Zhou Hexuan's first academic lecture in London was arranged in the Department of History of the University of London.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Ma Jue hurriedly finished breakfast and ran to the large classroom of the history department to occupy a seat. She skipped class because she was studying political science, and she had to skip class in order to attend lectures.

Skipping class with Ma Jue were several other Chinese students. Perhaps it was too much newspaper touting during this time, which caused Zhou Hexuan's popularity to explode, even if they came to the classroom early, there were still few seats left.

"Let's stand and listen, Ma Jue, you sit first." A male classmate said attentively.

"Yes, yes," another male student chimed in, "There is still a vacant seat in the seventh row, and that is already the most front, Ma Jue, go and sit there." ”

The number of female college students in the Republic of China is scarce, and even fewer can study abroad, and it is very rare to be able to enter the University of London. Ma Jue was the only Chinese female student at the University of London at this time, and because she was beautiful, she was immediately worshiped as a goddess by the Chinese students of the University of London.

In order not to disturb Ma Jue's study and life, those boys even reached an agreement in private: each person can only write a love letter to Ma Jue at most per month, and if the number is exceeded, it will be regarded as a public enemy!

Historically, Ma Jue had too many suitors at Peking University, and the scandals were all in the newspapers. She was so unbearable that she announced her marriage before she graduated, and she was married to an ordinary customs clerk, which made countless admirers sigh.

Now there seem to be some changes, Ma Jue not only did not get married, but also successfully completed his studies and came to study at the University of London in the United Kingdom.

"Hey, why is there a big white cloth on the wall of the podium?" A male classmate said.

Ma Jue was also very puzzled, and was about to speak, when suddenly several reporters with cameras came in one after another. Soon, another person came in with a movie projector, and a black cloth was hung on the window, and the classroom became dim for a while.

"Professor Toynbee!"

A student in the front row shouted, and the other students shook their heads and immediately left their seats and rushed over.

Toynbee has been famous not only in England but throughout Europe in recent years. Even Hitler will award Toynbee a "Reich Chancellor's Medal" next year. He was a professor at the Institute of International Affairs at the University of London, and Zhou Hexuan came here to give lectures, and Toynbee naturally came to listen.

Toynbee was accompanied by two men, one was his personal female secretary, Veronica, and the other was his newly recruited apprentice, Martin White (the future first-generation leader of the School of International Relations).

Several historians came in the classroom, all professors at the University of London.

It wasn't until 8:45 that Zhou Hexuan finally came to the classroom, followed by his lecture assistant Yu Peichen.

"Zhou, long time no see!" Toynbee enthusiastically opened his arms.

"Yes, my old friend," Zhou Hexuan smiled and gave the other a hug, and then said to Veronica, "Hello, Mary, you are getting more and more beautiful." ”

Veronica said happily: "Mr. Zhou, you are becoming more and more fascinated by women. ”

After his little secretary finished greeting Zhou Hexuan, Toynbee introduced: "Zhou, this is my student Martin White. ”

"Hello, Mr. Zhou, I am your loyal admirer!" Martin White exclaimed.

"Hello." Zhou Hexuan looked at each other a little surprised, this young man is a great god in the future.

After getting to know all the professors who came to listen to the lecture, Zhou Hexuan finally stepped on the podium, and at the same time, the doors and windows of the classroom were also sealed with black cloths, and he could only rely on the electric lights in the room to provide lighting.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Hexuan, I am from far away China, and I am very happy to meet you in the lecture hall of the University of London...... Has anyone read my "The Rise of Great Powers"? Raise your hand, please. ”

Most of the people who came to listen to the lecture were history majors, and they instantly raised their hands.

Zhou Hexuan continued: "In the book 'The Rise of Great Powers', I elaborated on the rise of several great powers in the world. Whether it is the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, or the United States on the other side of the ocean, everyone must be familiar with these European and American countries. And in the far east, there is also a powerful country called Japan, which I am sure you know very little. Has anyone read my Chrysanthemum and the Knife? ”

This time, only a dozen people raised their hands, and Ma Jue raised his hands high.

"It seems that the book is not selling well in the UK, and the local publishers are losing a lot." Zhou Hexuan said.

"Hahaha!"

There was a chuckle from the audience.

"In that case, I'm going to talk about Japan today," Zhou Hexuan glanced down and asked, "How much do you know about Japan?" Male students sitting on the far left of the second row, please answer. ”

A blonde boy replied, "Japan has an emperor, and like the United Kingdom, it has a constitutional monarchy. Japan was powerful in the Far East, having defeated Russia and annexed all of Korea. Well, that's it. ”

"What else? How much do you know about the historical origins of Japan and the culture and customs of Japan? Zhou Hexuan asked.

The blonde boy shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”

Even the top students in the history department of the University of London know very little about Japan, which shows how bad ordinary British people are, and it is estimated that they will not be able to find out where Japan is if they are given a globe.

Zhou Hexuan drew a simple map of the world on the blackboard and marked: "This is China, here is Korea annexed by Japan, and here is the Soviet Union across Europe and Asia." And Japan, right here, is a small island nation. As early as tens of thousands of years ago, primitive people lived in the Japanese archipelago, but most of the Japanese people today are 'ferrymen' who came by boat. The 'Watars' brought advanced technology from China and the Korean Peninsula, and pottery, bronze, and iron products gradually appeared in Japan, and an agrarian society gradually formed. In the Han Dynasty of China, around the 1st century, a large tribe on the island of Japan was canonized by the Chinese Emperor Liu Xiu, and Japan had its own country name, called 'Wa Nu Country', and the Japanese were also called 'Wa Ren'. ”

Zhou Hexuan wrote the Chinese character and English phonetic transcription of "倭" on the blackboard, and said with a smile: "Why is it called '倭'?" In Chinese characters, 'wei' means 'short', the Japanese at that time were very short, the height was generally only a little over one meter, and they could grow to 1.3 meters and belonged to the big and tall, so the Chinese emperor added a 'person' next to the 'committee' and named the Japanese ancestors '倭'. 'Japanese slave country' actually means 'dwarf country'. ”

Ma Jue sneered and said to himself: "It turns out that the 'Wako' of 'Wakou' came from like this. ”

Hearing the laughter below, Zhou Hexuan said: "Don't think I'm talking nonsense, this is documented." Even in modern times, after decades of improving nutrition, the average height of Japanese people is only 1.5 meters. In ancient times, the Japanese often felt inferior to themselves, and the Japanese royal family and aristocracy often sent their own women to China to borrow seeds in order to improve the human race. ”

It is estimated that it will be difficult for the British to become interested in Japan, and Zhou Hexuan must add all kinds of interesting stories. For the general public, this kind of small story is what they like, and it is more conducive to wide dissemination.

Zhou Hexuan has no pressure on this, anyway, it is black to death, there are many black materials in Japan.