Chapter 4: Stay in the Republic of China

This day was May 11, 1912 AD. A time traveler came to the ancient city of Beijing, and now he is in the city ruled by Yuan Shikai, the Beiyang Army.

Wang Maoru had a place to stand and had some spare money in his hand, so he bought a horse first. Because someone at Pu Ji's family worked in the police station, he got a pass order to enter and exit the Beijing city gates freely. He sold the watch in his hand and made 2,000 taels of silver. He hired a fugitive famine-flighted servant on the street, and his family became popular.

He entrusted Pu Ji to find his second brother and helped Wang Maoru find the family tree. He learned that there were five families with the surname Wang before the Eight-Nation Alliance of Dongjiaominxiang entered Beijing. Two of them had three families with small families. One large family moved to the south. The other four families were somewhat destroyed by the war more than ten years ago. Pu Ji's follower Yao Quaner took Wang Maoru to find a surviving family with the surname Wang who was in Dongjiaominxiang at that time. However, this family was driven to the countryside. Wang Maoru went to the family to ask about the matter before Dongjiaominxiang.

The family said that in his early years, a foreign comprador was spent, but later it was lost. Wang Maoru left 200 yuan in silver for this family with the same surname. The family was very happy and helped Wang Maoru become a naturalized person. He finally had an identity in this era.

Uraji is a typical young master who likes to show off his character, but he is also a down-and-out young master. His ancestors' foundation has long been squandered, and his family has no investment. However, he is very interested in attracting friends and is very popular. He is known as the Third Young Master in Beijing. Uraji has a new friend, who is generous, talks elegantly, and treats people politely. He has returned from studying in Europe. When talking about interesting words about European folk customs and livelihood, many people have known Europe for the first time.

These two people often go to Shouchun Tower to have a drink, and a few people who love to inquire also followed. One of them was a Japanese man named Zang Pingliang, a reporter from the Shuntian Times. This man has been in China for three years and knows the feelings of Chinese people. As a reporter, he has made a lot of people. Once in Uraji's circle of friends invited him to listen to operas and chat. Wang Maoru knew what these young men liked to listen to, and what they liked to listen to was why Europe has an emperor system, but it was so strong, and China has reformed, but the emperor was gone. The massive amount of information in his previous life made it very easy for Wang Maoru to fool these young men who had never even appeared in Beijing.

Later, I met the worker Zang Pingliang and talked to him about the systems of various countries and the development of various countries. With my words, I brought in many of the knowledge I saw in "The Rise of Great Powers" before, which made the worker Zang Pingliang admire him, and then asked him for an article. Maybe I wanted to be a cultural person and also wanted to make his reputation in the era of the Republic of China. So I spent three days at home and wrote more than 100,000 words of "The Rise of Great Powers: Japan". As soon as I went out, my eyes turned red, which scared Uraji to think he had red eyes.

After handing over this article "The Rise of a Great Power: Japan's Centenary Reform" to the worker Zang Pingliang, Wang Maoru went back to the kang and slept for a day and night before he recovered his vitality.

How can the rise of a great power be clearly explained in just a few words? This Japanese article is actually to attract attention. Nowadays, people with culture in North China have all subscribed to the Shuntian Times at home. When Zang Pingliang saw that this article has a novel idea and broad perspectives between words and speeches. From the international situation, the information of the times, and the regional relationship, it can be said that every word is true and insightful. He immediately published it in the Shuntian Times. Seven thousand words are published every day, and it is temporarily released for three days. Unexpectedly, the response is good. Not only did the Chinese feel deeply after reading it, but they broaden their horizons. Even when the Japanese read it, they also shouted that there are so many Chinese talents.

Especially some people, seeing the century-old reform, can't help but feel sad. If the Qing Dynasty insists on the reform...

The worker Zang Pingliang hurriedly sent Wang Maoru a 2,000-yen manuscript fee. After the serialization of "The Rise of Great Powers: Japan Chapter - Centenary Reform" was completed, and he made an appointment for a manuscript. Wang Maoru gave him another 100,000-word "The Rise of Great Powers: Spain Chapter - Ocean Adventure" to him. Gongzang went back to discuss with the newspaper's president and shareholders, and raised the manuscript fee of one article from 2,000 yuan to 3,500 yuan yen with a high salary of 3,500 yuan.

Later, Wang Maoru took out "The Rise of Great Powers: The Netherlands - The Great undertakings of Small Powers", "The Rise of Great Powers: Britain - Industrial Revolution", "The Rise of Great Powers: France - Romantic Passion", "The Rise of Great Powers: Germany - Iron-blooded Order", "The Rise of Great Powers: Russia - Breaking the Border", "The Rise of Great Powers: The Rise of Great Powers: The American - Dream Country", "The Rise of Great Powers: The Rise of Great Powers: The Austro-Hungarian Empire - Heart of Europe".

For several months, Wang Maoru did not go out and focused on studying articles at home. What he didn't know was that as soon as his "Rise of Great Powers" series of articles was published in the Shuntian Times, it attracted the attention of many scholars. The Peking University was changed to Peking University, and Yan Fu was the first president of Peking University. Yan Fu, the most famous scholar, literati, bourgeois enlightener, translator, and educator at that time, immediately found the president of the Shuntian Times and found out Mr. Xiusheng's residence.

At this time, Yan Fu's view of Chinese and Western cultures matured, and began to enter the stage of self-reflection, tending to return to traditional culture. He was worried that China would lose its "national characteristics" of its own nation, "like a fish leaving the water and staying empty, like a lame person holding a kidnapping to act, and a shorter spirit relying on opium to make a breakthrough, which is called losing its nature," and "losing its nature cannot last for a long time." Out of such a deeper concern about the future and destiny of the Chinese nation, Yan Fu once tried to combine the liberal arts and classics of Peking University into one, and completely use it to govern the old studies, "to maintain the principles, disciplines, ethics and moral articles of our country's four or five thousand years of sages."

However, although Yan Fu followed the Tao, he was not conservative, especially opposed to the current Chinese cultural circle, and some people even advocated the use of letters instead of Chinese characters to change the writing habits of thousands of years. When Yan Fu saw Mr. Xiusheng's rise in a series of great powers, countries around the world praised their nation and their culture, and as if they found a soulmate, they ran to Wang Maoru's home to find him.

But Wang Maoru saw an old man wearing a melon-skinned hat and braided braids, and eagerly saw him, which caught him off guard. Wang Maoru has been writing articles at home and has not even had time to accompany Uraji to go shopping in the flower street. However, he was not fine. He told Uraji to find a library and print and sell his "Rise of the Great Powers" series. The price should not be too expensive, and the paper should not be done well. Uraji was strangely told to make money by writing books. If you don't do it well, how can you make money. Wang Maoru smiled and said that others made money by publishing books, and I only need to make a name for myself. The money I earned is half the price, and I will leave it to you to take care of.

Uraji was proud. Many business printing houses and printing houses, or booksellers, came to visit Wang Maoru. When they learned that the book was published, they handed over to Uraji, which also made Uraji, the lost nobleman, feel like he was calling him back and forth for the first time.

However, Yan Fu is the president of Peking University after all. Pu Ji was proud and did not dare to offend celebrities in the Beijing cultural circle, so he brought him to Wang Maoru. Wang Maoru was surprised to learn that this was actually the president of Peking University. Yan Fu was elegant in his conversation and proficient in many languages. Wang Maoru stood in the world of future generations, looked at the world of his predecessors, gradually analyzing the events, and his vision was deep. The two of them were now in the current state political system, politics, and even the Southern Revolutionary Party, which is now renamed the Kuomintang, and so on.

When the two were chatting in detail, they argued about their views on things from time to time. Although Yan Fu was famous, his mind was very serious about academics. They chatted for a day and night. At night, Wang Maoru called the housekeeper and called for food. They chatted with the world while having wine. Wang Maoru's eloquence was trained as early as when he was doing business, and he responded quickly and spoke in novel ways. In Yan Fu's opinion, he was quite insightful.
Chapter completed!