Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 29
Cai Yuanpei was a little shocked by these impassioned words, and his view that "a university is an institution for purely studying knowledge" in his heart gradually began to waver. trembling.

"Zhiyuan, it seems that the structure of the reform plan of Peking University I formulated is still too low. Your words can be said to be deafening and awakened me."

Cheng Nuo smiled.He picked up the thermos bottle from behind and refilled the teapot with hot water: "Mr. Cai's words are serious. These are also my family's words. Just listen, but Peking University is not just a university in Peking, but a university in our entire country. Any reform needs to be done with caution."

Cai Yuanpei shook his head helplessly, and explained: "I started to devote myself to the revolution when I was still standing, and worked hard for most of my life. Now that the Manchu Qing government has fallen, it seems to have succeeded, but the current situation is turbulent and the political world is full of smoke, and I have arrived. At the age of knowing the destiny, I am anxious to change but can't do it, so I can only pin my hopes on your generation."

After sighing, Cai Yuanpei put the teacup heavily on the table, the blue veins on his hands revealed his restless heart.

Cheng Nuo comforted: "I can understand Mr. Cai's mood, and I also believe that after your reform, Peking University has been rejuvenated and produced a group of talents. But Mr. Cai, when we take a long-term view, whether Also look at your feet, there is a group of people that you have overlooked."

"Who?" Cai Yuanpei was puzzled.

Cheng Nuo pointed to the snacks on the table and said, "Those peasants who can't eat enough and worry about three meals a day when they open their eyes every day, the agricultural science can't be neglected either."

Food is the paramount necessity of the people, and the common people understand it.The Manchu government also understood.

In the "Zouding School Regulations" issued by the educational reform in the late Qing Dynasty, seven disciplines were set up in the university hall, and agricultural science was one of them. Higher agricultural schools were established in Hubei Province. Until the fall of the Manchu Qing government, there were still 111 agricultural schools of all sizes across the country.

Agricultural science is no more than other disciplines. It needs to roll up your trousers and go to the field to work.In order to promote agricultural achievements, the Manchu Qing government set up experimental fields with great foresight, and promoted agricultural experiments in various provinces across the country. By the eve of the founding of the Republic of China, there were 98 various agricultural experimental fields across the country, including but not limited to high-quality livestock. Species and silkworm eggs trial breeding and breeding, afforestation experiments and forestry technology promotion, agricultural machinery improvement, analysis of chemical fertilizers and other activities.

In the later period, it united with the agronomy school and established a non-administrative organization, the farmers' association, to engage in agricultural promotion work such as investigating suitable soil and products, researching improvement methods, advocating agricultural affairs, publishing publications, making lecture tours, exchanging seeds, and exhibiting agricultural products.

Although the final effect is very limited, the importance of agriculture has been gradually revealed.

In order to prove his point of view, Cheng Nuo gave an example: "The flood in the three rivers in Guangdong Province soared last year, the dams were washed away, and countless houses collapsed. More than 300 million people were affected in Guangdong and Guangxi, and nearly [-] million mu of farmland were destroyed. Buddha City alone died. There are more than [-] people, and the "Shenbao" bluntly stated that there are floating corpses all over the sea, just like a purgatory on earth."

There is a sneaky trick here. The data is quoted from the survey after liberation. At this time, the North and the South are fighting and fighting, and the victims are rarely cared about, let alone statistics on the disaster situation.

The more Cheng Nuo said, the more excited he became, and the scene of the suffering victims appeared in front of his eyes: "Last year, the wildfires in Heilongjiang Province, the typhoon disaster in Hubei Province, the severe drought in Henan Province, the heavy rain in Guizhou Province, the bursting of embankments in Anhui Province, and the locust plague in Shaanxi Province are too numerous to list. They suffered a lot. There are too many victims, and it is a luxury for them to be able to eat a full meal alive. If our agricultural science is advanced enough and there are enough professionals, it is entirely possible to avoid these natural disasters, increase food production, and do food production in advance. With good plans for various natural disasters, there will be fewer tragedies.”

In order to completely dispel Cai Yuanpei's plan to cancel the agricultural department, Cheng Nuo did not hesitate to bring out the grievances of the later generations of Peking University and Tsinghua University in advance: "Mr. Cai, you don't know that Qinghua University is already ahead of us in terms of agronomy, and you not only don't care about it." Chasing and planning to cancel, this"

Cai Yuanpei's eyes widened: "Why don't I know about this matter, Zhi Yuan said it quickly."

"Last year, students from Qinghua University organized a summer group to carry out social services in Xishan, Beiping, helping local farmers solve production problems. Before that, I have never heard of any university doing similar things."

After the words fell, Cai Yuanpei took a deep breath and said after a long time: "The ancients said that when you are full, you think about sex, and here you can apply it to think about learning when you are full. , Naturally, I don’t have the heart to learn, and my colleagues are walking in front of me, but I am still in the same place, it really shouldn’t be.”

This is what Cheng Nuo wanted, and continued to chase after the victory: "Not only that, when Peking University recruits new students, it must also consider these students from poor backgrounds and give them a chance to change their destiny. The school's gates must be open to every Chinese. .”

Cai Yuanpei mused: "Retaining the two subjects of agriculture and engineering can be considered, but I can relax the admission requirements for them. I'm afraid it's inappropriate, and it will lose the principle of fairness for other students."

"That's not what I mean. It's not easy for us to help those students who can go to school but can't afford it. We can't let them fall at the last step." Cheng Nuo shook his head and expressed his thoughts: "Those with excellent grades can reduce or exempt their tuition fees and provide board and lodging subsidies to relieve them of the worries of studying. This is in line with Mr. Cai's philosophy of pure learning."

In this era, the cost of studying, especially university, is not affordable for ordinary people. According to the requirements, the monthly tuition fee of public universities should not be less than three oceans, plus uniform fees, books fees, catering and accommodation fees, etc., the overall cost is extremely high. high.

In order to study, many students who were able to go to a better university chose to go to a public normal university that is free of tuition in order to save money. This is also the main reason why many great people's first education is a teacher.

But even if it is a normal school, it is out of reach for poor students. Although there is no need to pay tuition fees, they have to pay ten oceans as a deposit when they enroll. Seven or eight.

Going to school is a luxury.

Cai Yuanpei felt something was wrong: "Zhiyuan, do you know that the engineering and agricultural courses will not be cancelled, and tuition fees will be exempted to provide stipends. This amount of money is not a small amount. The national treasury is short of money. It is difficult for the Ministry of Education to allocate more. expenses."

Cheng Nuo looked as if he was in control, and said to himself: "The Ministry of Education is not willing to give it, but someone is willing to give it. We can ask those dignitaries and overseas Chinese to pay for it."

It's not that Cai Yuanpei has never sought out overseas Chinese for alms. He shook his head in disbelief: "When the revolution failed, I contacted overseas Chinese several times. It was difficult to raise money at that time. Now it is impossible to raise funds for the reason of running a school."

"As for those dignitaries, forget it, don't mention it." When it came to the latter sentence, Cai Yuanpei looked contemptuous.

Cheng Nuo smiled and said, "White wolves with empty gloves may not work. What if I add one more, and the bursary is named after them? I'm afraid I can't resist the temptation."

Cai Yuan and Pei Wenzhi were overwhelmed by the case and called out a clever plan, which changed the reform plan of Peking University.

And the breeze blown by Cheng Nuo, a butterfly, traveled across the ocean to the North American continent, and had already started to brew a storm in the mathematics world.

The mathematics manuscript of Kronecker's youthful dream has entered the final review stage of the "Mathematics Yearbook".

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(End of this chapter)