A Man of Science and Engineering in Troubled Times Wandering in the Late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 208 Game Theory

After the matter was settled, the atmosphere naturally relaxed.

Zhang Boling and Yan Fansun didn't talk much before, but now Zhang Boling said: "If sir runs a school in Jinmen, we will be regarded as colleagues in the future."

Li Yudao: "We still have to rely on the support of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Yan."

The two will open the private middle school, the predecessor of Nankai Middle School, next year. By then, it is estimated that the school building will have been built in Li Yu's area.

Yan Fansun said: "Mr. Li Yu has traveled east to Japan and the United States, and west to European countries. He has extraordinary knowledge. I think we should rely more on you."

Zhang Boling also said: "Yes, we have long heard that you have become a foreign academician of the Royal Society, and we admire you very much."

Li Yu said with a smile: "The Royal Society confers foreign academicians on the grounds of my learning, and it's not for education, so I don't need it to run schools now."

Yan Fansun said: "Education is naturally for people who need to understand. Looking at the present, there is no second person who can achieve the realm like you."

Li Yu said: "Mr. Yan is a Jinshi, and his realm is not low."

Yan Fansun shook his head: "It's already a thing of the past, so what can Jinshi do? Now that a powerful country is surrounded, we still need to pursue more Western learning. To be honest, I can understand ancient books of Confucian classics, but I can't read a book of material theory. Every time I open it, I always feel full of thorns and difficulties, which I have never encountered in any collection of classics and history before."

In terms of the level of science subjects, Yan Fansun is indeed no different from ordinary people today.

Li Yu said: "When it comes to treatises, I happen to have written a few introductory lecture notes, and Mr. Yan may read them."

Zhang Boling had already received the lecture notes for the two subjects of mathematics and science, and said: "That's right, after I study it, I feel that Mr. Li Yu understands the profound in simple terms, and his mastery of the two subjects of mathematics and science can be said to be proficient. It is an excellent choice for entry."

Yan Fansun said: "Is that so? Then I have to take a closer look."

"I also wrote the remaining introductory handouts for chemistry, biology and other subjects, and delivered them to Mr. Zhang Yuanji of the Shanghai Commercial Press for publication. I think he should have completed the typesetting, and it will not be long before they can be printed on a large scale." Li Yu explain.

"So, there are introductory handouts for several sciences?" Zhang Boling was surprised, "It's been a while since I saw you, and you've already finished all the manuscripts."

In fact, Li Yu had already written it, and he had been on the other side of the Pacific Ocean during this time.

Li Yu said with a smile: "At that time, I will wait for the two corrections."

Zhang Boling hurriedly said: "He Lai errata said, how can we pick mistakes, with your endorsement, I am very relieved."

Previously, the textbooks used in private school education were all books such as "Three Character Classics" that have existed since ancient times, but science is obviously a more systematic educational process. Reading classics such as "Elements of Geometry" and "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" must pay attention be thrown off balance.

Therefore, the key to science education is to have suitable teaching materials.

Yan Fansun said: "It's great. With the textbooks, I can save a lot of trouble. Before that, I was still thinking about where to find suitable textbooks. Simply importing them from Japan and other countries requires translation, and translation is not necessarily If you find someone who understands science, you will inevitably be full of mistakes and not easy to detect."

Zhang Boling has also been an educator for a long time, knowing that what Yan Fansun said is the truth, he nodded and said: "So what Mr. has done has really solved our great difficulties."

Yan Fansun felt that Li Yu understood education even more, and praised: "I think Mr. is the one who really understands education at its essence."

In fact, they are all the result of reading books for many years, and these things have long been engraved in Li Yu's blood.

So Li Yu said modestly: "Being able to learn does not mean being able to do education. The difference is not small."

Li Yu was also deeply touched by this incident when he was in school. Some people are born to be teachers.

Anyway, "being" and "being able to teach" are really different, otherwise there would be normal schools, and there are very few people who can do a good job in education.

But Zhang Boling said: "As a gentleman, in fact, as long as you stand there, you will have the power of an example. You don't need to do anything else, and it will naturally inspire many people to work hard towards you. This invisible force is equally powerful."

Tang Shaoyi also said: "Mr. Zhang is absolutely right. This is why I value Li Yu so much."

Then he said: "If we really want to stand up, education is of course very important. I don't know education, just talking nonsense. I think education is like the new Beiyang army. It needs to be practiced from the beginning to grow slowly. become a qualified army capable of competing with the West."

Xu Run made a big deal, and he was in a good mood. When he bought this land, he only paid a few thousand taels, but now he has made tens of thousands of taels, which is a great deal.He raised his cup and said, "I wish you success in your education career!"

Afterwards, the dishes served were basically western food. Since it was a German restaurant, there were a lot of hamburgers and ham. Most of the people present had been to western restaurants, and they all knew how to use knives and forks.

Western food tastes much faster, and it ends in just over an hour.

Xie Yuxi and Xu Run had to go to the Ministry of Industry Bureau to go through the formalities, while Li Yu was going to return to the capital.

Before leaving, Tang Shaoyi stopped Li Yu again and said, "Don't take the matter of being stopped by the security guards too seriously."

Tang Shaoyi was quite concerned about Li Yu, and Li Yu said with a smile, "It's all trivial matters."

Tang Shaoyi sighed: "Although in terms of the treaty, the concession is always better than ceding land, but it is said to be a concession, but it is actually a small country within a country. Discrimination here is not uncommon. It is okay in the British Concession now. If you go to The Japanese Concession next to it makes people even more angry."

Li Yu smiled wryly and said, "Japan is a country with frequent earthquakes, and of course they are the ones who covet our land the most in the world."

Tang Shaoyi said: "I hope that after the constitution is enacted, there will be a change."

"Tang Daotai also supports constitutionalism?" Li Yu asked.

Tang Shaoyi said: "Try it, who knows, let's talk if it doesn't work."

Although Li Yu was indeed not angry because of discrimination, but thinking about the trip to the United States, Liang Cheng and others were active in the diplomatic arena. On the way back to the capital, I felt that I had to write something.

Li Yu doesn't understand politics, but only science, but there is one thing in mathematics that has a certain reference value, that is, the famous game theory in later generations.

Although game theory is a branch of mathematics, it is not a difficult subject and does not require excessive advanced mathematical knowledge, so Li Yu understands it.

Moreover, its guiding significance to the real society is much greater than that of the previous chaos theory. Game theory is used in all walks of life and all kinds of fields.

The difficulty of understanding game theory is also relatively simpler than that of chaos theory, and it is much more interesting, and there will be a lot of natural audiences.

Just do what you say, and when you get home, Li Yu goes into the study and starts writing.

He started with Tian Ji's horse racing, and then wrote another famous story in ancient China, "Sanji Divides the Gold", and then explained in detail the problem of pirates distributing gold coins.

Then extend to the famous game of chicken, prisoner's dilemma, etc...

This is a classic situation in game theory.

It's just that it is very likely that the name "Nash Equilibrium" will become "Li Yu Equilibrium" in the future.

In fact, game theory is extremely beneficial to the evenly matched or weak side, because the strong often do not consider strategy at all.

——If one side is very strong, he can bully the weak to the ground with almost no need to do anything.In many cases, there is even no need to put the weak in your eyes.

Since ancient times, most of the art of war is about how to make a comeback. When you have a 100 army besieging a small village with only [-] people, what art of war is there?
Therefore, in a sense, strategy is a weapon for the weak to fight against the strong.

And game theory happens to be an excellent strategy.

Li Yu locked himself in the house and did not go out for several days, concentrating on writing.

Meals are only brought by Fengling, as for the class, I didn't go...

Hey, if it wasn't for the cover of Martin and others, the students in this school would have been expelled long ago.

Feng Ling and the others didn't dare to ask more questions, they could only discuss in private.

"What do you think Master is doing?" Feng Ling said.

"Who knows, maybe it's something serious. I'm sure it's big science news." Zhao Qian said.

"It's as if you know how much you know! Let me tell you, if you don't study hard, the master really doesn't want you." Feng Ling said.

Zhao Qian said with a smile, "How could it be? When Master went to America, I practiced driving a carriage well. Now I am the best carriage driver in the entire capital."

"Tch, what are you talking about?"

Li Yu walked out of the door suddenly: "Zhao Qian, let's go, let's go to the post office."

"Okay, sir, after you came back, you haven't seen my driving skills yet!" Zhao Qian's heart was itchy for a long time.

Just like the drivers who drive Rolls-Royce and Panamera for big bosses in later generations, although they are not their own, it is really enjoyable to drive.

One copy of Li Yu’s game theory manuscript was sent to Shanghai Zhang Yuanji for publication by the Commercial Press; the other was still prepared to be mailed to the United States and published on his own "Science".

Anyway, sooner or later it will flow overseas, and it cannot be hidden.

Moreover, game theory has more guiding opinions for weak countries, and politicians of great powers will not take it seriously.

This also makes use of the point of view of game theory, the weak can only take advantage of some seemingly non-weaknesses of the strong, such as arrogance, and then wait for opportunities to develop.

Of course, in the process of development, the strategy must be constantly adjusted to maximize the benefits in game theory.

Zhao Qian was very curious about Li Yu's stuff: "Sir, what masterpiece did you write?"

Li Yu said, "Think about it."

Zhao Qian said in surprise: "Strategy? Mister is indeed the emperor's teacher. Do you want to be Zhang Liang and Kong Ming?"

Li Yu said with a smile: "It's not an emperor's technique, it's a strategy for the weak."

"The strategy of the weak? Then I can read it too?" Zhao Qian asked.

Li Yu said, "Of course."

Zhao Qian felt his blood rushing up all of a sudden, and he whipped the horse's buttocks: "Hurry up, don't delay my husband's important business! Don't delay me from becoming Zhuge Kongming!"

The next day, as soon as Li Yu arrived at the Peking Normal University, he was called away by the Minister of Education Zhang Baixi.

"Principal." Li Yu said respectfully after entering the office.

Historically, Zhang Baixi, as the first president, made great contributions to the Imperial University.

Weiliang Ding and Yan Fu were still in the office, and Li Yu greeted them again.

Zhang Baixi said: "We discussed it and plan to list it as a graduation exam for you in the mid-year exam in the near future."

Li Yu was stunned and said, "Graduation exam?"

Zhang Baixi said: "That's right, your level has long surpassed all the students. In addition, I am also very worried that Mr. Rong will be against you. If you are really expelled from the university, we will not be able to grant you a graduation degree." .”

Li Yu was very moved. It turned out that they were thinking of themselves so much.

Thinking about it, Rong Qing will not let it go, he can always pick a thorn in his side and get expelled, he still has this ability.

Even if he couldn't be expelled, Li Yu could not get his graduation degree just because he had been failing in Chinese studies.

And Li Yu is indeed too weak in Chinese studies, no matter how hard he tries, he can't catch up with those scholars who have been in private schools for more than ten years.Just like how hard they tried to catch up with Li Yu in science.

Zhang Baixi obviously considered this problem and said, "As the situation is under our control now, we can make up for it with your excellent performance in other subjects. After all, you are also excellent in the two additional foreign language subjects Japanese and German."

Li Yu could only say gratefully, "Thank you, principal."

In fact, later, during the Republic of China, there were a lot of biased university admissions, and many celebrities were admitted to Qingbei with a zero score in mathematics.

Zhang Baixi said: "You are a talent, and talents should be taught in an individualized way."

Yan Fu also said: "That's true, you deserve to graduate."

The sudden mention of leaving made Li Yu feel a little sentimental, since he had been in the Imperial University for more than half a year.

Li Yu said: "I will always remember the principal and gentlemen!"

Martin smiled and said, "You are the best student I have been in China for so many years, it would be better to come and see us more."

Li Yu's eyes were a little moist: "It will definitely!"

Zhang Baixi said: "I specially asked someone to bring back a bachelor's uniform from Japan. I don't know if it fits well. When the time comes to take a photo, you will be the first graduate of our school."

This honor came a bit suddenly.

Zhang Baixi really took it out from the cabinet behind him, "I don't know how to wear it either, so try it."

Li Yu wore it in his previous life, and it doesn't matter what size it is, it's easy to say whether it's fat or thin.

Besides, Li Yu's figure is also very well-proportioned, as long as it is a one-size-fits-all size, she can wear it on her body.

After the hat is put on, it really looks good.

Martin also wore a bachelor's uniform when he graduated from a university in the United States, and said with a smile: "Very good!"

Li Yu said, "The exam hasn't started yet, so don't worry about taking pictures."

"The exam will not be difficult for you," said Martin, "it is about the same difficulty as last time, and it is very easy for you."

Zhang Baixi said: "It's also to speed up the process, so as to prevent long nights and dreams."

Li Yu understood that they were concerned about him, so he followed the arrangement: "Students understand."

Yan Fu said: "If you want to take pictures, go to a better photo studio. Maybe we will show this photo often, and make it into a big photo frame, so that future students can use it as encouragement."

Li Yu said with a smile, "Then I'll try to be more photogenic."

Yan Fu introduced a place: "Go to Fengtai Photo Studio in Liulichang. They have taken pictures of many dignitaries."

(End of this chapter)