Go back to the past and be a schoolboy

Chapter 262 Welcome to My New Class

"No... no problem."

Faced with Cai Yuanpei's question on the rostrum, Fu Sinian seemed a little at a loss, but he didn't dare to look back at Cheng Nuo who was next to him, for fear of being found out.

"Well, we at Peking University pay attention to democratic centralism. If you have any questions, you can not only ask them in class, but also in private. We welcome your suggestions and suggestions." Cai Yuanpei reassured from above in an elder tone.

As the "behind the scenes" of the students, although Cheng Nuo was a little emotional just now, he reacted at this moment and stood up and patted the student on the shoulder, let him sit down and said to the stage: "Mr. Cai, it was me just now!" I am communicating with classmate Fu about something, the reason is that I am not with him."

"It doesn't matter." Cai Yuanpei waved his hand and joked: "Professor Cheng always sees the beginning and the end, and it is difficult for us students to see him. Now that we have finally caught up with our opening ceremony, it is not appropriate for Professor Cheng to just sit in the audience ah."

Before he finished speaking, Cai Yuanpei took the initiative to step down from the rostrum, stood in the aisle and raised his hands towards the students on both sides: "Students, on such an important day, should we invite our Professor Cheng to speak a few words? You say, right?"

"Yes~" The students looked at Cheng Nuo who was behind and shouted in unison.

Among them, Fu Sinian, who was next to him, shouted especially loudly, pulling his throat for fear that Cheng Nuo would not hear him, which made Cheng Nuo both helpless and funny.

Passing through the crowd, Cheng Nuo looked up, Wen Yin was looking at this side with a smile on his face, and found that Cheng Nuo couldn't help covering his mouth with his hand after looking at him, and then he didn't know what to think of, and also clenched his fists in front of him. He swayed in the air, obviously wanting to vent his anger through this small outlet.

Thinking of this, Cheng Nuo couldn't help laughing and said, "Alright, I just took advantage of this precious opportunity to take up some of everyone's time."

After speaking, Cheng Nuo got up directly from his seat, came to the aisle and nodded with Cai Yuanpei, then stood on the rostrum and asked the following: "Students, teachers, hello everyone, before I give a speech, I would like to ask you a question. Question, what is industry?"

At first, everyone thought that as a great professor of the School of Mathematics, according to his past practice, he would definitely start the class with a famous mathematics quote. Unexpectedly, it is quite different today. Even the content of the lecture seems to be extraordinary, which makes people a little caught off guard. .

Just as Cheng Nuo was waiting for the commotion to end, the students took the initiative to stand up to answer the questions, and a crisp voice came from behind:

"The so-called industry refers to the material production sector that extracts natural material resources and processes and reprocesses raw materials."

Looking back, it was Wen Yin who was standing pretty, with an expression on her face that she was about to praise me.

In front of the majority of teachers and students, I really dare not do unnecessary actions, but what they said is very correct, and it is obviously suspicious not to make a reasonable evaluation.

Cheng Nuo couldn't help rubbing his nose, and praised, "Teacher Wen Yin is right, and I deserve praise here."

After saying this, Cheng Nuo took the initiative to applaud. Under his leadership, the scene was full of applause, which made Wen Yin, who was sitting down, a little embarrassed. She lowered her head and stuck out her tongue, showing her cuteness.

At this time, two people in the audience shook their heads in unison, one was Fu Sinian and the other was Cai Yuanpei.

"It is said that 'the day of making meritorious deeds will flourish, and later generations will praise it in poetry and books', Professor Cheng, you have changed..."

"Hey, the girls are not allowed to stay in the college. They were fine before. I didn't expect that everything would change when the sweetheart came back. But after careful calculation, the two of them are both old and young, and it's time to start a family. Otherwise, this matter will only increase... ..."

Cheng Nuo on the rostrum didn't notice the difference between the two, and he was still giving a speech with great interest: "We don't talk about mathematics today, we only talk about industry, which just happens to solve Mr. Cai's troubles in the engineering school."

Following Cheng Nuo's words, Cai Yuanpei looked helpless. He wanted to abolish the School of Engineering because of the shortage of funds. Thanks to Cheng Nuo's opposition and measures, he kept it.

However, compared to other colleges, the College of Engineering still consumes more money. In addition, the Beiyang government's finances are really not counted on. For the long-term development of the school, the College of Engineering is also trying its best to budget carefully, and some subjects are directly cut off.

There is also a shortage of talents and less funding. If it weren't for the help of the School of Applied Engineering under the Academy of Sciences, it would have been out of reach.

Now that Cheng Nuo took the initiative to mention this matter, it must be that things have turned for the better. With a clear mind, Cai Yuanpei was still willing to cooperate and said: "Yes, the School of Engineering is still recording a few outstanding talents this academic year. You can stand up and let them Let's get to know each other."

Before the words were finished, several freshmen from the engineering college stood up and bowed around a few times, which was regarded as a greeting to everyone.

On the rostrum, Cheng Nuo greeted him with a smile: "Very well, there will be many opportunities for us to deal with each other in the future, I hope you are mentally prepared."

After letting the freshmen sit down, Cheng Nuo said in a deep voice: "In the long history of ancient society and early modern society, human industrial production was powered by manpower, animal power or simple natural force, and based on personal experience. The handicraft industry of labor has not yet completely separated from agriculture and become an independent production sector.

However, starting with the invention and use of the steam engine, industrial revolutions occurred successively in European countries, transforming the handicraft industry attached to agriculture into an independent large-scale machine industry driven by natural forces and based on the principles of natural science. We are still in the stage of ignorance of industry...”

In terms of speaking, Cheng Nuo used domestic examples from time to time to demonstrate, and narrated the process of modern industrial history, which attracted the nods of teachers and students in the audience. The fighting spirit of the students to catch up.

But all of this is still an introduction. After the background was almost finished, Cheng Nuo left from the rostrum, walked to the blackboard behind, and solemnly wrote a line:

——So, what do we use to develop industry?
As soon as this remark came out, the audience immediately fell silent, and then began to discuss softly, and gradually the voice became louder, and finally turned into a heated discussion in the audience.

Cheng Nuo on the stage was naturally very happy to see this scene. The fuller the discussion, the more people cared about the national industry, and the better the effect on Cheng Nuo's next expression of opinion.

While everyone was discussing, Cheng Nuo habitually prepared to take a sip of water to moisten his throat, but felt empty with his right hand, and realized that he was in the auditorium of Peking University, not his Academy of Sciences.

In addition, it was quite sudden, and it is understandable that the reception staff were not prepared.

Just when Cheng Nuo was about to give up, the pretty figure next to her appeared beside her again, but this time she was playing the role of serving tea and pouring water.

Bringing her teacup over, and opening the lid to the side, Wen Yin said softly, "Just now I just ignored you. I haven't drank the tea since I got it. It's neither cold nor hot. I think your speech is pretty good." I'm tired, so I brought it here for you, if you don't mind, just drink it."

As he spoke, a few blushes immediately appeared on Goose Dan's face, and before Cheng Nuo could answer, he turned and left again.

Cheng Nuo here originally wanted to be polite and humble, but he never thought that his throat just happened to be uncomfortable, and after taking a sip, the figure disappeared again, and the "thank you" also disappeared, so he could only say a word in his heart:
"This favor really owes more and more."

But now that the effort has passed, everyone in the audience has almost discussed the results.

They also support the development of higher industrial education for the following reasons:

"Inventions in traditional science and technology are often accidental, and the invention may not be able to explain why it is, or it may not be true. The strong conservative consciousness of the industry in traditional society not only leads to the extremely slow development of handicraft technology, but also makes the development of handicraft technology extremely slow. The scale of its technical education is extremely limited.

After the emergence of the large-scale machine industry, the situation has undergone fundamental changes. The production technology is extremely complex, and its foundation is the profound and complex modern science. It is not only necessary to master a certain specific production technology, but also to understand the scientific principles behind the technology. Therefore, the cultivation of talents is very important. "

There is also support for giving feedback to the public and letting the government come forward. The reasons are:
"At present, the start of industrialization lacks both a favorable internal and external environment, and there is no sufficient motivation mechanism. Without the guidance and support of the state power, and without the help of the state's political power as an economic lever and driving force, industrialization is difficult to proceed.

Also take Japan as an example. In addition to the military, railways, etc., the government directly sells these government-run enterprises to private capitalists with cheap and interest-free installment payments. Measures such as taxation and export tariffs have achieved remarkable development effects and are worth learning. "

More radicals directly support the reform of the existing government on the grounds that:
"The political system is essentially a superstructure, and although it is determined by the economic foundation of a particular society, it also plays a decisive role in the social economy under certain conditions.

An advanced political system is not only to enable the government to enjoy sufficient authority and adopt a series of policies to develop productivity, but also to enable citizens to enjoy full freedom in order to stimulate their enthusiasm for material benefits and creativity in scientific and technological innovation... ..."

The public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the woman is reasonable.

Of course, Cheng Nuo couldn't say it was his fault, but some factors obviously couldn't be changed now.

"Everyone is right, but here I would like to ask you one more question. Where do we come from for the primitive accumulation of industrial development, or the initial capital?" Looking at the audience, Cheng Nuo asked a question.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one could give a suitable answer.

Faced with such a situation, Cheng Nuo did not answer in a hurry, but returned to the blackboard, erased the line of writing just now, replaced it with two big characters with strong pen force, then turned around and displayed it in front of everyone, and said in a deep voice: "That is agriculture .”

The word "agriculture" had just been announced, and it caused another riot in an instant.

This time, Cheng Nuo didn't give everyone time to digest, and said directly: "An ordinary truth is often ignored by people, that is, to achieve the prosperity of industry and commerce, there must first be a sufficient surplus of agricultural production, and then it is possible to feed that part of the population. A commercial and industrial population no longer needed to feed themselves.

At present, our country is in a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. The industrialization of our country and the industrialization of Western countries have different backgrounds. The industrialization of Western countries occurred under the condition of expanding overseas markets, while the industrialization of our country did not have overseas markets, let alone Shanghai. market expansion.

At the same time, it is carried out under the condition that it is the overseas market of Western countries. Therefore, if my country's industrialization is to continue, it must expand its own market. So where is our market?it's actually really easy! "

While talking, Cheng Nuo added two words under the word "agriculture" - countryside and farmers.

"But let's go back to mathematics, which I'm good at. In terms of mathematics." Cheng Nuo stepped down from the rostrum, stood among the students and continued, "In a closed economy, the size of the industrial sector is a function of agricultural productivity. Agriculture must be able to produce food and raw materials for consumption by the industrial sector.

But what is our current level of agriculture?I'm afraid it's not optimistic! "

In the new school year, there are many students who come directly from the countryside. They know the situation there very well, but they have no way to talk about it before, and no one is willing to care about this group that is the largest group but also has the least right to speak.

If Cheng Nuo took the initiative to open up the chatterbox, these people would stand up one after another and tell the difficulties of the countryside with their own experiences, which would make everyone in the audience think deeply.

Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty developed its industry relatively early in history, it mainly invested in military industry and civilian industries related to military industry. It not only relied on foreign countries in terms of machinery, equipment and technology, but even imported raw materials from foreign countries. Agriculture is connected.

It was because of the disconnection between industrialization and agriculture that the industrialization of the Qing Dynasty did not change China's traditional economic structure.

Later, during the Beiyang and Nanjing regimes, long-term, large-scale, and large-scale civil wars, foreign military and economic aggression, and successive years of catastrophes put my country's agriculture in a serious crisis.

As a result, there is not only no consumer market to support industrial development, but also a shortage of raw materials. The objective conditions are really not met.

Looking at the people in the audience, Cheng Nuo directly expressed his point of view: "Students, I hope that when you do your studies, you will try to be realistic as much as possible. Our country has a vast territory and its civilization is mainly based on farming. Whether it is Nothing can ignore this biggest practical problem.

Today, through today's opening ceremony, I hope that everyone can come to our engineering department to learn more, use better technology to solve more problems, and use more real footsteps to measure a more distant tomorrow.

This semester, I will conduct a course on agricultural machinery in the School of Engineering. Everyone is welcome to actively choose the course. Those who are interested can contact the study representative Fu Sinian in advance..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Fu Sinian was completely overwhelmed by the news course.

The instigator, Cheng Nuo, approached Cai Yuanpei right after his speech:

"Mr. Cai, I'm really sorry. I was in a hurry just now, and I directly explained my new course on it. I didn't discuss it with you in advance. I'm very sorry."

Cai Yuanpei said generously: "It's okay, it's all for everyone's sake, but I have one thing to emphasize."

Cheng Nuo asked curiously, "I don't know what it is?"

Cai Yuanpei said seriously: "I just hope that you will have more courses like this in the future, the better."

This just happened to be what Cheng Nuo wanted, and while he was talking about the radio major, Peking University took advantage of the trend to add two sub-majors, namely agricultural mechanization and radio, and the professional talent team was basically in charge of the Academy of Sciences. , In a sense, it can be regarded as joint enrollment training.

Although Cai Yuanpei was a little ignorant of the radio major, after Cheng Nuo explained its importance, he expressed his full support for setting up a major, and he could do whatever he had.

It's a pity that before they continued to discuss, Cai Yuanpei left with an excuse.

(End of this chapter)