Chapter 173 The delegation arrived in Guangzhou, Li Sang, I finally met you
When Nagaoka Hantaro and Ishihara Jun were discussing Li Qiwei, he was still confused about the matter in Guangzhou.
Because someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told him that this time the delegation from the Sakura Country was named to visit Li Qiwei, the Vice Minister of Management and Education of the Qing Dynasty.
This made Li Qiwei feel a little curious.
Can anyone in Sakura Country know me?
However, he didn't take it to heart.
Although the current Sakura Country is much better than the Qing Dynasty in the field of science, it is still at a subpar level in Europe.
With his current status in the physics community, it can be said that he crushes all the scientific talents in Sakura Country.
I guess they came to spy on the Qing Dynasty’s educational reforms.
Perhaps because of his series of operations, the world began to pay attention to China's education.
Since the Meiji Restoration, Sakura Country has been almost completely Westernized, imitating the British Empire, the world's hegemon.
The world will always be like this. If you want to become stronger, you must always learn from the strongest country.
And the competition between countries is very complex.
Many people may think that the Qing Dynasty and Sakura Kingdom could send delegations for academic exchanges not long after the Sino-Japanese War.
Actually, this is a trivial matter.
In real history, after the Qing Dynasty failed in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894, it decided to reform and strengthen itself.
At that time, Ito Hirobumi, the first prime minister of Sakura Kingdom, stepped down. He himself was invited by Guangxu to visit the Qing Dynasty.
You know, Ito Hirobumi was the person in charge of launching the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894 and forcing the Qing Dynasty to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
From the perspective of public sentiment, when he visits the Qing Dynasty, he will definitely be thrown rotten vegetables and rotten eggs by the Qing people, or even assassinated by people with lofty ideals.
However, none of this happened. Instead, he received unprecedented courtesy.
In Tianjin, he was accompanied by Ronglu, Yuan Shikai and others; in the capital, he had a long conversation with Kang Youwei and others.
Soon, Guangxu met him personally and hired him as the general adviser of the reform.
Guangxu even praised him: "Since the restoration of your country, the achievements of the common people in Xianxi were all determined by your noble lord. All countries admire and praise him, and I always admire him in my heart."
< br>It can be seen that Guangxu valued him.
In the end, the rumors became more and more outrageous, and rumors were flying everywhere. Some even said that Ito Hirobumi was going to be the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty.
In the end, even Cixi was alarmed, she suppressed it directly, and then the matter was over.
The academic delegation sent by Sakura Country this time is of a much lower level than Ito Hirobumi.
So Cixi and Guangxu were not alarmed at all.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter directly to Li Qiwei, asking him to receive the envoy well and not to lose the face of the Qing Dynasty.
Of course, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will also send people to Guangzhou to be responsible for contacting Sakura Country and arranging visit etiquette and procedures.
At this moment, Li Qiwei was working in the office of the Guangdong Education Envoy.
As a capital official, he did not have a fixed place of work in the local area, so he simply stayed in Yu Shimei's territory.
Anyway, they are doing things in the field of education. If something happens, they can still call on the officials of the Department of Education.
As the top person in charge of education in Guangdong, Yu Shimei was naturally included in the reception of the delegation from Sakura Country.
“I’m afraid the visitor to Sakura Country is evil this time.”
"I have already inquired. The leader of the team is a university professor named Nagaoka Hantaro."
"It is said that this person has a very high reputation in Sakura Country."
"It seems that it was because of his publication. What kind of paper did I write?"
"Hey, it's a pity that I'm old, and it's too late to learn Western scientific knowledge now."
"Brother, I'm afraid I have to rely on you to control this time. Stay here.”
After Li Qiwei heard about Hantaro Nagaoka, he probably knew what was going on.
"So it's him?"
Yu Shimei asked: "Do you know this person?"
Li Qiwei explained: "When I was in England the year before last, the two of us They once published papers on the same issue.”
It seems that Nagaoka Hantaro has gradually become the scientific leader of Sakura Country, just like in real history.
He even had a higher status due to his own reasons.
Who is Li Qiwei? Winner of the first Nobel Prize in Physics, founder of relativity and quantum theory.
Looking at the entire Western scientific community, it is a famous existence.
Hantaro Nagaoka has gone from being an unknown university professor to being well-known in the country, all because of his penchant for Li Qiwei.
Because the other party's Saturn model is very similar to Ridgway's planetary model.
Yu Shimei did not expect this coincidence, and he quickly asked: "Oh? What was the final result?"
"Who is right and who is wrong about your thesis?"
Li Qiwei He smiled lightly and said easily: "It goes without saying, of course I am right."
Yu Shimei was relieved and said with a smile: "I'm just saying, Sakura Country is a small country, what can it do? Talent.”
“No matter how many people come, it’s not enough.”
"This time, you have to give them a good show of strength."
"The stronger you are, the more satisfied the Queen Mother and the Emperor will be with you when they find out about it in the end."
"Brother, you You have to seize the opportunity."
Li Qiwei was speechless, thinking, brother, you are so good at digging, you can find opportunities for promotion and wealth.
“Maybe they are just here for normal academic exchanges, so we don’t have to think too much.”
"Sakura Country is also undergoing education reform now. Maybe it encounters some problems and wants to come to us to learn from us." Yu Shimei shook his head, looking very experienced, "Brother, you have had too little contact with Sakura Country."< br>
“I tell you, that country cannot be studied with normal thinking.”
“They are ambitious and have been coveting the country for a long time.”
"Now in the far north, Sakura Country and Russia are confronting each other. I'm afraid there will be a war sooner or later."
"I'm so angry. Two countries are at war. Why should they start on our territory?"
"The key is that we can only remain neutral and stare from the sidelines."
Yu Shi Mei didn't know where he suddenly got so angry. This was not suitable for his status as a scholar.
Li Qiwei looked at his expression seriously as if it was the first time he met him.
Yu Shimei was horrified by the sight, "What's wrong? Isn't it right to scold the enemy?"
Li Qiwei smiled and said: "Of course you should, I just didn't expect you to have such a brave side, brother."
"You are really a hero of China."
Yu Shimei's old face turned red. , he felt that since working with Li Qiwei, he would always be unconsciously attracted to the other person's temperament.
Gradually, he seemed not to want to be loyal to the Qing Dynasty.
He suddenly came to his senses, it was over, he must have gone astray.
He only dared to think about that path in his mind and never showed any clues, let alone said it outright.
So, he quickly interrupted and said with a smile: "Oh, brother, don't worry about so much."
"Anyway, when the time comes, you will kill the representative of Sakura Kingdom. The prestige of the group lets them know how powerful we are.”
“It is difficult to achieve results in the education field, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Li Qiwei also wanted to see Sakura. What kind of wishful thinking does the country have?
This time, since Hantaro Nagaoka wanted to find him by name, it meant that he must have come prepared.
As the leader of physics in Sakura Country, the other party must be very aware of what he is doing in Europe and his lofty status in the physics community.
Li Qiwei could not imagine how the other party could beat him if he really wanted to exchange academic knowledge.
He thought carefully and found that the boss was actually himself.
The correct script should not be that although Li Qiwei was awesome in Europe, Hantaro Nagaoka didn't know.
He thought that Li Qiwei was just a person seeking fame and reputation, and that everything in the West was made up.
So the other party showed off his power, mocking Li Qiwei as a despicable villain, and even mocking the lack of people in Chinese science.
Finally, in front of everyone's shocked eyes, Li Qiwei suddenly broke out, tearing up the theory of relativity with his hands and slapping him in the face.
Hantaro Nagaoka ran away with the delegation in despair.
This kind of script is the most enjoyable.
However, Li Qiwei could only think about it.
In today's era, information exchange is not a thousand miles a day, but a thousand miles a second. Major events that happen in the UK can be spread all over the world in a few minutes.
For senior leaders in any field, there are no secrets in the world.
So the storm Li Qiwei stirred up in the European scientific community spread to all corners of the world.
Of course, most ordinary people don’t know.
Even a college student like Jun Ishihara would not know how awesome Li Qiwei is if it were not for the guidance of his teacher.
On January 10, 1904, the Sakura Country Academic Exchange Delegation arrived in Guangzhou.
The delegation headed by Hantaro Nagaoka, a professor at Tokyo Imperial University, received a high-level reception from the Qing Dynasty.
Liang Dunyan, the right minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, personally received the delegation and warmly welcomed their arrival.
And I hope that the other party can learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses in the subsequent exchanges with the Qing Dynasty and help each other.
Vice Minister of Management Li Qiwei, Guangdong Education History Yu Shimei and other education officials attended the reception dinner.
At the banquet, Hantaro Nagaoka formally met Li Qiwei, with a respectful tone and an adoring expression.
“Li Sang, I finally meet you.”
“Your name is well-known in the world of physics.”
“You are the most important person in science for us Asians. A role model in the field.”
"What?" Li Qiwei was dumbfounded. There was something wrong with the script.
Hantaro Nagaoka is here to cause trouble, he is clearly here to chase stars.
When the other party met, he lowered his attitude so much that Li Qiwei’s saucy words that he had rehearsed in advance were useless.
What "If you don't study physics, seeing me is like sitting in a well and looking at the sky; when you study physics, seeing me is like floating in the sky and seeing the blue sky."
"Who is the peak at the end of physics? When you see the Qiwei Road, it becomes empty .”
However, now, Li Qiwei could only reply: "Nagaoka-san, thank you for your compliment."
"The physics of your Sakura Country is also developing very well."
"I hope that next time The communication was smooth and pleasant.”
The welcome dinner ended in a harmonious atmosphere.
During this period, Li Qiwei once caught a glimpse of several people in the Sakura Country delegation looking at him with unkind eyes, and they looked at him with a hint of hostility.
He suddenly felt comfortable inside, and this was only right.
You are all so polite, how can I pretend to be cool?
(End of this chapter)