Chapter 294: Star Nine Constant
After Zhang Fuqing heard the news, he was even happier than when he first heard that Zhang Xingjiu had passed the imperial examination. The Zhang family finally had a eldest grandson, and this was the most important thing.
So the Zhang family had a happy Spring Festival and the home was peaceful. After the eighth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xingjiu was ready to take Ma Zongwen to Shanghai to pay New Year's greetings to Ma Xiangbo, Ma Jianzhong and others. Unexpectedly, a special guest came to the house before leaving.
When I came out of the house, I saw Zhang Fuqing talking to a man in his early thirties, wearing glasses and with a goatee. He was very respectful in his words because the identity of the man was very unusual.
Seven years ago, he passed the imperial examination and was selected as a scholar to enter the Hanlin Academy. After the academy was closed, he was appointed as an editor of the Hanlin Academy. Now he has resigned and returned to his hometown to serve as the supervisor of Shaoxing Sino-Western School.
Seeing Zhang Xingjiu coming out, the visitor immediately stood up and bowed, saying, "Cai Yuanpei from Shanyin greets my dear brother Zhouping. I heard that you have spread the reputation of China overseas in the West. I really admire you, so I came to pay you a visit."
"It turns out to be Brother Heqing. I'm honored to meet you." He was also a celebrity in Shaoxing. Zhang Xingjiu naturally knew him and quickly returned the greeting.
The host and the guest sat down and chatted. Zhang Fuqing chatted for a few words and then left, leaving the two of them alone. After a few words, Cai Heqing explained his purpose, "My humble brother is now in charge of the Chinese and Western School, and is preparing to promote new learning. Unfortunately, good teachers are hard to find. If you don't mind, why don't you come to the school to teach Western learning and teach my Shaoxing students to study new learning? I will be very grateful."
This person is very complicated, with both good and bad sides. The good side is that he attaches great importance to education and made indelible contributions to the reform of China's education system. There is no need to talk about the bad side, as anyone who has a little knowledge of modern history knows.
After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Xingjiu still felt that it would be better not to have a close relationship with him, so he responded, "Xu Bosun had previously told me about the Chinese and Western School and also wanted me to be a teacher there. Unfortunately, I have already promised my father-in-law that I would work with him to set up a new university in Shanghai, so I am afraid I don't have time to take on this important position. I can only disappoint Mr. Heqing's kindness."
Zhang Xingjiu did not completely refuse. Educating students is always a good thing. "But if you have time, you can go to the school to give a few classes and tell students about the current situation in Europe and the United States, and how to learn scientific knowledge."
Cai Heqing felt very sorry, but it was not easy for him to continue persuading Yu. Yu wanted to work with his father-in-law, and Ma Xiangbo was a nationally famous educator, and Cai Heqing admired him very much. It would be difficult to snatch him away.
From a public perspective, Zhang Xingjiu is very knowledgeable, and it is a waste for him to teach middle school students. He can better utilize his knowledge in university.
So they had to drop the topic and talk about the details of the speech. Both parties agreed that after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the Sino-Western School officially opens, they would invite Zhang Xingjiu to give a speech. If there is time in the future, they can also give various special lectures to help students broaden their horizons and develop good study habits.
After seeing off Cai Heqing, Zhang Xingjiu took Ma Zongwen to Shanghai. When Ma Xiangbo heard that his daughter had a child, he was very happy and said to Ma Zongwen with guilt, "Other grandfathers always give all kinds of money and gifts to express their congratulations when they have a grandson or granddaughter, but I can't give this child anything. All my property is going to be used to build a school, so I can only let the child down."
"Father-in-law, this is a righteous act. I believe that when your children grow up and become sensible, they will be proud of your actions."
After talking about personal matters, the two men started talking about business. Ma Xiangbo still felt that it would be better to let the church manage the money because the church had extensive experience in establishing schools, and it would be more convenient for them to handle many things than for Ma Xiangbo himself.
This idea actually started two years ago. Liang Qichao, who was in charge of the affairs of the Book Translation Bureau at that time, requested to establish a translation school in the capital and invited Ma Xiangbo to be the dean.
Ma Xiangbo proposed to set up a school in Shanghai and let the Xujiahui French Jesuit Mission participate in school affairs. The Wuxu coup aborted this plan. He was unwilling to back down and continued to work hard to run the school.
Zhang Xingjiu raised a question, "Many universities in Europe were originally founded by churches, but later on, these schools all broke away from the influence of the church, because only in this way can the school achieve independence. If we cooperate with the church, we will definitely get into all kinds of trouble in the future, so it is better not to let the church get involved from the beginning."
In fact, after Ma Xiangbo had worked hard to set up Aurora University, the French Catholic Jesuits attempted to turn it into a church school. When the students learned the news, they were shocked and dropped out one after another.
Ma Xiangbo then joined them in setting up another school and named it Fudan, which means "restore Aurora and revive China". This is the origin of Fudan University.
Zhang Xingjiu didn't want him to take so many detours, so he kept persuading him. However, Ma Xiangbo was too influenced by the church to change his mind with just a few words. He could only persist in persuading him and see if Ma Xiangbo would change his mind after the situation changed.
After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Zhang Xingjiu took Ma Zongwen back to Shaoxing. When passing through Hangzhou, he stayed at Qian's house for one night. He also went to Qiushi Academy to give a lecture and answered students' questions.
After returning to Shaoxing, A Zhang had already reported to the school. Zhang Xingjiu fulfilled his promise and went to the Sino-Western School to give a lecture to the students and performed some interesting physics experiments for them. Many students were very interested in this and perhaps some of them would become physicists in the future.
The situation was turbulent this year, so Zhang Xingjiu did not run around. He stayed in Shaoxing most of the time, and occasionally went to Shanghai to continue discussing school matters with Ma Xiangbo.
On weekdays, he spends most of his energy on research. Now that the experimental conditions are not as good as those at the Sorbonne University, many experiments cannot be done. Fortunately, there is still a lot of work to be done in the theoretical field.
A few months later, Zhang Xingjiu sent a newly completed paper to Nature magazine. He also wrote letters to friends such as Professor Lippmann, Lang Zhiwan, and the Curies, informing them of his latest research results.
In this paper, Zhang Xingjiu pointed out that in order to derive the correct radiation formula theoretically, it is necessary to assume that the energy radiated (or absorbed) by matter is not continuous, but piecemeal, and can only be an integer multiple of a certain minimum value. This minimum value is called an energy quantum, and the minimum value of energy is expressed as: E=HV.
From now on, this constant should probably be called the Zhang Xingjiu constant.
(End of this chapter)
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