The Rise of the Writers of the Republic of China

Zhou Hexuan's first academic lecture in London was arranged at the History Department of the University of London.

At eight o'clock in the morning, Ma Jue hurriedly finished his breakfast and ran to the large classroom of the History Department to occupy a seat. She skipped class because she majored in political science and had no choice but to skip classes in order to attend lectures.

There were several other Chinese students who skipped class with Ma Jue. Perhaps it was because of the excessive praise in the newspapers during this period that Zhou Hexuan's popularity exploded. Even if they came to the classroom early, there were still not many seats left.

"We stand and listen, Ma Jue, you sit down first." A male classmate said courteously.

"That's right, that's right," another male classmate echoed, "There's still an empty seat in the seventh row. That's already the one at the front. Ma Jue, go and sit there."

The number of female college students in the Republic of China was rare, and even fewer could study abroad. Those who were able to study at the University of London were extremely rare. Ma Jue was the only Chinese female student at the University of London at this time, and because she was so beautiful, she was immediately regarded as a goddess by the Chinese students at the University of London.

In order not to disturb Ma Jue's study and life, the boys even reached an agreement in private: each person can only write a maximum of one love letter to Ma Jue per month. If the number exceeds the number, he will be regarded as a public enemy!

Historically, because Ma Jue had too many suitors at Peking University, scandals were reported in the newspapers. Unable to bear the disturbance, she announced her marriage before even graduating, and she was marrying an ordinary customs clerk, which made countless admirers sigh with regret.

Now there seems to be some changes. Not only did Ma Jue not get married, but she also successfully completed her studies and came to study at the University of London in England.

"Hey, why is there a big white cloth on the wall of the podium?" said a male classmate.

Ma Jue was also confused. Just as he was about to speak, several reporters with cameras suddenly came in one after another. Soon, someone else came in with a movie projector, and black cloth was hung on the windows, making the classroom dim for a while.

"Professor Toynbee!"

A student in the front row shouted, and other students were stunned for a moment, then immediately left their seats and rushed over.

In recent years, Toynbee has become famous not only in Britain but also throughout Europe. Even Hitler will award Toynbee with the "Reich Chancellor Medal" next year. At this time, he was serving as a professor at the Institute of International Affairs of the University of London. Zhou Hexuan came here to give lectures, and Toynbee naturally wanted to come to listen.

Toynbee was accompanied by two people, one was his personal secretary Veronica, and the other was his newly recruited disciple Martin White (the future first-generation leader of the school of international relations).

Several more historians came into the classroom one after another, all professors from the University of London.

It was not until 8:45 that Zhou Hexuan finally arrived in the classroom, followed by his teaching assistant Yu Peichen.

"Zhou, long time no see!" Toynbee opened his arms enthusiastically.

"Yes, my old friend," Zhou Hexuan smiled, gave the other party a hug, and said to Veronica, "Hello, Mary, you are getting more and more beautiful."

Veronica said happily: "Mr. Zhou, you are becoming more and more fascinated by women."

After his little secretary finished greeting Zhou Hexuan, Toynbee introduced him: "Zhou, this is my student Martin White."

"Hello, Mr. Zhou, I am your loyal admirer!" Martin White said excitedly.

"Hello." Zhou Hexuan looked at the other party with a little surprise. This young man is a great god in the future.

After getting to know all the professors who came to listen to the lecture, Zhou Hexuan finally stepped onto the podium. At the same time, the doors and windows of the classroom were sealed with black cloth, and he could only rely on indoor electric lights to provide lighting.

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said: "Hello everyone, my name is Zhou Hexuan. I come from far away China. I am very happy to meet you in the lecture hall of the University of London... Has anyone read my "The Rise of the Great Powers"? Please raise your hand."

Most of the people who came to listen to the lecture were history majors, and they cheered and raised their hands instantly.

Zhou Hexuan continued: "In the book "The Rise of Great Powers", I elaborated on the rise of several major powers in the world. Whether it is the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, or the United States across the ocean, everyone must be familiar with these European and American countries. And in the far east, there is also a powerful country called Japan. I think everyone here knows very little about it. Has anyone read my "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"?"

Only a dozen people raised their hands this time, and Ma Jue raised his hand high.

"It seems that this book did not sell well in the UK, and the local publisher suffered a big loss." Zhou Hexuan said.

"Hahaha!"

There was a burst of laughter from the audience.

"In that case, let me talk about Japan today," Zhou Hexuan glanced down and asked, "How much do you know about Japan? The male student sitting on the far left in the second row, please answer."

A blond boy replied: "Japan has an emperor, and like the United Kingdom, it implements a constitutional monarchy. Japan is very powerful in the Far East. It once defeated Russia and annexed the entire territory of North Korea. Well, that's it."

"What else? How much do you know about Japan's historical origins and Japanese culture and customs?" Zhou Hexuan asked.

The blond boy shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Even the top students in the history department at the University of London know very little about Japan. This shows how bad ordinary British people are. If you give them a globe, they probably won't be able to find where Japan is.

Zhou Hexuan drew a simple world map on the blackboard and marked: "This is China, here is North Korea annexed by Japan, and here is the Soviet Union across Europe and Asia. And Japan is right here, a small island country. As early as Tens of thousands of years ago, primitive people lived on the Japanese archipelago, but most of today's Japanese are "crossers" who came by boat. The "crossers" brought advanced technologies from China and the Korean Peninsula, and Japan gradually emerged Pottery, bronze and iron products gradually formed an agricultural society. By the Han Dynasty in China, around the 1st century, a large tribe on the island of Japan was canonized by the Chinese Emperor Liu Xiu, and Japan had its own country name. It’s called the ‘Japanese slave country’, and the Japanese are also called ‘Japanese people’.”

Zhou Hexuan wrote the Chinese characters and English phonetic symbols of "Japanese" on the blackboard, and said with a smile: "Why is it called 'Japanese'? In Chinese characters, '倭' refers to 'short'. The Japanese at that time were very short, and their height was generally only People who are over 1 meter tall and can grow up to 1.3 meters are considered tall, so the Chinese emperor added the word "人" next to "Wei" and named the Japanese ancestors "Japanese". "Japanese slave country", in fact It means 'dwarf country'."

Ma Jue chuckled and said to himself: "So this is how the word 'Japanese' comes from."

Hearing the laughter below, Zhou Hexuan said: "Don't think I'm talking nonsense, this is documented. Even in modern times, after decades of improving nutrition, the average height of the Japanese is only 1.5 meters. In ancient times, the Japanese often felt inferior because of this, and the Japanese royal family and nobles often sent their own women to China to borrow seeds in order to improve the race."

It is estimated that it will be difficult for British people to become interested in Japan, and Zhou Hexuan must add various interesting stories. For the general public, this kind of short story is what they like, and it is more conducive to widespread dissemination.

Zhou Hexuan has no pressure on this. Anyway, he just wants to be evil to death. There is a lot of evil material in Japan.