Chapter 3 second quarter

In the new-style school, in addition to learning Chinese, classics and history that he was familiar with, he also had to study geology, current affairs, natural history, western arithmetic, physics and chemistry, foreign languages, physical education and other courses.The reason why the school is named "Jingye" is to take Zhu Xi's sentence "A person who is dedicated to his work is dedicated to his career."This coincides with the theory of "reading to save the country" taught by his father, especially the school motto "diligence in study, dedication to work, earnest practice and careful thinking" has won his heart.So he plunged into the sea of ​​books and swam.

According to Ye Hongjuan's original interest in studying in Jingye Academy for a few years, if he continues to study Chinese studies, he may become a future master of Chinese studies.However, like a star deviating from its original orbit, he deviated from the originally established development direction and walked towards another road. "Plant phoenix bamboos in the garden, and grow dragon fish in the pond", according to Ye Jingyun's design and the inheritance of the Ye family's family, the gifted and intelligent family members should follow the road of "study and excellence, then official".However, what happened to his father in his later years deeply affected the Ye family's judgment.Grandpa passed away a year before the Hong family was born. In his father's narration, the grandpa who was sitting in the middle of the hall wearing an official uniform, his eyes gradually changed from stiff to gentle.He is familiar with the story of grandpa.However, every time the father tells, some new content will be added, and these often told new stories can always make the family excited.My father once again talked about my grandfather’s trip to Guangzhou, about the hand-to-hand combat of the defenders when the foreigners captured the fort. The Qing soldiers went forward without exception, and no one took half a step back, but the foreigners held rifles and worked in groups of three. When he rushed forward, he pulled the trigger unhurriedly, like shooting prey, and knocked the Qing soldiers to the ground with a "hoo".The comparison of firepower between the enemy and us is not the same at all.Although our military strength is several times greater than that of foreigners, the range of our artillery and fast guns is much worse than that of foreigners.Even when the foreigners lined up and charged, our guns were fired, but the enemy soldiers were not damaged.When the enemy fights back, our fortifications will be blown into the sky with just one charge, and the defenders will lose nine out of ten.As the battle progressed, without exception, there would be scenes similar to the British "hunting", and its behavior was not fighting, but killing.But no one denies the bravery of Chinese soldiers. Even if foreigners are full of contempt for the commanders of the Chinese army, they will give their thumbs up when they talk about the bravery and sacrifice of Chinese soldiers.

Why is that? Grandpa once beat his chest and said, sharp weapons are also sharp weapons.Laozi said: The sharp weapon of the country should not be shown to others. Our Qing Dynasty lacks the sharp weapon of the country, so what!No way! !No way! ! ! Ye Mingchen's face also appeared in his father's narrative.The "Four Books" and "Five Classics" he read were exactly the same as those read by his grandfather and father. From the perspective of monarchs, ministers, fathers and sons, the lines of this kind of enlightenment were meticulous and clear, and it effectively controlled the thinking of an empire.However, it cannot produce sharp weapons.

Although Ye Mingchen preserved his reputation with the posture of "Su Wu on the Sea", it is still a tragedy, a deep tragedy, for a country and a nation. Ye Jingyun deciphered a profound proposition from his father's sigh: it is useless to read the scriptures well, and we must find another way to find a new way to save the country.He set his sights on Western science. His transformation affected a school. Of course, his third son, Ye Hongjuan, was most affected by him. It was because of Ye Jingyun's influence that Ye Hongjuan was able to calm down and concentrate on reading in such a noisy and chaotic world.

After entering the Jingye School, Ye Hongjuan, who walked out of the deep and lonely home school, was once intoxicated by the bright freedom and the broad environment, and was really excited for many days.He made several friends, such as Zheng Xinji who is sensitive and studious, Pan Weiyu who is versatile, Li Jingpeng who is ice-snow and smart, and Su Min who is knowledgeable and so on.They often talked about poetry and papers together. Several times, they went to Longshan Normal School where the elder brother Ye Hongji belonged together to "show off", because the elder brother often told his classmates how good his younger brother was in Chinese.At that time, literary clubs were popular in various schools, that is, today's literary clubs. Most of the literary clubs had the habit of meeting friends through literature. Among them, composing poems and lyrics became a routine subject for the members of the literary club. The purpose of the "confrontation" between the relatives and them is to test the depth of the relatives.There are four or five members of the Hong family, all of whom are newborn calves who are not afraid of tigers, so you will pay tribute to each other one by one, but the people from the literary society will not take advantage of it once they come and go.For example, with a poem titled "Ti Sui Yuan <Zi Bu Yu>", which is limited to five-character rhythms, Ye Hongjuan recited aloud: "Zi Bu's words become prophecies, and the flames and cool hearts grow by themselves. The original season of the book is the same. There is a natural solution to righteousness. Aspirations and worries can be exhausted, but you can’t search for strange articles. If you teach poetry and tea, what will happen after all.” Hongjuan’s poems are clear and elegant, sparse and fluttering. Although they are impromptu Fu, there are quite a few words Skill, it made these brothers feel ashamed for a while.And Zheng Xinji, Su Min and Li Jingpeng also made extraordinary moves.When he arrived at the place, Pan Weiyu's hands started to itch, and he asked someone to find paper, pen and ink, and he just swiped them impromptuly. After a while, a picture of rain and lotus with splashed ink appeared on the paper. , Immediately suppressed the words that were about to laugh at the little brothers, and changed them to sincere praise.

They didn't know each other, they became literary friends, and they often walked around with each other.Years later, in Ye's letter, he also enthusiastically talked with his classmates about their shared experience of reciting poems and playing prose at Longshan School. In addition to Longshan School, there is another place that Ye Hongjuan often visits, and that is Zhang Yuan. Zhang Garden was originally owned by a foreigner named Ge Nong. He was engaged in gardening and flower business. He planned and designed most of the gardens of foreign businessmen in Shanghai, so there were many exotic flowers and plants purchased from overseas in the garden. In 1882, Zhang Shuhe, a native of Wuxi, bought this garden with a lot of money, and used it as a place to honor his mother, hence the name "Zhang Garden".After his mother passed away, Zhang imitated the system of famous gardens such as Suzhou Lion Forest, expanded and expanded, and carefully carved, and it became a scenic spot in Shanghai.At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, it was turned into a playground in Shanghai, and tours and commemorative meetings were often held here.After the establishment of the China Education Association, whenever there are rallies and speeches, they are also held here.For a while, Zhang Yuan became the activity center of Shanghai scholars.

If we interpret the 20th century in terms of words, there is one word that has resounded for almost a century, and that is "revolution".According to historical data, it was Liang Qichao who first introduced Marx to Chinese people.In the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, that is, in October 1902, he published the article "The Theory of Evolutionary Revolutionary Jie De" in "Xinmin Congbao". Mann, the master of socialism..." From then on, the word "revolution" spread like wildfire, and became the most popular buzzword used by people at that time.In May of the same year, Zou Rong's "Revolutionary Army" was published by Shanghai Datong Publishing Company, and he loudly called out the anti-Qing revolution, which caused a strong shock in the society.Lu Xun said: "If we talk about the influence, then thousands of other words probably can't match the "Revolutionary Army" written by Zou Rong, a former soldier of the revolutionary army." It was republished in Shanghai again in 2010, which caused a great uproar in the world. In the article, he refuted Kang Youwei's statement that "China can only establish a constitution, but not revolution." Let’s go. Revolution is not a strong medicine of Tianxiong rhubarb, but a good medicine that has both nourishing and purging properties.”Zhang Taiyan was originally a student of Yu Yue, a famous master of Chinese studies. He was alienated from his study because he participated in anti-Qing activities. When he was wanted by the Qing court again and sneaked back to Soochow University in Suzhou, he visited his teacher Yu Yue.At this time, Yu Yue is in his dying years.He was furious when he saw his disciples.Because Zhang Taiyan is his most valued student, he is intelligent in nature and has superhuman aptitude, but he has difficulty in calming down, wandering around all day long, and does not care about learning.Yu Yue called him "unfaithful and unfilial, not human", and asked his students to "beat the drum and attack him".However, Zhang Taiyan insisted on reasoning. He said, Mr. is a master of Confucian classics, but where did the classics come from? Isn't it about Wenjiezi and Chinese characters?However, the day when Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty hanged himself was the day when China fell.Where does the evidence of loyalty and filial piety that Mr. said come from? Isn't it from the mouth of a sage?However, Confucius and Mencius are Chinese, not Qing people.Mr. Gu Yanwu, the teacher of Confucian classics, didn't Gu Ning just turn his life back to the Qing Dynasty and not be an official?Why can't I take Master Gu as my sect to travel and study textual research to fight against the Qing Dynasty and drive the world with my heart full?So he wrote "Xie Benshi" and his teacher.After that, Zhang Taiyan wandered all over the world, advocating revolution. Although he was arrested many times by the Qing court, he still remained steadfast.

When the China Education Association was established, Zhang Taiyan was in Japan.Just the day before the establishment of the Education Association, he, Sun Yat-sen and others held the "Commemorative Meeting of the 242nd Year of the Subjugation of the Zhongxia Kingdom" in Yokohama, Japan. The early anti-Qing struggle.Sun Yat-sen and Liang Qichao were both supporters and supporters of the commemoration.After the establishment of the Patriotic Society, Zhang Taiyan had returned from Japan. Cai Yuanpei found Zhang Taiyan and asked him to teach Chinese for the society.Zhang Taiyan's first composition assignment for students was to ask each student to write their own "Ben Ji".The so-called "Benji" is a style in ancient Chinese literature that specifically records the lives of emperors and state events. Zhang's move is really deviant, showing his contempt for the autocratic monarchy.The students expressed their feelings from royalist to revolutionary in their "Ben Ji", which aroused Zhang's praise. In class, he talked about how he got rid of the shackles of "Ji Kong Baohuang", and cited the secrets of his family's survivors to educate students .Zhang's family is rich in Yuhang, Zhejiang Province, and once founded Shaonan Academy, Zhang's Yizhuang and so on.Although my father and others had been officials in the Qing Dynasty, when they were buried after death, they must wear the clothes of the Ming people to show that they did not forget the shame of their family and country.Zhang Taiyan said that when he was a child, he had read the "Donghualu" kept at home, and most of the records in the book were Qing court literary prison cases, so he had the idea of ​​​​anti-Qing revolution at a young age.Not only that, the Patriotic Society followed the advice of Zhang Taiyan and Wu Zhihui to spread the idea of ​​anti-Qing revolution to the society, and decided to give a public speech in Zhangyuan once a month.Most of the teachers of the Patriotic Society had given speeches in Zhang Yuan, among which Wu Zhihui gave the most speeches. When it was Zhang Taiyan's turn to speak, his behavior was the most unexpected. , only revolution!" A few words won applause from the audience.

From then on, Zhangyuan became a place frequented by students. In addition, Zhangyuan is also a place for students to gather and parade.After Russia refused to withdraw its troops in accordance with the Sino-Russian Treaty on the Handover of the Three Eastern Provinces, and instead made seven unreasonable demands to the Qing government, more than a thousand people from the Patriotic Society and Shanghai people gathered in Zhangyuan to protest, which aroused strong repercussions across the country . Whenever Ye Hongjuan came back from Zhang Yuan, their emotions would fluctuate for a long time.The students remember Zhang Taiyan's speech most vividly.Although Zhang Taiyan had been in prison for several years at this time, the students could still imitate him, jumping and shouting in class: Revolution!revolution……

The topic of revolution therefore entered Ye Hongjuan's family. However, Ye Jingyun did not let the "revolution" linger in his family for too long.Although it is known from some materials that his family had paid a heavy price for sympathizing with the revolution, he still managed to guide Ye Hongjuan back to his desk, and his heart has remained calm ever since.When Ye Hongjuan recalled this period of his study, he said: "I have read quite a lot of ancient books since I was a teenager... These ancient books make me a bit orthodox..."