The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 279 Announcing the Rise of Great Powers (Full Order)

"It's also my pleasure to accept Mr. Bai as my student."

Professor James stepped forward to shake hands with Bai Gui and said with a smile.

He was also happy to have a good student.Especially when he sees that this student is very polite, it is even more gratifying.

In the Academic Affairs Office, I had a few more conversations with Professor James about Bai Gui's general research direction at Yale University in the future.

After the talk, Professor James left.

As a well-known professor, he is very busy. He not only has lecture courses, but also some lectures, writes articles for some magazines, or researches certain knowledge, so he can't spare time.

This time I was able to be in the Academic Affairs Office because I heard that Bai Gui was coming to Yale to report, so I made time to come here in advance.

Coming out of the Academic Affairs Office, Bai Gui already wore the Yale University badge on his body.

The school badge is a shield, and inside the shield is an open book, on which Latin is written.

Yale University is a university founded by Calvinism in Protestantism, so the school badge of Yale University is also related to this. The Latin text on the school badge book means "light and truth".

In the early years, Yale took Greek, Latin, and Hebrew as one of the compulsory languages.

Even if it is not available now, in terms of curriculum, Yale requires students to have at least an intermediate level of mastery of a foreign language, so each student must learn a foreign language for at least one semester.

He walks on campus.

From time to time, I came to a small building of a Greek temple, a brownstone building with vines twining around the outer wall of the stone.There are several long and narrow windows embedded in the temple, but through the glass windows, it can be seen that they are firmly nailed by wooden boards.

Engraved on the side wall is a sentence: "Who is an idiot and who is a wise man? Whether it is a beggar or a king, the final destination is death."

"Mystery? 322?"

"I don't know if the Eloquent Club involves mystery, longevity? Or immortality?"

Bai Gui narrowed his eyes.

Yale University is neither small nor big, and he wandered here just to get a glimpse of this legendary mysterious place.

In the history of Western education, there are seven arts that must be learned by noble children, namely grammar, rhetoric, dialectics, mathematics, geometry, astronomy, and music.The wise men in the Greek period were a group of people who traveled around the world and accepted apprentices to give lectures. When they gave lectures, they often taught the first three of the "seven arts", namely grammar, rhetoric, and dialectics.

There were three famous and most influential educators in the Roman period, namely Cicero during the Roman Republic, who wrote "On the Orator"; Quintilian during the Roman Empire, who wrote "Principles of Eloquence" ; Augustine during the Roman Empire, who wrote the Confessions.

The West has inherited the culture of Greece and Rome, so Western nobles who have not received systematic eloquence training are very rare.

Eloquence is a compulsory course in the West, just like the Confucian Four Books and Five Classics.

As for why 322 is used as the club code, it is... It is said that in 322 BC, when the Greek orator Demosthenes died, the goddess of eloquence also ascended to heaven.And people in this club believe that in 1832, the goddess of eloquence will also return to the world.

"Now that I'm new here, it's not easy to find out..."

"There will be time!"

Bai Gui glanced at the Greek temple and walked away.

Every year in April and May, the Eloquent Club conducts recruiting activities and recruits [-] members.But the qualifications to join the club were very strict. He had to be an immigrant from the east of Ameiken country. It was better to have English aristocratic blood, and he had to have attended a noble boarding school, etc., but he didn't meet the first requirement.

In the residential college system implemented by Yale University, freshmen are randomly assigned to twelve different residential colleges.

But this involves undergraduates, he is a graduate student, he can choose independently.

In the evening, a tavern near Yale University.

Box on the second floor.

"Photon, which professor do you worship under?"

"I originally wanted to worship under the same professor as you, but after thinking about it, you may have made a decision long ago, and I can't interfere."

Bai Guiqian took a sip of red wine and asked.

On the table, the dishes are rich.

Grilled steak, fruit salad, and a variety of alcoholic beverages.

"I... didn't choose the history department this time. The history department is too difficult. Without your help, I probably wouldn't be able to finish my graduation thesis."

"That's why I applied for the Faculty of Arts."

Mitsuko Yamada blushed a little under Bai Gui's scorching gaze, lowered her head, and said in a voice like a mosquito.

"art college……"

"That's good too."

Bai Gui sighed.

When Mitsuko Yamada was at Kyoto Women's High School, her grades were not top-notch. After arriving at Tokyo University, she and him were under Professor Shiraishi, with the help of his junior student, successfully completed her graduation thesis, and then graduated from Tokyo University.

Now Mitsuko Yamada knows she wants to stay away from him, so she doesn't want him to help, so she chooses the Faculty of Letters.

"Senior Feicun, you have sent Photon to Yale now."

"So what are your plans for the future?"

Bai Gui asked Fei Cun Jianxin at the side again.

Himura Kenshin came to Amei Kenguo as the guard of Mitsuko Yamada, and now the mission is completed, and it stands to reason that it is time to leave.

"I was going to leave in a few days, but..."

"A few days ago, I met a warrior from Dongpu. His name was Wudi, he was a martial idiot. I thought he was dead long ago, but I didn't expect that he was still alive. His unfeeling and unyielding swordsmanship is no longer a righteous way."

Fei Cun Jianxin murmured and said.

"Unfeeling and unyielding swordsmanship..."

Bai Gui frowned and didn't say much.

Dongying’s kendo schools are just like this second class, what is the Jingxin Zhizhi style, the innocent way of passing soldiers, the Liangtianjueqing style, the idealistic one-knife style, the innocent way of imparting incense and taking Shinto style, the Shinto one-hearted style, the Okuyama ideal god-level style, and the middle-level style of two swords wait.

The name of Feitian Yujianliu of Feicun Jianxin is quite normal, but the moves such as Tianxianglongshan, Longmai Xiangshan, Shuanglongshan, etc., are well-known in the second class, and most people can't pronounce them.

"This is a pistol, I'll lend it to you temporarily."

"You don't have a license to hold a gun. Oh, yes, the constitution of Ameiken country allows guns. Just take it. I'll buy another one later."

Bai Gui would not foolishly say that he came to him for something.

He and Himura Kenshin didn't know each other very well, they just got along with each other for about a month on the ship, and they had a relationship with Mitsuko Yamada, so he was a little concerned about Himura Kenshin's safety, but it was limited to that.

"I have sworn that I will never kill anyone indiscriminately again in this life."

Himura Kenshin refused.

"This is a gun of kindness, and it hasn't shot anyone yet!"

"Not having a gun, and not having a gun are two different things."

Bai Gui casually threw the Browning pistol to Fei Cun Kenshin.

Now in the country of Amei Ken, it is easy to buy a gun, not to mention the gun shop, he guesses that his father-in-law's house will have a lot of guns, so he just needs to buy one for self-defense.

A handful of Brownings can be sold at a high price in China.

But in Ameiken country, it is really not a valuable thing.

It's no big deal to give this Browning pistol to Himura Kenshin as a favor.

"You are right, I will accept this gun."

Fei Cun Jianxin thought for a moment, this is the truth.

Even though he used a reverse-edged knife, the reverse-edged knife can kill people no matter how reverse-edged it is.

Now that he has a gun, whether he can fire it or not depends on him.

As long as he can maintain the justice in his heart, this gun is the gun of goodness.

"Since you and Miss Guangzi are talking happily, I don't want to disturb you."

Fei Cun Jianxin got up, walked out of the box, and reciprocated.

"Senior Feicun and your three guards have left."

Bai Gui listened to the sound and identified his position.

"They left?"

"Why did you leave so suddenly, and I'm still here?"

Mitsuko Yamada looked surprised, her pink face flushed instantly, and she suddenly realized something.

Fei Cun Jianxin still has a bit of face in front of her guards, and Bai Gui obviously won't harm her. The Yamada family asked these warriors to protect her, but it is impossible to tell these warriors to guard against Bai Gui. Expensive, after all, family ugliness should not be publicized.Even in the eyes of these warriors, Mr. Bai's noble character convinced them sincerely, so it was really not difficult to be sent away by Fei Cun Jianxin.

"Photon, what are you thinking, eat seriously."

Bai Gui frowned and reprimanded.

"Yes yes yes..., Mr. Bai, I will pay attention and don't waste food."

At first, Mitsuko Yamada felt that her face was flushed, and her heart seemed to be bumped by a deer, but when Bai Gui scolded her, the deer immediately died down, and her brows drooped.

Finished meal.

The two wiped their mouths with napkins.

"By the way, Photon, I don't have a place to live yet. Where is your rented apartment?"

"I will also rent it there, um..., it will be more convenient."

"After all, we have known each other for so many years."

Bai Gui asked.

"I'll take you there."

Mitsuko Yamada sighed, and now her guards were distracted by Himura Kenshin, and at night, she also felt scared in a strange place. Although it was New Haven and Yale University was here, she was unfamiliar with the place, who Know what dangers to expect.

Speechless all the way.

Soon arrived at the apartment Mitsuko Yamada rented.

It is a villa.

New Haven specializes in renting villas for rich kids.

Mitsuko Yamada rented the entire building.

This villa is undoubtedly much smaller than the Bai family's villa in Chinatown, Manhattan, New York State, but the residential area is very large, built on two floors, all in European style, with high-end decoration.The first floor is rented by servants and guards, while the second floor is Yamada Mitsuko's bedroom.

Just walked into the bedroom.

Bai Gui lay on the soft bed as drunk as mud, snoring repeatedly.

"Bai Jun?"

"Bai Jun?"

"Bai Jun?"

Mitsuko Yamada called three times in a row. She was shocked when she saw this scene. When Bai Gui was with her, he had never been drunk. , not like a drunk state.

But if Bai Gui wanted to deliberately take advantage of her, she thought that she would never be able to escape Bai Gui's clutches.

My whole heart is tied to Bai Gui.

She won't feel resentful for being eaten up by Bai Gui.

But now...

"Could it be that Mr. Bai is really drunk, or is there something wrong with the wine in the tavern, is it fake wine?"

Mitsuko Yamada pursed her lips.

She leaned closer and looked at Bai Gui's face carefully. It was indeed in a state of drunkenness, his face was flushed, but his lips and tongue seemed to be shouting something irregularly, like a person's name.

Get closer, like being close to Bai Gui's lips and tongues, they are close together,

At this time, I heard it clearly.

"It's sister Xiuzhu. The person Bai Jun called is sister Xiuzhu."

The charming atmosphere was suddenly broken.

Yamada Mitsuko's face was pale.

She didn't expect, didn't expect, that Bai Gui really had Bai Xiuzhu in his heart.

She originally thought that Bai Gui was the only one in her heart, but it was God's will and fate that made the two of them in this situation.

"I'm so stupid, really..."

She slumped on the head of the bed, like Mrs. Xianglin, complaining to herself.

But at this moment, she heard Bai Gui spit out her name again, and hugged her tightly.

"Photon, I can only really say it when I'm drunk."

"Don't leave me..."

Bai Gui hugged her tightly, then let go, lying on the bed, whispering unconsciously.

"Sure enough... Mr. Bai still likes me a little more."

"If Mr. Bai really doesn't have Sister Xiuzhu in his heart, then it's impossible. After all, they've been married for so long, how could they not have a love relationship."

"If... If I had married Bai Jun back then, there would be no sister Xiuzhu."

Mitsuko Yamada suddenly realized and thought silently.

She didn't think all of this was Bai Gui's costume. If it was really Bai Gui's costume, she would have coaxed her desperately instead of calling Bai Xiuzhu's name first and then calling her name like this.

"Bai Jun."

She walked up to Bai Gui and kissed Bai Gui lightly on the forehead.

Then leave the bedroom and go to the kitchen.

next morning.

There was an extra bowl of hangover soup next to the bed, and there was Mitsuko Yamada who was sitting on the night vigil at the bedside, trying to keep his spirits up, sinking a little bit involuntarily from time to time.

"Photon, why do you..."

"Why am I sleeping here?"

Bai Gui got up and looked at all this with "surprise".

"Bai Jun, you're awake."

"This is the hangover soup I made."

Yamada Mitsuko smiled.

……

With this night of "telling the truth after drinking", Mitsuko Yamada seems to have forgotten Bai Xiuzhu, and Bai Gui and Bai Gui returned to the old school scene together in Dongda University.

And Bai Gui also maintains the frequency of going to New York State twice a week.

Time passed peacefully day by day.

two months later.

"Dear Professor James, this is an academic paper I have just finished."

"Please also guide me,"

"This thesis mainly...discusses the rise and fall of Portugal and Spain, and explores the relationship between Europe and ancient China on the Silk Road on Land and the Silk Road on Sea..."

Holding a lot of manuscripts, Bai Gui walked into Professor James' office and said.

"I saw that you have been immersed in the library looking up materials during this time."

"This is the paper written based on those materials..."

Professor James smiled. He took out the glasses from the glasses case, wiped them with a silk cloth, put them on the bridge of his nose, and started watching seriously.

Yale University is the second largest university library in the world, with a collection of 100 million volumes.

It's like a sea of ​​smoke.

The history department is an important major of Yale University, and the professional information involved is even more numerous.

"Huh? The historical research method you use is very novel, it is the research method of the new historiography, and the research method has been improved..."

"This study is the reason why Portugal and Spain became the hegemony of the sea. From a small country to the hegemony, trace the historical context of their development, and find the common ground and the root cause..."

"Very good! I will recommend this research paper of yours to the "Meiguo Historical Review" magazine."

Professor James put down the manuscript and said with surprise and relief.

"Meiguo Historical Review" magazine was founded in 1885, and it is the first academic journal in the history circle of Ameiken.After an initial three-year release, it became the official publication of the Ameken Country Historical Society.

The journal has a total of 12 editorial board members, 12 well-known historians from various fields are selected, and one editor-in-chief is set up. In February, April, June, October, and December every year, the journal is published by the University of Chicago Press. publishing.

It can be said that being able to enter a paper in the "Journal of Meiguo History" is equivalent to being selected into the top international academic journal "Science" in later generations.

If a graduate student, even a graduate student from Yale University, if he can be selected into the "Journal of Meiguo History", his net worth will be doubled, he will become a hit, and he will have a good position in the entire industry.

"Thank you, Professor James."

Bai Gui was not surprised and thanked him.

He already has a certain reputation in the industry, and he still has a status at home and abroad. It would be strange if the papers he wrote could not be published in the "Journal of Meiguo History".

Not to mention Professor James, who is also the deputy editor-in-chief among the twelve editorial board members.

Recommend one of your own student's papers for selection.

Very normal.

"But I think your ambition is not limited to this. The new historical research method you use is very special."

"Compared to this paper, your historical research method is worthy of praise..."

Professor James saw the methods and techniques used in Bai Gui's research paper and praised them.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

From the paper submitted by Bai Gui, Professor James saw a historical research method that is quite different from the past. This is currently called a new historical research method in the industry, and many historians have been perfecting it.

What is New Historiography?
Previous historiography was only recording history and summarizing gains and losses.On the other hand, new historiography emphasizes advocating broad development of historical research fields, cooperation with branches of social science and humanities, and emphasizing the relationship between history and reality, that is, the function of history.

This new school of historiography began to sprout in the 60th century, and it was not until the [-]s and [-]s that it began to become a trend.

Therefore, the new historical research method used by Bai Gui at this moment is truly precious.

"Professor James laughed at me. I grew up in China, and since I was a child, I have studied "Spring and Autumn", which specializes in the study of Chinese historiography. In the Spring and Autumn Period, it records how big businessmen like Lu Buwei, Fan Li, and Guan Zhong manipulated the country..."

"As it is said in "Guanzi": 'If the country is rich in wealth, those who are far away will come; philosophy of..."

"The ancient Chinese are not all like this. There are old customs. I just follow the path of the ancients and learn from the whole family."

Bai Gui explained the reason.

It is not necessarily true that foreign historical research is earlier and more powerful than that of China.Don't belittle yourself.

After all, the so-called Western history is in "Homer's Epic", how can this kind of account be convincing.

And China has always had historians to record history from ancient times to the present, and it has never been cut off from the ancient kings to the present.It's just that Western thought started later, and it was one step faster than Chinese historiography in summarizing historical research methods, and it seized the right to speak, so it seems that the research of Chinese historiography is not as good as that of Western historiography.

"If you want to come to Yale University, there should be no one who understands the history of the Far East better than you."

"You are more knowledgeable about the history of the Far East than I am."

Professor James sighed.

He has also studied the history of the Far East, but there is so much history in the Chinese cultural circle, and he is not a native, so how could he really study it thoroughly.But during the conversation with Bai Gui just now, he could understand most of what Bai Gui said.

(End of this chapter)