Chapter 20: New Year's Day
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Cai Yuanpei introduced that he was Zhang Taiyanjun, who had just returned from Japan and was now teaching Mandarin in the upper grades. Yang Rui didn't remember who it was for a while, and just wanted to say hello, only to see Zhang Taiyan ask: "Brother Cheng, I heard that you studied the Ming Dynasty and Qingsheng, is it providential?" ”
Yang Rui thought to himself, which guy said his class like this, so he had to put down his chopsticks and said solemnly: "The Ming Dynasty died because of natural disasters and the reduction of silver inflow in Europe during the Thirty Years War, resulting in financial bankruptcy. It was Li Zicheng who really destroyed the Ming Dynasty, and the reason why Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong were able to achieve the climate was also because of the natural disasters in the northwest and the silver crunch at the end of the Ming Dynasty......"
Before Yang Rui could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a voice: "Mr. Chengcheng, I'm afraid what you said is only one-sided." The eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were in power, the officials were **, and the people were not happy, this was the root of the destruction of the dynasty. ”
Yang Rui listened to the woman at the next table, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, heroic, I don't know who it is, I looked at Cai Yuanpei, the guy smiled but didn't speak, Yang Rui guessed that this woman should be a difficult character, so that Cai Yuanpei was also going to stay out of the matter, and he didn't care about it at the moment, and asked rhetorically: "May I ask sir, how many dynasties in China have perished because of officials?" ”
The woman was stunned when she heard this, and when she was thinking about it, Yang Rui had already asked and answered herself, and said: "Chinese dynasties basically perished under two circumstances, one is the rebellion of the family and the squire, and the other is the invasion of foreign tribes. Officials ** will make the people miserable, but it is only a condition for the demise of the dynasty, which is like explosives, the power is very great, but without thunder mercury, it can't be blown up, even if it is blown up, it is not strict. ”
Yang Rui saw everyone pondering, paused and continued: "Now the officials are also very **, there is a way to be the Qing prefect for three years, 100,000 snowflakes of silver, isn't this **, don't count the indemnity with the British and the French, we lost 260 million taels in the first afternoon, and we have to pay 950 million taels in the Gengzi incident, this more than a billion indemnity is more ** than any official, how can the Qing Dynasty still ...... now?"
Yang Rui's words were interrupted again, this time by Cai Yuanpei, only to hear him say hurriedly: "Isn't Gengzi's compensation 450 million taels?" How did it become 950 million taels? ”
Yang Rui said helplessly: "450 million taels is to be paid off in 39 years, and the interest is 4%, isn't it 950 million taels?" With a snap, Zhang Taiyan threw his chopsticks on the table and shouted angrily: "Don't eat it, I can't eat it." What kind of court is this! What kind of emperor is this! Yang Rui's heart was gloomy, Zhang Taiyan sighed, and the others were silent.
The meal was finished like this, and the dishes on the table were basically untouched, all of them were hot-blooded young people who were inclined to revolution, how could they eat when they heard such a thing. After paying for the packing, Yang Rui asked the boss to borrow two guys to send the dishes to the Patriotic Society, and the boss didn't say much and arranged it immediately.
Since this unsuccessful dinner, Yang Rui and the teachers of the society have a closer relationship than before, in the past, it can be said that the well water does not interfere with the river water, but now it is a frequent exchange, and Zhang Taiyan has the most discussions among the people - Yang Rui now knows his full name, according to the shallow impression, this person is very famous, but why he is famous, what he has done is not clear at all. During the conversation, Yang Rui just showed that he was wild on the outside, but he was very conservative on the inside, and his thoughts were also very profound.
At first, it was just the end of Yang Rui's class, and the two talked for a while, sometimes even in the afternoon, and then the two were constantly communicating at noon every day. Although he regretted that Yang Rui had not formally studied scriptures, he agreed with Yang Rui's understanding of Chinese culture, from Yang Mo to Lao Zhuang, from Lao Zhuang to Confucius and Mencius, from Confucius and Mencius to Han Fei, of course, when it comes to specific Yang Rui, it is blank when it comes to specific Yang Rui, but the thoughts expressed by these schools are very well understood.
As for Western studies, that is, Yang Rui is saying that he is listening, and he only occasionally asks questions, in fact, in this era, China's understanding of the West is a strong ship, so the Westernization Movement put forward what middle school as a body, Western learning for the use, these are because of a thorough understanding of Western culture, even a hundred years later, there is still a saying of industrial theory, and the traverser aircraft cannon is very happy. Yang Rui had no choice but to start from ancient Greece, the source of Western culture, from Pythagoras to Socrates and Plato, and then from Plato to the Renaissance and Hegel Bentham.
The debate between the two has caused a great impact on the students, at the beginning other teachers listened, and many students also came to listen to the two will also make a record of the conversation between the two and let it be circulated to other students, in all fairness, Yang Rui's knowledge is only modern, and his understanding of many ideas is very rough and very undelicate, but he still captures most of the essence of these ideas, and the collision of the thoughts of a later Chinese who is familiar with Western philosophy and a modern Chinese who is proficient in Chinese studies has unpredictable consequences, And these will slowly unleash its influence in the years to come.
Talking not only enlightened others, but also shocked Yang Rui, modern China actually has no time to complete the transformation of the overall national thought, many prophets and seers were awakened by the sound of guns, they are unswervingly looking for a cure to save China, every prescription seems to be very effective, but those who have not been awakened by the sleeping people can not understand the spirit and actions of the prophets, they can only silently or blindly follow, and the final consequence of this will only cause an imbalance of power, the prophets into rulers, Taking advantage of their prophetic advantage and the immaturity of their people to achieve their goals, they are unscrupulous and do whatever they want, and no one has to check and balance, let alone criticize them.
Time, time, if we can give China 30 years of stable development time and cultivate two generations of healthy growth citizens for China, as the reform and opening up in later generations did, then what will happen to China's future? But how can there be thirty years of peace and stability, this is really too difficult, not to mention Russia, Japan alone can make China unpeaceful, the Republic of China. Isn't the melee of the warlords a means for Japan to weaken China? Yang Rui scratched his head and stopped thinking about it, no matter how good the idea is, it won't help if he doesn't have the strength, don't say that he won't, even if he can, he won't dare to use it, strength is the foundation of a strategy.
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Note: Zhang Taiyan returned to Zhejiang from Tokyo at the end of 19o2 and was invited to give lectures to patriotic students in Shanghai the following year. Here two months in advance.
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