Chapter 260 259【Annoyance】
When Zhou Hexuan walked out of the classroom, he bumped into Luo Jialun, the principal of Tsinghua University.
Luo Jialun shook hands with him with a smile and said: "Mr. Zhou, I stood outside and listened to your talk for half an hour. It was really good. I invited the right person this time."
"It turns out that Principal Luo came to test my teaching level." Zhou Hexuan joked.
Luo Jialun's words are not flattering. He himself studied history and philosophy, and now he is also the head of the Department of History at Tsinghua University. At the same time, Luo Jialun traveled to many countries in Europe and America, minoring in literature, education, ethnic geography, anthropology and so on.
It is estimated that Luo Jialun understood what Zhou Hexuan said in class earlier than those students.
Luo Jialun said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou's academic insights are amazing to explain the history of human civilization from a philosophical point of view. There are so many types of knowledge involved, it makes me, who studies history, philosophy and anthropology, feel deeply ashamed."
Zhou Hexuan casually mentioned: "Just now a student named Wu Jinding said that he discovered a prehistoric relic in Shandong and is applying for archaeological excavation funds. I think this activity can be supported, and it may be a big discovery."
Luo Jialun thought for a while and said, "I will seriously consider it."
Historically, Luo Jialun has never approved this archaeological funding, and it has been delayed for two or three years. In the end, the Academia Sinica and the Shandong Department of Education jointly conducted archaeological excavations.
That's Longshan culture!
Later generations, through DNA research and comparison, found that the Y chromosome of the ancient residents of the Longshan culture was completely consistent with the theme of the modern Han nationality. From the perspective of Y chromosome O3 alone, at least 60%-70% of the Han people in various parts of China come from the Longshan culture.
In other words, most of the modern Han people are actually direct descendants of the ancient Longshan culture, which has not changed for more than 5,000 years.
There are a large number of flower patterns (mainly roses) in the temples and utensils of the Longshan Culture, which are speculated by archaeologists to be related to the "Hua (Tonghua)" tribe, which is probably the "Hua" in the Chinese civilization. Various subsequent archaeological discoveries have shown that Longshan Culture is related to the legendary Yao, Shun, and Yu eras.
Of course, the sooner this kind of archaeological excavation that can reveal the source of Chinese civilization is carried out, the better. Many of the ruins in Longshan Town, Zhangqiu are already in the open air. Maybe some local farmers brought ancient black pottery back home to make pickle jars. It would be an unacceptable loss to destroy any one casually.
Zhou Hexuan said: "Principal Luo, I really hope that the relics can be discovered as soon as possible. Because from the description of student Wu Jinding, it is very likely that there are ancient relics, and it may be the source of our Chinese civilization."
"Well," Luo Jialun wondered, "Shandong is still in chaos, bandits are everywhere, and the warlords have not been wiped out. Now archaeological research may be dangerous in the past."
"No problem," Zhou Hexuan said, "I can help contact the Shandong provincial government, and Tsinghua University and Shandong will jointly carry out the excavation. What do you think?"
Luo Jialun had a terrible headache. He couldn't figure out why Zhou Hexuan cared so much about archeology because of Mao, so he said perfunctorily, "I'll think about it again."
"What's there to think about?" Zhou Hexuan pretended to be angry, "If Principal Luo disagrees, then I won't be a professor anymore."
Luo Jialun was sweating wildly, anyway, Tsinghua thieves have money, and they don't lack those few. He thought for a while and finally nodded and said, "Okay, I will allocate 3,000 yuan for archaeological funds first. If there are major discoveries, I will make additional funds at that time."
"Then it's a deal!" Zhou Hexuan cheered up.
If he is free, Zhou Hexuan can also go to the archaeological site and witness the excavation of the Longshan site with his own eyes. Thinking about it, I am a little excited.
Without hesitation, Zhou Hexuan immediately dragged Luo Jialun to find Li Ji, and said, "Professor Li, President Luo has agreed to allocate funds to excavate the ruins of Zhangqiu Longshan Town!"
"Really, that's great." Li Ji was quite happy.
Of course, Li Ji did not expect what a great archaeological discovery would be waiting for him at this time.
When Zhou Hexuan came to Tsinghua for the first time, he met Liang Qichao, Wang Guowei, Chen Yanke and other masters. It's a pity that Li Ji was doing archaeology in the field at that time, so he never had the chance to meet him. When we meet today, we should naturally have a good chat.
In the evening, Wang Guowei, Chen Yinke, and Zhao Yuanren were called up, and they all went to a restaurant to drink together.
Because of Zhou Hexuan's reminder, Wang Guowei's eldest son did not die of illness, and he did not fall out with his in-law Luo Zhenyu because of this. Naturally, he would not be too tempted to commit suicide by diving, and he is still alive and well.
At the wine table, Wang Guowei sighed and said: "I still remember that at the beginning, all the colleagues of the Academy of Chinese Studies gathered together for a drink, but now they go their separate ways. The world is impermanent and unpredictable."
The once brilliant Academy of Chinese Studies of Tsinghua University has actually stopped enrolling students since last year, and only recruited a few this year.
As for the masters of the Academy of Chinese Studies, Liang Qichao resigned due to illness and lived in the Tianjin Concession for a long time; Liang Suming went to be the principal of a middle school in Guangdong;
When Zhou Hexuan went south a while ago, he suffered from the fact that there was no one to manage the supplement of Dazhong——Shen Congwen had more talent than love, but lacked management ability. He asked Hu Zhengzhi to help hire someone to be the editor-in-chief. Who would have thought that Wu Mi, the founder of the Tsinghua Academy of Chinese Studies, would be invited here.
Wu Mi was willing to accept the employment of the supplement of "Dazhong" mainly because he had no ambitions in Tsinghua University. The scale of the Institute of Chinese Studies, which was established with great pains, has been reduced again and again, and the professors have gone their separate ways. He felt uncomfortable staying in Tsinghua, so he simply resigned and left.
Zhao Yuanren was also annoyed at the wine table: "Our new Principal Luo is really amazing. It is stipulated that morning exercises are done at 6:30 every morning, and students have to get up at least 6 o'clock. What kind of field military activities are going to be done on weekends? Training. A few of my proud disciples don’t even have time to gather with me on weekends, so what kind of academic research are they doing? Why don’t they just go to serve as soldiers!”
"Haha," Li Ji smiled bitterly, "I'm not the same. Military training takes up a lot of time, and the students can't even complete the homework I assigned."
Wang Guowei comforted: "Be content, at least he didn't make the teachers recite the Three Principles of the People."
As soon as this remark came out, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Luo Jialun was really too hurtful. He abruptly added the Three People's Principles course to each student, which aroused strong resentment from teachers and students.
Well, this is the Republican version of the ideological and political class.
Although Fengyong University's teaching is also militarized, it is much easier to say than Tsinghua University, at least there is no regulation on when to eat and sleep.
After a meal, several masters took turns complaining about Luo Jialun.
Zhou Hexuan learned from them that Luo Jialun had dismissed more than 20 teachers in less than a week after taking office, equivalent to one-fifth of the total number of teachers in Tsinghua University.
Although this is not humane, Zhou Hexuan admires Luo Jialun very much. This person's spirit of drastic reform is commendable. Moreover, his reforms are justified and well-founded, eliminating a large number of redundant and inadequate faculty members, and then recruiting outstanding professors, which will be of great benefit to the future development of Tsinghua University.
Compared with Luo Jialun's Tsinghua University's education reform, Li Shizeng's education reform is like a child's play, and it makes people laugh when you think about it.