Into Unscientific Chapter 312

  Chapter 312 The organization has been decided, and you will be in charge (7.2K)

   "You want a promise?"

  Inside the office.

  Looking at Xu Yun with a serious face.

  William Whewell couldn't help frowning slightly.

  A surprise flashed across his eyes.

  He really did not expect that Xu Yun would make such a request.

   Mentioned earlier.

  Cambridge and Oxford are one of the two most famous colleges in the UK, and the grievances and entanglements between them can be traced back to more than 600 years ago-this is still a number relative to the time point of 1850.

  It was a snow in 1209, which came earlier than 1208.

  An Oxford University student escaped after accidentally killing a woman while practicing archery, intensifying conflicts with Oxford citizens.

   Then the citizens of Oxford rushed into the school and hanged the student and several of his roommates without consulting the church.

  This incident directly detonated the gunpowder kegs of both sides, triggering violent conflicts between schools and citizens, and the total number of casualties reached three figures.

   In conflict.

   Some Oxford teachers and students fled north to Cambridge, where they began to devote themselves to cultural and academic research with the support of the local church.

   Over time.

   eventually formed the current University of Cambridge.

  The students and teachers who stayed in Oxford thought that these teachers and students who fled had lost Oxford's face.

   They should be permanently nailed to the pillar of shame, and this matter was brought up in front of the King of England.

   Therefore, the two schools have had a lot of grievances from the very beginning, and the school badges of both sides are even opposite:

   There is a book on both the badges of Cambridge University and Oxford University, but the Cambridge book is closed, while the Oxford book is open.

   Wait until the English Civil War.

  Oxford is the headquarters of Charles I and the Royalist Party, while Cambridge is the base of the Parliamentary Army, and they have become politically opposed.

   Another example is Mavericks' teacher Barrow. The core reason for the conflict between him and Hook actually stems from the entanglement between the two universities.

   So for Cambridge University.

  University of Manchester, University College London, University of Leeds, etc. can all be ignored. It doesn't matter whether the sky in Manchester is blue or red, and whether you will play the Champions League or the English Championship next year.

   But only one thing must be true:

  That is, you can't be overwhelmed by Oxford University until your death.

   Not long ago.

  Cambridge University's spies lurking in Oxford received news:

  After receiving the notice from the royal family, Oxford University will release a variety of heavyweight industrial equipment at this World Expo to show off its presence.

  For example, one of the equipment they plan to announce is a set of instruments called "rain and rain forecaster".

   It is said that it can use the leeches raised in the rain to predict the weather with high accuracy.

   Today's Britain is just about to expand its territory. If this instrument can be used in actual combat, its value will be inestimable.

  Another example is an instrument that can transmit information over long distances. It seems that it can rub the information on paper and receive it. It looks like a magical skill.

   Plus optimized revolvers, well-crafted sculptures, farm machinery and more

   This is only the known information of Cambridge University. It is said that Oxford still has some highly confidential super killers.

   In the face of the menacing Oxford University, Cambridge University has not many cards in hand:

  Cambridge University's teaching power is extremely dispersed among various colleges. Although the highly autonomous teaching model is academically flourishing, it also leads to the fact that some technologies that require collective investment are doomed to be difficult to pass the school meeting.

   At the same time.

  Cambridge University is also a school with a strong theological color, and theology has a very special status in the school.

   Therefore, Cambridge University has always respected classical education, which has also restricted the development of some industrial technologies-this situation will not change until Wheat establishes the Cavendish Laboratory.

  In this case, it seems that the frontal position is unbeatable.

   And just when the school directors were about to shave their hair, someone suddenly thought of Babbage's Analytical Engine:

   This thing was able to attract the British government to invest a small 20,000 pounds in research and development more than 20 years ago, and its significance is naturally needless to say.

   Just like the virtual reality technology of later generations.

   Whether it can be done is one thing, but the value of the technology itself is another.

  Although Babbage is not very reliable, but with the help of Xu Yun, the "offspring of fat fish", there is still something to look forward to.

  If it can appear at the end of the fair.

  Then it doesn't matter what kind of revolver or "weather forecaster".

  In front of the analysis machine that has crossed the era, these devices are all just inserting labels and selling the best.

   In a sense.

  The current Cambridge school director is actually very similar to William Whewell at the opening ceremony—the situation is irreversible, and the Analytical Engine is currently the only turning point.

  With it, it is possible to win, without it, it must be sent.

  Since they want to persuade Xu Yun to speed up the completion of the analysis machine, the school directors are naturally prepared for Xu Yun's possible request.

   It is only based on the previous estimates of the board of directors.

  Xu Yun is 80% likely to ask for money:

  For example, directly ask for how many pounds, or just hope that the school will clear his IOU.

  The remaining 20% ​​probability is related to where to go after graduation, such as asking for a guaranteed job, or asking for a house, etc.

   But did not expect.

  Xu Yun didn't ask for money or other real rewards, but just wanted a promise?

To know.

  Promising this kind of thing is like adding more changes to the author, and it can't be taken back in many cases.

  If you meet a diligent and trustworthy author like Xu Yun, it's okay, but if you meet a pigeon like the golden Jasmine, then basically there will be nothing left.

  Think here.

  William Whewell could not help but look at Xu Yun, with a little curiosity and inquiry on his face, he asked:

   "Student Luo Feng, what kind of promise do you want?"

  Xu Yun thought for a while, but did not give a direct answer, but asked rhetorically:

   "President Whewell, in your capacity, you should know the attitude of the Empire towards the East, right?"

  William Whewell is a well-known philosopher in the world. Being able to serve as the dean of Trinity College also means that he is a direct descendant of Prince Albert. He is naturally clear about some high-level policies.

  Seeing that he hesitated a little, he nodded sharply:

   "Well, as far as I know, the empire should prepare to launch a round against the East in the name of maintaining the tobacco trade. Well, force deterrence."

  “Although the House of Commons has not passed the vote to activate the motion so far, the opposition party obviously cannot last long.”

  While speaking, William Whewell suddenly thought of something, blinked, and tentatively said to Xu Yun:

   "Student Luo Feng, if you want Cambridge to make a promise to persuade His Majesty not to start a war, then I'm afraid it's a waste of effort. It's absolutely impossible."

  Before Whewell finished speaking, Xu Yun shook his head and decisively denied:

   "Don't worry, Dean Whewell, I won't make such unrealistic demands."

   William Whewell was slightly relieved.

   Then Xu Yun paused, raised two fingers, and said to him:

   "Dean Whewell, let me be straightforward. The promise I ask for is divided into two points."

  William Whewell straightened his body, making a listening gesture:

   "Oh? I would like to hear more about it."

  Xu Yun took a deep breath, organized his words, and said seriously:

   "First of all, I ask that when the House of Commons votes to start the war, all non-Whig MPs affiliated with Cambridge University must vote against it."

  William Whewell was taken aback for a moment, and said in surprise:

   "Non-Whig MP? No vote?"

  I saw him seriously thinking for a moment, and then slowly said:

   "If you don't include the Whig MPs, then this matter is not difficult, after all, the Tory Party itself holds anti-war views"

   "But classmate Luo Feng"

  “Even if all the other members of the Cambridge University faction vote against it, at most it will delay the start of the war for a few days. In any case, it is impossible not to start the war.”

  Xu Yun finished listening with a solemn expression, but did not speak.

  He actually wanted to tell William Whewell that his purpose was to delay time.

  He knows one thing better than anyone:

   A crow is bound to explode, this is the trend of history.

  Once it does not happen, it will be nothingness in history, and there is no chance of rescue and 404 directly.

  The starting timeline of the emptiness of modern history is not 1937, but 1840. (I can't help complaining. After doing so many things, some people say that the protagonist is timid. I really don't understand. If this is not called trouble, I don't know what it is. I will only be satisfied if I write 404 ?)

   In addition, I have said countless times that neither can be broken nor can be built. Whether it is the father of the nation or the subsequent boat, it is the dawn that will only appear after Nirvana.

   Therefore, Xu Yun's goal was very clear from the beginning:

  He won't stop the eruption of a crow, but at least he can make it happen as late as possible.

  If the outbreak of the Crow coincides with the most intense period of the Crimean War.

  Then, when the situation is involved, maybe the mainland can save some innocent civilians from dying.

be honest.

  Xu Yun is not a strategist, nor has he studied battlefield command, so he is not very sure that this kind of thing can be done.

   But whether it can be achieved is one thing, but whether it can be done is another.

  Under the current situation, he can at least try as much as he can.

   Anyway, it doesn't cost money, so try a little bit.

  Currently, there are more than forty members of the House of Commons belonging to the Cambridge faction, 40% of whom are Whigs, that is, the main combatants.

  The Labor Party has not yet appeared these days, so the remaining 60% basically belong to the Tory Party.

   That is, the Conservative Party of later generations.

  Although there will be a blond idiot in the Conservative Party in 2022, he will do some stupid work.

   But at least at this point in 1850, the Tory Party was indeed an anti-war party.

   Mentioned earlier.

   On April 7, 1840 in local history, the British House of Representatives held a vote to start the war.

  Finally, with a difference of 271 votes in favor and 9 votes against 262 votes, the proposal of the cabinet was passed, and a crow broke out.

   These 262 negative votes are basically from the hands of the Tory Party.

Of course.

  The Tories are not anti-war because they love peace, but because they did not expect that the Qing Dynasty would be so weak:

  What they were afraid of was that Daiqing would hold the pass and at the same time close the trade with Britain and hand it over to other European countries, so they voted against it.

all in all.

   Regardless of their starting point.

   At least in terms of the anti-war appeal, the Tory Party and Xu Yun have the same position.

   It is not very difficult for William Whewell or Cambridge University to persuade those non-Whig party members to vote against.

  So although he didn't quite understand Xu Yun's thoughts, William Whewell nodded simply:

   "No problem, classmate Luo Feng, I can promise you this right now."

   "Now there are 42 members of the House of Commons in Cambridge. After deducting the Whig part, the number of Tories is probably in the 20s or closer to 30."

   "Well, I'll give you an integer, 30 votes."

   "That is, the Cambridge department can cast at least 30 negative votes. If it is not enough, I will find someone to make up for you."

  William Whewell's last sentence was very domineering, and it seemed like a local tyrant would pay for it later.

  However, with his status and connections, he is indeed qualified to say this sentence—not to mention, there are four or five members of the House of Commons cultivated by Whewell himself.

  Seeing that William Whewell not only accepted his request, but also added a little extra, Xu Yun couldn't help feeling relieved.

  The second point he wants to mention next is very difficult, even Xu Yun himself is not sure that he can achieve it.

   So in a sense.

  Whewell agreed to the first request, and his goal this time has almost been achieved.

   After all, the price he paid was to speed up the completion of the analysis machine.

   Then he adjusted his breathing again, and said to William Whewell:

   "As for the second point."

   "President Whewell, I hope that if the war starts, Trinity College—I mean Trinity College, not Cambridge University, can collect as much as possible the rare treasures looted by the empire into the museum of Trinity College, and"

  "After one hundred and fifty years, try to return these rare treasures to the East."

  Britain had a plundering style as early as the Indian and American colonial periods, so William Whewell did not think about washing the land for the British army, but focused on specific conditions:

   "Huh? One hundred and fifty years?"

   "Student Luo Feng, this. How can I guarantee you this?"

   "One hundred and fifty years from now, you and I will be ashes, and all the promises will be turned into empty words. Who knows what the younger generations will do?"

  Xu Yun smiled freely when he heard the words, waved to him, and patiently explained:

   "So I said try my best, at least the matter of collecting the treasure, I hope you can agree to it."

  Xu Yun said this very calmly, because he really didn't expect the second half of the sentence to come true.

   Not to mention one hundred and fifty years, some promises may not be valid after fifteen years.

   It's just that there is an old Chinese saying that is good.

   If you have a date or not, you can score three shots. If you can't hit it, you don't lose money.

   As for the previous sentence?

   It can be regarded as a stop loss as much as possible.

  After Daiqing became a colony, a large number of cultural relics in the East were lost overseas, and the collection in the British Museum may not even be one-fifth of the total.

  In Xu Yun's later generations, there are still quite a few cultural relics missing.

  The most famous one is the animal head in Yuanmingyuan.

  As of 2022, 4 of the 12 animal heads are still missing.

  Don't talk about recovering the relics, you don't even know where to find them.

   This is the price paid for the ignorance of this decadent dynasty, but those cultural relics are innocent, and many are even left over from the ancestors of earlier times.

  Xu Yun is powerless to go against the general trend, but he also wants to do something for those innocent Chinese cultural relics.

  At least the wealth left by some ancestors will not be locked up in a dark secret room of a collector, and even the sound of crying cannot be heard.

be honest.

  Even if William Whewell made a promise to return the cultural relics in a hundred years, his successor would most likely not recognize it.

   Don't you see that somewhere it was agreed to come back when it was due, but at this time there are still many cockroaches acting as demons?

   But as long as those relics can lie in the museum of Trinity College, even if they cannot return temporarily, it is many times better than being locked in a caisson.

  The descendants of the East can at least have a goal, so that they don't even know who to ask for debts.

Again.

  What Xu Yun paid was only some knowledge, knowledge that is not even considered a "price".

   The negative votes for the first requirement alone are enough, and he earns every point he completes for the second requirement.

  The line of sight returns to the office.

  Looking at Xu Yun with a solemn face, William Whewell touched his chin involuntarily, and said in deliberation:

   "Student Luo Feng, I am quite sure that I can fulfill the first half of your request. After all, no matter how much the war is postponed, I can obviously see the results when I am alive—sorry, I may make you feel a little uncomfortable by saying this."

  Xu Yun shook his head, indicating that it's okay.

   This is to pay off the debts owed, and if you lag behind, you will be beaten. There is nothing to say.

  Besides, although William Whewell himself has a somewhat self-interested personality, he is also a staunch anti-war faction in history.

  He resolutely voted against in the four rounds of voting, no matter how much Xu Yun vented his anger, he would not send it to him.

  Seeing that Xu Yun's face was still normal, William Whewell continued:

"So student Luo Feng, I can promise you that once the empire really loots some treasures, I will definitely try my best to keep them in the museum on campus—the reason is that they are the treasures of the hometown of 'Mr. Fat Fish', three It is not a big problem that a college should display the relics of Sir Newton with the same standard."

   "It's just a promise to return the cultural relics after 150 years. I can write you a letter of promise, but people in the future may not recognize it."

   “It is enough that you can write a pledge.”

  Xu Yun quickly took his words and said:

   "Things in a hundred years. Who knows what will happen?"

   "At least if you agree to this matter, I will definitely finish the analysis machine on time, isn't that enough?"

  William Whewell was slightly taken aback, and then smiled:

   "Yes, since that's the case, student Luo Feng, let's make an agreement."

   "The day the Analytical Machine comes out, that's when I present the letter of commitment, what do you think?"

  Xu Yun nodded without hesitation:

"no problem."

  Looking at the relieved Xu Yun in front of him, William Whewell also felt the pressure on his shoulders lighten.

   If he still had concerns about Xu Yunxin three months ago.

   Then with the occurrence of several major events, now he no longer has any doubts about Xu Yun's ability.

   Analytical machine

   Then he suddenly thought of something, patted his forehead lightly, and said to Xu Yun:

   "Oh, by the way, Luo Feng, there is one more thing I want to tell you."

  Xu Yun sat upright:

"What's up?"

  William Whewell took a sip of coffee and said to him:

   "It has been decided in the organization that you will assist in the reception of the delegation from the East."

Note:

  There are book friends in Sichuan, I heard that there is a large-scale power outage in Sichuan, touch it.

  (end of this chapter)

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