As long as Li Yu returns to Beijing, he still has to report and then go to teach Guangxu a few lessons. It's hard to figure out Guangxu's current mood. Sometimes he is high-spirited, and sometimes he is depressed.
Of course, it can no longer be the so-called emperor's mental tricks, it is more caused by mental torture.
Every lecture note Li Yu brought was written with a pen, which led Guangxu to start practicing hard-pen calligraphy.
When Li Yu arrived in Yingtai, Yudeling had just finished giving him English lessons, and Guangxu was practicing calligraphy with an American Weidiwen brand ink pen.
If you want to write in English, you can only use a pen. The Welden fountain pen is also a big brand at present, and many international treaties are even signed with this pen.
For example, the "Treaty of Portsmouth" after the Russo-Japanese War and the "Peace of Versailles" after the end of World War I.
It's just that Guangxu's writing is not very good at present, and he has no chance to use this pen to sign any important documents.
Yudeling walked out of the hall and bumped into Li Yu. Li Yu asked: "How is the emperor's mood today?" - After all, he was not an ordinary student. He had to understand Guangxu's mood in advance so that he could temporarily adjust the lecture mode.
Yu Deling said: "I can't tell, but today when I showed the emperor some articles by the thinkers of the Renaissance period in England and France, I don't know if it touched him. He suddenly said to me, 'I intend to revitalize China, but you know that I can't make the decision. , it can't be as good as my ambition, how can I dare to take it like this." Yu Deling squinted his eyes and looked at Eunuch Cui who was standing next to him with his hands hanging down.
Cixi was really vicious. Eunuch Cui once threw Concubine Zhen into a well with his own hands. Guangxu hated him with all his heart.
Now he was asked to monitor Guangxu specifically, and he was sure that Eunuch Cui would work hard. In the palace, Li Yu knew that Guangxu's words were indeed a bit sensitive, so he could only remain silent.
When Li Yu was in class, he taught Guangxu some popular theories related to steam engines. They were all relatively simple contents, still like popular science.
Guangxu gathered himself together, and after listening to Li Yu, he said: "It turns out that what can make a huge train run is the steam generated by such soft water!" Then he raised his teacup: "Is it like this water vapor?" Li Yu Said: "The thing is the same thing, but the specific differences are very big."
"The same goes for ships on the sea?" Guangxu asked. Li Yu nodded: "That's right." Guangxu said thoughtfully: "The ancients have not deceived me. It is true that water can carry a boat and capsize it. Four taels can lift a thousand catties but that's it." He could not imagine it at all, and later generations even jokingly said
"The end of technology is boiling water." Even nuclear power plants will eventually boil water. But there was no way to explain this to him.
Guangxu felt that he had many questions and wanted to continue asking Li Yu, but suddenly Eunuch Cui next to him interrupted: "Your Majesty, the time has come." Guangxu grinned, but he held back: he yelled at Li Lianying last time After a few words, I didn’t have a good meal for several days.
He immediately became a little decadent. He looked like a king and couldn't even control a few minions. Guangxu waved his hand helplessly: "You all should stand down." Li Yu left Yingtai, mounted his horse and prepared to return to Dongchang Hutong.
But Eunuch Cui stopped him and said, "Master Emperor, you still have to be more careful in class in the future." Li Yu held the reins and said, "Why did Eunuch say this?" Eunuch Cui said, "Don't let the emperor think that you are a foreigner. Things are so simple, it will only give him some bad thoughts." Li Yu was completely explaining complex things in a simple way, which was the most conventional and effective way when he was in school, so he said: "Eunuch Cui, Foreigners' things are not that unattainable." Eunuch Cui smiled and said, "This is not what the Zajia family wants to bring to you. You can think about it yourself." Li Yu got off his horse and took out five two hundred taels from his arms. Silver note: "Eunuch Cui, I hope you can give me some advice." Eunuch Cui looked at the amount of the silver note, took it, folded it carefully and put it in his arms, then whispered: "You rented Rongfu. Some people can't stand it. After all, there are still many people around." There are many adults living here, so be careful." Li Yu raised his eyebrows and said, "It's all normal business and there is a contract."
"Normal business?" Cui Eunuch chuckled.
"Emperor Master, sometimes it's too normal to be normal. And you do such a big business through the Ministry of Commerce, so everyone's eyes are on it." Eunuch Cui clasped his fists: "This is all for the rest of the family, let's leave." Li Yu sighed He breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that it was not easy to do things in the late Qing Dynasty, but he was ready to do it and had to take action.
It seems that my own resistance comes not only from the Japanese, but also from domestic problems that cannot be ignored. If we talk about the more positive side, it is that we have relatively strong backing support.
However, Li Yu guessed that what Cui Eunuch said must mean that Yuan Shikai himself was deeply involved in the struggle of the court.
But Li Yu always knew that Yuan Shikai would have the last laugh. For the time being, we can only think so optimistically. As for the specific development of the situation, we cannot predict how the situation will develop. We can only adapt to the circumstances and use tactics as appropriate.
Although the business environment is not good, because there are people in the court, the progress is not slow. Xu Shichang has even arranged for people to prepare the road and prepare to set up a relatively simple train parking platform to facilitate future travel.
Song Jiashu also transferred a batch of machinery from the Port of Singapore. From the current point of view, it is still relatively advanced equipment.
Li Yu contacted the employees at Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau through Tang Shaoyi and transferred a batch.
During the Eight-Power Allied Forces period, the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau was destroyed by the war, and many people have been unemployed for a long time. Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau is not small, with a conservative estimate of two to three thousand employees.
However, like Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, it is mainly engaged in arms production. But it also built ships. Cixi’s yacht in the Summer Palace Lake was manufactured by Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.
There are even submarines. Therefore, the manufacturing bureau employees already have certain technical accomplishments. Unfortunately, Tianjin suffered a great impact during the Eight-Nation Allied Forces in the past few years. Coupled with the death of Li Hongzhang, the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau was unable to reopen.
After Zhou Xuexi learned the news, he immediately brought a group of people from Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau to find Li Yu. Zhou Xuexi was from Beiyang and was a subordinate of Yuan Shikai. They had met before when they went to Japan to participate in the Quanye Expo.
"Master Imperial, I almost don't recognize you when we meet again," Zhou Xuexi said. Li Yu, now wearing a short hair suit and a suit, was obviously two people, so he said: "People can't change. For such a trivial matter, I have to trouble Mr. Zhou to go there in person." Zhou Xuexi said: "This is not a trivial matter. Now in the land of Jinmen Everyone is talking about you." Li Yu knew it was about the dispute with the Germans and said: "I just did something right." Zhou Xuexi said: "The emperor's teacher is simply a benchmark for facing the wind, but he is better than Lin Feng. It will be destroyed. It is better for the Imperial Master to be careful." Li Yu thought of Eunuch Cui's words today, nodded and said, "Thank you, sir, for reminding me." Zhou Xuexi continued: "Be careful, and the Imperial Master does not have to be afraid of his hands and feet. Governor Yuan Let me tell you, no matter what, he will support the emperor." Yuan Shikai is now engaged in the New Deal in Tianjin and is also vigorously developing modern enterprises.
A lot of textile factories, cement factories, mining factories, and paper mills were built. However, technology and product quality can only be considered at the beginning.
However, it can be regarded as laying some foundation for Tianjin's industry again. Zhou Xuexi will benefit a lot from becoming a northern industrial giant in the future.
Although Yuan Shikai's reputation in later generations was not very good, he was indeed a truly capable minister among the ministers in the late Qing Dynasty.
Li Yu cupped his fists and said, "Thank you Governor Yuan for me." Zhou Xuexi pointed to the more than 20 people behind him: "They were all workers of the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau back then. Many of them were veteran technicians who had been working for more than ten years. Tang Daotai asked me to specially select those who are familiar with machines." Li Yu said: "I can only say thank you so much again." Zhou Xuexi said: "No need to thank me, I was just ordered to set up the Zhili Craft School this year to specialize in technical training. When the time comes, we must recruit more of my students." Li Yu said with a smile: "There is a huge shortage of talent, as many as there are available." Li Yu took this group of workers to the factory to look at the equipment imported by Song Jiashu. They are all veteran workers and are not slow to get started.
Li Yu also knew mechanics, so he took out some drawings he drew and asked them to make simple modifications according to the drawings.
Even though they didn't know how to build machinery, they were able to understand the drawings even though they maintained the manufacturing bureau's machines every day.
Li Yu left several students who were interested in mechanics to study with them. ——After returning home, Li Yu wrote a reply to Einstein.
What puzzled Einstein the most was the equal sign
"=", and it's particularly confusing. Of course Li Yu understood what was going on, so he wrote: "Dear Mr. Einstein, your equation is really amazing, simple and beautiful. This is the most fascinating thing about physics. But I think it is not your equation." What the letter said is that energy and mass can be converted into each other. The more essential explanation should be that mass and energy themselves are the same thing. Just like a coin, it is two sides of an object!" Due to the short length of the article , and there was no formula, Li Yu sent it directly to Bern, Switzerland in the form of a telegram.
But even though it is short, the key points are stated. What to say
The idea that "mass and energy are the same thing" is very explosive. When most people see the mass-energy equation, their first impression is that it is the mutual conversion of mass and energy.
Many people even misunderstand that Einstein developed the atomic bomb through the mass-energy equation.
Of course this is obviously wrong. The atomic bomb was only available in 1945, and Einstein proposed the special theory of relativity in 1905. There was a 40-year gap between the two, and there were quite a few technological iterations during this period.
Of course, the special theory of relativity does provide a strong theoretical basis for the development of atomic bombs. But really speaking, it should be attributed to the rapid advancement of atomic physics.
Einstein's only help with the atomic bomb may have been that he wrote a letter to the then US President Roosevelt in 1939. The general content was that he should hurry up to research the atomic bomb. It would be bad if Hitler developed it.
But even so, the US government did not pay attention to it. At the beginning, only $6,000 was given to the research and development of the atomic bomb. This amount of money could not do anything, and it was not even enough to pay the scientific researchers.
Later, it was Japan that slapped its forehead on its head and came up with an excellent strategy. It took Pearl Harbor and attracted the attention of the Americans and launched the famous
"Manhattan Project". And this has nothing to do with Einstein, because Einstein was anti-war almost all his life.
He just wanted to be a pure scientist, how could he directly participate in the development of weapons. ——Since Fengling is also a researcher now, she is working with Ding Deshan
"New Pastry" was developed and there was no time to send him a telegram, so Li Yu had to send the telegram himself.
We haven’t been in contact with each other for a long time, and we are very unfamiliar. It took a long time to finish a short message. Li Yu stretched and sighed that practice makes perfect.
The next day, Lu Bicheng found Li Yu with the manuscript of the Star Wars prequel.
"I have completed the polishing and revision." Lu Bicheng said as he put down a thick stack of manuscript paper. Li Yu picked it up and looked at it. Lu Bicheng insisted on writing it out with a pen.
Although the handwriting is not that beautiful yet, it is all Chinese characters. People with a strong foundation in soft-pen calligraphy will not be slow to pick up hard-pen calligraphy.
Li Yu praised: "Run, it's so moist!" Lu Bicheng asked: "Do you want to give it to Miss De Ling for translation?" Li Yu said: "That's right, you have to believe me, only Chinese can truly translate Chinese well. The article was written. When the time comes, let foreigners translate it into other languages based on English, and the original style will not be lost too much." Lu Bicheng whispered: "I understand." Li Yu didn't think much, and then gave the manuscript to Yu De Ling.
Yu Deling smiled and said: "I have been waiting for the follow-up for a long time. It is really fast."
"By the way," Li Yu asked again,
"Is there anything unfavorable to me in the DPRK recently?" Yudeling thought for a while and said: "I have always been with the Queen Mother in Xiyuan. I cannot be present in discussions about the political situation, but I will pay more indirect attention. Why? , is there any movement?" Li Yu said: "Not yet, I hope there won't be any problems in the future, I don't want to get too entangled with those courtiers." Fortunately, Yu Deling, an informant, was by Cixi's side.
While Yu Deling was busy translating, Li Yu's article about Maxwell's Demon was also sent to the United States and published in the latest "Sce".
The American Association for the Advancement of Science finds Li Yu's creative ability incredible. He almost single-handedly pushed "Sce", a magazine that had been neglected, to the top of the industry.
It's a miracle! They now devote most of their energy to the operation of this magazine. ——Of course Li Yu needs to work hard, after all, it is his own magazine... Just talking about this article, although no one can explain Maxwell's demon now, but one look at the content of the article shows that Li Yu completely adopted Boltzmann's statistics Methods to study the theory of molecules.
From the perspective of future generations, this is a completely correct path. Because there are no absolutes in the microscopic field, statistics and probability theory must be used for research.
But at the beginning of the twentieth century, the scientific community simply could not accept these two theories into sacred physics.
At this time, many physicists believe that statistics is for economic and social science research, and probability theory is for gambling. How can it be related to high-level physics?
It’s just a joke, okay? But Li Yu's reputation in the scientific community is indeed too great now. His previous papers were not only shocking, but also faultless.
Moreover, this paper is in Li Yu's consistent style, with detailed physical explanations and extremely rigorous mathematical derivation.
I have said several times that current physicists are generally not good at mathematics. Of course, it's not that they can't understand it, it's simply because physics at this time doesn't pay enough attention to mathematics.
He is as powerful as Einstein, but his math skills are also very worrying. Therefore, even if you are a physics researcher, understanding it requires a lot of brain cells to study the mathematical part.
But it is precisely because of this that Li Yu's paper can withstand debates from all walks of life.
