According to the usual practice, the scholars and politicians of each province were filled by officials such as Shilang, Jingtang, Hanlin Guan, Zhan Shi, Branch, Dao and subordinates who were born as Jinshi, among which Hanlin officials were the most. This change to the school government is no exception, and most of them are lecturers and editors of the Hanlin Academy.

The decree was issued by the same batch, so everyone was together at the time of His Majesty's speech. On that day, Sun Yuanqi put on his official uniform and came to the noon gate early, where he saw a group of officials who arrived first chatting around. Because he entered the official career late and did not often move in the capital, Sun Yuanqi was not very familiar with the people around him. Only the editor Chen Botao, because he laughed at himself last time, he still roughly recognizes him, but he is not easy to entertain.

After a while, the officials of Honglu Temple began to roll call with the list of gifts that had been ranked. Sun Yuanqi was the right waiter of the Acting Science Department before, and his official position was the highest in this group of people, so he naturally ranked first. The other officials of the Hanlin Academy have been relieved of their posts of revision and editing, and have been appointed as Taoists. The Taoist is from the third grade or the fourth grade, which is far worse than Sun Yuanqi.

Lined up, followed the officials of Honglu Temple to the Taihe Temple.

A moment later, Cixi and Guangxu entered the palace and ascended the throne, and everyone knelt down together, shouting long live. Between kneeling, Sun Yuanqi took the opportunity to look at Emperor Guangxu. This was the first time I had seen him, and he was sitting on the dragon chair, his face a little blank, similar to the state of loss of consciousness after being frightened. To use a sentence in Lu Xun's "Blessing" to describe it, it couldn't be more appropriate: "Only the occasional round of eyes can still indicate that he is a living thing." ”

After everyone saluted, Emperor Guangxu said softly: "You love Qing's body. ”

If it weren't for the silence in the hall, I guess I wouldn't have heard him speak.

With the roll call of the officials of Honglu Temple, everyone began to step forward one by one to accept the reprimands of the emperor and the empress dowager: "The right attendant of the school, the Hubei envoy Sun Yuanqi——"

Sun Yuanqi secretly said in his heart, "Pit father, why does my brother have to kowtow to this girl", but his hands and feet were not slow at the moment. After kneeling, I heard Cixi say on the side: "Your Majesty, this is Sun Yuanqi, a great scholar often mentioned by foreigners. ”

"Oh?" Emperor Guangxu had some expression and asked, "You are that Sun Yuanqi?" ”

Sun Yuanqi scratched his head: "At least so far, the minister has not met the same name, and the Sun Yuanqi that the emperor said is me."

Cixi smiled quietly: "Your Majesty, this person is Mr. Sun's nephew, who grew up studying abroad, and he is the most interesting to speak. ”

Guangxu nodded: "Sun Yuanqi, I heard that you have studied that light is a small particle?" ”

Sun Yuanqi commented in the most popular words: "Light is composed of countless photons. A photon is a particle that is so small that it cannot be seen and can only be proved by experiments. But it is the fastest particle in the world, traveling 300,000 kilometers per second. And it can't stop, and when it stops, the mass goes to zero. ”

Emperor Guangxu didn't seem to understand when he heard it, and asked: "I have heard that you have developed some alchemy?" ”

Sun Yuanqi then commented: "All kinds of substances in the world are actually composed of various particles, and only electrons, photons, neutrons and so on are known at present. Different numbers of particles make up different atoms. For example, the iron atom is composed of 26 protons, 30 neutrons, and 26 electrons; The gold atom, on the other hand, is composed of 79 protons, 118 neutrons, and 79 electrons. As long as advanced science and technology are used to change the number of particles of iron atoms to the same as gold atoms, then it is equivalent to turning iron into gold. However, it is very, very difficult to achieve this transition, and it can take several days for the instrument to run for a successful atom. Therefore, this kind of alchemy has only scientific value, not application value. ”

Guangxu continued to ask: "I used to read the "Historical Records", in which Li Shaojun once said, 'Dansha can be turned into gold, and gold can be turned into a food and drink vessel to benefit longevity'. If in the future, through your kind of alchemy, you turn dansa into gold, and then use that gold to make eating utensils, can you make people live longer? ”

"Absolutely not," Sun Yuanqi replied with great certainty.

Guangxu was a little disappointed, stopped talking, and returned to the state of the mud puppet just now.

Cixi said at this time: "Sun Yuanqi, the mourning family heard that there was a couplet hanging at the door of Yuelu Academy, writing 'Only Chu is talented, and Yu Si is prosperous', which shows that Hunan and Chu are humanities. This time, I ordered you to be the envoy of Hubei, which is to hope that you can vigorously build a school in this humanistic place and educate talents for the country. Since you can run a university in the fourth or fifth grade on your own, I believe that in Hubei, with the support of the imperial court and the local government, you can set up another one in three or four years. If you go to Hubei, if it is related to the establishment of a school, you can do it cheaply, and you don't have to play it beforehand. There is Zhang Xiangtao's support in the locality, and there are emperors and mourning families in Beijing who make decisions for you, so don't be afraid of those gossip. ”

After listening to Cixi's statement, the rest of the people secretly envied themselves: what a creation this surnamed Sun is, he can get such a holy favor

Only that Chen Botao chrysanthemum tightened, thinking: No wonder this kid dares to be so horizontal, it turns out that the relationship between the people is all over the world, fortunately, he was not impeached that day, or he will definitely have to be eaten. No, I have to find a time to treat him to a meal to make amends, lest he hold a grudge and stumble on me.

After a dozen people, Emperor Guangxu didn't speak much at all, and Cixi only programmed to encourage them to "practice practical government with a solid heart, run a new school with new knowledge, and work hard to educate talents for the country".

When they got out of the Forbidden City, a group of people surrounded Sun Yuan, and they had to have a perfunctory fight with them at the moment.

According to Sun Yuanqi's current level, and three months is still very generous, he can sit in a sedan chair and go to Hubei by land. Sun Yuanqi thought it was so time-consuming and laborious, so he decided to take a train to Tianjin first, take a sea ship from Tianjin to Shanghai, and then change the river ship from Shanghai to Wuchang against the current. After cleaning up, Sun Yuanqi said goodbye to Vera's mother and son, without alarming the teachers and students of the school, and took more than a dozen unconcerned security guards, as well as Lao Zhao and Lao Kou, Lin Shu and others, and took the train from the front door to Tianjin.

Sun Yuanqi originally just wanted to travel in a low-key manner, but as soon as he went out, he found that he couldn't be low-key at all. Whether you're taking a train or a boat, when you buy a ticket, people ask, "What for?" "If you don't have fame or official position, let alone a box, a first-class seat, or a second-class seat. But as soon as the identity of the second grade was revealed, people came up and said: "Master, how many do you want in the box?" ”

This time he transferred to Shanghai, Sun Yuanqi also had a purpose, that is, he wanted to talk to Tony. Since 1903, when Tony and he came to the Far East from the United States, the two have not had the opportunity to talk face-to-face, except for the daily correspondence, and they do not know how well his Japanese Broadcasting Corporation and Chunghwa Broadcasting Corporation are running. Therefore, I sent a telegram to him before leaving, hoping to meet him in Shanghai.

In mid-May, Sun Yuanqi's sea ship arrived in Shanghai and berthed at the third wharf of China Merchants Bureau on the Huangpu River. Although there was a lot of luggage, there were a lot of young men who could accompany them, shoulder-to-shoulder, and they didn't bother others, and the group walked down the crowd. As soon as I got off the boat, several huge banners were displayed in the crowd that greeted the guests:

"Warmly welcome President Sun to Shanghai"

"Greetings to the Hubei University Envoy Sun"

"Expulsion of Mr. Sun Baixi" ......

Sun Yuanqi was a little surprised, it seemed that before he came to Shanghai, he only told Tony, why did so many people come to expel him? Looking around, there is no doubt that the first person to notice is Tony. Not because he was tall and big, nor because of yellow hair and white skin, but because the Chinese around him saw him and subconsciously avoided a step. In the dense crowd, there is a ghost guy who has lost his life, who can't see him?

"Long time no see, Tony," Sun Yuanqi stepped forward quickly and greeted him in English.

"Long time no see, Yanke" Tony stood there without moving, looking a little strange.

Sun Yuanqi was a little strange: "What's the matter, Tony? It doesn't look good at you, is there something wrong with your broadcaster? ”

Tony's face became more and more distorted: "In reality, the broadcaster runs very well. You see, I just said on the radio yesterday that you would arrive in Shanghai this afternoon, and so many listeners came to expel you. Why- ah, don't pinch me."

Tony suddenly screamed and jumped to the side. Only then did Sun Yuanqi realize that there was a person hiding behind him, and when he looked closely, who else could it be if it wasn't Lilith? I saw Xiao Nizi with tears in her eyes, standing there pitifully, if it weren't for the public right now, it is estimated that she would have jumped up and cried. Sun Yuanqi took a deep breath and calmed his agitated mood: "Lilith, when did you arrive in China?" ”

"Half, half a month ago." Lilith said, sobbing.

Tony still reminded: "You husband and wife should wait until the evening to talk to each other, there are still a lot of people watching"

Sun Yuanqi nodded at Tony and Lilith, and then walked to the side, followed by Tony and Lilith. The first person I saw was Xia Ruifang, who was really an iron buddy and a good partner, and when he heard the radio, he came to the dock to expel him.

Then came Yang Du, dressed in a bamboo cloth robe, shaking a paper fan in his hand, and said with a smile: "Baixi, we have already made an appointment, you are developed, and you want to bring your brother with you." Now that you are a member of the second grade, so the foolish brother came to beg for a bowl of rice."

"It's easy to say, it's settled, the salary is two thousand taels a year" Sun Yuanqi was looking for someone to be a staff member, so he came up, and he was really sleepy and met a pillow.

As for the people holding the sign "Greeting the Hubei Scholar Envoy Sun" are some Hubei officials and eunuchs living in Shanghai, China has always had the conservative attitude of "respecting teachers and valuing education", and they came to expel the Scholar Envoy who was in charge of the cultural movement in his hometown, and it was completely successful. Next, it was Yang Shiqi, the prime minister of Nanyang College, with a few students. The two universities have some exchanges in teaching and scientific research, and it is reasonable for them to come and expel them. ……

In the end, there were two middle-aged people with their families, looking at Sun Yuanqi with a smile on the side, which made Sun Yuanqi very strange, so he took the initiative to come forward and ask, "Who are the two brothers?" ”

The slightly younger man laughed and said, "It's right to call 'brother', but it's not right to call 'brother'."

It was the older one who solved his doubts: "Baixi, you still don't recognize us, right?" I'm Sun Duoxin, he's Sun Duosen, when I was in Beijing, didn't the fifth grandfather mention the two of us? ”

"Oh-" Sun Yuanqi heard their names, and then remembered that the boss had indeed mentioned these two, and immediately stepped forward to greet him, "Junior brother Sun Yuanqi to meet his brother"

Lilith, who was following behind, asked in English, "Yank, do you know them?" ”

"Lilith, come and get to know each other, these two are my brothers." Sun Yuanqi pulled Lilith by hand.

I saw Lilith open her mouth wide and a surprised look.

Sun Duoxin's brothers were also surprised: "Baixi, do you know this Western woman?" ”。.。