Li Yu was about to leave by train. Duan Qirui and Tang Shaoyi came with a group of people to see him off. Li Yu also saw a Japanese figure among them. Judging from his position, he should be of a high level.
Li Yu wanted to take a closer look, but the train had already started.
Duan Qirui and Tang Shaoyi waved goodbye to Li Yu, but Li Yu didn't pay attention to the Japanese.
But the Japanese kept staring at Li Yu.
What Li Yu didn't know was that he was Rihachiro Banishi, then Yuan Shikai's senior military adviser, and the teacher of Japan's second-generation spy chief, Kenji Doihara.
Rihachiro Banishi was introduced to Yuan Shikai's staff through the introduction of Nozumi Aoki, Japan's first-generation spy chief.
It can indeed be seen that Japan is not only ambitious, but also very perseverant. It has spent three generations on the secret service, but other aspects are similar.
It seems that whether it is a family or a country, if you want to become stronger, one generation is really not enough time.
But Rihachiro Banishi was also a consultant secretly, because there was a "Secret Treaty of Cassini" between China and Russia, which stipulated that if the Qing Dynasty army hired foreign instructors, they must be Russians.
In order to avoid trouble, Yuan Shikai asked Banxi Rihachiro to dress up as a Chinese and gave him a Chinese name: Ban Zhichao. Yuan Shikai said to Banxi Rihachiro: "Your job is similar to Ban Chao who was sent to the Western Regions during Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. You are called Ban Chao."
Ban Zhichao."
Japanese intelligence agency, Aoki Mansion.
Japanese Minister to China Yasuya Uchida is studying this radio equipment with Nobujun Aoki, Naniwa Kawashima and the newly arrived Soko Kawara.
Kawahara Soko said categorically: "Once captured, I will have a shattered consciousness."
Uchida Yasuya said: "There is no other way. He invited envoys from many countries to jointly announce this technology at the Rikoku Hotel. Ministers from all countries already know about it, so it is not a secret."
After receiving Li Yu's telegram, Markov quickly contacted the Academy of Sciences. Anyway, Li Yu is now a famous figure in the scientific community. When he came last time, he established good relations with Mendeleev and other big men, and everyone jointly signed a letter to the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Write a letter and the Tsar will naturally agree.
Japan always likes to bet on the fate of the country when fighting wars. What they think is that they have spent all the efforts of the country for this war, and even owe 800 million yen in foreign debt. However, the fiscal revenue is only about 200 million per year, and they still have to spend money on war.
Later, pensions and other constructions were required, so we had to get them back no matter what.
Uchida Yasuya said: "It is said that they have ordered radio equipment from Li Yu."
It's a pity that Li Yu is not very involved in the Qing government's affairs now, so he can only ask Beiyang to help.
The situation between Japan and Russia became increasingly tense, and a war was imminent. Once the war began, the Russian side would only allow trains to drive from west to east, and would not return after reaching the Far East.
Nobuzumi Aoki felt that this should be the case and said: "Very good, this is the attitude that Japanese women should have."
If Li Yu wanted to go to Europe, it would definitely be faster to take the railway, so he sent a telegram to Markov and Lyapunov at the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg to ask if he could use the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Kawashima Naniwa also agreed: "The American military is not strong, and we will not conflict with them. However, the economic strength of the American chaebols cannot be underestimated. I am not sure about Li Yu's relationship with the American chaebols.
How close."
Kawara Soko nodded and said: "I understand, I will definitely live up to my trust."
This time, more than 300 Jinshi were admitted in the imperial examination. Some of them with better scores were selected into the Hanlin Academy, and then some entered the Jinshi Hall of the Imperial University.
While waiting for the letter, Li Yu was invited to the Capital University.
"The United States?" Uchida Yasuya thought for a while, "The United States is an unpredictable country now, but it is isolated overseas. It must just want to do more trade, and it will not have an impact on our strategy in East Asia."
As the first graduate, Li Yu, who is now highly accomplished in Western studies, was called back by Zhang Baixi, the Minister of Management and Education, to communicate with the new students.
Spending so much money on the railway had a great impact on the economy and people's livelihood, which indirectly led to a series of events such as the October Revolution. Similar to the Sui Dynasty's construction of the Grand Canal, the later dynasties benefited.
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Kawara Soko said worriedly: "But I'm not very good at using it yet."
So the benefit Japan gained was actually the transfer of Russia's rights and interests in Northeast China.
Moreover, the Trans-Siberian Railway is currently a single-track railway and its transportation capacity is not strong.
From this we can also see the current status of the Capital University. It is not an independent university in the conventional sense. Many of its functions are somewhat similar to those of the Imperial Academy and the Hanlin Academy, which train officials for the imperial court.
Nobujun Aoki, a military attache, said: "Although he is just a scholar, he now has such powerful technological power. If other countries get it, it will always be detrimental to our Empire of Japan."
Aoki Nobujun then said to Kawahara Soko: "After you go to the Mongolian Prince Gong's Mansion, you should also bring one with you. You are in the hinterland and can know a lot of key information."
Rihachiro Banishi spent a very long time in China. During the rule of the Beiyang warlords, he had close contact with almost all the senior officials in the past dynasties, and the relationship was quite good.
Li Yu originally wanted to reject the students. After all, they were all students who passed the traditional scientific examinations, which was quite different from his own learning environment.
It just so happens that the Imperial College of Capital Studies has recently opened a Jinshi Hall.
Uchida Yasuya said: "As I have this intention, I have sent a request to the base camp to allocate more funds."
Tsarist Russia was really unlucky. It spent so much money, 1.4 billion rubles, just to get the rights and interests in the Northeast. As a result, it lost the war and everything was in vain.
Rihachiro Banishi watched the train go away with a slightly sinister look. He turned around and immediately sent a telegram to his boss in the capital, Nobujun Aoki, Japan's first-generation spy chief.
Judging from the name, you can tell that it is specifically recruiting Jinshi. Those who come in are all Jinshi who have recently passed the science and technology examinations in high schools, especially the Guimao Science and Technology Examination that just ended this year.
Nobuzumi Aoki sighed: "Fortunately, we are still in a fair competition situation, and I still know how powerful Tsarist Russia is. This equipment is of great help to the field. It will be more advantageous if Minister Uchida can purchase a few more units."
Now you can wait for the documents to be sent from the Embassy in Russia. With this tool, you can complete the Trans-Siberian Railway without any hindrance.
However, this railway is really expensive, and Tsarist Russia has really spent a lot of money on it. Japan just saw that the railway would be repaired soon, and Tsarist Russia's control over the Far East would become stronger, so it did not declare war.
It really takes a lot of time to go back and forth like this, and if the password is advanced, it really can't be created casually. It contains a lot of mathematical content, and it also involves modern mathematics.
Group theory is intimidating to many people.
As for the half of Sakhalin Island that was ceded to Japan, it was just ceded from the Qing court in 1860, and the Russians didn't feel bad about it at all.
This is really surprising, after all, the other party is the dignified Duke Yan.
Nobuzumi Aoki said: "I received a telegram from Banxi-kun. He mentioned that the inventor Li Yu received extremely high treatment in the Beiyang Army. Governor Yuan must have paid more attention to him. Kawashima-kun, you
Is there any new information?"
This kind of thing really needs to be asked, after all, it has not been fully opened to traffic. Although there is only a short section of the entire Trans-Siberian Railway that has not been repaired, it has not really been put into commercial use.
Uchida Yasuya said to her: "You have a very heavy task. On the one hand, you have to gain the trust of the Gong family, and on the other hand, you have to spy on Russia's rear intelligence. You must be careful, once..."
Therefore, in 1903 not only the special economic subjects were held, but also a serious imperial examination.
Japan was indeed unable to fight anymore. At that time, the main military force of Tsarist Russia was concentrated in the west. Without damaging the fundamentals, the United States was allowed to act as a mediator and peacemaker and accepted the Treaty of Portsmouth.
Li Yu just wanted to advertise it widely, but he couldn't hide it anyway. If everyone had it, it wouldn't be a secret weapon. And things like radios can be used for commercial and military purposes without delay.
Unexpectedly, Tsar Nicholas II directly replied: You want money? You don’t have any money. If you don’t accept it, little Japan, let’s go ahead!
Not to mention the cession of territory, the negotiator of Tsarist Russia bluntly said: "Russian land is the property of His Majesty the Emperor" and rejected the request for cession of territory and compensation.
Looking at the attitude of Nicholas II, and looking at Li Zhongtang who had to continue to suffer miserably after being shot at the gate, hey, he still had to have national strength.
Nobuzumi Aoki said: "It's too late, the situation has become increasingly tense. Fortunately, it seems that Li Yu has nothing to do with the military. He is just a scholar. You can use the normal techniques you have trained to send and receive telegrams. From now on, Minister Uchida
Any radio equipment purchased will be sent back to the base camp, where they will develop encryption-related methods."
This was a traditional imperial examination that was supposed to be held in 1901, but it coincided with the Gengzi national crisis, so it was postponed to 1903.
Russia also used this method to amass more than 300,000 troops in the Far East. Although it failed to restore the defeat as a whole, in the end, Japan only dared to sign the very compromising Treaty of Portsmouth.
A recent newspaper published the story of Li Yu's trip to Qufu. Everyone discovered that Li Yu was able to "conquer all the Confucian scholars" - there were literally tens of thousands of Confucian scholars who were his direct descendants, and he still managed to keep up.
Kawashima Naniwa said: "According to my investigation, Li Yu's movements have been concentrated in the academic and invention fields. This radio equipment should have been developed by him in the United States. He seems to have had contact with some high-level plutocrats in the United States."
But this is a reasonable situation, after all, the leader of the university hall is a second-grade official.
Li Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the reply. These big guys from the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences still had some influence in Tsarist Russia, and they could manage things with their words.
Uchida Yasuya explained and demonstrated the operation of this radio equipment to them, and several people exclaimed that it was incredible: "If you can freely send intelligence to friendly forces thousands of miles away, it will be a rare weapon."
Nobuzumi Aoki asked: "So, is it possible that Russia can also obtain this technology?"
It is said that after Japan won, it still wanted to learn from the Sino-Japanese War and ask for compensation from Tsarist Russia. Even considering that Russia was rich, after calculation, it opened its mouth to 3 billion yen. At present, the yen is quite strong, which is almost 800 million taels of silver.
It was four times the 200 million taels of silver in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, and it also wanted to cede territory to Tsarist Russia.
Moreover, it was not easy to become a Jinshi during the feudal period. These people generally thought very highly of themselves. Unless they wanted to do so themselves, it would be impossible for others to change their thinking patterns.
Therefore, education must start from young people. Only education from an early age can be truly effective.
However, Zhang Baixi specifically explained that since these people wanted to come to the Capital University, they were people who were interested in Western learning and would not deliberately oppose Western learning.
Li Yu couldn't refute the principal's face, so he agreed to go.