Chapter 205 Farewell to the talented woman Lu Bicheng
Chapter 205 Goodbye, the talented Lu Bicheng
In the evening, when Li Yu returned to his residence, he suddenly saw a thin woman standing in the alley.
It was Lu Bicheng who was waiting for him.
Li Yu greeted: "The talented woman from Bicheng!"
Li Yu changed his look, lost his braids, and wore relatively Western-style clothes. Lu Bicheng didn't recognize him for a while.
Li Yu smiled and said: "I am Li Yu."
"Ah!" Lu Bicheng finally recognized him after approaching him, "It's really you!"
Then he immediately said worriedly: "I heard from your respected master that you may be expelled from the university?"
Lu Bicheng had already joined Yan Fu's sect and immediately came over after learning the news.
Li Yu said: "Don't worry, it's okay. Isn't it good for me? By the way, don't you think it looks good if you cut off the braids?"
Lu Bicheng said: "It looks good... but..."
Li Yu asked: "But what?"
"If you are so impatient in doing things, you should have asked your mentor or Mr. Tang first." Lu Bicheng said.
Li Yu said casually: "You should give it a try. It looks like you won the bet."
Lu Bicheng sighed softly: "You can't be like this even if you are talented."
Li Yu quickly said: "I know, talented woman Lu! By the way, I have something for you! Come into the house and tell me."
"Isn't it appropriate to go in?" Lu Bicheng said.
"What are you afraid of," Li Yu said, "You have always advocated equal rights for men and women, why are you acting like a traditional girl now?"
Lu Bicheng thought about it, so she followed him into the house.
After Fengling and Uncle Wang saw it, they asked: "Sir, who is this?"
Li Yu said: "Haven't you heard of Miss Bicheng, a talented woman from Beijing and Tianjin?"
Fengling knew how to read, "Oh, you are a hero among women, much better than those so-called talented women in Bada Hutong."
Lu Bicheng didn't know what the Bada Hutong was for, and wondered: "Where is the Bada Hutong? There are many educated women living there, so I really want to pay a visit."
Li Yu quickly stopped: "No, it's not appropriate."
Lu Bicheng wondered: "Why do you say it's inappropriate again? You just reminded me that men and women have equal rights."
"Uh," Li Yu really didn't know how to explain.
Fengling quickly helped him smooth things over: "They are far behind Miss Bicheng and need to study harder."
Lu Bicheng said: "I also need to learn. I don't know everything."
Li Yu quickly used a trick to go off topic: "Let's take a look at what I brought back from the United States."
Li Yu ran into the house and took out a copy of "Star Wars: A New Hope": "This is a masterpiece polished by your hands."
"So it's this." Lu Bicheng said.
Li Yu said: "It has been released and the sales are very good."
Li Yu took out another 1,000 taels of silver notes: "You deserve this."
Lu Bicheng looked at the names of "Li Yu" and "Bicheng" on the cover and asked: "Did the reader say anything? Is it good?"
Li Yu said: "The response has been great! De Ling's translation skills are also good."
"De Ling?" Only then did Lu Bicheng notice the words "Translation: Yu Deling" in the lower right corner.
Li Yu said: "She is now a female official beside the Queen Mother, specializing in helping the Queen Mother learn Western etiquette."
"Then she is also a talented woman." Lu Bicheng said softly.
Li Yu said: "You can say that."
Li Yu then took out the outlines of the last two Star Wars films and said, "I want you to polish them again."
Lu Bicheng laughed: "As soon as we met, you assigned me a job."
Li Yu also smiled and said, "Isn't that what you want to make money by relying on your own skills?"
Lu Bicheng understands that fighting for women's rights is indispensable for fighting for dignity, and the most effective way is to prove that women also have a way to survive and are not weaker than men.
The most critical one is financial independence.
Lu Bicheng took the manuscript and said: "I will continue to do a good job."
Li Yu hummed: "After polishing it, I will find De Ling to translate it again."
Lu Bicheng stood up: "Since you are fine, I will go back first."
Li Yu was surprised: "Leaving so soon?"
Lu Bicheng said: "With such an urgent task, of course we cannot delay others from continuing to translate."
Li Yu said: "Let's stay and have a meal. I also brought back some American Heinz sauces."
Lu Bicheng walked out directly: "No need."
"Then I'll give it to you?" Li Yu said.
Lu Bicheng smiled and said, "I'm not weak at all. I'll be there in a short while."
Lu Bicheng turned around and left coolly.
She really deserves to be called "the two heroes of women" together with Qiu Jin.
"Miss Bicheng is gone?" Fengling hurriedly ran out of the kitchen wearing an apron, "Master, oh no, sir, now I really think you should go to Badahu to study."
Li Yu asked: "Me? What should I study?"
Fengling said: "You are far worse than those young masters."
Zhao Qian was dissatisfied and spoke for Li Yu: "What are you talking about? Our husband is a hundred times better than those smooth-talking young men!"
Fengling said to Zhao Qian: "You are even worse!"
Zhao Qian retorted: "Why, you know their depth, don't you know my depth?"
Feng Ling raised the shovel and hit him on the head: "Of course I know your depth! Of course I know your depth! Your two brushes are still showing off in front of me! Just stop!"
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When Xie Yuxi came to China, his first task was to inspect the education situation to determine how the fund should be used.
When the Rockefeller Foundation invested in Union Hospital, it also sent two inspection teams to China to conduct detailed inspections of the medical situation in more than a dozen cities.
Considering the characteristics of the Qing government, her strategy was top-down rather than starting from the basics.
Nowadays, the Capital University Hall has the most transcendent status among all universities according to its level. After all, it is extraordinary that there are two ministers of management and education who are in the second rank.
But it is precisely because of this that it has restricted the pace of development to some extent.
Xie Yuxi found Li Yu and came to the Capital University with him.
But as soon as they arrived at the door, they met Rong Qing, the Minister of Management and Education.
Rongqing got angry when he looked at them: "You can't come in!"
Li Yu asked: "Master Rong, why can't we enter?"
Rongqing said: "The Capital University Hall is a solemn and sacred place, how can a woman be allowed to enter!"
Li Yu said: "She is from the United States and represents an education foundation to inspect the domestic education situation."
Rongqing became even more unhappy when he mentioned this: "We in the Qing Dynasty can't provide education well? What does it have to do with the Americans? Besides, what does it mean to send a formal delegation and let a female prostitute come over?"
Look down on us?"
Li Yu explained: "It doesn't mean that, actually because..."
Rongqing didn't want to hear Li Yu's explanation at all: "I have the final say on this matter. Women cannot enter the Capital University! Do you understand?"
Xie Yuxi smiled slightly, not angry, and said to Li Yu: "I understand, let's go."
Li Yu felt very embarrassed and was met with disappointment when he came up.
But as soon as Xie Yuxi spoke, Rongqing was stunned: "Can she speak Chinese? Can she also understand what I just said?"
Li Yu said: "Of course, Master Rong."
This time it was Rongqing's turn to be a little embarrassed.
But Xie Yuxi already knew the situation and turned around and left.
After walking for a while, Xie Yuxi stopped and asked: "Are there any women's colleges and universities in China now?"
Li Yu thought for a moment and said, "There are girls' schools, but there don't seem to be any colleges and universities that admit girls."
Xie Yuxi said: "Then women's universities or the establishment of women's schools should also be put on the agenda."
Li Yu said: "Of course a girls' school must be established, but as you can see, there is great resistance."
When Xie Yuxi was in the United States, he was unable to attend Harvard University and could only attend Radcliffe College.
It is conceivable that women’s education in the United States is still like this in the late Qing Dynasty.
Xie Yuxi said: "Even if the resistance is great, we have to deal with it."
Unexpectedly, she was quite determined. Li Yu said: "You have already made up your mind, and I have nothing to say. If Bicheng knew about it, she would definitely welcome it. She is a staunch advocate of women's rights."
"Is she the woman with excellent literary talent you mentioned?" Xie Yuxi said.
Li Yu replied: "Yes."
"We can see you in the future," Xie Yuxi said.
Today's matter was a mess, but it was reasonable.
When Li Yu and Xie Yuxi returned to the Beijing Hotel, two people were waiting here.
"Are you Mr. Li Yu and Ms. Xie Yuxi?" the other party asked.
Li Yu said: "Yes, who are you two?"
"Let me introduce you, my name is Song Yaoru, this is Wen Bingzhong, we are businessmen from Shanghai."
Well, it turned out to be Song Yaoru, the father of the three Song sisters, and their uncle Wen Bingzhong.
The two of them are now doing business in Shanghai, mainly in the publishing industry and machinery import and export.
Li Yu said: "Nice to meet you! What are you doing here?"
Wen Bingzhong said: "We have received news that the United States has now opened up channels for studying abroad, but it requires a foundation recognized by the United States. I heard that you have an education fund, so I came here to pay a visit."
Xie Yuxi said: "Your news is so fast."
In fact, they had been on the ship for three weeks, and the news had already spread back home.
Song Yaoru said: "Both of us have studied in American universities, and we are very satisfied with the educational level of the United States. We also know that some universities in the United States recruit girls, so we came here for this purpose."
Song Yaoru went to seminary in the United States; while Wen Bingzhong was directly among the second batch of young children studying in the United States.
Xie Yuxi said: "Mr. Song's intention is to send his daughter to study in the United States?"
Song Yaoru said: "At present, only the eldest daughter is still old enough."
Song Yaoru's six children later went to college in the United States.
Wen Bingzhong asked: "We only know that we need to find the foundation, but we don't know what other conditions are needed and how much money is needed?"
Xie Yuxi said: "There are no special conditions, and there is no need to give us money. In fact, the US government lists such conditions just to limit the quantity first. We will just issue you a certificate."
Song Yaoru had prepared the money a long time ago, but he didn't expect that the other party wouldn't accept it at all, and agreed with just a few words. He was even a little at a loss: "Is this okay?"
Xie Yuxi nodded: "Wait a moment, I will make a document for you."
Xie Yuxi always acted quickly and quickly signed a certificate and showed it to Song Yaoru: "Just hand it over to the customs and the school you want to enter."
Song Yaoru said gratefully: "I really don't know what to say, why don't you just accept the money."
Song Yaoru is not short of money, but Xie Yuxi is even less short of money.
And although the United States is also a society that values money, it is still much better than the current decadent late Qing Dynasty where everything is done for money.
Xie Yuxi refused: "We are an education foundation, how can we collect money for education?"
Foreigners have seen Song Yaoru and Wen Bingzhong in Shanghai for so long, and this is the first time they have encountered such a situation.
Xie Yuxi added: "As long as you really send your daughter to study, even if our foundation pays for the tuition, it will be fine."
Song Yaoru said hurriedly: "You're too polite! Why should we bother you again! Since I'm here for this, I definitely want my daughter to go to college, and all my daughters will go to college."
It was indeed not easy to have such an awareness in the late Qing Dynasty. Of course, it was also because he himself was a student studying in the United States.
Wen Bingzhong also cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much!"
After they left, Xie Yuxi said: "It would be great if rich people were like this."
Li Yu smiled and said, "Change is a process."
Xie Yuxi said: "Since the road to a university in Beijing is blocked, I plan to contact the American missionary schools in Beijing to learn about the situation from them."
This is an easy road to take.
Li Yu said: "You can also go to the concessions in Tianjin and Shanghai to see where the resistance to education will be smaller."
Xie Yuxi nodded: "We will all go."
There are quite a few missionary schools in the capital now. Xie Yuxi quickly found out about them. It was easy to run an ordinary school, but it would be a bit more difficult if it was a girls' school. The only clue was the Beiman Girls' School, which is affiliated with the American Congregational Church.
Xie Yuxi found Mai Meide, the principal of Beiman Girls' School, and learned that she had already opened college courses at Beiman Girls' High School and was planning to continue to open a women's college.
This is no easy matter.
After learning about Xie Yuxi's background, Mai Meiwei welcomed her very much: "Although I am planning to build a women's university, our resources are too few. Not only are there few students, there are few teachers, and there are also few school buildings."
What many people don't know is that North China Union Women's University, which Maimeide later founded, was the first university in China to admit women.
Unfortunately, the school is too small. When it was first established, there were only four students and two teachers, plus three assistant teachers.
Until 1910, the number of students only increased to 10. Not only that, due to environmental constraints, many dropped out of school.
When North China Union Women's University merged into Yenching University in 1920, it graduated only 72 students.
Not only are students dropping out of school, but it is also difficult to retain teachers, mainly because of lack of money.
After 1905, customs, commercial banks, government schools and government agencies hired many Chinese with modern education, and the salaries paid were much higher than those in mission schools, so many teachers left the schools one after another.
Even with all the difficulties, Principal Mai Meide never gave up on running the school.
Her Beiman Girls' High School has produced many celebrities, the most famous of which is Xie Wanying, also known as Ms. Bing Xin.
After that, North China Union Women's University merged into Yenching University, and Maimeide officially became the first female dean in the history of Yenching University.
Xie Yuxi knows that running a girls' school is very difficult, so subsidizing existing girls' schools is a good way.
"Our foundation can provide financial support, including girls' high schools and universities to be built." Xie Yuxi said.
Of course, Maimed knew the financial resources of the Carnegie family and crossed himself on his chest: "The Lord will remember your kindness!"