Zhao Erxun, the representative of the Great Qing Kingdom who participated in the founding ceremony and military parade of the Xia Empire, was an eye-opener this time. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The first is to be shocked by the strong military strength of the Xia Empire. I have heard before, the military strength of the Xia Empire is strong, after all, I have not seen it in person, this time I participated in the military parade, I have a comprehensive understanding of the military of the Xia Empire, whether it is weapons and equipment or the quality of soldiers, it is incomparable to the Qing Dynasty, and afterwards I visited the naval port of the Xia Empire, participated in the handover ceremony of the battleships of Britain, the United States and Germany, and went to the military camp of the army for a detailed investigation, and found that the more carefully I understand, the bigger the gap, if the Xia Empire wants to occupy the Qing Dynasty, The Great Qing Kingdom is the strength of the whole country, and it is not the opponent of the Xia Empire; So he suggested to the imperial court: instead of taking precautions, it is better to establish a friendly friendship with the Xia Empire.

The second is to be shocked by the economic development momentum of the Xia Empire. Zhao Erxun took the time to inspect Shangjing, which was full of construction sites, factories, schools, research institutes, small private workshops, roads, buildings, etc., and the whole Shangjing was busy; The attaché was also shocked by this development, so he sent people to other places in the Xia Empire to investigate, Pontianak, Machen, Balikpapan, Surabaya and other places have sent personnel to investigate, after returning to report, everyone feels that the construction of other places is greater than the momentum of the construction of Shangjing, which makes the business people who came with them extremely excited, the Xia Empire is full of business opportunities, and the Xia Empire has great support and preferential measures for the Chinese to come to start a business, which is an opportunity for them to change their fate, and they must seize the way.

The third is to be shocked by the development of the Xia Empire's civil affairs, just one year, the Xia Empire has established so many primary and secondary schools, as well as so many well-equipped universities, research institutes, laboratories, etc.; Moreover, there are more than 100 higher hospitals in the country with complete facilities and personnel; People get relatively high wages, and the price of food is so low, it doesn't cost money to go to school, the school also distributes school uniforms and books, etc., and manages 2 full meals, and only needs half price for medical treatment, the Chinese here really live in paradise.

In the end, I was shocked by the attitude of the Xia Empire towards Westerners, which was completely different from the Great Qing Dynasty, foreigners were second-class people in the Xia Empire, and they could not get the same treatment as in the Great Qing Dynasty, especially Zhao Erxun followed Hua Guoqiang to participate in several negotiations, and he felt that this was the demeanor of a great power.

Among all the attachés, Sa Zhenbing was the most depressed person, who was regarded as a treasure by him, the Zhenyuan ship that was the spiritual pillar of the Beiyang Navy, could only serve as a training ship in the Xia Empire, and was also moored in the outer port of Shangjing on weekends for citizens to visit at will; This is a disgrace to the navy of the Great Qing State.

After the signing of the "Zhenyuan Treaty", Zhao Erxun actively cooperated with the Qing government to communicate with the Xia Empire, hoping that the Xia Empire would continue to station troops in the Great Qing State after defeating Japan, protect the interests of the Great Qing State in the three northeastern provinces from continuing to be eroded, and drive the forces of the Russian Empire out of the territory of the Great Qing State under suitable conditions; The Great Qing State also listened to Zhao Erxun's suggestion, and when negotiating with Wu Wenbin, he happily agreed to establish a peninsula lease, that is, a peninsula special administrative region established by the Xia Empire.

After the victory over Japan, the Great Qing Kingdom recovered all the Japanese concessions and the assets of the Japanese, and all the Japanese were arrested, which made the people of the whole country feel uplifted, and felt that this was a good opportunity for the rise of the Great Qing Kingdom; The Xia Empire received all these Japanese and transported them to Taiwan; The Qing Dynasty will auction off these assets, and the Xia Empire demanded that these assets can only be sold to the Chinese, although the other national ambassadors protested, the Xia Empire was indifferent to this, and finally gave up, which made the Qing high-level personnel see the Xia Empire's hardline attitude in the international arena, and more firmly maintained a friendly policy with the Xia Empire.

Zheng Daoyou and Hua Guoqiang agreed to Zhao Erxun's proposal to provide comprehensive assistance to the Great Qing State, but demanded that the Great Qing State implement a full tax exemption policy for the goods of the Xia Empire, and that there was no restriction on the types of goods, and that the factories, commercial banks, banks, hospitals, and schools established by the Xia Empire in the Great Qing State must be unconditionally supported; The Xia Empire could help the Qing Dynasty to develop coal, iron mines, railways, roads, factories, etc., all of which were purely commercial transactions and would not have any political conditions attached.

At that time, the salt tax and customs of the Great Qing Dynasty had been mortgaged as repayment of the "Xinchou Treaty", and Zhao Erxun could not call the shots, so he had to report to the imperial court.

Lafayette still saw it clearly, and she told the ministers of military aircraft: "We can't deal with the foreigners in the West, and the Xia Empire is not something we can deal with, so let them fight each other this time, anyway, we don't count who wins and who loses." However, the Xia Empire still sees that there is no embarrassment for our Great Qing Kingdom for the sake of going out of the Great Qing Kingdom, in this battle against the Orientals, we have made a small fortune, and also recovered the Japanese concession, and the rights and interests of the Northeast, now let them stand in the way for the Great Qing Kingdom, if they win, it should be good for us. ”

After obtaining the permission of the Qing court, the negotiations between Zhao Erxun and Hua Guoqiang went very smoothly.

The Xia Empire could set up schools, construction banks, hospitals, factories, and commercial banks in various provincial capitals and coastal cities along the rivers of the Great Qing Dynasty. The Xia Empire's request for assistance to the Great Qing State must be preferential in price, not higher than the international price, and no political terms can be attached.

The first group to return with Zhao Erxun and others were those who built schools, hospitals, banks, and commercial banks; Zhang Wei instructed that at least three schools must be established in any province except Tibet and Xinjiang, and that the primary task of the schools is to send excellent students to the Xia Empire; Wu Wenbin should strengthen the strength of the consulates in these six places to strengthen the strength of the consulates in these six places and do a good job in providing services by establishing special hospitals in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan, Chongqing, and Fengtian, and James's Asian banking industry has set up branches in these six places to carry out gold and silver exchange business and deposit and loan business.

The destination of the second group of personnel was Zhengzhou, and Zhang Wei instructed to purchase a large amount of land in Zhengzhou, and to assist the Qing government in the construction of Lianyungang, and to build a railway from Lianyungang to Lanzhou, and connect the north, south, east and west of the Qing Dynasty with the Jinghan Railway; In the future, it will be connected to the Jinpu Railway and the Jiaojinan Railway.

The third group of personnel is to assist the personnel and equipment of the major manufacturing bureaus and machinery bureaus of the Qing Dynasty, as well as to help the Qing Dynasty develop and expand the Daye Iron Mine and Pingxiang Coal Mine, expand and renovate the Hanyang Iron Works, to achieve an annual output of 500,000 tons of iron and 200,000 tons of steel, and to help expand and transform the Hanyang Arsenal to achieve a monthly output of 5,000 Mauser rifles and 300,000 smokeless bullets.

The fourth group of personnel helped the Qing Dynasty to build silk reeling, textile, printing and dyeing enterprises.

Other assistance projects will follow.

According to the agreement with Zhao Erxun, the Xia Empire continued to arrive at the Great Qing Kingdom.

The purpose of Zhang Wei's assistance to the Great Qing State was to have a good family foundation when Yuan Shikai took over, and at the same time to reduce the Great Qing State's defense against the Xia Empire at this stage. (To be continued.) )