Li Yu also took advantage of this time to calculate a lot of things, wrote some popular science stories, and was even studying what science fiction theme to write.
After the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the courses at the Beiyang Military Preparation Crash Course are basically over, and Li Yu can return to Beijing.
Yuan Shikai once again tried to persuade him to stay: "Sir, why don't you stay and become a gunnery engineer? This is the kind of knowledge that can be applied to the world. Your mathematical things are so vague that they cannot be implemented."
Li Yu knew that he couldn't explain too much, so he could only decline politely: "Thank you for your love, but everyone has his own ambitions, and I still have some ambitions of my own."
In fact, Li Yu knew in his heart that even if advanced guns and artillery were developed now, they would only be used as wedding dresses for the Japanese! These warlords could not control themselves at all, and in the end it was the common people who were injured.
That's why Li Yu didn't do this kind of thing.
Seeing that he could not keep Li Yu, Yuan Shikai had no choice but to ask Feng Guozhang to take out another three thousand taels of silver notes and give them to Li Yu.
The two teaching experiences made Wu Peifu, Sun Chuanfang and others deeply admire Li Yu. They took Li Yu's lecture notes and asked him to sign them, solemnly saying: "Thank you for teaching, from now on we will make progress every day and serve the country."
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"This is the best." Li Yu said.
Wu Peifu added: "If it weren't for Professor Li, I might not be able to learn so much in my life."
Sun Chuanfang also said: "I really didn't expect that I could understand such profound mathematical content."
Ordinary people would think it was nothing after hearing their words, but Li Yu knew that they would be big warlords from now on, so he studied carefully to speak from their mouths, but he always felt that there was something strange that he couldn't explain.
Fortunately, the two of them have always respected Li Yu since then, and the signed handouts are well preserved.
When Li Yu returned to the hotel, Lu Bicheng also held a letter and said happily: "I have a letter from the Capital University!"
"The Capital University Hall?" Li Yu asked in surprise, "As far as I know, the University Hall has not yet begun to recruit female students."
"I know," Lu Bicheng said, "the letter is from Mr. Yan Fu! My God, he is one of my idols!"
Li Yu asked: "Mr. Yan Fu? Mr. Yan Fu, who is now the head of the Institute of Translation Studies at the Capital University and wrote "Tianyan Lun"?"
Lu Bicheng nodded vigorously: "Of course!"
Li Yu asked again: "Why did Mr. Yan Fu write to you?"
Lu Bicheng was very happy: "He wants to accept me as a disciple and teach me logic. Although I can't be a student in the university, it's not much different if I can be Mr. Yan's apprentice."
"This is a good thing!" Li Yu said, "Mr. Yan Fu is indeed the most knowledgeable about Western learning among the Chinese teachers in the Capital University."
"I really have never heard of logic," Lu Bicheng said, "Is this also Western learning?"
Li Yu said: "Yes, it is a subject about thinking. It can make people think better, or become smarter. Maybe you can solve cases in the future."
Lu Bicheng became even more interested: "Then I want to learn!"
Nowadays, it is true that many people who are new to Western studies will study logic. After all, professional subjects such as mathematics and physics are too difficult.
Logic studies human thinking, which is more basic and simpler than mathematical science. In any case, it is a scientific and critical way of thinking, which is worth learning so that you can have scientific thinking and cognition.
However, many people in later generations may be a little unfamiliar with logic. In fact, it is because it is so basic and has been integrated into all disciplines. All basic reasoning processes are a kind of logic.
But to say that logic is most famous, it must be mystery novels, including animated film and television works such as Conan, which are actually all kinds of meticulous and interesting logical reasoning.
It happened that the two of them returned to Beijing together, and Lu Bicheng was also very curious about the Capital University. She wanted to engage in women's education in the future, so she naturally wanted to see how the Capital University ran a school.
When they found Yan Fu, he was reading a newspaper. When he saw Li Yu, he pointed at the newspaper and said: "The year before last, Zhang Yishang invited me to serve as the general manager of the Kaiping Mining Bureau, but I soon resigned because of poor management. But I didn't expect it.
At that time, the actual controller of the Kaiping Mining Bureau had become a British man! It’s a pity that I became a subordinate of a foreigner! If you hadn’t exposed this matter, I would still have been kept in the dark!”
Li Yu sighed and said, "It's a pity that we don't have a complete legal system, so the matter is almost a dead end."
Yan Fu had just learned the whole story and couldn't stand it anymore: "We can't just let it go! The court's memorial office has opened the printing press. I will write a memorial and submit it tomorrow."
Yan Fu had been abroad, so he knew the psychology of these people, and he was really concerned about this matter. When the British court opened the Kaiping Mining Bureau case next year, Yan Fu went to London to negotiate in person.
It's just about the results. I can only talk about personnel matters.
The Qing Dynasty's national power was here, and the court did rule against the Molin Company of De Cuilin, Hoover and others. But so what, foreign businessmen still controlled the Kaiping Coal Mine for decades.
There really was no better way. Li Yu knew that it would be in vain no matter what, so his goal was still to focus on things that had not happened yet. After all, the problems in the future would be more difficult, but solving them would actually be more meaningful.
The Qing Dynasty has become a mud Buddha and cannot protect itself. Even something as big as the Kaiping Coal Mine is actually a trivial matter in their eyes. After all, it is hard to say whether they can keep their own status. How can they manage the property below? Once the status is gone, these things will
It's not theirs anymore.
Of course it is reasonable in their thinking, but it is really a terrible, deplorable and abhorrent thought.
Yan Fu calmed down a little and then mentioned Lu Bicheng who came with Li Yu: "Is this the talented girl Bicheng from Jinmen?"
Lu Bicheng said: "It's just my little girl."
Yan Fu put down the newspaper and said: "Okay, okay! Let's not mention these troublesome things for now! Speaking of you, you are dozens of times better than those scholars! I am extremely happy that you agreed to become my disciple."
Lu Bicheng said: "It is an honor for my daughter to be favored by Mr. Meng and be accepted as his disciple."
Yan Fu said: "I have read your lyrics and articles earlier. Not only are you good in literary style, but you also have excellent ideological arguments. It is really rare! I have been teaching at the Beiyang Naval Academy for more than ten years, and there are not many students who satisfy me.
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Yan Fu has always had extremely strict requirements for his disciples. When he was the teacher and general manager of the Beiyang Naval Academy, he once commented on his disciples: "Fu has been managing the Beiyang Academy for more than ten years. To be honest, none of the disciples are proud of it.
Wu Zhaokui (Guangjian) was knowledgeable but perverse; Wang Shaoquan (Shaolian) was down-to-earth but overly cautious. Apart from the two, although I have a distinguished reputation, all of them are mediocre."
It was mentioned that Wu Guangjian, one of the two, later became a great translator and a professor at Fudan University; Wang Shaolian became the chief professor of Beiyang University three years later.
He still thinks these two people are good, but they really don't have a great reputation.
But as for what Yan Fu said, "Besides the two, although I have a distinguished reputation, all of them are mediocre." The so-called "outside" includes Li Yuanhong...
Of course, in fact, I worked very hard when I was studying in the Mechanical Department of Beiyang Naval Academy, and because of my excellent academic performance and outstanding performance in internship on the training ship, I was specially awarded by the school at the end of the year.
Therefore, it was still difficult to be a student of Yan Fu, but fortunately, the teacher-student relationship between Lu Bicheng and Yan Fu was very harmonious in history. The two often wrote letters to each other and exchanged poems, which is a good story.
It's really not easy.
Yan Fu added: "Girl, when you first arrive in the capital, the University Hall can arrange accommodation for you in Dongsisijiu. There are some new houses rented by the school that are not occupied yet, and it is also close to the University Hall."
Lu Bicheng said: "Thank you sir, oh no, it should be thank you teacher!"
Yan Fu laughed loudly: "That's about it!"
Generally speaking, the Capital University Hall is relatively wealthy. It originally rented several houses in Dongshisijiao Hutong to prepare them for officials who came to Beijing to study temporarily at the University Hall, so the conditions were good.
However, the wait-and-see attitude of officials from other places is obvious now. Except for some officials who are relatively close to the capital, there are currently no officials from other places to attend the lectures.
But this is just fine.
They helped make arrangements for Lu Bicheng, Yan Fu still wanted to go back to the Capital University, and Li Yu went home directly.
When he walked out of Dongshisi Tiao Hutong, Li Yu saw a lean Japanese walking over. Li Yu didn't think much and went back to Dongchang Hutong where he lived.
When passing by Dong'an Market, he saw a notice posted outside: "It's the end of the year and the weather is dry. Citizens must be careful when setting off firecrackers."
The signature at the back is Aixinjueluo Shanqi.
Such vernacular notices were still rare in the late Qing Dynasty.
When he returned home, Li Yuyou saw an official wearing an official hat and official uniform at the door of his house, questioning Uncle Wang, Fengling and Zhao Qian.
When Uncle Wang saw Li Yu, he immediately greeted him loudly: "Sir, you are back!"
Li Yu stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter?"
The official glanced at Li Yu: "Are you Li Yu, the owner of this house?"
Li Yu said: "That's right."
The official said: "I am Xu Shiying, the sixth-rank chief of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. I was ordered to investigate Lin Binghua's case. After a lot of effort, I found out that the important witness Fengling was in your house."
Fengling said: "Sir, I have said everything that needs to be said."
Xu Shiying said: "It's no big deal. If he doesn't admit it then, he will confront her."
"Call me anytime, you can come a hundred times!" Fengling said.
It seems that Lin Binghua is really on his last legs, but he is an official after all, so he must have the head of the Criminal Department to investigate in person, and the case can only be finalized if the evidence is conclusive.
After Xu Shiying left, Uncle Wang and the others hurriedly welcomed Li Yu into the house.
"I didn't expect sir to come back so late."
Li Yu smiled and said: "I never thought of wishing you a happy old age."
Fengling said: "How can a master in the mansion pay New Year's greetings to his servants? Sir, you really don't act like a master!"
"What are you talking about!" Zhao Qian pulled Feng Ling.
Li Yu didn't take them seriously at all, nor did he treat them as servants, so he said, "It doesn't matter."
Uncle Wang said again: "By the way, sir, I wonder if you know that a theater called 'Wenming Tea Garden' has just opened at the Xizhu City entrance of Qianmen Street. The rule that women cannot enter the theater to watch the theater has been abolished. Now everyone
Where are you passing on?"
"Oh?" Li Yu asked in surprise, "Is there such a civilized place in the capital?"
"Yes," said Uncle Wang, "I heard it from Lao Yu in the teahouse. He is now bragging about it everywhere. After all, the one who opened the theater was their Prince Su, Prince Shanqi, who wore a white flag."
"Shan Qi? The one who signed the notice at the door of Dong'an Market?" Li Yu asked.
"That's him." Uncle Wang replied.
"It's interesting. Are there many people going?"
"It's not a small amount. Tickets for the theater must be purchased in advance. Especially since I heard that Yang Xiaolou from the same celebration class will be on stage recently. Everyone wants to hear the famous actors that the Queen Mother praised." Wang Bo said.
I didn’t expect that the capital city could still have such a “wonder”. It’s really unimaginable.
Li Yu told Lu Bicheng the next day when he bumped into her at the Capital University Hall.
Lu Bicheng has never been to a theater. The current Qing Dynasty does not allow women to enter theaters.
Therefore, in her opinion, this must be a kind of progress for women's rights, and she immediately said that she wanted to see it. Regardless of whether she understood opera or not, it was still a breakthrough in form.
However, the teahouse was so popular now that he had no choice but to introduce a ticket buying system. Li Yu didn't expect that it would be difficult to buy tickets, so he had to go directly to Yang Xiaolou and asked for two tickets from him.
Li Yu took the ticket and asked: "How much silver do you want?"
Yang Xiaolou said: "Brother Li, why are you so polite to me?"
Li Yu took a look at the ticket and said, "It's not cheap, I think it's pretty close to the front."
Yang Xiaolou waved his hand: "It's just a trivial matter. Brother Li has helped us so much, this little thing is nothing."
"Actually, you can just change me to a more normal position, I'm not that particular," Li Yu said.
"Brother Li, it seems that you have not been to Wenming Tea Garden," Yang Xiaolou said, "Wenming Tea Garden is a new theater. Originally, it could not compete with the already famous Dongyue Xuan outside Donghua Gate and Tianqiao Fuhaixuan. However, Wenming Tea Garden can admit women.
Bin has made a name for itself. Fans go to Wenming Tea Garden just for men and women to go together, so the location is very important."
Li Yu didn't know why: "What's the difference?"
Yang Xiaolou said: "In the theater, there are seats for women upstairs and seats for men downstairs. They are separated. But if you want men and women to sit together, you can only sit in the first few rows."
Li Yu suddenly realized: "That's it."
Yang Xiaolou smiled and said: "So I know everything that I need to know. Why don't I go to other theaters?"
Li Yu looked at his strange smile and said, "What do you know?"
Yang Xiaolou hummed and sang in a dramatic tone: "It can only be understood, not expressed in words."
Li Yu didn't say any more to him, took the ticket and went back.
Nowadays, in addition to storytellers, teahouses also have opera singers.
To a certain extent, opera can almost be said to be an art that grew out of teahouses, which is not too much.
When Mei Lanfang recalled the early theaters in "Forty Years of Stage Life", he said: "The earliest theaters were collectively called tea gardens. They were places where friends gathered to drink tea and talk. Watching theater was just incidental. Theaters back then were not
We only charge entrance fees and tea money.”
So it’s really rare that a civilized tea garden is so popular that it charges tickets.