1978: Female educated youth, don’t want an illiterate husband

Chapter 188: Cheng Xuemin, can you be a little braver? (asking for monthly votes)
"Or a little bolder?"

"Old Liu, isn't Xuemin talking about reform and opening up, nor does he want to be ordinary like Qin Shihuang? Why is he so bold?"

Liu Xinwu's exclamation beside him made his mother-in-law, Feng's mother, confused and puzzled.

Just now, when I saw my good son-in-law writing the two big words "Reform and Opening-up" on the blackboard on the stage, I thought he was really going to talk about reform and opening-up, and I was really scared.

But after seeing the subsequent fission of the Qin Dynasty, I felt a huge sense of relief.

But I was also confused by Xuemin’s topic, and felt that he wanted to whitewash the tyrant Qin Shihuang.

Although it is widely acknowledged in the cultural circle that Qin Shi Huang was a tyrant, it is still unwise to "go against the grain" and make the tyranny of Qin ordinary.

But it is safer than talking about reform and opening up.

But when her son-in-law explained on the stage at the end, he said that he was not going to talk about the tyrannical Qin Shi Huang, but, at the request of his fellow villagers in northern Shaanxi, he wanted to write about the customs and folkways of Shaanxi and talk about the Qin State during the Warring States Period.

This made my mother-in-law, Mrs. Feng, not think it was a big deal!

"Teacher Gu, you should listen to what Xuemin has to say first!"

"Using the past to illustrate the present, this is quite explicit, isn't it?"

Liu Xinwu next to him really listened to what he said this time, and continued to say with Teacher Gu who still didn't react, "Listen to what Xuemin said on the stage. During the Warring States Period, many heroes emerged. In a time of great contention, only by reforming and strengthening the country can we seize the opportunity to rise up and move eastward through Hangu Pass!"

"Isn't what he said strikingly similar to our current international situation?"

"Isn't the current international situation and the situation we are facing exactly the same as what he said about the Qin State?"

"Wei State, Wei State, the scholar emphasized on the stage that Qin State was facing a situation, which was to break the territorial blockade of Qin State by the neighboring Wei State. Only by reforming and strengthening the country and going east through Hangu Pass can Qin State have the capital to compete for the Central Plains."

"And what about us now? Next to us is a superpower like Wei State, the Russian Bear, which is eyeing us covetously and is imposing a regional blockade, suppressing our development and rise!"

"With the explanation and analysis of the scholars, why can't we find the shadows of other countries?"

"If Wei is a metaphor for the bear, then Qi is the US, and there are Zhao, Yan, and Han, etc. After hearing what Xuemin said, it seems that they can all be found!"

"That's a very good point. In a time of great contention, the powers compete for hegemony. The strong will become stronger and the weak will perish. The old Qin people, who live in a remote corner, want to become stronger. The only way is to break the shackles and reform and seek innovation. Isn't that what we are talking about now, the spirit of reform and opening up?"

The more Liu Xinwu listened, the more he was fascinated. The more he listened, the more he sincerely admired Teacher Gu's son-in-law on the stage. He really spoke well and brilliantly.

And more courageous.

The library directors Xie Daoyuan and Tang Lao did not take it seriously at first, but after they really listened to it, they were really into it, their eyelids, which had been narrowed into a line, suddenly opened up, and they looked at the young man on the podium with eyes full of excitement as if he were a treasure.

"Master Tang, your disciple is truly amazing! He didn't mention the reform and opening up at all, but every word he said was indeed explaining the reform and opening up. He was explaining that if we want to become stronger, rise up, and revive, we must change, seek innovation, and break the old shackles. Isn't this the reform and opening up?"

In the library, Xie Daoyuan's eyes became brighter the more he listened, and he couldn't help but exclaimed to Mr. Tang beside him.

"This kid...how many history books did he read from you to choose Shang Yang by chance?"

Mr. Tang was also listening, and he was so moved that he almost stroked his beard and almost pulled out a few of his white beards. Then he asked the library director Xie Daoyuan next to him in surprise.

The ability to analyze Shang Yang's reforms so thoroughly is also a metaphor for the situation and international situation we are facing today.

Mr. Tang really couldn't imagine how many history books the kid on the stage had flipped through and read in Xie Daoyuan's library to dare to speak like that on the stage.

"It was indeed the right choice to choose Shang Yang!"

Director Xie also nodded repeatedly. As the director of the library, he must have some knowledge of the Twenty-Four Histories.

Reading through all the history books, almost all of them are talking about one thing: being an emperor! This has been the case in every dynasty!
Similarly, in almost every dynasty, in the middle and late stages, the emperor was doing the same thing: how to continue to be the emperor.

Therefore, they were all looking for ways to secure their position as emperors, which was to reform and innovate. So throughout the five thousand years of history, there has been no lack of reform and innovation in every dynasty.

There were some desperate struggles that ultimately accelerated the demise of the dynasty; there were also some temporary successes that gave the dynasty a breath of fresh air, but basically the reformers died, their teachings were overturned, and the dynasty also fell into accelerated demise under the backlash and oppression of conservatives.

However, Shang Yang's Reforms in the Qin Dynasty was one of the rare exceptions.

King Xiaogong of Qin relied heavily on Shang Yang to carry out reforms and strive to strengthen the country by marching eastward through Hangu Pass, which was truly a brilliant success. What is even more commendable is that after Shang Yang sacrificed himself to carry out the laws, there was no backlash of people leaving and the laws being extinguished.

After the reforms of Duke Xiao of Qin, his successors including King Huiwen of Qin, King Wu of Qin, King Zhao of Qin, etc., all continued to follow Shang Yang's methods, and with the remaining strength of the six generations, they finally swept away the six kingdoms, unified China, and established the first unified dynasty empire in Chinese history.

Therefore, the rise of the Qin Dynasty began with Shang Yang's reforms, and was also achieved by Shang Yang's laws. This has been a historical conclusion!
Therefore, Director Xie Daoyuan and Mr. Tang both agreed that Cheng Xuemin on the stage chose Shang Yang's method to allude to the current reform and opening up, which was indeed very appropriate!
If any other reform is chosen, it will either fail or die halfway, and there will be no continuation at all.

If someone with ulterior motives holds on to this and uses the methods of failure or premature death to allude to the current situation, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?
Therefore, Shang Yang’s method was really a good choice!

Mr. Feng's face, which had been frowning at first, gradually relaxed as his son-in-law's speech on the stage became more and more fluent.

Although the metaphor was already very obvious, it was almost as if he pointed it out directly. The Qin State he was talking about was us today, and it was Qin Xiaogong who wrote the inscription for him.

But after all, the whole article is about Shang Yang's Reforms in Qin State, and the whole article is about the long-cherished wish of the Qin people from generation to generation to break the regional blockade and go out of Hangu Pass to the east.

Therefore, Feng's father also began to feel that his son-in-law spoke well and brilliantly, and he could even think of choosing this angle to explain his understanding of the spirit of reform and opening up.

"Jiayou, why do I hear your Lao Xu using the past to illustrate the present to talk about our current reform and opening up?"

The students from the Chinese Department of Yan University also sat together and listened more and more, becoming more and more excited. Huang Beijia, who was a bit quick in reaction, had already heard something unusual from the speech on Shang Yang's Reforms on the stage.

He asked Feng Jiayou who was sitting next to him with a look of confusion and understanding.

"Eh? Really?!"

"I think Xuemin's speech was very good. He talked about the relationship between Qin Xiaogong and Shang Yang, a pair of rulers and ministers. It was really good!"

Let Feng Jiayou’s little brain think too much?

nonexistent!

Even if she had heard something, she would have just shaken her head and pretended to be confused while talking to Huang Beijia.

"You know what, sister, look at how high-spirited my brother-in-law is on the stage. He looks really impressive!"

Sister-in-law Feng Jiamo was also shouting in the audience, "Brother is really very proud, how can he speak so well? There are so many people in the audience, isn't he nervous at all?"

Cousin Qin Xiaolian also had eyes filled with endless admiration and she cheered along with Feng Jiamo.

Now Feng Jiayou, the daughter-in-law, really needs to stop being too cocky!
Handsome!
Feng Jiayou felt from the bottom of her heart that her man, who was full of vigor and vitality on the stage, was really handsome.

"By the way, Feng Jiamo, where is the camera I brought for you? Go take a few more photos of your brother-in-law?"

Thinking of the beauty, Feng Jiayou also reacted. He came here today specifically to ask Feng Jiamo to bring the camera from home. Why wait now?
"Ah? Yes, yes, sister, I almost forgot!"

"I'm going to rush over now and take a picture of my brother-in-law!"

Feng Jiamo also reacted. The camera was hanging around her neck, but she was so engrossed in her brother-in-law's lecture that she forgot about it.

"Principal Zhou, you are here too?"

At some point, Director Yang saw a familiar figure appear at the side door in front of the podium in the auditorium, and was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

He quickly trotted over, nodded and bowed to Principal Zhou and greeted him.

"Old Yang, I heard that our pioneer soldiers are going to give a speech on reform and opening up in the auditorium of our Yanda University, so I came over to join in the fun!"

Principal Zhou is already over 70 years old and has a head of white hair, but he is in high spirits and speaks with great vigor.

He also heard that the newly hired young teacher of Yanda University, the pioneer of reform and opening up, was going to give a lecture on reform and opening up in the Yanda University auditorium!

I was so shocked that I ran over to listen!
But he was there for a while and listened for a while, so it was just a false alarm.

"Yes, yes, yes... No, no, no, no, no, Principal Zhou, Xuemin talked about the split of the Qin Dynasty, the deeds of Qin Xiaogong and Shang Yang, and did not talk about our current situation!"

After hearing Principal Zhou's question, Director Yang was so frightened that he nodded and shook his head in panic as he explained.

"Did you really not tell me?" Principal Zhou asked with a smile, his tone lowered a little.

"Principal Zhou, this, this, this..." Director Yang was panicked. He really didn't dare to respond to Principal Zhou!
Director Yang, can't he hear that there's something else behind what Cheng Xuemin said on the stage?
“I think it’s very good!”

"Look at the students in the audience, they are all fascinated by what he is saying. I think this is his first public class, and it was very good and successful!"

But what Director Yang didn't expect was that Lao Zhou actually changed the subject and started praising him so directly.

This made him hesitate to respond, and he didn't know whether Lao Zhou was really praising him or speaking sarcastically.

"Old Yang, do you disagree?" Seeing that Director Yang was speechless and didn't even dare to reply, Old Zhou asked again.

"Ah?! Principal Zhou, I, I, I...I will go back and write a self-reflection. I will also ask Xuemin to write a self-reflection with me when I go back!"

Director Yang was so frightened by what Lao Zhou said that he nodded repeatedly.

Just now he told Cheng Xuemin in a very confident tone that writing a self-criticism was not an option. But who knew that now not only Cheng Xuemin had to write one, but he, the department head, had to write one too. How miserable!

"Old Yang, you really need to write!"

"But what I asked you to write is not a self-review, but a review of what inspired you after listening to Teacher Cheng Xuemin's lecture today!"

"Old Yang, we can't let the young people rush forward without hesitation while we old guys just stand back and watch!"

"Take advantage of this great Qin fission to write some manuscripts!"

"It's good to give them some momentum. After all, our Yanda... represents something different!"

After Lao Zhou finished making these suggestions, he turned around and left through the staff passage!
"what!?"

After hearing this, Director Yang was stunned again!

Was it that Old Zhou's suggestion to him meant that these old guys should work together to make the momentum bigger?
"Director Yang, it's almost time. Do you think I should play cards?"

Time passed little by little, and Cheng Yuzhu had already walked over to Director Yang with a sign in hand to ask for instructions.

"So fast?"

"But it seems like Xuemin hasn't finished talking yet?"

Director Yang was also surprised to find that time had passed so quickly. Cheng Xuemin on the stage had been speaking for more than an hour without him noticing!
Now it’s about time to put up the sign, signaling Cheng Xuemin on the stage that this open class can end and the get out of class is over!
"Xuemin really spoke very well. I almost forgot the time!"

Originally, Cheng Yuzhu was in charge from the sidelines, giving reminders to Cheng Xuemin on the stage, telling him when he could take a break and when he could end the class.

But I was so engrossed in the music that I even forgot about playing cards during the halftime break!

As a result, Cheng Xuemin on the stage spoke for more than an hour without even pausing. This really made Cheng Yuzhui realize it later and be amazed. He was truly a god!
I really doubted that guy. Was this his first time on stage?
Anyway, he said it was the first time, and Cheng Yuzhui didn't believe anything he said.

"Play cards, remind the students that we are almost done, and the rest can be left for the next class!"

Director Yang also looked at his watch. When he realized that the time was almost up, he urged Cheng Yuzhu to start reminding Cheng Xuemin on the stage to play cards.

"Ok!"

Cheng Yuzhu also nodded, and quickly went to the front of the podium, holding up a sign to remind Cheng Xuemin on the stage that the get out of class was over!

Cheng Xuemin on the stage didn't even feel that time passed so quickly. He hadn't even finished speaking halfway when Cheng Yuzhuo in the audience reminded him that the get out of class was over!
He indeed spoke more and more fluently. Cheng Xuemin himself couldn't believe that he could speak so fluently once he got on the podium and spoke for more than an hour without taking a break!

Immediately afterwards, Cheng Xuemin spoke for a while and gave a brief conclusion.

Just at this moment, the bell for the end of get out of class rang outside, and Cheng Xuemin took the opportunity to summarize and announce that the class would end here.

This immediately caused thunderous applause from the audience, which lasted for a long time.

……

Asking for a monthly ticket!
(End of this chapter)