around and saw no one suddenly asked, "Brother Jingcheng, how angry do you see the Qing Dynasty?"
Yang Rui couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that Cai Yuanpei had a little idea of treating him as a charlatan, and said jokingly: "This is the secret of heaven that cannot be revealed."
Cai Yuanpei was not a joke, and said anxiously: "It's just that he is a brother, Jimin is not a joke."
Yang Rui knew it in his heart that Cai Yuanpei was also a revolutionary party. However, he did not know that Cai Yuanpei was originally the first president of the assassination organization of the Restoration Association in the late Qing Dynasty. Although he was suspected of being pulled by Vice President Tao Chengzhang as a signboard, he was indeed a revolutionary party and he also made bombs by himself. Later, when the Tongmenghui was established in 1905, Cai Yuanpei joined the Tongmenghui and was a veteran of the Kuomintang. After the Republic of China, he has been in the education industry, so his time travel novels rarely mention his background, and because of old and Mao's favor, he has a lot of positive comments on him in later history books, but they all have problems with Yang Rui's two main sources of historical knowledge - time travel novels and history textbooks - so that he did not understand Cai Yuanpei's real history at all.
Yang Rui looked at a bad stool with dust stuck in the corner of the wall, took it out, blew it over in one breath, and the dust flew. After slapping it, the stool was immediately clean. Yang Rui put down the stool and said, "It is easy to blow off the dust, but it is not easy to fix the stool."
Cai Yuanpei looked at this broken stool and thoughtful. After a while, he said: "After the dust is removed, he will do a free and democratic policy. Even if he cannot become a great power, he can still be politically clear and the people will be prosperous and the country will be safe."
After hearing this, Yang Rui sighed in his heart, not daring to debate with him, and was serious. Time travel novels often say that revolutionaries are all full of passion. Because of age and experience, they think about revolution very simply and build a country more simply. Basically, they think that once the Qing Dynasty collapses, the Republic will be finished. Yang Rui grabbed Cai Yuanpei's arm: "Brother Jimin, what you said makes sense, but what we need to do now is to teach well."
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