"Sir, the current public opinion in Japan is not favorable to the peace talks, many Japanese are dissatisfied with Japan's defeat, and want to turn the Battle of Mukden into the Second Russo-Japanese War, and many newspapers have also expressed their desire to mobilize the whole country, saying that they want to teach us a lesson...... "In Prince Zheng's mansion, at the Sino-Japanese peace talks, the organization has been expanded, and the name has been changed to CIA Director Liu Boyuan, who is reporting to Yang Rui on the situation in Japan - the name of the CIA is not liked by everyone in the bureau, and they themselves have given themselves a very painful name," The support rate of the Saionji cabinet is also not high, but after Katsura Taro collapsed, the Japanese House of Lords and the House of Representatives really couldn't find a better candidate, so they could only agree to the Saionji Cabinet, but if there was a diplomatic setback, it was very likely that Saionji would also fall down. ”

"Isn't that what makes people Japanese?" Yang Ruimei said with a smile, "If you can't get it on the battlefield, then you can get it on the negotiation table, if you can't get it on the negotiation table, then go back to the battlefield and get it, and it's tried and tested." Isn't he afraid that we will die and fight them wholeheartedly? ”

"Actually, Yama Prefecture Youpeng is still operating behind his back, and Japan has defeated Russia before, so it is impossible for them to make concessions to us." "Now the Americans want us to continue to fight to the death with the Japanese, but because of the British's construction, they have to come forward to reconcile this time." I want to ......" Xie Jintai glanced at Yang Rui with a cold face, and said cautiously, "I think, for the future, this time I should take a step back." ”

"No way!" Yang Rui raised his hand excitedly, "This will definitely not work!" Japan can only advance but not retreat, once it retreats. The consequences are unimaginable. What happened to the British? ”

"The British just don't want a war inside the gates, and they don't care outside the gates, so they want to mediate. I also don't want to involve the war in the pass. Now there is a trend towards détente on the European side, and once the problems on the European side are resolved, then their attention can be turned back to the Far East. "Two days ago, I met with British Minister Zhu Erdian, and he expressed his desire to see a complete China in our hands, but only if we do not interfere in Tibet's internal affairs. ”

"Huh!" Yang Rui smiled, now Tibet is firmly in the hands of Xie Cheng of the 13th Division. Before, the Qing army patrol battalion was stationed in Tibet, and now the 13th Division is changing guards with the patrol battalion. It seems that the Germans have weak legs, and the British have fat guts. Aren't the other countries still recognizing us? ”

"France has always followed Britain, and Russia is angry that we have accused Outer Mongolia, and Japan should not say anything. And the United States. Acting Minister Willy said it nicely, but his power was limited, and the Secretary of State, according to Zixun's judgment, wanted to see us and Japan lose before they could clean up the mess. That's why I say it's best to make peace with Japan at this time. Xie Zhangtai analyzed the international situation, and only believed that the situation was deteriorating, and it was only right to seize the time to negotiate.

"Ji Mei. Is there enough firearms and ammunition in the northeast? Yang Rui didn't immediately agree to Xie Zhangtai, but only asked Bei Shoutong from the General Staff. Today is a joint meeting, in which the General Staff is also participating.

"We have repurchased 1 million shells, 300 artillery pieces, 100,000 new rifles and 50 million rounds of ammunition from the United States, which will be shipped from the United States this month and to the Northeast by the end of next month. With these guns and ammunition, the Northeast can completely fight a war. In terms of personnel, we are also very abundant, and the former peasants and soldiers ...... "Bei Shou said, but he was interrupted by Yang Rui before he finished speaking.

"Japan knows that we buy ammunition from the United States, and such a large number of things are being shipped, won't they send people to stop them at sea?" Yang Rui asked.

"This ......," Bei Shoutong was stuck, "like the previous times, the ships transporting ammunition were all American ships, and the Japanese didn't dare to stop them before, so they shouldn't dare to stop them now." ”

"Hard to say!" Yang Rui said, "It will only arrive at the end of next month, and we will talk with the Japanese for a month at most, if we don't bring in arms this month, then when the Xiyuan Temple cabinet falls, the situation on Anton's side will be different." ”

After Yang Rui finished talking about the arms, he had to look at Xie Jintai with a headache, and said helplessly, "Brother Chong'an, you say, how do you want to negotiate peace with Japan, and those conditions must be agreed?" ”

Yang Rui was helpless, Xie Jintai was also helpless, he sighed: "The best result is to restore the original state, in fact, both of us want to give an explanation to the people, if both sides apologize at the same time, and pay compensation at the same time, it will be easy to deal with; The national system has been determined, and now there is no way to change it, and it is not easy to give the Anbong Railway because it passes through the sphere of influence of the Americans, but if it doesn't matter if the mines don't matter, they can still give them a few. ”

The more Xie Zhangtai spoke, the more gloomy Yang Rui's face became, and only after he said it for a while did he squeeze out a few words from between his teeth, "But we won this battle?" How is such a result different from defeat? ”

"It is precisely when we win that we can have these conditions, and if I defeat, then the conditions are not like this." Xie Zhangtai said, "Now that the diplomatic situation has changed, if the Xiyuan Temple is really overthrown, even if Britain does not support Japan, the concession in the Kannai area will be occupied by us, and the war is estimated to take a year to end." And if we lose again, then the Russian side will also have to do it. ”

"Then go all out and keep going. Katsura Taro forms a cabinet again, and we will let him fall again! Yang Rui said, "To tell the truth, what I can agree with is that Japan does not pay us reparations or apologize to us, but the Japanese prisoners of war in our hands, if they want it, then they have to spend money to buy it, and the price will be according to what Russia paid at that time, of course, it can be lower, but it must not be a loss." As for their demands, I can't agree to any of them. ”

Yang Rui finished talking about his bottom line, and then said to Liu Boyuan and Bei Shou, "The Intelligence Bureau has found out the domestic trends in Japan and closely contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The General Staff and General Staff are trying to prepare enough artillery shells for the Northeast, but if the United States can't get there, Russia will talk to see how much they can sell to us, if there are no shells, then ......" he closed his eyes and said, "Then fight with your life!" Meeting. ”

After Yang Rui finished speaking, the meeting was dismissed, and everyone went out, and Xie Jintai walked the heaviest among several people, and as soon as the provisional government was formed, it was faced with an honorable end to the war with Japan. This is a tricky question. In Xie Zhangtai's view, after the situation in Europe eases, it may not be useful to transfer the contradictions outside the customs to the inside of the customs. It will even offend Britain because of this, so from a technical point of view, the best way to end the war is for Yang Rui to fall down, so that after the country is humiliated, it can withdraw from the war with dignity and start domestic construction, and at the same time, it can also calm the feelings of the people, and it is only Yang Rui's government that is unlucky.

This is actually the benefit of a parliamentary form of government. Once the situation is not right, you can immediately replace the person, which is the back of the political family. Congress enjoys the logic of the results. However, this will never happen to Yang Rui, in addition to Yang Rui will not agree to this happening, more importantly, the revival will win. In this case, an unfavorable treaty is concluded. Not only Yang Rui, but all the revival members and all the people will not accept it.

Is it better to be tough on the outside world? Xie Zhangtai thinks that when you can be tough, you should be tough, and when you should back down, you should back down, what is even more difficult to understand is that Yang Rui's existence is equivalent to subverting the logic of the parliamentary government, not that the political family is carrying the black pot for the people, but that the people are carrying the black pot for the political family, and those things that can obviously take a step back. But for the sake of the so-called integrity and dignity, he dragged the people to the end. Does that make sense? Xie felt that this was meaningless, especially at the beginning of the founding of the country.

Last month, he instructed Li Zilong to arrange a discussion with international students, Li Zilong remembered to arrange it, but because there were too many international students, now he can only arrange the place for the meeting in the Beijing Normal University Hall, the site of the university hall includes Princess Jia's Mansion, where there is a large hall that can barely sit hundreds of people. The Beijing Normal University Hall said that it was in Temple Street, Ma Province, but Yang Rui still had no impression of the various streets and alleys in Beijing, and only when Li Zilong said that you were on the east side of Coal Mountain behind the Forbidden City, he understood where it was.

Even if he went to Beijing in later generations, Yang Rui had never been to Peking University, and he was not at all happy about going to China's highest university this time. On the carriage, like Xie Jintai, he was also thinking about the war in the Northeast on the road, and he should indeed end the war as soon as possible, otherwise the military expenditure will not be mentioned, even the domestic industrial construction will be affected, but the problem is that he can't retreat, as soon as he retreats, he will step down, and once he steps down, then China is likely to return to the old state of the Republic of China, and he will never allow this to happen.

"Prime Minister, it's time for school." Li Zilong next to him said softly, Yang Rui had been instructed before, and he had to get off the bus when he arrived at the gate of the university.

"Oh, is there it?" Yang Rui was a little distracted, opened the curtain and glanced outside, before he confirmed, "It's really here." Let's get out of the car, and the guards won't go in. ”

"Prime Minister!" Li Zilong has been with Yang Rui for a long time, and he also understands his habit, that is, he attaches great importance to the university, and the guards don't go in because the guns can't go in. However, it is difficult to say whether the school is safe in Beijing not long ago.

"What are you afraid of! If the guards don't go in, it's not that a few of you don't go in. Yang Rui said indifferently. He thought that he was blessed by God, and it was not so easy for him to die. After he finished speaking, he ignored Li Zilong and got out of the car.

At the entrance of the Beijing Normal University Hall, Xu Huafeng, Cai Yuanpei, and Ke Shaoxian, the principal of the University Hall, were already waiting. Xu Cai and the others are okay, but Ke Shaoxian, who is dressed in sackcloth, is very awkward, for the sake of him being the principal, Yang Rui did not put on a score, and gave him a false salute.

Ke Shaoxian is a native of Jiaozhou, Shandong, more than seventy years old, born in Hanlin, Guangxu's death only made him sad, but seeing that the Fuxing Society did not kill in Beijing, and finally organized Guangxu's funeral, his disgust towards the Fuxing Society suddenly decreased, just because he was old, and he didn't want to do anything about the two masters, and after the situation stabilized, he asked to tell the old, and Cai Yuanpei was also from Hanlin, in order to ensure his livelihood, he wanted to let him be the principal for a year, and then retire, so that there was a reason to pay him a pension in the future. Ke Shaoxian was reluctant, but seeing that the Shen family itself wore sackcloth and was only responsible for the Congress, he finally agreed.

This time I heard that Yang Rui was coming, he had to come as the principal, I thought that Yang Rui would be domineering when he was young, and he didn't want him to get off the car at the door of the school.

Yang Rui understood the thoughts of these Manchu widows, and only said to Cai Yuanpei next to him, "Xiao Min, this time it's for international students, how did your department get together?" ”

"Haha, it's done." Cai Yuanpei laughed loudly, "International students are also under the management of the department, and besides, your speeches have always been excellent, so the students in the university hall should listen to what's wrong." ”

"You also called the students of the academy?" Yang Rui said unexpectedly, he thought it was a symposium. But now it's a lecture.

"That is, the students of Beijing Normal University Hall and Tsinghua Preparatory Department, the weather is good today, and the venue is arranged outside. No matter how many people stand, they will stand down. Cai Yuanpei said with a smile, holding an annual education allocation of four thousand taels of silver, of course he smiled brightly.

"I'm in a bad temper today!" Yang Rui said truthfully, "It's not good to scold people." ”

"Haha." This time, whether it was Cai Yuanpei or Xu Huafeng, he also smiled. When Yang Rui was in the Patriotic Society, he was very good to his students, and if he scolded people. Both were unconvinced.

Ignoring these two people who were enjoying the shade behind him, Yang Rui enjoyed the scenery of the Beijing Normal University Hall. There is no ornate gate of vermilion in later generations, and there is no stone lion that guards the majestic gate. It's just an ordinary northern courtyard, if it weren't for the plaque of 'Jingshi University Hall' at the door, ordinary people really don't know that this is Jingshi University Hall. This couldn't help but remind Yang Rui of what Chen Tianhua said when he turned his head suddenly, "He won't talk about it." Build a university hall in the capital. It cost 300,000 silver, but the government said that the cost was too high, and it has not been repaired so far...... The Empress Dowager restored the Summer Palace, and tens of millions of taels of silver were taken out...... With these 300,000 alone, can you say that you can't find it? ’

Yang Rui looked at the shabby school gate and asked Cai Yuanpei, "...... this school building?"

Cai Yuanpei understood what Yang Rui meant, he was frightened by the grandeur of the campus of Tongji University. At that moment, he said, "The allocation has been allocated." But the engineer said that the place was so big and narrow that if you wanted to build a comprehensive university, you had to change places. ”

With some spoofs, Yang Rui said, "There will be many universities in Beijing in the future, so let's just build a university town, the address ...... The address is placed in the Summer Palace, where are the food and clothing of students and teachers? ”

Yang Ruizhi said that Cai Yuanpei was only taken aback, and said, "That's the emperor's place?" ”

"The place of the emperor is also the place of the state. The mountains and rivers are good and the scenery is good on the side of the Summer Palace, and students want to enter the city, and they send boats during the holidays every month. After he finished speaking, he said, "I'm just mentioning it, if it doesn't work, it won't work, it's your business." ”

While the two were talking, the small campus was quickly finished. In the open space in front of the library building, a temporary lecture platform has been set up, and the open space in front of the stage is full of dense students, and on the second floor of the library building, there is actually a banner that reads: Welcome Premier Yang Jingcheng to the hall of Beijing Normal University. Yang Rui, who only looked at it, felt a chill, he didn't know if it was this style that officials came from the Manchu Qing Dynasty at that time, but he didn't like this tone, he said to Li Zilong, "Find someone to take down the banner for me." ”

Li Zilong was sent there by order, but Cai Yuanpei didn't know what Yang Rui was doing, standing in the open space of the library building, many students applauded, but they didn't understand why Yang Rui didn't sit down, and those Manchu Qing widows who still had braids just wanted to watch this puppet prime minister look foreign.

The speed of the personal bodyguard was very fast, and in less than a few minutes, the banner was taken down, and Yang Rui did not go to the makeshift lecture platform after taking it, but walked straight to the front of the students, found an open space to cushion it with the banner, and sat down in front of everyone. When everyone looked at each other, he said loudly, "Students, sit down, sit down." ”

When Yang Rui sat down, the scene was chaotic, and the students and many teachers didn't understand what he was going to do, and it was only when Wang Xiaolin's people moved the radio over that his voice became louder, "Students, sit down." Sit down. ”

His voice spread throughout the venue, and some students sat down according to his wishes, but still many students were still standing, they wanted to see what this revolutionary party was going to do, the students were like this, and so were the teachers, but Cai Yuanpei and Xu Huafeng understood Yang Rui's approach, and sat beside him without mind, and kept following Ke Shaoxian behind.

"Today is a symposium, so let's have a discussion. If you have any questions that you are concerned about, you can ask me in person now, and I will answer them one by one here, but time is limited, so please talk about some practical questions. Yang Rui saw that the scene was quiet and explained. But either the students had never seen such a prime minister, or they were not used to such discussions, or they were even more disdainful of interviews with the leaders of the rebellious parties, and no one asked questions after he finished speaking.

Seeing this scene, Yang Rui had no choice but to break the deadlock, "Let me start first." Today was supposed to be a discussion with international students, but when you return from your studies, you will immediately devote yourself to the construction of the country, and I would like to take this opportunity to talk to you.

What to talk about. There are only two I can think of, one is the current state of the country, and the other is to understand what people think. The first one needs no more to say. The country is very weak, our fiscal income is only about half of Japan's, our industry is only one-tenth of it, and the literacy rate and the number of university students are far from Japan's, only a few tens or even less. Education is the future of the country, industry is the backbone of the country, and what students studying abroad should do is to build our industry. Developed industry makes the country safer and richer, which is the government's idea. After everyone understands. Can you tell us what you think? ”

Yang Rui's words were hot, and a student said loudly after he finished speaking: "Your Excellency, is it true that the ministry said that the scientific examination will be reopened?" ”

"It's a re-opening. It is not a reopening of scientific expeditions. Yang Rui replied. Most of the previous officials were examined, the scientific examination was abolished, and many people's way to get ahead was blocked, and it was not cheap to study abroad, and it was not easy to study abroad at the examiner's expense, so the officials wanted to reopen the examination. ”

"So what's going to be tested?" More people asked.

Reading is to be an official, and even those students with pigtails listen with their ears pricked up. However, Yang Rui didn't want to say more about this issue, so he just said. "The Ministry is now soliciting opinions from all walks of life on what to test. How to take the test, it will be done according to the final opinion, and everyone will know when the time comes. ”

Yang Rui cut off the topic, and everyone asked a few questions, and the symposium was completely cold, estimating that the time for the meeting was coming, he had to stop being reserved, and began to say, "There is still some time, I want to talk about my expectations for everyone." It's good that a lot of international students have come back, but I'm worried that you're bringing in some of the shortcomings of foreigners, which is extremely detrimental to the future of the country, so I want to talk about it.

In terms of culture, China's long-standing inheritance has declined, and now there is only camel culture. What is camel culture called? It is the culture of forbearance, the culture of blind obedience, they believe in the classics the most, and follow the sages the most. This culture is autistic, because the sages can never be doubted, they must not be doubted, because once they doubt, it is a great rebellion, it is contrary to morality.

In this closed cultural circle, the words of the sages are very vague and uncertain, and the truth can be formed by interpreting them from any angle, and the sages use vague words to say many ethics and demarcate many hierarchies, and then constitute a society with a strict order. In order to maintain this closed circle, this culture is characterized by its emphasis not on saying things that have not been said by predecessors, but by trying to repeat what has been said by predecessors, ancients, and private individuals. They only care about what they know, never what they don't know.

And Western culture is also described as an animal...... It's called lion culture. The culture of the lion is based on critical reason, with strict grammar and strict logic, and what he says is always precise.

This is completely contrary to the camel culture, which is ambiguous, but it is limited to death in scope, and this restriction of death is called ancestry, or rules, or morality, anyway, people are not allowed to have any transgressions; But the lion culture is accurate, he has an age, after BC and AD, it is clearly distinguished, not like a camel without an age, only a dynasty, and it is also open in scope, Westerners have never liked to say what others have said, they just want to say things that have not been said before, even if they want to say the original things, his purpose is not to repeat, but to criticize, based on rational criticism.

Since the foreigners came to the East, China's camel culture began to disintegrate, just like a foreigner with a strong ship and a cannon, who can kill our countrymen very lightly. Many students have studied Western studies and have the weapon of reason, and all the rules in camel culture are easy to be criticized and killed. I'm worried about the weapons in your hands, it's okay to kill the camel, it's time to kill it, but don't throw away all the things on the camel, because our original heritage is also in it.

As I said before, Western culture is the culture of the brain, and its root lies in thinking, while the Eastern culture is the culture of the heart, and its root lies in perception. Since the Shang and Zhou dynasties, this kind of perception has been deliberately distorted into morality and ethics, but even if it is distorted, he has a weak inheritance, and this inheritance, or this kind of mental perception, is not solidified, not moral, but sensitive, touching, and echoing the true nature of life.

In the division of culture, some can be called 'cute and untrustworthy', some can be called 'credible and not cute', our culture is lovely and human, but many times it is not credible, because it can only be enlightened, cannot be proven, while Western culture is credible and rational, but it is never lovely, because it pursues the truth of things, not the care for people's life.

If a person who believes in the supremacy of reason comes to this country full of camels, then after criticizing the original sages, the original habit of blind obedience will only make the people worship these critics as the new sages, and Zi said that Shiyun will become a scientific religion, and the rules of ethics will be replaced by the worship of reason, which will be the sorrow of the country......"

Yang Rui told many students in the hall of Beijing Normal University about his worries, instead of encouraging everyone to build the country, which only surprised Cai Yuanpei, on the way back, he asked Yang Rui why he said this, but Yang Rui shook his head tiredly. In the position of the head of a country, he can not only feel which inch of the country is threatened, which market is occupied by foreigners, but also can feel that Confucian culture is constantly disintegrating and being subverted by Western culture. These are all dangerous, especially the latter, because even after a hundred years, the sinking continues.

Yang Rui's unexplained speech, with an unknown result, others didn't understand, but when the words reached the Ministry of Rites, Zhang Taiyan smiled and shook his fan and smiled at Deng Shi, "It seems that we have finished what we are going to say, very good, very good." (To be continued......)