Tang Shaoyi was also born in the third batch of children studying in the United States. She also had relatively good grades and was admitted to Columbia University. Later, he served as a diplomat in North Korea for ten years, so he paid more attention to global current affairs.
Tang Shaoyi said to Li Yu: "This little brother is the Li Yu whom Shenbao and the Beijing-Tianjin Times have recently praised in a series of articles?"
Li Yu said: "It's really my fault."
"It's not simple, it's not easy to learn from the West!"
Tang Shaoyi later became the president of Peiyang University and Shandong University, and he knew a lot about education.
Zhang Xun asked in confusion: "Beijing-Tianjin Times? What did you report?"
Cao Kun smiled and said, "You don't even read the newspaper?"
Zhang Xun is not well educated and said: "Such small characters hurt the eyes."
Although Cao Kun was dull, he loved calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting. Later, he had a good relationship with Qi Baishi, and he was still somewhat educated. Cao Kun thought of the recent newspapers: "So, you are the one who has made several headlines in England and France?"
Before Li Yu could speak, Tang Shaoyi said: "There is still room for lies. Didn't the governor just say it? Otherwise, why would he be allowed to sit next to you, just to keep you company?"
When Cao Kun heard this, he transformed into Tie Hanhan again, picked up the wine and said, "I'd like to toast my little brother!" He didn't forget to pull Zhang Xun, "Zhang Guandai, don't you like educated people the most? Let's go together Bar!"
With the help of Yuan Shikai, Zhang Xun once became a disciple of Xu Shichang, and told everyone he met that he also loved culture.
But after listening to Cao Kun's words, Zhang Xun only felt his scalp numb and his buttocks even more numb.
He may not know that it was his words of "Cao San idiot" that caused so many troubles.
Of course, it is indeed a joke.
It was really funny that Li Yu was caught in the middle.
Zhang Xun picked up the wine glass and said, "Do it!"
Gan!
After drinking a glass of wine, Zhang Xun felt that he was really going to heaven. After eating, he had to go to the military doctor. I really can't drink any more wine today, and I can't eat any more chili peppers. I have to talk about something else!
Zhang Xun said casually: "We are just confused, why are they so good at Western learning? We have also been to the foreign school in the team. When fighting a battle, we have to read the map and calculate the distance. Especially the artillery team, there are a lot of triangles and triangles every day. Various line studies come and go.”
Cao Kun said: "Zhang Guandai, you are talking about trigonometric functions and ballistics."
"Yes, yes! Okay, you idiot Cao San, you know this even before you are young and old!"
Li Yu thought to himself, it seems that "Cao San Fool" will definitely not get drunk with you today.
After all, Cao Kun had studied at the Beiyang Military Academy for several years. These are compulsory courses in military science courses. He said: "If I have to lead an artillery team in a war in the future, I will definitely learn all of them."
Zhang Xun shook his head: "Even if you kill me, I can't understand it. Are you kidding me? That's what people learned? Besides, it's not like there aren't dedicated artillery battalions. We just need to lead our own troops."
"Then what if the infantry and artillery cooperate? What if you can't know the distance and the artillery hits one of your own?"
Zhang Xun was stunned after hearing this. He was from Yeluzi. Although he had led soldiers for several years, he was always brave and courageous in fighting. He also had direct commanders above him to give orders.
How could he think so much.
However, his idea is not completely wrong. Until World War II, the Japanese army was actually most particular about the character "Meng". But what a "force" method, it is still very learned.
Zhang Xun was dissatisfied and said: "It's enough to know the art of war when fighting. Do you still need to know those numbers? I don't believe that General Qi Jiguang Qi also has to learn trigonometry."
The general Cao Kun admired most was Qi Jiguang, and he even called his residence "Guangyuan". Seeing that he had brought up Qi Jiguang, I had to say: "At this moment, the art of war has always been there, but the specific execution on the battlefield is always changing!"
Tang Shaoyi interjected: "By the way, speaking of the Art of War, Governor Yuan ordered me to buy 100 copies of "On War" from abroad and send them to the army. It is said that it looks very insightful in conjunction with Sun Tzu's Art of War. The money went directly to the army. The tariff is the Governor's heart. What do you think of this book?"
Cao Kun said: "I read it as soon as I got it. I deeply agree with the chapters about concentrating superior forces. The foreign troops have so few troops and the war is so fierce. They rely on these war theories. Don't you think so? Zhang Guandai ?”
Zhang Xun actually didn't look at it at all, and coughed awkwardly: "Yes, yes! I think so too! Otherwise, I think we should talk about trigonometry and ballistics. You tell me about ballistics first!"
After all, I have seen trigonometric functions and ballistic theory. Although I don't understand them at all, I have never read "On War".
Cao Kun scratched his head and said honestly: "I can't say very well, but I can look up the meter!"
Zhang Xun said happily: "Then it's over!"
Cao Kun pointed at Li Yu: "He understands foreigners' stuff, you can ask him."
"Me?" Li Yu was listening to the two of them talking about "cross talk" with great interest, but why did he suddenly get involved again.
Cao Kun said: "Yes, the newspaper said that you are the proud man of the East, omniscient and omnipotent, with knowledge of astronomy and geography. This thing will definitely not be difficult for you!"
Li Yu asked in confusion: "Where is this? What newspaper reported it?"
"That's what the newspapers say. They also say that you can even calculate the route of the stars in the sky and know where you are at what time. It's amazing."
Li Yu thought to himself that it would be enough to add oil and jealousy, but we can't let everyone just drink oil and become jealous. Keep your words to yourself so that you can maneuver later.
However, ballistics is indeed a relatively simple theory for him. It is basically mechanical analysis in mathematics and physics combined with parabolic analysis.
There are many mechanical analysis questions about this aspect in high school physics, which are more humane than the scary little sliders.
But the thought of using the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches of the Qing Dynasty to explain these issues to them feels overwhelming.
"Actually, ballistics should be learned, and it is not difficult. However, sirs, it is best to understand Descartes' coordinate system first, so that it will be easier to explain."
"What's the flute?" Zhang Xun asked.
"Descartes."
"Have not heard."
Forehead……
"It's the x-axis and y-axis, one horizontal and one vertical, and then draw the image."
Zhang Xun suddenly realized: "I've seen this before! I understand!"
Li Yu's thinking was very clear: "It's easy to do if you understand this! Then, just draw the trajectory of the cannonball or bullet, calculate it using mechanical principles and mathematical derivation, and use the cosine function and the sine function to substitute the components of the initial velocity in both directions. By combining the relationship between the two and using a little bit of calculus, you can get the coordinates of any point in time. That's roughly it."
Zhang Xun's mouth opened wider and wider. He could understand it just now, but now he was listening to the Book of Heaven. It felt as if the teacher was still talking about 1+1=2 just a second ago. I lowered my head and picked up the pencil and found that the blackboard was filled with various complex differential equations.
"Ha...hahaha!" Zhang Xun laughed a few times and clapped softly, "Does Cao Guandai understand?"
What Li Yu said is actually not complicated at all. It is completely what military ballistics should learn.
Cao Kun was an honest boy. He used to take his studies at Beiyang Armed Forces Academy quite seriously, and was even selected by Li Hongzhang as one of the ten outstanding graduates to present to the court.
He naturally understood it, but some terms were different from what he had learned before, and he felt that he had struggled to learn them at the time. Why did Li Yu say them so casually? I had used this to get good grades, so it couldn't be easier to put it in Li Yu's mouth.
"That's what happened, I understand." Cao Kun said honestly.
Zhang Xun didn't believe it and asked Tang Shaoyi: "Do you also understand?"
Tang Shaoyi smiled and said, "I understand too. Where are you?"
Zhang Xun gritted his teeth and said, "The same goes for us!"
Li Yu was immediately happy, and suddenly thought of Zhang Fei's sentence "Me too" in the TV series.
This Zhang Xun is so funny!
From the beginning to the end, I thought I was playing tricks on Cao Kun, the "iron fool", but in fact, I was somehow bypassed by Cao Kun.
After three drinks, the leader, Yuan Shikai, had finished chatting and said to Zai Zhen, "Zhen Beizi, I want to borrow someone from you."
"Borrowing someone? Borrowing someone?" Zai Zhen asked.
Yuan Shikai looked at Li Yu: "I want to borrow him."
"Li Yu?"
"right."
Zai Zhen wondered: "Why are you borrowing him? He doesn't seem to know how to march and fight."
"Of course it's not for this. I have just established a few schools here, but several teachers in Germany are on vacation these days. You know, the Germans, even if they go to the front line, they will never take a vacation or celebrate the holidays. I don't know anything about this. As for Mathematics and Physics, let him take over for a few days. I myself might as well learn from this proud man from the East."
"That's what happened!" Zai Zhen said, "It's okay if Li Yu wants to. Anyway, he doesn't have to go back to Beijing to report to the Prime Minister's Yamen."
"That's perfect."
Zai Zhen asked again: "Do you also learn Western learning in the army now?"
Yuan Shikai smiled and said: "Of course you have to learn. The soldiers recruited are almost illiterate, which is not a solution. I have asked the German instructors and their soldiers understand at least basic scientific theories. Although I can't say what these things have for fighting. Yes, but since everyone is like this, I think it must make sense."
Zai Zhen visited the armies of Britain, France and other countries when he was in their army, and knew that what Yuan Shikai said was true. The soldiers of the British and French armies had at least a few years of schooling. As for Germany, it implemented compulsory education nearly 200 years ago and was the first country in the world to popularize compulsory education.
But now, even Yuan Shikai's new army, the most powerful force in the Qing Dynasty, is actually a group of illiterate and semi-illiterate people. It is indeed unreasonable.
Zai Zhen agreed: "Yuan Zhitai was far-sighted and set up a school in the army. You are really the number one person in our Qing Dynasty."
Yuan Shikai whispered: "It's not just the school. Recently, our Beiyang Army is planning to order 3,000 new fast guns and cannons from the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau. We also need someone who understands foreign things to check them."
Zai Zhen immediately understood what Yuan Shikai meant. The amount of this order was quite large, and telling him that there was obviously money to be made.
After all, Zai Zhen was the most greedy son of the Qing Dynasty. He was very sensitive to matters related to money, but he still pretended to be polite and asked: "Aren't all the weapons in your army bought from foreigners?" ?"
Yuan Shikai smiled and said: "Of course I still have to buy it, but buying it all the time is not an option. If it breaks, it is difficult to repair. The most important thing is that the bullets you buy are not enough. You can't even conduct live ammunition shooting a few times. And if we really want to start a war again, Come on, it’s too late to buy it from the foreigners, we can’t let the soldiers use their rifles as firewood.”
Zai Zhen was deeply impressed: "Yuan Zitai decides on matters in the military. But are the guns and cannons we made ourselves useful?"
Yuan Shikai actually didn’t know much about it: “After all, I have to try it first.”
