The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

The first important thing for Zhou Hexuan when he returned to Tianjin was to appoint Zhu Xiang as the supervisor of the China Hope Education Foundation, who is responsible for supervising the flow of funds from the foundation.

Zhu Xiang belongs to the cynical youth in his bones, and he can't change it in this life. Moreover, he has a romantic passion, and he has long been bored in the editorial department of "Popular". As soon as Zhou Hexuan entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, he immediately started to check the accounts with great fanfare.

The high-level members of the Foundation used to be Zhang Xueliang's cronies, so they were extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Hexuan and Zhu Xiang's actions. But they had no choice. Zhang Xueliang had all retreated to the northeast, and no one came out to support them.

In mid-September, Zhou Hexuan went to Tsinghua University to attend classes with his newly edited lecture notes. He couldn't go if he didn't go, he was afraid that Luo Jialun's dog-skin plaster would come to his door again.

Fortunately, the distance from Tianjin to Beiping is very short, and we can take the train in the middle of the morning and have lunch at Tsinghua University.

"Return my school, return my school!"

"We want to study, not to parade!"

"..."

On the way, Zhou Hexuan happened to meet the parading students. In fact, it is no coincidence that these students make trouble every day, because the school cannot open classes, and they have nothing to do all day long.

Zhou Hexuan didn't want to be nosy at first, but was recognized by the sharp-eyed students.

"It's Principal Zhou!"

Peking University students left the parade one after another and ran over to surround Zhou Hexuan's rickshaw.

Zhou Hexuan had no choice but to get out of the car, and said with a smile, "Hello, classmates."

A boy said expectantly: "Principal, you should go back to Peking University. We only recognize you as the principal of Peking University, not Li Shizeng!"

"That's right, principal, come back." All the students said in unison.

It feels good to be trusted, but it also comes with a lot of responsibility. Zhou Hexuan said helplessly: "Students, Peking University has been expelled, and there will only be Zhonghua University in the future. This is the decision of Central University, and I can't help it."

The student said excitedly: "Damn college! Our Peking University was forcibly merged, and the new principal and vice-principal haven't shown up yet. Could it be that if they don't come to Peiping, we won't start classes for a day?"

Zhou Hexuan had a terrible headache: "Students, I'm not a god, and I really can't do anything."

Some students suggested: "Principal Zhou, we are short of a principal. As long as you return to Peking University to preside over the work, there must be teachers who are willing to give lectures. Before half a year without salary, you can persist. Why can't you persist now?"

"Yes, classes at Peking University are now suspended because there is no backbone. Principal Zhou, you are our backbone, and we only recognize you."

"Principal, come back. As long as you are here, many teachers are willing to teach."

"Principal Zhou, can you bear to see us neglect our studies?"

"..."

Facing the entreaties of many students, Zhou Hexuan really didn't know how to answer. These students are innocent, because of the educational reforms and factional struggles in Nanjing, they have delayed the students of the nine public universities.

Zhou Hexuan was silent for a long time, and finally said: "You choose a few representatives to contact the teachers in my name. I can't guarantee anything else, I can only guarantee that the teachers can afford to eat, and they won't teach hungry."

"Long live the principal!" The students immediately cheered.

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and sighed, then left in the car silently.

These days, reading a book is so difficult.

The cheers of Peking University students attracted students from several other universities. After asking about the situation, students from the other eight universities sighed one after another:

"It would be nice if Mr. Zhou was the principal of Beijing Normal University."

"Yes, our Beiyang University also wants to start classes, but it's a pity that there is no principal who dares to stand up and make decisions."

"Mr. Zhou is really a good man. It would be great if he was the Minister of Education."

"Where is the Ministry of Education? Now there are only graduate schools."

"Go to fucking college!"

"Everyone, don't parade. After the class starts at Peking University, go to Peking University to sit in. Those who have money will contribute money, and those who are powerful will contribute to tide over the difficulties together."

"Yes, go to Peking University to sit in!"

"..."

Zhou Hexuan was not idle along the way, thinking about how to make things worse.

First of all, we must pretend to be miserable, the more miserable the better, and then use newspapers to stir up public opinion and attract sympathy from all walks of life.

Chang Kaishen still felt embarrassed, so he slapped him several times, and this guy would naturally stand up and intervene.

Arriving at Tsinghua University in a blink of an eye, Zhou Hexuan first went to Wang Guowei, Wu Mi, Chen Yinke and other old friends to talk about the past, and then walked slowly to the classroom when the class started. The course he teaches is an elective course, and there is only one class a week. Students come whenever they want, and if they don’t want to, it doesn’t affect their graduation grades anyway.

The so-called new principal and new atmosphere, Luo Jialun, the principal, began to carry out drastic reforms as soon as he took office. Now the dean of Tsinghua's history department has been sacked, and Luo Jialun is concurrently the dean of the department. In addition, there is a foreign professor who teaches music, because Luo Jialun ordered him to leave because he touched a female student.

The campus of Tsinghua University will also become a large construction site, and the teaching buildings and staff dormitories can be repaired whenever they want. Compared with Peking University, this local tyrant's approach is completely two worlds. On the one hand, he is very rich, and on the other hand, he is too poor to start classes.

Zhou Hexuan walked into the classroom with handouts in his hand. It was a big class. Although it was an elective course, it was full of students. He is famous enough that the students all come here admiringly.

"Hello, teacher!" Hundreds of students stood up in unison.

Zhou Hexuan raised his hand and said: "Sit down, I don't need to stand up in class from now on, everyone will treat each other as friends and communicate with each other. As for me, I haven't even graduated from elementary school, and I don't take a serious history class. You can listen to it if you want. There are mistakes in what I said, and I can point them out at any time. Okay, now the formal class begins. There is no textbook for the time being, and the content is made up by me temporarily. If you are diligent, you can copy it with a pen, and feel that you have a good memory. Yes. Our first lesson is on the origins of civilization..."

"Teacher!" Suddenly a student raised his hand.

"Please tell me." Zhou Hexuan said.

The student asked, "What is the name of the class you are teaching?"

"Uh," Zhou Hexuan thought for a while and said, "What do you think of the name "History of Human Civilization"?"

All the students were sweating wildly. After studying for so many years, this was the first time they encountered someone who temporarily picked up the class name after the class started.

"Very good, since there is no objection, then our course is called "History of Human Civilization"," Zhou Hexuan wrote a few key words on the blackboard and said, "This course is divided into the following parts, That is, the origin of civilizations, the growth of civilizations, the decline of civilizations, the dissolution of civilizations, the contact of civilizations in space, the contact of civilizations in time, nations, and religions."

Zhou Hexuan was shameless enough to copy the great work "A Study of History" by the British historian Toynbee.

This is a non-mainstream history book, but it has a pivotal position in the modern history circle. It expounds human history from the perspective of a philosopher, discusses the rise and fall of civilization, and thinks about the future destiny of mankind.

Toynbee started writing this book last year, but he wanted to write something and publish it in the media in the form of a paper. Even he himself didn't know how much he would write. The essays he wrote over the next few years, when compiled, constituted only an introduction to this book.

And Zhou Hexuan directly put aside the introduction, and started from the main text of the book——Toynbee will publish relevant content six years later. As for the final parts of the book, it will take more than 30 years to come out.

Toynbee spent nearly 40 years writing this book...

Even before Zhou Hexuan started his lecture, the students were already excited. Just listening to the headlines "Origin of Civilization, Decline of Civilization, Country and Religion", they felt a sense of ignorance.