Duan Qirui is the general manager of the General Staff Office. John, an American, found him first. Duan Qirui felt very ashamed: "Commander, I led the wolf into the house and almost caused a catastrophe." Yuan Shikai said: "Fortunately, I didn't get tricked. You don't have to blame yourself, besides, I didn't even notice it." Tang Shaoyi said: "Brother Li Yu's contribution is really not small. He knew it at a glance, and he is indeed a master of Western learning! I just said a few words casually, and it turned out that I really admire you for being able to hear the problem." Wang Shizhen also said: "If we really believe that American liar, I am afraid that Beiyang will become the object of ridicule around the world in the future." Everyone expressed their gratitude to Li Yu again.
Being thanked by so many big warlords, Li Yu felt a little confused. He said: "In fact, John did deceive the U.S. Navy and actually showed his design plan to the President of the United States. So you see, even the Americans themselves will be fooled." Feng Guozhang laughed: "Then, at least we can still Better than the President of the United States, at least I haven't been fooled." Tang Shaoyi laughed loudly: "That makes sense! Everyone can feel relieved when General Manager Feng says this." Li Chun and Li Yu actually spent the longest time together, so they held their hands and said: "Teacher Li is really a famous person in our country. With such a complicated design, I can see the problem at a glance, which makes me, who is in charge of the school, feel ashamed." Li Yu said with a smile: "After all, it is my own major. If there are such problems, I don’t see how there is any capital to serve as the teachings of those big armies... well, outstanding students!" In fact, the perpetual motion machine design plan 100 years from now will be much more complicated and more intimidating than John's current plan.
The perpetual motion machines designed by later generations of civilian scientists at least used permanent magnets. Those designs are so beautiful that they can be called works of art.
Li Yu has seen many examples of perpetual motion machine designs 100 years later. Except that they cannot be realized, they are all jaw-droppingly beautiful.
They are all imaginative things, and every one of them can be said.
"Creative Master". By the way, Huang Wei also studied perpetual motion machines for decades. During the Battle of Huaihai, his Huangwei Corps was completely wiped out, and he himself was captured and sent to a war criminals management center. In order to avoid labor reform, he actually came up with an ingenious trick: research perpetual motion machines!
This research lasted for decades... In 1956, he sent his drawings to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but they were immediately rejected.
Huang Wei was dissatisfied and yelled in prison: "Give me some more time, Watt didn't invent the steam engine in a while!" But the result can be seen by just thinking about it.
It's a pity that the person who has got into the horns can't be pulled out no matter how hard he pulls. Huang Wei is someone he can't understand.
And John obviously had a clear mirror in his mind and used it to deceive people. But the lion's mouth went too far!
It was the same 5 million taels, and Hurd earned 5 million. After all, he had worked for the imperial court for decades, and he really got things done.
John is a little liar asking for five million, so he might as well buy a lottery ticket! Li Chunyi reminded Yuan Shikai when he mentioned teaching;
"Mr. Li Yu, you have been kind to our Beiyang. I shouldn't be harsh on you anymore, but our Beiyang Armed Forces Crash Course students will probably be important members of the military in the future. I don't have time to study anymore, but young people must We must study more, otherwise if they take our detour in the future, it will be unworthy of us." Feng Guozhang deeply agreed: "The backwardness of education has caused us to suffer a lot, but there are really not many people who are as understanding as you, even us The foreign teachers in the school didn't see the problem." Li Yu said: "I don't blame them. This is a physics problem. Most of the students in the school teach military affairs, so it is normal to not understand thermodynamics." Yuan Shikai said: "I This is exactly what I want to say. What happened today made me understand why I have always heard that Western military academies also offer courses such as mathematics and physics. It seems that they are indeed necessary knowledge. In the past, I didn’t understand. I thought that soldiers were soldiers. What did I know about Western learning? . But today it seems that I was wrong. If you don’t mind it, sir, please teach the basic mathematics and physics courses for our school students for a while. It would be better if you can explain the mechanical principles in John’s drawings in detail. ." Li Chun immediately said: "The commander-in-chief is right! At least we can't let them be fooled like this in the future!" Li Yu couldn't refuse, he said: "But now I am ordered by the court to pay regular bills. The emperor teaches Western learning.”
"Your Majesty?" Yuan Shikai touched his chin,
"It doesn't matter! We won't delay Sir for too long, it will only take a month at most. Now that we have entered the twelfth lunar month, there will be a lot of things in the palace during this period, and there will not be too many teaching activities arranged. I will go back and write a memorial to the court, Please explain the matter clearly, and I don’t think the Queen Mother will stand in the way.” Having said this, Li Yu had no choice but to say: “If the Governor can handle it well, I would rather obey your orders than respect him.”
"Okay!" Yuan Shikai said: "It would be best to have Mr. Shikai help me. I will write the memorial immediately. You and Tang Daotai will return to Beijing together first. We will wait for you in Beiyang." Li Yu took Yuan Shikai's memorial and prepared to return to Beijing with Tang Shaoyi. .
De Ling has been staying in the concession hotel arranged by Tang Shaoyi. She usually enjoys leisure and shopping. She is no stranger to foreign things in the concession anyway, so there is no need to worry.
After returning to Beijing, the first thing Tang Shaoyi did was go to the Customs General Tax Office in Dongjiaominxiang to find Hurd. Tang Shaoyi got straight to the point: "Lord Hurd, look at these documents! Your subordinate De Cuilin, the General Taxation Department of Tianjin Customs, bent the law for personal gain and actually collaborated with the American Hoover to transfer the Kaiping Mining Bureau of the Qing Dynasty to their own through coercion. Under the name of Molin Company. As a customs official, you are so contemptuous of our Qing laws!" Hurd looked at the documents, photos, stocks, and even accounts in front of him, knowing that there could be no fraud. He himself said to De Cuilin The virtue is also said in my heart,
"Damn old German, I have warned him many times, but I didn't expect to reveal such a big trap." Tang Shaoyi said: "The Governor of Zhili, Yuan Shikai, was very angry and made it clear that he would not be allowed to serve in the Tianjin Customs and Taxation Department again. He should not serve in any organization in our Qing Dynasty." Hurd has been the boss of the General Taxation Department for 40 years. He does not want to risk his life because of De Cuilin. He said: "Since Mr. Yuan's attitude is clear, I have nothing to do. That's right. I will remove De Cuilin from all positions in the Customs and Taxation Department today, and I will send a telegram to all customs and taxation systems not to allow him to be hired again."
"I hope you will keep your promise and abide by the basic spirit of the contract." Hurd said, "Of course it is." Tang Shaoyi left the General Taxation Department after hearing his promise.
Later, Hurd did fire De Cuilin, but when Tang Shaoyi saw the reason, she was dumbfounded: Hurd actually fired De Cuilin secretly receiving several hundred taels from the Kaiping Mining Bureau every month.
He was expelled on the grounds of "travel expenses". After all, Hurd is an Englishman. After all, he still wants to protect the Molin Company. After all, the English have benefited a lot from the Kaiping Coal Mine.
Tang Shaoyi had no choice but to do this. On Li Yu's side, he handed over Yuan Shikai's paper. Yuan Shikai was the head of the feudal officials, and his paper would definitely be sent directly to the Queen Mother. Even the Military Aircraft Department did not have the right to look at it first.
After Cixi read it, she said to Ronglu next to her: "What a great Li Yu. In the excerpt, Yuan Shikai praised him so much that he saved the Qing Dynasty from losing 5 million taels of silver, and he made great contributions." Ronglu suppressed his unsteady breathing and coughed and said, "Five million taels?" Cixi said, "Yes, Yuan Shikai said that there was a foreign liar who set up a trap to defraud Beiyang of 5 million taels of silver as scientific research funds. Fortunately, Li Yu found out."
"Scientific research funding?" Ronglu asked in surprise,
"It's not simple. Even I don't understand it. Li Yu can actually see through the scams of foreigners." Cixi said: "Yuan Shikai also said that this foreign liar even deceived the President of the United States, but now he has fallen into the hands of Li Yu and Beiyang. In our hands." Ronglu said: "This kind of foreigner is really hateful. Unfortunately, due to the restriction of extrajudicial immunity, we seem to have no way to punish him." Cixi said: "Yuan Shikai said in the book that he has been caught as a liar."
"Caught? Isn't he afraid of the US Embassy?" Ronglu asked in shock.
"The book said that the foreign swindlers came here secretly, and the Americans themselves didn't know it." Rong Lu said: "That's great, Yuan Zhitai's trick is really good! It's best not to let him see the light of day again."
"Killing foreigners is the right thing to do." Cixi still hated foreigners. After all, the first thing the foreigners wanted on their list was her head.
"Yuan Shikai also wants Li Yu to teach in a school in Beiyang. I don't have any objections." Ronglu coughed a few times. He didn't expect that his neighbor was already so powerful and he should have gotten to know him more.
It's a pity that we are now approaching the end of our lives and there is not much time left. After the imperial court's decree came down, Li Yu could leave for Tianjin again.
He said to Uncle Wang and others: "This time I will leave the capital for a while. You guys take care of your home." Uncle Wang was already used to it: "Sir, don't worry. It's just that the Chinese New Year will be coming soon, won't you come back?" Li Yu Now that I am alone, what difference does it make where I celebrate the New Year?
He said: "I'm not coming back. If you want to go home, just go back. While I'm still here, I'll give you a year-end bonus."
"Year-end bonus?" Zhao Qian had never heard such a new word. Li Yu said with a smile: "I will give you money for the New Year, each of you will receive five taels." Several people were so happy: "Sir, you are really the best person in the world! We will definitely serve you and the Li family well in the future. Be clear about it!" Uncle Wang said again: "I have no place to go. When I get my son back, I will stay at my house to look after your home and nursery during the New Year." Li Yu said: "This is better, what is missing? Just buy it!" Li Yu said no more, picked up his luggage, got into the car, and was pulled to the train station by Zhao Qian.
After arriving at the train station, Zhao Qian helped Li Yu carry his luggage onto the train, and then said, "Sir, take care along the way." Li Yu said, "Go back and celebrate the New Year well, and come back soon." Snowflakes began to fall in the sky. This was Li Yu.
The first Spring Festival "in this life" seems to be spent alone. After arriving in Tianjin and getting off the train, someone called him: "May I ask Mr. Li Yu?" Li Yu saw that he was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and replied: "Who are you?" The other party took off his hat: "Thanks I have the photo from the newspaper, but you are much more energetic than in the photo! Let me introduce you to me. I am Yinghua, and I have a short handwriting. I have just founded Ta Kung Pao. I heard about your deeds, so I came here to pay you a visit."
"It turns out to be Mr. Ying. Nice to meet you!" "Ta Kung Pao" is a very new newspaper. It was just founded in the French Concession of Tianjin half a year ago.
The great-grandson of founder Ying Lianzhi is Song Dandan’s ex-husband Yingda. Ying Lianzhi: "I am the one who should say that I am honored to meet you. Mr. You are so young and have such achievements in science. It is a blessing for me in China. I really admire you very much! I just heard recently that you saw through an American in Beiyang. He is a liar who has saved millions of taels of losses. He applies what he has learned and is a great talent. I would like to ask you to make an exclusive report on this. I wonder if it is feasible?" Li Yu smiled and said: "Have I heard that? Your "Ta Kung Pao" attaches great importance to speech and dares to report anything. Even if I say it's not possible, it's not OK." Ying Lianzhi also smiled and said: "This is what we reporters should do. And what you did is a good thing. If you report it, you can raise the issue. Boost the morale of the nation. In addition, to be honest with you, such heavy news can also increase sales of our newly launched "Ta Kung Pao". You are now the most popular celebrity in the Beijing-Tianjin area." Ying Lianzhi didn't hide it either. With.
Li Yu said: "No problem, but you must not use the term 'American liar' in newspapers. It must be vague. Do not mention nationality. Just say that there is a foreign liar. It is best to be from a country that does not have immunity." ." Ying Lianzhi said: "Don't worry, sir, I won't make mistakes on these important matters." Compared with "Shen Shen", "Ta Kung Pao" is an emerging newspaper, and it was founded by the Chinese.
In the following ten years or so, Ta Kung Pao really dared to report anything. The newspaper has always advocated reform and reform, and has even contradicted Yuan Shikai many times. It is very famous throughout North China.
Li Yu said: "The liar you finally caught must not give foreigners a chance to let him escape." Ying Lianzhi said: "I already know the general story from a friend, but I can't tell the specific details. I understand, I am really too professional, so I can only come and ask you for advice in person." Li Yu said: "It's easy to say, I will write you in detail about the scams related to perpetual motion machines, and also to remind the general public not to be superstitious about foreigners, let alone fall in love with them. You are so foreign." Ying Lian praised: "Sir, you are so righteous! The purpose of our Ta Kung Pao newspaper is to 'create a morale, improve the people's wisdom, learn from European and Western scholarship, and inspire the wisdom of our compatriots'! Now everyone thinks that it brings wisdom to the people. Anything with the word 'foreign' is a good thing. Even many of our own stores forcefully use foreign names to attract customers. It's time to give a warning." Li Yu said: "Not bad! I will write it as soon as possible and put it in tomorrow The manuscript is delivered to the newspaper office." Ying Lianzhi said hurriedly: "Sir, please help us. If you have the nerve to let you go again, tomorrow I will send someone to Beiyang to pick up the manuscript in person. However, our newspaper office is not big now, so the manuscript fee may be lower. "Li Yu doesn't care about this: "If you can find a way to actually 'make my compatriots smart', you don't have to give me a penny. And my literary talent is much worse than yours. Then you can add more details based on what I wrote. Polishing depends on how you attract people. The higher the sales volume, the more people will know about it." Ying Lianzhi said: "Don't worry, sir, polishing is not a problem. But what he said is really modest, so what if he has good literary talent and can write articles? ? I am just a scholar. As the saying goes, a scholar is useless. There is no shortage of people like us in China, but there is a real shortage of scientific talents like you!"
