Five days later.

Dirt Dirt –

The train from Calais to Paris is about to arrive.

Lu Shi, Tolstoy, Verne, Poincaré, Roland,

Five people sit in a box and play Monopoly.

Tolstoy was amazed,

"I don't know why, I obviously hate landlords and capitalists the most, but once I play this game, I can't help but want to kill other players, it's too addictive."

Roland chuckled,

"Toon, you want to put people to death, but you've never succeeded."

"Ah......h

Tolstoy couldn't help but be embarrassed.

Lu Shi changed the topic at the right time and said: "Toon, do you think "Monopoly" is on top, or is it on the landlord?" ”

Tolstoy thought about it,

"Fight the landlord."

Sure enough, short, flat, and fast are pleasing in every era and every country,

It's hard to crook the dragon king's short drama to explode in Europe and the United States.

After a few minutes,

Dirt Dirt –

The train whistle sounded again.

Tolstoy raised his hand, threw the few remaining pieces of paper money back at the Monopoly bank, and said, "It's about to be there." Don't play~Don't play~"

He was so reckless that he even lost his real estate card.

The other four looked at each other.

Tolstoy waved his hand and said, "Don't look at me like that. When I got to Paris, I had to change trains, so I wanted to close my eyes and refresh myself. ”

"Poof!"

Lu Shi laughed,

"Okay, okay, that's fun, isn't it?"

He also lost his banknotes and real estate cards, and said: "I admit to being the first, no one objects, right?" ”

And the crowd laughed wildly,

"Hahahaha!"

After a long time, Tolstoy restrained his smile and said in a low voice: "Lu, Ling came to Paris this time to be a judge of the Jules Verne Prize. The theme of science fiction has just entered the classroom, so you must be cautious and cautious. ”

Lu Shi and Verne nodded in unison.

Tolstoy was relieved,

He has no doubt that science fiction will become a big category in the future.

At this point, the train begins to slow down.

Tolstoy got up,

"We sort out ......"

Before the words fell, he was interrupted by Roland,

"Toon, you...... Can you show me the medals? Nobel Medals. ”

Only then did everyone remember that Roland was Tolstoy's little fan brother, and he had even written to Tolstoy as a fan before.

Poincaré smiled good-naturedly,

"yes, take it out and let's take a closer look."

Tolstoy would not have objected.

He took out a blue down box from his suitcase and slowly opened it.

In the soft sunlight, the medals shine brightly, as if there is a mysterious power,

The front of the medal is carved with a profile portrait of Nobel, which is delicately carved, and the gaze is deep and determined, and even the wrinkles and beard are lifelike.

Roland muttered:

"Mr. Nobel's face, even after the baptism of time, is still vivid."

Verne said, "It's fascinating." ”

The corners of Lu Shi's mouth are hooked,

"The charm of the medal is average, and the key is the solemnity and honor it symbolizes."

Especially in the context of the first Nobel Prize in Literature,

Tolstoy was almost "held" on the podium by the entire literary circle, and the honor was heavier.

Roland reversed the medals,

An olive branch is printed on the back, symbolizing peace and knowledge,

Each leaf is delicate, as if it can convey the breath of nature.

Roland returned the medal,

"Thank you, Toon."

Tolstoy nodded, his fingers lightly touching the medal,

"I could feel the coldness and delicacy of it. It's a touch that makes me feel like I'm connected to it in a wonderful way. ”

As he spoke, he raised his head,

"In the future, the Nobel Prize will become one of the most important prizes in the world."

Poincaré asked, "Why do you say that?" Is there a reason for the big bonus? ”

Tolstoy spreads his hands,

"It's important to have a lot of bonuses. But more important is publicity. Don't look at the Swedish Academy of Literature being slapped in the face by Lu this time, but it also framed the entire literary circle in disguise, so that everyone recognized this award. ”

The rest nodded,

Seon lost his horse, but he didn't know if it was a blessing.

In Western parlance, "If it does not kill you, it will make you stronger."

Tolstoy put the medal back in the suitcase,

Waiting for the train to stop, several people got off the train in turn and walked to the station.

Tolstoy was going to buy a copy of the Mirror, and when he was ready to change trains,

Roland volunteered to run errands.

As a result, it didn't take long for him to run back out of breath,

"Look...... Look at this! ”

He had not the Mirror in his hand, but the German Historical Magazine.

Since Paris Station is one of the most internationally connected railway stations, it is not uncommon to buy foreign magazines and newspapers.

Tolstoy took it,

Looking at the cover, he couldn't help but "Huh? He was very puzzled.

"How?"

The other three leaned up to look at the cover.

The first reaction, they all thought they had seen "The Yellow Peril",

Because the picture on the cover is almost exactly the same in composition.

But if you look at it a second time, you will find the difference,

In The Yellow Peril, an angel representing the Germanic peoples holds a shining sword and admonishes the patron gods of the European powers:

The "Yellow Peril" has arrived.

And Europe (France, Germany, Italy, etc.) is uneasy.

The background of the whole oil painting is very depressing,

Dark clouds,

City Burning,

The Holocaust is coming.

And this cover is very different,

The angels of Germany are embracing with open arms, and the anthropomorphic images of other European countries are also smiling, and the meaning of openness and welcome does not need to be explained in words.

There is also an inscription by Wilhelm II on the picture:

"Embrace civilization."

From the "Yellow Peril" to "Embracing Civilization", this turn is inevitably too fast!

A few people were silent,

“……”

“……”

“……”

I don't know how long it took, Verne couldn't help but whisper: "Niu X! What a cow X! ”

When he looked at Lu,

"Professor Lu, this is your masterpiece, right?"

Lu Shi smiled and nodded,

"Hmm."

The crowd was in awe.

In the United States, the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act was eliminated as much as possible;

In Germany, the land time can turn the Yellow Peril.

Such an influence is really not something that ordinary literati can do.

And, not just influence,

You have to be able to flicker,

It's the kind that can be fooled.

Lu Shi proposed: "Don't look at the cover, let's flip back and see the text corresponding to this cover." ”

Verne said: "It's like it's called 'Five Thousand Years Up and Down'. ”

He flipped through a few pages, then whispered in his voice:

——

Up and down for 5,000 years?

When you see this phrase, your first reaction may be, "It must be 10,000 years." ”

But in fact, "up and down" refers to "after BC and AD",

It adds up to a total of 5,000 years.

And this time is the time when Chinese civilization existed.

——

Lu Shi muttered: "It seems that this was written by Professor Meng Sen." ”

Tolstoy was curious,

"How do you know he wrote it?"

Lu Shi replied: "I was on the same cruise ship as him, and we discussed it when we met in Gothenburg. ”

Tolstoy suddenly realized,

"It's like, 'Why is he so compared to Toon!' That? ”

Lu Shi was stunned for a moment, and then laughed,

I didn't expect Tolstoy, the old man, to joke too.

He waved his hand,

"Let's move on."

Verne went on to read,

——

Among the ancient civilizations in the world, the continuity of the development of Chinese civilization is very prominent.

The most direct evidence of this is Chinese characters.

To speak Chinese characters, you must first speak Latin,

The people who invented the concept of words generally use words that directly communicate with the concept of meaning.

Once the surrounding communities understood the concept of writing, they seldom invented it on their own, but used the invented writing to record their own language.

……

——

What follows is professional.

When Lu Shi saw it, he felt that Meng Sen could fool better than himself.

Monson first talks about history,

Subsequently, starting from the long and unbroken civilization, it proves that the Chinese are not "yellow peril".

At the end of the article, he even quotes Napoleon's famous quote:

"When a male lion falls asleep, the flies dare to go to its head and bark a few times, but when the male lion is awakened, the world will tremble."

Lu Shi listened to Verne read it, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart,

The course of history is really interesting,

"Napoleon the Great tried to use the lion to describe China, saying that when the sleeping lion wakes up, the world should be frightened."

These words are actually from the "Notes of the Tibetan Chamber" by the modern literary master Hu Shi.

As for whether Napoleon's original words describe China or not......

It can only be said that the lion is the king of beasts, and France happened to be the hegemon of Europe, and Napoleon was the emperor of the First French Empire.

Well, everything is a coincidence.

What I didn't expect was that

Because of the turmoil in Lu Shi, there was no need for Hu Shi to quote it first, and Meng Sen began.

Tolstoy patted Lu Shi on the shoulder,

"Lu, you are more successful than me."

Lu Shi shook his head,

"Toon, you ......"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Tolstoy,

"If I write a book, I can only win a Nobel Prize for Literature. And you? It is really ...... to let Kaiser Wilhelm change his tune It's ......."

Tolstoy stumbled a little and couldn't seem to find the right words.

Poincaré said for him:

"Great."

Tolstoy nodded repeatedly, "Yes." The word 'great' is indeed appropriate. Those who can fight for the living space of their compatriots overseas are great people. ”

Lu Shi: "......"

There is no way to refute it.

Frankly speaking, he just did his best, and he didn't want to go down in history at the time.

Perhaps, this is the consciousness of being a traverser.

Poincaré asked, "Was this 'Yellow Peril Theory' put forward by Kaiser Wilhelm?" ”

Lu Shi shook his head and glanced at Tolstoy.

Tolstoy looked the same way and said, "Not Kaiser Wilhelm." It is generally believed that the initiator of the 'Yellow Peril Theory' was the Russian Bakunin. He wrote a book advocating the 'Yellow Peril' called The State System and Anarchy. ”

Roland chewed on the title,

"Is that Bakunin? Mikhail Bakunin? The founder of anarchism? ”

Tolstoy nodded,

"The tsar called it 'Bakuninism.'"

Roland was a little incomprehensible,

There is no doubt that in feudal Russia, the advocates of anarchism were certainly advanced,

However, how could Bakunin judge people by their nation?

Lu Shi saw Roland's doubts,

He smiled: "People are contradictions. ”

Roland sighed and asked, "What about after Bakunin?" ”

Tolstoy had only heard of Bakunin, and he didn't know much about the details.

He looked at Lu Shi.

Lu Shi understood and continued: "Bakunin's work is based on what he saw and heard in China during his exile, and he believes that China is a 'great danger'. I can even memorize some of the original ......"

The other four showed expressions of admiration,

However, Lu Shi's erudition and strong knowledge could not surprise them much.

They waited quietly.

Lu Shi memorized a paragraph,

“

'China has a population of 400 million. They lived in such a crowded manner that more and more people were now immigrating in an unstoppable manner...... This is the danger that almost inevitably threatens us from the East. It is wrong to belittle the Chinese. ’

”

Poincaré said: "Looking at this paragraph alone, the logic seems to make sense. ”

Indeed, this paragraph sounds like a "China threat theory" at best,

It is far from the "Yellow Peril Theory".

"Tsk......"

Lu Shi couldn't help but be speechless,

"What about this one?"

He continued to recite:

“

'Combine this discipline and familiarity with new weapons and tactics Chinese with the barbarism, the lack of humaneness, the absence of freedom-loving instincts, and the habits of slave-like obedience, and taking into account the fact that the great population of China had to find a way out.......'

”

Before the words fell, Verne scolded in a low voice: "! ”

Lu Shi looked over,

"How?"

Verne glanced at Tolstoy, and then whispered: "What is the 'no freedom-loving instinct, slave-like obedience habit', why doesn't he say that Russia was still feudal serfdom before?" ”

The reform of serfdom in Russia was not so long ago -

Year 1861.

History textbooks make it very clear.

Lu Shi glanced at Verne,

The heart says,

This old brother, how can he look more angry than himself.

Verne continued: "Moreover, the fact that 'there is no sense of humanity' is also outrageous. Didn't you in China say that 'when the granary is full, people will naturally obey the law'? ”

Lu Shi was a little confused when he heard it,

After a long time, he reacted and said: "'Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing'? ”

Verne nodded,

"Yes, yes, yes! That's it! ”

Lu Shi was speechless,

I don't know what's going on with foreigners who know me, one or two, all of them like to quote ancient Chinese precepts,

However, few of them are correctly quoted.

He went on to explain: "The meaning of this phrase is that when the warehouse is full, the people will understand what etiquette is; When food and clothing are abundant, the people will recognize honor and shame. ”

Verne nodded,

That's really philosophical. We French used to in the fireplace when we didn't have enough to eat. ”

This example is also too interesting.

Lu Shi said: "That, Mr. Verne, you don't have to. ”

Roland and Poincaré chimed in,

"Not necessarily."

Verne was embarrassed: "That's what I meant." Bakunin asked a bunch of underfed peasants to talk about humanitarianism, isn't that? It is even more ridiculous to even draw the 'Yellow Peril Theory' from this! ”

Verne was very excited,

Roland hurriedly patted him on the back and said, "Monsieur Verne, don't be so angry that you can't carry your back. After all, there are more than seventy people......"

Verne gave Roland a blank look,

Then he looked at Tolstoy as if he remembered something,

"Speaking of which, Mr. Tolstoy, the 'Yellow Peril' theory does not seem to prevail among the Russian people."

Tolstoy nodded,

"Just like Lu just said, 'Cang Liao knows etiquette and knows honor and disgrace when he has enough food and clothing'. Although the 'Yellow Peril Theory' is not a etiquette, as a trend of thought and an ism, only those who have eaten enough are worthy of it. A bunch of peasants in Russia are hungry, how can they care about foreigners? ”

That's right.

Lu Shi spreads his hands,

"So, in a way, the root of the 'Yellow Peril' theory is indeed in Kaiser Wilhelm."

Wilhelm II wrote to Tsar Nicholas II,

What "set out to conquer the East",

What "if you really want to engage in conquest, why not start with China?" ”、

What "the vast land is waiting there",

……

It makes people angry when they think about it.

Tolstoy asked, "Lu, why do you think so?" ”

Lu Shi spreads his hands,

"In the final analysis, Bakunin is just a scholar, with no power, no money, and no power, what vital role can he play?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, the other four people all looked at Lu Shi with extremely strange eyes.

Staring – ×4

It made Lu Shi get goosebumps all over his body.

"Goo......

He swallowed stiffly and asked, "That...... Did I say something wrong? ”

Tolstoy looked straight at him,

"Lu, aren't you a scholar?"

"Ah......h

Lu Shi was rectified.

Poincaré on the side joked: "Professor Lu is indeed a scholar, but he is powerful, rich, and powerful!" ”

Lu Shi waved his hand again and again,

"No, I don't have the right!"

Poincaré laughed again,

"You see, you don't deny that you are rich and powerful."

Lu Shi: "......"

The decision was not to speak.

Tolstoy patted Lu Shi on the shoulder and said, "If only one day, I could become a 'scholar' like you." ”

After speaking, he took a deep breath and looked at the big bell tower of the Paris train station,

"I have to go."

Roland: "Huh? "With a bang,

"Toon, I haven't bought you the Mirror yet~ wait...... I'll help you with your luggage. ”

He's about to act,

Tolstoy stopped him,

"I'll just do it myself."

After speaking, he waved his hand, said goodbye to a few people, and then picked up his luggage and walked towards the waiting hall.

It didn't take long for Tolstoy's back to disappear.

The other four stood there for a long time.

Finally, Roland took the lead in opening his mouth,

"I think Toon is already a great student...... Great writer too. His writings, though difficult for the peasants to understand, could inspire and inspire writers throughout Europe, especially Russian ones. ”

These words reminded Lu Shi of Gorky, who had a one-sided relationship,

The "people's writer" was deeply influenced by Tolstoy.

Lu Shi took a deep breath,

"Let's go."

He turned to Verne,

"I still live at the Collège de France?"

Verne nodded,

"Yes, 'a scholar.'"

Lu Shi: "......"

"Monsieur Verne, can you please stop calling me that."

Verne still nodded,

"Okay, 'a scholar'. Got it, 'a scholar'. ”

Lu Shi is irritable,

"Damn Frenchmen!"

(End of chapter)