"What Master Zhang said is very true, two days ago, under Xu Lie's arrangement, we went to visit the training ...... of the Mengshan Army," Yuan Shikai said. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Stop, stop...... You mean, Xu Lie asked you to watch his army training? Liang Qichao suddenly felt that his brain was a little insufficient.

"yes, what's wrong?" Yuan Shikai asked. In fact, this is also their surprise at the beginning.

"But...... This military training is also an extremely confidential matter, why did he let you see it? Moreover, you are all people who know the soldiers! ”

"Hehe, that's what we thought at the time. But Xu Lie's thoughts were different. Yuan Shikai said proudly. In a sense, these guys have been brainwashed.

"What does Xu Lie think?"

"Xu Lie said, whether it is the Mengshan army or the army of the imperial court, everyone is the army of the Dragon Kingdom, they are all part of the national defense force of the Dragon Kingdom, and they belong to a family, what can you not see?"

"This ...... He is arguing, when did the army of the imperial court and his army belong to the same family? "Liang Qichao was already a little confused at this time, which made them look at the training, okay, they could grasp the intelligence of the Mengshan Army, but Liang Qichao didn't seem to be very willing.

"We had that question at the time. But Xu Lie said, since you think it's not a family, then looking at the secrets of our army will also help the court to eliminate my army, don't you want to see it? Yuan Shikai said again.

"The result?" Liang Qichao also knew that he had fallen into a dead end.

"Of course it turned out to be seen." Yuan Shikai said.

"I'm not asking this, I'm asking how Xu Lie's army is?"

"One word, strong! Two words: strong! Three words: very strong! Yuan Shikai said.

"Lord Yuan, have you also learned this kind of whispering?" This is what Zhang Rumei asked.

"Hehe, I think Meng Shanjun speaks, although there is not much culture, but sometimes it can really make people feel relaxed." Yuan Shikai told the truth.

"Since it is very strong, the imperial court should also train its troops in this way!" Liang Qichao felt that he had found a direction for improvement.

"No way!" These two words were said in unison by Nie Shicheng and the other four people.

"Why?" Liang Qichao's tone was quite surprised.

"Because the court can't afford it!" Nie Shicheng said.

"Wouldn't they, they're well paid?" Liang Qichao didn't know much about soldiers, thinking that the main thing to support the troops was military salaries. As a matter of fact, in a unit, the expenditure on military salaries, or labor wages, only accounts for about 25 percent of the total expenditure, and the more highly advanced the troops, the more terrifying the expenditure on equipment and equipment.

"Their salaries are not too high, and ordinary soldiers are only five taels of silver a month. However, the level of equipment of their army, the imperial court could not come up with money. It may be said that the imperial court can also come up with money for their equipment by gritting its teeth, but its combat effectiveness will definitely not reach the appearance of the Mengshan army. ”

"Why?" Liang Qichao is like a curious baby at this time.

"Because of their training. Their soldiers generally have good marksmanship, and according to their junior officers, their soldiers have to train an average of 200 rounds of ammunition a month, even for veterans. Lord Liang, do you know how much 200 rounds of ammunition cost? ”

"I don't know." Liang Qichao said honestly.

"200 rounds of ammunition, but 10 taels of silver. That is, their soldiers need to consume 120 taels of silver in ammunition a year, and if you count the battle, and then count the shells, the average person needs to consume 150 taels of silver in ammunition a year. This is the only one, Lord Liang, do you think the imperial court is willing to give money? ”

"Is there nothing we can do?" Liang Qichao seems to be unwilling.

"......" They also had such a problem at that time, and Xu Lie also told them, but they couldn't tell Liang Qichao that they were prisoners, and the four of them listened to Xu Lie at the same time, it didn't matter. Now if they say Xu Lie's words, it will be a real rebellion.

What Xu Lie said is not mysterious, the core is only the word "Western Law", but Xu Lie's "Western Law" seems to be different from the Western Law in the eyes of the imperial court, there are many new things, even more advanced than Westerners.

For example, if the Dragon Kingdom really wants to be strong, it must move to the political level, and the biggest problem at the political level is the imperial power of the Manchus, are the Manchus willing to hand over the imperial power? Or, would the Manchus be willing to be a nominal emperor like the Taiwushi Kingdom? Moreover, even if the Manchus are willing to back down to that point, do you think the 40,000,000 Han people are willing? Maybe this generation of 40,000,000 Han people is willing, but what about the next generation of Han people?

To put it bluntly, the Manchus were in an insoluble puzzle, and historically, the regimes established by ethnic minorities around the world had little chance of a peaceful transition in the end. Of course, if the Manchu Qing Dynasty was in a relatively strong state and began to automatically reform and cede power, perhaps due to historical inertia, it would still be able to hold on for several generations, and as long as the descendants did not produce the kind of children who were too bastard, they might be able to hold out for hundreds of years. But the problem is, first, the Manchu Qing was not in a strong state at this time; Second, the Manchus did not have this sense of conceding power at this time; Third, even if some Manchus thought of this, there would be many Han Chinese who disagreed.

Liang Qichao saw that several people seemed to be deeply affected by Xu Lie, and knew that it would be ineffective to discuss it further, so he changed his thinking, talked about Xu Lie's conditions, and sought countermeasures from Nie Shicheng and others.

"What did Xu Lie say, you just transferred it to the imperial court as it was." Yuan Shikai's attitude.

"What does Lord Nie think?" Liang Qichao asked Nie Shicheng.

"From my point of view, it seems that there is no time when what Xu Lie wants cannot be realized. If the court doesn't give it to him, he will take it. Nie Shicheng's point of view is even more terrifying.

"Could it be that he really wants to take the world?" Liang Qichao's words were also very troublesome.

"He's definitely going to take over the world!" Zhang Rumei also interjected.

"This ...... Could it be that you court pillars can't do it? Liang Qichao was quite unwilling. He is devoting himself to seeking a future for Guangxu and making immortal achievements, but this court is completely at a disadvantage in the face of a bandit.

"We are not immortals, what can we do? Just like more than 30 years ago, when the Western army invaded Beijing, who had the law at that time? And the problem is that after the Western army enters the Beijing division, it is possible to retreat. If Xu Lie attacked the Jingshi, would he retreat? According to my observations, Xu Lie has been dormant in Mengyin, but he is just accumulating strength, no, when his strength reaches a certain level, he immediately occupies the seven counties of Yimeng. Zhang Rumei said.

"He's training?" Liang Qichao asked again.

"Hehe, if you only know how to train soldiers, Xu Lie will not be so terrible. He's training grassroots officials! Every time he occupies a place, he has to govern a place, that is to say, every time he occupies a place, the court will not be able to control this place! Xu Lie said that the Qing court is like a big mulberry leaf, and he is the silkworm, and it will take him three years at the earliest to have the ability to swallow this mulberry leaf! That is, they have the ability to govern the world! ”