Anqing Union Medical College is in full swing of construction, but the affiliated hospital was completed ahead of schedule, opening its doors in the hustle and bustle of firecrackers and gongs and drums, and of course, the nun's chants are indispensable??? This is also a combination of East and West.

Dean Griffin was a Yankee in his fifties, of Caucasian Anglo-Saxon descent, and a conservative Puritans, which was almost the most typical mainstream social Yankee. He was sent by both the Rockefeller Foundation and the Protestant Presbyterian Church to China to serve as president of the university. Anqing Union Medical College is a comprehensive medical university covering teaching, scientific research and treatment with a joint fund of 750,000 US dollars jointly funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Protestant Presbyterian Church, and will become the largest and most advanced medical school in Asia.

Chai Dongliang had high hopes for this hospital, China needed a large number of doctors with formal education, and the level of doctors in the hospital was uneven, and opium was supplied to patients by doctors at will, as a cure-all medicine, and even to lull children to sleep, opium smoke would be used, which was a common method used by parents. Walking out into the street, there are eye patients with festering peaches everywhere. Patients with entropion, trichiasis, corneal ulcers, staphyloma anterior and cataracts abound, and most of them have worsened their condition without proper treatment.

Chai Dongliang insisted on vigorously promoting public baths and public toilets in all controlled areas such as Anhui and Jiangxi, using strict laws to stop the bad habit of throwing garbage and defecating on the streets, and promoting the cultivation of cowpox without cost, and the evil surname infectious diseases were effectively controlled, but many common diseases still made him helpless, these diseases that only need simple surgery to cure, but in China they have become incurable, subject to the traditional concept of Chinese, doctors in anatomy and physiology knowledge is extremely poor, Although the famous doctor Wang Qingren in the late Qing Dynasty has published many times in "Correcting Mistakes in Medical Forest", in this era when information exchange is extremely inconvenient, many herbalists have never even heard of their names.

After the opening ceremony, the hospital launched a free clinic for eye diseases, and the medicine and consultation fees were all free, but the Chinese people heard that they wanted to go under the knife on the eyes, even if they didn't want money, they didn't want to have surgery.

Seeing the old man Griffin standing at the door scratching his cheeks anxiously, Chai Dongliang comforted in English: "Don't worry, take your time, they will accept it." ”

Griffin had no choice but to walk back to the office.

Chai Dongliang knew in his heart that everything was not done quickly, in order to cut the braids, the people's troops around the country killed a lot of people, but there were still a large number of people who were unwilling to cut the braids, and later saw that the Qing Dynasty was indeed dead, and there was no possibility of resurrection, and the common people spontaneously cut off the braids.

Education and patience are the best weapons to change China, and the transformation of society in a hurry will often achieve twice the result with half the effort or even be futile. It also takes a lot of patience for Chinese to accept the achievements of modern science and technology.

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"Patience? I can't wait a minute! Endure it any longer, and our Beiyang will be ridden on the head and! Yuan Shikai kicked the table away and smashed a teacup with his hand.

"Father's anger, anger!" Yuan Keding limped over and persuaded hard.

In the president's office in Zhongnanhai Huairen Hall, most of the furnishings were smashed by Yuan Shikai, and the house was in a mess, and Xu Shichang and Yuan Keding kept persuading.

Sun Wen's "Second Revolution" brought Yuan Shikai a golden opportunity, he took advantage of the opportunity of the whole country to criticize the Kuomintang radicals, sent troops to occupy Hubei, Hunan, and Guangdong provinces, and also exterminated the bandit White Wolf, sent troops to Shaanxi and Gansu, and the ruling area suddenly increased by five provinces, so that the governors of each province were demoralized, and they all sent telegrams to express their allegiance to the central political axe, and promised to hand over financial power to Yuan Shikai.

Just when everything was going well, Chai Dongliang, who was still on his feet, suddenly went berserk and used the navy to block the Yangtze River waterway and cut off the Yangtze River ferry on Jinghan Road, so that not a single bullet or grain from Beiyang could be transported to Jiangnan. The Jianghuai army killed Zhang Xun and occupied Nanjing, and crossed the Yangtze River to show off his might under the city of Xuzhou, and now the troops are directed at the three towns of Wuhan, which makes Duan Zhigui frightened. At this time, the minds of the governors at both ends of the rat began to be lively again, and they all looked for various excuses to refuse to hand over financial and military power to the central government.

"President, don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive!" Xu Shichang looked worried: "Feng Guozhang and Lei Zhenchun are unwilling to fight with the Jianghuai army, and they have asked to cross the Yangtze River and return to the north, Duan Zhigui's talent is limited, if you force Chai Dongliang to be anxious, God knows what he can do!" ”

Duan Zhigui's two sons, as everyone in Beiyang knows, he became famous in the late Qing Dynasty, in order to seek the throne of the governor of Heilongjiang, he bought a famous girl Yang Cuixi and gave it to King Qing's son Baylor Zaizhen, but he was caught by the imperial history and impeached him for being despicable and shameless, and the lawsuits were fought in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi. This incident was published in the "Declaration" repeatedly, and Zhigui's name stinked on the street for a while.

Yuan Shikai roared angrily: "White-eyed wolves, they are all white-eyed wolves, Feng Guozhang and Lei Zhenchun were all pulled by Lao Tzu, and now their wings are stiff, and they don't obey!" I don't believe it, without these two rotten eggs, I can't make trough cakes! ”

Xu Shichang secretly said in his heart, if it weren't for Yuan Shikai's jealousy of Duan Qirui, taking Lao Duan from the position of governor of Hubei and putting him in Xinyang, Henan Province to serve as a general office for suppressing bandits, Chai Dongliang might not dare to go straight to Wuhan.

"President, between me, Hubei can't be saved now, let's think about how to keep Hunan and Guangdong." Xu Shichang said helplessly.

Yuan Shikai slapped the table and said: "Duan Zhigui still has 60,000 soldiers in Hubei, even if they are all tofu dregs, they will kill Chai Dongliang's wild boar." ”

Xu Shichang sighed and said: "President, the Beiyang Army with Duan Zhigui is less than 6,000, and the remaining 50,000 people are Li Yuanhong's Hubei army, and now that Tang Hualong has taken refuge in Chai Dongliang, these 50,000 people are probably already hooked up with them, how can they have combat power to control 50,000 suspicious people with only 6,000 lone troops?" President, quickly give an order, let Duan Zhigui and Feng Guozhang and Lei Zhenchun join forces, and it is important to keep Hunan and Guangdong. ”

Yuan Shikai sneered: "Chai Dongliang's appetite is not small, can he swallow our 20,000 Beiyang troops in Jiangnan in one bite?" I'm afraid of breaking his big teeth! ”

Yuan Keding's eyes rolled wildly: "Father, since Chai Dongliang can coerce our army in Jiangnan, let's send troops to Manchuria, Mongolia, and Manchuria, only one division of the Jianghuai Army plus a mixed brigade, but 18,000 people, let's send three divisions to fight!" If Chai Dongliang dares to attack Wuhan, we will swallow the Manmeng controlled by him, who is afraid of whom? ”

Although Yuan Shikai was annoyed, his head was not dizzy, he took a few deep breaths of the cold air of autumn in the north, and then shook his head and said: "No, the combat power of the Jianghuai army is not weak, and it will not help if there are fewer soldiers, and I am afraid that the military salary will be unsustainable if there are more soldiers." Besides, it's a question of who to send to fight now. ”

Yuan Keding smiled and said, "Father, have you forgotten someone?" ”

"Who?

"Cai Songpo!"

Yuan Shikai's eyes lit up: "Oh, he's a general!" ”

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"Boom", the pigeons in the sky whistled clearly, and dozens of pigeons flew around the roof. Cai Ye stood on the platform, and with a wave of his hand, the pigeon flew in the direction he pointed, it seemed that it had been trained a long time ago, and the pigeon and his hand seemed to be tied to an invisible silk thread. Cai Ye had a smug look on his face, and the pigeon was really obedient, letting it fly and falling, like an arm and a finger.

"Songpo, you train pigeons as soldiers!" Outside, there was an official dialect with a strong southern accent.

Cai Ye looked back, and it turned out that Liang Qichao walked behind him silently.

"Teacher, are you here? Please! ”

Cai Ye patted his clothes and respectfully led Liang Qichao into the inner house.

Entering the house, Cai Ye asked Liang Qichao to make the head, then stood up silently, pulled out the stopper of a pastel porcelain jar, used a small basswood scoop to hold some tea, poured it into the Yixing purple sand stone scoop on the table, and poured the hot water in the Western warm pot on the outside of the pot and scalded it, before opening the lid of the pot and pouring water into it. When the water was full, he closed the lid again, shook it for a while, and poured the tea into the tea bowl. opened the lid again, filled it with water, poured it into a small tea cup, and held it in front of Liang Qichao with both hands.

Liang Qichao took two sips of tea and asked with a smile: "Songpo, how is the training of your 'model regiment'?" ”

Cai Ye said with a bitter face: "Don't hide it from the teacher, I have nothing to do with the deputy chief instructor of this 'model regiment', the president asked all divisions in Beiyang to send elite soldiers and strong generals to participate in the training, but they are all untrained recruits, that's all, recruits can also be trained as veterans, but these guys are what Commander Zhang's brother-in-law, Commander Wang's brother-in-law, all of them are arrogant and have no look, and they run away if they say a few ruthless words, Cao Kun and Feng Guozhang are always making trouble with me, That general office, Wang Shizhen, is a Buddha who doesn't care about everything??? I really can't control these guys, not only do I don't want to do it, but even the chief instructor, Mr. Jiang Baili, is also discouraged. ”

Liang Qichao said with a wry smile: "Beiyang has decayed, and the purpose of the President's Training Model Regiment is just to rely on these people to control the military power of various divisions in Beiyang after they are dispersed in the future, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and others are not fools, which one will not see it?" It's strange that they are willing to give you elite soldiers and strong generals, and people just hope that you can't train elite soldiers, so you don't have to trouble them. ”

Cai Yi's face was full of anger, and just as he was about to speak, he only coughed violently, and his face flushed sickly.

"Songpo, your throat disease is getting more and more serious, don't be too tired!" Liang Qichao said distressedly.

Cai Yi waved his hand weakly, and after a long time he stopped coughing, and after a long time, he said slowly: "The man's husband should follow Ban Dingyuan's example, Huo Quai, and seal the wolf Juxu horse leather shroud, but I am here to waste the years, what is the difference between living and dead?" ”

Liang Qichao glared at him angrily and said: "A man should be useful, but your dignified Yunnan Governor is a child, and what do you say is dead or alive, you really became my student in vain!" ”

Cai Ye hurriedly stood up and apologized: "What the teacher said is that the student Meng Lang is gone!" ”

Before he could finish speaking, there was another sharp cough. Liang Qichao patted him on the back with his own hands, helping him calm this unbearable cough.

Cai Ye has been suffering from severe tuberculosis, although it has been treated but only relieved, recently depressed, the disease relapsed, and caused a serious bacterial infection, the throat is swollen like a peach, and even the difficulty of speaking.

Liang Qichao took out a bottle of Western medicine from the sleeve of the cheongsam and put it on the coffee table: "Songpo, there is an old friend who sent you medicine." ”

Cai Ye smiled bitterly: "The teacher knows, any medicine I take for this disease is not good, how can there be medicine that can treat tuberculosis?" ”

Liang Qichao said with a straight face: "Although this medicine can't cure your tuberculosis, it will be of great help to your throat disease. ”

Cai Ye picked it up and looked at it, there were two big words "sulfonamide" written on it, and below was the manufacturer "Anqing Sanyi Pharmaceutical Factory" indicated.

"Oh, I've heard of this medicine, it's very mysterious in the newspapers, but Yanjing is not on the market yet, who gave it away?" Cai asked.

Liang Qichao lowered his voice and said, "Mr. Tang Jiwu! ”

Cai jumped up from his chair: "You mean Tang Hualong, the speaker of the House of Representatives?" ”

Liang Qichao nodded and said, "It was Mr. Jiwu who sent it from Anqing, and he said that this medicine can cure your throat bacterial infection and control your condition." ”

Cai Yi frowned and said, "I don't have a relationship with Speaker Tang?" How could he send me medicine? ”

Liang Qichao smiled faintly and said: "It's a hero who cherishes a hero, so why should it be an old friend?" Let me tell you the truth, it was Chai Guanghua from Anqing who specially instructed Speaker Tang that he sent someone to send medicine to you! ”

Cai Ye was even more surprised: "Chai Dongliang? The president also talked to me this morning, asking me to lead troops to Manchurian Mongolia and attack the Mongolian tun envoy Kuang Haishan and Fengtian to supervise Gu Nanshan! ”

This sentence obviously exceeded Liang Qichao's expectations, and he said with a different expression: "Oh, Yuan Shikai is going to do something to the Jianghuai Army?" Matsupa, what do you think? ”

Cai Ye poured another cup of tea and handed it to Liang Qichao and said, "Teacher, the student didn't want to fight the civil war, so he excused himself on the pretext of being unwell. ”

Liang Qichao nodded and said: "You have done a good job, the Republic of China has only been a few days, there are so many messy things, Sun Wen used the military and police to coerce the Senate in Nanjing, and Yuan Shikai used hooligans to pretend to be the 'Civic League' to coerce the election, these two presidents are so obscene, one is the bandit Xi surname of the Three Points Society, and the other is a hooligan and ruffian??? Hey, the Republic of China is in danger, and the constitution is in danger! ”

Cai Ye couldn't help but shake his head bitterly, the relationship between Sun Wen and the Hui Party is well known, the interim president of Nanjing also serves as the military advisor of Hongmen, and Yuan Shikai has the habit of being a ruffian, he inherited Li Hongzhang's style of "Hanlin turning into a green forest" and being good at playing "ruffians", but Li Hongzhang is a little cultivated as a Hanlin in the two ranks, and Yuan Shikai is a down-and-out ruffian in the Huai Army and Beiyang.

Back then, there were big guys like Li Hongzhang and Rong Lu who could suppress Yuan Shikai, and he also knew that being a man with his tail between his legs has always been more restrained, after Cixi's death, the regent Zaifeng and other Manchurian nobles have always wanted to kill him quickly, Yuan Shikai is even more trembling, when the Republic of China was first established, he couldn't figure out the southeast and northwest for the time being, and he couldn't figure out what this republic was, and the constitutional experts around him always used several Western monarchs who were sent to the guillotine as examples to scare him, so Yuan Shikai looked more gentle and enlightened. After Song Jiaoren's death, Sun Wen launched the "Second Revolution", Yuan Shikai saw through the weakness of the republican system, and he didn't hide it.

The three constitutional advocates in the early years of the Republic of China, Song Jiaoren was assassinated by the Kuomintang and Beiyang together, Tang Hualong resigned and left Anqing in grief and anger, and now there is a disheartened Liang Qichao left in Yanjing City.

Tang Hualong and Liang Qichao were originally loyal supporters of the presidential system, and they have always tried their best to win more power for Yuan Shikai, avoid being constrained by the Senate, and engage in politics in the early years of the Republic of China without success, but Yuan Shikai openly made trouble in the Congress and used hooligan means to coerce parliamentarians, which has broken the bottom line of Tang Hualong and Liang Qichao, making them completely disappointed in Yuan Shikai.

"Teacher, I heard that the construction of Anhui and Jiangxi is very new, I don't know if the crossing is real?" Cai asked.

Liang Qichao shook his head and said: "I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I don't know very well, but in the letter that Speaker Tang gave me, he admired Chai Dongliang very much, especially praised his respect for the legal system!" Speaker Tang said that the economic development of Anhui and Jiangxi was extremely rapid, and Chai Dongliang vigorously promoted free education in the provinces under his control, so that orphaned children could also receive a good education, and the generals of the Jianghuai Army and the officials of the Jianghuai Patrol Embassy. Regardless of the size of the official position, they are wary of the law and dare not take a step beyond the thunder pool??? Anhui, Jiangxi, Fengtian, and Mongolia are all engaged in land reform, allowing cultivators to have their own land, and giving preferential treatment to landlords, and Chai Dongliang even used his own income to supplement land reform??? The Jianghuai army is well-equipped and well-trained, and its orders and prohibitions are strict, which is the only thing to see in his life??? In short, Mr. Tang Jiwu praised Chai Dongliang only in the sky, but there is nothing in the ground! ”

Hearing Liang Qichao's words, Cai Ye suddenly became competitive, and he smiled: "Oh, is the Jianghuai Army so powerful? I'd love to see it! ”

Liang Qichao was puzzled: "Could it be that Songpo really plans to meet with the Jianghuai Army in Manmeng?" You said that you are most tired of fighting a civil war, and besides, the Jianghuai army has made great contributions to the recovery of Mongolia and defeated the Kwantung Army in Mukden in vain trying to occupy the northeast, do you really want to go hand-to-hand with such an army? ”

Cai Yi's interest was raised, the sickly flush on his face also subsided a lot, he didn't cough after talking for a long time, he smiled and said: "Teacher, you know, the battle between Beiyang and the Jianghuai army in Manchu and Mongolia is imperative, if I don't fight, others will fight, instead of letting those who have no way to disturb the people to harm the people of Manchuria, it is better for me to lead the troops to see the combat power of the Jianghuai army." ”

After that, he squeezed his eyes slyly and said, "I will also touch the details of the Jianghuai Army for the teacher to see if it is really as Mr. Tang Jiwu said." ”

Knowing the apprentice is like a teacher, Liang Qichao laughed and said: "Songpo is really mature!" ”

(To be continued)