From June 1922 to June 10, there was a "lecture fee tide" in Peking University. It was very troublesome for students to petition the school to cancel the lecture fee. Cai Yuanpei was so disgusted with this that he even rushed to the front of the crowd and said angrily, "I will duel with you!" " Under the constant encouragement, Cai Yuanpei resigned angrily, saying, "It's a small matter to cancel the lecture fee, but the fact of undermining school discipline is great. A trickle will become a river, and the atmosphere will lead to a total disaster in schools across the country. "It's really sad to say these things. This is all because Yuan Pei and others have not trained well on weekdays, and I am deeply ashamed. In the long run, it will increase the number of crimes. " Although the matter ended in the school's concession, Cai Yuanpei resigned as the principal the following year (because Peng, acting minister of the Ministry of Education, interfered with judicial independence), and left Beiping for good.
After the "Second Revolution", Mr. Cai Yuanpei's thought changed from revolution to improvement. For example, he was not very impressed with Sun Yat-sen's move to set up another southern regime under the banner of "protecting the law", which once caused criticism from the Kuomintang. After the May 4th Movement, Cai Yuanpei was very worried about the present situation of students from all over the world competing for patriotic movement. He repeatedly reiterated: "The way to save the country is not only one end, but also academic." However, due to the oppression and worsening situation at home and abroad, his words are obviously not in the ears of students, and even opposed to them.
After 1928, Cai Yuanpei began to be the full-time president of Academia Sinica. Originally, he was not directly related to education. However, 19365438 After the September 18th Incident, the Kuomintang Central Political Conference decided to set up a "Special Education Committee" with him as its chairman, which made Mr. Cai, 60, once again be pushed to the forefront of the student movement.
12 14, Cai Yuanpei said in the report of the national government that during the national disaster, students' patriotic movement must not neglect their studies. "If they sacrifice their studies because of patriotism, the loss will be great, almost equal to the loss of their own country." But the very next day, 500 or 600 students from northern schools and local students from Nanjing came to the Central Party Department to demonstrate and petition. At that time, the crowd was emotional and the situation almost got out of control. Soon, Cai Yuanpei and Chen were assigned to meet the students, but something shocking and unbelievable happened. Before Mr. Cai Yuanpei said a few words, he was pulled down by the students and beaten. Chen was also hit on the head with a wooden stick and fainted on the spot.
The sudden incident of the day was recorded in the newspaper as follows: "Cai is old, his right arm was pulled by the students, and he was hit hard for half a mile on his head." Fortunately, he was rescued and sent to the hospital. The demonstration group described in the letter to the people: "The strong and gorgeous Ministry of Foreign Affairs was smashed by the masses, the signboard of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was smashed, and the flag of the Kuomintang was torn down!" (to the central party department again) "Cai Yuanpei and Chen came out to meet. Cai answered our first qualitative question: Why did the Peiping Party Department oppress the anti-Japanese movement? Cai promised to investigate the Beiping Municipal Committee. We answered him that the Beiping Municipal Committee was led by the Central Party Department, which was responsible for his mistakes. ..... We believe that the entire Kuomintang is now an imperialist running dog that cheats, slaughters and betrays the masses. Refuse to cheat us from now on, shout down! "We" broke the window of the Central Party Department and killed two lackeys, Cai Chen ".
Shao Yuanchong, a party official, said in his diary: At that time, there was an interim meeting of the Central Committee, and Chiang Kai-shek offered to resign and was approved. The students "rushed in, beat everyone, destroyed everything and took the guards' guns." If they want to increase radiation, the center staff refused to compare and suffered many injuries. In the regular meeting, Cai Yumin and Chen Zhenru were pushed to answer, that is, the mob pounced on Cai, dragged her away and let her go in half, and Chen Ye fell to the ground injured. ..... At that time, out of self-defense, the central staff couldn't bear it any longer. Instead, they arrested 1 1 thugs, and ... succeeded to the post. Instead of delving into the matter, they disciplined them a little and sent them home.
Afterwards, Chiang Kai-shek said indignantly in his diary: "Students are so arrogant, and the ancestors are still tolerant and conniving, which will definitely make the state order uncertain and fall into anarchy!" This has begun to show signs of murder. After all, it is really a little unreasonable for a respected education veteran and a national general to be treated by students with such violent actions.
Afterwards, Cai Yuanpei told the press that he understood the students' feelings of worrying about the country and the people, but he was deeply worried about the current situation of "declining style of study". 65438+February 17, instead of calming down, the situation has further expanded. On the same day, thousands of students in Nanjing, Beiping and Shanghai held a joint demonstration, once again surrounded the Kuomintang Central Party Department, smashed party emblem and the bulletin board hanging at the gate, and kidnapped seven policemen and party workers outside. In the afternoon, the Central Daily was destroyed and set on fire. As a result, the national government dispatched a large number of police and gendarmerie to suppress it, killing more than 30 students and arresting nearly 100 people near Pearl Bridge, which is known as the "Pearl Bridge Massacre" in history.
Mr Cai Yuanpei is not the first central official to be beaten by students. As early as September 28th, when more than 2,000 students from Nanjing and Shanghai petitioned the Kuomintang Central Party Department, because it was raining cats and dogs at that time, the negotiations failed, so they turned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and broke into Minister Wang's office. Before Minister Wang could react, he had been slapped twice in the face by the students angrily. On the third day after the incident, Wang resigned as Foreign Minister. Many years later, Wang recalled: "In my diplomatic career, there was one thing that I was most proud of and one thing that I was most unlucky. I am most proud that I refused to sign at the Paris Peace Conference and was highly praised by the people of the whole country. I am proud. The most unfortunate thing is that after the September 18th Incident, generations suffered and were slapped twice by petitioners. " At the same time, Ambassador Ke Sze Sao received the same treatment in Paris. After being hurt and insulted by student representatives, he resigned angrily, and at the same time, Acting Foreign Minister Gu Weijun also resigned.