After uncovering Chai Xinxin and Jia Gongping, laying off half of the servants of the Jin family, and resolving the crisis within the Jin family, Xiang Nan began to study in a down-to-earth manner.
He knew that the greater his fame and his higher status in the academic world, the easier it would be to protect the Jin family.
Because fame is a protective umbrella.
He subsequently published the book "Fifteen Years of Wanli".
The book "Fifteen Years of Wanli" is a historical work written by Mr. Huang Renyu and was first published in 1981.
It selects the fifteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty as the starting point for investigation, uses historical narrative mode and biographical chapters to analyze the profound reasons for the decline of the late Ming Empire through the description of the tragic fate of key historical figures.
This is the first academic work to analyze and discuss historical figures and events from a macro-historical perspective. After its launch, it immediately caused a great sensation in the academic world.
On the one hand, this book is really well written, both detailed and lively. Use the main characters for anatomy to show the broader era behind them;
On the one hand, its unique view of history also broadens the academic world's perspective on history and society, provides new angles and new tools for historical research, and pioneers historical research.
Therefore, after this book was released, it quickly became popular among academic circles. Countless historians and Chinese scholars rushed to buy it, wanting to take a quick look at it. Paper in Luoyang was once so expensive that it was so expensive.
After the English version of the book was released, it was adopted as a textbook by many universities in the United States. It was nominated twice for the American Book Award in the history category in 1982 and 1983. The Chinese version was selected as one of the "Twenty Books with the Most Impact on China in the Twenty Years of Reform and Opening Up" by "New Weekly" and "Book City".
As of May 2022, "The Fifteen Years of Wanli" has been published in China for 40 years, setting a sales record of nearly six million copies that is difficult to match for historical books, and becoming a unique publishing phenomenon that will last forever.
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However, the book "Fifteen Years of Wanli" still has some shortcomings.
First, Huang Renyu’s information may not be complete, and he himself is not from the history department. He studied mechanical and electrical engineering at university, and later joined the army. He only started studying history at the age of thirty-two, and he studied Chinese history in the United States, so it was inevitable that he would go astray.
Therefore, his handling of historical materials is extremely lax. He uses what is beneficial to him and discards what is not beneficial. There are even signs of distortion and tampering. Therefore, the conclusions he draws are biased and one-sided. As an academic work, it is unsatisfactory and unsatisfactory. Therefore, it suffered a certain amount of criticism.
Xiang Nan understands the Ming Dynasty better than Huang Renyu, and he also understands the game of court politics better. Therefore, when writing this book, he completely corrected the errors in Huang Renyu's version of "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", and improved the wording, sentence composition, and style of writing. It is also more in line with the taste of readers during the Republic of China period.
Therefore, it can be said that although the book "Fifteen Years of Wanli" was originally written by Huang Renyu, Xiang Nan basically rewrote it.
After this book was released, it also attracted the attention of academic circles.
In fact, there are many scholars who study the history of the Ming Dynasty, and the depth of their research is deeper than that of "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli".
But the main reason why this book still attracts attention is its unique view of history, which broadens the academic world's perspective on history and society, provides new angles and new tools for historical research, and creates a new era of historical research. First of all.
Therefore, Xiang Nan became a dazzling new star in the academic world with this initiative.
Many famous universities, such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Yanda University, Fudan University, and Dongda University, all offered him an olive branch, hoping that he could give lectures and hold the position of professor.
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Compared to Beijing Normal University, Xiang Nan would naturally like to be a professor at Peking University, Yanda, and Tsinghua University.
On the one hand, these schools are more well-known and are well-known universities in the country, higher than Beijing Normal University;
On the one hand, it also has the richest teaching resources. Its professors and students are all top-notch in the country, including many of the country’s top scholars and figures who will leave their mark in history in the future;
On the one hand, Ge Liben, the president of Beijing Normal University, is a bureaucrat. He has no belief in teaching and educating people and serving the country. He only knows how to work hard. As long as he is around for one day, Beijing Normal University will not develop well. After all, if a soldier is raging, a general will be raging in a nest.
The reason why Xiang Nan went to Beijing Normal University was, on the one hand, to pursue Leng Qingqiu; on the other hand, he also wanted to become famous in order to protect the safety of the Jin family. After all, as a celebrity, you always receive preferential treatment.
Now he has chased Leng Qingqiu and achieved his first goal. Joining Peking University and Tsinghua University will undoubtedly make him more famous.
Moreover, many famous scholars during the Republic of China moved between schools, so Xiang Nan's move to change jobs would not be criticized. Therefore, he has no psychological burden at all.
However, before changing jobs, he still discussed it with Leng Qingqiu.
"Qingqiu, are you interested in studying at Peking University?" Xiang Nan asked.
"Go to Peking University?! Why?" Leng Qingqiu asked doubtfully.
"Peking University has richer educational resources, and I also want to teach at Peking University." Xiang Nan explained, "The reason why you applied for Beijing Normal University in the first place is because it does not charge tuition.
And now you have made a lot of money by writing. Peking University’s tuition is no longer too high for you. For your own future, I think it would be better for you to go to Peking University. What do you think? "
The tuition fee for each academic year at Peking University is sixty silver dollars. It is an unbearable burden for ordinary families. Therefore, in order to study, Leng Qingqiu chose the tuition-free Beijing Normal University.
Nowadays, she has become a well-known female writer by writing "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan Chair", and her income is quite generous. She has earned thousands of dollars. The mere sixty yuan tuition fee was nothing to her.
Going to Peking University will not only get a better education, but also get to know more talented people. It is more cost-effective than staying at Beijing Normal University.
"Well, what you said makes sense." Leng Qingqiu nodded, and then worried, "But if I go to Peking University, will I have to retake the exam and start studying from the freshman year?"
"I don't think so. After all, you have been studying at Beijing Normal University for a year and your grades are very good. Besides, I will be a professor at Peking University and I will help you. You should start studying directly from your sophomore year." Xiang Nan Said again.
"If that's the case, then I will go to Peking University." Leng Qingqiu nodded.
Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position. Compared with Beijing Normal University, Peking University is naturally better. She had no choice but to apply for Beijing Normal University because she was short of tuition fees. Now that she can go to Beijing Normal University, she cannot give up the opportunity.
Moreover, if Xiang Nan goes to Peking University, then she will rarely see him if she stays at Beijing Normal University. In order to be with him, she also needs to go to Peking University.
"That's it, it's settled." Xiang Nan smiled.
