Due to arrangement and contact issues, the departure time of the visiting scholar group has been delayed again and again.
Jin Yuelin became impatient with the procrastination, so he left Chongqing directly and took a boat to Lizhuang to raise chickens and take care of Lin Huiyin. The other five scholars were stranded in Chongqing with nothing to do all day, and the Zhou Mansion became their salon and gathering place.
It happened to be summer vacation, the children were all at home, and even Zhou Weilie came back from Kunming.
No matter whether the children can understand or not, as long as he chats with these scholars, Zhou Hexuan will ask his children to come and listen. All of them are masters. Even if they cannot understand the ideas, it is still possible to let the children be literate.
These scholars are very interesting. Although they are all big figures in the academic world, they quarrel like children.
Zhang Qiyun, who advised Chiang Kai-shek to withdraw from Taiwan, belonged to the "Xueheng School" in his early years. This school advocated literary restoration and opposed the New Culture Movement, believing that blindly imitating the West can only extract its dross.
Liu Naicheng also belonged to the "Constitutional School". He admired the book "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli" very much because he advocated the cultivation of institutional spirit, which happened to be consistent with the ideas expressed in "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli".
Liu Naicheng and Zhang Qiyun have great differences on the current system construction in China. The former strongly advocates the westernization of the political system, and everything should be based on the system and the law; the latter believes that moral construction cannot be ignored, and morality can make up for the shortcomings of the system, while China is currently
Even certain circumstances do not allow for the full realization of the rule of law.
Cai Qiao, the founder of Chinese physiology and future academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was brought in by the two to comment. Unfortunately, Cai Qiao knew nothing about politics and could only act as a peacemaker.
Fei Xiaotong carefully analyzed China's underlying economy and people's living conditions from the perspective of sociology and anthropology. He believed that no matter what slogans about the rule of law and morality are of no use, the government has collapsed from the central government, and the only way is to win the war of resistance first.
Let’s gradually resolve political issues.
Liu Naicheng was unhappy and immediately quarreled with Fei Xiaotong. He believed that precisely because of the Anti-Japanese War, he could take this opportunity to realize constitutionalism and carry out political reforms in the interest of the country and the nation.
Everyone was so noisy that only Xiao Zuoliang watched the show silently.
These six scholars come from different schools. Jin Yuelin represents Southwest Associated University, Fei Xiaotong represents Yunnan University, Cai Qiao represents Central University, Liu Naicheng represents Wuhan University, Zhang Qiyun represents Zhejiang University, and Xiao Zuoliang represents Sichuan University.
Among the six, Fei Xiaotong is the most famous and well-known to Americans. His book "Jiangcun Economy" was hailed by the British and American circles as "a milestone in the development of anthropological field investigation and theoretical work" four years ago.
, is also a well-known figure in the international anthropology community.
Xiao Zuoliang, on the other hand, is the least famous and is completely a foil. He was mentioned in later generations, often when discussing the Communist Party's land reform policy. This man has done a lot of research on the Communist Party's land reform history.
After arguing continuously for more than half a month, these scholars finally set off, and Jin Yuelin put down Lin Huiyin and hurried back. Their route to the United States was to first take the hump route to India, and then to the United States by sea, which was very dangerous along the way.
The so-called "hump" is a mountain pass at the southern foot of the Himalayas, which was the final route for international aid supplies in the late Anti-Japanese War.
At the beginning, due to the performance problems of the transport aircraft, the pilots could only fly at low altitudes and had to cross the maze-like Himalayan passes. If they were not careful, they would crash into the mountains and the aircraft would be destroyed. Later, the transport aircrafts were improved and they no longer had to fly at low altitudes.
However, bad weather and the interception of Japanese planes also made the disaster rate on the Hump route extremely high.
Fairbank also wanted to invite Zhou Hexuan to the United States for exchange this time, but Zhou Hexuan refused to do so because he was afraid of plunging into the Himalayas.
After the scholars left, Zhou Hexuan called Zhou Weilie and Zhou Lingjun over and asked them to talk about their impressions of listening to the quarrels between top scholars. As for the other children, there was no need for them. Since they were too young, they would definitely not be able to learn anything superficial.
Zhou Lingjun concluded: "Uncle Liu always talks about truth, but Uncle Zhang is very stubborn. The more they quarreled, the more confused they became. I think Uncle Fei won the argument. Uncle Liu and Uncle Zhang didn't talk much after that."
"Wei Lie, what do you think?" Zhou Hexuan asked.
Zhou Weilie said with disdain: "It's useless to argue and argue. It's better to do something practical."
Zhou Hexuan laughed loudly: "This kind of quarrel is really useful at the national level. You can't just immerse yourself in doing things, you must determine the correct idea. Just like when you solve a math problem, you must first grasp the key points of the problem, and then determine what method to use to solve it."
Explanation. Do you think this is true?"
"That's right. We must first understand the key to the problem." Zhou Weilie nodded.
Zhou Hexuan asked Duanmu Hongliang again: "What do Jingping have in mind?"
Duanmu Hongliang has lived in Zhou Mansion in the past few months and helped Zhou Hexuan check a lot of Ming history materials. He said: "Professor Fei Xiaotong's starting point is the actual situation of the bottom class of society. He inspected many villages and towns in Yunnan, and found everywhere
They all speak with data. Professor Zhang Qiyun focuses on the overall situation and considers it from the government's perspective. Professor Liu Naicheng is keen on system construction. He wants to establish an institutional framework first and then carry out reforms. However, the views of Professor Zhang and Professor Liu are a bit out of touch.
It’s hard to take China’s reality for granted.”
Zhou Hexuan sighed and said: "China is like this now. The bureaucrats in the central government are separated from the grassroots like Zhang Qiyun. And most liberal scholars think about constitutionalism every day and blindly pursue democracy like Liu Naicheng. People like Fei Xiaotong
On the contrary, there are very few, and none of them has much say. They can only bury their heads in piles of paper. Lu Yuwen, the director of grain in Henan Province, spoke clearly and eloquently when he was an economist, but when he was in charge of politics, his butt determined his head. Henan was ruined by him
It’s a mess.”
During the famine in Henan, the attitudes of the military and political factions were bizarre and completely contrary to people's usual thinking.
It stands to reason that soldiers should ignore the people for the sake of military rations, and the government should reduce procurement for the sake of the people.
But on the contrary, except for Tang Enbo, who imposed excessive taxes, most of the generals in Henan advocated disaster relief. The commander of the first theater, Jiang Dingwen, called on his soldiers to save two taels of food every day and use the remaining rations to relieve the victims. General Li Jiayu of the Sichuan Army
Worried about the disaster, he went to find He Yingqin, but was scolded by He Yingqin.
On the contrary, it was the officials of the Henan government who, from top to bottom, ignored the famine and went about their business under the banner of requisitioning military rations and serving the country through the war of resistance.
"So the Nationalist government is dying, and the future will be dominated by the Communist Party." Duanmu Hongliang made no secret of his pro-Communist attitude.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Don't say this outside the house."
Duanmu Hongliang said: "Teacher, I am going to Guangxi. Mr. Ouyang Yuqian asked me to join the Guangxi Art Museum to specialize in creating anti-war patriotic plays."
Zhou Hexuan did not hesitate to stay, and said: "If you don't have enough travel expenses, go to Le Yi's place to get it."
