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

The next day, Li Yu and Duan Fang came to Jinan Academy.

There are not many students, and they are not celebrating the New Year right away. The main reason is that these students can be called international students. They come from the distant island of Java and there is no possibility of going back to celebrate the New Year.

Until later, Jinan University could be called an "overseas Chinese school", which was quite special.

By the way, it was also at this time that Li Yu learned that Jinan University was not founded in Guangzhou, but in Nanjing.

None of the students had braids, and they were very different throughout the late Qing Dynasty.

Even though haircut is the default policy in many new schools, there are still many with big braids.The students at Jinan University are all overseas Chinese from Nanyang and have been cut off for a long time.

As a Manchu, Duanfang actually accepted it calmly.

Maybe he also realized that Nanyang was an uneasy place with too strong revolutionary thoughts, so he hoped to take this opportunity to "reveal the benefits of education and ties with overseas Chinese", and he didn't care much about some details.

However, Duan Fang's idea was still too perfect. Basically all the students who came into contact with Xinxue in the past few years were half-revolutionaries. Even if they did not take practical actions to support it, at least they would not oppose it.

Otherwise, why would Sun Wen go to Java Island to raise money?

Li Yu didn't have much to say, but following the rules, Li Yu did have something to express, so he said:
“Education is the foundation of a country, directly related to the strength of the country, and the cornerstone of the country’s destiny.

"Looking at the excellent universities in the West that have many years of experience in running schools, they all understand this truth: they must give scholars full assistance, use their achievements, and never influence or control their minds. Only in this way can schools burst out with the vitality of thought. , and then became an excellent and famous school.

"..."

Anyway, that's the general idea.

Duan Fang nodded frequently. He very much agreed with what Li Yu said.

In the Qing Dynasty, the restriction of thought was too serious. Now, after several disastrous defeats, the whole country has been awakened. It will be a dead end to close the country any longer.

Unfortunately, it's too late to understand now.

Even though Duan Fang is a high official in the border areas, he is not from the royal family. With his character, he will not become a central official and cannot influence the situation of the court.

The revolutionary trend has been brewing for so long, but the Aisin Gioros are still dreaming.

The Qing Dynasty has such a bad reputation and everyone hates the Manchus so much. It is really their own fault and a historical necessity.

(Except for those who love to watch Qing palace dramas)
The Qing Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty are very similar. Both ethnic minorities were in power. And if we really want to compare, the Yuan Dynasty's high-pressure rule over the Han people was more serious.

But everyone's feelings towards the Yuan Dynasty are obviously much lighter.

The Qing Dynasty lost too much and too cowardly in its foreign wars. Time has passed not long ago. Only a hundred years have passed. Many problems left over from history still bother people today, and the pain of grinding their teeth cannot be dissipated at all.

The dean of Jinan Academy is Zheng Hongnian. He used to be a disciple of Kang Youwei, but later he also joined the Tongmenghui.

From his experience, we can also feel the strong appeal of the revolutionaries overseas. "The world has been full of misery and poverty for a long time."Don't even try to establish a constitution. Half of your body is buried in the soil anyway, so go as soon as possible.

After the opening ceremony, Duanfang and several directors from Java invited Li Yu and Lu Bicheng to have a Javanese meal.

They also knew Lu Bicheng's reputation in Beijing and Tianjin, and Duan Fang said: "I respect my wife's talent and heroism, and a women's school should be vigorously established. I plan to arrange for [-] women to go to Japan to study normal education in the near future. "

Lu Bicheng smiled and said, "Your Excellency is wise."

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After staying in Nanjing for a few more days, Li Yu returned to Shanghai.

Qi Baishi carved the seal before the end of the year and handed it over to Li Yu. He then carefully explained to Li Yu the different uses of the Bafang Seal.

Qi Baishi is an expert in seal carving. He used different materials and seal shapes to help Li Yu distinguish them so that he would not get the wrong seal in the future.

Li Yu said gratefully: "Thank you, Mr. Baishi."

"What's there to thank you for? I'm just getting money to do things," Qi Baishi said. "And it's an honor for me to carve a seal for the world's best Western master. When I go back to Changsha, it will be a good talk, and maybe more people will do it." He will come to me to engrave a seal."

Li Yu said with a smile: "In the future, when you are free, I will ask you for paintings."

"No need, I can't do it now at my level." Qi Baishi actually became humble.

If you think about it carefully, you have not yet reached the state of enlightenment at this time.

After bidding farewell to Qi Baishi, Alex, the general agent of Bayer Company, came with a reply from Bayer Company.

Similar to what Li Yu imagined, Bayer agreed to build a factory in China, but it required [-]% of the shares.

Li Yu agreed, and then brought Duan Fang's words to Alex.

It will be at least more than a month before the German company Bayer sends someone over again, that is, after the New Year.

Li Yu had nothing else to do in Shanghai for the time being, so he took Lu Bicheng north to the capital and returned to Shanghai after the year to continue handling matters.

After arriving at the mansion in Dongchang Hutong, Fengling, who was tightly wrapped in a scarf, held her child and greeted Li Yu together with Uncle Wang and Zhao Qian.

Li Yu had already regarded them as his own family and said with a smile: "The children are still so young, so don't freeze."

Fengling said: "Sir, I'm really sorry. I can't help with the housework during this time."

"Just take good care of your body, and with experience, I will be able to teach Bicheng in the future." Li Yu said.

Lu Bicheng blushed, "Teach me whatever you want."

Entering the mansion, Konoe Zhaoxue felt calm after seeing the intimacy between Li Yu and Lu Bicheng.Li Yu was calmer.

Female spies generally know how to lurk better than male spies, and Japanese spies are often very determined. Their minds are full of imperial ideas, and their bodies can be used as tools to serve the empire. They take it for granted that they are broken on the battlefield.

It's really scary and sad when you think about it.

So selling her a flaw and stabilizing her seemed like a crooked move.

but!

Ahem, you got the body, don’t try to get my heart!

Well, what a great second grade idea...

This year has been pretty good.

Just after the first lunar month, Xiaode Zhang suddenly came to the door.

"Master Li!" Xiao Dezhang said as he walked in and cupped his hands.

"Eunuch De, please come in." Li Yu didn't know the intention of his sudden visit.

Xiao Dezhang sat on a chair in the living room, picked up the tea bowl and blew on it, then glanced at Zhao Qian who was standing beside him. Li Yu understood and said to him: "Go down first."

After Zhao Qian left, Xiaode Zhang put down his tea bowl and said to Li Yu: "Our family came to see the emperor's master on the order of the queen."

"Queen?" Li Yu was a little confused.

Xiao Dezhang rubbed his hands and said, "Come on, I won't beat around the bush and tell the emperor directly. The queen wants to ask for medical advice."

Li Yu said awkwardly: "I don't understand medicine, let alone gynecology."

"It's not about gynecology, it's about the solution to infertility." Xiao Dezhang said and took out a book from his arms. It turned out to be in English, and the translation was "Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Treatment".

This book became more famous in later generations, and what is before us is the first edition published by Merck & Co. of the United States.

"Want me to translate?" Li Yu asked, this can be done.

"Let's open the skylight and speak frankly. There is no one else in the room anyway," Xiao Dezhang said. "The Queen suffered from having no heirs and had been seeking medical treatment for many years without success, so she thought of seeking Western methods."

Li Yu couldn't help but feel nervous, Damn, it's better not to get involved in this kind of thing!

And royal scandals generally never come out.

Since Xiao Dezhang said this at this time, it means at least two problems: first, Guangxu's health must be getting worse; second, and the key point, Queen Longyu wants to have a son to inherit the throne, and she will also be the emperor in the future. Like Cixi, listen to politics behind the curtain.

No matter what, it is better to have his own son.

Empress Longyu knew very well her aunt Cixi's path to power.

When Xianfeng suddenly died of illness, the empress dowagers of the two palaces were in charge of politics at the same time. The Eastern Empress Dowager Ci'an was the official empress of Xianfeng, while the Western Empress Dowager Cixi was the biological mother of Emperor Tongzhi.

Although the status of the queen should be more noble, in the end it was Cixi who took the power. After all, blood is thicker than water, and mother is more valuable than son.

Li Yu had a headache, and Xiao Dezhang turned to a page in the "Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Treatment", in which several English paragraphs were underlined.

Xiao Dezhang said: "Look, this is written by an American."

Li Yu only glanced at it, and the general meaning was that arsenic could be used to treat that.

Li Yu said awkwardly: "Mr. De, arsenic is translated as arsenic. Arsenic is highly poisonous. You don't know that, right?"

"Oh?" Xiao Dezhang exclaimed, broke into a cold sweat, wiped his forehead and said, "It turns out that you can't believe everything foreigners say, so I'd better ask you."

Xiao De Zhang stroked his chest, as if there was something else he wanted to say, but in the end he didn't say anything more.

After a long while, Xiaode Zhang said: "I heard people say that if you take the penis of a gorilla or a monkey, it can complement the physical form, which is better than that of a tiger or a deer."

Li Yu was really convinced. A eunuch was helping the queen study how to treat male diseases. Could it be that the emperor was not in a hurry and the eunuch was?
Li Yu said helplessly: "Father, first of all, in terms of classification, humans, gorillas, and monkeys are all primates, and humans have the largest penis among all primates. Even black-backed gorillas are far inferior to humans."

Xiao Dezhang was a little unbelievable: "Is this really true?"

"If you don't believe me, please ask Western animal experts. They often dissect various creatures."

Li Yu was too helpless.

But this is the situation now. There are too few people in China who understand Western learning, especially science. As long as you understand Western learning, others will think that you know everything, and they will ask you about everything, including physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, medicine, etc. Subject concepts such as astronomy.

Xiaode Zhang came back angrily, and he was a little scared in his heart.

If he really donated arsenic to the queen, then this top black blame would be placed on his head. No matter where he tried to reason, nine heads would not be enough to chop him off.

Xiao Dezhang gritted his teeth hard and kept cursing in his heart: "Cui Yugui, Cui Yugui, you really want to kill the Ze family!"

But Xiao Dezhang didn't dare to really get angry. Everyone in the palace knew that Eunuch Cui was a vicious dog of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and he was the one who dared to get the emperor's concubine into the well.The person in the palace who wanted Guangxu to die the most was him.

But Xiaode Zhang did not dare to wonder whether Cui Yugui had been instructed.

Xiao Dezhang sighed. At this moment, the palace was not at peace, so he had to be more clever.