After the matter was settled, the atmosphere naturally relaxed. Zhang Boling and Yan Fansun had not spoken much before. At this time, Zhang Boling said: "If you, sir, run a school in Jinmen, we will be peers in the future." Li Yu said: "We still need to rely on Mr. Zhang and Mr. Yan for their support." The two will be here next year. A private middle school, the predecessor of Nankai Middle School, will be opened. By then, it is estimated that a school building will have been built in Li Yu.
Yan Fansun said: "Mr. Li Yu once traveled east to Japan and the United States, and west to European countries. He has extraordinary knowledge. I think it is better to rely on you more." Zhang Boling also said: "Yes, we have heard about you a long time ago. I am very impressed by the fact that I have become a foreign academician of the Royal Society." Li Yu said with a smile: "The Royal Society awarded me a foreign academician because of my academic work, not education, and it is not needed for running schools now." Yan Fansun He said: "To run an education, you need people who understand it. Looking at today, there is no one else who can reach your level." Li Yu said: "Mr. Yan is a Jinshi and his level is not low." Yan Fansun shook his head: "It's a thing of the past, so what can Jinshi do? Now that we are surrounded by powerful countries, we still need to pursue more Western learning. To be honest, I can understand ancient books on Confucian classics, but I can't read a theory of physics. Every time I open it, I always feel that it is full of thorns and difficulties, which I have never encountered in any collection of classics and history before." In terms of the level of scientific subjects, Yan Fansun is indeed no different from ordinary people today.
Li Yu said: "As for the treatises, I happened to have written a few introductory lectures. Mr. Yan might be able to read them." Zhang Boling had already received the lectures on mathematics and science and said, "Yes, after reading them, I felt that Li Yu He speaks in simple terms, and his mastery of mathematics and science is very good. It is an excellent choice for entry into the school." Yan Fansun said, "Really? Then I have to take a closer look."
"I have also written the remaining introductory lectures on chemistry, biology and other subjects and handed them over to Mr. Zhang Yuanji of the Shanghai Commercial Press for printing. I think he has already completed the typesetting and sorting, and it will not take long before they can be printed on a large scale." Li Yu explain.
"So, there are introductory lectures for several sciences?" Zhang Boling asked in surprise,
"It's been a while since I last saw you, and you've already finished the manuscript." In fact, Li Yu had already finished writing and had been on the other side of the Pacific Ocean during this period.
Li Yu smiled and said: "I hope you two will make corrections then." Zhang Boling said hurriedly: "How can we make corrections? How can we make mistakes? With your endorsement, I feel relieved." Previously, the reading books for private school education were all Books such as the "Three Character Classic" have been used since ancient times, but science is obviously a more systematic education process. Directly reading classic works such as "Elements of Geometry" and "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" will definitely make you blind.
Therefore, the key to science education is to have suitable teaching materials. Yan Fansun said: "It's great. Having textbooks can save a lot of trouble. Before that, I was still thinking about where to find suitable textbooks. Simply importing them from Japan and other countries also requires translation, and translation is not necessarily If you find someone who understands science, it is inevitable that there will be many mistakes that are difficult to detect." Zhang Boling has also been an educator for a long time and knows that what Yan Fansun said is the truth. She nodded and said: "So what you did, sir, really solved our great difficulty. Yan Fansun felt even more that Li Yu understood education, and praised: "I think Mr. is the one who truly understands education at its essence." In fact, these are the results of many years of reading, and these things have long been engraved on Li Yu's mind. in the blood.
So Li Yu said humbly: "Being able to do learning does not mean that you are able to do education. The difference is not small." Li Yu also felt deeply about this when he was in school. Some people are born to be teachers.
Anyway
"will" and
"Being able to teach" is really different. Otherwise, normal schools would be necessary, and people who can educate well are very rare.
Zhang Boling said: "With your status as a gentleman, as long as you stand there, you will have the power of an example. You don't need to do anything else, and you will naturally inspire many people to work hard towards you. This invisible force is equally powerful." Tang Shaoyi He also said: "Mr. Zhang is absolutely right. This is why I value Li Yu so much." Then he said: "If we want to really stand up, education is naturally very important. I don't understand education, but Just a few words, I think education is like the new Beiyang army. It needs to be trained from scratch before it can slowly grow into a qualified army that can compete with the West." Xu Run was in a good mood after making a big deal. He only spent a few thousand taels on the piece of land when he bought it, but now he has made tens of thousands and several thousand taels from selling it, which is such a bargain.
He raised his cup and said, "I wish you all success in your education!" After that, the dishes served were basically Western food. Since it was a German restaurant, there were also a lot of hamburgers and hams. Most of the people present had been to Western restaurants. I know how to use a knife and fork.
Western food is much faster to eat and will be over in just over an hour. Xie Yuxi and Xu Run still had to go to the Ministry of Industry Bureau to complete the formalities, while Li Yu was preparing to return to the capital.
Before leaving, Tang Shaoyi stopped Li Yu again and said, "Don't take it too seriously about being stopped by security today." Tang Shaoyi was quite concerned about Li Yu. Li Yu smiled and said, "It's all trivial." Tang Shaoyi sighed: "Although from the perspective of the treaty, the concession is always better than the ceded land, but it is said to be a concession, but it is actually a small country within a country. Discrimination here is not uncommon. Nowadays, it is fine in the British concession. If you go to the Japanese concession next to it, That makes people's blood surge even more." Li Yu smiled bitterly and said: "Japan is a country prone to frequent earthquakes, and the ones who covet our land the most in the world are of course them." Tang Shaoyi said: "I hope things will change after the establishment of the constitution."
"Tang Daotai also supports the establishment of a constitution?" Li Yu asked. Tang Shaoyi said: "Try it, who knows, if it doesn't work, let's talk." Although Li Yu was indeed not angry because of the discrimination, but thinking about the trip to the United States and the difficulties faced by Liang Cheng and others who were active in the diplomatic field, on the way back to the capital, he felt I need to start writing something.
Li Yu didn't understand politics, he only understood science, but there was one thing in mathematics that had a certain reference effect, which was the famous game theory in later generations.
Although game theory is a branch of mathematics, it is not a difficult subject and does not require in-depth and advanced mathematical knowledge, so Li Yu understands it.
Moreover, its guiding significance to real society is much greater than that of previous chaos theory. Game theory is used in all walks of life and in all disciplines.
Game theory is also relatively simpler to understand than chaos theory, and it is much more interesting, so it naturally has a large audience.
Just do it. After arriving home, Li Yu got into the bookstore and started writing. He started with Tian Ji's horse racing, and then wrote about another famous story in ancient China.
"Three beauties share the gold", and then went on to talk in detail about the issue of pirates sharing gold coins that came up before. It extends further to the famous coward's game, prisoner's dilemma, etc... They are all classic situations in game theory.
But probably later
The name "Nash Equilibrium" will become
"Li Yu balanced". In fact, game theory is extremely beneficial to the evenly matched or weak side, because the strong one often does not consider the strategy at all.
——If one party is very strong, it can bully the weak until they are full of teeth without doing anything.
In many cases, there is even no need to look down on the weak. Since ancient times, most of the art of war has been about how to make a comeback. When you have a hundred thousand troops surrounding a small village of only 100 people, what else are you looking at in the art of war?
So in a sense, strategy is a weapon for the weak to fight against the strong. And game theory is an excellent strategy.
Li Yu locked himself in the room and did not go out for several days, concentrating on writing. Fengling was the only one who sent me meals. As for classes, I didn't go to class... Hey, this student would have been expelled long ago if it weren't for the protection of Ding Haoliang and others.
Fengling and others did not dare to ask any more questions and could only discuss it in private.
"What do you think the master is doing again?" Fengling said.
"Who knows, maybe it's something extraordinary. I'm sure it's big scientific news." Zhao Qian said.
"It sounds like you know a lot! Let me tell you, if you don't study hard, I really won't want you anymore," Feng Chime said.
Zhao Qian smiled and said: "How could it be? When Master went to the United States, I had been practicing driving a carriage. Now I am the best carriage driver in the whole capital."
"Tch, what's wrong?" Li Yu suddenly walked out of the door: "Zhao Qian, let's go to the post office."
"Come on, sir, you haven't seen my driving skills since you came back!" Zhao Qian was already itching.
Just like the chauffeurs who drive Rolls-Royces and Panameras for big bosses in later generations. Although they are not their own, they are really enjoyable to drive.
One copy of Li Yu's game theory manuscript was sent to Zhang Yuanji in Shanghai for printing by the Commercial Press; the other was still planned to be mailed to the United States and published in his own "Sce".
Anyway, sooner or later it will flow out overseas, it cannot be hidden. Moreover, game theory has greater guidance for weak countries, and politicians from major powers will not take it seriously.
This also makes use of the perspective of game theory. The weak can only exploit the weaknesses of the strong that do not seem to be weaknesses, such as arrogance, and then wait for opportunities to develop.
Of course, in the process of development, strategies must be constantly adjusted to maximize benefits in terms of game theory.
Zhao Qian was very curious about Li Yu's things: "Sir, what masterpiece did you write?" Li Yu said: "Strategy." Zhao Qian was surprised: "Strategy? Sir is indeed the emperor's teacher. Could it be that he is Zhang Liang or Zhang Liang?" Kong Ming?" Li Yu said with a smile: "This is not an emperor's technique, this is a strategy for the weak."
"The strategy of the weak? Can I see it too?" Zhao Qian asked. Li Yu said: "Of course." Zhao Qian felt his blood surge up all of a sudden, and whipped the horse on the butt: "Run quickly, don't delay your important work! Don't delay me from becoming Zhuge Kongming!" The next day, as soon as Li Yu arrived at the Capital University, he was summoned away by Zhang Baixi, the Minister of Education.
"Principal." Li Yu said respectfully after entering the office. Historically, Zhang Baixi, as the first president, made great contributions to the Capital University.
There were also Ding Haoliang and Yan Fu in the office, and Li Yu said hello to them again. Zhang Baixi said: "We have discussed it and are planning to set it up as a graduation exam for you in the mid-year exam soon." Li Yu said in surprise: "Graduation exam?" Zhang Baixi said: "Yes, your level has long been Aloof from all the students. In addition, I am also very worried that Mr. Rong will be unfavorable to you. When the time comes that you are really expelled from the university, we will not be able to grant you a graduation degree." Li Yu was very moved. It turned out that they did this. Consider for yourself.
Thinking about it, Rongqing will never give up and can always find a way to get himself fired. He still has this ability.
Even if he couldn't be expelled, Li Yu would still be unable to get his graduation degree simply because he had been failing in Chinese studies.
And it is true that Li Yu's Chinese studies are too weak. No matter how hard he tries, he cannot catch up with those scholars who have attended private schools for more than ten years.
Just like no matter how hard they try, they can still catch up with Li Yu in science. Zhang Baixi obviously considered this problem and said: "While the situation is now under our control, we can make up for it with excellence in other subjects. After all, you also have excellent results in two additional foreign language subjects, Japanese and German." Li Yu could only say gratefully: "Thank you very much, principal." In fact, later on, during the Republic of China, there were many cases where university admissions were partial to subjects, and many celebrities were admitted to Qingbei even with zero marks in mathematics.
Zhang Baixi said: "You are a talent, and talents should be taught in accordance with their aptitude." Yan Fu also said: "Indeed, you deserve to graduate." When he suddenly mentioned leaving, Li Yu was really a little sentimental. It's been more than half a year.
Li Yu said: "I will always remember the principal and all the gentlemen!" Ding Haoliang smiled and said: "You are the best student I have had in China for so many years. It would be better if you come and see us more." Li Yu's eyes were a little moist. : "Definitely!" Zhang Baixi said: "I asked someone to bring back a bachelor's uniform from Japan. I don't know if it will fit. When the time comes, I will take a photo and you will be the first graduate of our school." This honor It came a bit suddenly.
Zhang Baixi actually took it out from the cabinet behind her.
"I don't know how to wear it. You can try it." Li Yu wore it in his previous life. There are no sizes for this thing. It can be fatter or thinner.
Besides, Li Yu has a very well-proportioned figure and can fit anything in one size. After putting on the hat, it really looks stylish.
Ding Haoliang also wore a bachelor's uniform when he graduated from a university in the United States. He smiled and said, "It's very good!" Li Yu said, "The exam hasn't started yet, so don't be in a hurry to take pictures."
"The exam won't be a problem for you," Ding Haoliang said,
"It's about the same difficulty level as last time. It's very easy for you." Zhang Baixi said, "It's also to speed up the process to prevent long nights and dreams." Li Yu understood that they were concerned about him, so he followed the arrangement: "Students understand." Yan Fu said: "If you want to take a photo, go to a better photo studio at home. Maybe we will display this photo often and make it into a large photo frame so that future students can use it as encouragement." Li Yu said with a smile: "Then I Try to get some photos." Yan Fu introduced a place: "Go to Fengtai Photo Studio in Liulichang, they have taken photos of many dignitaries."