Chapter 5 University president who smashed cars and beat people

To be a scholar and become a university president, all of them are gentlemen, so there must be some sense of being like the dust, right? Unfortunately, in this part of China, everything is evil.Monks want to practice martial arts, and university presidents may not be so polite. There are many people who smash cars and beat people. Smashing cars and beating people is no joke, there are real people. The one who smashed the car was Fu Sinian, the president of National Taiwan University. Who is Fu Sinian?When Hu Shi was teaching at Peking University, he said that there are some students among the students who are more knowledgeable than the teacher, and he was talking about Fu Sinian.

How could the president of National Taiwan University smash cars?This is actually a bit inaccurate. To be precise, two points need to be corrected. The first point is that Mr. Fu did not smash the car himself, but called on others to smash the car; the second point is that Mr. Fu called on everyone to smash the car. At that time, I was not the president of the university. It was during the May 4th Movement, and Fu Sinian was still a student at Peking University, a learned little FQ (angry youth). What kind of period was the May Fourth period?The era when college students made trouble and dared to burn down the house of the foreign minister.Qian Xuantong said the so-called "everyone who is over forty should die" era.

The deafening statement that can be compared with Qian Xuantong's "a person who is over forty should be dead" is Fu Sinian's "those who ride in a car should be shot". It is said that Fu Sinian made this remark because he was splashed with muddy water by a passing car while walking, so he made such a protest. If it was Lao Sa, he would probably say the same thing, but it was just an angry remark, and he would forget it after a few minutes.However, after Mr. Fu finished speaking, he thought about it as he walked, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he made sense—yes, how many people who ride in cars these days are good people!

So, Mr. Fu published this sentence in a magazine, and won unanimous praise from the public. Yes, everyone agrees, these days, how many good people are there in the car? When the May 4th Movement started, students from Peking University and Tsinghua University marched to Zhushikou and were giving a speech when a car drove up and honked its horn when it saw the crowd. Beeping the horn in the United States is basically equivalent to scolding "I × your mother". China doesn't have this habit, but everyone thinks of Mr. Fu's words—those who ride in cars should be shot! As a result, everyone shouted and beat them, and when they went up, they were overturned and smashed. Naturally, those in the car would not be safe.This scene caused a Tsinghua student who was also in the parade to shake his head, and has since opposed violent behavior all his life.

This person is Liang Shiqiu.Mr. Liang was soft all his life, even too soft, but his comments on this behavior of smashing cars are worth recording: "I felt that everyone was just angry and didn't know who to vent to. They hated the incompetence of the government and the traitorous officials. Hate can only be vented in the street drunkenly. No one can keep calm in this torrent, which is called mass psychology." About 90 years have passed, but Mr. Liang's words still have a penetrating feeling today. Speaking of which, when the students smashed cars, Mr. Fu could not avoid the crime of abetting them.

People say that Mr. Fu is well educated, but they don't know that this car smashing character runs through him all the time, and remains unchanged in his later years.After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War and the restoration of Peking, everyone elected Mr. Fu to be the president of Peking University. Mr. Fu resolutely refused, saying that only Hu Shi could be the president of Peking University.However, he insisted on being an acting principal for a while. This seemingly inexplicable claim actually makes sense.Fu Sinian was the acting principal only for one thing.During the Anti-Japanese War, many Peking University professors stayed in the enemy-occupied areas, and some of them joined the "pseudo Peking University" run by the Japanese army.Fu Sinian knew that Hu Shi had a gentle personality, so he probably couldn't make up his mind to punish them.So Fu Sinian acted as the president of Peking University and expelled all these people.

Mr. Fu said that he was helping Hu Shi clean up the house. Later, Mr. Fu went to Taiwan to run National Taiwan University, and he died of illness after less than two years. How did it go?His student Liu Shaoming used the novel to talk about Mr. Fu—"Principal Fu, although I have obtained a Ph.D. in the United States on the other side of the ocean, I am most proud of the degree from the Rhododendron City." Azalea City, and only then did I know that the address of National Taiwan University is still very romantic. It is a bit far-fetched to say that Mr. Fu smashed the car, because his principal was appointed later.However, among the real principals, there is no lack of such second-poles——

For example, to hit a student... This person is Cai Yuanpei, the president of Peking University. Who is Mr. Cai?Mao Zedong should be honored as "My beloved Mr. Mimin".Peking University's "freedom of thought and inclusiveness" started from Mr. Cai, and it has been prosperous for a long time. Everyone feels that my husband loves Peking University.Make rumors about Mr. Cai, don't you want to live? This...the one who said "I love my teacher, I love the truth more".It was recorded that Mr. Cai wanted to hit someone, not a fabrication. Okay, then you kid, who is Mr. Cai going to hit?

What Mr. Cai wants to beat...is you guys... That's right, what Mr. Cai wants to fight is his Peking University students. Mr. Jiang Menglin wrote in "Western Tide": "'You cowards!' He shouted angrily, his sleeves rolled up above his elbows, and his fists kept shaking in the air.' Stand up if you dare Come out and fight me. If any of you touch the teacher, I'll beat him!'" If Jiang hadn't written it clearly, I couldn't believe it was done by the gentle and elegant Mr. Cai. Look, Mr. Cai is Mr. Cai. If you want to fight, "please stand up and fight me", how civilized.

This happened in 1922. Mr. Cai Yuanpei is already 54 years old, why should he fight his old age with the students? It turned out to be for lecture fees. Is Mr. Cai so angry that it is a matter of course to charge for books or teaching materials when going to school? It is said that the students of Peking University have gone too far to force honest people to this point.It turned out that after the May 4th Movement, with the prestige of the patriotic victory, the student organization of Peking University was very strong, so the school could not interfere with many things about the students.This was originally a major achievement of student self-government, which made Peking University more active in thinking.However, extremes lead to opposites. Now that no one is in control, the students who tend to be monkeys have gradually raised their tails.Therefore, people described Peking University at that time as - "It's okay if you love classes, and it's okay if you don't like classes. It's even more natural for you to love the classes you love and not to take the classes you don't like! In short, All at will."

Mr. Cai is free to run the school, he doesn't care, anyway, the teachers are good, you come to listen to a few classes, you will gain something. However, later on, the students became more and more unrestrained. The dormitories are allocated by themselves, and even relatives can live in the family, and the school can't interfere. This is a bit unreasonable. Later, students replace the school in deciding to hire or fire faculty members. If a teacher advocated strict examinations, the students immediately went on strike and taught him a lesson. I'm afraid this school will be a little bit out of reach for anyone. The last straw that broke the camel's back was the lecture fee scandal. The so-called lecture fee turmoil refers to the turmoil caused by Peking University students’ refusal to pay lecture fee in October 1922.Ordinarily, the school has no problem collecting this fee.The money for printing handouts is not free, and the students are only paid for the cost of production, and you don’t have to do it if you have the ability—for example, teachers like Wang Zengqi can say that they don’t have to take the exam.But most students think that it should neither pay money, but also give handouts. This is outrageous, and Mr. Cai naturally disagrees. The students started a riot and besieged the Acting Chief of Staff, Shen Shiyuan. The school was covered with placards abusing Shen Shiyuan, and some even shouted: "Hit Shen Shiyuan!" Shen Shiyuan frightened away, and the students went to the principal's office. After talking for a day, the students were finally allowed to go back temporarily.The next day, I came to the principal's office to look outside. Okay, hundreds of people came, and the leader was Feng Shengsan, a hero from Shandong, who shouted—"Let's break into (the principal's office) and surround them. This matter is settled!" "Go to the accounting department and burn the lecture notes!" The crowd was excited and shouted like thunder, and the crisis was imminent. Don't think that Peking University students are literary. In fact, Peking University students are no weaker than anyone else. There was a Peking University Student Army back then, and the chief instructor Bai Xiongyuan. When Sun Yat-sen came to Beijing, it was the Peking University Student Army who served as guards.It is said that "the military uniform is neat, the military flag is flying, and the word 'Peking University' is inlaid on the cap badge, the camp is truly majestic."Mr. Zhongshan once said to Wang Jingwei: "Unexpectedly, Cai Yuanpei left behind a mighty teacher when he was overseas!" The problem is that students are not fighting warlords or imperialism now, but the principal is here!This power is also terrifying. Mr. Cai was finally angered—professors at Peking University were exhausted from running around in order to win school funding from the Beiyang warlord government. So, Mr. Cai simply walked out of the principal's office and shouted "duel" to the students. The students still respected and feared Principal Cai. They were shocked to see Mr. Cai rushing out with his bare elbows, and they all scattered. Cai Yuanpei was deeply annoyed and saddened by this trend. He wrote his resignation letter and left Peking University on the same day. Jiang Menglin, Chief of General Affairs, Shen Shiyuan, Director of General Affairs Department, Li Dazhao, Director of Library, Li Xinbai, Director of Publishing Department, Feng Zuxun, Director of Mathematics Department The ancestors of Peking University, who have backbone) published notices respectively, announcing that they would "resign with President Cai and leave the school today"; ".Everyone advances and retreats with Principal Cai. Are you on strike?We are still on strike! In the end, through Hu Shi's work, the students admitted their mistake and sent a representative to invite Mr. Cai.Mr. Cai calmed down and finally returned to school to continue his work. Only Feng Shengsan was fired.He wanted to come back to be an auditor, so he approached Hu Shi, and Hu Shi said, I advise you to be a hero to the end... It should be noted that Peking University belongs to the "Guozijian". Let's see what the Ming Dynasty asked for the students of the Guozijian? "Anyone who dares to resist, act mischievously, or violate the school rules, if he sacrifices wine (professor) to play, he will not be spared! The whole family will go to the smoky ground... From now on, the school rules will be strict, and if there are no students If anyone who dares to post a headless post (with a vest) slanders the teacher, he will allow everyone to come forward, or bind the future, and reward the prisoner with two big silver... Lingling the prisoner, Xiao Ling is in front of the prison, and the whole family Copy it and send it to the smoky ground. Here it is!" Like this? ! That's right, this is the decree issued by Ming Taizu himself. Only Zhu Baba (Zhu Chongba) could write this kind of half-literal, half-white, murderous stuff. Brother Feng, please be content. Feng Xingsan was a student that Lu Xun liked very much. Mr. Lu Xun wrote "The Little Sees the Big" to defend Feng about this matter, meaning that Feng was implicated because he went to watch the excitement.Unfortunately, Feng later admitted that it was indeed called that at the time. Perhaps Mr. Lu was no longer alive at that time, otherwise it would inevitably hurt face. Suddenly, I read another short article about the scene of Mr. Cai's death. "Without a single house, without an inch of land, Mrs. Cai has not been able to pay more than one thousand yuan for the hospital. She is only planning to pawn clothes and other things for the funeral." It is generally true that Mr. Cai had no money when he died. He rented his house all his life, so that students and colleagues initiated a move to build a house for Mr. Cai on his 70th birthday.The house is in Qingdao, and Mr. Cai will definitely like that place very much.It is a pity that soon after the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the house was not built, and Mr. Cai still did not live in his own house in the end. Having been an official for decades, running a school for decades, a professor’s monthly salary is several hundred dollars, building a dormitory, building an auditorium, how can you spend thousands of dollars a year, just a little leak through your fingers, it’s not enough for you Die seven or eight times?Why are you so stupid, my Mr. Cai?