Chapter 405 404 [A Prophecy, a Speech]

Fu Donghua carried a black leather bag in his hand, and Shi Shiran walked into Central University. On the small road on campus, he stopped a student who was in a hurry and asked, "This classmate, Mr. Zhou Hexuan, is Mr. Zhou at school?"

The student said, "Are you also here to listen to Mr. Zhou's speech? Come on, let's go together."

"Speech?" Fu Donghua was taken aback, then smiled, "Yes, I'm here to listen to Mr. Zhou's speech."

The student walked quickly with Fu Donghua and kept urging: "Hurry up, hurry up, if you are slow, you will not be able to occupy a seat!"

Fu Donghua had no choice but to trot with his bag, and arrived at the auditorium more than ten minutes later, only to see that the entrance of the auditorium was full of people. Looking at it like that, let alone occupying a seat, it's hard to say whether you can squeeze in.

Suddenly, all the students in the auditorium rushed out, and they didn't know what happened inside.

The students who brought Fu Donghua to the auditorium quickly stepped forward and asked, "Student, why are you all gone?"

The man replied: "There are too many people, the auditorium can't hold it, and the speech is temporarily changed to the big playground."

"Is there not enough auditorium?" The student was very surprised.

Central University has the largest auditorium in the country with more than 2,700 seats, but it has not yet been completed. The main reason is that there is not enough money, and the work has stopped at this moment. After the new principal Zhu Jiahua takes office, he can get a government loan to continue the construction—the auditorium of Southeast University in later generations.

Fu Donghua came to the big playground with the students. In just a moment, thousands of people gathered in the playground, densely packed with black heads.

"There are too many people, it's just a speech." Fu Donghua muttered to himself.

Zhou Hexuan was also frightened, and said to Duan Xipeng with a smile: "Principal Duan, there are so many students in your school."

Duan Xipeng said: "Not all of them are students from Central University. I just asked, and there are also students from other schools in Nanjing. They heard that Mr. Zhou is going to give a speech, and they all skipped class to listen."

Skipping class to listen to a lecture?

Zhou Hexuan was sweating wildly, not knowing what to say.

Students in the Republic of China like to engage in activities, and speeches are one of them. They not only like to give speeches by themselves, but also like to listen to famous speeches.

This summer, when Lu Xun gave a speech at Peking University, he temporarily changed the lecture venue because the auditorium could not accommodate people—students from several schools in Peking came here admiringly.

Duan Xipeng asked someone to get a metal loudspeaker, handed it to Zhou Hexuan and said, "Mr. Zhou, use this, I don't have a microphone."

Zhou Hexuan walked up to the rostrum, raised the loudspeaker and said, "Students, hello everyone!"

The noisy and noisy playground suddenly quieted down, but it only paused for a few seconds before suddenly becoming noisy again.

"That's Mr. Zhou? He's really tall."

"Mr. Zhou is so young, he doesn't look like he's even 30 years old."

"Real people are more handsome than newspapers."

"..."

Facing the students' comments, Zhou Hexuan did not continue to speak, but stood silently on the stage, smiling and putting his hands behind his back.

About two or three minutes later, the playground gradually became quiet, and Zhou Hexuan said: "I also have two arms and one head, and I don't have superficiality. Have you seen enough?"

This joke made the atmosphere much more relaxed, and a small group of students actually replied in unison: "I haven't seen enough!"

"Then I'll give you another two minutes to take a good look!" Zhou Hexuan raised his hands and turned around to let the students look at the side and back.

"Hahaha!"

There was a burst of laughter in the playground.

Zhou Hexuan raised the loudspeaker again and said: "This is the first speech I gave in Nanjing. I am very glad that so many students came to listen. It seems that some people skip class because of this. For those students who skip class to listen to the speech, I have to remind In a word, remember to bring your teacher with you next time."

"Hahahaha." There was another laugh.

Using a few opening remarks to get closer to the students, Zhou Hexuan began to talk about the topic:

"What are we going to talk about today? It's not scholarship. Mr. Chen Yinke from Tsinghua University has already explained the speech on scholarship. He said, 'Only this independent spirit, free thought, has survived thousands of sacrifices, and has been with the world for a long time. Three lights and eternal light'. The spirit of independence, the thought of freedom, this is a very high pursuit, and I encourage you all.

Fourteen years ago, when Mr. Cai Zimin was the president of Peking University, he also gave a speech. He encouraged the students to study hard and not to waste their time, lest in the future they will not be able to be forced to make a living. Being a teacher will mislead their children, and being an official will even harm the country. This is a good saying. The most important task of being a student is to learn. As long as you learn the skills, you will be able to give full play to your strengths whether it is supporting your family, serving the country, or pursuing scientific truth.

These two gentlemen have finished what they have to say, and I will not pick up my teeth.

Today I will talk about something else, talk about nations and countries.

A few days ago, I held a meeting with some experts in linguistics, and one of the important topics discussed was whether Chinese characters should be abolished. Why is there such a discussion? Because China is ignorant, poor, and backward! It is so backward that the people of the country completely deny themselves. How bad is a country before it thinks about abolishing its own writing?

There is a big country to the west of us called India, and the official language of this country has become English. I don't want China to be like that. In the future, everyone will have to use English to write a lawsuit.

Some people may say that the situation in China today is the weak and poor since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. What Confucianism restricted the development of science, what emperor's dictatorship hindered democracy and the legal system, so some people clamored to overthrow the Confucian family shop, and some called for the abandonment of all old traditions. It seems that China's poverty and weakness today are all due to the bad things left by the ancestors. As long as these old dross are thrown away, China will suddenly become a big and powerful country.

Is that true?

When a person suffers from poverty, should he blame his parents for their incompetence? If a country is poor and weak, should it blame its ancestors for causing disasters to its descendants?

If you want me to say, we should work hard to make the country stronger. So that in a few decades, our descendants will say, look, those people of the previous generation have ruined the country like this, and let us continue to be the people of a weak country! "

Zhou Hexuan's tone became more and more passionate, no students made any more noise, and they all looked at him intently.

Zhou Hexuan continued:

"Some people will ask again, why is China so weak and is always bullied by foreigners? My answer is that there are many reasons, but it is definitely not because we Chinese are stupid, nor are we Chinese inferior.

But unfortunately, there are many people who hold this view in reality. When they see foreigners, they bow their heads and cannot straighten their backs at all. They look up to foreigners from the bottom of their hearts, as if white people are superior people, while yellow people are born inferior people.

We in China have been rich before. I won’t talk about the prosperity of the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. Everyone must know it. Even in the cowardly Song Dynasty, the Song people regarded themselves as the people of the Shang Kingdom, and looked down on the Liao, Jin and Xixia people from the bottom of their hearts.

We must first be self-reliant and self-reliant spiritually, and don't think that Chinese people are inferior to Westerners. We have to put in all our energy and work hard to catch up, instead of complaining about ourselves all day long.

Some people may think that the gap between countries is too great, and it will take China a hundred years to catch up with the United States and Britain. I don't agree with this view. I firmly believe that China will definitely recover, rise again, and stand among the world's great powers.

The United States is currently in an economic crisis. Washington, New York, Chicago, San Francisco... Hundreds of people starve to death every day on the streets of these big cities. It is by no means alarmist, nor is it just talking about it. Throughout 1930, the number of people who starved to death in the United States must have exceeded 100,000.

The economic crisis in the United States has spread to Europe and Japan. Germany and the United Kingdom are particularly tragic. According to the current situation in Germany, the crisis must be passed on by fighting, and the same is true for Japan. I dare to predict that within ten years, Germany will inevitably attack France, and Japan will invade China. At that time, it was a world war, and the Second World War was an unavoidable crisis for China. Danger, the danger of national subjugation and extinction, is also a Nirvana reborn from the ashes. As long as China can survive, it can seize the opportunity to revive again!

You and I will witness China's rise with our own eyes, and we must also contribute our own strength to China's rise! "

Zhou Hexuan's words went further and further away, no matter whether it was a student or a teacher, they were all dumbfounded.

What the hell is World War II?

Faintly, everyone felt a little excited again. If, as Zhou Hexuan said, if China seizes this historical opportunity, it may really be able to become stronger.

Zhou Hexuan almost yelled the next words: "As students, what you have to do is to study hard. Those who study engineering will manufacture machines and weapons for China in the war in the future; those who study science, whether it is physics or Chemistry is the cornerstone of a strong and rejuvenated country; those who study law and diplomacy, you have a heavy burden. After China wins the war, it will depend on you to try enemy war criminals in international courts! Those who study agriculture and medicine, you We must be responsible for the development of the national economy and the people’s livelihood! Those who study teachers, who study literature, and who study history, you must... all of you must be twisted into one rope, let us study for the rise of China, and fight for the rise of China!"

"Read for the rise of China!"

"Strive for the rise of China!

I don't know who shouted first, as if it could be contagious, enthusiastic slogans suddenly floated in the air of the playground.

Fu Donghua was a translator. Entrusted by the Commercial Press, he came to Nanjing from Shanghai to contact Zhou Hexuan for the translation and publication of "Titanic".

At this moment, hearing Zhou Hexuan's speech, Fu Donghua's blood boiled inexplicably. He raised his fist high and shouted together with the students around him: "Study for the rise of China, and fight for the rise of China!"

Zhou Hexuan calmed down his emotions, and said slowly: "Students, I am not guessing, let alone talking nonsense. If you know friends who study in Japan, you can ask them about how bad Japan's economy is now. Japanese folks The militarist ideology is so rampant. They are already making blatant propaganda and clamoring to conquer China by force. Before China can revive and rise, it must face the test of blood and fire. China has already lost once in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. China can no longer be defeated in this war. Gentlemen, please remember! If China survives, as long as China can survive, there will be a bright and broad road ahead!"

Zhou Hexuan bowed deeply, turned and left with the tin can in hand.