"It can be said that these are troubled times. Warlords are fighting, the people are in trouble, foreign troubles are endless, and the world is in a state of decline. I think Mr. Chiang's book plays the role of criticizing the current affairs. It is a precept that regulates the current customs, guides the confusion, and helps.

The human heart is evil and poor.”

Taking a sip of tea, Cheng Nuo held the draft in his hand and praised: "It is in line with the current trend of new culture and guides the people of the country to work hard to achieve the realm of perfection and beauty. The language should be popularized to make it better known to everyone.

, which coincides with the purpose of this book.”

There was excitement on Jiang Baili's face: "I once told my wife that no one knows me better than Master Liang. Now it seems that there will be another Professor Cheng. The reason why I changed the original work several times during the compilation of this book

, Influence and educate the people from a spiritual and ideological point of view, Professor Cheng, you are talking about something that touches my heart."

Cheng Nuo took out a few drafts, randomly selected a paragraph from them, stood up and recited: "Therefore, I will do my best to develop a strong will. If the will is not established, the moral integrity will decline, the morality will lose its light, and the truth will lose its power.

, will eventually be immoral.

Another example is that if a person has a weak will or no will at all, he is a person without character. He will act according to external stimulation at any time...

I haven't read the other chapters yet, but I found so many warning words from the chapter "Will" alone. In my opinion, Mr. Baili has great wisdom, and his military knowledge is far beyond that of those of us with backgrounds in arts, sciences and engineering.

As far as it can be compared, its views are refreshing, and it would be a real loss if it is not published so that more people can learn from it.”

In one call, the book "On Jobs" compiled by Jiang Baili was highly praised, which was only comparable to the famous works of the sages.

Rao was born in the Presidential Palace and held the rank of major general. His subordinates often flattered him, but when a scholar of Cheng Nuo's level praised him, it was a young girl who got on the sedan chair - that was the first time.

"Professor Cheng, you are exaggerating. What a warning to the world. I just translated it myself for fun because I was afraid of making mistakes in my spare time. Even if the content is valuable, it is just a paraphrase of foreigners' words, which is nothing."

He was clearly drinking tea, but Jiang Baili felt a little dizzy.

Cheng Nuo did not answer in a hurry, but continued to flip through a few pages, still admiring: "Translation is not as simple as re-doing someone else's work, it also requires extensive reference, otherwise it is just chewing what others have eaten before.

That’s all, there’s not much nutrition left.”

I looked at a piece of calligraphy hanging in the living room, which contained a passage from "The Book of Rites and the Great Learning": "After observing things, you will know what you have learned; if you know what you know, then you will be sincere; if you are sincere, your mind will be upright; if your mind is upright, then your body will be cultivated.

After cultivating the body, the family will be in order; after the family is in order, the country will be governed; if the country is governed, the world will be peaceful."

Before the other party could react, Cheng Nuo suddenly pointed at the calligraphy work, holding Jiang Baili's manuscript and smiled: "The aspirations of the ancients can often be summed up in one sentence, 'cultivate oneself, harmonize one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world.' But now I see Baili

If you don’t mind your work, sir, I think you can make some changes based on the work of your predecessors.”

Jiang Baili's eyes lit up, and he stood up and said curiously: "Professor Cheng, you just say it's okay."

Cheng Nuo looked into the distance: "The most high and kind person will never regard the happiness and reputation of a mere person as the purpose of his life. He must regard the cause of people's good deeds as the cause. As the saying goes, cultivate the body and then manage the family, and the family can then govern the country. Family ties

Be kind to the people and be kind to the people, be kind to the people and love things!”

After hearing this, Jiang Baili was also shocked and couldn't help but said: "He stands in the world like duckweed or fine grass. He spends his precious life drifting with the tide and becomes a slave of all people. He rots with the grass and trees. It is really sad. It is far better to be determined.

It’s a pleasure to cultivate yourself and benefit society!”

Cheng Nuo looked at the increasingly deep sky, his face flushed with excitement: "Mr. Baili, I wonder if this book will be published?"

Jiang Baili stepped forward and stood side by side with him: "When I first met the professor, I was preparing to communicate with Manager Zhang of the Commercial Press about publishing matters. However, he was ill at the time and we did not meet in person."

He was ill, but he couldn't get Cai Yuanpei drunk, but he was too drunk to drink. As an accomplice, Cheng Nuo turned his head with some embarrassment: "Well, that means Mr. Baili's "On Jobs"

The book is going to be published but you haven’t found a publisher yet?”

"You don't have to be so polite. Just call me Fang Zhen. Baili is fine too." Jiang Baili nodded. There was nothing to be embarrassed about after the two of us got acquainted. He exposed his shortcomings: "As the saying goes, 'a penny beats a hero'. Now,

I am the only one who relies on me at home and outside the house. Without some subsidy from the royalties, life will be really difficult."

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

When Yuan Datou was still alive, as a major general in the General's Office, Jiang Baili had a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan. Due to the bankruptcy of the national finance, he could still receive 800 yuan a month at first, and soon it was halved to 400 yuan. Later, the discount became larger and the monthly income was insufficient.

Three hundred yuan.

Now it's less than two hundred yuan, and 90% of the auxiliary coins are included in the middle, making Jiang Baili's life really difficult.

"I think we are about the same age, so let's call me Zhiyuan." Seeing the embarrassment on the other person's face, Cheng Nuo suppressed a smile: "Well, I have a good place here where you can arrange this book properly.

Sure, the royalties are even more generous, but..."

Jiang Baili's heart was tickled: "But what?"

"It can be serialized in a magazine. As far as I know, there are audiences all over the country, but they are all school-age children. In order to facilitate children's learning, it is best to spread it in the form of vernacular." Cheng Nuo stated the conditions.

Release it.

Jiang Baili breathed a sigh of relief: "What did I think it was? Don't worry about this. There is absolutely no problem. As long as the manuscript fee is stable and the theme of the magazine is positive, isn't it just a change to vernacular? I will make a big change when I go back. I just don't know this magazine

What is your name?"

"The name of the magazine is very short. If you remember it, you won't forget it," Cheng Nuo suppressed his laughter and replied: "It's called "Youth". The theme is positive and it is specially designed to enlighten school-age children. The children like it very much.

, I heard that some children can’t hold their arms loosely when they sleep at night.”

"Really? Then I have to take a closer look." Hearing the other party's high praise for this magazine, Jiang Baili hesitated and said: "But Zhiyuan, if you say so, then their standards for inclusion in the magazine will not be low. After all, it's about children.

Quite important.”

Hearing this, Cheng Nuo was really embarrassed to pretend: "Brother Baili, let me tell the truth. This magazine is sponsored by our Academy of Sciences to allow more children to receive new education and scientific ideas. Your

This article coincides with our thoughts. Didn’t you expect that?

As for the royalties, they are definitely worth the value of the article. After the serialization is completed, you can also cooperate with Manager Zhang of the Commercial Press to continue publishing physical books and get another royalties."

After hearing this, Jiang Baili was a little moved. If it had been in the past, he would definitely refuse. But thinking about how stretched his wife was at the end of every month, he felt a little heartbroken: "Okay, brothers have to settle accounts clearly. Let's just keep things official. What will you do to outsiders then?"

In the same way, it will do the same to me."

Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "Don't worry, I know it well."

After the two sat down again and became more familiar with each other, Jiang Baili suddenly asked: "Zhiyuan, I heard that while you are engaged in education, you have also done a lot of things in industry. I wonder what you think about the relationship between national defense and economy.

idea?"

Cheng Nuo's pupils shrank, and he couldn't figure out what the person in front of him was thinking. After thinking for a while, he still said politely: "In my opinion, national defense construction must be consistent with the national economy, and at the same time, military production and military product production must take into account each other with agriculture and civilian product production.

.

The reason for China's recent decline lies in the separation of intellectuals and behavior. Those who read are blindly reading, which is not practical, and those who do things are blindly blind and have no ideals. Therefore, the true ability to unify the economic life and combat life of our ancestors is

So lost."

Jiang Baili lamented this: "We have a living example here. Some warlords, whether old or new, blindly pursue their own selfish interests and spend huge sums of money to continuously expand their private armies and purchase weapons and equipment obsolete from foreign countries.

.

There is no national defense benefit or economic benefit at all. Instead, it has caused continuous military disasters and wars year after year, causing harm to one party, and the gap between localities and countries has widened step by step."

Cheng Nuo smiled and said: "As the saying goes, the Tao must be updated day by day, and the art must also be updated day by day. The new ones are vital, and if they are not new, they will die. The old military system no longer meets the requirements, and there will inevitably be several rounds of new reforms in the future until it truly

Suitable for the existence of this soil.”

Jiang Baili said with great interest: "I wonder, Zhiyuan, how do you understand this relationship between the old and the new? Let's talk about it first. I know that you are deeply involved in the natural sciences, which is difficult for ordinary people to compare with, but today you took the initiative to step into what I am familiar with.

In the field, let’s take military as the theme, is that okay?”

Cheng Nuo thought for a while and said with a smile: "Of course it is feasible. It is not of practical significance if it is far away. Take the Franco-Prussian War not far away. The French artillery was not as good as Prussian and they suffered a defeat. But after the war, the French

He tried his best to invent a new barrel-retracting cannon, which shocked Europe.

The ashamed Germans not only improved the barreled artillery, but also invented the field heavy artillery. Before the Battle of Malen, the French took advantage of the fact that the German field heavy artillery could not arrive and used a brigade of artillery to destroy a German division.

It can be seen here that France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War was an "old" one, the invention of cannon-retractable artillery was "new", and the development from canned retractable artillery to field heavy artillery was a change from "new" to "old". The French were good at using field heavy artillery.

After receiving unexpected results, we started from the old and made a new one.

It is the same reason that we invented gunpowder, but in the end the great powers used artillery to blast open our country."

After saying this, Cheng Nuo poured himself a glass of water and quietly observed the other person's expression.

To Cheng Nuo's expectation, Jiang Baili said nothing after listening, with neither sadness nor joy on his face. After an unknown period of time, he suddenly laughed: "Interesting, interesting."

At this time, Jiang Zuomei, who was accompanying him outside, rushed in quickly, looked at her husband and said with concern: "Baili Jun, you have an old injury on your body, you can't laugh so hard, otherwise it may affect the wound."

Jiang Baili looked at his wife with a smile, his eyes full of doting: "It's okay, it's been so many years. Besides, if I really want to relapse, I won't still have you by my side."

Jiang Zuomei was still a little worried: "But this..."

Jiang Baili waved his hand and did not let his wife finish what she said: "I understand what you mean, and I will pay attention to it later. Let's make another pot of tea. This tea is a bit cold."

Jiang Zuomei hesitated to speak, but after seeing that her husband was fine, she nodded, saluted Cheng Nuo beside her, and left with the tea tray.

This scene made Cheng Nuo see it in his eyes and envy him in his heart: "Brother Baili, you are so blessed."

Jiang Baili said proudly: "This is the daily life between husband and wife, and it has worked for you Zhiyuan. Going back to our topic just now, what you just said makes sense. Today's war situation is very different from before. It is far from the ancient invasion."

One city, as simple as one land, is a matter for the entire nation, and its theory requires constant thinking and summary."

Cheng Nuo echoed: "The enemy and we, attack and defense, advance and retreat, victory and defeat, new and old, movement and stillness, active and passive, time and space, global and local, lasting and quick decision, both front and rear.

There are a series of contradictory relationships that must be viewed dialectically."

Jiang Baili quite agrees with this: "Take the Franco-Prussian War you just mentioned as an example. We can continue to extend it. For example, the current war between the countries in Thailand and Spain. I heard that Germany continued to use the railway concentration method at the beginning and defeated France in the early stage. But France was not willing to accept it.

To show weakness, the railway troop transport method was developed on the basis of it.

Assembling troops as quickly as possible, and relying on the newly invented regulating station system on certain fronts, some German troops were interrupted. Therefore, another round of transformation from the old to the new took place."

Cheng Nuo smiled and nodded, and said from another angle: "The English word for division is 'division', which means separation. In the 18th century, infantry, cavalry, and artillery were all separated into groups and used separately without any connection.

But in the Napoleonic period, he was unique and ingenious. He used the slow and heavy artillery briskly and combined the three arms of infantry, cavalry and artillery into a unit that could fight alone - a division, that is, a synthesis. This is how war is, divided and combined.

, and constantly adjust according to the situation.”

Hearing this, Jiang Baili's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had caught something, but unfortunately he didn't catch it completely and let him go. He muttered to himself: "Divide, combine, cavalry, infantry, naval force, army

,navy……"

Seeing that what he said was quite effective, Cheng Nuo simply got straight to the point: "Now, although we are mainly based on the army, we still have a small number of ships. Let's call it the navy. Why can't the two be combined together after they are separated in the war?

?”

Jiang Baili repeated excitedly: "Yes, why can't the army and navy be divided and combined like infantry, artillery and cavalry? Why didn't I think of that!"

Cheng Nuo took advantage of the victory and pursued: "Besides these, why is there no air force? You must know that the European Continental War aircraft have exerted unexpected effects. The key to future victory must be found from the land, sea and air."
Chapter completed!