The current office of the Governor of Hong Kong is still in the Government House, which is today’s Government House. It is a two-storey building located in the Mid-Levels of Central, Hong Kong Island.
The governor of Hong Kong, Bully, received them here.
"Mr. Governor." The two of them asked first. The governor of Hong Kong, Bu Li, got straight to the point and asked: "Do you want to run a school?" Li Yu replied: "That's right." Bu Li said: "There are not many places to choose from on the island now." Li Yu said: "Of course not. Just choose an area on the island, north of Boundary Street in Kowloon." That place is actually a concession, and it's relatively cheap.
At present, Hong Kong's development is basically concentrated on both sides of Victoria Harbor, that is, the northern part of Hong Kong Island and the southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula. There is not much energy to manage the north of the boundary street.
Moreover, the local people in the New Territories have always been very resistant to the Hong Kong government. If they were willing to build a piece of land there, it would be fine for the British Hong Kong government.
Some people are willing to help build schools, and it can also save the Hong Kong government's expenses. Why not do it. Bu Li looked at the map for a while, pointed at it and said, "These are all places." Bu Li pointed to some locations in the northeast.
Li Yu looked at it for a while and chose a place just north of Boundary Street, which was not too far from the core of Hong Kong.
Bu Li said: "Have you made your choice?" Li Yu nodded: "That's it." Bu Li said: "Then it cannot be changed. I want to remind you that when the school is completed, it must strictly abide by the Hong Kong government regulations and cannot violate it. The laws of the Hong Kong government." Xie Yuxi said: "It's all as it should be." Bu Li called over Superintendent Mei Hanli: "Take them two to see it on the spot." By the end of this year, Bu Li will step down as the Governor of Hong Kong. The one who took over was Mei Hanli.
When they came to this land, Li Yu finally knew why Bu Li was so happy. There is a very eye-catching area in front of us that has caused headaches for Hong Kong's previous governors, but it is also very unique: the Kowloon Walled City.
Many cartoons almost regard the Kowloon Walled City as a symbol of Hong Kong; some foreign movies also often choose the Kowloon Walled City as the prototype when depicting Hong Kong.
If you have never heard of this name, you will know it from a movie: the location where the story in Stephen Chow's "Kung Fu" takes place is almost copied from the Kowloon Walled City.
Interestingly, most people don't know that when Hong Kong was ceded, the Qing government made a special addition, that is, the Kowloon Walled City still belongs to China.
Therefore, during the century-long history of Hong Kong being invaded and occupied, there was still such a no-nonsense zone. Because it penetrated deeply into Hong Kong, although the Qing government had legal sovereignty over it, it could not really manage it for fear of being regarded as a provocation against the British.
However, the Hong Kong government was also unwilling to control it, so the Kowloon Walled City became a truly lawless place.
Many people who broke the law in Hong Kong fled here and then settled here. Because it was ungovernable, drug trafficking, smuggling, murder, and robbery continued. Since then, many famous Hong Kong underworlds have also established their base here. Even in the 1970s, it was the Triads who were in charge.
The area of Kowloon Walled City is very small, only 2.7 hectares, which is about 0.027 square kilometers, or 27,000 square meters.
It is almost a place with an area of 120*240 meters and more than 40 acres of land. The population here is very dense. Before the Kowloon Walled City was demolished in 1993, there were many residents. The population density of the Walled City was 1.9 million people per square kilometer, making it the most densely populated place in the world.
The reason why it was demolished was because at that time the overall situation had been decided and Hong Kong was bound to return, so China and Britain decided to demolish it together.
After all, this place is simply a slum, which is incompatible with Hong Kong's identity as a modern financial city.
There is a saying in the past that there are only two kinds of slums in the world: one is the Kowloon Walled City and the other is the other.
But to Li Yu, it didn't matter, and he even felt a sense of intimacy. Superintendent Mei Hanli drew the red line very carefully, and circled the red line little by little, so that no detail would be missed in the future.
It’s completely different from when I was in Guangzhou and Shanghai. In fact, even if the land in Guangzhou and Shanghai is overused, there won't be much of a problem.
But in Hong Kong, land is at a premium, so there is no room for negotiation. The Hong Kong government procedures also have to wait for them to complete. The chamber of commerce in Hong Kong quickly learned about Li Yu's coming to Hong Kong to run a school.
Ma Yingbiao, the founder of Hong Kong's first and China's first modern department store, found Li Yu.
People like Ma Yingbiao are actually very concerned about the safety of the motherland. Ma Yingbiao also attached great importance to education since then, especially sparing no effort to provide assistance to his hometown Zhongshan.
Naturally, he had heard about Li Yu's deeds.
"Master!" Ma Yingbiao recognized Li Yu when he saw him.
"Who is sir?" Li Yu asked.
"I, Ma Yingbiao, am a businessman." Ma Yingbiao introduced. Li Yu shook hands with him: "Nice to meet you." Ma Yingbiao said: "The emperor's school was established here. It seems that it is not serving foreigners." At this time, several schools were built in the southern part of the Kowloon Peninsula and Hong Kong Island. It's almost an aristocratic school, and the fees are very high.
Li Yu nodded: "Yes, we do not treat education as a business." Ma Yingbiao glanced at the Kowloon Walled City next to him and gave a thumbs up.
"You can already see that we are building a school here." Li Yu said with a smile: "The place is really good." Although the location of Kowloon Walled City seems a bit far away from Victoria Harbour, it is actually not far away. After all, Kowloon is so big. Point somewhere.
Qima Yingbiao invited Li Yu to have a meal, and he has been helping during the design process these days. There is really a noble person to help.
The supervision of the subsequent construction process in Hong Kong can be completely entrusted to Ma Yingbiao. It is said that land prices in Hong Kong have begun to rise now, and they will continue to skyrocket in the future.
It's just that the so-called Four Kings of Hong Kong's real estate industry, Li Ka-shing and others, have not yet emerged, and real estate has not yet been speculated.
There is nothing to stay in Hong Kong. At this time, Hong Kong was completely under the rule of the Hong Kong government, and its vitality was not as great as it was later.
On the one hand, it is Xie Yuxi's request to build a school here. On the other hand, it is indeed possible to accept many students who have fled here.
However, in the design, facilities such as stadiums must be sacrificed and buildings as tall as possible should be built.蝩——After finishing the matter, he started to return to the capital.
This trip took quite a while, almost a month and a half, and fortunately we accomplished a lot. As soon as Li Yu returned to the capital, Yan Fu and Lu Bicheng came over.
Li Yu was surprised to see Yan Fu visiting in person: "Why is Master Yan here?" Yan Fu said, "I just learned about your return from Bicheng." Li Yu actually wanted to ask Lu Bicheng how he knew he was back so quickly But obviously there was no chance. Yan Fu then said: "Everyone is waiting for you to come back."
"Wait for me? What's wrong?" Li Yu asked in confusion. Yan Fu said: "Many scholars in the capital are urging you to meet Duke Yansheng."
"Ah?" Li Yu said in surprise,
"Is it Qufu...the Kong family?" Lu Bicheng nodded: "Yes, you are now so well-known in Western learning or science, the "Declaration" even praised you as a contemporary scientific saint. Of course the scholars will not do it, I want you to confront the true successor of the saint." Li Yu suddenly felt a headache, Shi Liangcai had really overwritten himself.
Although he had long expected that this day would come, he didn't expect it to come so quickly. Yan Fu said: "Yan Shenggong has also sent a letter and asked you to meet." Fengling said: "Sir, it is indeed true. We have received a letter from Qufu. You don't know that many literati and officials are vying for it. I want to buy it because it is written by the contemporary Yan Shenggong and has the seal of Yan Shenggong." Wang Bo said proudly: "When I went to the teahouse a few days ago, I was surrounded by everyone. They all wanted to know what it would be like to meet you. . Sir, it's really amazing that you can communicate with Yan Shenggong face to face!" They thought it was a good thing, but Li Yu obviously felt that the person who came was not good.
At present, Yan Shenggong has been passed down to the 76th generation, called Kong Lingyi. By the way, Kong Linghui seems to be a descendant of the Kong family, but just a side branch. As for why he was born a hundred years later than Kong Lingyi, it is easy to understand why he is still the same generation: This situation is very common in rural areas. In rich families, seniority passes quickly, so naturally It seems that the seniority is lower; and families without money often get married and have children very late, and there are few inheritances, so the seniority naturally becomes higher.
In terms of seniority, the modern Confucian family has reached the 80th generation, and Kong Linghui is his great-great-grandfather... Lu Bicheng said: "Everyone thinks that you will be a confrontation between Western learning and Confucianism, and many people are paying attention." Yan Yanfu also asked: "There is a lot of excitement in the capital, and everyone from all walks of life is waiting for your reply. Do you want to go?" In fact, by the time when Li Yu lived, the concept of the Confucian family was already very unclear, and everyone only knew Confucius, few people know who the descendant of the Confucius family is, and no one pays attention to it.
Historically, the only families with documented direct lineage for more than two thousand years are the Kong family and the Emperor of Japan.
The reason why they have been passed down for so long is because they do no harm to the rule, and all dynasties still find them useful.
For a long time, Japan's emperor had no real power at all. In Japan, he was just a flying crane in the sky, and he only had to come out and call once in a while.
The Kong family was also used as a political tool, basically raising him in Qufu and worshiping him as an idol.
"Seventy-two generations of domestic slaves, twenty-five generations of ministers." This is the current comment on the descendants of Confucius on the Internet.
Except for Confucius and the more recent generations, there have been almost no decent talents in the direct line since then.
Moreover, the Kong family is very politically savvy about protecting their own lineage. Once the dynasty changes, they will immediately defect to the new dynasty.
The Qing army surrendered as soon as they invaded, and as soon as the order to shave their heads came, they wrote the "Signature of the First Shave" to express their surrender.
Past dynasties
The knees and bones of "Shengxing Gong" seem to be relatively soft. But it is indeed a miracle that the Confucius family can be passed down for so long. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty only respected Confucianism and made Confucius a teacher for all generations.
Being able to shadow his descendants for thousands of years, even if none of his descendants stand out, Confucius himself was already quite successful.
Li Yu thought for a while and then said: "I'll go." The meaning of this sentence was difficult to guess in modern Internet vocabulary, but it made Wang Bo, Fengling and others feel refreshed.
Yan Fu also breathed a sigh of relief: "I was really afraid that you wouldn't go."
