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It happened that Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen were assigned to intern in the Praetorian Guard stationed in Beijing last year, and Yuan Shikai first ascended to the throne, so Lu Weimin gave them a 2-month vacation before the Spring Festival, and asked them to lead the military cadets studying in the Xia Empire to return to the Chinese Empire for the Spring Festival, and also arranged 2 Lanfang-class destroyers for them to return to China by destroyers, so that the time on the road would take up less.

When they returned home, the destroyers docked at the ports of Guangzhou, Xiamen, Shanghai, Nanjing, Anqing, Wuhan, Qingdao, and Tianjin, and the trainees also agreed with the two princes that they would meet in Beijing on the tenth day of the first month of the first month of next year, and then go to the army of the Chinese Empire to study.

Yuan Keding led a destroyer back to Tianjin first, and Yuan Kewen's destroyer arrived in Wuhan and dropped off the students along the Yangtze River before returning to Tianjin, three days later than Yuan Keding.

Yuan Shikai is very happy about the return of his two sons to China, and he is even happier that the two sons have changed a lot in the Xia Empire in the past two years, and they have united the military students studying in the Xia Empire, making his control over the army stronger, Yuan Shikai is confident that he can build a modern army in his lifetime.

After greetings, he ordered Yuan Keding to go to the backyard to meet his wife and children, at this time, Yuan Keding's son was 4 years old.

Yuan Kewen not only quit opium, but also was very healthy, which made Yuan Shikai feel that the Xia Empire was indeed trying its best to cultivate them.

The eldest aunt and the third aunt were very satisfied with Yuan Kewen's changes and encouraged him to continue his studies in the Xia Empire.

Before the Spring Festival, Yuan Shikai organized a family banquet for Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen, and all his wife and concubines and children participated.

The eldest son Yuan Keding is 30 years old, the second son Yuan Kewen is only 19 years old, and the other sons are even younger, so Yuan Shikai has not yet made a prince.

Yuan Shikai had the intention of letting Yuan Keding stay in the country, but he was afraid of the reaction of the Xia Empire, so he never made up his mind.

Yuan Shikai said on the throne: "Ji'er, Wen'er, how are you living in the Xia Empire? Let's explain it to my aunts and younger siblings. ”

Yuan Keding thought that his father knew about the situation of the Xia Empire, and began to explain the military, political, economic, cultural, educational, medical and other conditions of the Xia Empire.

Everyone who listened was stunned, Yuan Shikai felt that the Xia Empire was really too perverted, and it was developing so rapidly in that aspect.

Yuan Kewen just briefly introduced: "Dad, the Xia Empire is just as strong as the Chinese Empire, that is, it is rich, if the Chinese Empire is also so rich, our development will not be worse than the Xia Empire; The Xia Empire looked at money for everything, and the war against Japan not only benefited greatly from the Qing Dynasty, but also obtained Taiwan, Lelang, Xinzhou and Ezo, and even Ryukyu became one of their cities, and through the "Zhenyuan Treaty", they obtained a huge war reparations from Japan; The same is true of the war against the United States, which obtained huge economic benefits while gaining territory, and gained a lot of benefits from both Japan and the Qing Dynasty, not to mention the huge war reparations; Besides, the Xia Empire only has a population of 10 million, and it is a huge amount of money to spread it evenly on everyone, and our Chinese Empire has too many people, it is a resource and a burden, and it is indeed too difficult to develop at the speed of the Xia Empire. ”

Yuan Shikai was very satisfied with Yuan Kewen's words, so he said, "Then Wen'er has any good suggestions?" ”

Yuan Kewen thought for a while and said: "Dad, the population of our Chinese Empire is a burden, and we can increase immigration to the Xia Empire, you know, even if they immigrate to the Xia Empire, their roots will always be with us, this is our advantage; Secondly, our burden is too heavy, my opinion is to remove the burden first, such as the huge indemnity in the "Xinchou Treaty", in the eyes of the citizens of the Xia Empire, it is an act of the enemy, and if the compensation is reduced, the government's income will be high; Then there is the expansion of revenues, such as gradually taking back the rights of salt taxes and customs duties, and abolishing concessions. “

Yuan Keding interjected: "That's true, Dad, if we have money, we will do better than the Xia Empire, for example, this year, the Xia Empire subsidized 50 yuan for each family that had a child, which is equivalent to 50 taels of silver, which is purely to use money to win over the people's support for the government." “

Yuan Shikai expressed his helplessness about Yuan Keding's words, the Chinese Empire has tens of millions of births every year, not to mention 50 taels of silver, even 5 taels of silver can not be taken out by the government now, and the government is about to be unable to open the pot.

I agree with Yuan Kewen's words very much, which is basically consistent with my own thoughts, which shows that this son has indeed learned a lot in the Xia Empire. 【】

The third aunt has now been named a concubine, and she is Yuan Kewen's biological mother, and said to Yuan Kewen: "Wen'er, tell my mother quickly, is it really so good to go to school in the Xia Empire?" Can these younger siblings of yours go to study in the Xia Empire? “

"Mother, Xia Empire takes very good care of students, such as primary school students, 2 cups of milk and 1 egg a day, there must be meat, fish, vegetables and soy products at noon, the meals are not the same every week, and there is no money for eating; Books, clothes, shoes and hats for primary school students do not cost money, if they study well, there are many scholarships, if the family is poor, they can support a family with these scholarships; However, they are strict and treat everyone equally, I have to be trained there like my eldest brother, no one treats us as princes, and it is okay for my younger brothers and sisters to go, but they can only endure hardships. Yuan Kewen replied.

Aunt Tai Shen is Yuan Kewen's adoptive mother, and she is very doting on Yuan Kewen, seeing Yuan Kewen say this, she hurriedly stepped forward and took Yuan Kewen's hand to take a look, her hands were full of calluses, and her distressed tears flowed down, "Wen'er, you have suffered, we won't go after the year, they are too bullying." “

Yuan Kewen hurriedly comforted and said: "Mother, don't look at me paying too much, but I am amazing now, my eldest brother and I are now company commanders, that is, the captain of our country, a few days ago I tried it with our Beiyang Army, in terms of marksmanship, basically no one in China is my opponent, I can beat them 3 to 5 if I compare fists and feet; When we began to study literature next year, the emperor of the Xia Empire said that we should cultivate capable of literature and martial arts. ”

"Have you ever met the emperor of the Xia Empire?" Shen asked.

"Mother, not only did I see the emperor of the Xia Empire, but he also invited us to the palace for dinner." Yuan Kewen replied.

"Then tell Wei Niang about the emperor of the Xia Empire and their palace, what is the gap between our Chinese Empire?" Shen asked, and at the same time, the others also looked at Yuan Kewen, and everyone was curious about this question, including Yuan Shikai.

"Mother, the emperor of the Xia Empire is a child, and I estimate that he is younger than me. Their palace is very simple, far worse than our Forbidden City. When the Emperor of the Xia Empire invited us to dinner, Uncle Zhou Jizhi was also present, similar to our family banquet, that is, no one was allowed to drink, all the juice was drunk, but the juice tasted good, and I gave my mother a taste when I had time. Yuan Kewen replied.

"It's really a good son of my mother, I didn't hurt you in vain, I know filial piety." Shen returned to his seat and sat down satisfied.

Yuan Shikai felt that the second son's answer had always been more organized, not as whimsical as the eldest son's answer, so he asked: "Wen'er, you are now serving in the Praetorian Guard of the Xia Empire, so what is the gap between you and the combat effectiveness of our Beiyang New Army?" “

Yuan Kewen said: "Dad, this is really not comparable. “

Yuan Keding saw that everyone cared about Yuan Kewen and left him out in the cold, so he said angrily: "What's not to compare, just say it directly, a team of the Praetorian Guard of the Xia Empire can at least defeat one or even multiple battalions of our Beiyang." “

Yuan Shikai was very dissatisfied with Yuan Keding's words, so he asked, "Wen'er, is this the case?" “

"Dad, what the eldest brother said is more subtle, whether it is offensive or defensive, a company of the Praetorian Guard of the Xia Empire can defeat at least one of our targets; Just look at the weapons of their squad, 12 people in each squad, the squad leader and deputy squad leader are equipped with semi-automatic rifles, no need to pull the bolt, they can shoot continuously, the rate of fire is very fast, the hit rate is very high, each squad is also equipped with a light machine gun, just these 3 people, there is no problem in blocking a platoon, and their platoon and company are equipped with mortars, which can carry out large-scale casualties on our troops who charge intensively, if they attack, they will also use artillery fire to open the way, our Beiyang Army is not an opponent at all. Yuan Kewen replied carefully.

Yuan Shikai asked, "Wen'er, can we equip these weapons?" “

Yuan Kewen had no choice but to answer: "Dad, first, the Xia Empire still does not sell these weapons to the outside world, and secondly, these weapons are very wasteful of money, and the logistical pressure is very high, and they are not suitable for our large-scale domestic equipment." “

This made Yuan Shikai feel very disappointed, got up and left, and said expressionlessly before leaving: "Ji'er, Wen'er, come to my study after dinner." “

When Yuan Shikai left, Shen said to Yuan Kewen: "Don't eat, go quickly, don't make Your Majesty wait for a long time." “

"Mother, you eat slowly, I'll go see my father first."

In Yuan Shikai's study, Yuan Shikai looked at the two sons who were standing and asked, "Tell me, will the Xia Empire have thoughts about our Chinese Empire?" “

Yuan Keding said: "The Xia Empire is too strong, we have to guard against it." “

Yuan Kewen said: "Dad, the Xia Empire doesn't look at us at all, if they want to occupy the Chinese Empire, they don't need to send troops to this side at all, but we can't cope with the surrounding troops, so it's useless to think about these things." Moreover, every time the Xia Empire fights a war, it looks at economic benefits, and there is no benefit in beating us, and it is estimated that they are lazy to fight us. “

Yuan Shikai nodded in agreement with Yuan Kewen's words, and then asked, "I want to cancel all the treaties signed by the Great Qing Kingdom, why doesn't the Xia Empire support me?" “

This time, Yuan Keding did not speak.

Yuan Kewen saw that the eldest brother didn't speak, so he said: "Dad, you didn't give the Xia Empire benefits, of course they won't support you, besides, if the treaty signed by the Great Qing State is canceled, will the treaty signed between the Xia Empire and the Great Qing State also be canceled?" Moreover, it is necessary to be the enemy of the Western powers, this kind of thing that pays a lot and has no return, the Xia Empire will definitely not do it. “

"Then let's announce the cancellation of all the treaties signed by the Great Qing Kingdom, is it okay?" Yuan Shikai asked again.

Yuan Kewen replied: "No, Dad, our strength is still too poor, and we are not the opponent of the Western powers at all; They are afraid of the Xia Empire, but they are not afraid of our Chinese Empire, if we really fight, the Xia Empire will not help us without interests. “

"Then we are dependent on the Xia Empire for everything, won't it become a vassal state of the Xia Empire? Then what do I mean as an emperor? “

"Dad, have a good relationship with the Xia Empire, at least the Western powers and countries will not dare to take the initiative to attack us, let's wait until we develop it, it is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years." Yuan Kewen said.

Yuan Shikai had no better way, so he had to say helplessly: "Okay, let's see if there are any talents among your younger brothers and sisters in the next year, and all of them will drive the Xia Empire to school." “

"Yes, Dad!" Yuan Keding and Yuan Kewen replied and exited Yuan Shikai's study. (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.