Chapter 51 Epiphany (1)
Is Xiao Yiming really as free and easy as he shows? Is he really so self-aware that he can give himself an objective position? Or can he pretend to be humble even though he knows that something is not obtained?
It seems that none of them. As the crisis in the entire society becomes more and more obvious, as his industry grows bigger and bigger, how to protect his vital interests has become the primary issue that he must face at all times. The best way to protect his own interests is to have power and have a gun. This issue does not require too much thinking to understand.
In the officialdom, young and experienced is Xiao Yiming's biggest weakness. Because he is too young, the governor who values Xiao Yiming the most cannot boldly promote him. He has such advantageous resources in vain and cannot use it. There are rules in the officialdom, and no one can do it too much, otherwise it will attract criticism. Even if Zhao Erxun covers up the sky in Sichuan, he still needs to consider his face and reputation, and also care for the reputation of his younger generations. Moreover, Zhao Erxun is a firm practitioner of Confucianism. He is famous in the national officialdom and cultural circles and is highly respected. The doctrine of the mean has deeply penetrated into his bloodline. Therefore, he will never let Xiao Yiming, who regards him as his nephew, be too jealous, be harmful to Xiao Yiming, who has a bright future.
Compared to others, Xiao Yiming was lucky. He took only four years to become a sixth-rank military officer and served as the second-in-chief of the Military Preparatory Office of the Governor's Office. In fact, it was very amazing to exercise the power of the top leader. He had to wait for it if he was promoted, but waiting was the biggest "enemy" that Xiao Yiming could not bypass.
Despite this, Xiao Yiming has never given up on the ingestion of more power. Instead, due to the increase in knowledge and changes in the environment, this inging becomes stronger. He is kind by nature, benevolent and open-minded, but it does not mean that he is humble and satisfied in everything. Just like what he once said to his brothers Ma Gang, Wu San and Rodfa: "If you want to give someone a bun, you must have more buns, otherwise you will only starve to death first."
Therefore, during this period, Xiao Yiming has been thinking about the problem of "waiting" and is struggling to find ways to solve the problem. He was still thinking hard along the way to the Provincial Higher Normal School on his horse.
Turning past the bustling Yusha Road intersection and entering Dongtongshun Street, which doubled last fall, you can see from a distance that the grand gate of the Higher Normal School is crowded with teachers and students coming to welcome them.
Xiao Yiming and two guards turned over and dismounted from their horses from a distance of fifty meters away, and walked forward quickly, not daring to be negligent at all.
The teachers and students immediately gave Xiao Yiming warm and lasting applause to the humble performance of his scholars.
Xiao Yiming saw Zhang Lan, the education director of the Higher Normal School and several famous teachers standing in front of the welcome team. He was shocked and even more frightened. He came to Zhang Lan and others in a few steps, raised his hands and was about to salute the military, but immediately realized that he was wearing a student outfit, so he had to put down his hands in a hurry, bent down and bowed respectfully to greet him, raised his head and said ashamed. His helpless embarrassment caused a kind laugh from the teachers and students.
At that time, Zhang Lan, who was full of heaven, laughed and stepped forward to hold Xiao Yiming's hand:
"The name of Xiao Military Academy is well-known! As early as the year before yesterday, when I started a girl's school, I wanted to ask Xiao Military Academy to help translate some textbooks from Europe and the United States. Unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity to meet. I saw Xiao Military Academy successfully introduced the UK and Germany to start a large number of industries. Over the years, I spent huge sums of money to help the orphans, establish education, and presided over the renovation and repair of damaged cities. All kinds of righteous actions have benefited more than tens of thousands of Chengdu people. Even the beautiful campus we have was obtained by Xiao Military Academy with all his efforts. Teachers and students have always remembered the support and contributions of Xiao Military Academy!"
"Mr. Ping Fang (Zhang Lan's name) has won the award, and he has won the award! If you continue to praise him, Yi Ming will find a crack in the ground to get into it."
Xiao Yiming waved his hands and bowed constantly, feeling that this sour scene was tiring and hard, but how could he dare to be proud of this group of intellectuals who often wrote and swear in newspapers and swearing in groups of people? From beginning to end, he showed great sincerity, fear and sincerity, and fell into the eyes of teachers and students, which turned into humor and humor, which caused bursts of applause and laughter.
How could this happen? My carefully prepared speech has not been expressed yet.
Xiao Yiming was quite moved and puzzled. Finally, he attributed all this to the enthusiasm of teachers and students, to the rare relaxation of this era when bonds are everywhere, so there were so many laughter and applause.
At this time, Xiao Yiming did not realize that the years of hard work in the officialdom and the hard work in the shopping mall have enabled him to develop a unique demeanor. The talent and performance hidden deep in his heart have already emerged from the cocoon, and gradually spread their dazzling wings and grew up quietly, thus creating his thoughts and words and deeds that are very different from this era, but they can be integrated and integrated without any exception.
All kinds of factors gather together, which makes Xiao Yiming have an indescribable affinity, making people feel real pleasure without realizing it.
Teachers and students quickly surrounded Xiao Yiming to the reviewing stand in front of the teaching building. When Xiao Yiming stepped onto the reviewing stand, he secretly sighed that this reviewing stand was built by him at the beginning, including the football field with a standard runway in front and the basketball court with four concrete floors on the side. It costs little money but it is very labor-intensive, which has caused complaints from several officials.
Now, no one said that Xiao Yiming's persistence was wrong.
It is precisely because of this wide reviewing stand, the sports field with a track and four standard basketball courts that the image of the entire school has been improved to a higher level. The upcoming provincial autumn sports meeting regards this place as the main venue, which is enough to make the teachers and students of the Higher Normal School proud.
Student Union President Tang Heling was the chairman of today's speech. Principal Zhang Lan excitedly introduced Xiao Yiming to more than 18,000 students from more than ten schools in Chengdu, praising Xiao Yiming in a panic. There were applause from the audience, but Xiao Yiming on the stage was frightened. However, he was still a young man, as sharp as most of the students in the audience, as passionate as well as shy. His face had not yet been cultivated to the point of being calm in favor of being disgusted.
I don’t know whether it was Tang Heling’s own decision or whether the principal Zhang Lan had some thoughts after hearing the report, Zhang Lan directly framed today’s speech as “the new youth’s outlook on life”, which caught Xiao Yiming a little off guard. The carefully prepared content before was not such an empty content, but focused on exchanging learning experiences, and the focus of the narrative is to apply what you have learned and combine theory with practice.
When Zhang Lan held Xiao Yiming's hand affectionately towards the front desk, the audience gave warm applause, and tens of thousands of pairs of eyes fell on the young and handsome, tall Xiao Yiming.
Amid the applause, Xiao Yiming whispered something to Zhang Lan in embarrassment. Zhang Lan laughed happily and patted Xiao Yiming on the shoulder, leaned up and said a few words before returning to the seat. The rest of Xiao Yiming stood alone behind the speech table covered with white cloth and flower baskets.
Xiao Yiming glanced around the audience, his eyes stopped on the microphone placed directly in front of him, and suddenly felt so familiar and friendly.
This floor-standing microphone imported from Britain and the United States is very classic. A painted iron pipe is erected in the middle of the round seat plate at the lower end. The upper end of the iron pipe is an iron circle. The square microphone is fixed in the middle of the circle through four springs. The power cord connecting the microphone extends along the iron pipe to the amplifier behind it, and then the sound is heard through several square tweeters standing around the playground.
The long-lasting applause finally stopped slowly. Xiao Yiming cleared his throat and felt that the sound effect was not ideal. He reached over the podium and moved the microphone slightly. He felt that the distance was almost the same, so he raised his head and looked forward.
Several photographers from Sichuan Daily, West China Times, and Tianfu News pressed the shutter at the same time, and a "puff" sound sounded along with the rising white smoke...
Chapter completed!