Shanghai.

Li Shizeng crossed Erlang's legs, smoked a cigarette, and urged: "What do you think about this, give me a good word!" ”

"What else can you see? A good thing. Cai Yuanpei said with a smile.

They all received a telegram from Zhou Hexuan, which mentioned two things: first, they hoped that they could officially send an invitation letter to the Curie couple for academic exchanges in the name of the Institute of Physics of the Central Committee and the two research institutes in Beiping; Second, it is hoped that through their influence in the education, research and cultural sectors, they will urge the Nanjing government to ask for Chinese cultural relics from the Swedish Far Eastern Museum.

"Of course I know it's a good thing," Li Shizeng said frankly, puffing out smoke, "and I hope to hand over the work of welcoming back prehistoric relics to Yi Peiji." ”

Li Shizeng was unlucky in the past two years, because he was implicated in the "Forbidden City Treasure Theft Case", he voluntarily resigned from the post of president of the Beiping Research Institute, and went to Europe to hide for a while. The two main people involved in the "Forbidden City Treasure Theft Case", one is his student and the other is his nephew, and they are simply unreasonable.

This matter was provoked by Zhang Ji and his wife, but the follow-up results caused by Zhang Jidu were unexpected and completely unmanageable.

There is no way, Li Shi has offended too many people, and there are many people who fall into the well, among which Hu Shi roars the most fiercely.

The contradiction between Li Shizeng and Hu Shi has been going on for a long time, and the most well-known one is the "Forbidden City Business Card" incident-

As early as 1922, Pu Yi summoned Hu Shi to the palace to chat, talk about some vernacular poetry and study abroad. Hu Shi left the palace just 20 minutes ago, Pu Yi sent someone to invite again, and Hu Shi returned a business card of his own because he didn't have time.

Later, because of the education reform, Hu Shi once again contradicted Li Shizeng, and Li Shizeng was already in charge of the Forbidden City at this time. He searched out Hu Shi's business card from the Forbidden City, wrote on it the words "Minister Hu Shi, there is something to do today, I can't ask for peace", and he also specially equipped the business card with a frame and hung it in the Forbidden City as an exhibit.

It was clearly insulting Hu Shi, saying that Hu Shi was a slave of the Manchu emperor.

It can be seen that Li Shizeng is really narrow-minded and has no measure at all, and he will offend people to death when he seizes the opportunity.

On the contrary, Hu Shi was more generous, and when he saw that his business card had become an exhibit in the Forbidden City, not only did he not get angry, but asked to take a photo with the business card. As a result, the request for a group photo was rejected by the staff, making Hu Shi completely unable to get off the stage.

The current situation is that Li Shizeng's student and nephew are entangled in lawsuits, and he must salvage Yi Peiji's reputation in order to save his face. The recovery of Chinese cultural relics from Sweden this time is a great opportunity, and Yi Peiji is the most suitable candidate.

But the premise is that Cai Yuanpei must cooperate, and the relationship between the two is very delicate. They are friends and political enemies, they often cooperate and compete all year round.

Cai Yuanpei said with a smile: "It's okay to let Yi Peiji welcome back the cultural relics, but these cultural relics need to be transported to the Institute of History of the Academia Sinica for preservation." ”

This is the transaction, Li Shizeng's people show their faces, and Cai Yuanpei's people get actual benefits.

"Then it's decided!" Li Shi once agreed.

Despite the fact that Li Shizeng and Cai Yuanpei stayed away from politics, more than half of the nine ministries of the Nanjing Nationalist government were their friends or students.

In the name of the Chinese government, asking for cultural relics from the Swedish Far Eastern Museum is a trivial matter in their opinion.

Sure enough, as soon as Li Shizeng and Cai Yuanpei spoke, the Nanjing government immediately appointed Tan Boyu (Tan Yanhong's son), a foreign counselor, as the Chinese minister to Sweden, who was fully responsible for the matter of requesting cultural relics, and appointed Yi Peiji to Sweden to do the handover and transportation of cultural relics.

At the same time, the Institute of Physics of the Academia Sinica and the Peking Research Institute respectively sent invitations to the Curie couple for academic exchanges, and the Curie couple replied three months later to accept the invitation.

At this point, Zhou Hexuan's trip to Sweden was a success, not only won the Nobel Prize in Literature, but also helped matchmaking, asked for cultural relics and invited academic talents.

Whether it is the more than 10,000 prehistoric cultural relics or the academic Niu Curie couple, it is of great significance to China.

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Sweden.

Stockholm Marina.

Wang Nianzu wore a fur coat presented by Zhou Hexuan, shook hands and said goodbye: "Mr. Zhou, go slowly!" ”

"Take care, everyone." Zhou Hexuan nodded.

Lu Zhaoxin and Sun Fang also stepped forward one by one to shake hands, and the three of them sent Zhou Hexuan to the deck, and then waved their arms to watch the ship leave.

Before leaving, Zhou Hexuan also donated $5,000 as a fund for the Chinese Legation in Sweden. There is no way, the Nanjing government does not pay the salaries of diplomats, and Zhou Hexuan can only pay out of his own pocket, so he can't watch the diplomats starve and freeze, right?

I heard that the legations in Norway and Finland are even worse, and they can't be opened.

But soon it will be Tan Boyu's turn to have a headache, the son of the patriarch of the Kuomintang, who was not only appointed as China's minister to Sweden, but also to Norway and Finland. One person is in charge of diplomatic work with three countries, and all of them are places that are not valued by the Nanjing government, and the salaries of embassy personnel are estimated to have to be figured out by Tan Boyu himself.

The diplomacy of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing is really criticized, so let's take the minister in France as an example. At this time, Gu Weijun had returned to China for half a year to report on his work, and the new minister to France had not yet been finalized, and the diplomatic work of China and France had completely come to a standstill.

Fortunately, with Zhou Hexuan's involvement, China's currency reform has proceeded more smoothly than in history. After Britain provided enough pound foreign exchange, the United States finally panicked, and Roosevelt called the silver group for an urgent conversation, and then sent a negotiation team to China in a hurry.

On the Hankou side, the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, which Zhou Hexuan invested in and built, has begun to build the bridge foundation. In winter, the river level is stable and the water level is low, which is a good time to repair the bridge.

Inside the cabin.

Zhou Hexuan sat on the bed and raised his hands high, Zhang Leyi lifted his clothes, and asked the nurse to untie the bandage and change the wound medicine.

"The wound is recovering well, and it is estimated that I will be able to move freely next month." Miss Nurse said.

Zhang Leyi smiled and said, "That's good, that's good." ”

Yu Peichen came in with lunch, put it on the bedside and said, "Sir, your lunch." ”

Zhou Hexuan glanced at it, rolled his eyes and said, "It's steak kidneys again, I'm going to vomit." ”

Yu Peichen smiled: "And pastrami beef, fish and chips, which one do you choose?" ”

"Let's choose a steak." Zhou Hexuan hated British food, but this was a British steamer.

After the wound medicine has been changed, Zhang Leyi carefully chopped the steak and fed it to Zhou Hexuan's mouth, like coaxing a child: "When you get to London, I'll make you a Chinese meal." ”

"Forget it, there are no condiments for Chinese food in London." Zhou Hexuan said as he chewed on the steak.

"Chinatown should be able to find it." Zhang Leyi said.

Zhou Hexuan smiled: "Anyway, I don't have hope." ”

Yu Peichen stayed by the side, and waited for Zhou Hexuan to finish her lunch before she returned to the restaurant with her plate. It was the equivalent of a servant, not a secretary's job, but she enjoyed it.

From the first time I saw the mansion and his wife and concubine, I was faintly dissatisfied with Zhou Hexuan. and then Zhou Hexuan ran for the people of the country, donated money and materials, and worked tirelessly, Yu Peichen's impression of him changed greatly, and he even admired him. Until he was assassinated and hospitalized in London this time and won the Nobel Prize, Yu Peichen was completely convinced.

She thinks that Zhou Hexuan is a hero, and the shortcomings of heroes can be forgiven, no one is perfect.

Yu Peichen even felt that he was lucky to be able to stay and work beside the patriotic writer. She likes this kind of life, not only with decent scenery, but also with the ability to contribute to the country and the nation.

If the organization asks for it, Yu Peichen can dedicate himself to Zhou Hexuan without hesitation. She doesn't hate this man, and she has full admiration and faint admiration, and she doesn't feel aggrieved because of it.