Chapter 2 first quarter

No one paid him any attention. His name is Ye Hongjuan, and he is the third son of the Ye family. In the autumn of 1907, on the first day of school at the Shanghai County Government Jingye Higher Primary School, Ye Hongjuan walked out of the stacked Shikumen buildings silently in black clothes and came to the primary school. It was about a few hundred meters away from his home at the east end of Penglai Road to Jingye School, but Ye Hongjuan was sweating all over.Things went bad because of his new "outfit". This set of black cloth coat was forcibly "picked off" from the body of the second brother Hongji.

As the school was approaching, Ye Hongjuan was frowning for several days.He is a quiet and introverted person. He usually doesn't talk much, and he just grins at people when he is happy.But his melancholy was discovered by his family. His father, Ye Jingyun, was the first to notice that his son was abnormal. Ye Jingyun is the first principal of Jingye School. The predecessor of Jingye Academy is Jingye Academy.Although academies and schools are two different words, they are symbols of two eras.Jingye Academy was founded in 1748. Weng Zao, who served as the inspector of Jiangsu Province at that time, was ordered to run a school, and built this famous academy with the purpose of building a career in scriptures.During the Daoguang period, Lin Zexu lived here for a while when he was appointed as the chief official of Jiangsu Province. Therefore, he left a historical imprint that is still praised by dedicated scholars: "Zoulu on the Seashore".Later, Feng Guifen, a reform thinker in modern times, served as the head of the academy, which made the academy famous.

When Ye Jingyun was studying, the academy was still used as an examination shed, and the two county examinations for Sui Ke were still held here.Ye Jingyun was once determined by the Academy as the eighth place in the Super League during the Guangxu period.Soon, the 15th Juren was selected in Jiangnan Township, Jiawu Branch.With such achievements, he was considered a celebrity in the academic circles in the county of Shanghai at that time. In 1902, the Qing government officially promulgated the "Guimao Educational System", and the trend of Western learning beginning to spread eastward.This year, many academies were renamed Xuetang, so Jingye Academy hastily changed its doors and called itself Jingye Academy.The county magistrate of Shanghai advocated Mr. Ye Jingyun as the director of the school, and appointed him to go to Japan to study education together with Huang Yanpei, a celebrity at that time.After returning to China, Ye Jingyun devoted himself to creating a new school. In 1905, the school was restructured and the principal system was adopted, and he became the principal smoothly, and Jingye School was renamed "Shanghai County Government Jingye Higher Primary School".

After being the principal for two years, Ye Jingyun couldn't help but feel a little happy now that his youngest son is going to study in school.His successor, Gu, bore him 3 sons and 3 daughters.The eldest son, Hongji, studied at Shanghai Longmen Normal School, and has his own way of learning. The second son, Hongji, showed artistic talent since childhood. Now he is studying under the painter Mr. Zhang Dongshen. If he can persevere, he will surely become a master in the future. Among the three sons, the third son is the one who arouses his affection the most.Ye Jingyun came from an aristocratic family, and also belonged to the famous Zanying family. Someone in his ancestors was added the title of Guozijian Dian, and later he was granted the title of Dian Haiyun, "it was quite famous at the time."Ye Jingyun has read poetry and books and studied scriptures since he was a child. He really has the ambition to help the world and the clouds, and he also has the wish to make his family brighter.However, now that he is over half a hundred years old, besides his sons and daughters around his knees and a thriving population, his ambition of governing the country and the world is still far away, which makes him have to pin his wish on his three children.However, when the boss was a beginner, the current situation was difficult, and he was a mature man, and he still had thoughts about his future, so he had no time to take care of Hongji's studies.When the second child went to school, although I was prepared for this aspect, my child didn't have the disposition in this aspect.Hongji is a character who loves to jump, play and fight. Besides painting, if you let him sit down and read, he will feel like a thorn in his butt, and he will not be able to live for a minute.However, when the same situation happened to Hongjuan, his extraordinary talent immediately appeared.He has been quiet since he was a child, and he has the appearance of a thinker almost from birth.When he is alone, even if he is two or three years old, he will make the hall silent. When you walk up to him, you will find that he always stares into the distance with his eyes wide open, his eyes pass through the hall and fall on the invisible place opposite.At the beginning, when Ye Jingyun saw him like this, he was a little flustered, thinking that this kid was a little stupid, or a little crazy, but after trying it, he was a little ecstatic.

One day, the maid brought two geese from the street, and the children immediately gathered around them. "goose……" The second son, Hongji, held a small bamboo pole in his hand and fiddled with the snow-white necks of the geese, shouting happily.The child's noise caught Ye Jingyun's attention, he put down the book in his hand and walked out of the room.Seeing Hongji stamping his feet and splashing water on the goose, the third son, Hongjuan, leaned against his servant and watched the goose quietly.Ye Jingyun stopped Hongji, pointed to the goose and asked him: "A boy, do you still remember Luo Binwang's poem?"

Hongji felt embarrassed, his face turned red. "Remember……" He murmured, a look of panic flashed in his eyes. "Look behind your back." "goose……" "Don't worry, think about it." Saying that, Ye Jingyun took the small bamboo pole from Hongji's hand, and gesticulated on the goose's body.He teaches Chinese, a goose in the sun, a peaceful and quiet life, isn't this poetry?His heart softened, thinking of the artistic conception created by King Luo Bin, he professionally drew graceful curves on the body of the goose. "Look, look, look."

However, Hongji became nervous for no reason.He didn't follow his father's inspiration to find out the poetry of geese, he just paid more attention to the bamboo pole in his father's hand.From rulers to pointers, from private schools to foreign schools, mischievous students are always particularly sensitive to the tools of punishment.At that moment, he really regretted that he shouldn't get carried away, and shouldn't find out the bamboo pole to make trouble, the bamboo pole is too much like a pointer, and the heavy information condensed on it is enough to control his thinking. Right now, his brain has rusted into a ball, just like winter Like a frozen snake.He suddenly remembered the countless times he was punished in school. At the end, he always stretched out his hands to meet the bone-piercing blow.

goose…… Hongji was distracted by the bamboo pole and fell into a state of confusion.Originally, he knew this poem. Not long ago, he even taught his third brother, Hongjuan. At that time, he even drew a picture of a goose swimming in the water for his third brother.But, those geese, there seemed to be necks of the geese, and the state of the geese stirring the water in the pool. These images flashed through his mind, but they could not form beautiful poems.His mood was completely destroyed by this bamboo pole, and he couldn't concentrate, so he could only give up his efforts in grief and indignation.

He didn't think about it any more, and shouted in his heart that he was wronged, but his hand stretched out involuntarily. Ye Jingyun was still thinking about those soft moods.He didn't understand what the second son was asking for when he stretched out his hand, whether it was for a bamboo pole to play with, or...but he soon understood, and he was really angry! "Non!" He raised the bamboo pole. "Don't, don't!" Xiao Hongjuan ran over crying and hugged Ye Jingyun's leg. "I'll carry it for my second brother..." When the 3-year-old Xiao Hongjuan recited Luo Binwang's poem about goose verbatim, the whole family was stunned by this dramatic scene.

It was just a poem, and Ye Jingyun believed that his third son was an anomaly from then on. Before entering Jingye School, Ye Hongjuan's enlightenment was completed in the form of family education.The teacher is Ye Jingyun. Although Hongjuan was born extremely intelligent, but because of his quiet personality, Ye Jingyun hardly paid much attention to him before he was 3 years old.In a family with many children, there is a lot of crying and screaming all day long, and his attention is more focused on the troublesome children, such as the eldest, the second, the eldest daughter Chang Gui, and the third daughter Hongzhen.On the contrary, the second daughter, Changde, and the third son, Hongjuan, spend the whole day talking about the price, which saves effort and worry.The management of a family is somewhat similar to the management of a department. This is the reason why crying children get milk.

Ever since he discovered Hongjuan's superhuman talent that day, Ye Jingyun was overjoyed.He not only forgave Hongji, but also praised him for being good at teaching his younger brother. Taking advantage of his joy, Ye Jingyun asked Hongji what else he taught his younger brother. Hongji said a few poems.Ask Hongji again, still recite them one by one, making Hongji also slap his forehead in amazement and say: "Allah forgets, but Nong remembers it refreshingly, what a genius!" Now, Ye Jingyun's gaze began to focus on the third son.As a teacher, he knew the importance of enlightenment in childhood, so a small almost modern "preschool" class was officially "listed" in Ye's house. When Xiao Hongjuan's immature reading sound flew out from Ye's courtyard, Ye Jingyun always felt that there was a clear stream gurgling in his heart, and he would often shed tears inexplicably because of the sound of reading. Ever since Ye Jingyun could remember, he knew his responsibility from his father's narration. The Ye family's original surname was Xia, and they lived in Qingpu near Shanghai during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty.When the Xia family passed down to the ninth generation, the history has gone from the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty to the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. It was during this period that the Xia family began to be named Ye.What is the reason for this is unknown.The only explanation known from Ye's descendants is that Ye's surname was her mother's surname at that time.Along with Ye's surname, there is also the tradition of farming and reading poems and books.From the "Ye's Family Tree", we know that the Ye family has been famous scholars for several generations.Ye Jingyun's father is the most knowledgeable, and he actually served as the head of the office of the Registry Office of the Imperial College. In the Imperial College, which has both functions as an administrative agency and the highest institution of learning, he has the most authoritative voice in this field similar to today's clerical and accounting majors. and interpretation rights.His ability and professional knowledge were appreciated by the court and provincial officials, especially the southern provinces with well-developed water and sea transportation, which gave him the opportunity to enter the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty from a pure scholar.Ye Jingyun's father was born in 1828 and died in 1897.Anyone who is familiar with modern Chinese history knows that this is a shameful era, a troubled and troubled time. At the age of 12, the Opium War broke out. At that time, he was young and did not have much impression of it. However, the second Opium War broke out, which was the golden age of his life.In the period of vigorous and vigorous vitality, he has no reason to taste the pain of losing the country and humiliating the family, and exchanging a wealth of knowledge for the shame of bowing his brows, one can imagine how intense his anger and pain are. It was the winter of 1857, and Ye Jingyun's father was on a business trip to Guangzhou for a shipping business.Not long after they stayed in an inn near the Governor's Mansion, they heard the rumble of cannons outside the city.Ask the shopkeeper urgently, only to know that the sea is already full of foreign fleets. The next day, Ye Jingyun's father and his party rushed to the Governor's Mansion to handle official business, but the door was closed.After inquiring for a long time, the disciples informed that the war was tense, and the governor had gone to the front line to inspect. So they could only stay in the inn. Ye Jingyun's father experienced a war in this way. Some people say that time flies by like a fleeting horse, and everything passes by in a hurry, but Ye Jingyun's father experienced the earliest theory of relativity about time in this experience.The British and French allied forces began to attack the city in the early morning of December 28, 1857. The battle lasted for just over a day, and the city of Guangzhou fell.At that time, Ye Jingyun's father and his party all changed into ordinary people's clothes, and they curled up under the bed, letting the howling shells cut their nerves.In just over a day, when he was less than 30 years old, gray hairs appeared on his temples. He finally met Ye Mingchen, then governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. But not in the Governor's Mansion, but on the streets of Guangzhou. Ye Jingyun's father mixed in the crowd and saw the Governor-General whom he was going to meet in his official capacity, but at this time, Ye Mingchen was being paraded through the streets as a prisoner of the British and French coalition forces. After the fall of Guangzhou City, Ye Mingchen hid in Yuehua College, and he spent the first day foreigners entered the city in great grief.The next day, he was transferred by his subordinates to the Zuo Du Tong Office.On the fifth day after the foreigners entered the city, a group of foreigners came to the octagonal pavilion in the back garden of the Zuo Dutong Office and pointed their rifles at him—Ye Mingchen was captured. An official named Baigui betrayed him. After the British and French allied forces obtained information about Ye Mingchen's hiding place, they immediately sent a hundred gunmen to Yuehua Academy to search.As a result, the building was empty and there was only one janitor left.The gatekeeper was escorted back and tortured, but he would rather die than recruit.At this moment, Bai Gui, an official who surrendered to the British and French allied forces, revealed the whereabouts of Ye Mingchen. In the Left Metropolitan Administration, the foreigners' gun team aimed at the lobby.An official of the Qing Dynasty sat upright and said, I am Ye Mingchen. However, the foreign officers had met Ye Mingchen, who was originally Zuo Dutong Shuangling. The rapid gun team continued to search and finally found Ye Mingchen in the back garden. Ye Mingchen was escorted by foreigners and walked back to the British headquarters.He wears a plume on top, court clothes and court boots.He walked solemnly as the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, as if inspecting the post-war Guangzhou city.Foreigners with rifles on their shoulders lined up on both sides, and their high leather boots stepped out to the beat of unfamiliar Western drums.Ye Mingchen walked slowly and sluggishly, as if he was carrying a heavy dynasty.Undoubtedly, his strenuous steps are not in tune with foreigners.But he still walked with his strong determination and charm, and with unprecedented tenacity and tenacity, which finally disturbed the whole procession, and the foreigners had to stop and walk to accommodate his steps. A man who looked like a military officer walked up to Ye Mingchen and urged him to leave in a low voice. Ye Mingchen was furious, and scolded with round eyes: What rank are you, how dare you urge the officials of the Celestial Dynasty?Stand down and let your envoy come and talk to me! Silent Guangzhou citizens crowded the streets.People were all excited by Ye Mingchen's majestic appearance and the sound of scolding, some people applauded excitedly, and many women and old people shed tears. Ye Jingyun's father hid in the crowd and witnessed this tragic scene. A weak country and a strong minister, the image of an aloof traditional Chinese scholar-bureaucrat was fixed in his heart. Ye Mingchen was a role model for many scholars.Read a lot, read the title of the gold list; the official is also great, the official worships the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.He is a perfect example of a loyal minister, a good minister, a filial son and a sage, a traditional scholar-bureaucrat, and a successful example shaped by traditional Confucian culture and Chinese culture.However, if this level of success and perfection is to make an unyielding and brilliant appearance when being captured by foreigners, doesn't this result seem funny and weird? Ye Jingyun's father was stabbed severely in the heart, and he couldn't help but lose all hope. They escaped from the encircled city of Guangzhou by water at night.A fishing boat, a bitter escape.When passing by Lingdingyang, chanting Wen Tianxiang's poem "Mountains and rivers are broken and winds are floating, and life is ups and downs", Ye Jingyun's father couldn't help feeling sad, and knelt on the side of the boat and wept silently... Many years later, Ye Jingyun's father learned that Ye Mingchen was escorted to Calcutta, India by foreigners and imprisoned at William's Fort after reading the newspapers of foreigners.Accompanying them were servants Xu Qing and Hu Fu, chef Liu Xi, barber Liu Si, and patrolling Lan Bin, with clothes, accessories, money and other things.They became the "Sea Su Wu" in the 19th century.Finally, Ye Mingchen moved to live upstairs in the garden of Daen Temple. When the food brought from China ran out, the servant asked to go to Calcutta to buy some to avoid freezing and starving to death, but Ye Gong firmly refused.He said, as a minister of the Kingdom of Heaven, the reason why I came here without fear of humiliation and hatred was not that I was afraid of death, but that I wanted to see the civilization of the foreigners and how sensible the British monarch was.I want to meet the Queen of England and discuss the country's right and wrong with her face to face. I don't want the British to be so barbaric and let me stay here.I have lost faith in such unreasonable people.I can't reprimand this barbaric country and its monarch face to face, so what's the point of my life? On April 9, 1859, Ye Mingchen died of "not eating Zhou millet". Ye Jingyun clearly remembered that at that time he was already studying in a private school, his father burst into tears after reading the newspaper, set up a memorial tablet of Ye Gong in the hall, and ordered the family to burn incense and worship for three days... Since then, my father has lost interest in official career. He saw his shadow from Ye Gong.The mountains and rivers are broken, and the country is in constant crisis. If the country does not survive, how can the family suffer?Originally, he was regarded by the Ye family as the leading figure in the rejuvenation of the family. From Qingpu to Longhua, and then into the Nanshi New District, he never stopped climbing upwards for a moment.Although most of the Ye family's residences are buildings of the Shikumen type, the Ye family's newly built houses are not comparable to other Shikumen buildings. The layout of the three entrances, the huge courtyard and the living room, the east and west wing rooms reflect each other, and there is a large courtyard behind the hall. Huge backyard.The bedroom upstairs is magnificently decorated, and the upper and lower floors reveal the wealth and nobility of a well-to-do family.However, if the family prospers again, the country will perish, what can be done? What really cast a huge shadow over the Ye family was the "political incident" that helped the Little Knife Society. Soon after escaping from Guangzhou, Ye Jingyun's father was summoned by Shanghai Road, saying that during the Xiaodao Society's uprising, he and Xiaodaohui had hooked up.Originally, Shanghai Road had no right to detain him with his rank, but because of the seriousness of "communication with banditry", the Ministry of Criminal Affairs sent a special report to the imperial court and informed Shanghai to interrogate him on the spot. If he was convicted of banditry, he would be executed on the spot. One day in the eighth month of the lunar calendar in 1853, the Shanghai Small Knife Society took advantage of the city-wide celebration of Confucianism, and suddenly raised troops and occupied the Confucian Temple, the educational center and cultural center of Shanghai at that time.The Confucian Temple, also known as the County School and the Confucian Temple, was the seat of the highest educational administrative institution in Shanghai at that time and the place where Confucius was worshipped. The Confucian Temple used to be a dilapidated small temple.After the establishment of a town in Shanghai at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, a town school was built, and a Confucian Temple was established.In the temple, there is a statue of Confucius, as well as tables, chairs, paper and inkstones, so that students can study tirelessly under the gaze of Confucius.After the Yuan Dynasty, Shanghai promoted towns to counties, and town schools to county schools.But the temple is still that temple.Since the Qing Dynasty, Shanghai has become more and more prosperous, and the Confucian Temple has gradually become dilapidated. Therefore, with the donation of Qu Tingfa, the envoy of Salt Transport from Zhejiang and Zhejiang Provinces, all walks of life in Shanghai responded one after another and built a large-scale temple with Lingxing Gate in front and Xingxian on the left. Hall, Yucai Square on the right, Dacheng Hall, Chongsheng Hall, Minghuan Temple, Xiangxian Temple and so on.It was not only the education center of Shanghai at that time, but also a sacred place in the minds of Shanghai scholars, because it was the place for the provincial examination.It is here that Ye Jingyun's father completed his studies and passed the scientific examination.In Ye Jingyun's generation, the former site of the Confucian Temple was assigned to Jingye Academy, where he also completed his studies.It can be seen how deeply the Ye family has deep feelings for the Confucian Temple. Because of this, when Ye Jingyun's father heard the news that the Confucian Temple was going to be re-expanded, he was the first to donate a considerable amount of silver taels as a fifth-rank official.The local official who presided over the construction project told him that when the Confucian Temple was completed, he would be notified to participate in the grand celebration on the first "Ding Day", that is, the first day of worshiping Confucius. Sure enough, Ye Jingyun's father received the invitation. However, because of this, he was dragged into this vortex that affects his future. When Liu Lichuan, the leader of the Small Knife Society, occupied the Confucian Temple, Ye Jingyun's father was one of the few officials who were held hostage, but most of the people dispersed.Liu Lichuan regards the Confucian Temple as the headquarters of the Small Knife Society. He wants to set up camp here, and he wants to turn this place of study into a camp for eating, drinking, and sleeping. Therefore, he needs silver.He hijacked these officials generally based on this intention.In layman's terms, Xiaodao will take these officials as hostages, and they want to knock out a sum of money from these hostages to satisfy them. Ye Jingyun's father had had close contact with Liu Lichuan, the leader of the Small Knife Society, and even had a conversation.From the outside, Liu Lichuan looks more like a scholar. After he learned the identity of Ye Jingyun's father, he discussed with him professionally. If he couldn't raise any money, he should burn the newly renovated beams, rafters and utensils of the Confucian Temple. How long should it last?With just a few words, the experienced Liu Lichuan made the former Guozijian authority in charge of finance and accounting sweat profusely. A burning flame flickered in front of his eyes. The new Confucian Temple, which smelled of paint, would slowly collapse in the flames... He compromised. He asked his family to send a sum of silver and redeemed himself. In the second year, the Qing army launched an attack on Xiaodongmen, and the Confucian Temple where Liu Lichuan was located became the main target of the attack.The Confucian Temple was once again destroyed and riddled with holes, many times worse than Liu Lichuan's picture! A few years have passed, Ye Jingyun's father always sighs every time he recalls this. Originally thought that the matter had been closed, who would have thought that this public case was reported a few years later. When Ye Jingyun's father appeared in the Shanghai Daogong Hall, he realized that he was not the only one being interrogated, but a group of people who were held hostage by the Knife Society back then.Afterwards he learned that when Xiao Dao would be wiped out, a leader in charge of food and fodder escaped in confusion, carrying a large number of banknotes and account books with him.A few years later, he was arrested in Jiangxi, and the seized account book had the name of this cadre written impressively... Ye Jingyun's father experienced the darkest months of his life. Even though he tried his best, even though the presiding judge also found out that they were kidnapped rather than gangsters, and despite the testimony of many villagers and neighbors, the officials in charge of the case still did not let them go. They faced the same situation as when they were held hostage by the Knife Society. When they finally understood the shady reality, they had no choice but to ask their family members to take out silver to redeem themselves... After he was released from prison, Ye Jingyun's father seemed to be a different person. He seldom speaks, and a man in his thirties has already shown the appearance of premature aging. After Ye Jingyun grew up and studied, he realized that because of his father's "political problems", several uncles in the family were implicated to varying degrees, and they were not allowed to take the exam during the scientific examination.Later, because of the long history and the reputation of the Ye family in the local area, the county government was extra merciful and allowed the local security to allow Ye Jingyun to participate in the scientific examination.He won the first place in the county examination in the first year of Guangxu, and later won the 15th place in the Jiawu Kejiangnan Township Examination. After passing the imperial examination, Ye Jingyun no longer wanted to take the imperial examination.His father didn't want him to take the road of studying and becoming an official again, but only hoped that he would study hard, behave himself according to his duties, and use his knowledge to earn a living.So Ye Jingyun chose the path of teaching. Ye Jingyun now focused his attention on his third son, Hongjuan, and actually placed the expectations of several generations on him. He enlightened his third son by reciting ancient poems. After memorizing "Three Hundred Poems of the Tang Dynasty", I began to practice writing, and "Thousands of Family Essays".Ye Hongjuan got up every day when he heard the rooster, and recited an ancient poem in the waning wind and moonlight. Then he swiped his arm and rubbed the ink, and silently wrote yesterday's homework under the light like a bean lamp.The homework is naturally marked by the father in the book, and he requires the family members not only to be able to recite it, but also to be able to write it, and to know the meaning of it.During the day, the father had no time to take care of his son because he was teaching in the school or busy with official duties, so he could only use the evening time to make up lessons for his relatives. Wake up the sleeping son.Most children start to study at the age of 7, but Ye Hongjuan was already proficient in writing and ink before the age of 6. After he was 6 years old, his father started to let him read "Mencius" again, recited more than 3 lines every day, and later increased to more than 10 lines, and finally recited more than 60,000 words fluently.After that, my father asked me to read "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", etc. Although I couldn't recite all of them, my father's circled articles were able to be recited one by one.The talented and intelligent grandparents brought great comfort to the Ye family. Whenever there was a family reunion, Ye Jingyun would always let the third son challenge the elder brother and the second brother to recite poems or ancient prose. Needless to say, the second brother could not recite him. Even the eldest brother is gradually no longer an opponent.Every time at this time, Ye Jingyun would laugh out loud, and the laughter flew out of the house like a nymph. From the age of 6, his father taught his family members to learn calligraphy, which is an education that goes hand in hand with reciting poems.First learn to hold a pen, hang your wrist, and then learn to grind ink.Pour clean water into the inkstone, and rub the ink in the inkstone. The posture should be correct, the force should be even, the wrist should be flexible, and the most important thing is to be calm.Studying ink is like a ritual of Buddhist worship, with a solemn sense of holiness.If you are impatient, through this ceremony, your mood will gradually calm down, and your sharp-edged temperament will be polished a little bit, and eroded in the life of ink and wash.Then it's Lintie, first Yanliu Kaikai, and then Jin and Tang running script.The ancient Chinese characters convey a wealth of humanistic information through master calligraphers, and even contain the life philosophy of the calligrapher.The juice of traditional Chinese culture will gradually nourish the body and mind in the process of writing, and crystallize and precipitate in the blood.As long as he has free time, Ye Jingyun will take his family members to Zhangyuan or other places to listen to speeches. In 1902, the signboard of "China Education Association" was hung in Fuyuan Lane, Nicheng Bridge, Nanjing Road, Shanghai. The founders were Cai Yuanpei, Zhang Taiyan, Ye Han and others.Cai Yuanpei and Zhang Taiyan are both scholars respected by Ye Jingyun, and Ye Han is also the same surname of his own family.Therefore, he will have a good impression of education.And education would make him more interested in Huang Yanpei.They once went to Japan to study education together.Before that, Ye Jingyun had known Huang Yanpei's name for a long time.Huang was born in Chuansha, Shanghai, and entered Nanyang Public School in 1901.Nanyang Public School was founded in 1896 by Sheng Xuanhuai, an important minister in the late Qing Dynasty, to train talents for Westernization. It is well-known for its sufficient funds, modern equipment, abundant teachers and excellent prospects.Cai Yuanpei, who initiated the founding of the China Education Association at that time, and many others worked here.The school has six ordinary classes and a special class for cultivating high-achieving students. Huang Yanpei studied in the special class at the beginning.Because it is a Westernization School, most of the students value democracy and freedom, and advocate science and progress, so they sometimes conflict with the school's conservative management.Finally one day, a trivial incident turned into an "ink bottle incident" that shocked the entire education circle in Shanghai.Guo Zhenying, the teacher of the fifth class of the ordinary class, was originally a person with little knowledge. He often suppressed the students' thinking and imposed various restrictions and regulations on the students - no new books, newspapers and periodicals were allowed, and current affairs were not allowed. , "Sheng Wu Ji" and so on, aroused the general disgust of the students in Class 5. At this time in China, the voice of "anti-Qing and Manchurianism" has spread all over the country, especially Wu Zhihui, Sun Kuijun and other students studying in Japan are dissatisfied with the Qing government's suppression of the revolution and persecution of students and returned to China angrily. They were warmly welcomed by the Chinese Education Association. Zhang Yuan publicly denounced the Qing court at the welcome meeting, which greatly touched the students.The students in Class 5 decided to play a trick on Guo Zhenying to express their dissatisfaction.While Guo Xun was speaking, a student quietly stuffed a bottle of ink into his seat. When Guo Zhenying sat down after the training, he felt strange. Seeing this, he couldn't help roaring with laughter.Guo Zhenying, who was humiliated, was furious, so he reported to the general office and questioned the students severely.At Guo's request, the school expelled student Wu Zhengjun.The students of class five collectively petitioned the school, begging them to withdraw their orders, but the school refused, so the students of class five decided to withdraw from school collectively and held a farewell speech. The action of the fifth class aroused the sympathy of the whole school. The next day, the students of the whole school gathered and sent representatives to negotiate with the general office Wang Feng, but they were still not allowed. The students decided to drop out of the school.At this time, the school panicked and had to ask Professor Cai Yuanpei, who was deeply loved by the students, to mediate.More than 200 students from the whole school checked their luggage early in the morning and lined up on the playground, waiting for the final news of the negotiation.Unexpectedly, when Cai Yuanpei went to see the supervisor Sheng Xuanhuai to convey the wishes of the students, Sheng Xuanhuai had been lying down all the time.At 10 o'clock, the students who couldn't bear it had to leave school angrily.In this "ink bottle disturbance", Huang Yanpei has been at the forefront of the student team, negotiating with the school on behalf of the students, and thus won the appreciation of Cai Yuanpei.After Nanyang Public School dropped out collectively, most of the students had no education to rely on, so the China Education Association raised funds to establish the Patriotic Society. Cai Yuanpei was elected as the prime minister, Wu Zhihui was the dormitory supervisor, and Zhang Binglin, Huang Yanpei, Jiang Weiqiao, etc. were volunteer teachers.Due to insufficient teachers, Huang Yanpei, a student in a special class, was hired by Cai Yuanpei as a teacher in an ordinary class.This experience turned Huang Yanpei from a student into a teacher all of a sudden. Only then did he have the opportunity to be sent by Shanghai as a teacher to Japan to investigate education. Ye Jingyun also became classmates with Huang Yanpei for a short period of time. Ye Jingyun was born in 1856, and Huang Yanpei was born in 1878. In terms of age, the two acted like father and son. In terms of status, Ye Jingyun was the head teacher of Jingye Academy at that time, while Huang Yanpei was just a new generation of teachers. language.Even so, Ye Jingyun still values ​​Huang Yanpei very much. Ye Jingyun was infected by Huang Yanpei's patriotic enthusiasm and concern for the country and the people.During the inspection in Japan, it happened that Russia refused to withdraw its troops in accordance with the Sino-Russian "Treaty on the Handover of the Three Eastern Provinces". Students studying in Japan took the lead in protesting and gave speeches at Japanese street markets.Huang Yanpei often appeared in anti-Russian rallies, and signed up for the anti-Russia volunteer team of students studying in Japan.When he returned to China, he gave a speech in Zhang Yuan, reporting the patriotic feats of the students studying in Japan to the people of the country, and set off a massive anti-Russia movement in Shanghai. Observing Huang Yanpei closely, Ye Jingyun found that this young man has many different things. His passion and vitality can always give people a deep shock.He is obviously different from himself.But it is this difference that attracts me, who is used to a peaceful life. On this day, Ye Jingyun came to Nanhui Yongning Temple with Xiaohong's family again, and it happened that Huang Yanpei gave a speech.Huang Yanpei commented on Cixi's recent order to kill Shen Jin, a reporter from the Beijing Newspaper, and the Qing government's order to withdraw "Su Bao", pointing directly at Cixi and the Qing court.He loudly quoted Zhang Shizhao's words, "If there are no dead, whoever wins the hearts of the people; if there are no living, whoever restores the ninth generation" publicly called on the people to overthrow the Qing court.These words were like a thunderbolt to Ye Jingyun.He is a cowardly person by nature, and such remarks directed at the emperor to confuse and rebel will lead to death.He was concerned about Huang Yanpei's safety, and rushed to the front of the stage, trying to pull Huang Yanpei aside while others were speaking, and signaled him to leave the place as soon as possible.However, before he could speak to Huang Yanpei, Dai Yunyin, the magistrate of Nanhui County, came leading a team of Qing soldiers.Huang Yanpei had already seen Ye Jingyun, seeing the situation in front of him, he hurriedly said to Ye Jingyun, go to the head priest Bu Huilian to save me! Bu Huilian is British, and Ye Jingyun and Huang Yanpei met on the ship when they went to Japan and returned to China.He is one of the few foreign missionaries who advocates Chinese culture, and he respects scholars like Ye Huang even more.Therefore, after returning to China, they became their mutual friends after going back and forth. Ye Jingyun didn't dare to delay, and didn't even have time to send off the young relatives, so he hurriedly rented a carriage, rushed to the home of Bu Huilian, the head pastor of Shanghai's main church, and explained the whole story to him, hoping that he would come forward to intercede, as the head pastor Influence the Qing government to rescue Huang Yanpei in distress. Bu Huilian rushed to the magistrate's office in Nanhui at night, and through the mediation of various parties, Huang Yanpei and four others were rescued from the prison overnight.Immediately afterwards, the Chinese Educational Association and his party directly sent Huang Yanpei and others to the Pujiang Wharf and boarded the ship heading east to Japan. At that time, because the magistrate of Nanhui had already reported the crimes of Huang Yanpei and others to the governor of Liangjiang and the governor of Jiangsu, the governor of Jiangsu sent an order to "dissolve the province for investigation", but the governor of Liangjiang sent an order to "rectify the law on the spot". Please discuss with the two governments.While waiting for Shangfeng to discuss together, Bu Huilian rescued Huang Yanpei.Half an hour later, the county magistrate received a telegram from the governor and the governor after the consultation: "Fare to be executed on the spot." At this time, Huang Yanpei had already left Shanghai. Although Ye Hongjuan was still young, he witnessed this thrilling scene with his own eyes, and the image of a patriot was deeply imprinted on his young heart. My father summed up everything that happened in front of me as "reading books to save the country".For children, who is reading for?Not only for the glory of the ancestors, but also for the revitalization of the country. This kind of enlightenment does not seem to be outdated now. After Ye Hongjuan completed the enlightenment education expected by a scholarly family at that time in the form of private school, he entered the Jingye Higher Primary School run by his father smoothly. It's time to go to school, but the little Hongjuan is frowning.Ye Jingyun stopped him and asked if the book was missing.Because the school newly set up a foreign language class, which Ye Jingyun had never taught, so this book was missing from the Hongjuan's book box.Hongjuan shook his head and said no, the second brother of the foreign language secretary had already agreed to lend it to him.Ye Jingyun asked, why are you still not happy?Hongjuan looked at his father, lowered his head and twisted the corner of his clothes and said, I wanted to borrow his clothes but he refused. It was only then that Ye Jingyun noticed what Hongjuan was wearing. The green cloth gown was thin and small covering his body, and there were two holes in the robe on his lower body, exposing the cotton cover.Ye Jingyun's heart was sour, and his eyes were red. When Hongjuan was 7 years old, his mother fell ill and passed away.Now that several years have passed, Ye Jingyun has never noticed that his son is still wearing the clothes his mother bought for him when she was alive.He has grown taller, has clear eyebrows, is cute, and loves to dress up and be neat.These are of course good habits.It's just that I'm going to school tomorrow, so I don't have time to ask someone to make clothes.The maid can only do rough work, not needlework.Right now, I can only lend the second child's clothes to the third child to wear for a few days, and buy new clothes for him when the weather gets warmer.So he acted as a lobbyist himself, and after agreeing to the second child's many conditions, he brought the second child's clothes and changed them on the third child amidst the quarrel. The black cloth jacket of the second child is made of black silk, and the collar is inlaid with a circle of lamb's wool, which is very fashionable.It's just a little fat to wear on the body.But Ye Hongjuan said it didn't matter, just sew the button in, so he asked his maid to work under the lamp, and brought the second elder brother's green cloth robe, put it on, and lifted the robe up hard.连叫合身合身，就在屋里走来走去，竟至夜半方得歇息。 第二天，叶鸿眷穿着昨晚得来的“战利品”兴冲冲地出现在蓬莱路的街区上，正是阳春三月，太阳公公明晃晃地贴着他照，不一会儿他就走出了汗。里弄庭院里还有些偏冷，大天光下，一切都是那样温暖，看看自己肥大的衣服，叶鸿眷觉得自己有些不合时宜。好在没人注意他，他快步走进庙宇一样的学堂里，找到自己的班级，在报到簿上端端正正写下了自己的名字。