南洋公学(交通大学的前身)第一任校长何嗣焜(1843-1901),字梅生,武进奔牛人,家中世代耕读,何嗣焜十七岁就能为乡人作传,他二十岁以一介生员身份入伍淮军,在军中他深得两广总督张树声的信赖。光绪八年(1882年),张树声在何嗣焜的强烈建议下,果断出兵,一举控制了朝鲜皇宫内乱,同时堵住了日本出兵。张树声因此被朝廷赏加太子少保衔,何嗣焜也同时晋升知府。1888年,何嗣焜因治理黄河郑州决口治 He Sifu (1843-1901), the first president of Nanyangzhixue (the predecessor of Jiaotong University), was born in mid-1960s when he was a native of Wuyi. He Siwen, a 17-year-old man, As a member of the army, he won the trust of Zhang Shusheng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. Eight years Guangxu (1882), under the strong recommendation of He Siyi, Zhang Shusheng decisively sent troops to control the civil war in North Korea’s imperial court and at the same time blocked the Japanese troops. Therefore, Zhang Shusheng was greatly admired by the court and added Prince Edward Ho. He Sifu was promoted to the prefect at the same time. In 1888, He Siwei due to the governance of the Yellow River in Zhengzhou rule the mouth