1855 United States Tycoon

"Brother Yucai! Wait a minute!" As soon as Zhou Shuren walked out of the classroom, he heard someone calling him from behind. When he turned around, he saw that it was his own fellow Lu Weifu.

"Hey, why did you run over at this time." Zhou Shuren knew that Lu Weifu is now taking a Japanese language tuition class so that he can be admitted to a certain Japanese school. When I go out, I go to the rented pavilion every day when I leave the door of the cram school, and when I leave the pavilion, I must go to school. And now, the German language class of the "Tokyo Sole Language Association" where Zhou Shuren is located is at a location that is quite different from the language school where Lu Weifu is studying. Once I went there, I had to waste an hour and a half. For Lu Weifu, who has always cherished time, if there weren't really important things, he would never waste so much time.

"Mr. Zhang is looking for you. There seems to be something important." Lu Weifu replied.

"Ah, Mr. Zhang is looking for me?" Zhou Shuren was a little surprised, but he decided immediately to skip lunch and rush over. So he said to Lu Weifu, "Then we will go right away." Zhou Shuren knew that Mr. Zhang in Lu Weifu's mouth was referring to Mr. Zhang Taiyan. Since watching the film about the Russo-Japanese War at the medical school in Sendai two years ago, Zhou Shuren has made up his mind to abandon medicine and go to literature, and transfer his energy from healing the flesh to the spirit of healing the nation. Therefore, Zhou Shuren did not wait for graduation, so he left the Sendai Medical College and went to Tokyo to engage in cultural communication. At this time, Zhou Shuren had not done a lot of literary creation, and naturally he did not have the pen name that illuminates history-Lu Xun. At this time, Mr. Zhou's main energy was still on translating foreign works.

In the beginning, Zhou Shuren's translation was mainly as a peddler, that is, translating Western works that the Japanese had already translated into Japanese and then translated into Chinese. However, Zhou Shuren soon discovered that there are many problems with such translation. Some Western works, especially cultural and literary works, have been translated into Japanese, and the connotation has changed a lot. If they are translated from Japanese into Chinese, they will be changed again. Distorted once. Many thoughts may be far away from the original work in the end. So even though his life was very tight during this period, he still pulled out the money and started to learn various Western languages.

In 1906, after Mr. Zhang Taiyan was released from prison, he returned to Japan, where he taught Chinese studies and used Dharma to discuss revolution. Zhou Shuren also often went to his class with Little Brother, and he could barely be regarded as a student of Mr. Zhang Taiyan. Although Mr. Zhang Taiyan would probably not regard him as a disciple. However, Zhou Shuren had written "Refuting Kang Youwei's Theory of Revolution" and prefaced Zou Rong's "Revolutionary Army". Extraordinarily respectful. Now that it is Mr. Zhang looking for himself, although he still doesn't know what it is, it is always right to hurry over.

"Hu Jun, if you go back and talk to my Little Brother, you say I have gone to Mr. Zhang." Before leaving, Zhou Shuren finally remembered and asked his classmates to talk to his Little Brother.

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"Shuren, sit down." Mr. Zhang Taiyan smiled at Zhou Shuren, "I heard you mentioned that you studied medicine in Sendai before?"

"Mr. Zhang, I studied medicine in Sendai, but I didn't graduate..." Zhou Shuren hurriedly replied.

"I know, last time you mentioned the difference between healing the body and healing the spirit. But it is quite insightful." Mr. Zhang said with a smile, "Tao Huanqing sent me a letter saying that they were interested. He opened a medical school in Hangzhou and established a western-style hospital. He remembered that you had studied medicine and asked if I could contact you. I called you."

Zhou Shuren heard it, and was about to decline on the grounds that "healing the body is not as good as healing the spirit", but listened to Mr. Zhang Taiyan to continue saying; "Shuren, I know you think that'healing the body is not as good as healing the spirit'. I also agree very much. In your opinion, just like what you said to me before,'Anyone who is a weak citizen, no matter how strong his physique, can only be used as a meaningless material and spectator to show the public', but you have to know, Tao Huanqing To run hospitals and medical schools is definitely not to treat people, but to use this as a guise to carry out the revolution. Therefore, he needs someone who understands medicine and is willing to work hard for the revolution to help him. How about, are you willing to go back? Will you help Tao Huanqing?"

Zhou Shuren thought for a while and replied: "Since it is for the revolution, of course I am willing. It takes a lot of money to just run a western medical school and open a western-style hospital, and I remember that Mr. Tao is actually a poor man."

"Tao Huanqing and the others recently passed Chen Guang, that is, the Taiping Army who was sold to North America. That Chen Guang was a tycoon. He saved the life of the richest tycoon in United States, so he followed suit. After getting rich, this man returned to China and wanted to repair his parents’ graves, but found that because of the rebellion that year, his ancestral tombs were dug up, and his parents’ bones were gone. So naturally he penetrates the bone, some of the Xingzhonghui. He supported the uprising. Chen Guang is well-connected in United States, and now with his help, Tao Huanqing is not short of money for the time being. This hospital is said to be the capital of the United States, and Tao Huanqing does not need to pay. It’s just that people in China don’t really believe in Western medicine, and people in United States don’t really understand Chinese people. So, people in United States feel that they need some Chinese people to help them manage and take care of them. Tao Huanqing also thinks that they can use this as a cover. Prepare for the revolution. Well, Shuren, if you are willing to go, then be prepared to leave as soon as possible. Is there any travel expenses to go back? Tao Huanqing is really rich this time, but he is generous, and sent all the return travel expenses."

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Although Zhou Shuren immediately began to prepare as soon as he was determined to go back to participate in the revolution, it still took another week when he really set off to go back. During this, he and Little Brother also had a little conflict. Little Brother felt that since he had decided to save the country through literature and art, he should stick to this path to the end and should not take another path. Zhou Shuren took Byron as an example and believed that art and revolution could go hand in hand.

In the end, Big Brother persuaded Little Brother, and then in this year, for the second time on board the ship returning home.

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Walking on the edge of the West Lake, Zhou Shuren found that many people on the road looked sideways at him. Zhou Shuren knows what this is all about, the reason is very simple, because he has no braids. A few months ago, when he went home to get married, Zhou Shuren also wore a fake braid. However, it was for his mother, and now, he naturally refused to wear fake braids.

At one time, the Manchu Dynasty had very strict control over the hair styles of the common people. In the early years, it was serious and really used to keep the head but not the hair, and the hair but not the head. After the Opium War, especially after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Manchu control over the place became weaker and weaker. Later, when the revolutionary party began to appear, when the revolutionary party expressed the tendency of anti-Manchu revolution, they often adopted it. The way to cut off the braids. At one time, the Manchu Dynasty also used no braids as a sign to capture the Revolutionary Party. However, as the Manchu Dynasty was defeated in foreign wars, its fragility was exposed, which further weakened his control of the locality. As the west wind spreads eastward, the influence of foreigners is getting bigger and bigger, so more and more people cut their braids, and it gradually becomes a fashionable thing. Although the Manchu government did not allow this, it did not pursue it anymore. So if you are in Shanghai nowadays, the average person would not be surprised to see young people wearing suits without braids behind their heads.

However, compared to Shanghai, Hangzhou is a small place after all. Here, men without braids are still relatively rare. Therefore, people will naturally look a little weird when looking at him.

However, this vision did not make Zhou Shuren feel uncomfortable, and even this vision gave him a sense of inspiration. Looking at these people, he felt heavy that it was a very meaningful thing to return to China.

"Yucai, look over there, that's the location of our medical school." Tao Chengzhang said, pointing to a piece of weeds on the edge of the West Lake.

"Mr. Tao, where is the hospital built?" Zhou Shuren asked.

"The hospital, of course, is in the city." Tao Chengzhang said, "It is more convenient to build a hospital in the city. However, the land in the city is expensive, so I chose this place. Moreover, it is more remote and many things are easy to handle. Some."

Zhou Shuren knew that many things Tao Chengzhang said were easier to handle, referring to the preparations for revolution.

"It's just that I'm just an assistant. The people of the United States decide everything in the school. I'm afraid it will be hidden from them. It will not be easy to prepare for the revolution." Zhou Shuren frowned and replied.

"It's really not easy, but if the principal is willing to help, it's actually not difficult." Tao Chengzhang laughed. "This school was funded by the Salvation Hospital of United States, and the money for the Salvation Hospital comes from the Baptist Church. So. Theoretically, the Baptist Church would send a superintendent. However, considering that the school is not large and it is too far away from United States, they send people specifically, and they don’t have so many people to send, so they only sent a principal. Come here as a superintendent. This person is McMillan. He is a military doctor and a man of lofty ideals. He was in Cuba and fought for the Cuban Revolution. He is a friend of Mr. Chen Guang and a person who is completely trustworthy."

"Where are the other teachers?" Zhou Shuren asked again, "Are they all our comrades?"

"That's not so much." Tao Chengzhang replied, "Six of the other faculty members are from the United States, and the others need to be hired by ourselves. In addition, since the United States Baptist Church pays, we hope to do Although we can borrow a medical school, the matter of running a medical school itself is also a good thing for China, and we must do it well."

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