Wu Shizhao's informant allowed him to regain his official position. His encounter with Shen Xin perfectly confirmed Bei Dao's famous poem: despicability is the passport of the despicable, and nobility is the epitaph of the noble.
Perhaps because they knew the backgrounds of Li Yu and others, and because they suddenly found out about it that day, Li Yu, Liu E, and Wang Chonglie were not affected.
But how could he not be angry when he saw the dead body on the spot. Outside the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, Li Yu and three other people found Shen Xin's body. There was no way to say that there was no blood. The flesh and blood were molded into a lake, and it was too horrible to look at.
After Liu E buried him, his hands were shaking with anger. We can't just let it go! It would be impossible to go directly to the Qing court, but Cixi was very afraid of foreigners.
Li Yu found Lu Bicheng and told her about Shen Xin's murder. Lu Bicheng's descendants were shocked when he heard this: "Beat...to death?!" Li Yu said: "You report this matter to Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao" and directly Publish it, don't worry about the newspapers in the concession." Lu Bicheng couldn't hold the pen steady, so he wrote down the general outline of the matter tremblingly, and then sent it back to Tianjin Dagong Newspaper Office.
Ying Lianzhi knew that the matter was serious, so he reported it. After the incident was reported by Ta Kung Pao, other newspapers in the concession reprinted it one after another.
The person who died was a reporter, and almost all the reporters were angry. Hong Kong's "China Daily" stated directly: "The death of Mr. Shen has caused ghosts and gods to cry over it, patriots to drink his blood, envoys from various countries to be shaken by it, and Chinese and Western newspapers to spread it. Even though Mr. Shen died, he was still alive." It can still save face for the Qing court.
The foreign "Times" was directly rude. Reporter Morrison angrily called Cixi
"That vicious old woman who deserves to be killed." This atrocity was overwhelmingly condemned at home and abroad, and everyone expressed sympathy and condolences for Shen Xun.
Even the wives of ministers from various countries expressed objections to Shen Xin's death when they met with the Empress Dowager Cixi. Cixi never expected that the execution of a reporter was just a trivial matter to suppress public opinion and set an example, but now it had become so controversial that all foreigners opposed it.
She still doesn't understand the logic of modern society. Cixi now felt a little regretful, so she asked the officials below not to
"Associating good deeds with others leads to alienation from people's hearts." In the subsequent suppression of the revolutionary party, the Qing government also had some scruples in the way it dealt with it.
In 1905, an edict was issued to abolish torture methods such as Ling Chi and Xiaoshou, and also promulgated the "Qing Newspaper Law" and other regulations on the journalism industry, which was a step forward from barbarism to civilization.
Shen Xun's death was not in vain after all. At the same time, he also indirectly saved the lives of many arrested journalists from Shanghai's "Soochow News".
When Shen Xin was in trouble, he happened to meet
"Su Bao Eucalyptus". Shanghai's "Su Bao" was shut down for publishing Zhang Taiyan's articles about the revolution, and a large number of people were arrested and imprisoned, including Zhang Taiyan.
After all, the Qing government could not bring out the people from the concession directly, so it proposed to the concession
"Extradition" request. But after seeing how the Qing court treated a reporter, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce Bureau of the Concession knew that these people would almost die if extradited, so they flatly refused.
Later, the Qing court became the plaintiff and sued Zhang Taiyan in the Concession Court. However, once the lawsuit was brought to court, Zhang Taiyan's fighting power exploded, and the Qing government was already in the wrong, let alone him.
Somehow, Shen Xin could be said to have indirectly saved Zhang Taiyan's life. ——When Li Yu came to Yingtai again to teach Guangxu, he suddenly found a French doctor treating Guangxu.
To be precise, it should be a physical examination. After the Reform Movement of 1898, Cixi placed Guangxu under house arrest. At that time, ministers from various countries expressed fierce protests. They believed that Guangxu's decrees were progressive, while Cixi was conservative.
The great powers did not want to see conservatives in power because it was not in their interests. Guangxu was suddenly imprisoned, and the palace even issued an edict in Guangxu's name, recruiting famous doctors from all over the country to come to the capital to treat the emperor.
The question is too strange. So a group of ministers in China, headed by the British minister, forced their doctors to be sent.
"Representing the entire Western world", with
"The latest scientific and technological achievements in today's medical field" were presented to the Emperor of China
"Physical physical examination". Although Western medicine was not very powerful at this time, they actually wanted to know more about Guangxu's physical condition.
Then the French doctor Doford was brought into Yingtai to treat Guangxu as a representative of doctors elected by various countries.
Dr. Doddford, under the watchful eyes of Cixi, Ronglu, Yikuang and other ministers, the medical officer of the imperial hospital, and eunuchs such as Li Lianying, took off Emperor Guangxu's clothes, opened the emperor's eyes to see, and used a stethoscope and tongue depressor. The board was given to Emperor Guangxu to check his heart rate and oral cavity.
This was something that had never happened in the palace before. Cixi, ministers, and eunuchs were stunned! Then Doford diagnosed the physical problems of Emperor Guangxu: physical weakness, weight loss, fatigue, as well as dizziness, headache, pale complexion, asthma, diarrhea, low back pain and other symptoms.
However, no abnormalities were found on cardiopulmonary auscultation, but vision and hearing decreased. A word that is easier for modern people to understand should be the so-called
"Sub-health state". There is indeed no serious illness. However, it was this foreign doctor’s examination that discovered that Emperor Guangxu still existed
The problem of "life root" is that of remaining pure and positive. Doford thought there was something wrong with Emperor Guangxu's kidneys.
He also examined Emperor Guangxu's urine and conducted a chemical qualitative examination of the urine protein in it.
This should be the first time chemical diagnosis was used in Chinese imperial medicine. Anyway, Tai Hospital will definitely not do such a thing.
It's really embarrassing now. You must know that in ancient times, the status of the emperor was like a god on earth.
The name "Emperor" is not called for nothing. Even the emperor's stool can be used as medicine, and it is also called
"Dragon Legacy". It is said that the drug store would specially buy the emperor's daily stool from the eunuchs, then mix it with cinnabar and lily to remove the smell, then add hawthorn and honey to synthesize the pill and give it a name.
"Longyi Pills" were sold to high-ranking officials in Beijing at high prices. Although the price is high, demand still exceeds supply.
Think about it: Guangxu only has one person to cook, how can he feed so many people rushing to eat. Things are more valuable when they are rare.
Pharmacies claim that regular use can prolong life, clear the liver and improve eyesight, strengthen yang and nourish the kidneys, and strengthen the body. It's just that the emperor's kidneys are not good now, and even his lifeblood is in trouble.
The efficacy of "Long Yi Pill" cannot be justified. Isn't this the horror story: - Can you give me a tragic example?
——Don’t lift! Hey, if the news gets out, the royal family will definitely lose face. However, the last emperor Puyi seemed to have this problem as well.
This is really... God is going to destroy our Qing Dynasty! At that time, Doford did not prescribe any specific medicine, because he was only sub-healthy, so he had to rely on nursing care.
His suggestion is to drink more milk, either human milk or milk. Doford even said that human milk is better, and if you drink milk, you need to add extra lactose.
Then let Guangxu cupping. It should be a cupping therapy from ancient Greece. However, in the West it seems to be mainly used for bloodletting.
As we all know, Western medicine was obsessed with bloodletting in the past, and the suction power of cupping can suck out more blood more effectively.
After Washington became ill, he was left to bleed to death for three days, with a total of 2.4 liters, which was almost half of human blood!
How can I bear it? Fortunately, Tai Hospital did not dare to bleed Guangxu, otherwise I would not know whose side this doctor was on.
Li Yu asked curiously: "How is the emperor's dragon body?" Doford knew about Li Yu and said: "There is still no big problem with the body of the emperor of your country, but he has been in a weak state and has not improved much." Doford was very He wondered: "I have been practicing medicine for many years and have seen people who are physically weak, but it is really rare for people to be weak for a long time without other causes." Of course, Doford could not understand the cruel power struggle in the palace.
Li Yu asked in a low voice: "Is there really nothing serious?" Doford said: "I promise, it's not." Li Yu finished giving Guangxu today's
After the "Natural Knowledge Popularization Class", when I walked out of Xiyuan, I found that Dr. Doford still hadn't left. He was stopped by Zai Zhen.
When Zai Zhen saw Li Yu, he also said hello: "Mr. Li Yu!" Li Yu walked over and heard Doford say to Zai Zhen: "I don't have a good solution for this. From your description, It can be preliminarily determined that your friend is suffering from syphilis." Zai Zhen asked: "Is there any treatment method?" Syphilis was brought back to Europe from the Americas by Columbus, but how it spread in Europe has long been known to everyone. started blaming each other, but most countries called it
"French disease". But of course the Gallic Rooster is not willing to take the blame, calling it
"Neapolitan disease". Doford said: "It would be okay if you wrap the dangerous area with a cloth soaked in wine after the sexual act. Now that it has been infected, it is difficult to deal with it. You can only rub the skin with mercury, etc., or sit directly in a mercury casserole." Zai Zhen was stunned: "Is this really okay?" It sounded like he was being tortured.
Doford said: "Maybe it can alleviate the symptoms, but I don't know how to cure it." Zai Zhen sighed,
"Even you foreign doctors can't do anything. I really don't know what to do." Li Yu asked, "Beizi, I don't know..." Zai Zhen quickly said, "It's Balong." He was afraid that Li Yu would mistakenly think it was him.
There have been rumors that Emperor Tongzhi also died of syphilis.
"Balong?" Li Yu asked in surprise. Zai Zhen said: "He has recently been looking for flowers and willows, and it seems that he has found a few from Southeast Asia. Unexpectedly..." As the son of Military Minister Ronglu, Balon and Zai Zhen were both young masters before. They were similar in age and often played with each other.
But there is no excuse for going to the land of fireworks just after Father Baron died. This guy is hopeless.
Zai Zhen suddenly thought that Li Yu also knew Western learning, and asked with a try attitude: "Mr. Li Yu, do you have any idea?" Li Yu spread his hands: "I don't understand medicine." Although he knew that antibiotics were needed to treat this thing , but where can we do it in a short time?
It must take a lot of experiments to try out the best strains of penicillin one by one. Balon's experience inspired Li Yu. If he builds a laboratory in the future and sets up several rooms specifically to conduct exhaustive experiments, it seems possible.
But it’s hard to say how long it will take to get it done, so you’ll have to find someone to do it later. Once penicillin is manufactured, it is almost nothing.
Li Yu's mind suddenly wandered, and Zai Zhen called him twice before he came to his senses. Zai Zhen sighed: "If there is no other way, I can only try using mercury." Li Yu wanted to stop it, but Duofu was attentive: "My clinic can provide medical services." Zai Zhen said happily: "That's great!" Li Yu thought, let them go. Anyway, he already said that he didn't understand medicine and couldn't talk about it.
——Not long after returning home, an apprentice from Fengtai Photo Studio came to Li Yu's door and told Li Yu that the record was ready and was going to be premiered at the Grand View Garden Studio. Li Yu was specially invited to go.
He also left two tickets. So Li Yu was going to call Lu Bicheng to have a look. This is the first movie in China's history. No matter what level it is, its symbolic significance is already great enough.
There was a fire in Fengtai Photo Studio in 1909, and all the instruments and recorded films were burned, so future generations could not see it at all.
Now being able to see the sincerity with your own eyes is something worth remembering. Lu Bicheng had taken photos but had not seen a movie. She asked curiously: "What is a movie?" Li Yu said with a smile: "It's just someone singing on a big screen." The first movie theater run by Ren Qingtai
"Daguanyuan Photo Studio", its original name was a teahouse, just like an ordinary theater. Li Yu guessed that there would be a lot of people, so he and Lu Bicheng rushed to the theater early. Even so, they almost had no seats.
The most lively place in Dashilar today is definitely this theater. Ren Qingtai had tried to show several films before, but they were all short. The first film shown in the theater was the foreign film "Leper". The audience was very enthusiastic and the venue was full.
However, due to the poor equipment, short film size, and lack of film sources, there were only foreign scenery films except for some comedy films.
It was not easy for people to travel abroad at this time, but they took this opportunity to understand what the foreign world was like.
Then I took a look and found that there didn't seem to be much difference, except that the clothes and hairstyle were different.
The show today is a domestic film and a popular opera, which is very attractive. Unfortunately, there was no popcorn. Li Yu handed a stack of melon seeds to Lu Bicheng: "Watching a movie is indispensable." Lu Bicheng waved his hand: "If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it." Li Yu knew the reason why she didn't eat it, so he said: "It doesn't matter, I will Someone is cleaning it." Even so, Lu Bicheng thought it was unsightly to spit out melon seed skins and insisted not to eat them.
Moreover, there seemed to be no other women present in the huge auditorium, which still made her somewhat unnatural.
The theater was quite noisy, and as Tan Xinpei's knife-wielding figure appeared on the curtain, the audience immediately started cheering.
Li Yu suddenly realized that the gramophone idea he came up with for the movie theater didn't seem to work. Because everyone saw that it was a familiar opera, and Tan Xinpei was famous, bursts of cheers started after a few moves. The key cheers came one after another, and the small sound of the gramophone could not be heard at all.
Even if it is designed with a sound amplifier, it cannot cover up the human voice. So this movie is basically equivalent to watching a silent movie.
Let's just say silent movies, they are more commemorative. After all, no matter how exciting it is, it can't be compared with the special effects movies of later generations.
On the contrary, the audience was so excited that they were still not satisfied after the screening, and insisted that the cinema start over and put it aside.
Lu Bicheng found it very novel.
"How do you do this? Why are the images moving?"
"I'll record a section for you later." Li Yu thought about his habit of using mobile phones back then, taking photos almost every day. Now that he hasn't taken any photos in person for more than a year, he really feels a little itchy.
