Chapter 263 262 [Science Fiction]

Liang Mansion, Ice Drinking Room.

Liang Qichao looked at the finger with a magnifying glass for a long while, then raised his head and said: "This is suet jade, engraved with the imperial pen of Qianlong on it, it is undoubtedly genuine. It is a pity that the burial time is too short, and the jade flower (a kind of color) will not be born. , the appearance is a bit ugly. If Mingcheng likes it, if he puts this white jade on his fingers for ten years, it should be able to become a fine product."

"I don't have time for jade," Zhou Hexuan said with a wry smile, "Just donate it to the Palace Museum."

"This is a wonderful move." Zhong Guanguang, who was sitting next to him, praised.

Mr. Zhong has been living in Beiping since he was dismissed from his position as acting principal of Peking University. A few days ago, he received a letter of appointment from Zhejiang University, inviting him to be an associate professor at the Agricultural College of Zhejiang University. Zhong Guanguang immediately packed his bags and prepared to leave.

Zhong Guanguang really didn't want to teach. He traveled all over the famous rivers and mountains in the north, so he just took this opportunity to go to Zhejiang to collect animal and plant specimens. Historically, Zhong Guan traveled all over Tiantai Mountain, Tianmu Mountain, Yandang Mountain and other mountains in Zhejiang, collected more than 700 animal and plant specimens, and established the herbarium of Zhejiang University Agricultural College.

Liang Qichao nodded and said, "It's safe to put it in the Forbidden City."

Zhong Guanguang said with emotion: "The Palace Museum is the only benevolent government of the Beiyang government in terms of culture. It is unimaginable that the Nanjing Nationalist Government wants to abandon it. Fortunately, there are scholars and gentlemen who argue hard, otherwise those treasures in the palace will not be there. How much will be lost overseas."

"This National Government," Liang Qichao shook his head again and again, "I don't like it."

The Palace Museum was founded in 1925, that is, after Feng Yuxiang drove Puyi out of the palace, and it is open to all citizens - tickets are required. On the first day of the opening of the Forbidden City, tens of thousands of people in Beiping City rushed to witness the true face of the Palace, and there was a traffic jam.

That's right, a traffic jam, a big traffic jam in 1925.

If you want to go in and visit, you have to stand in line for several hours.

Later, every time the Beiyang government changed its owner, it had to put its mind on the Forbidden City. Both Duan Qirui and Zhang Zuolin wanted to lay hands on the treasures in the palace. Thanks to the joint committee of the Forbidden City Board of Directors fighting for it, countless national treasures were able to be preserved.

In order to prevent the Forbidden City from being controlled by warlords, Mr. Zhuang Yunkuan even borrowed 30,000 yuan from the bank in his own name to support the daily maintenance expenses of the Forbidden City.

After the victory of the Northern Expedition, the scholars and gentlemen who protected the Forbidden City thought that the world would be peaceful in the future and the Forbidden City would not suffer another catastrophe.

Unexpectedly, Jing Hengyi (a great educator), a member of the State Council, proposed that the Palace Museum should be abolished, and the buildings and national treasures inside should be auctioned in batches... Isn't this nonsense?

When Zhou Hexuan proposed marriage in Jiujiang a while ago, more than 1,000 people from the northern cultural circle organized activities to protect the Forbidden City. Just half a month ago, Zhang Ji, a veteran of the Nationalist Party, wrote to the Central Political Conference, criticizing Jing Hengyi's proposal to auction off the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City was finally preserved, and the director of the Palace Museum at this time was Yi Peiji, the Minister of Agriculture and Mining who helped Zhou Hexuan promote harvesters.

Both Liang Qichao and Zhong Guanguang were quite dissatisfied with the current national government, and the two old men complained in various ways. Especially the education reform in the north, Liang Qichao called it "nonsense", and Zhong Guangguan called it "a big joke".

Zhong Guangguan said to Zhou Hexuan: "Mingcheng, I heard that you are supporting the resumption of Peking University students?"

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said, "It's not the resumption of school, but the resumption of classes. The task of students is to study, and it's not an option to be idle all day long and parade. I plan to pay some money personally to support teachers who are willing to take classes, and continue teaching activities at Peking University. "

"I'm afraid you will offend Li Shizeng by what you do," Zhong Guanguang said worriedly.

"It's a joke, he suspended classes at the Nine Public Schools in Pingjin, and I can't let the students resume classes?" Zhou Hexuan said disdainfully.

Liang Qichao shook his head helplessly: "It would be nice to be able to distinguish between black and white in official affairs. If you are dedicated to serving the public, others will think you are singing the opposite."

Zhou Hexuan said: "I'm not an official, even if I broke up with Li Shizeng, can he still arrest me?"

Zhong Guanguang stroked his beard and smiled, "That's true. The so-called being strong without desire, there is nothing terrible about being upright."

Liang Qichao asked his servants to fetch a stack of tomes from the study, and said to Zhou Hexuan and Zhong Guangguan, "This is the "Ice Drinking Room Collection" I just published, and I would like to invite you two to learn from it."

"Definitely read it!" Zhong Guang said.

Zhou Hexuan opened the catalog, flipped through it, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Ren, why wasn't your science fiction novel selected?"

"Fiction?" Liang Qichao didn't respond.

""The Future of New China"." Zhou Hexuan said.

"Hahahaha," Liang Qichao laughed awkwardly and waved his hands, "It's a delusion, don't mention it, don't mention it!"

Liang Qichao has written that original novel in his life, the content is about the situation after the successful reform in 1962. The opening chapter is that all nations come to court, China holds the World Expo in Nanjing, and the two protagonists argue about the constitutional monarchy and the democratic revolution.

This science fiction novel was conceived for five years, but the eunuch threw it away after writing only five chapters. It belongs to the dark history of Liang Qichao's youth.

Zhou Hexuan said: "I think it's very interesting, Mr. Ren Gong might as well try to revise and continue writing."

"I don't have the talent to write novels," Liang Qichao said with a wry smile. "That book was written when I was most frustrated and confused after the failure of the reformation. What Restoration?"

Thinking of the future Shanghai World Expo, Zhou Hexuan said with emotion: "In reality, China may not be able to become one of the world's leading powers and hold world-class exhibitions like in Mr.'s novel."

Liang Qichao said disdainfully: "Only relying on the national government?"

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Maybe there is a more advanced party that overthrows its rule and leads China to prosperity."

As soon as this remark came out, both Liang Qichao and Zhong Guanguang changed their colors in surprise.

Liang Qichao asked in a low voice: "Is Mingcheng a member of the Red Party?"

Zhou Hexuan quickly defended: "I didn't say anything, I just sympathized with them."

Zhong Guangguan warned: "Be honest and cautious, and you must not say such words indiscriminately. Chang Kaishen is watching over there, and catches every one he sees."

"I know," Zhou Hexuan asked, changing the subject, "Mr. Ren, did you hear that Mr. Ling has returned to China?"

"You said Sicheng," Liang Qichao said with a smile, "he took Huiyin to teach at Northeastern University. I originally wanted them to go to Tsinghua University, which would be closer to Tianjin. But a few days ago, the president and vice president of Tsinghua University both He hasn’t taken office yet, and no one is in charge of it.”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Next time I have fate, I will definitely ask Mr. Ling for advice in person."

"He studied architecture, and he doesn't know as much as you do." Liang Qichao said.

After chatting for half a day, Zhong Guangguan got up to say goodbye, and he had to take a boat to Zhejiang University to take up his post.

When Zhou Hexuan returned home, before his butt was warm, a student representative from Peking University came to ask for an interview, saying that the resumption of classes was almost ready.