Section 31 University (1)

When the Military Affairs Office called out, the emperor asked about this matter, "The students and bachelors in the Hanlin Academy were very complaining about the venues of the embassies and envoys in China from all over the country. Is this true?"

Xu Naizhao nodded honestly, "Yes." He said, "Since the second year of Xianfeng, the emperor has allowed all countries to set up stadiums in Beijing. This is to increase exchanges between the two countries, contact and communicate information. The ministers from various countries came from the south and north, first because the people's customs and feelings were not familiar with them, and they did not dare to make mistakes. Over the years, there were many people who criticized them. I think that if people in various countries could move to their land as good as a good person, it would not only be appropriate to the people's sentiments, but also to the peace of their subordinates in the museums of various countries."

"Wenxiang, you have the most dealing with these foreigners. If you move all the embassies of various countries, do you think you may get the consent of the other party?"

"Subi... I'm very serious. After we negotiated with the ministers of various countries,..."

"Okay, when I summoned British envoys to the high mountains and rivers, I once said that when the two countries interact, respecting each other is the first priority. It is not easy to relocate the embassy by one's own words. It is always necessary for both sides to integrate and tolerate each other." He said, "After you go on this matter, summon the envoys of various countries to speak seriously about my intentions."

"Yes. The emperor treats the world with a righteous heart and even recommends grace outside the territory. I think people from all countries feel the will of the holy people and should follow their orders."

The emperor smiled unanimously, "Tell me what's wrong with you. Weng Xin's illness seems to be getting worse? Do you know?"

In November of the tenth year of Xianfeng, the imperial guards returned to the palace shortly after, Weng Xincun asked for a month of leave due to asthma attack, so the court naturally made it clear. As the New Year approached, he continued his leave for another month. This time the emperor was a little worried and ordered Xue Fucheng and Li Deshan, doctors of the Imperial Hospital, to go to Weng's house to take the pulse. The pulse case for the pulse was written very briefly: he had little food and was tired, he was hoarse and weak, and he tried his best to treat it.

When reading the text, it means to talk about people and things. The medicines used are raw earth, rehmannia, Asparagus, and Ophiopogon japonicus, which are all cold medicines that moisten the lungs and clear fire. Of course, there are also ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala and other supplements to nourish the vital energy and strengthen the spleen and stomach, but the amount is not heavy, it is just a decoration.

The emperor's body was not very strong, and he had a little bit of the medicinal properties in the past few years. He specially recruited two members of the Imperial Hospital to come to ask, thinking that Weng Xin's illness was a loss of his original body, but if he said that he was in danger, it might not be necessary.

This time the emperor asked about this, and a warm feeling arose in Xu Naizhao's heart. The scene that was staged in the ninth year of Xianfeng was only a serious problem for the increasingly fierce party struggles in the court. However, afterwards, whether it was the rewards of Weng's mansion during the New Year or the use of Weng Tongshu and Weng Tonghe's brothers, it can be seen that the emperor's family has not declined at all. Since Weng Xin was sick, the emperor asked many times and personally issued an order to Weng Tongshu to give him a month off to take care of his father's condition in the mansion. If he had any needs, he would immediately report to Chen Yunyun. He felt very grateful for his old friend. If he did not give this kindness, he could imagine the name of his life and death.

"I have visited the mansion a few days ago and asked the two adults of the Imperial Hospital. Both said that asthma diseases occur frequently in autumn and winter. When the weather gets warmer during the Chinese New Year, you will be cured without medicine."

The emperor was silent for a moment. Weng Xincun was sick, although he was old and had a loss in his original state, but he had never done anything with the cruel methods he had taken back then. He raised his head and thought about it. When Weng Xincun died, I couldn't remember it very carefully, but it was about one or two years. "Weng Xincun's important minister, who was sick, was in the sick mansion, and I was worried about it for a day. The eldest prince took Li to visit Weng's mansion on my behalf."

He thought about it and said that Weng Xincun's mansion was too much. The eldest prince was ordered to visit him. The old man would definitely get up to thank him. He would have to make trouble at that time, so he added, "You don't have to bow to you, thank you."

"The emperor's holy heart sympathizes with the old minister. He wants to be grateful to the heavens after he has received the order, and his illness will immediately improve."

"That's it." The emperor waved his hand and asked everyone to kneel out. Then, he recruited Yuan Jiasan to the imperial front. After the salute, the emperor said, "I have ordered Wenxiang to negotiate with the envoys of various countries, and find another base in the capital as soon as possible, and move all the embassy areas out. This kind of accident caused by the differences in the Chinese and Western people will occur in the future."

"Yes. The emperor is doing good deeds like a stream, and his ministers are impressed."

"This time I've been recruiting you here for the seventh year of Xianfeng. I told you in Jiangning." The emperor asked, "Do you remember what I once said when the time is right in the future and will establish a university in Beijing?"

"The emperor has created great achievements that have never been seen in the ages, educates and educates people, and is grateful to the people. How dare the ministers forget for a moment?"

"The university's design seems to be not very different from the three years of academic studies on the surface, but in fact it is very far from the inner world." As he said that, he waved his hand to Jingyu. The girl walked to the bookcase standing against the wall, took out the key and opened it, and took out a memorial. "This is a memorial submitted by Yung Wing a few days ago. In addition to recording what he saw and heard in the United States for many years, it also provides me with an idea - especially the construction and composition of a Western-style university. I ordered someone to copy a copy, you can take it down and take it carefully. If you don't understand anything, you can hand in the sign at any time." After pausing, he said again, "If you want, it is OK to discuss it with Yung Wing nearby."

"Yes." Yuan Jiasan agreed, and he was very dissatisfied with what the emperor said about asking him and Yung Wing to discuss nearby. He held the note in his hand, and the imperial court could not allow him to open it on the spot and put it aside for the time being. "As for the address of the construction university, it would be better to choose the area around Dongjiaomin Lane. There are many yamen and they live next to the Hanlin Academy. They will learn from each other in the future, which will be of great benefit to each other."

"As for students who can be selected for college, they must be the best talent who gets one in a hundred and one in a thousand. Especially those who have a certain foundation in astronomy, numerology, geography, language and writing, etc., they must be picked up and put into use in the middle of the school. They strive to make them more perfect and go further in the university, and after they have completed their studies, they will be used by the country."

The emperor smiled and said, "Do you have any contact with Yung Wing?"

"I have heard of this person's name, but I have no close friends."

"He studied in the United States for many years. Before going abroad, he studied the introductory principles in the church school in Macau. Therefore, he had many crazy words in his actions. However, there was no need to use this as a basis. He had any thoughts that this person could not be deeply connected with. A stone from another mountain can be used to polish jade." The emperor said in an exaggerated tone, "I know that you are a master of Neo-Confucianism, square and upright. But the university's design is really an unprecedented innovation. Many meticulous feelings, not to mention you, even I am like watching flowers in the fog, unable to touch the internal texture. It is rare that Yung Wing, a loyal and honest person who returned to China to serve, and has practical experience in foreign countries. In this matter, we must rely on the experience and experience of the other person to increase the experience of you and my monarchs and ministers, and better allow the university's design to conform to my wishes and not allow the huge discounts allocated by the court to fall into the empty space."

"The emperor's heavenly words are used to teach the strategy, and he has given the important tasks of a thousand years. How dare I distinguish between China and the West, causing a waste of government affairs." Yuan Jiasan replied, "After I went down, I studied the memorials submitted by Lord Rong, and planned together the errors in it."

"You don't have to be so humble. Yung Wing is not as old as you, regardless of his seniority or talent. I asked him to help with this matter because he had real experience - to undertake university responsibilities, or to focus on you, Hanlin Academy and other vocational yamen, so let Yung Wing consult with him, that's it."

Only when the emperor spoke like this did Yuan Jiasan feel relieved. The construction of a university was promoted by the emperor, but for those who were responsible for the matter, especially for Yuan Jiasan, he knew that the day the university was built, his reputation was spread all over the world. He clearly distinguished the main and secondary ones, and firstly, he would not have the risk of having many political careers; secondly, he would not worry about not writing a lot of money when he was recounting his achievements in the future! Therefore, he must ask a tactfully and clearly. The emperor could naturally guess it, and a few words that conformed to the hearts of the people made Yuan Jiasan feel satisfied.

The king and his ministers said a few tacitly, and Yuan Jiasan asked again, "Emperor, Lord Rong is in the General Administration. In the ninth year of Xianfeng, he was even more attracted by the emperor and entered the study room to open the study to the princes..."

"I have already told Wen Xiang about this matter. I will temporarily relieve him of his errands from the General Administration. When the construction of the university comes to an end, he will be allowed to enter the tax as usual."

"Yes." Yuan Jiasan knew everything, and he didn't say much, and met.

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Back to the Hanlin Academy (Xu Naizhao entered the Military Affairs Office, Yuan Jiasan was able to make up for his position as the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy), and ordered him to brew a cup of tea and spread the transcription of Yung Wing's memorial as the tea smoke drifted.

Yung Wing's Chinese language is not good, and the Chinese character expression is not satisfactory. However, what makes Yuan Jiasan feel very troubled is that Yung Wing's Chinese character expressions are mostly in vernacular and rarely have official business transactions. The almost cumbersome and obscure words used in the memorials and memorials are used. "The university is originally owned by the West, and its purpose is to be primary and secondary education to open up people's wisdom and increase the level of specialization. The Marlisson Church School I studied in, and the Mengsong School after I went to the United States (the United States did not have a high school in the current sense, and Mengsong School had a bit of the meaning of a preparatory school), and Yale University, etc., all came from this idea."

"Studying in the Gentiles, the cost of living and negotiations are all done by students themselves. They sprinkle and wipe and scrub the charcoal in the furnace in winter, and do all the trivial matters of chopping firewood and chopping fire by themselves. They often go out to make up for the lack of living expenses. I think that these housework can be used to exercise muscles and bones and circulate blood, which is a good way to exercise. If they can be promoted by our scholars and students, in addition to the above functions, they can also achieve the effects of both the exterior and the interior."

"...The university subjects are numerous, including astronomy, geography, mathematics, chemistry, etc., which are not comparable to the many rough practices in the literary museum. Moreover, if the supervision is not human, the teaching is full of numbers, and there is no one who specializes in the study, how can there be outstanding people and extraordinary talents?"

"I think that self-improvement is to accumulate talents. To accumulate talents, we must first develop education. Therefore, the way to self-improvement is to cultivate talents as the basis. The way to seek talents is to establish schools first." Yung Wing wrote in the memorials, "Where is the place where Chinese intelligent people have? But they choose talents among the crowds of people, and draw talents within the expansion of poetry and prose. As for the manufacturing process, they all take talents from craftsmen who do not understand literature and theory and do not understand calculations. They want to fight against various countries with shorter lengths, and they are absolutely impossible! The stupidity of the job, should quickly set up first-class schools and one second-class schools, and be the rules of the successor."

"I have been outside the territory for many years, examining what he did, the school, the year of admission, the courses, and the courses were learned from all the farmers, industry, commerce and soldiers. They are often consistent with the rituals of Qutai, the book of Zhou officials, the biography of Zuo Gongyang, and the theory of Guan Mo. "This conclusion is to draw, "To understand the ways of ancient sages, the great use and the small use and small effect, even though the literary rules are different, no one can do it outside."

Yung Wing believes that no education is not careful and careful, and advocates "preserving national qualities and valuing industry." However, if you want to handle new university affairs, adopt "Western learning and use" and run a new Chinese university in accordance with the Western model of running universities, you have to rely on the power of foreigners.

If Yuan Jiasan could barely read the above, he would feel unacceptable. In the comments, Yung Wing wrote, "It is necessary to select a prime minister who is deeply educated in Western learning, and to entrust foreigners to supervise the specific power of running schools, and appoint foreigners to serve as chief teachers for the people of the Celestial Empire. Other institutional structures, educational rules, reward and punishment systems, teacher equipment, and even treatment must be carried out in a Western way. In the eyes of Yuan Jiasan and others, such words are simply a rebellious thing!

If it weren't for the fact that the emperor had informed the emperor in advance of the violation of the text, Yuan Jiasan would have picked up his pen and wrote the first time, criticizing Yung Wing for his ridiculous words. However, even so, he still felt that he could not stand it. He closed the memorial and ordered outside, "Where is anyone outside?"

"Second uncle, my nephew is here." The door opened lightly, and a young man with a pretty face came in. He was Yuan Jiasan's nephew, named Yuan Baoqing.

"Duchen, you're here..." Yuan Jiasan called his nephew's words, "Go to the court room and ask him to teach Yung Wing in the study. After lunch, Qu Jia came to the Hanlin Academy once, and said that I had something to do under the university and wanted to discuss with him."

"Yes." Yuan Baoqing was a juren, but he never achieved fame and fortune. He followed his uncle, first to explore knowledge, and secondly, to be familiar with the officialdom, and to prepare to one day be able to get a new background and become an official.

After lunch and resting for a while, Yung Wing arrived at the Hanlin Academy. This was the first time he came here. Yuan Baoqing led the way to the court room where Yuan Jiasan worked. After saluting, he served tea. Yuan Baoqing stood behind his hands and served him with his servants. He listened to the two of them, "Brother Pu Shu is a talented man. I have heard of it. I have been working in a foreign land and have been honored for many years. Last year, I was even more respected by the emperor. Is it really impressive to be a prince and a clan's son and a subordinate of the education department?"

Yung Wing was not good at speaking, and smiled honestly and did not speak. In Yuan Jiasan's opinion, he seemed to have accepted all his praises. He couldn't help but feel angry: Rong someone has such a big face!

"Seeing what my brother said in the memorial, there is a teaching word "recruiting a foreign country and looking to the heavenly dynasty"?" Yuan Jiasan repeated a few words in the memorial and asked, "Please forgive me for being ignorant and never thought about this. Seeing Brother Pu's words, I feel enlightened - why in my opinion, there are such people among foreigners?"

"Yes." Yung Wing said honestly, "When he was a low-ranking teacher at Tongwenguan, he had many contacts with all the teachers in the museum, such as the British Bonagan, the legal person Chame, the beauty Boyt, and the westerner Knowles. When he first arrived in the Celestial Empire, there were still people who felt that there were two different places. After more than ten years, he and his relatives and children were brought to China. Not to mention the above personnel, he was approved by the emperor's holy grace and was officially included in the "

The Record of the Jin Gentlemen’; even the great cultural relics of China have been passed down for thousands of years, they are by no means comparable to those of Western countries. Students heard that Bonagan, Boyt and Knowles were more willing to invite the West to their children to teach them art, and they wanted their sons to go on the right path. Therefore, students thought that this was also the sincerity of their admiration. Although they were the guests, in my opinion, they were more loyal to China than to their own country!”

How could this happen? Yuan Jiasan said in his heart that he was a family heir of Neo-Confucianism, and he truly regarded himself as a gentleman in Taoism. Although the emperor has been implementing the new policy for many years, he dared not act on the surface, but even though he did not speak, his expression of "smiling eyes" was also a bit uncomfortable in Yung Wing's opinion.

Yuan Jiasan asked again, "Well, what my brother said in the article, let the students do all the trivial matters of life by themselves, or even those who go out to work frugal during their studies, what is this?"

Yung Wing explained the meaning of working part-time study to him, and Yuan Jiasan was stunned: "This is simply incredible! According to my brother, all the students in the university are only responsible for professors. Apart from that, they are not managed at all? It is ridiculous!"

Yung Wing scolded him so much that he couldn't raise his head. He was determined to refute that they were too far apart from each other's official positions. He stumbled a few times, "It's not as the predecessors said. For students, suffering is naturally a little bit harder, but it can also be a good effect of strengthening the mind and mind..."

"The land of the United States has been barren for a long time, and it's okay to ignore the life of students. What's not there in my heaven? How can we do such a humiliating act?" Yuan Jiasan also felt that his tone was a bit hurtful, and he slowed down his tone and said, "As for what you said in the article, the recruitment of students must first choose the techniques. People with a little foundation in Western learning are filled with them. I just don't know, but I already have a certain view? Where should this student who is familiar with Western learning go to search?"
Chapter completed!