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

The next day, Li Yu followed Liang Dunyan to the Beiyang University Hall.

The place has long been overcrowded, and many students put up banners: "The glory of Nobel belongs to the talents of the East today"!
As soon as Li Yu stepped onto the podium, the students below were excited and cheered loudly.

Li Yu said: "Everyone, it is a great honor to stand here again. It is a happy thing to win an award, but I can't change anything by myself. Only the progress of tens of thousands of students is truly worthwhile." It is a great event. Today, we have won the opportunity to study in the United States in the future, and we will provide hundreds of places every year. The universities in the United States are even better than those in Japan. I hope everyone can cherish the opportunity, study hard, and win glory for yourself. Glory to the country!"

After some impassioned speeches, the applause below was even stronger.

Then Liang Dunyan selected several student representatives to ask questions.

One of them was very representative. He got up and introduced himself first: "Hello, Master Emperor, I am Liu Ruiheng, from Zhili."

Li Yu's eyes lit up, he knew this person.

Liu Ruiheng is the first Harvard medical doctor in Chinese history. He has made great contributions to modern Chinese public health, but he is most famous for performing kidney removal on Liang Qichao as the chief surgeon at Union Medical College Hospital.

This incident was quite famous in later generations, and it was once rumored that Liang Qichao had cut the wrong kidney.

At that time, Xiehe's level was actually very high, and even used the most advanced X-ray machine to check Liang Qichao.

Liang Qichao was admitted to Xiehe Hospital for treatment because of hematuria. The X-ray machine found that Liang Qichao's right kidney had a shadow. When the two kidneys were checked, they found that the excretion of the right kidney was bloody, while the left kidney was normal.

After consultation, the doctor thought that the shadow should be a tumor, but from past experience, once there is a tumor in the kidney, it is basically malignant. If it is allowed to develop, it will soon be life-threatening, so the doctor suggested removing the right kidney.

But the problem is that from now on, the postoperative pathological examination found that it was not a malignant tumor.What's more troublesome is that Liang Qichao's hematuria symptoms were not eradicated, and they still recurred, and he did not recover until his death.

So many of Liang Qichao's followers were dissatisfied, and even Xu Zhimo stood up and accused Union Hospital of "cutting the waist, but not cutting the disease".

However, Liang Qichao was very magnanimous. He was worried that the spread of Western medicine in China would be blocked due to his own reasons, so he personally wrote an article to defend Xiehe Hospital: "Whether the right kidney must be cut is a medical problem, and we laymen have no way of judging. But that During the third diagnosis, I was only partly drugged, and my mind was still clear, so I could clearly see the results of the examination layer by layer. According to my opinion at that time, the crime was in the right kidney, and there was absolutely no doubt about it. Looking back later , or it's "the crime should not be killed", or "the punishment is not appropriate for the crime". At that time, whether it was possible to "keep people under the sword", except for experts, it is difficult to know. But there is something wrong with the right kidney, there is probably no doubt, the doctor said Meng Lang, I feel wronged."

However, Liang Qichao was so famous that his suspicions about this matter never subsided.It was not until 2006, when Union Medical College Hospital showed the medical records of that year, that the rumor of cutting the wrong kidney was completely clarified.

And after Liang Qichao's death, pathological anatomy was carried out, and it was finally found that the cause of death was between the lung and the left rib, not the kidney.

It can be imagined that Liu Ruiheng undertook a lot of pressure in those years, and he didn't do any surgery later. After seeing that the domestic public health cause became more urgent, he moved from his old practice of surgery to the direction of public health.

Liu Ruiheng continued to ask: "Teacher Emperor, I really want to know, based on what you have learned in domestic universities, what level is it in the United States?"

Li Yu said: "Your school has been established for a long time, and graduates are not much different from other students even after entering top universities in the United States."

The quality of students in Beiyang University Hall is currently considered to be the highest among domestic universities.

It's just that the campus is relatively dilapidated at this time, after all, it was just rebuilt after the Gengzi Rebellion.

Liu Ruiheng said: "That is to say, it is not advisable for the Russians to mention that the intelligence of the yellow race is weaker than that of the white race."

Li Yu said: "That's nonsense, don't worry about it! After a while, the Psychology Association will propose a relatively strict intelligence test method, and then you will intuitively see that there is no intelligence gap between races."

Liu Ruiheng said: "Master Xie Di dispelled my doubts."

Li Yu said with a smile: "Confidence still needs to be built, even if you are so poor and weak. There is a saying that Feng Shui takes turns, and it is time to bottom out and rebound."

After continuing to answer some questions, Li Yu gave them a general introduction to his experience abroad and how to better integrate into the local campus life.

These things are what the students love to listen to, and they immediately listen to Li Yu's stand-up comedy on it like listening to a story meeting.

A speech slowly turned into a chat with the students.

Li Yu likes this form, but in fact he doesn't care how old they are.

But it took a long time in this way, and Li Yu stayed in the Beiyang University Hall for a whole day.

On the next day, Li Yu still couldn't get on the train to the capital, because Zhang Boling who came back together had already called Yan Fansun over, and took Li Yu to see the school that had just completed the first batch of enrollment.

With the help of the two education leaders of the Republic of China, Tianjin's education is advancing very fast, but the speed of school building construction is slower than that of Shanghai. Fortunately, there are basically what should be there.

Li Yu's request was a little too high. Even if the rough room was used as the classroom at this time, everyone was already happy from ear to ear.

Relying on the reputation of the two education leaders and Li Yu, the school's enrollment was very successful, not to mention the local students in Tianjin, and some even rushed over from Tongzhou and Baoding with their children.

Zhang Boling traveled around the United States, not only watching the Olympic Games, but also visiting many American primary and secondary schools, benefiting a lot and at the same time full of confidence.

Li Yu also brought him better news: "When I was in the Netherlands, Mr. van der Waals helped select 20 excellent primary and secondary school teachers, all of whom were graduates of Dutch universities. I plan to disperse them all over the country. in the school."

Zhang Boling was very happy: "This is great news! In the past, we could only find missionaries who were willing to teach in the local churches, but they were often only in their own church schools, and they came out to give classes occasionally at most. Now there are regular missionaries. The foreign teachers of Er Ba Jing have not improved our teaching ability by a single bit."

What the school wants to teach is Western learning, and there are very few teachers who meet the requirements. Nowadays, it is better for college students in the West to have teacher qualification certificates as teachers.

Yan Fansun also smiled and said, "We have another golden signboard."

This batch of students was the first batch of students Li Yu and the two of them had in Tianjin Cooperative Middle School, which can be regarded as the Nankai Branch School.

Zhang Boling said: "Because the number of applicants exceeded expectations, we had to conduct a wave of selection first, leaving 120 people, which has exceeded our original target of 100 people. However, some parents or students are eager to study, and they are telling Even though there were difficulties such as accommodation, they were still unwilling to give up, and I really couldn't bear to refuse, so I let them stay."

Li Yu nodded: "The difficulties can be solved, the big deal is that we continue to expropriate the land, education must start from the baby no matter what."

Zhang Boling gave Li Yu the admission list, Li Yu glanced at it, and suddenly stopped on a name: "Mei Yiqi"!
Isn't this the future president of Tsinghua University?

Li Yu couldn't help asking Zhang Boling: "How old is this student this year?"

Zhang Boling said: "Mei Yiqi, 15 years old, I have a good impression of him. His family was quite difficult in his life. His father was a clerk in a salt shop. Mei Yiqi was the fifth in his family. He was keen on reading since he was a child, so he must go to school. . Later, the results in the test were really good, so I accepted it.”

Li Yu said: "Well received! His tuition fees, and similar good grades will be reimbursed by Xie Yuxi's Educational Foundation."

Zhang Boling asked: "There is one more thing. I need to ask for advice. The emperor is a scientific genius who can be admired by foreigners. In the future, in our teaching, is it necessary to completely follow the Western style, such as writing habits, teaching content, etc. wait."

Li Yu shook his head: "It doesn't have to be like this, they will come back sooner or later, let's use both brushes and hard pens."

Zhang Boling said: "Brother Fan Sun also means the same thing. But I haven't figured out which part of the teaching materials should be used in middle schools, because the textbooks given by the emperor are all about Western subjects."

Li Yu said: "The two of you understand middle school subjects better than I do, I think as long as the class hours for each subject are arranged reasonably."

The few people had already arrived at the playground while the students were talking. At this time, the students were not on vacation. After the assembly, Yan Fansun asked Li Yu to say a few more words, generally speaking about studying hard and making progress every day.There are some younger students present. It is already good to be able to study hard, exercise and cultivate correct values. There is no need to tell them about the ideals of home and country for the time being.

The students were the first batch after all, and Li Yu still had great hopes for them.

Finally, Yan Fansun suddenly asked Li Yu to write another plaque, and put it in the classroom to remind students to study hard.

Li Yu quickly refused: "Brother Fan Sun, I'd better not be ashamed of my handwriting."

Yan Fansun said: "The emperor has such a great knowledge, how can writing be ashamed?"

Yan Fansun even brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and picked up a brush: "Brother Shucai, please!"

Li Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Brother Fan Sun, I really can't write it, otherwise it would simply discredit our new school."

Yan Fansun insisted on asking Li Yu to write: "Even if it is not as good as the famous ancient Wang Youjun Yan Zhenqing, it is still better than Jinshi Juren."

Li Yu said embarrassingly, "I can't even compare to Tongsheng."

Under Yan Fansun's repeated insistence, Li Yu had no choice but to pick up the brush, "It's settled, don't laugh at me if you don't write well."

Yan Fansun said: "How can I laugh at the emperor?"

Li Yu then wrote down the eight characters on the paper, "Easy to learn and think deeply, know the meaning by heart". Even though he has practiced brushes for a long time, he still cannot be called calligraphy.

Yan Fansun was really surprised: "This..."

He suddenly remembered that he couldn't make a joke, so he changed his words and said, "This is really back to basics!"

Li Yu laughed loudly: "So let's find a famous calligrapher to inscribe on the plaque. It's better to tear up my calligraphy as soon as possible."

Yan Fansun quickly put it away carefully: "If you can't do it, it's the first time I've seen the emperor's teacher's calligraphy, so there's no reason to tear it up."

Li Yu shrugged, but fortunately, he didn't care much about it.

After staying in Tianjin for almost a week, Li Yu was really going back to the capital, and it was really the Chinese New Year.

But when she wanted to ask Lu Bicheng to set off together, she suddenly said that she would stay in Tianjin during the Chinese New Year. She explained: "If I can't stay with my mother this year, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany her during the Chinese New Year."

Li Yu understood her intentions: "I will come to pick you up after the Chinese New Year, and pick you up in a fair manner."

Lu Bicheng nodded: "I'll wait for you."

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After more than half a year, they finally returned to the capital. Uncle Wang, Zhao Qian, Feng Ling and others were overjoyed when they saw Li Yu. They really regarded Li Yu as a benefactor, not just as simple as master and servant.

"Sir, you are back!" Uncle Wang burst into tears.

Li Yu smiled and said, "I miss you too!"

Zhao Qian hurriedly helped Li Yu pack his luggage.

After sitting on the chair in the living room, Feng Ling asked: "Sir, why didn't Miss Bicheng come back?"

Li Yu said mysteriously: "Just wait, after the new year, she will be the mistress of the house."

Feng Ling was overjoyed when she heard that: "Master, oh no, sir, you are really amazing, I have been thinking about this all the time! Tell me, why did you make a decision after leaving the country?"

Li Yu raised his hand and slashed horizontally: "Cut first, then play!"

"Oh!" Feng Ling became even more excited, "Master, you are really, really... I don't know what to say! You don't know how much I have been hanging on, seeing that you are still young and strong, but The lack of action made me always worry that you don’t understand the affairs of the room. You were not there a while ago, and I have been thinking about how to explain to you from the side, but I am afraid of hurting your self-esteem. I have no choice but to even Went to buy a few Huanxi dolls."

Li Yu smiled and said, "You can't underestimate me like this?"

Zhao Qian said to Feng Ling: "Don't treat Mr. so indifferently, let me tell you, the master is absolutely alive and well! He is a hundred times better than all those idle and vain young masters. Hmph, are you still worried about this?"

Feng Ling quickly said: "That's true. In fact, I'm quite accurate in this aspect. Mr. looks like a vigorous person. I'm just worried that Mr. doesn't understand the techniques and can't give full play to his physical advantages. Looking at it now , I really shouldn’t worry about it! Sir, I’m sorry!”

Li Yu knew that they were sincerely treating him well, and they didn't take it to heart at all, and he didn't have a strong sense of master and servant, so a more active atmosphere would make him feel more comfortable.

"No need to apologize!" Li Yu said, "Hurry up and prepare the new year's goods. It's still the same as last year, and everything will be as good as it is!"

Zhao Qian and Wang Bo left quickly and happily.

Li Yu stopped Feng Ling and asked in a low voice, "What... what is the Huanxi doll you're talking about? I don't mean anything, I'm just curious."

Feng Ling covered her mouth and smiled; "I brought it to my husband. I bought it from Liulichang. I heard that it came out of the former court, and there are many pictures. Oh, oh, I'm too embarrassed to talk about those movements! "

Li Yu was more interested: "Hurry up and get it, I want to learn, oh no, I want to appreciate antiques!"