At the beginning, a small number of students in Tsinghua schools were recruited directly by the Academic Affairs Office in Beijing, and the rest were recruited by "student envoys" from each province. After passing the preliminary examination in each province, they were recommended to come to Beijing for re-examination. The number of places recommended by each province was

It is determined based on the amount of the Boxer Indemnity paid by the province. For example, Suzhou Province, which paid the most compensation, can recommend 26 people, while provinces such as Yunnan and Guizhou paid less, with only 2 people.

As the school moved to Tsinghua University, the admissions policy changed to a preliminary test in each province, and only those who passed the test could come to Beijing to take the retest. In terms of the source of students, the overall quality is still very high.

Later, when the school officially opened, the Manchu and Qing government had not yet been overthrown, so they changed the name of the school from "Youmei Study Hall" to "Tsinghua Imperial School". After the success of the Revolution of 1911, I felt that the name was a bit outrageous, so I removed the word "Imperial".

With the name "Tsinghua School".

However, precisely because of this humiliating history, except for some students who worship foreigners, most students choose to study hard in the hope that they can avenge their shame in the future.

Early in the morning, Cheng Nuo and Cai Yuanpei arrived at Qinghua School and were welcomed by teachers and students.

Especially Cheng Nuo himself was surrounded by students on three levels inside and outside. In this school where half of the teachers were foreigners, they suffered too much glare. Cheng Nuo's sudden appearance was severely punished.

They breathed a sigh of relief.

"Professor Cheng, I have a mathematics paper here, which is about the non-zero theory of class fields. I have encountered some troubles in the assignment theory. Can you help me take a look?"

"Professor Cheng, our students have established an amateur club called the Mathematics Research Club. Can you write an inscription for us?"

"Professor Cheng, you don't know that after I took your paper to our "Advanced Algebra" Professor Yang to read it that day, he no longer had any nostrils to look at us. You are my idol."

"Professor Cheng, I heard that you graduated from Harvard University. I am also planning to follow your example and go to Harvard to study after graduating from advanced studies. Can you give me some advice before going?"

"Professor Cheng, are you married? I have a sister at home."

After all, Cheng Nuo finally squeezed out of the crowd and sat under the auditorium, waiting for the lecture to begin.

Unexpectedly, the theme of Cai Yuanpei's speech was to call on students not to worship foreign things after going abroad.

"When our students study in other countries, they are not worried that their scientific level is not as good as others, but that their characteristics are lost due to excessive imitation. The so-called characteristics refer to the characteristics of people that are influenced by geography, history, family, and society. They can be preserved.

My nature is to absorb and digest foreign ideas, speeches, and scholarship, and make them all part of me and not be assimilated by them."

As Cheng Nuo listened, he couldn't help but applaud. He could only say that he was worthy of being Cai Gong, and he looked hundreds of years at a glance.

Some students listened and nodded in agreement from time to time. But some students didn't care, and even had the word "dissatisfaction" clearly written on their faces.

When the speech ended, the student stood up directly: "Mr. Cai, I think there is something wrong with your speech just now. The tyranny of European and American countries has been learned for half a century, and traditional knowledge has long been

If we are lagging behind the times, we should abandon it completely and devote ourselves wholeheartedly to the embrace of advanced Western ideas, but you have us be on guard, which is too conservative."

After hearing this, some students at the bottom also started cheering: "This is obviously like the old times. You are worried about this and that. You can't run fast with your little feet bound."

"Yes, we are just too conservative. We are not worshiping foreigners, but we are worshiping power and prosperity."

The following talk became more and more confusing, and even Cheng Nuo's original side seemed to be wavering in his thoughts.

The original purpose of establishing Tsinghua University in the United States was to **** students' minds. The foreigners were too late to be happy when they saw this scene, and secretly followed suit.

In fact, the problem of worshiping foreigners and favoring foreigners is not limited to later generations. It seems to be more serious in the current Republic of China.

Take Christmas as an example. When the Shanghai stock market was still occupied by the Japanese, the people in Shanghai celebrated crazily and spent so much on this holiday that even the newspapers of the Wang Puppet Government could not stand it. "Shenbao" directly issued an article:

Last night was Christmas Eve, and all the entertainment venues in Shanghai were crazy about it. The carnival people had forgotten what era they were in.

Of course, the people cannot be entirely blamed. After all, the gap in national power is so huge that there is no need for public appearances.

Faced with this problem, Cai Yuanpei did not panic at all. Instead, he took Cheng Nuo as an example and roughly described his process of studying, serving the country, and becoming famous. He said that as long as he studied hard, Chinese people would be no worse than outsiders and could still be at the forefront of science.

Cheng Nuo was a little embarrassed after all the praise, but he also understood why he was called here. In addition to getting to know more people, he also wanted to use his experience to inspire these students who were about to study in the United States.

After all, if one more person can come back, the domestic scientific research process may take another step forward.

The atmosphere gradually reached a climax, and finally Cheng Nuo was surrounded by students and came to the stage, asking him to say a few words.

He was unprepared for this, but looking at the students' eager eyes, he encouraged them by using himself as an example.

"Years ago, like the students here, I took the Boxer Indemnity and embarked on the road to study in a foreign country. At that time, we were discriminated against. Many foreign teachers thought that we could not keep up with their study pace. But later

We slapped them hard with practical actions. We can complete the generally four-year undergraduate courses in American universities in three or even two years; we can complete the generally two to three-year master's courses in one year or even nine months.

You can get a degree; as for the doctoral program, which requires at least three years of study, we can also complete it in one year, and we are still among their top universities."

"Some people will say that we can only study hard, but the reality is that they are wrong again. Although there are some boasts, we have also solved the mathematical problems that have troubled the mathematics community for more than half a century, proving that our brains are not stupider than theirs. Not only

Learn well and use it well.”

To cure stubborn diseases, heavy medicines are needed. Cheng Nuo is really not very good at finding a typical example at this time. He can't help but feel a little hot when he brags about himself. But judging from the enthusiastic response of the students, it must be effective for at least two years.

As for what happens next, it depends on the individual’s luck.

At this time, Cheng Nuo was also thinking, and it seemed that he himself had not taken the appropriate action in terms of public opinion.

Although radios now exist, there are no radio and television stations at home or abroad, and there is no trace of practical civilian radios. Now that the radio giant Tesla is under his control, it would be a waste of money if he doesn't do something.

As for Farnsworth, the inventor of the television picture tube, he was still a young lady, and his future would be miserable after he invented television, so he seemed to be able to take over in advance.

If you find ways to secretly export your own country's ideas, you won't believe that foreigners will not worship foreign countries.

Public opinion is a high ground. If you don't occupy it, someone will occupy it for you.

Thinking of this, Cheng Nuo, who was a little excited after the speech, immediately calmed down. There are too many things to do in the future.

A young man interrupted Cheng Nuo's thoughts: "Hello, Professor Cheng, I am Ye Qisun from the Higher Education Department of Tsinghua University. I am very interested in mathematics. I have written a paper. Can you please read it?"

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