Li Yu was about to leave by train. Duan Qirui and Tang Shaoyi came with a group of people to see him off. Li Yu also saw a Japanese figure among them. Judging from his position, he should be of a high level.
Li Yu wanted to take a closer look, but the train had already started.
Duan Qirui and Tang Shaoyi waved goodbye to Li Yu, but Li Yu didn't pay attention to the Japanese.
But the Japanese kept staring at Li Yu.
What Li Yu didn't know was that he was Rihachiro Banishi, who was Yuan Shikai's senior military adviser at the time, and the teacher of Japan's second-generation spy chief, Kenji Doihara.
Rihachiro Banishi was introduced to Yuan Shikai's staff through the introduction of Nozumi Aoki, Japan's first-generation spy chief.
It can indeed be seen that Japan is not only ambitious, but also very perseverant. It took three generations in a row to focus on the spy content, but the other aspects were similar.
It seems that whether it is a family or a country, one generation is really not enough time to become stronger.
However, Rihachiro Banishi was also a consultant secretly, because there was a "Secret Treaty of Cassini" between China and Russia, which stipulated that if the Qing army hired foreign instructors, they must be Russians.
In order to avoid trouble, Yuan Shikai asked Rihachiro Banxi to dress up as a Chinese and gave him a Chinese name: Ban Zhichao. Yuan Shikai said to Rihachiro Banxi: "Your job is similar to Ban Chao who was sent to the Western Regions as an envoy during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Let's call him Ban Zhichao."
Rihachiro Banishi spent a very long time in China. During the rule of the Beiyang Warlords, he had close contact with almost all the senior officials in the past dynasties, and the relationship was quite good.
Rihachiro Banishi watched the train go away with a slightly sinister look, and immediately sent a telegram to his boss in the capital, Japan's first-generation spy chief, Nobujun Aoki.
Japanese intelligence agency, Aoki Mansion.
Japanese Minister to China Yasuya Uchida is studying this radio equipment with Nobujun Aoki, Naniwa Kawashima and the newly arrived Soko Kawara.
Uchida Yasuya explained and demonstrated the operation of this radio equipment to them, and several people exclaimed that it was incredible: "If you can freely send intelligence to friendly forces thousands of miles away, it will be a rare weapon."
Nobuyuki Aoki said: "I received a telegram from Banxi-kun. He mentioned that the inventor Li Yu received extremely high treatment in the Beiyang Army. Governor Yuan must have paid more attention to him. Kawashima-kun, you Is there any new information?"
Kawashima Naniwa said: "According to my investigation, Li Yu's movements have been concentrated in the academic and invention fields. This radio equipment should have been developed by him in the United States. He seems to have had contact with some high-level chaebols in the United States."
"The United States?" Uchida Koya pondered, "The United States is an unpredictable country now, but it is alone overseas. It must just want to do more trade, and it will not have an impact on our strategy in East Asia."
Kawashima Naniwa also agreed: "The American military is not strong, and we will not conflict with them. However, the economic strength of the American chaebols cannot be underestimated. I am not sure about Li Yu's relationship with the American chaebols. How close."
Nobuzumi Aoki, a military attache, said: "Although he is just a scholar, he now has such powerful technological power. If other countries get it, it will always be detrimental to our Empire of Japan."
Uchida Yasuya said: "There is no other way. He invited envoys from many countries to jointly announce this technology at the Rikoku Hotel. Ministers from all countries already know about it, so it is not a secret."
Li Yu just wanted to advertise it widely, but he couldn't hide it anyway. If everyone had it, it wouldn't be a secret weapon. Moreover, things like radios can be used commercially and militaryly without delay.
Nobuzumi Aoki asked: "So, is it possible that Russia can also obtain this technology?"
Uchida Yasuya said: "It is said that they have ordered radio equipment from Li Yu."
Nobuzumi Aoki sighed: "Fortunately, we are still in a fair competition situation, and I still know how powerful Tsarist Russia is. This equipment is of great help to field operations. It will be more advantageous if Minister Uchida can purchase a few more units."
Uchida Yasuya said: "As I have this intention, I have sent a request to the base camp to allocate more funds."
Aoki Nobujun then said to Kawahara Soko: "When you go to the Mongolian Prince Gong's Mansion, you should also bring one with you. You are in the hinterland and can know a lot of key information."
Kawara Soko said worriedly: "But I'm not very good at using it yet."
Nobuzumi Aoki said: "It's too late, the situation has become increasingly tense. Fortunately, it seems that Li Yu has nothing to do with the military. He is just a scholar. You can use the normal techniques you have trained to send and receive telegrams. From now on, Minister Uchida The purchased radio equipment will be sent back to the base camp, and they will develop encryption-related methods."
It really takes a lot of time to go back and forth like this, and if the password is advanced, it really can't be created casually. It contains a lot of mathematical content, and it also involves modern mathematics. Group theory is daunting to many people.
Kawara Soko nodded and said: "I understand, I will definitely live up to my trust."
Uchida Yasuya said to her: "You have a very heavy task. On the one hand, you have to gain the trust of the Prince Gong family, and on the other hand, you have to spy on Russia's rear intelligence. You must be careful. Once..."
Kawahara Soko said categorically: "Once captured, I will have a shattered consciousness."
Nobuzumi Aoki felt that this should be the case and said: "Very good, this is the attitude that Japanese women should have."
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If Li Yu wanted to go to Europe, it would definitely be faster to take the railway, so he sent a telegram to Markov and Lyapunov at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg to ask if he could use the Trans-Siberian Railway again.
This kind of thing really needs to be asked, after all, it is not fully open to traffic yet. Although only a small section of the entire Trans-Siberian Railway has not been repaired, it has not yet been put into commercial use.
Moreover, the Trans-Siberian Railway is currently a single-track railway and its transportation capacity is not strong.
The situation between Japan and Russia became increasingly tense, and a war was about to break out. Once the war began, Russia would only allow trains to drive from west to east, and would not return after reaching the Far East.
Russia also used this method to gather more than 300,000 troops in the Far East. Although it failed to restore the defeat as a whole, in the end, Japan only dared to sign the very compromising Treaty of Portsmouth.
It is said that after Japan won, it still wanted to learn from the Sino-Japanese War and ask for compensation from Tsarist Russia. Even considering that Russia was rich, after calculation, it came to 3 billion yen. At present, the yen is quite strong, which is almost 800 million taels of silver. It was four times the 200 million taels of silver in the "Treaty of Shimonoseki" after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, and it also wanted to cede territory to Tsarist Russia.
Japan always likes to bet on the fate of the country when fighting wars. What they think is that they have spent all the efforts of the country for this war, and even owe 800 million yen in foreign debt. However, the fiscal revenue is only about 200 million per year, and they still have to spend money on war. Afterwards, pensions and other construction projects must be recovered no matter what.
Unexpectedly, Tsar Nicholas II replied directly: Want money? Not a penny, little Japan, if you don’t accept it, let’s keep going!
Not to mention the cessation of territory, the negotiator of Tsarist Russia bluntly said: "Russian land is the property of His Majesty the Emperor" and rejected the request for cessation of territory and compensation.
As for the half of Sakhalin Island that was ceded to Japan, it was just ceded from the Qing court in 1860, and the Russians did not feel sorry for it at all.
Therefore, the benefit Japan gained was actually the transfer of Russia's rights and interests in Northeast China.
Japan was indeed unable to fight anymore. At that time, the main military force of Tsarist Russia was concentrated in the west. Without damaging the fundamentals, the United States was allowed to act as a mediator and peacemaker and accepted the Treaty of Portsmouth.
Looking at the attitude of Nicholas II, and looking at Li Zhongtang who had to continue to suffer miserably after being shot at Maguan, hey, he still had to have national strength.
However, this railway is really expensive, and Tsarist Russia has really spent a lot of money on it. Japan just saw that the railway was soon to be repaired, and Tsarist Russia's control over the Far East would become stronger, so it did not declare war.
Tsarist Russia was really unlucky. It spent so much money, 1.4 billion rubles, just to get the rights and interests in the Northeast. As a result, it lost the war and everything was in vain.
Spending so much money on the railway had a great impact on the economy and people's livelihood, which indirectly led to a series of events such as the October Revolution. Similar to the Sui Dynasty's construction of the Grand Canal, the later dynasties benefited.
After receiving Li Yu's telegram, Markov quickly contacted the Academy of Sciences. Anyway, Li Yu is now a famous figure in the scientific community. When he came last time, he established good relations with Mendeleev and other big men, and everyone jointly signed a letter to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. Write a letter and the Tsar will naturally agree.
Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the reply. These big guys from the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences still had some influence in Tsarist Russia, and they could manage things with their words.
It's a pity that Li Yu doesn't care much when talking to the Qing court now, so he can only ask Beiyang to help.
Now you can wait for the documents to be sent from the Embassy in Russia. With this thing, you can complete the Trans-Siberian Railway without any hindrance.
While waiting for the letter, Li Yu was invited to the Capital University.
The recent newspaper published the story of Li Yu's trip to Qufu. Everyone discovered that Li Yu was able to "conquer all the Confucian scholars" - there were literally tens of thousands of Confucian scholars who were his direct descendants, and he was still not far behind.
This is really surprising, after all, the other party is the dignified Duke Yan.
It just so happens that the Imperial College of Capital Studies has recently opened a Jinshi Hall.
Judging from the name, you can tell that it is specially recruiting Jinshi. Those who come in are all Jinshi who have recently passed the science and technology high school examination, especially the Guimao Science and Technology Examination that just ended this year.
This was a traditional imperial examination that was supposed to be held in 1901, but it coincided with the Gengzi national crisis, so it was postponed to 1903.
Therefore, in 1903 not only the special economic subjects were held, but also a serious imperial examination.
This imperial examination admitted more than 300 Jinshi, and some of them with better scores were selected into the Hanlin Academy, and then some entered the Jinshi Hall of the Imperial University.
From this we can also see the current status of the Capital University. It is not an independent university in the conventional sense. Many of its functions are somewhat similar to those of the Imperial College and the Hanlin Academy, which are to train officials for the imperial court.
But this is a reasonable situation. After all, the leader of the university hall is a second-grade official.
As the first graduate, Li Yu, who is now highly accomplished in Western studies, was called back by Zhang Baixi, the Minister of Management and Education, to communicate with the new students.
Li Yu originally wanted to refuse. After all, they were all those who passed traditional scientific examinations, which were quite different from his own learning environment.
Moreover, it was not easy to become a Jinshi during the feudal period. These people generally thought very highly of themselves. Unless they wanted to do so themselves, it would be impossible for others to change their thinking patterns.
Therefore, education must start from young people. Only education from an early age can be truly effective.
However, Zhang Baixi specifically explained that since these people wanted to come to the Capital University, they were people who were interested in Western learning and would not deliberately oppose Western learning.
Li Yu couldn't refute the principal's face, so he agreed to go.
(End of chapter)
