After Li Yu's article was published in Pulitzer's "Le Monde", it still had some effect. After all, it was all conclusive evidence compiled by later historians.
It’s just that Kang Youwei’s Royalist Association now has hundreds of thousands of members, and the membership fees and donations alone exceed one million U.S. dollars, and the specific amount is difficult to estimate.
Kang Youwei should really go and see how hard the Chinese workers recruited by the United Railway Company worked, and how they defrauded people of their money without any sense of guilt.
But it is a pity that many Chinese people cannot read this newspaper. After all, many Chinese people currently do not understand English very well, or they can only communicate in simple oral English and cannot read articles.
Fortunately, the elite still understand English, and at least they can stop Kang Youwei when it comes to donations. This is at least half of the proportion, and the proportion will become higher and higher in the future.
Kang Youwei was extremely angry after reading the newspaper.
"This Li Yu! Shameless! Nonsense!" Kang Youwei was really angry. Not only did Zhang Taiyan, a man with incredible combat prowess, continue to criticize him, but even his own disciples, such as Liang Qichao, had dissent.
But he just doesn't change, thinking from the bottom of his heart that he is right! Kang Youwei also wrote an article in the New York Times: "It is hard to imagine that a Chinese who cut off his braids could become the emperor's master, and he could also slander me with his lies. What have I done? What has he done? What I have done is unparalleled. Such a big undertaking, what use can Li Yu, a child with a yellow mouth, only delve into the art of prostitution?" The New York Times was founded after some of Pulitzer's employees left, and there has been a long-standing competition between the two. .
Pulitzer later took the lead in withdrawing from the vicious competition that everyone criticized and returned to the true spirit of running a newspaper.
This incident was also one of the reasons why he was so highly regarded in the press. However, Kang Youwei's article had the opposite effect. He mentioned
"Emperor's Master" directly made many Chinese feel that Li Yu was an extraordinary figure. Moreover, they were influenced by Kang Youwei’s propaganda that Emperor Guangxu was
Due to the influence of "Mingjun", many people felt that Li Yu was a key figure who could influence Guangxu. Kang Youwei never expected this to happen, and Li Yu's counterattack made it difficult for him to deal with him.
Li Yu wrote: "Regardless of whether you understand what science is, I will just talk about the two issues you avoid talking about, that is, your fraud I mentioned before. The things are obvious. First, you can't produce the emperor's Authentic, secondly, we can’t get the original photo. If it’s a fake, I can do it. I can also make a photo of me playing cards with the Jade Emperor and Buddha!” Kang Youwei’s face turned red when he saw it. He even knew how to do photography. I didn’t understand, and I didn’t dare to discuss this topic with Li Yu in depth, so I had to write another ambiguous article, but the quality was indeed too low, and even the New York Times was unwilling to publish it.
Fortunately, Li Yu's ears were clear and he continued his journey to Chicago. Sierra had been waiting for a long time, and the two got on the train together.
I have to admit that it is really convenient to build railways in this area of the United States. There are large plains and economic benefits can be seen quickly. It effectively connects coal and iron production areas with several big cities.
As soon as I got off the train, I was greeted by a stranger. He took off his hat and asked, "Is this your Excellency Li Yu?" Li Yu said, "That's right. I wonder who you are sir?"
"I, Edmund James, am the president of Illinois University. I was surprised to see several of your great discoveries in the newspaper recently. Many of my students also want to meet you." Li Yu said in surprise: "James I was really flattered that the president came to greet me in person." American universities are known as the Ivy League, which includes eight prestigious schools including Harvard and Yale, all of which are private universities.
Thereafter there was also the so-called
"Public Ivy" is also very powerful, including Illinois University. President James said: "Mr. Li Yu's academic quality is probably the best today. As the president of a university, shouldn't I be courteous to outstanding scholars like you? I know that Mr. Li is still busy, but the journey is hard, so it would be better to be nearby." Let’s chat for a while in the cafe?” Li Yu looked at Sierra, who shrugged: “It doesn’t matter, we are not short of time anyway.” Americans have been extremely passionate about coffee since very early on, and Li Yu had drunk it many times before, such as the one in KFc American coffee, but the coffee in my mouth feels really bitter at this time.
President James said: "Originally, I wanted to write to you jointly with the President of the University of Chicago, but suddenly I learned that you were coming to Chicago. I heard Confucius, your Chinese cultural sage, said that it is a joy to have friends from far away. We are so happy Very good!" Li Yu said with a smile: "It's great to have friends from far away. The principal also knows this, it's not simple." James said: "I once read the Analects of Confucius and "The Analects of Confucius" and "The Analects of Confucius" translated by the great Chinese scholar Gu Hongming. "The Doctrine of the Mean", saying that this is the most valued classic by Chinese scholars." Long before Gu Hongming, there were foreign missionaries who translated the Four Books into foreign languages, but their level was too low, their sentences were unclear, and their mistakes were frequent.
It wasn't until Gu Hongming took action that these classical Chinese classics from two thousand years ago could be translated more clearly.
That he is so famous abroad is also closely related to this. Many foreigners at this time even thought that Gu Hongming was the person who knew Chinese studies best.
That's why there is a saying spread abroad: "You can go to China without seeing the Three Great Halls, but you must see Gu Hongming."
From then on, Gu Hongming switched from export to domestic sales, and quickly became a famous celebrity in China by leveraging his fame abroad.
But it is estimated that soon in this sentence
"Gu Hongming" will become
"Li Yu". It’s just that what Li Yu was doing was science that Westerners were good at. Li Yu said: "The Four Books do represent Chinese culture, but it is still difficult to understand China through them."
"Of course I understand," James said.
"I have known the history of China for too long. And I have always believed that China is facing a revolution. It's just that China has a large population and vast land. As far as I know, it is even as good as our United States of America. So if there is no For other reasons, I think China will not happen as quickly as the Japanese revolution. Even if there are temporary setbacks, the revolution that has started will not fail." Look at Kang Youwei, and then look at what the principal said, the level is now Make a judgment.
An American thousands of miles away can understand the situation in the Qing Dynasty, but there are still many people who are obsessed with it.
a simple sentence
"It's just because I'm in this mountain" can't explain it. Li Yu said: "I really admire you for being able to see the subtle things, rather than being blind to the mountains."
"There are so many ancient Chinese sayings," James said with a smile.
"Is it possible that everyone who has studied in China knows so much ancient knowledge?" Li Yu said: "There are so many Chinese classics, there are too many, and I only know a little." Principal James said: "But I think there are also Chinese and Western Because I don't want to see the next India." Now India has been occupied by the British, and the British have domesticated the Indians very well.
A hundred years later, Indians still worship and even kneel and lick the colonizers, but inexplicably regard China as an imaginary enemy. Even if there are political considerations, it is really embarrassing and speechless.
Li Yu said: "Definitely not! Although China is a moderate country, the Chinese cannot be driven by arbitrary occupation." Principal James said: "I agree with your statement. In fact, I have been asked by the mission from China Many times, they hope to hire young Americans who are willing to take positions in China. I think this is a way for our culture to communicate, but I also want to solemnly state that in this process, it will be our cultural export." James Having said it very frankly, Li Yu smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you have more output points. China is now a melting pot. The more ideas you throw into it, the better the effect will be." James said: "It's like the alchemy in your myth." Furnace?" Li Yu laughed: "That makes sense." Principal James added: "I heard that you also met with Mr. President and mentioned the matter of sending overseas students?" Li Yu nodded: "It is true." Principal James asked: "What's the president's opinion?"
"President Roosevelt must have agreed and intended to return the Boxer Indemnity," Li Yu said. James said happily: "The President is right to do this! I have told my students long ago that excessive exploitation only has short-term benefits, which is not in line with our spirit. Since the President also intends to do so, I can write another letter to the President, Urge him to complete this matter." Li Yu did not expect that Principal James would actually take the initiative and said: "The principal is really a wise man. On behalf of all the students in China, I pay high respect to you." James said: "It is not wise. Because I don’t want to hide it from you, and I have my own selfish motives for doing this.” Of course Li Yu understood that he was doing this in the interests of the United States, but allowing international students to stay in the United States is definitely a win-win situation.
Li Yu said, "I really don't know how to thank the principal." James smiled and said, "You can just come to our University of Illinois and give a speech."
"Isn't this a business without capital? I'm making too much money." Li Yu said with a smile. James said: "Let me use your Chinese saying, reciprocate with courtesy. And I have always believed that our institutions of higher learning today are far better than those in Europe and Japan in meeting the desire of Chinese students to understand advanced civilization." Well, he did. It's full of confidence.
However, this kind of self-confidence has always run through the culture of Laos and the United States, which is worth learning: it is not okay to always belittle oneself.
Of course, American education later evolved into two types, one is elite education and the other is happiness education.
Even in the 21st century, elite education in the United States is no less difficult than in China, Japan, and South Korea. Students are very hardworking and hardworking.
But I don’t know why. Many Chinese people think that American education is a happy education. They don’t study anything every day, have fun in class, have no homework, no pressure, and can go to a prestigious university. They feel very happy.
It’s impossible to think about it! Just like many people in China also think that as long as you are a Beijinger and study casually, you can go to Qingbei.
Take Tsinghua University for example. Even though the proportion of Beijing candidates admitted to Tsinghua University is much higher than that of Shandong and Henan, it only recruits about 500 out of 40,000 to 50,000 students.
——The author is also a candidate from Shandong Province. I just want to say that you must not ignore the larger subjective reasons because of objective reasons that you cannot change. Otherwise, if you lose your will to fight, your future life may be even worse.
Just like China at the beginning of the 20th century, which was beginning to struggle to climb out of the quagmire of the late Qing Dynasty, its starting point was lower than that of Europe and the United States, but it still managed to persevere.
It's a bit biased. When it comes to happy education in the United States, it's actually the lower class people in the United States. Of course they are very confident after going to school for a few years.
Although many interviews include a world map, many American adults cannot even point out where the United States is.
But people are confident! It's just blind confidence... The two exchanged views on physics, astronomy and mathematics for a while. James was really surprised by Li Yu's knowledge. For a principal who had met countless outstanding students, he had no I have never seen such a knowledgeable person among my peers.
"Sir, you are really talented and knowledgeable. No wonder you were able to obtain the extremely difficult-to-obtain qualification of a foreign academician of the Royal Society." James sighed.
Li Yu took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire: "China is crouching tiger, hidden dragon, and there are many people like me." James said, "Then I should write this letter more carefully, and I can't let thousands of Chinese students go to Japan every year." James also means what he says.
Historically, he did write this letter to President Roosevelt, and it had a great influence on Roosevelt. To a certain extent, he contributed to the United States returning the Boxer Indemnity and investing in education.
So James can also be regarded as a meritorious person. Although most of this letter talks about the interests of the United States, smart people should also see that if the benefits that the United States can obtain are not included in it, how can the top leaders of the United States agree?
International relations, to put it bluntly, is driven by interests. Especially in international relations at the beginning of the twentieth century, there was no such thing as morality.
Therefore it is understandable. For example, James clearly stated the view that the use of cultural output is better than the use of force to occupy,
"Which country can successfully educate this generation of Chinese youth, and that country's efforts in this regard will reap the greatest rewards in terms of moral, cultural and commercial influence."
"If the United States had succeeded in attracting the wave of Chinese students studying in the United States thirty years ago and made it prosperous, then today we can exert a profound influence on the new generation of Chinese elites through cultural knowledge and spirituality, and Influence its direction in the most satisfying and subtle way." And James also gave Roosevelt ways to circumvent the previous Chinese Exclusion Act,
"We can not accept Chinese labor, but we can treat Chinese students decently and provide them with our educational facilities. We just need to draw their attention to these facts to ensure their arrival, and favorable results will surely flow from this impact All their thoughts and emotions arise spontaneously from chance."
"China has sent hundreds, even thousands, of young people to study abroad. It is said that there are five thousand in Japan and hundreds in Europe - there are three hundred in the smallest country of Belgium alone. This means that these people will guide them after returning to China China follows Europe instead of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, instead of the United States of America; that means they will recommend British, French, and German teachers and engineers for key positions in China instead of recommending Americans; that means Chinese people will buy British, French and German goods instead of American goods; various industrial concessions will be given to Europe instead of the United States." Although Americans are still somewhat different from Chinese in literary expressions such as parallelism, But the effect was indeed achieved.
Since then, the United States has adopted a relatively loose policy for studying abroad. This kind of trust cannot be viewed in ordinary terms, but can only be viewed in the context of international relations, which means that they use each other and compete with each other.
It's just that at this time, China didn't have much leverage at all, so it could only passively accept many things, and then slowly seek opportunities.
Otherwise, if students are not sent abroad and talents will not emerge, the situation will definitely become more difficult.
