Chapter 8 Respect the king

Gu Hongming believes that Zeng Guofan's excellence lies in "not being full".Because Zeng was in control of the army at that time, and there were many talented people under his family, if he had the heart to oppose Manchuria, the world would break up, which would be worse than the Three Kingdoms.But the world is divided, and the great powers look at China covetously, and they will repeat the disaster of the five chaos.He borrowed the words of Confucius, "Miss Guan Zhong, I have been sent to the left lapel" and said: "Wei Zeng Wenzheng, I have cut my hair and short clothes."

In 1917, Gu Hongming participated in the "restoration of Zhang Xun" and was named "Minister of Foreign Affairs".After the restoration failed, Gu returned to Peking University to continue teaching English, and the radical teachers and students of Peking University gave him the hat of "restorationist".For this reason, the principal Cai Yuanpei defended it specially: "Among the teachers in this school, there are those who hold the theory of restoration with long braids. If what they teach is English literature and has nothing to do with politics, let them be listened to."

Feng Youlan talked about Gu Hongming: "He sometimes made random comments in the classroom and supported the monarchy. Once he said that the main reason for the current social chaos is that there is no monarch. For example, the law, you have to say 'law' (when you say it whisper), no one is afraid; if you say 'Wang Fa' (loudly, slapping the table), everyone will be afraid, without the word 'Wang' it won't work." At a faculty meeting at Peking University, Gu Hongming blatantly threatened: "If there is no emperor today, the homework of ethics can be omitted."

Gu Hongming respected Cai Yuanpei very much.After the outbreak of the May 4th Movement, Cai Yuanpei resigned as the principal, but Gu Hongming actively persuaded him to stay.He said: "The principal is the emperor of our school, so he must be retained." Gu Hongming said: "Cai Yuanpei and I are the only two good people in China now. If I don't advance and retreat with him, won't the good people in China be in a desperate situation?" Someone asked "good people" how to explain, he replied: "A good man has principles! Mr. Cai refused to be an official and went to the revolution after he was appointed to the Imperial Academy, and he is still a revolution. What about me? Since I was an official with Zhang Zhidong in the Qing Dynasty, I am still protecting the emperor. This kind of person Where is the third one!"

After the founding of the Republic of China, Gu Hongming, who had reached his later years, was summoned individually by Pu Yi for the first time.When Puyi invited him to "dinner" together in the Royal Garden of the Hall of Good Hearts, Gu, who was always lonely and proud, was so nervous that he couldn't speak a word.Gu Hongming believed that this was the most proud thing in his life, and until his deathbed, this summoning "still comforted his soul".