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

Not long after, Yan Fu, Ding Weiliang, Liang Dunyan, and Yu Geng, the father of sisters De Ling and Rongling, also came to the scene. They sat under Zhang Baixi.

The level of this table was quite high, and later Zhang Boling and Yan Fansun could only sit at the bottom.

Not only them, but also British Minister Sa Daoyi, French Minister Lupin, and American Minister Connor also came to congratulate.

These three are all heavyweights. Of course, they can come because Li Yu is a member of the Royal Society, a member of the French Academy of Sciences, a member of the American Physical Society and other heavyweight status, and he has just won the Nobel Prize.

In the eyes of Chinese people at this time, most of the foreigners were superior, and the ministers were even more unattainable figures. Today, three ministers came all at once, and even the well-informed Yuan Shikai was surprised.

Li Yu himself hadn't expected it either, but since they're here, they must be entertained, not to mention it's a very face-saving thing.

Li Yu clasped his fists and said, "It's rare for the three ministers to come here."

British Minister Sa Daoyi said: "We all want to see Chinese weddings. Academician Li Yu doesn't need to be too polite."

Yuan Shikai could only rearrange the seats to make room for the three envoys, because according to etiquette, they must at least correspond to second-rank officials.

This time, Yan Fengsheng and Lu Fengyi's family members were squeezed to the bottom.

But the two dared not say "no" at all.

In addition, Li Shutong came all the way from Shanghai, and Shi Liangcai, the reporter who made the declaration, and others, they could only sit in the second seats.

Cai Yuanpei was in a special situation. He had something to do with Wu Yue's case, so he didn't dare to leave the Shanghai Concession. He just asked Li Shutong to bring congratulatory gifts and a personal letter.

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While Li Yu was entertaining the guests, Lu Bicheng's younger sister, Lu Kunxiu, had already secretly told her elder sister about Lu Fengyi's arrival.

Lu Bicheng got angry when he heard this, "What are they doing here! Why didn't mother drive them away!"

Lu Kunxiu said: "Mother wanted to chase her away, but uncle pressed the button."

Lu Bicheng said angrily: "You ungrateful, stalking bastard! Back then we were almost forced to death by them."

Lu Kunxiu quickly comforted: "Sister, you can't be angry today."

Lu Bicheng forcibly suppressed his anger as he kept replaying the experiences of his youth, "Well, I'd like to see what they will do."

Lu Bicheng asked Miss Xiang again: "You don't go to the banquet, what are you doing here?"

Lu Kunxiu said: "There is no fun outside, I like to be here with my sister, just to learn from experience."

Lu Bicheng was amused by her: "What is there to learn? Sister, I am also a big girl on the sedan chair—for the first time, there is nothing I can teach you."

Lu Kunxiu sat in front of the desk: "Sister, why aren't you nervous at all?"

Lu Bicheng said: "If you can fall in love freely in the future, you will find that you really don't need to be nervous, because you know who your husband is."

"So that's how it is," Lu Kunxiu said thoughtfully, not sure if she really understood.

She suddenly saw a shiny thing behind a few stacks of books, and took it out to see that it was the Huanxi Buddha from before.

Lu Kunxiu had never seen it before, and wondered: "These two villains are so strange, it seems... that they don't have clothes on?"

"What villain has no clothes on?" Lu Bicheng couldn't help being curious, lifted his hijab and looked over, "Ah!"

She hurried over to grab it and asked, "Where did you find it?"

Lu Kunxiu stuck out her tongue: "It's on brother-in-law's desk."

Lu Bicheng put away the Huanxi Buddha and said to her: "Kids, don't move around!"

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The banquet outside has already started, and Li Yu specially recruited some good cooks.

After taking a bite of the lion's head, Zai Zhen asked Xu Shichang: "Master Xu, you were also present at the attack on the train station last time, is it all right?"

Xu Shichang said: "Thank you, Mr. Bei, for your concern. I just suffered a little skin trauma."

Zai Zhen asked curiously, "Why did that assassin attack you?"

Xu Shichang said: "I can't guess the whereabouts of the revolutionaries, but the information collected from the assassins shows that they want to support the establishment of a constitution as soon as possible."

As Yuan Shikai's No. [-] Beiyang man, Xu Shichang's words were tentative.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the reason why the revolutionaries still assassinated the five ministers who went abroad to inspect the constitutional government after the court announced the constitutional government was because they felt that the court had no sincerity at all: three of the five ministers who went abroad were bannermen (Shang Qiheng was The Bannermen of the Han Army) is fundamentally whitewashing the court, and does not really want to implement constitutionalism.

The "Minbao" of the Tongmenghui even pointed out that the imperial court was "covering the eyes and ears of the world to fool us Han people."

Yuan Shikai and Xu Shichang, as ministers of the DPRK and China, were naturally aware of it.

Zai Zhen didn't have much political savvy (it is said that Zai Zi's generation is really completely empty), and he said casually: "Constitutionalism must be promoted, but the court must still be the court."

Yuan Shikai secretly laughed in his heart, isn't this just a joke!But he still replied: "The imperial court should still be the imperial court, come, drink!"

Li Yu also came to accompany them at this time. After toasting for a while, Li Yu felt a little dizzy.

Liang Dunyan said: "Teacher Emperor, some time ago we set up the Academic Affairs Office of Youmei in Shijia Hutong. Guolu (Tang Guoan's word) suggested that you be the supervisor of the Academic Affairs Office."

The Academic Affairs Office of Youmei University is the predecessor of Tsinghua University.

Li Yu asked, "Let me be the supervisor?"

Liang Dunyan smiled and said: "Now you are the supervisor of the new school. You are not a petty official. Moreover, you have contributed a lot to studying in the United States, and you have a good understanding of American universities. It is simply you."

Li Yu said, "Is this appropriate?"

"Is there anything inappropriate?" Liang Dunyan said, and then looked at the American ambassador Connor, "The Minister also strongly recommends you as a supervisor, and wants to make the Office of Academic Affairs a school that is more in line with common sense and the requirements of the US side."

US Minister Connor said: "Mr. Academician, don't refuse, we have the most trust in you, otherwise we don't know how to advance the work in the future."

Li Yu knew that he couldn't refuse, so he replied, "I will do my best."

Connor added: "We are thinking about what to name the school, do academicians have any suggestions?"

Li Yu supported his dizzy head and said without hesitation: "The water is clear and the wood is beautiful, so it is naturally Tsinghua University."

Liang Dunyan was also satisfied with the name: "The imperial court intends to allocate the royal garden Tsinghua Garden to the Youmei Academic Affairs Office. It seems that the emperor knows this news. Tsinghua is indeed a good name."

Connor was also very satisfied: "Very good, I like the word Tsinghua."

Liang Dunyan also said: "The position of supervisor is the same as the general office of Guolu (Tang Guoan's word) and the power of the principal."

"Principal? Principal of Tsinghua University?" Li Yu felt a little sober when he heard it.

Liang Dunyan wondered, "Why are brothers Shucai so surprised?"

Li Yu said, "This is Tsinghua University!"

Liang Dunyan was even more puzzled: "I know, we have adopted the name you just suggested."

Li Yu was a little incoherent: "I mean Qing, Qing, Tsinghua!"

"Did you drink too much? Why repeat it again?" Liang Dunyan said with a smile, "Our aim is to build a school that is biased towards the science of the new school. The foreigners are also top-notch masters, isn't it normal for you to be the supervisor?"

Li Yu didn't know what to say.

The U.S. envoy and Liang Dunyan made a decision together: "That's how it's settled!"

Liang Dunyan did not forget to add: "Don't worry, the emperor, I will not delay your own affairs."

Li Yu could only reply: "Okay, okay!"

Yuan Shikai did not forget to push: "I hope we will have a university like Oxford and Cambridge in the future. Come, come, for the position of supervisor, I will toast the groom!"

Li Yu said, "I can't ask the commander-in-chief to toast me."

Yuan Shikai said: "You are the groom's official, today you are the biggest."

These military men drank a lot, and directly drank Li Yu until he was very drunk.

After the banquet, back to the bedroom, Lu Bicheng had been waiting for a long time, she smiled and served two glasses of wine.

Li Yu asked: "Return, do you want to drink?"

Lu Bicheng said: "This is carnival wine, it's a rule."

Li Yu picked up the wine glass, and after drinking with her, he passed out completely drunk, fell down and fell into a deep sleep.

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At the banquet, Lu Fengyi and Yan Fengsheng had almost no chance to speak.

Lu Fengyi had fully seen the strength of Li Yu's energy, and she was a little scared, afraid that Lu Bicheng would use this powerful husband to seek revenge on her.

When Lu Fengyi saw Yan Shi holding the water basin, he said with a smile on his face, "Sister-in-law, let the past go."

Yan said coldly: "What happened in the past? You can forget it, and I can forget it too."

Lu Fengyi was overjoyed: "Sister-in-law is indeed a reasonable person."

Yan's conversation changed: "But whether Bicheng will forget, Kunxiu will not forget, Meisun will not forget, Huiru will not forget, I can't be the master."

These four girls are the four sisters of Lu Bicheng.

After the two sons of the Lu family passed away, Lu Bicheng's father cherished his four daughters very much, taught them to read and write, and raised them as if they were boys.

Later, Lu Huiru, Lu Meisun, and Lu Bicheng were all famous for their poems and essays, and they were known as "the three Lus of Huainan, famous all over the world".

However, women in the old society had no status. Even so, after his death, his family property was still robbed by his clansmen, and his four daughters had no place to live, so they were forced to follow their mother to their natal family.

The bedroom door opened, Lu Bicheng took the face, and was about to wash the feet of Li Yu, who had fallen asleep, when he suddenly heard a voice that he hadn't heard for ten years: "Bicheng, I haven't seen you for so many years, you have become a beautiful girl .”

Lu Bicheng raised his head, saw his uncle Lu Fengyi, trembled, and snorted coldly: "Uncle, actually I don't want to see you at all, you should hurry back."

Yan immediately said: "Did you hear that? Why don't you hurry up?"

Lu Fengyi did not give up: "We are blood relatives of uncle and nephew, blood is thicker than water."

Lu Bicheng suppressed his anger: "Uncle, this is the last time I call you that, and I hope it is the last time I see you. We broke up with each other ten years ago."

Lu Fengyi seemed to be in a bit of trouble, and said, "Bicheng, Huaixi is still your home. If you have time, take Li Yu over there to have a look. We can provide money and money."

Lu Bicheng didn't buy into him at all: "Please leave quickly, don't forget, this is my home now, if you don't leave, I will drive you away!"

Seeing that Lu Bicheng was so determined, Lu Fengyi had no choice but to cry and said, "Okay, uncle, let's go," and then took out a red envelope, "This blessing, Bicheng, you all can't take it too much."

Seeing that he was really in tears, Lu Bicheng took it over and said, "Thank you, see you off!"