Duan Qirui is the general manager of the General Staff Office. John, an American, found him first. Duan Qirui felt very ashamed: "Commander, I led the wolf into the house and almost caused a catastrophe."
Yuan Shikai said: "Fortunately, you didn't fall for it, so you don't have to blame yourself. Besides, I didn't even notice it."
Tang Shaoyi said: "Brother Li Yu's contribution is really not small. He knows the slightest and makes great contributions. He is indeed a master of Western learning! I just said a few words casually, but he could hear the problem. I really admire him."
Wang Shizhen also said: "If we really believe that American liar, I am afraid that Beiyang will become the object of ridicule around the world in the future."
Everyone expressed their gratitude to Li Yu again.
Being thanked by so many big warlords, Li Yu felt a little confused.
He said: "In fact, John did deceive the U.S. Navy and actually showed his design plan to the President of the United States. So you see, even the Americans themselves will be fooled."
Feng Guozhang smiled and said: "Then we are better than the President of the United States. At least we have not been fooled."
Tang Shaoyi laughed loudly: "It makes sense! Once General Manager Feng says this, everyone can feel relieved."
Li Chun actually spent the longest time with Li Yu, and he handed over his hands and said: "Li Jiaoxi is really a famous person in our country. With such a complicated design, I can see the problem at a glance, which makes me, the leader in charge of the school, feel ashamed."
Li Yu said with a smile: "After all, this is my own major. If I can't see such a problem, how can I have the capital to serve as an army...well, to teach outstanding students!"
In fact, the design of a perpetual motion machine 100 years from now will be much more complex and frightening than John's current plan.
The perpetual motion machines designed by later generations of civilian scientists must at least use permanent magnets. Those designs are so beautiful that they can be called works of art.
Li Yu has seen many cases of perpetual motion machines designed 100 years later. Apart from being impossible to realize, they are all so exquisite that they are jaw-droppingly beautiful.
They are all imaginative things, and each of them can be said to be a "creative master".
By the way, later Huang Wei also studied perpetual motion machines for decades.
During the Battle of Huaihai, his Huangwei Corps was completely wiped out, and he himself was captured and sent to the War Criminals Management Center. In order to avoid labor reform, he actually came up with an ingenious trick: study perpetual motion machines!
This research lasts for decades...
In 1956, he sent his drawings to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but they were immediately rejected.
Huang Wei was dissatisfied and shouted in prison: "Give me some more time, Watt didn't invent the steam engine in a short while!"
But as for the result, you can know it just by thinking about it.
It's a pity that the person who has got into the horns can't be pulled out no matter how hard he pulls.
Huang Wei is someone he can't understand.
And John obviously had a clear mirror in his heart, so he used it to deceive people.
But the lion's mouth was too much! It was also 5 million taels, and Hurd earned 5 million. After all, he had worked for the imperial court for decades, and he really got things done.
John is a little liar asking for five million, so he might as well buy a lottery ticket!
When Li Chunyi mentioned the lesson, he reminded Yuan Shikai: "Mr. Li Yu, you have been kind to me in Beiyang. You should not be harsh on me anymore, but our Beiyang Armed Forces Accelerated School students will probably be important members of the military in the future. I am now
There is no time to study anymore, but young people must study more, otherwise if they take our detour in the future, it will be inappropriate for them to get into trouble again."
Feng Guozhang deeply agreed: "The backwardness of education has caused us to suffer a lot, but there are not many people who are as understanding as you. Even the foreign teachers in our school did not see the problem."
Li Yu said: "I don't blame them. This is a physics problem. Most of the students in the school are military teachers. It is normal not to understand thermodynamics."
Yuan Shikai said: "That's exactly what I want to say. Today's incident makes me understand why I have always heard that Western military academies also offer courses such as mathematics and physics. It seems that they are indeed necessary knowledge. In the past, I didn't understand and thought that soldiers were soldiers.
, what do you know about Western learning? But today it seems that I was wrong. If you don’t mind it, I would like to ask you to teach basic mathematics and physics courses to the students of our school for a while. If you can give more detailed lectures on the machines like those on John’s drawings
It will be better if you learn the principles.”
Li Chun immediately said: "The commander-in-chief is right! At least we can't let them be fooled like this in the future!"
Li Yu couldn't refuse, he said: "But now I am ordered by the imperial court to teach Western learning to the emperor on a regular basis."
"Your Majesty?" Yuan Shikai touched his chin, "It doesn't matter! We won't delay Sir for too long, it will only take a month at most. Now that we have entered the twelfth lunar month, there will be a lot of affairs in the palace during this period, and there will not be too many teaching arrangements.
I will go back and write a memorial to the court to explain the matter clearly. I don’t think the Queen Mother will stand in the way.”
When the conversation came to this point, Li Yu had no choice but to say: "If the governor can handle it well, I would rather obey your orders than respect him."
"Okay!" Yuan Shikai said: "It would be great to have a gentleman to help me. I will write the memorial immediately. You and Tang Daotai will return to Beijing together first, and we will wait for you in Beiyang."
Li Yu took Yuan Shikai's book and prepared to return to Beijing with Tang Shaoyi.
De Ling has been staying in the concession hotel arranged by Tang Shaoyi. She usually spends her leisure time and shopping quite comfortably. Anyway, she is no stranger to foreign things in the concession, so there is no need to worry.
After returning to Beijing, the first thing Tang Shaoyi did was go to the General Taxation Department of Customs in Dongjiaominxiang to find Hurd.
Tang Shaoyi got straight to the point: "Lord Hurd, look at these documents! Your subordinate De Cuilin, the General Taxation Department of Tianjin Customs, bent the law for personal gain and actually collaborated with the American Hoover to transfer the Kaiping Mining Bureau of the Qing Dynasty to their own through coercion.
Under the name of Molin Company. As a customs official, you are so contemptuous of our Qing laws!"
Hurd looked at the documents, photos, stocks, and even accounts in front of him, knowing that there could be no fraud. He also knew about De Cuilin's virtue, "Damn German, I have warned him many times.
I didn’t expect to find such a big mess.”
Tang Shaoyi said: "The Governor of Zhili, Yuan Shikai, was very angry and made it clear that he was not allowed to serve in the Tianjin Customs and Taxation Department anymore, and he should not even serve in any institution in the Qing Dynasty."
Hurd has been the boss of the General Taxation Department for 40 years. He does not want to risk his life for De Cuilin. He said: "Since Mr. Yuan's attitude is clear, I have nothing to say. I will remove De Cuilin today."
All positions in the Customs and Taxation Department, and I will notify all customs and taxation systems not to allow him to be rehired."
"I hope you will keep your promise and abide by the basic spirit of the contract."
Hurd said: "Of course it is."
Tang Shaoyi left the General Taxation Department after hearing his promise.
Later, Hurd did fire De Cuilin, but when Tang Shaoyi saw the reason, she was dumbfounded: Hurd actually fired De Cuilin because she secretly received hundreds of taels of "travel fees" from the Kaiping Mining Bureau every month.
After all, Hurd is an Englishman. After all, he still wants to protect the Molin Company. After all, the English have benefited a lot from the Kaiping Coal Mine.
Tang Shaoyi had no choice but to do this.
On Li Yu's side, he handed over Yuan Shikai's papers. Yuan Shikai was the head of the feudal officials, so his papers would definitely be sent directly to the Queen Mother, and not even the Military Aircraft Department had the right to look at them first.
After Cixi read it, she said to Ronglu next to her: "What a great Li Yu. In the excerpt, Yuan Shikai praised him so much that he saved the Qing Dynasty from losing 5 million taels of silver, and he made great contributions."
Ronglu suppressed his unsteady breathing, suppressed his cough and said, "Five million taels?"
Cixi said: "Yes, Yuan Shikai said that there was a foreign liar who set up a trap to defraud Beiyang of 5 million taels of silver as scientific research funds. Fortunately, Li Yu discovered it."
"Scientific research funding?" Ronglu said in surprise, "It's not simple. Even I don't understand it. Li Yu can actually see through the scams of foreigners."
Cixi said: "Yuan Shikai also said that this foreign liar even deceived the President of the United States, but now he has fallen into the hands of Li Yu and Beiyang."
Ronglu said: "This kind of foreigners are really hateful. Unfortunately, due to the restrictions of extrajudicial immunity, we seem to have no way to punish them."
Cixi said: "Yuan Shikai said in his excerpt that he had already caught the liar."
"Caught? He's not afraid of the U.S. Embassy?" Ronglu said in surprise.
"The book said that the foreign swindlers came here secretly, and the Americans themselves didn't even know it."
Ronglu said: "Great, Yuan Zhitai's trick is really wonderful! It's best not to let him see the light of day again."
"Killing foreigners should be done with dignity." Cixi still hated foreigners. After all, the first thing the foreigners wanted on their list was her head. "Yuan Shikai also wanted Li Yu to go to a school in Beiyang."
I don’t have any objections to teaching, teaching, teaching.”
Ronglu coughed a few times. He didn't expect that his neighbor was already so powerful. He should have gotten to know him more. Unfortunately, he was approaching the end of his life and there was not much time left.
After the imperial court's decree came down, Li Yu could leave for Tianjin again.
He said to Uncle Wang and others: "I will leave the capital for a while this time. You should take good care of your home."
Uncle Wang is used to it: "Sir, don't worry. It's just that the Chinese New Year will be coming soon, won't you come back?"
Li Yu is alone now. What difference does it make where he celebrates the New Year? He said: "I'm not coming back. If you want to go home, just go back. While I'm still here, I'll give you a year-end bonus."
"Year-end bonus?" Zhao Qian has never heard such a new word.
Li Yu smiled and said, "I'll give you the money for the New Year. Each of you will receive five taels."
Several people were extremely happy: "Sir, you are truly the best good person in the world! We will definitely serve you and the Li family properly from now on!"
Uncle Wang added: "I have no place to go. When I get my son back, I will stay at my house to take care of your home during the New Year."
Li Yu said: "This is better, just buy whatever you need!"
Li Yu said no more, picked up his luggage, got into the car, and was pulled to the train station by Zhao Qian.
After arriving at the train station, Zhao Qian helped Li Yu carry his luggage onto the train, and then said, "Sir, take care along the way."
Li Yu said: "Go back and celebrate the New Year well and come back soon."
Snowflakes began to fall from the sky. This was Li Yu's first Spring Festival "in his life" and it seemed that he would spend it alone.
After arriving in Tianjin and getting off the train, someone called out to him: "Is this Mr. Li Yu?"
Li Yu saw that he was a middle-aged man in his thirties, and replied: "Who are you?"
The other party took off his hat and said: "Thanks I have the photo from the newspaper, but you are much more energetic than in the photo! Let me introduce you. I am Yinghua, and I have just founded Ta Kung Pao. I heard about Mr.'s deeds and came here to pay a visit."
"It turns out to be Mr. Ying. Nice to meet you!"
"Ta Kung Pao" is a very new newspaper. It was first published in the French Concession of Tianjin six months ago.
The great-grandson of founder Ying Lianzhi is Song Dandan’s ex-husband Yingda.
Ying Lianzhi: "I am the one who should say that I am lucky to meet you. You are so young and have such achievements in science. It is a blessing for me in China. I really admire you very much! I just heard recently that you saw through an American in Beiyang."
He is a liar who has saved millions of taels of losses. He has applied what he has learned and is a great talent. With the solemn request, we would like to make an exclusive report on this. Is it possible?"
Li Yu laughed and said: "I heard that your Ta Kung Pao attaches great importance to public opinion and dares to report on anything. Even if I say no, it won't be okay."
Ying Lianzhi also smiled and said: "This is what we journalists should do. Moreover, what you did is a good thing. Reporting it can boost the morale of the nation. In addition, to tell you the truth, such heavy news can also make our newly launched publication
"Ta Kung Pao" has increased its sales, and you are now the most popular celebrity in the Beijing-Tianjin area."
Ying Lianzhi didn't hide it.
Li Yu said: "No problem, but the term 'American liar' must not be used in newspapers. It must be vague. Never mention nationality. Just say that there is a foreign liar, preferably from a country that does not have immunity."
"
Ying Lianzhi said: "Sir, don't worry, I won't make mistakes on these important matters."
Compared with Shenbao, Ta Kung Pao is an emerging newspaper and was founded by the Chinese.
In the following ten years or so, "Ta Kung Pao" really dared to report anything. "Ta Kung Pao" always advocated reform and reform, and even contradicted Yuan Shikai many times, and its reputation was very great throughout North China.
Li Yu said: "The liar who was finally caught must not give the foreigners a chance to escape."
Ying Lianzhi said: "I already know the general story from a friend, but I can't explain the specific details. It's too professional, so I can only come and ask you in person."
Li Yudao: "It's easy to say, I will write you the scam related to perpetual motion machines in detail, and also to remind the general public not to be superstitious about foreigners, let alone be 'fooled'."
Ying Lianzhi praised: "Sir, you are so righteous! The purpose of our newspaper, Ta Kung Pao, is to 'create a morale, improve the people's wisdom, imitate European and Western scholarship, and enlighten our compatriots to be smart'! Nowadays, everyone thinks that with the word 'foreign'
It’s good stuff, and even many of our own stores forcefully use foreign names to attract customers, so it’s time to warn them.”
Li Yu said: "Not bad! I will write it as soon as possible and send the manuscript to the newspaper tomorrow."
Ying Lianzhi said hurriedly: "Sir, please help us. If you have the nerve to let you go again, tomorrow I will send someone to Beiyang to pick up the manuscript in person. However, our newspaper is not big now, so the manuscript fee may be lower."
Li Yu didn't care about this: "If you can find a way to actually 'make my compatriots smart', you don't have to give me a penny. And my literary talent is much worse than yours. Then you can polish what I write in detail."
, how to attract people to come, the sales volume is high, naturally more people will know about it."
How to be English: "Don't worry, sir, polishing will not be a problem. But sir, he is really humble and has good literary talent. So what if he can write articles? I am just a literati. As the saying goes, a scholar is useless. There is no shortage of us like us in China now."
People, but there is a real shortage of scientific talents like you!"