At the end of February 1936, Zhou Hexuan's injuries had completely recovered and he officially set off for Berlin, Germany.

Only Zhang Leyi, Yu Peichen and Sun Yongzhen accompanied them, while Meng Xiaodong and Liao Yaquan returned to China with their children. Vivien Leigh also went back, she hadn't seen her daughter for a whole year, and planned to live in China for a few months before going to Hollywood.

Surprisingly, Wanrong stayed in London and officially entered the Courtauld School of Art to study oil painting. In later generations, the college was part of the University of London, but at this time it was still part of the independent Higher School of Art.

By the way, Sun Yongzhen, who has been single for more than 30 years, has finally found a wife, and she is a blonde exotic girl.

Because he used his body to help Zhou Hexuan block the gun, Sun Yongzhen was hit on the buttocks, and he actually met the female nurse in the hospital. When the two communicated, they didn't understand the language, so they could only rely on gestures, and it really became a good thing to come and go.

In January, Sun Yongzhen got married, and Zhou Hexuan sealed a big red envelope of 1,888 pounds. The two were married in a church in London, and the female nurse named Allen followed Meng Xiaodong to China, intending to make up another Chinese wedding banquet in Tianjin.

On March 8, 1936, Zhou Hexuan and others took a ship from London to Hamburg, and then transferred to a train to Berlin.

On the train, the front page headline of a German-language newspaper was prominently printed with the words "Warm Celebration of the Arrival of the National Army in the Rhine". Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said to Toynbee next to him: "The pace of war is coming." ”

"Zhou, you're thinking too much, it's just a manifestation of Germany's return to normalcy." Toynbee laughed.

Zhou Hexuan shook his head and said, "No, this is a sign of war." The presence of German troops in the Demilitarized Zone of the Rhine was an act of public tearing up of the Treaty of Versailles. ”

"The Versailles Treaty was inherently unfair to Germany." Toynbee argued.

This argument belonged to the general view in Europe, and even the British and French people, who advocated sanctions against Germany in those years, felt that the "Versailles Treaty" was too harsh on Germany. Hitler and Germany's act of tearing up the "Versailles Treaty" was widely sympathized with and recognized by European countries.

"Unfair? Hehe," Zhou Hexuan's laughter was mocking, "the most unfair thing about the Treaty of Versailles is that China, as the victorious power, was divided among the great powers. ”

Toynbee shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm sorry, but the situation is like this, and weak countries can only endure bullying." ”

Zhou Hexuan said helplessly: "I'm just talking." ”

"To tell you the truth, I don't agree with your prediction of Germany's future," Toynbee said, "and Germany will certainly want to expand around the periphery, but at best it can swallow Poland and then march on the Soviet Union, and it will not pose a threat to Britain and France." ”

"We'll see." Zhou Hexuan didn't talk nonsense anymore, this kind of thing is not clear.

The first two volumes of "Historical Research" were "co-authored" by Zhou Hexuan and Toynbee, but now they have diverged.

Toynbee clearly received financial support from the British government when he wrote the third volume of his Historical Studies, much of which was in the service of British foreign policy in the thirties. Therefore, there are many problems in the third volume of "Historical Research", some words are said crookedly, and some words are not said thoroughly, similar to the Spring and Autumn penmanship of Confucius and Sima Qian when they wrote history.

Taking the "Great Unification Nation" as an example, Toynbee, in order to prevent Hitler from uniting Europe into a unified plate, frantically denied the positive influence of the "Great Unified Nation", which was completely playing academic intimidation. He also blackened China to death, believing that China's weakening stemmed from the early formation of a "great unified country."

Reading between the lines, Toynbee implied that only Britain was qualified to engage in a "great unification of the country" through his discussion of India, and believed that India owed great unification to Britain. In fact, in order to rule India for a long time, Britain spared no effort to "fragment" India, which led to the complete fragmentation of India's economy, culture, religion and politics after independence.

Of course, Zhou Hexuan was not happy, he no longer wanted to "cooperate" with Toynbee, and now the historical academic articles of the two were published separately. Toynbee has become a royal scholar of the British government, and some of the ideas in the third volume of "Historical Research" are contrary to his will, but Toynbee still retains the bottom line of a scholar, hiding the truth behind the falsehood, which needs serious thinking to discover.

However, Toynbee was already an international scholar, and his writings were unquestionable. Many historians, including those in China at this time, often read Toynbee's works without thinking, and the expansion of British cultural scholarship became popular all over the world with the third volume of Historical Studies.

Until the end of World War II, the follow-up to the Journal of Historical Studies was published, and Toynbee continued to influence the world with his scholarly articles. The content of this book is closely related to British foreign policy, such as guiding the United States and the Soviet Union to oppose each other through cultural "killing" after the war, and by the way, China is also involved.

The cultural and academic tone of the "Cold War" can be found in "Historical Research."

It was precisely because Toynbee used academic theory to provoke polarization that by about 1950, his academic ideas were attacked by many historians.

No one is a saint, Toynbee has his own homeland, and his scholarship is at the service of England.

As a result, two versions of "Historical Research" appeared in the historiography of this time and space. The first two volumes were co-authored by Zhou Hexuan and Toynbee, and since the third volume, although they have maintained exchanges, their academic ideas have gone their separate ways.

In the 21st century, later historians generally believed that Zhou Hexuan's version of "Historical Research" was more pure, while Toynbee's version was mixed with too many private goods.

In the afternoon, the group arrived at the Berlin train station.

Although no one paid for the organization this time, there were still a lot of people who greeted Zhou Hexuan, and all of them were Chinese.

There was no literature in Nazi Germany, and the government had clearly stipulated that "politics" was equal to "literature" and "literature" was "politics", and the two terms had become one. Therefore, Zhou Hexuan has no real book fans in Germany, and even local German writers have emigrated on a large scale.

However, there are many Chinese in Berlin, because it is the honeymoon period between China and Germany, and the headquarters of the European branch of the Blue Coat Society is located in Berlin.

"Mr. Zhou, welcome!"

"Mrs. Zhou, hello!"

Cheng Tianfang, Chinese Ambassador Plenipotentiary to Germany, led the embassy staff and members of the Blue Coat Society to shake hands with a smile on his face.

Cheng Tianfang, the great-grandson of Cheng Xucai, the governor of Huguang in the late Qing Dynasty, was a student leader in Shanghai during the "May Fourth Movement", a backbone member of the CC Department of the Kuomintang, and successively served as the president of Anhui University, the president of Zhejiang University, the ******, and the director of academic affairs of the Central Political College.

"Brother Cheng, I have to bother a lot when I come to Germany this time." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

"Wherever Mr. Zhou won the Nobel Prize, it is the pride of our Chinese people. If you need help, you will do everything you can. Cheng Tianfang said.

In fact, Cheng Tianfang has just arrived, and he came to Berlin by ship at the end of January to be ambassador, and he has not yet fully figured out the situation. By the way, the diplomatic relations between China and Germany have been upgraded to the level of ambassador, and Cheng Tianfang is the first Chinese ambassador to Germany.

This guy is still a fan of Hitler, and he greatly admires the high degree of organization and the spirit of uniformity of the German fascists, believing that this spirit is very valuable to China, which is scattered in the sand.

As a result, as soon as Cheng Tianfang took office in Germany, he actively made friends with the Nazi Party, and was later invited to participate in the annual meeting of the Nazi Party twice. The Presidency, the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of Propaganda...... Cheng Tianfang will soon be able to get clear, there are his Nazi friends everywhere, and if you want to meet Hitler, you only need to make an appointment.

It was precisely because of Cheng Tianfang's association with the Nazi Party that during his tenure of office, he solved many diplomatic problems left over from the history of China and Germany, and also helped the Chinese who illegally entered Germany to solve practical problems such as residence and business rights. After the outbreak of a full-scale war between China and Japan, Cheng Tianfang successfully won Germany's neutrality and frantically contacted the purchase of German arms during his tenure.

In general, this person is very capable, probably the most glamorous Chinese diplomat in the 30s - it is difficult for the Chinese ambassador to the United States to meet Roosevelt, but Cheng Tianfang wants to meet Hitler as easily as visiting an old friend.

Walking out of the train station, Zhou Hexuan and Tang Yin opened their own doors, and each went to the embassy of their country.

On the way, Zhou Hexuan said to Cheng Tianfang: "Brother Cheng, the Chinese Olympic team will go to Berlin next week." Can you help them find accommodation and training venues, and I'll take care of the funding. ”

"So fast?" Cheng Tianfang was surprised, "The Olympics will not be held for half a year." ”

Zhou Hexuan explained: "The journey has a great impact on the athletes, the last San Francisco Olympics in the United States, Liu Changchun took a three-week boat to arrive, and he is about to enter the competition, how can he play well? Moreover, Chinese athletes are not used to the German climate and food, so it is better to let them get used to it for a while. ”

"Okay, I'll have someone take care of this right away." Cheng Tianfang said solemnly.

Historically, China has sent a total of 69 athletes to the Berlin Olympics, but their situation has been very miserable. In order to raise travel expenses, the Guoshu performance team members went to Nanjing Daguang Theater to perform, and the football players went to Southeast Asia to play exhibition matches to raise donations.

Cheng Tianfang also contributed to this, and he successfully persuaded the German government to provide the Chinese delegation with the emblem and opening ceremony costumes free of charge, and it is said that Hitler personally paid for the entire cost.

In this regard, the Führer is also an old friend of the Chinese people.

It's a pity that Cheng Tianfang doesn't know anything about sports, thinking that people can compete when they arrive, and he didn't do any pre-game preparations at all.

For this regret, Zhou Hexuan naturally wants to fill it. The main purpose of his visit to Germany this time was not to see Hitler receive the medal, but to make arrangements for the Chinese Olympic delegation in half a year. Not to mention winning a few awards, even if there are Chinese athletes entering the finals, they can boost the spirit of the Chinese people.