When he boarded the ship again two days later, Li Yu unexpectedly met an acquaintance: Zhang Taiyan.
Li Yu asked in surprise: "Mr. Taiyan has been released from prison?"
Zhang Taiyan was also a little surprised: "Right! Why, Brother Shucai also joined the Tongmenghui? Didn't you say that you only do science and education?"
"The Alliance?" Li Yu was even more confused.
At this time, Tao Chengzhang, the leader of the Restoration Society, came over and said, "Master Imperial, we are here specifically to take Mr. Taiyan to Japan."
Zhang Taiyan said: "Aren't you also going to take over Li Yu?"
Tao Chengzhang shook his head: "Brother Okamoto's order is just for us to pick you up."
Zhang Taiyan said to Li Yu: "It still has some principles, otherwise I wouldn't know what to say. In this world, not everyone can engage in revolution, there must be someone who engages in construction."
The ship sets sail again.
When we arrived in Yokohama, the pier was crowded, and most of them were students studying in Japan.
Li Yu didn't know why so many people came to greet him?
Are you so popular?
Liang Qichao squeezed his way out of the crowd and came to Li Yu: "Brother Shucai, you came at the right time. You have enough prestige among the international students."
Li Yu saw many international students wanting to board the ship and asked, "What is going on?"
Liang Qichao sighed: "Chen Tianhua committed suicide. The students protested against the Japanese government's "banning policy" and wanted to return to China!"
Li Yu opened his mouth: "Tianhua is dead, dead?"
Liang Qichao said: "After seeing his desperate words, I sent many people to look for him, but only found his body by the water."
Li Yu frowned, saving Zou Rong but not Chen Tianhua. But I spent nearly a whole year going to Dunhuang, and I really couldn’t get away.
Liang Qichao added: "Students are now divided into two groups. One group wants all to return to China, and the other group wants to insist on continuing their studies. They are fighting fiercely."
Suddenly, a thin man walked up to Liang Qichao: "Old principal, I have to leave."
This... turned out to be Principal Jiang.
When Chiang Kai-shek studied in Japan, he went to Tsinghua School in Japan founded by Liang Qichao. Although it was also called Tsinghua University, it was a pheasant school and had nothing to do with Tsinghua University in Beijing.
After studying here for half a year, Chiang Kai-shek felt that he could not learn anything. He spent all day preaching royalist theories. He was tired of it, so he prepared to return to China.
Liang Qichao said: "This kind of thing needs to be thought twice. Without knowledge, any subsequent ideas will be in vain."
Lao Jiang probably secretly thought about what you can learn in this school. You even gave the school to the Japanese embassy and didn't care at all... So he said: "The students have already considered it. I want to go to the newly established military school in Baoding. Oh. ! You are Imperial Master Li Yu! What an honor to see you here! I heard that Baoding Military Academy has your teaching materials, and maybe I can learn more than in Japan."
Li Yu said: "I wish you success in your studies."
Lao Jiang made a military salute to Li Yu and Liang Qichao: "See you later."
There were more people wanting to board the boat, but the crew stopped them: "You haven't bought your tickets yet."
Some students said angrily: "I don't want to stay in this place for a minute anymore. Can't I get on the boat to pay for my ticket?"
The crew member said: "Of course not. If you come up, what will happen to the people who bought the tickets?"
After a while, several representatives of the International Students Association in Japan, Ma Junwu, Hu Hanmin and Qiu Jin, arrived.
After not seeing each other for more than a year, Qiu Jin has become a completely different person. She said energetically: "Let's go! Let's all go!"
Ma Junwu stopped them: "No, this matter has not been finalized in the guild hall."
As the boss, Liang Qichao presided over the overall situation and said: "Jun Wu is right, everything must be discussed! Studying abroad is a big deal, you can't just come and leave when you want. Just as the scientific giant Li Yu has arrived, you should discuss this matter carefully."
When Qiu Jin saw Li Yu, she felt that she should give him some face, so she said, "Okay, I'll let you go to the guild hall to argue."
On the way, Li Yu asked Liang Qichao for some materials. After reading them, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This is all a misunderstanding."
Liang Qichao asked: "Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?"
Li Yu pointed to the newspaper and said: "All the objections come from the Japanese government regulations in the newspaper titled "Rules for the Banning of Foreign Students from the Qing Dynasty," but the Japanese word 'ban' and the Chinese word 'ban' do not mean the same thing. "
Anyone who has taken a Japanese class must have heard this saying: When Chinese people learn Japanese, it seems that it is all Chinese characters and it is easy to learn. However, if you are not careful, you can easily translate it by mistake and cause a large accident scene.
At this time, the "Qing Dynasty Banning Rules for International Students" incident is a super typical example.
Japan released this document due to pressure from the Qing minister in Japan.
As we all know, Japan is the base camp of revolutionaries.
Japan and the United States have similar ideas. They both hope to recruit Chinese students and make these future Chinese elites pro-Japanese or pro-American, which will be of great benefit to them in the future.
This was a conspiracy that lasted for hundreds of years, and it was not uncommon before Li Yu traveled through time.
However, the effect is actually not as good as Japan and the United States expected.
Anyway, most of those who stayed in Japan later became determined to resist Japan.
The reason why studying in Japan is very popular now is because it has one big advantage: it is cheap.
The tuition fee for studying in Japan for one year is about 35 to 60 yen, and the highest one-year tuition fee is only fifteen or six taels of silver.
But it would be terrible to stay in Europe or the United States. The Qing government's standard allowance for official European and American students was 1,200 taels of silver per year, of which 20 taels per month were tuition fees, and the rest was accommodation and travel.
Seventeen or eighty taels a year and 20 taels a month, plus the cost difference in food, clothing, housing and transportation, the cost-effectiveness of studying in Japan is simply not too high.
Therefore, even if they were not admitted to the government-sponsored study abroad program, some middle-class families in the Qing Dynasty could still afford the cost of studying in Japan.
But if you want to study in Europe and the United States at your own expense, you must really be rich or noble. 1,200 taels a year is no joke.
Of course, this also led to the conclusion that the "European and American Alumni Association" would look down upon the "Japanese Alumni Association" in the future.
Problems arise when there are many students studying in Japan. As of now, there are at least 10,000 to 20,000 international students in Japan. It would be fine if they were just studying, but almost all of these people had revolutionary sentiments, which was very troublesome for the Qing government, so the Qing government asked Japan to take good care of the overseas students.
Japan's current policy is to unite with the Qing government, so it naturally agreed, so it issued a regulation, originally called "Regulations on Public and Private Schools Allowing Qing Students to Enroll." However, when Japanese newspapers reported on this regulation, they simplified the news title and changed it to "Rules for Banning International Students from the Qing Dynasty."
When the students saw it, they wanted to ban us? Isn’t this just blatant discrimination? So there were protests.
In fact, it is really a misunderstanding.
Liang Qichao's Japanese is not very good. Mainly because he has always felt that Japanese is easy. He learned half of Japanese during the assault on the ship to Japan. Reading and reading newspapers is not a problem because there are too many Chinese characters in Japanese. This is probably how he learned it. of.
Liang Qichao still didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
Li Yu said: "The word 'ban' in Chinese means to cancel or prohibit by order; but the word 'ban' in Japanese means management. People like the chairman of the board of directors in Japanese companies are translated as 'representative directors' , the person in charge of things on the board of directors.”
There is currently no complete bilingual dictionary for later generations, but Liang Qichao was a smart man and understood immediately: "You mean the translation is wrong?"
Li Yu nodded: "The correct translation of the so-called "Rules for the Banning of International Students from the Qing Dynasty" should be the "Rules for the Management of International Students from the Qing Dynasty."
Liang Qichao felt his head buzzing, "If Mr. Tianhua died because of the "Regulations on Banning International Students in the Qing Dynasty," wouldn't it be such an injustice! The students have asked to return to China because of this, which is also such an injustice!"
While the two were talking, they arrived at the International Students Hall. The students had already divided into two groups. One group was the radical group who insisted on returning to China, and the other group was the maintenance group who wanted to continue their studies. The two sides were at war with each other.
Li Yu also saw Lu Xun, who was standing among the maintenance faction.
Brother Xun has always been a rare sober person in the world.
Qiu Jin pointed at Ma Junwu, Lu Xun, Hu Hanmin and others, and angrily shouted: "Are you going back to the country? Are you willing to be insulted by the Japanese? Where is your backbone?"
There are many people in Qiu Jin's camp, including Song Jiaoren, Hu Ying and other big guys.
In addition, Mr. Zhongshan himself opposed the radical approach. But he was not in Japan at this time, and was raising funds in Southeast Asia. After hearing about what happened in Japan, he sent a special telegram, hoping that students studying in Japan would not be impulsive and stay in Japan to complete their studies to prevent them from being "caught in one sweep" by the Qing Dynasty after returning to China.
Mr. Zhongshan is a veteran and sees things thoroughly, but students can be easily incited.
Ma Junwu said: "Miss Qiu Jin, let's calm down. Returning to China won't solve anything."
"What can't be solved?" Qiu Jin snorted coldly, "I think you don't want to revolution at all, but you still want to serve the court! If you don't dare to return to the country, I will!"
Hu Hanmin said: "How could we have such an idea?"
Lu Xun also explained: "Miss Qiu Jin, it is easy to make mistakes when impulsive. We must be rational."
"That's enough!" Qiu Jin raised his sword eyebrows, suddenly pulled out a short knife from his waist, stuck it on the table, and shouted, "If someone returns to the motherland, surrenders to the Manchus, betrays his friends for glory, oppresses the Han people, eat me One knife!"
The knife was inserted right in front of Lu Xun, with a cold light. He sighed: "I can't help you."
In the book "Qiu Jin - Biography of the Heroic Heroine", Nagata Keisuke even extended the matter to Qiu Jin sentencing Lu Xun and other overseas students who were unwilling to return to China to "death".
Later it became known as "Qiu Jin killed Lu Xun with a sword".
However, Qiu Jin is not targeting anyone, she is targeting all international students.
Liang Qichao said loudly: "Everyone first listen to Mr. Li Yu's explanation of the causes and consequences."
Qiu Jin said: "Isn't it clear what other causes and consequences are there?"
"I don't know," Li Yu stood up and said. He first explained the "ban" in Chinese and Japanese, and then said, "Do you know why Tianhua committed suicide by jumping into the sea?"
Everyone was stunned: "Isn't it because of this rule? But if it is a misunderstanding..."
"It's a misunderstanding for you, but it's definitely not a misunderstanding for him!" Li Yu said loudly, "Because he understands what this word means from beginning to end!"
Everyone was even more puzzled: "Why did Hua die that day?"
"Because what he hates is not Japan, but your impulsiveness, disunity, and even fighting with each other! This gives the Japanese a reason to further blame you! He hates iron and cannot see the future!" Li Yu said loudly.
Song Jiaoren asked: "Is this really the case?"
Li Yu took out Chen Tianhua's last words: "Look carefully! What Tianhua wrote!"
Li Yu read out word for word: "But be careful not to misunderstand his meaning, saying that I died because of the "banned rules" issue. What do you mean? It means that he didn't want you to misunderstand that he died because of the "banned rules"!"
Li Yu continued to read: "Tianhua also said, '(The rules) come from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and are specifically about our country's academic affairs; and looking at the provisions in detail, they focus on running schools, which are completely different from those promoted by Qianbao ("Xinmin Congbao") It's almost different. For what reason do we want to resist the laws of the country where we live? 'Don't you really understand what he means? You can't even learn Japanese, but you keep talking about studying abroad, and even fight among yourself on Japanese soil? The Japanese will laugh at You guys, laugh at you for being a mob, being indulgent and despicable! This is what Tianhua least wants to see!"
The whole place was silent.
Song Jiaoren sat back on his seat weakly. He had a good relationship with Chen Tianhua. Suddenly, he felt sad and said in tears: "Tianhua, my good brother!"
Li Yu quoted the seven-character quatrain at the beginning of Chen Tianhua's "The Warning Bell":
“When will I wake up from a thousand-year dream? Who will sound the alarm in my sleepy land?
It's difficult for me to deal with the bloody storm, so I can bear to give it away!
Everyone, I hope you will think carefully about the path you want to take in the future! "
Everyone's emotions were finally suppressed, and Qiu Jin's eyes were a little moist, "I..."
Li Yu knew that she would die if she returned to the country, and quickly warned: "Miss Qiu Jin, I understand your eagerness, but serving the country cannot only be patriotic. You must be patient and learn from the enemy. You must endure hardships and endure hardships. Three thousand Vietnamese soldiers But swallow Wu!"
Qiu Jin pulled out the dagger on the table, "I really want to kill all the dead officials in the imperial court, but I will think carefully about what you said."
Li Yu cupped his fists and said, "Xia Xia, think twice."
Qiu Jin finally decided to stay and see the situation.
But Lu Xun packed his luggage to return to China and came to Li Yu to say goodbye.
Li Yu was puzzled: "What are you doing? Are you going back to China?"
"I will come back, but my mother is seriously ill and wants me to go back and take a look." Lu Xun patted his package. "I specially bought a lot of Western medicine. I have studied medicine in Japan for so many years, and I can't learn it in vain."
Li Yu asked: "Will you still study medicine after you come back?"
"No," Lu Xun said. "At the beginning of the year, I watched a Japanese film in Dalian. A Chinese man worked as a detective for the Russian army and was captured by the Japanese army. He was about to be beheaded. A group of strong but insensitive Chinese people actually enjoyed it. Onlookers. The Japanese students clapped their hands and cheered long live, the sound shook the roof tiles, and it also hurt my heart. The stupid and weak citizens, no matter how healthy and strong they are, can only serve as meaningless publicity materials and spectators, and die of illness. There is no need to think of it as unfortunate."
The last sentence is from "The Scream·Preface". Brother Xun's thinking is undoubtedly very advanced.
This was a turning point in Lu Xun's life.
But Li Yu knew that Lu Xun would be extremely unhappy when he returned home because he was deceived by his mother.
When Lu Xun returned home, he would find a "very insincere" love in front of him. He couldn't even cherish it and regretted it only after getting married. The most painful thing in the world is this, because you have to spend the rest of your life with a woman you don't love.
If God could give Lu Xun a chance to come back, he...he might not be able to disobey his mother!
Anyway, this marriage was undoubtedly a failure, and it was an extremely painful memory for Lu Xun and this woman named Zhu An. The two have been traveling together for most of their lives, maintaining a marriage like the desert with a relationship similar to the most familiar strangers.
A complete tragedy of marriage under feudal ethics.
Li Yu could only say to him: "Bon voyage."
