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

Chapter 428 Confrontation
Li Yu stayed at Tokyo Imperial University for a long time, and would often send telegrams to Lu Bicheng in Tianjin to inquire about the situation in the country.

Lu Bicheng is really busy now. Not only does she have to be the chief teacher of Beiyang Girls' Public School, she also has to find time to create and translate books. She even has to learn new things while eating.

Li Yu is also very busy. When there are no courses at Tokyo Imperial University, he has to go to Mitsui and Mitsubishi Headquarters to study the details of cooperation. In addition, he also has to carry out in-depth design of the gearbox. Everything is very troublesome.

In addition, Li Yu is also working on a new type of invention patent: the jack.

Although jacks have been around for a long time, they were mostly used in factories and were huge in size. Li Yu designed a portable jack that was more common in later generations and was used for roadside car repairs.

This little thing is very useful now, because cars at this time can't even talk about the word "durability".

The cars of later generations can be driven for tens of thousands of kilometers without any problems, and they can only be maintained a few times and add glass water. But this is not the case for cars in the early [-]th century. Breakdowns on the road are the norm.

As a driver, having certain maintenance knowledge is as important as having driving skills, otherwise you won't even think about driving.

Perhaps this is the reason why many drivers in the early days were professional drivers - it is really a very powerful skill.

Fortunately, current cars generally have a relatively simple structure and are not difficult to repair.

However, the road conditions were not very good at this time, and bumps and bumps on the chassis were unavoidable. The overall rigidity of the body was incomparable to that of later generations, so the driver often had to get under the car to repair the car.

Therefore, the jack can definitely become the standard equipment of the car at this time, and naturally includes tools such as wrenches.

In the future, when Model T cars come out, they will basically be equipped with Li Yu’s set of portable jacks.

Li Yu asked Tokyo Imperial University for a small apartment and a small laboratory.

This laboratory cannot be compared with the ones in Berlin and New York. It is not even as good as the laboratory built by myself in the capital. I can only make do with it.

Without a computer, it would be troublesome to draw drawings by hand, and even more difficult to make by hand.Li Yuquan had to practice his hands-on skills, and it took him a long time to finish it.

The next gearbox is even more time-consuming.

Anyway, Li Yu is extremely busy every day.

At the weekend, when I could finally rest, Uchida Ryohei came to the door again.

This master is now the nominal boss of the Black Dragon Society, and the actual controller is Tou Shanman behind him. However, Tou Shanman trusts him and gives him great power. He is basically the second-in-command of the Black Dragon Society.

The main reason is that Ryohei Uchida is relatively young and does not have the complicated social relations of Toyamaman. After the Russo-Japanese War, Toyamaman's domestic reputation was a bit embarrassing, and it would be easier for him to stand in front of the stage.

"Mr. Li Yu, please come with me to my home." Uchida Lianghei said.

"Family banquet?" Li Yu asked.

"The banquet is of course inevitable, but..." Uchida Ryohei smiled and said, "There is still a little trouble, Mr. Liao, you can tell me."

"Hello, I am Liao Zhongkai. On behalf of the Tongmenghui, I have come to invite Academician Li Yu." Liao Zhongkai introduced himself first.

He was Mr. Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man later, and had great influence in the political arena in the early Republic of China. He assisted in the formulation of the three major policies of "union with Russia, alliance with the Communist Party, and support for farmers and workers".

Li Yu asked again: "What are you inviting me to do?"

Liao Zhongkai said: "There were some conflicts in the meeting. We had a dispute with Mr. Taiyan and others. I heard your speech last time at the International Students Association. Everyone thought you were a sensible person, so I hope to come and see it together. Yes. Yes, Mr. Taiyan also mentioned that he can invite you."

Li Yu felt that this matter was not easy to handle. He knew that now was the time when there were obvious differences between the Restoration Society and the Alliance.

Mr. Zhongshan, Huang Xing, Liao Zhongkai, Song Jiaoren and others are from the Tongmenghui; there are also many bigwigs from the Guangfuhui, including Zhang Taiyan, Cai Yuanpei, Tao Chengzhang, Qiu Jin, Xu Xilin, etc.

Although the views of both sides are revolutionary, the differences have never been eliminated.

The purpose of the Guangfuhui is to "recover the Han people, return our country, pledge our lives to the country, and retire with merit." It originated from an assassination organization and has also advocated assassination since then.

The program of the Tongmenghui is "to expel the Tartars and restore China."

The two sounds very similar, both for the purpose of opposing the Manchus; but the Tongmenghui's political platform also included the content of "equalizing land rights and establishing the Republic of China."It is because of this that the Tong Meng Hui is different from the old-style Hui Party, and it is the key to its becoming a modern political group.

However, most people do not understand the democratic republic advocated by Mr. Sun Yat-sen.

As we all know, the Tongmenghui is composed of Huaxinghui, Guangfuhui, Xingzhonghui, etc., but there is no superior-subordinate relationship between them, basically they are in parallel status, and they are not twisted together.

The main members of the Xingzhong Association are overseas Chinese, many of whom are Cantonese, and are rooted in the overseas Chinese community;
Most of the members of the Huaxing Society are Hunanese, and most of them are students studying in Japan. They have close ties with the new domestic schools and the new army;
Most of the members of the Guangfuhui were petty bourgeois intellectuals, basically from Zhejiang.

After they merged into the Tongmenghui, they could not break out of their own small groups and form a more powerful revolutionary group.

In other words, after the Tongmenghui was established, because the Revival Hui, Huaxing Hui, and Guangfu Hui stuck to their own interests and failed to fully integrate, the Tongmenghui became more like a loose organization.

Fortunately, everyone generally has a belief that the Manchu rule should be overthrown.Some people even advocated changing the name of the Tongmenghui to the "Anti-Manchu Comrades Association."

Fortunately, Mr. Sun Yat-sen was far-sighted and repeatedly emphasized that we were not just anti-Manchus and anti-Manchus. If there were Manchus with the same aspirations, we could also work together.

However, members of the Guangfuhui did not agree with the Tongmenghui's idea of ​​establishing a bourgeois democratic republic in China after overthrowing the Qing rule.

The Guangfuhui advocated the restoration of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of a political power ruled by the Han people. In other words, it only recognized the eighteen provinces of the Han Dynasty.

In short, the imperial thought of the Restoration Society has not been completely erased.

This makes the contradiction between the two difficult to reconcile, and there have been conflicts between the two in activities in Southeast Asia and other regions.For the revolutionary force, it has been weakened.

Liao Zhongkai took out letters written by Zhang Taiyan and Song Jiaoren, both of whom wanted to invite Li Yu to come over.Since both Zhongshan and Huang Xing are not in Japan, Song Jiaoren is actually the boss of the Tongmenghui; Zhang Taiyan is the leader of the Guangfuhui.

Song Jiaoren felt that Li Yu and Huang Xing had a good relationship, and they were well-known among intellectuals, and they had become academicians of so many National Academy of Sciences, so their influence was not insignificant.

Zhang Taiyan saw it more deeply and directly, because he knew the focus of the conflict between the Liberation Society and the Tongmenghui: money.

Zhang Taiyan also knew that Li Yu had sufficient funds. Although he would not directly participate in the revolution, he could always borrow some money. Just pay back what he borrowed!
Li Yu read Zhang Taiyan's letter and immediately understood what Mr. Taiyan meant. He mainly hoped that Li Yu would fund "Min Bao".

The nature of this incident is relatively light and does not directly point to violent revolution.So Li Yu closed the letter and said, "Let's go."

The meeting place of the Tongmenghui is at Uchida Ryohei's home.

——It was Uchida Ryohei who took the initiative to help Mr. Nakayama establish the Alliance, and the Black Dragon Association also provided money and equipment.

Its real purpose is naturally to gain greater benefits once the alliance overthrows the Qing Dynasty.

Revolution is a matter of great risk, but if it succeeds, the rewards will be infinite.

Arriving outside Uchida Ryohei's mansion, Li Yu saw Tou Shanman. This old man must have had a hand in it.

Toyama Manchu shook hands with Li Yu: "Congratulations to Academician Li Yu! I already know that you not only became a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, but also gained the appreciation of Dean Hiroyuki Kato and became the Duke of Edinburgh of the Imperial Academy. You are the first Chinese to have this honor. Congratulations!"

However, Li Yu was not proud of it at all. He just thought it was convenient for him to move around in Japan and plan his own plans in the future.

But the polite words on my lips are naturally: "It is my honor to be respected by Tokyo Imperial University and Imperial Academy."

Tou Shanman's attitude towards Li Yu is relatively complicated, mainly because Li Yu himself is very complicated in his eyes.Try to win over him, but you can't win over him; deal with him, now his wings are getting more and more full, even Mitsui and Mitsubishi have come to an end, and it is even more difficult to deal with.

The most troublesome thing is that Toushan Man still can't figure out Li Yu's tendencies, and it is difficult to do targeted work.

This was the most difficult person he had ever encountered. He thought he was easy to figure out at such a young age, but he didn't expect him to be so much more complicated than those revolutionaries.

Tou Shanman knew the chaos of the Tongmenghui very well. He knew exactly what the goals and wants of Mr. Zhongshan, Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren, Zhang Taiyan, Xu Xilin, and Qiu Jin were.

Once they know this, the Black Dragon Society can "prescribe the right medicine".

But Tou Shanman is still not sure what Li Yu wants to do and want.Thinking about how I have been engaged in intelligence work for so many years, this is the first time I have encountered such a tough situation. I must ask Konoe Aki to work harder!

Or it's really a joke: such a key person can't even figure out his subjective tendencies, so what kind of intelligence is there?
Toyama Manchu said to Li Yu: "In the future, when Mr. I become a guest of the Iwasaki family and the Mitsui family, we will be able to spend more time communicating, but the current situation in Japan is not optimistic. Sir, please pay attention to safety."

Li Yu said: "Mr. Toushan is referring to the current Japanese youth radical group?"

Tou Shanman nodded: "They are dissatisfied with the results of the war with Russia and are venting their anger everywhere. Many high-level officials have to be careful. Even I don't dare to show my face often."

To be able to make Mitsuru Toyama, the largest underworld leader in Japan, so fearful shows that the social situation in Japan is indeed not optimistic.

Li Yu said: "I will be more careful."

"These two things are given to you for self-defense." Mitsuru Toyama asked Uchida Ryohei to take out a samurai sword and a revolver. "This sword comes from the top craftsmen in Fukui Echizen; and this Cole This special revolver was specially bought by me from the United States."

Li Yu took a look and said, "I don't know how to use a knife. I'll keep this pistol for now. Thank you Mr. Toushan for your kindness."

"It's exactly what I expected. How can educated people like you still play with swords like us ronin," Tou Shanman said with a smile. He then said to Uchida Ryohei, "Take out two more boxes of bullets and give them to Academician Li Yu. .”

Many people in the Tongmenghui were given excessive amounts of pistols, especially the Restoration Society, a group that loved assassination.

To be honest, if it is really used for assassination, the revolver still has many advantages. The most critical one is that due to its special structure, it is impossible to jam, and there will be no embarrassing situation like Huang Xing sent people to assassinate Wang Zhichun in Shanghai.

In addition, the revolver does not need to consider heat dissipation issues, so it can use more powerful bullets, which can be very powerful.

I remember that in "Resident Evil: Village", the revolver Magnum was set as one of the most powerful ultimate weapons.

Li Yu looked at the Colt revolver in his hand and couldn't help but think of the scene when he used another Browning pistol to kill six ronin in Harbin.

Li Yu thought to himself, don't regret it if you give it to me. It may be used to fight little devils in the future.

Li Yu put away his pistol and bullets, and followed the two of them into Uchida Ryohei's mansion.

Two groups of people were already sitting in the room. On one side were people from the Liberation Association such as Zhang Taiyan, Tao Chengzhang, and Qiu Jin, and on the other were people from the Tongmenghui such as Song Jiaoren and Hu Hanmin.

Zhang Taiyan first asked: "Mr. Zhongshan has not shown up for a long time. He took away 15000 yen funded by Mr. Suzuki and the Japanese government, leaving only 2000 yen as the maintenance of "Minbao". How do you explain this?"

Facing Zhang Taiyan's aggressive tone, Song Jiaoren replied: "Everyone must know that Brother Sun went to Nanyang to raise funds. Fundraising is not begging. How can we do it without start-up funds?"

"Start-up capital?" Zhang Taiyan snorted coldly, "What's the result?"

Song Jiaoren said: "I had a telegram with Brother Sun some time ago. He said that there were not many businessmen in Nanyang and encountered some obstacles in raising funds."

Song Jiaoren was still too young. He felt that everyone was already a member of the Tongmenghui and told everything frankly.

Zhang Taiyan said angrily: "That's a waste of time! How many times have I said that Tokyo is the headquarters of the Tongmenghui, and this money should be used as the activities of the Tokyo Tongmenghui. What's more, don't you see that it will be more difficult to appear in the Tokyo Tongmenghui? Even the maintenance of "Min Bao" is struggling, and we have to reduce the layout again and again. Now Liang Qichao's "Xin Min Cong Bao" has launched a debate with us again, and he has almost gained the upper hand! Is this what everyone wants to see? Do you want to start a revolution?"

Zhang Taiyan is now the chief writer of "Min Bao" and he is the main force in the debate with Liang Qichao's "Xin Min Cong Bao".Needless to say, Liang Qichao's combat effectiveness, but now that there is a problem with the revolutionary faction's polemic position, it is even more difficult to withstand Liang Qichao's offensive.

Hu Hanmin said: "Of course we still have to promote the revolution through Minbao. The maintenance of Minbao is also very important to Mr. Zhongshan and Huang Xing. Otherwise, 2000 yen will not be left."

"It's only 2000 yen!" Zhang Taiyan stretched out two fingers, "Do you know how much money Liang Qichao's "Xin Min Cong Bao" has? Their money is even in US dollars!"

Qiu Jin was even more angry than Zhang Taiyan: "I think we shouldn't accept money from the Japanese! This is obviously the Japanese who want to take advantage of us. Accepting their money is accepting bribes, which is a shame!"

Hu Hanmin said: "You two, don't say that! We need to use all resources now. If we can't get money, how can we have the ability to carry out revolution?"

"Then you can't be a mother if you have breasts!" Zhang Taiyan's bookishness also broke out. He tore off the portrait of Mr. Zhongshan of the "Min Bao" in front of him and wrote on it: "Sun Wenying, who sold the "Min Bao", will withdraw immediately. ", and then said: "I will send this paper to Sun Wen in Nanyang."

Song Jiaoren said: "Mr. Taiyan misunderstood Mr. Zhongshan!"

Zhang Taiyan didn't care anymore: "If he ignores the Tokyo Alliance, don't blame us!"

Qiu Jin said even more angrily: "There is nothing I can do here, only verbal disputes. I want to go back to China and do what revolutionaries should really do!"

Li Yu looked really upset at the door. These big guys were quarreling, and he couldn't help it, okay?

(End of this chapter)