After lunch, the four of them went downstairs and met a rickshaw.
After Zhou Hexuan inquired about it, he learned that the coachmen's strike had won. The major car dealers agreed to reduce the daily share price by 50 cents.
In fact, the coachman's request was to reduce the price by 300 Wen, but the two sides argued for several days. Recently, Miaofeng Mountain in Peking opened a fragrant market, and there were many pilgrims nearby who came to Miaofeng Mountain to offer incense and worship Buddha, so Zhou Hexuan and Lu Xun got off the bus.
It was a prosperous scene when I saw it, and the station was much more crowded than usual.
Neither the dealer nor the driver wanted to miss out on this business, so both parties took a step back to resolve the matter.
Just like there are many factions in the Peiping City Government, the Peiping Rickshaw Drivers Union also has many factions, and even the Red Party members have joined it.
Due to deliberate instigation by all parties, riots will break out among coachmen in Peiping this fall. They will smash, smash and loot trams whenever they see them. A total of 63 locomotives and trailers were destroyed, 10 tram tracks were dug out, and 5 wooden pavilions in the station hall were demolished.
, the direct economic loss was hundreds of thousands of yuan, more than 30 tram workers were injured, and more than 60 people were robbed of their property.
This riot shocked the country and abroad. Although members of our party participated, the real instigator was Wang Zhaoming.
People from Wang Zhaoming and Chang Kaishen competed for control of the Peking Federation of Trade Unions. After they failed, they encouraged the coachmen to cause trouble. They even said to the coachman representatives: Only if you smash the tram will you have food to eat. Just smash it! We will be responsible for anything that happens."
As a result, more than 1,400 rickshaw drivers were arrested, and the four leaders who initiated the riot were shot. The working people became victims of the factional struggle between the Kuomintang and the Kuomintang.
After the victory of the Northern Expedition, Beiping was a hundred times more chaotic than during the Beiyang Government. Every aspect was in a mess, and no one had the ability to control the situation.
"Goodbye, Mr. Zhou!" Lu Xun shook hands with Zhou Hexuan.
"Goodbye!"
The two of them sat in a rickshaw and headed towards their respective destinations.
Not far away, Zhou Hexuan slapped his head: "Oh, I forgot to ask Lu Xun to write a few words! What a big loss."
Even if Sun Yongzhen is honest and honest, he can't help but roll his eyes when he hears this. Mr. Zhou's habit cannot be changed.
When he arrived at Tsinghua University, Zhou Hexuan gave two more lectures on "History of Human Civilization", and then ran straight to the Gongzi Hall. He went to Wang Guowei's house, but found that he was not there, saying he was at "Yichun Courtyard".
Okay, everyone, please stop complaining about the bad name "Yichun Yuan".
Yichun Courtyard is located to the west of the Gongzi Palace. There is a hanging flower gate with three characters "Yichun Courtyard" engraved on the forehead. As early as the Qing Dynasty, this place was used to house actors. The actors and dancers in the prince's palace lived here.
Zhou Hexuan walked through the porch and saw Wang Guowei, Chen Yinke and others sitting in the pavilion. Surprisingly, there was also Li Shuhua, the vice president of National Peking University.
"Mr. Zhou, you came just in time!" Li Shuhua said happily.
Zhou Hexuan walked over and sat down and asked with a smile: "Are you having a poetry meeting here?"
Li Shuhua said: "Beiping University District is preparing to establish the Peking Research Institute. I am responsible for preparing the Institute of History. Today I am here to invite several masters of Chinese studies to join the institute."
"This is a good thing." Zhou Hexuan said.
Although the educational reforms initiated by Cai Yuanpei and Li Shi failed, there were some bright spots. For example, the Academia Sinica in Nanjing and the Peking Research Institute in Peiping competed and developed with each other. They were the top research institutions in China during the Republic of China.
Its status was probably equivalent to that of the later Academy of Social Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and it also trained many talents.
For example, Mr. Wu Dayou, the sixth president of Academia Sinica, had two assistants named Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning when he was at Southwest Associated University. For example, the famous mathematician Mr. Hua Luogeng was the first academician of Academia Sinica.
Another example is that Mr. Li Siguang and Mr. Zhu Kezhen are members of the Peking Academy (equivalent to academicians).
Take the Academia Sinica as an example. Until after the Anti-Japanese War, foreign experts commented: "The biology group of Academia Sinica is close to the world's highest level, the mathematics group is on par with the world's top level, and the humanities group has almost reached the world's first-class level."
Although this evaluation is a bit too flattering, it is not too outrageous.
Li Shuhua said enthusiastically: "Mr. Zhou, we have carefully planned the establishment of the Peking Research Institute. We have already cooperated with the Peking Library, the Palace Museum, the Peking Natural History Museum, the Peking Geological Survey, the Research Institute of the University of China and France, and the Paris Research Institute.
Cooperation has been obtained with Chinese and foreign academic institutions such as Sid University. Moreover, research funding has been guaranteed. The central government has promised to allocate 50,000 yuan per month. Mr. Zhou, you are an authority on international history. Why not join the Institute of History? The position of deputy director is vacant.
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"No, I can join the Institute of History, but I don't need to be the deputy director." Zhou Hexuan quickly expressed his position.
The people in charge of the Peking Research Institute were all a group of people who had studied in France, and they were all close followers of Li Shizeng.
Even if Zhou Hexuan could be an official in the research institute, it would be nothing more than empty airs. When there were differences of opinion, he would never be able to compete with others.
Li Shuhua said happily: "It would be great if Mr. Zhou can join!"
Can Li Shuhua be unhappy?
Zhou Hexuan's achievements in the field of history are highly praised by even European historians, and he can be regarded as a great god.
Having Zhou Hexuan sitting at the Institute of History of the Peking Academy is equivalent to a flag, and maybe foreign colleagues will come here to communicate with him in the future.
The most important thing is that although the Academia Sinica and the Peking Research Institute are still in the preparation period, the competition between the two sides is already very fierce, and the competition for talents is skyrocketing. If the Peking Research Institute does not hire Zhou Hexuan quickly, maybe there will be another
In a few days, Nanjing will send someone to invite you.
Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "I have a suggestion. The Peking Research Institute can select several academic talents every year and award them with the title of academician. Academician represents the person's lofty status in the relevant field, represents a huge honor, and can inspire more
Please work hard and forge ahead.”
"This is a good idea," Li Shuhua agreed, "I will report it to Mr. Shi Zeng."
Historically, Academia Sinica and Academia Sinica Beijing began to confer academician (member) titles on scholars many years after their establishment.
After talking about the Institute of History, Zhou Hexuan got to the point: "Gentlemen, I came here this time to ask for a name for my little daughter. I racked my brains and came up with a dozen names, but I feel unsatisfied with them all."
"Hahahaha," Chen Yinke laughed, "I didn't expect that Mr. Zhou, who is famous all over the world, was at his wits' end when it came to naming his daughter."
Wang Guowei asked: "What expectations does Mingcheng have for his daughter?"
Zhou Hexuan said: "I don't have any expectations. I don't expect her to have any future prospects. As long as she can be happy, peaceful and happy throughout her life."
Chen Yinke complained: "You don't have any expectations? Regardless of men or women, who doesn't want to have that kind of life?"
"That's true." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.
Wang Guowei consulted for a while and asked: "How is Lingjun?"
Zhou Hexuan was suddenly overjoyed, clapped his hands and said: "This is a wonderful name, it's Zhou Lingjun!"
"Lingjun" is Qu Yuan's word. Its original meaning is to describe the beautiful and flat land. It can also be understood as spiritual, kind and balanced. Kind, smart, fair and harmonious...
