Chapter 71 Diplomacy is the continuation of politics

Rushing for time, we finally arrived at the opening of the Peking Spring Sports Games.

However, Liang Rengong's visit this time was not just for academic purposes, but also for the current situation.

In order to have enough power to do things, he, Tang Hualong and Cai Yuanpei specially established the National Diplomatic Support Association, with the purpose of promoting the severing of diplomatic relations with Germany.

Cheng Nuo only tried to persuade him with good words: "Mr. Ren Gong, on the surface, the court is discussion and voting, and the minority obeys the majority. In fact, it is just a traditional exchange of favors and loyalty. The Duan can influence the Duan, and the President can also influence the Duan.

Being able to influence the president is not something we, the ruling and opposition parties, can decide."

Cai Yuanpei also sighed: "The Secretariat Office, Military Department, etc. in the Presidential Palace are all from Li's hometown or former ministries. People at that time jokingly called the Presidential Palace the 'E Province Guild Hall'. Rather than saying that there are differences among foreign teachers, it is better to say that the two factions are at odds."

Diplomacy is an extension of politics, and it is quite appropriate to use it at this time.

When the issue of participating in the war came up, Li's subordinates once said bluntly: "If Duan joins the war, it will be a great success, and he must first move to Duan. After Duan is gone, his successor will still be able to participate in the war, and he will be successful."

Duan's side also held the same view: "If the government cannot cooperate, not only will the issue of participating in the war have to be dealt with, but all future issues will also have to be resolved smoothly."

Liang Rengong is included in it at this time, and it is just because Duan is taking advantage of his reputation. He will regret it at the end of this year.

But it's hard to persuade a stubborn person with good words, so Cheng Nuo stopped the topic when he couldn't say anything.

But while we were chatting, the conversation turned to Kang Youwei. When talking about his former mentor, Liang Rengong ignored the relationship between master and disciple and gave special approval in large numbers.

Both of them initially opposed Yuan Datou's proclaimed emperor, but their starting points were completely different.

Kang Youwei's purpose was to support the deposed Emperor Puyi to become emperor again and realize his idea of ​​a virtual monarch and a republic. However, Liang Rengong's purpose was simply to maintain the republican system.

At first, Liang Rengong was expected to have a bit of dignity, and Liang Rengong showed respect in every aspect. However, Kang You published an article "Those who plan for national stability" and openly advocated the restoration of the Qing emperor. Now the two masters and apprentices completely fell out.

Liang Rengong clenched his fists: "The current people's opposition to the imperial system is not a matter of who is the emperor, but that no one can claim to be emperor. They, the restorationists, are just a group of shameless opportunists who are enemies of others and help thieves.

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Cai Yuan and Pei Shen agreed: "Today's people who dream of restoration would be extremely foolish if they say that the state system does not need to be based on people's sentiments. It is just an old theory of party and Yuan's rebellion."

However, after expressing their disdain, both of them still had a trace of worry in their hearts, that is, although the restoration was against the trend of the times, the rumored braided army was not fake, and people might be devastated by then.

Cheng Nuo smiled and said nothing and drank the tea in his hand calmly.

Cai Yuanpei was still sharp-eyed and asked curiously: "Zhiyuan, do you have any great ideas that you might as well share?"

Cheng Nuo drank the tea in one gulp and said with a smile: "You two gentlemen are in charge of the authorities and are blind to the eyes of the beholder. How does Zhang Xun's power compare to Duan Li and Duan Li?"

After Liang Rengong thought for a short time, he said categorically: "It's better to do so."

Cheng Nuo asked again: "Is restoration in the interests of Duan and Li?"

Liang Rengong shook his head: "It doesn't match either."

"Then the problem is very clear. Zhang Xun is just a chess piece between the two of them." Cheng Nuo spread his hands and explained: "Now that Duan has been driven to Tianjin, if there is an attack by the braided army, Duan will be better off.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to seek rebellion, firstly, to enhance one's own prestige, and secondly, to use one's prestige to force Li, can be said to kill two birds with one stone, sir, you can be relieved."

The reason why Cheng Nuo threw these things out was because he wanted to make Liang Rengong understand the complexity of politics. He was really not suitable for this muddy water, so it was better to give up politics as soon as possible and study.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that all nine of his children can become talented people, and having three academicians in one subject proves that Liang Rengong is quite insightful in education, and it would be a waste not to make good use of it.

However, looking at the hesitant look in Liang Rengong's eyes, perhaps he didn't take much of what he said and still wanted to believe that the restoration was just a rumor.

Originally, he wanted to add something to support his point of view, but when he saw Cai Yuanpei quietly shaking his head beside him, Cheng Nuo withdrew what he said next.

However, this political topic obviously could not be continued. During the subsequent chat, Cheng Nuo discovered that the Chinese Vocational Education Association had also invited Liang Rengong.

Speaking of this, Liang Rengong's face turned slightly bright: "The purpose of education is to broaden the people's intelligence, cultivate characteristic citizens, and cultivate intelligent people who can stand on their own in society. However, our vocational education lags far behind. The annual agricultural output value of the United States is 3,000 yuan.

One hundred trillion taels, and we only have 300 trillion taels, which is really a pity."

Although he didn't know where the other party's data came from, Chen Nuo still agreed with it. After all, the development of industry cannot be separated from the support of industrial workers.

Especially in an era when the illiteracy rate remains high, every industrial worker is extremely valuable, and the best way to train them in batches is vocational education.

While expressing his support, Cai Yuanpei also expressed his opinion: "The goal of secondary education is to cultivate vocational abilities. Therefore, we can consider diversion after primary school graduation, using middle schools to implement general education while establishing secondary agricultural, industrial and commercial schools.

The school implements vocational education.”

Good guy, secondary school shunting has aroused widespread heated discussion in later generations. Cai Yuanpei wants to shunt students directly in elementary school. Although there are limitations of the times, in Cheng Nuo's view, it is too radical and utilitarian.

However, Cheng Nuo was not in a hurry to refute. After all, the association had not yet been organized, and the three of them were not the principals. Even if they won the debate, it would not mean much. It would be better to wait until the Shanghai Stock Exchange in front of many celebrities and make an impassioned speech.

hold head high.

However, the main thing here was the Peking Spring Sports Games after all, so we still had to do some superficial work. After watching a few important games, everyone separated.

When he returned home, Liang Rengong found that his eldest son was smiling and didn't know what to draw on the paper. He quietly walked over and took a look. It was the gymnastics that was popular at Peking University.

However, Liang Rengong obviously didn't know what it was, and thought his son was peeking at some "martial arts manual", and there was a little anger on his face.

"Sicheng, have you finished your homework? I remember that the homework at Tsinghua School is quite heavy. Don't waste your time on useless books like this."

Liang Sicheng was startled and wanted to take the notes back, but in a blink of an eye he realized that he had been discovered. Doing so was just useless and might even add fuel to the fire. He muttered: "Go back to father, these are not the ones in the Three Heroes and Five Righteousnesses."

This thing is a new type of gymnastics invented by Professor Cheng. I heard that it is as good as Tai Chi when practiced."

Liang Rengong's face softened slightly. He believed that Cheng Nuo would not do anything useless, so he took the notes and watched them silently.

But the more he looked at it, the more he felt that there were hidden mysteries and endless mysteries in it, so he asked Liang Sicheng to practice on the side and followed suit.

After doing a few cycles, I felt completely refreshed and couldn't help but sigh: "In my opinion, compared with Baduanjin, it is not inferior."

But as soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly thought of Cheng Nuo's advice, and I believed it even more.

"Could it be that I'm really not fit to be in court? I'm just a mentor. Master, please don't make it difficult for me as a student. Otherwise, in the process of 'politics', we will really turn against each other."

The screen changed and we came to Peking University.

After Cheng Nuo took care of the affairs of the spring sports meeting, he also decided to leave for the south.

First of all, Tesla and the others will come over in a while, and they will bring a lot of equipment with them. At this time, the development level in the south is better, so Cheng Nuo can buy some things in advance.

Secondly, the development of the chemical industry in the future will require the support of industrialists and various associations. This time, you can go to investigate and find out whether you are an enemy or a friend.

Thirdly, I want to join the China Vocational Education Association. In order to promote educational ideas, the founder Huang Yanpei mobilized more than 40 celebrities from the educational circles, industrial circles, and political circles in the north and south, and the momentum was huge.

For example, Zhang Jian, Liang Rengong, Cai Yuanpei, Jiang Menglin, Fan Yuanlian, Chen Jiageng, etc. The rich contributed money and the powerful contributed. Non-top people from all walks of life would not get this invitation.

However, it is not easy to travel far these days, especially from Peking to Shanghai, which spans half of the country, and transportation is even more inconvenient.

There is only one train every week. When you reach Jinling Pukou, you need to change a ferry to cross the river. After crossing the river, you need to change to another train. It is time-consuming and laborious. The whole journey takes at least 50 hours. If there is a delay, it will take four or five hours.

It's common for geniuses to arrive.

But even so, Cheng Nuo still chose the land route instead of the sea route, just because he could observe the public sentiment on both sides.

Most areas are okay, but some places are really having a bad time.

Handing a cigarette to the middle-aged man sitting across from him, Cheng Nuo asked: "Sir, we have reached the border of Hubei Province, right? Why are all the houses in this area collapsed?"

"Good smoke." The middle-aged man smiled and took the cigarette, smelled it in his nose and smoked it reluctantly, clamped it on his ear, and sighed: "Hey, it was fine a year ago. On the first day of February after the new year, the earth dragon

If you turn over, the house will collapse a lot, so it’s good to be alive."

Cheng Nuo asked again: "The neighboring provinces also suffered a lot of disasters, right?"

The middle-aged man smiled bitterly and said: "The situation in Anhui Province is not good. It is said that volcanoes have been discovered in Huoshan County. You talk about an earth dragon and a fire dragon. It is really hard for the local people."

"However, these two brothers are quite unlucky. This spring drought has destroyed all the crops. Summer is about to begin. When the river rises, Hubei Province will be flooded again. Then the downstream Anhui Province will also suffer. Bah, bah, bah, I'm a crow's mouth.

, what’s that word?”

The two of them just asked and answered questions like this, and the time passed by. They also got a preliminary understanding of the provinces along the way.

When he arrived in Shanghai, Cheng Nuo was surprised to find that someone picked him up, and it was not Li Tianfu and others from the Shanghai Flour Union, but another industrialist.

The famous No. 1 industrialist—Zhang Jian.

"My little friend, I kept you waiting for a long time."

Thanks to the book friend An Gang for the 500 starting coins and the foggy 100 starting coins for the reward.
Chapter completed!