The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

After lunch, the four went downstairs and met a rickshaw.

After Zhou Hexuan inquired, he found out that the drivers' strike had won, and the major dealers agreed to reduce their daily wages by 50 renminbi.

In fact, the driver's request was to reduce the 300 Wen, but the two sides argued for several days. Recently, Miaofeng Mountain in Beiping was in Kaixiang City again, and there were many pilgrims who turned to Miaofeng Mountain to worship Buddha nearby. That's why Zhou Hexuan and Lu Xun saw the prosperous scene when they got off the bus. The station was much more crowded than usual.

Neither the car dealer nor the driver wanted to miss out on these deals, and both parties took a step back to settle the matter.

Just as there are many factions in the Beiping City Government, the Peking Rickshaw Drivers Union also has many factions, and even the Red Party has sent members to join.

Due to the deliberate instigation by all parties, this autumn the coachmen in Peking will riot. They will smash and loot trams whenever they see them. A total of 63 locomotives and trailers were smashed, 10 tram tracks were excavated, and 5 wooden pavilions in the station hall were demolished. The direct economic loss was hundreds of thousands of yuan. More than 30 tram workers were injured, and more than 60 people were robbed of their property.

This riot shocked people both at home and abroad. Although members of our party participated, the real instigator was Wang Zhaoming.

Wang Zhaoming and Chang Kaishen's people fought for the control of the Peking Federation of Trade Unions. After they failed, they encouraged the coachmen to make trouble, and even told the representatives of the coachmen: You will only have food if you smash the tram. smash it! If something goes wrong, we are responsible. "

As a result, more than 1,400 coachmen were arrested, and the four leaders who initiated the riot were shot, and the working people became victims of the factional struggle of the Nationalist Party.

After the victory of the Northern Expedition, Beiping was a hundred times more chaotic than during the Beiyang government, with all aspects in a mess, and no one had the ability to control the situation.

"Goodbye, Mr. Zhou!" Lu Xun shook hands with Zhou Hexuan.

"Goodbye!"

The two sat in a rickshaw and headed for their respective destinations.

Not far away, Zhou Hexuan slapped his head violently: "Oh, I forgot to ask Lu Xun to write a few words! It's a big loss."

Even with Sun Yongzhen's honesty and honesty, he couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this - Mr. Zhou still couldn't change his hobby.

When he came to Tsinghua University, Zhou Hexuan gave two more lectures on "History of Human Civilization", and then ran straight to the I-shaped hall. He went to Wang Guowei's house, but found that he was not there, saying that he was at the "Yichun Courtyard".

Well, everyone, stop complaining about the name "Yichunyuan".

Yichun Courtyard is on the west side of the Gongzi Hall, and there is a hanging flower gate, with three big characters "Yichun Courtyard" engraved on the forehead. As early as the Qing Dynasty, this place was specially used to accommodate actors, actors and dancers in the palace lived there.

Zhou Hexuan walked through the porch and saw Wang Guowei, Chen Yinke and others sitting in the pavilion, as well as Li Shuhua, the vice president of National Peking University.

"Mr. Zhou, you came just in time!" Li Shuhua said happily.

Zhou Hexuan walked over and sat down, and asked with a smile, "Are you having a poetry meeting here?"

Li Shuhua said: "Peking University is preparing to establish a Peking Research Institute. I am in charge of preparing for the establishment of the Institute of History of the Institute. Today I am here to invite several masters of Chinese studies to join the Institute."

"This is a good thing." Zhou Hexuan said.

Although the educational reforms carried out by Cai Yuanpei and Li Shizeng failed, there are some bright spots. For example, the Academia Sinica in Nanjing and the Peking Research Institute in Beiping, these two research institutes competed and developed with each other, and were the top research institutions in China during the Republic of China.

In terms of status, it is roughly equivalent to the later Academy of Social Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, and they also trained many talents.

For example, Mr. Wu Dayou, the sixth dean of Academia Sinica, had two assistants at Southwest Associated University, named Li Zhengdao and Yang Zhenning. For example, Mr. Hua Luogeng, a famous mathematician, is the first academician of Academia Sinica. Another example is Li Siguang and Mr. Zhu Kezhen, who are members of the Peking Research Institute (equivalent to academicians).

Take the Academia Sinica as an example, until after the Anti-Japanese War, foreign experts commented: "The biology department of Academia Sinica is close to the highest level in the world, the mathematics and science department is comparable to the world's top level, and the humanities department is almost world-class."

Although this evaluation is a bit too flattering, it is not too outrageous.

Li Shuhua said with great enthusiasm: "Mr. Zhou, the establishment of the Peking Research Institute has been carefully planned. We have already cooperated with the Peking Library, the Palace Museum, the Beiping Museum of Natural History, the Peking Geological Survey Institute, the Sino-French University Research Institute, the Ba Chinese and foreign academic institutions such as Siddell College have obtained cooperation. And the research funding has also been guaranteed, and the central government has promised to allocate 50,000 yuan a month. Mr. Zhou, you are an authority on international history. Why don’t you join the Institute of History? The position of deputy director is vacant. .”

"No, I can join the Institute of History, but I don't have to be the deputy director." Zhou Hexuan quickly expressed his opinion.

Those in charge of the Peking Research Institute are all a group of people who studied in France, and they are all Li Shizeng's cronies.

Even if Zhou Hexuan could become an official in the research institute, it would be nothing more than empty air. When there were differences of opinion, he would never be able to compete with others.

Li Shuhua happily said: "It's great that Mr. Zhou can join!"

Could Li Shuhua be unhappy?

Zhou Hexuan's achievements in the field of history are highly praised by even European historians, and he can be regarded as a great god.

With Zhou Hexuan sitting in the Institute of Historiography of the Peking Research Institute, it is equivalent to a banner, and maybe there will be foreign colleagues coming to communicate with each other in the future.

The most important thing is that although the Academia Sinica and the Peking Research Institute are still in the preparatory period, the competition between the two sides is already very fierce, and the competition for talents is soaring. If the Peking Research Institute doesn't hire Zhou Hexuan quickly, maybe in a few days, someone from Nanjing will be sent over to invite him.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "I have a suggestion. The Peking Research Institute can select several academic talents every year and award them the title of academician. Academician represents the lofty status of this person in related fields, represents a great honor, and can inspire more Let’s work hard together.”

"That's a good idea," Li Shuhua agreed, "I will report to Mr. Shi Zeng."

Historically, the Academia Sinica and the Beijing Research Institute began to award scholars with the title of academician (member) many years after their establishment.

After talking about the Institute of History, Zhou Hexuan got to the point: "Gentlemen, I came here this time to ask for a name for my little girl. I racked my brains to think of more than a dozen names, but none of them are satisfactory."

"Hahahaha," Chen Yinke laughed, "Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhou, who is famous all over the world, is helpless when it comes to naming his daughter."

Wang Guowei asked, "What does Mingcheng expect from his daughter?"

Zhou Hexuan said: "I don't have any expectations. I don't expect her to have anything in the future, as long as she can live a happy, peaceful, happy life."

Chen Yinke complained: "You don't have any expectations? Regardless of men or women, who wouldn't want to have that kind of life?"

"That's true." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Wang Guowei pondered for a moment and asked, "How is Lingjun?"

Zhou Hexuan was overjoyed suddenly, clapped his hands and said, "This name is wonderful, it's called Zhou Lingjun!"

"Lingjun" is Qu Yuan's word. Its original meaning is to describe the land is beautiful and flat, and it can also be understood as Lingshan and balanced. Kindness, Smartness, Fairness, Harmony...