Liang Qichao traveled around the United States and later met with him.
Liang Qichao's trip to the United States was quite long and he visited many places. He even met with Secretary of State Hay and President Theodore Roosevelt.
In Kang Youwei's house, a special room was always set up as a "worship room", and a flag was hung on the wall with the words "Official clothes and edicts" written on it.
The belt edict is still his most effective way to network with people.
Even though Li Yu had written an article to expose him, after all, the power of news communication in the early 20th century was incomparable to that of later generations, and many people still didn't know about it.
The banner of "Serving the Emperor with Clothes and Carrying the Imperial Order" was facing the capital, and the two of them kowtowed to it together, which was equivalent to kowtowing to the Qing Emperor.
Kang Youwei stood up and said, "Zhuoru, how do you feel about your trip to the United States?"
Liang Qichao said on the side: "The United States is even more powerful than Japan, and there is much worth learning from it."
Kang Youwei sat on the sofa, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip: "Of course we need to study, but we have to find a way to rescue our master, otherwise we will not be able to use all our abilities. How is the situation in the country?"
Liang Qichao said: "According to some news, the Queen Mother still controls the government, and the Emperor has no intention of loosening the ban."
Kang Youwei sighed: "Those people wanted to kill us during the reform and reform. If it were not for the emperor, we would have lost our heads long ago, and would we still be here today? You must remember that my life was given by Emperor Guangxu.
Your life is also given by the emperor!"
Liang Qichao could only say: "Disciple knows."
Kang Youwei continued: "That's why I established this imperialist association, just to win over overseas forces and rescue our real master."
Liang Qichao said: "Teacher works hard."
Kang Youwei sighed: "The hard work is deserved, otherwise I will have trouble sleeping and eating. But now some people are saying that I am a fake protector of the emperor, but the real protector of myself! They also say that my clothes and belt edict is fake and has nothing to do with the emperor's.
The photos are also fake.”
Liang Qichao said: "Is the teacher referring to Li Yu?"
Kang Youwei said angrily: "It's this yellow-haired kid!"
"But..." Liang Qichao paused and said, "I have met him before. I think this man is extremely knowledgeable and a pillar of talent. I went to visit Mr. Rong Hong before and he took his disciples to Harvard University.
The director of the Observatory of Harvard University was full of praise for Li Yu, saying that he is the top scientist in the world today. Our country is currently lacking such talents, and..."
"That's enough!" Kang Youwei interrupted him, "If he is really talented, how can he slander me like this? Can't he see that I am dedicated to serving the country? He actually made up lies to slander me. It is simply ridiculous and shameful!"
Liang Qichao said: "The ancients said that different paths lead to the same destination. Li Yu told his disciples that he wanted to use a route other than politics and law to save the country. After thinking about it carefully, my disciples thought what he said made sense."
"It makes sense?" Kang Youwei snorted, "It makes sense! He even cut his hair, don't you know? What kind of behavior is this? This is ungrateful! What he agrees with must be Sun Wen's revolution.
route!"
Liang Qichao said: "Li Yu once said that he would not participate in any revolution-related affairs."
Kang Youwei asked: "Did he really say that?"
Liang Qichao nodded: "That's right."
Kang Youwei said: "He is somewhat self-aware. By the way, I remember you also met Sun Wen. How do you think I compare with him?"
Liang Qichao said: "The teacher is a teacher, Sun Wen is Sun Wen, there is no comparison."
Kang Youwei immediately said angrily: "Can't compare? What can't be compared? It's because he doesn't deserve to compare with me! Who is Sun Wen? A charlatan, he has my knowledge? Are you also bewitched by him and want to defect to him?"
"
Liang Qichao quickly denied: "Teacher, this is absolutely not the case! We just met once, and the disciple has no intention of defecting!"
Kang Youwei said: "But why didn't you use your pen to refute his theory, and let our believers continue to lose in vain? Honolulu is now full of his believers! In addition, there is another Li Yu in the United States, so our donations
Reduced again and again! If this continues, how can we protect the emperor and rescue our master?"
Liang Qichao opened his mouth, and then said: "The disciples still can't see whether their line is wrong, so they can't find any point to refute it."
"Really?" Kang Youwei slammed the tea cup on the table, "How can you succeed if you don't even have a firm belief? You must understand that only the emperor can save all people from disaster!"
"Yes Yes……"
Liang Qichao's voice obviously lacked confidence.
After Kang Youwei heard this, he was so angry that he shouted: "Kneel down!"
Liang Qichao did not dare to disobey his master's order and immediately knelt in front of him.
Kang Youwei pointed at him and said: "You must always remember in your heart that as long as you stay loyal to the emperor, no revolution is allowed! Only as long as you reform, no revolution is allowed!"
Liang Qichao quickly said: "Disciple, I remember."
Seeing that his attitude had softened, Kang Youwei said: "Get up. You are my eldest disciple. You should be able to see how much I value you. That's why I have left all the affairs of Japan to you alone. After returning,
, you should pick up your pen and let me see your sharp articles again."
Liang Qichao said: "Disciples must live up to the teacher's expectations."
Now Kang Youwei's thoughts have begun to sink.
Although Liang Qichao still advocates reformism, he has obviously been learning.
In any case, the current Japan in front of us generally seems to have succeeded through reform.
After Liang Qichao returned to Japan, he would use the "Xin Min Cong Bao" he founded as a base to launch a major debate with the "Min Bao" of the Tongmenghui.
Liang Qichao almost single-handedly carried all the big men of the Tongmenghui: Mr. Zhongshan, Zhang Taiyan, Chen Tianhua, Hu Hanmin and Wang Zhaoming (Wang Zhaoming was still a passionate young man at this time. He was considered one of the four handsome guys in the Republic of China. This thick-browed and big-eyed man was not there yet.
renegade revolution).
Kang Youwei's writing skills were far inferior to Liang Qichao's. He had written two articles before, but was directly attacked by Zhang Taiyan and was unable to resist.
At the critical moment, you have to rely on Liang Qichao, the great disciple.
By the way, Kang Youwei is really good at this aspect. Other famous teachers accept disciples when they are not famous or capable, and then make their disciples famous through teaching.
Kang Youwei forcibly accepted others as his disciples after they became famous, and then claimed that famous teachers produced great disciples.
Liang Qichao is a typical example.
Kang Youwei greeted Liang Qichao: "Zhuoru, one more thing. You can also publish some articles in the United States recently, calling on the tens of millions of Chinese in the Americas to contribute to our cause of royalism."
To put it bluntly, contribution means donating money.
Kang Youwei also understood the Chinese mentality.
The vast majority of Chinese people are really patriotic. They don't know much about royalism and revolution. They just want the country to get better.
Kang Youwei relied on his fame to easily make money.
Liang Qichao said: "Teacher, you mean to target Li Yu's previous article? But the disciple has not read it."
Kang Youwei was a little embarrassed. He knew that Li Yu's article was very sharp. It was really strange. How could a scientific person still have two hands in writing articles?
It seems that he still doesn’t know that English articles don’t have so much attention to detail. It should be said that vernacular articles don’t have so much attention to detail, and they don’t seem to have the same impressive literary talent as classical Chinese articles.
Kang Youwei said: "Don't read it if you haven't read it. All you need to do is write down what we stand for."
Liang Qichao knew that the biggest resistance in the United States must come from Li Yu, so he asked: "Don't you need to mention Li Yu deliberately? To be honest, when my disciple once went to New York, people in Chinatown praised him for doing practical things. Not only did he not ask for donations
, and also find ways to get them to work in factories and earn more than Americans."
Kang Youwei slammed the table angrily: "How could you see this kind of small favor? He just wants us poor Chinese people to become his tools of exploitation and make money for him! Can't you see this shameless and despicable behavior?
come out?"
Liang Qichao said: "But disciples have heard that don't ignore good deeds because they are small. I discovered from him that our previous focus was wrong? Starting from small things may be the best way, and not necessarily focusing on high things.
At the court."
"Confused, you are really confused!" Kang Youwei said, "We want to do great things. Li Yu only studies some strange and obscene techniques. Since ancient times, have you ever seen a person who can achieve great things by relying on his strange and obscene techniques?"
Liang Qichao said: "However, Professor Pickering, director of the Harvard University Observatory, told me that in astronomy alone, Li Yu is a figure like Halley and Kepler."
"Halley? Kepler?" Kang Youwei was stunned, "I've never even heard of him as a teacher, what's there to show off?"
Liang Qichao said: "The disciples didn't know much about it before. After checking the information, they found out that they were like masters in astronomy. They even directly inspired Newton, the greatest scientist in the West."
Even if Kang Youwei didn't know much about science, he had heard of Newton.
After all, the two great gods Einstein and Planck are currently unknown, while Newton was definitely the "god of science" at the beginning of the 20th century.
This evaluation is not an exaggeration at all.
Needless to say in physics, Newton's three laws of mechanics directly laid the foundation for classical physics.
He is also very strong in mathematics. No matter how you rank the "four greatest mathematicians in history", the three who will definitely be there are: Euler, Gauss and Newton.
There was some controversy over the fourth choice, but the three of them did their part.
Kang Youwei frowned: "Even so, it's just a scientific method. What impact will it have on the overall situation?"
Liang Qichao's current thinking has indeed been shaken a lot. After he went abroad, he discovered that there was something wrong with the Western learning that Kang Youwei taught him. After reading the original work in foreign languages, he discovered that it was not the same as what Kang Youwei said.
Furthermore, after coming into contact with Mr. Zhongshan, Li Yu, Rong Hong and others, my attitude towards revolution changed to a certain extent.
Now that I have arrived in the United States, I find that the United States is definitely good, but even New York, the center of the United States, and the core area of Manhattan still have slums. I immediately sighed: "The most prosperous place in the world is like New York, and the darkest place in the world is like New York."
There is a famous saying in later generations: If you love someone, send him to New York; if you hate someone, send him to New York. If you love him, send him to New York, because that is heaven;
If you hate him, send him to New York, because that's hell!
Liang Qichao keenly captured the duality of heaven and hell a hundred years in advance.
Liang Qichao said: "Disciples think about it, if we want to enrich the country, we naturally seek change, improvement means change, and science is also an important change."
Kang Youwei pointed at Liang Qichao: "You..."
I really don’t know what to say about him. I have long been unable to argue with Liang Qichao.
He immediately put down his hand and said: "Zhuoru, Zhuoru, you have a very good vision, but as a teacher, I am really afraid that you will go astray. Are there few extremely smart people in history? How many people have fallen into the abyss of eternal destruction, but you cannot follow their footsteps.
Follow in the footsteps.”
Liang Qichao said: "Thank you, Teacher, for the tip."
Kang Youwei said helplessly: "Forget it, you can go down. As a teacher, I can only remind you not to write anything out of line with the pen in your hand. Remember what I told you today, only reforms are required, no revolution is allowed; only royal protection is required, no revolution is allowed!"
Liang Qichao read it again: "As long as there is reform, no revolution is allowed; as long as there is royal protection, no revolution is allowed!"
Then he exited the room.
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Li Yu knew that Liang Qichao was in the United States, but could not contact him because he did not have a regular telegram.
But if others want to contact Li Yu, it would be convenient.
The U.S. Navy's radio verification in Panama has produced results. There is no doubt that Li Yu's radio equipment with vacuum electronic triodes has a technological generation advantage like a dimensionality reduction strike compared to Marconi's radio equipment, whether it is stable or stable.
Both performance and coverage are far better than Marconi.
Coupled with Marconi's failed leasing plan, the U.S. Navy announced that the winning bidder was Li Yu.
After Li Yu got the news, he immediately realized that the radio production capacity would be opened up soon.
So he advertised in the newspaper and began to recruit a group of Edison employees.
And from now on, the more knowledgeable Chinese will be trained in radio.
Fedensen is responsible for the training business, and he is very busy during this time.
Considering that there is not much production capacity to produce radio equipment in its own and Tesla laboratories, it is urgent to set up another radio factory.
It happened that Rong Hong had introduced Booth before, so he asked him to help rent a factory space in the northern part of Manhattan Island, which is today the Bronx in New York.
There must not be much production capacity during the early construction period, and it is estimated that it will not be able to produce when the business becomes large in the future, so Li Yu contacted Westinghouse Electric and General Electric and asked them to supply some components required for the production of radio equipment.
On my side, I am mainly responsible for the core transistor production and signal debugging.
Westinghouse, the boss of Westinghouse Electric, was quite bitter. Li Yu had just poached one of his important engineers and wanted him to supply the goods.
But the orders received cannot be thrown away in vain, as long as the factories are ordered to hurry up and produce.
On the other hand, General Electric is much happier.
Speaking of which, General Electric was formerly the Edison Electric Light Company, but it was bought by Morgan more than ten years ago.
Morgan is now Li Yu's "angel investor" and naturally readily accepts Li Yu's request for production.
Li Yu vaguely felt the meaning of "supply chain". Just like later mobile phone manufacturers, they were able to integrate upstream and downstream supply chains. Even if they are as powerful as Apple, many important components such as screens, vibration motors, and batteries require
Rely on supply chain procurement.
The current head of Apple, Cook, has a background in supply chain.