When Li Yu was teaching Guangxu, Guangxu asked a lot about Li Yu's going abroad. So Li Yu talked about his experiences in the United States, Japan and Europe in general.
Not many people have been to so many countries now, and Li Yu's knowledge is also much ahead of his time, and his insights into various countries are very profound.
Guangxu was very fascinated when he heard this: "The defeat of Gengzi is indeed inevitable." Isn't it? At that time, Cixi was even afraid of trains, so she didn't know which link was wrong and declared war on the eleven countries.
When Eunuch Cui outside heard it, he coughed lightly. Guangxu originally wanted to ask something more, but he immediately stopped talking and sighed softly.
Of course he knew in his heart that Cixi was very responsible for Gengzi's defeat, but it was precisely because of this that he couldn't talk about it too blatantly in the palace. Cixi's good face was rare in the world, and he couldn't say that he had done something wrong.
Guangxu waved his hand: "Step back." Li Yu walked out of Yingtai. On the way, Cui Eunuch said to him: "Master, please don't let the emperor talk about some things casually, otherwise, hey." Li Yu said: "It's the emperor. Asked." Eunuch Cui said: "I know it was the emperor who asked, but now that the emperor is ill sometimes, it is inevitable that he will make some actions that are not, well, not in compliance with the rules. As a slave, you cannot let the emperor make mistakes. "While talking, Concubine Jin passed by the two of them.
Eunuch Cui quickly saluted her: "Your Majesty."
"Forgive me, Eunuch Cui," said Concubine Jin.
"This is the Jiangnan pastry selected from the tributes. You can try it."
"What a shameful villain." Cui Eunuch said quickly. Concubine Jin was a good person in the palace, and everyone in the palace, including the eunuchs and maids, had a good relationship with her.
Concubine Jin looked at Li Yu: "The image of the Imperial Master made me think I was seeing a Japanese envoy. By the way, I heard that you wrote a series and won a prize in France, and the co-author was Bicheng, a talented girl from Beijing and Tianjin? Li Yu said, "That's it." Concubine Jin said, "Can you get one for the Ai family? I'll also see if it can win the French Prize." Li Yu said, "Of course, it's a piece of cake." Concubine Jin said, "That's good. It's boring sometimes in the palace anyway." This Concubine Jin is a typical example.
The "lying flat" type, she knew that Guangxu didn't like her from the day she was selected as a concubine. But Concubine Jin's attitude towards life is just three words: it doesn't matter.
No matter how much I love it, I spend my days raising flowers, fish, cats, dogs, reading, and painting, and I actually live a pretty happy life.
He even had to eat a soy pork elbow every day. He was definitely a typical example of a fat man in the palace. She also lived in Yingtai, but she was not in the same palace as Guangxu.
Because according to the tradition of the Qing Dynasty, it was impossible for any concubine to spend the night with the emperor, and the emperor slept alone at night.
On the one hand, there are security considerations, and on the other hand, it is to prevent the harem from interfering in politics. It's just that no one expected that the Qing Dynasty would end up being more than just a harem intervening in politics. It would completely control the government for half a century.
Li Yu returned to the mansion and taught the Yuan brothers again. The Yuan brothers were very curious about what Li Yu had given Guangxu today.
Li Yu told them: "It's about some basic content of astronomy and celestial mechanics, which is the Western Newtonian theory." The Yuan brothers immediately said: "We must learn the same thing as the emperor!" Li Yu said with a smile: "I knew it! "Although Li Yu is not good at giving lectures, his insights are far beyond those of current teachers. If the Yuan brothers study hard, they will definitely be better than learning outside.
However, the Yuan brothers obviously have no intention of engaging in academics. It is simply because Western learning is so popular now and knowledgeable people know that Western learning is important, so they studied Western learning at Yuan Shikai's request.
After the Yuan brothers finished the class, they were very interested in Li Yu's car. After pestering Zhao Qian to drive it for a few times, they had already made up their mind to buy one.
The Yuan brothers are definitely not short of money. A car now costs 1,000 taels of silver to be shipped to the customs at cost. Taking into account miscellaneous expenses and the special business environment of the Qing Dynasty, it can be sold for almost 2,000 taels.
Absolutely sky-high price. This does not include maintenance costs, not to mention that today's cars are not as stable as later generations. It is definitely not possible if they don't know some mechanics.
Li Yu naturally knew that this thing was not open casually, so he could only tell them to learn it first. The Yuan brothers were very unconvinced: "Isn't it just like riding a horse? We brothers can't tame an iron lump!" Li Yu felt a headache. He had long known that they were not easy to discipline. After all, even Yuan Shikai himself couldn't do anything about it. .
Zhao Qian can only let Zhao Qian keep an eye on them while driving. On the other side, Zhu Guozhen, the second-class Jinshi, also officially came to join Li Yu.
He is still a concubine of the Hanlin Academy, but Zhu Guozhen no longer has much hope of becoming an official.
From a historical point of view, if he followed Li Yu, it would definitely be regarded as the most important move in his life. Otherwise, he would only be an unknown second-level Jinshi throughout his life.
Moreover, their current imperial examination is the second to last in history, and its reputation is far inferior to that of this year's last imperial examination.
In terms of commemoration, it's much different. You see, Liu Chunlin, the number one scholar in the last imperial examination, is many times more famous than the number one scholar in the penultimate imperial examination.
Anyway, I don’t believe that many people still remember the name of the penultimate number one pick, even if it was mentioned before.
Sure enough, the second one is always unknown! Even if it is second to last, it is too miserable! ——Aoki Mansion.
Uchida Yasuya and Kawashima Naniwa have already formulated a strategy, and there is also little Zuo Xiang in the room who is making suggestions. Uchida Yasuya said: "If these letters are found from Li Yu's house and we come forward to defend them, Li Yu will definitely be grateful to us and come to our side. It is even possible for him to settle in Tokyo from now on." They were sure. He didn't want to kill Li Yu, but he was greedy for his abilities and desperately wanted him to take the pro-Japanese route.
Kawashima Naniwa asked Xiang Zuoxiang: "How to put the letter in Li Yu's house, do you have any idea?" Xiao Zuoxiang said confidently: "I have found a suitable candidate, there is absolutely no problem. I will let him Come in." The door opened, and it was Uncle Wang's son, Xiao Wang, Wang Shuo who walked in.
Xiao Zuoxiang introduced them. Kawashima Naniwa was a little worried, because from the intelligence point of view, Li Yu was very important to Wang Boer, and it was because of Li Yu that Xiao Wang escaped the fate of being purified, so he asked: "Why are you willing to help us?" Xiao Wang said: "Left Brother Xiang told me that this can give me more happiness medicine and allow me to enter a Japanese school without taking the exam." Kawashima Naniwa said: "I heard that you are in Soshi School opened by Americans. What, isn't it good? "Xiao Wang said softly: "I, I have been a little stressed in my studies recently..." Kawashima Naniwa said: "It's excusable. Caucasians don't understand the habits of us East Asians, so there will inevitably be many problems in teaching. If you If you enter a school in Japan, you will definitely flourish." Xiao Wang looked at Xiao Zuoxiang: "Does it mean that if I help you, you can always give me happy medicine?" Xiao Zuoxiang said: "Of course, but you must be obedient. ." Xiao Wang said: "I will definitely listen to you, as long as you give me happy medicine." Xiao Zuo Xiang took out a small bottle from his arms: "Take these, and when things are done, there will be more." Xiao Wang's eyes As soon as it lit up, I grabbed it and rushed out excitedly without even having time to say thank you.
Uchida Yasuya asked strangely: "What is that?" Xiao Zuoxiang took out another bottle and gave it to Uchida Yasuya: "It is a German magical medicine, used for children's cough." Uchida Yasuya knew English, so he took the bottle and looked at it. Look, it says on the bottle
"Heroin", so he asked: "Heroine? Cough medicine?" Xiao Zuo Xiang said: "This 'heroine' is no ordinary cough medicine, it contains morphine." Heroin means "heroin" in German. It means a heroine.
"Morphine?" Kawashima Naniwa immediately heard the clue,
"opium?!"
"It's not that simple," Xiao Zuo Xiang introduced to them,
"Bayer's cough medicine is officially sold, but although its advertisements repeatedly emphasize that it is the 'next generation product of morphine and non-addictive,' a professor at a medical school in Imperial You know, it's definitely more addictive."
"It's interesting." Uchida Yasuya picked up the small bottle, which was densely written with various promotional words from Bayer.
For example, I mentioned that some doctors said it can dispel
"Pain of the Soul" can not only relieve coughs, but also treat pain, depression, bronchitis, asthma, etc.
In short, it is described as a miracle medicine. Uchida Yasuya sighed: "Legal opium is so interesting!" Everyone must have seen it, it is famous
"Heroin". It has brought huge profits to Bayer. Just one drug accounts for 5% of the profits of the entire pharmaceutical industry!
Bayer is very good at marketing. They distribute free trial products to doctors around the world and commission some experts to conduct research to promote its miraculous effects.
In the records of these researchers, heroin only has trivial side effects such as lethargy, dizziness and constipation, but its efficacy is surprisingly good.
Bayer even placed advertisements in major newspapers such as "Deutsche Physician" and boasted wildly. from its name
"heroin" can come out because it comes from
The root word of "hero". How ironic. But the really scary thing is that, currently, it is indeed not banned.
It was almost until 1910 that various countries canceled its clinical use. Two years later an international conference on opium was held in The Hague, Netherlands, where delegates unanimously favored the passage of controls on the trafficking of opium, morphine and heroin.
And Felix Hofmann, the inventor of heroin, is definitely a real
"Angels and Demons" incarnate. He invented aspirin, one of the world's three major drugs. And just 11 days later, he synthesized heroin in the laboratory.
Holding up the sacred staff of medicine, another terrible Pandora's box has been opened. Aspirin's status in the pharmaceutical world is absolutely supreme.
And heroin can be called the poison king of the previous generation. In fact, its addictiveness is not strong at first. It is mainly designed as an oral liquid, which has a slow and long-lasting effect. The user does not feel a strong pleasure, but only feels that the whole body is relaxed.
But when it landed in the US market, it was completely different. The United States seems to have been the world's largest drug consumer from beginning to end, with a huge number of drug addicts.
After drug addicts in the United States discovered heroin, they felt like they had found a treasure. They immediately abandoned morphine, turned to their new favorite, and developed an injection method.
They were swallowed up by the pleasure that reached its peak in an instant. Since then, heroin sales have soared. What’s even more frightening is that addicts no longer need to be sneaky, but can go to pharmacies and buy them in delicate bottles.
"Heroine". To say that Bayer doesn't know about its side effects would be a fool's errand. They are fully aware of heroin's background.
Doctors soon suggested that the drug had not undergone rigorous clinical validation and should not be sold on such a large scale.
A few chemists have discovered that heroin can be metabolized into morphine in the liver. But it cannot withstand the power of capital.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Bayer's giant cross-shaped neon lights could be seen all over the world. They use money to keep heroin selling, and then make more money.
Xiao Zuoxiang said proudly: "After I learned that the little king in Li Yu's house was suffering from a cough, I used some tricks to make him unable to extricate himself." Uchida Yasuya praised: "You really have two tricks, such a powerful control tool, Even I don’t know.” Kawashima Naniwa also said: “What’s more important is that it is not as illegal as opium, which damages the face of the Japanese Empire. Since this drug is publicly released by a German pharmaceutical company, we There's no clue. It's so wonderful, so wonderful!" Although opium has been sold in the Japanese Concession for decades, the Japanese certainly didn't dare to let it go directly out of the Japanese Concession.
Even the French Concession across the road would not allow it. Uchida Yasuya looked at the small bottle and said: "Germany is always lucky enough to come up with something like this." In fact, Uchida Yasuya also suffered from a cold recently. He coughed and had headaches from time to time. Looking at the description on the medicine bottle, he had to endure it. Try a slice to see if it's really that magical.
Xiao Zuoxiang saw that he had opened the bottle cap and smelled it, and said quickly: "Minister Uchida, you must not do this!"
"I know," Uchida Yasuya closed the bottle cap and said,
"When General Aoki comes back from the front line, I will personally recommend you and make you an important figure in our espionage work." Xiao Zuoxiang saluted and said, "Thank you, Minister Uchida, and thank you, Mr. Kawashima!" Uchida Yasuya said, "You once You have proven your ability to us for the first time. Being an espionage officer is the most difficult job. It requires not only professional knowledge in multiple disciplines, but also the disguise ability of an excellent actor, and decisive judgment. You are worthy of being called the best in all aspects. Perfect." Xiao Zuoxiang said: "The Minister is ridiculous." Uchida Yasuya said: "After that, I will write to the country to try to approve you to join the nationality of the Empire of Japan as soon as possible." Xiao Zuoxiang said excitedly: "I will definitely not I will live up to your high expectations!" Kawashima Naniwa patted him on the shoulder: "We have witnessed your ability with our own eyes, and the empire needs talents like you." Uchida Yasuya asked again: "By the way, there will be no problem with the letter. Right?" Xiao Zuoxiang wiped away his excited tears and said: "Minister Uchida, don't worry, the letter from the Revolutionary Party comes from Liang Qichao in Japan, and the letter from the Russians comes from Horvat from the Harbin Middle East Railway Administration. The Qing court We have no ability to investigate Horvath. As for Liang Qichao, he is in Japan. We can say whatever we want. Even if we forge it, they will find no evidence." Although little Zuo Xiang regarded Liang Qichao as a revolutionary party, he did not It affected the attitude of the Qing court, because in the eyes of the Qing court, he was a rebel.
Uchida Yasuya laughed and said: "I really like you so much, you are smart and bold." Xiao Zuo Xiang said: "Some subsequent operations will require the cooperation of two adults." Uchida Yasuya said with guarantee: "Don't worry. , Even if Li Yu is extremely talented, he will never think of the people around him!"
