Xiao Zhenlei saw that the officials present were all deep in thought, waited for more than a minute, and drank a few sips of water before he said: "Third, when we come to the United States this time, we will definitely carry out some cooperation with the United States in many fields, as for the process of cooperation and the amount of money involved, it depends on how sincere the Americans are; if the Americans can repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act and sign a strategic alliance partnership with China, then we can increase the scope of cooperation and deepen contacts and exchanges. It can even increase to more than a billion dollars in terms of the amount involved!

Before talking about cooperation with the Americans, you should do your homework and see what technology is still lacking in our country in the fields for which you are responsible, and in which areas the United States is more advanced than our country, so that we can make efforts in this regard and introduce advanced American technology into our country.

To make an analogy, for example, in the shipbuilding industry, the Americans are more technologically mature than our country, and the equipment and technology are more advanced, we can cooperate with the Americans, build a shipyard in our country, we give land and part of the capital, and the Americans contribute another part of the capital and technology, and the profits are distributed according to the proportion of capital contribution, which is called the introduction of foreign capital. The shipyard management is their own responsibility and they are responsible for their own profits and losses!

For example, in agriculture, our country has always had a relatively low yield due to seed or farming techniques, but the Americans are much better than us in this regard, and we can bring in their good seeds, bring them back for research, and then breed better seeds suitable for our soil, isn't it great? We can also send people to learn their farming management methods, but we should pay attention to their methods may not be suitable for us, after learning according to the actual situation of our country, can not be blind, can not blindly follow, foreign is not necessarily the best, suitable for us is the best! ”

The officials nodded and began to applaud.

Xiao Zhenlei waited for the applause to stop and continued: "These are the three main points in politics and economy, when negotiating with the Americans, you must pay attention to one point, if you strive for an extra penny in the unit price, you may save the country millions, or even tens of millions!" Therefore, in terms of price, we must try to fight for every penny, but we must also control the proportion, and don't cut the price too hard to scare the Americans away, so you must do your homework in this area before negotiating, you know, right? ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, indicating that they understood, and after listening to Xiao Zhenlei's words, the officials all used pens to make best notes in their notebooks.

Xiao Zhenlei said again: "Okay, the political and economic aspects will be here first, and then talk about the military aspect, this time we came to the United States, military cooperation and exchanges are also a very important part, in terms of naval warfare, our navy can almost be said to gnaw at the old roots, the First Sino-Japanese Naval War has passed for a long time, is the previous naval war experience still suitable for now?" Not necessarily, right? Look at what the Americans are doing in this regard, and what they are doing! What progress has been made in the study of naval warfare? Did they come up with a new theory of naval warfare? There is also the Army, although the combat effectiveness of the US Army is not very good, but people still have advantages, we must learn more, communicate with others more, don't look down on others, maybe people still look down on us! If you don't keep pace with the times, even if I give you the most advanced weapons and the most powerful warships now, you still use more than ten years of old tactics, can you beat others? On the issue of combat effectiveness, of course, weapons are very important, but not absolutely, the people who use weapons are equally important, after all, weapons are operated by talents, and wars are commanded by people, only by studying tactics and tactics and theories with heart, in the case of good weapons, only in this way can the combat effectiveness of our army catch up with and surpass the powers, and can we always lead, colleagues!

Do you know, generals? It was the Americans who were the first to let planes take off and land on battleships, and then the British quickly formed an air force, and our latecomers surpassed them, although the size of their air force was not as large as ours, but it can be seen from this point that the military of Britain and the United States and other countries had discovered the huge role that aircraft could play in future wars before us, what a keen military sense of smell? As for you, you need me to remind you of everything, don't you study and ponder it yourself? Why are countries such as Britain and the United States able to do this?

Since the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, or earlier, in terms of military thinking and weapons, our country has actually been eating the old book, has been enjoying the intellectual wealth of our ancestors, there has been no progress in the past two or three hundred years, and it has also regressed in the field of weapons manufacturing technology, no one has studied new strategic and tactical ideas, no one has made new contributions to weapons research, of course, this is only one of the manifestations of the weakening of the country, but this is very important

I have repeatedly stressed the need to train more military talents, not only for senior commanders and low-level officers, but also for military personnel in the field of strategic and tactical research, weapons research, military situation analysis, and staff officers! Give the following people a chance to create a zào! ”

The military generals present listened to Xiao Zhenlei's words and their faces were flushed with shame, but after thinking about it carefully, what Xiao Zhenlei said was really not wrong at all, the Qing Dynasty did not make the slightest contribution in the field of military thought and weapons research for more than two hundred years, and the Qing Dynasty court also forbade the study of firearms, while the Western powers and countries happened to carry out great changes in military consuls in the past two or three hundred years, and many famous military strategists and weapons research inventors appeared, and many military works appeared. Of course, the development of the military field is also inseparable from politics and the economy, and this is due to the fact that in World War I and World War II, the world's weapons research was the fastest time for mankind, and a large number of lethal weapons were developed, and World War I and World War II were caused by the competition for world resources among various countries.

In the past two or three hundred years, Western countries have been at war for a long time because of their interests, which has also directly promoted the development of the West in the military field. On the contrary, the Qing Dynasty in the East was relatively stable during this time, but the Qing Dynasty did not take advantage of this rare two or three hundred years of economic and military development, wasted and missed the best opportunity, but gradually strengthened the oppression and exploitation of the people, the ruler just stared at the country of one acre and three points of land, and closed the country, locked himself at home and enjoyed himself, thinking that he was the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, a group of stupid donkeys!

Xiao Zhenlei said: "Due to the reason of modern weapons, war is no longer limited to the ground, but also at sea, and now it can happen in the sky, and the offensive means are no longer just ground attacks, and can implement all-round war modes such as naval beach landing and air force air raids. No, it is equally suitable, it's just a question of whether you will use it, it is a work of strategic military thought, many military scientists in Western countries are studying it, it is a guide book, what we modern soldiers have to do is to study tactics suitable for weapons in the new era on the basis of it! ”

While listening to what Xiao Zhenlei said, the military generals took notes and calmed down to take a look at it, and suddenly became enlightened.

After a two-minute pause, Xiao Zhenlei saw that the military was finished, so he talked about the judicial matter, he said: "This time, in addition to the officials from the government and the military, there are also officials from the judiciary and officials from the Legislative Bureau of Congress.

China's bureaucratic system is similar to Germany and Japan, and it also draws on Britain, France, the United States and other countries, especially in the field of legislation and justice. I'm sure you've all figured this out!

Unlike our country, where the Supreme Court of the judiciary is at the same level as the Cabinet but is under the authority of the President, the United States has a separation of powers, the legislative, judicial and executive branches, and does not interfere with each other. You should also have more exchanges with US officials in the legislative and judicial fields this time, learn from them, and prepare for the reform of China's legislative and judicial system in the future! ”

This meeting was held for a long time, and Xiao Zhenlei ideologically unified these accompanying officials, so that none of the officials who came this time knew what their tasks were during their time in the United States, and this was the first time that Xiao Zhenlei had such in-depth exchanges with officials in various fields in such detail.

On April 29, Xiao Zhenlei and his entourage arrived in Washington by train accompanied by the special envoy of the President of the United States, and the flag of the new government and the American Stars and Stripes were raised on the south lawn of the White House at the same time, and US President Wilson held a grand welcome ceremony at Xiao Zhenlei in the White House, when Xiao Zhenlei and his entourage arrived at the White House, more than 1,000 people waved the national flags of the two countries, Wilson accompanied Xiao Zhenlei on the red carpet and spoke on the podium, and the reporters frantically took pictures to record this historic moment. R1152