The first important thing Zhou Hexuan did when he returned to Tianjin was to appoint Zhu Xiang as a supervisor of the China Hope Education Foundation, specifically responsible for supervising the flow of funds from the foundation.
Zhu Xiang is an angry youth at heart and will never change in his life. Moreover, he has romantic passion and has long been tired of waiting in the editorial department of "Popular". As soon as he was entrusted with the important task by Zhou Hexuan, he immediately started auditing the accounts with great fanfare.
The top executives of the foundation were all Zhang Xueliang's cronies in the past, so they were extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Hexuan and Zhu Xiang's actions. But they had no choice. Zhang Xueliang had all returned to the Northeast, and no one came out to support them.
In mid-September, Zhou Hexuan took the newly compiled lecture notes to Tsinghua University for classes. He couldn't go, because he was afraid that Luo Jialun, the dog-skin plaster, would come to his door again.
Fortunately, the distance between Tianjin and Peiping is very close. We can take the train in the middle of the morning and have lunch at Tsinghua University.
"Give me back my school, give me back my school!"
"We want to read, not march!"
"..."
On the way, Zhou Hexuan happened to meet the protesting students. In fact, it was not a coincidence. These students were making trouble every day because the school could not start classes and they had nothing to do all day long.
Zhou Hexuan didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but he was recognized by the sharp-eyed students at a glance.
"It's Principal Zhou!"
Peking University students broke away from the parade and ran over to surround the rickshaw Zhou Hexuan was riding.
Zhou Hexuan had no choice but to get out of the car and said with a smile: "Hello, classmates."
A boy said hopefully: "Principal, please go back to Peking University. We only recognize you as the president of Peking University, not Li Shizeng!"
"Yes, principal, please come back." All the students said in unison.
It feels good to be trusted, but the responsibility that needs to be borne is also great. Zhou Hexuan said helplessly: "Students, Peking University has been expelled, and there will only be China University in the future. This is the decision of Central University, and I have nothing to do."
The student said excitedly: "What a bullshit university! They forcibly merged our Peking University schools. The new president and vice president have not shown up yet. Could it be that if they don't come to Peking, we won't have classes for a day?"
Zhou Hexuan had a severe headache: "Students, I am not a god, there is really nothing I can do."
Some students suggested: "Principal Zhou, we are now short of a person in charge. As long as you return to Peking University to take charge of the work, there will definitely be teachers willing to give lectures. In the past, you could do it without salary for half a year, so why can't you do it now?"
"Yes, Peking University is closed now because it has no backbone. Principal Zhou, you are our backbone, and we only recognize you."
"Principal, please come back. As long as you are here, many teachers are willing to teach."
"Principal Zhou, can you bear to see us neglecting our studies?"
"..."
Facing the pleadings of many students, Zhou Hexuan really didn't know how to answer. These students were innocent. Just because of some educational reforms and factional fighting in Nanjing, students from nine public universities were delayed.
Zhou Hexuan was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Select a few representatives and contact the teachers in my name. I can't guarantee anything else, I can only guarantee that the teachers can afford to eat and will not teach hungry."
"Long live the principal!" the students suddenly cheered.
Zhou Hexuan shook his head, sighed, and left in the car silently.
It’s so difficult to read a book these days.
The cheers of Peking University students attracted students from several other universities. After asking about the situation, students from the other eight universities sighed:
"It would be great if Mr. Zhou were the president of Beijing Normal University."
"Yes, our Peiyang University also wants to start classes, but unfortunately there is no president who dares to stand up and make the decision."
"Mr. Zhou is such a good man. It would be great if he became the Minister of Education."
“There is no Ministry of Education, now there are only graduate schools.”
"Go to Mom's grand college!"
"Everyone, please stop marching. When Peking University starts classes, go to Peking University to observe. Those who have money will contribute money, and those who have the strength will contribute, so that we can tide over the difficulties together."
"Yes, go to Peking University to audit!"
"..."
Zhou Hexuan was not idle along the way, thinking about how to make the matter bigger.
First, you must pretend to be miserable, the more miserable the better, and then use newspapers to stir up public opinion and attract sympathy from all walks of life.
Chang Kaishen still wanted to be shameless and slapped him hard several times, and this guy would naturally step forward and intervene.
Arriving at Tsinghua University in the blink of an eye, Zhou Hexuan first went to catch up with old friends such as Wang Guowei, Wu Mi, Chen Yinke, etc., and chatted until it was time for classes to start before slowly walking to the classroom. What he taught was an elective course, and there was only one class per week. Students could come as they pleased.
, I don’t want to come here, it won’t affect my graduation results anyway.
The so-called new principal, new atmosphere. As soon as Luo Jialun, the principal, took office, he began to carry out drastic reforms. Now the chairman of the History Department of Tsinghua University has been fired, and Luo Jialun serves as the department director. There is also a foreign professor who teaches music, because he treats female students
He moved his hands and feet and was directly ordered to get out by Luo Jialun.
The campus of Tsinghua University will also become a large construction site. Teaching buildings and staff dormitories can be renovated as they please. The approach of this local tycoon is completely different from that of Peking University. One side is so rich that the other side is too poor to start classes.
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Zhou Hexuan walked into the classroom with handouts in hand. This was a big classroom. Although it was an elective course, the seats were full of students. He was famous enough that the students came here because of his reputation.
"Hello, teacher!" Hundreds of students stood up in unison.
Zhou Hexuan raised his hand and said: "Sit down, I don't have to stand up in class from now on, everyone will just communicate with each other as friends. As for me, I didn't even graduate from elementary school, and I didn't take a serious history class. You can listen if you want to.
If there are any mistakes in what I said, you can point them out at any time. Okay, now the official class begins. There is no textbook yet, and the content is made up temporarily by me. If I am diligent, I will copy it by myself with a pen. I feel that I have a good memory, so I can just sit and listen.
But our first lesson is about the origin of civilization..."
"Teacher!" Suddenly a student raised his hand.
"Please tell me." Zhou Hexuan said.
The student asked: "What is the name of the class you are teaching?"
"Um," Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "What do you think of the name "History of Human Civilization"?"
The students were sweating wildly. After so many years of studying, this was the first time that they encountered a temporary class name after the class started.
"Very good, since no one objects, then our course will be called "History of Human Civilization"," Zhou Hexuan wrote several groups on the blackboard. This course is divided into the following parts, namely the origin of civilization,
The growth of civilization, the decline of civilization, the disintegration of civilization, the contact of civilizations in space, the contact of civilizations in time, countries and religions.”
Zhou Hexuan was shameless enough and planned to copy the British historian Toynbee's masterpiece "A Study of History".
This is a non-mainstream history book, but it plays a decisive role in the modern historical academic world. It explains human history from a philosopher's perspective, explores the rise and decline of civilization, and uses it to think about the future destiny of mankind.
Toynbee started writing this book last year, but he wanted to write a little bit and publish it in the media in the form of a paper. Even he himself did not know how much content he would write. The papers he wrote in the next few years were compiled
After getting up, it is just the introduction to this book.
However, Zhou Hexuan directly put aside the introduction, starting from the main text of the book, and Toynbee would not describe the relevant content six years later. As for the last few parts of the book, it would have to wait many years to come out.
Toynbee spent nearly 40 years writing this book...
Even before Zhou Hexuan started his lecture, the students were already excited. Just hearing the headlines "Origin of Civilization, Decline of Civilization, Country and Religion" gave them an uneasy feeling.