Crimson Dawn

When Comrade Berkov visited Chen Ke for the second time on June 1919, 6, his attitude was much more stable than last time.

Comrade Lenin has publicly called out to China to unilaterally and permanently abolish all unequal treaties imposed on China by Tsarist Russia after 1896.This attitude has come under great pressure within the Russian Communist Party.As a member of the great powers, Russia is very clear about the principle of unanimity among the great powers.Once a concession is made to a member of the Allied Powers, it will inevitably lead to a series of chain reactions.

Although Comrade Lenin tried his best to persuade comrades that a good relationship must be reached with China, China, an unstable member of the Allied Powers, should be pried off from the chain of the Allied Powers.However, after the bitter struggle in 1918, the Russian Communist Party already had certain confidence in dealing with the European and American powers. Comrades did not approve of making such a large-scale concession to a weak Eastern regime at this time.

The information about China brought back by Comrade Berkov has been taken seriously, but when the nascent Soviet regime is facing catastrophe, what information is not worthy of attention?

With the task of finding ways to get China's bottom line, Comrade Belkov went through a long journey again and finally sat in front of Chen Ke. [

Chen Ke didn't want to add any difficulty to Comrade Berkov's task. When Berkov asked where China's bottom line was, Chen Ke took out a map with China's requirements already marked on it.

This is a map of the northern frontier that was once owned by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. After reading it, Berkov couldn't speak for a while.In the western section, China entered Central Asia, and in the eastern section, China restored the border line of the Nerchinsk Treaty, simply directly including the vast area including the Trans-Siberian Railway. on the ice sheet.

Berkov didn't want to refute anything. Comrade Lenin is now directing the Russian Communist Party to fight bloody battles almost by himself.Chen Ke in front of him is just like Comrade Lenin, almost relying on his own strength to restore China from a declining oriental country to its current appearance.That being the case, jumping, roaring, and cursing should be of no use to Chen Ke.Comrade Berkov asked calmly: "Comrade Chen Ke, what is your purpose for drawing up this map?"

"The places I draw are places where the Manchu Qing Dynasty once visited. If there was a more distant era, Russia would not even exist. Such a border means nothing to our two countries." Chen Ke said while pointing to the map The eastern section of the Trans-Siberian Railway, "Since Russia built this railway, we are willing to recognize Russia's ownership of this railway. On the basis of recognizing Russian ownership, we will negotiate a treaty for the joint use of this railway."

Comrade Belkov felt sincerity in the tone of Chen Ke, so he couldn't understand Chen Ke's attitude.Frowning, Belkov asked: "Comrade Chen Ke, I want to know what you think this boundary line you have drawn means?"

"I think that once this border is determined, then this border will represent peace. I very much hope that our two countries will not station troops on this border. And in the long run, I also hope that the two sides can reach an agreement within 50 kilometers of the border. When mobilizing battalion-level troops, a mutual trust mechanism for mutual notification can be reached. There are also friendly policies such as visa-free free movement of border personnel." Chen Ke answered very seriously.

Comrade Belkov is really talking. He thinks there must be a bottom line for pretending to be crazy, especially for a character like Chen Ke who has no reason to be stupid.Comrade Belkov had to remind Chen Ke, "Comrade Chen Ke, what I want to ask is why do you think our country will accept such a border line?"

Chen Ke replied calmly: "Because in the territorial battle that will inevitably break out later, you will find that the squadron you are facing is not an imperialist army. Our purpose is not to be hostile to the Soviet regime, nor is it to perish Russia. All we want to get back is our lost land. I know Comrade Lenin, when he fought against the Entente forces in Europe, by propagandizing the nature of imperialist war, by propagating the fooling of the imperialist ruling class on their country's army , let those allied forces give up their fighting will to fight you..."

Listening to Chen Ke's calm narration, Comrade Belkov's expression was not calm.Chen Ke did explain very clearly the many key "key" policies adopted by the Russian Communist Party, and they were policies that played a huge role.This shows that Chen Ke knows the Russian Communist Party very well, and there may even be someone in the Russian Communist Party who provides information to the People's Party.

"...Comrade Berkov, there is a very interesting logical problem here. I also hope that you can explain clearly to Comrade Lenin after you return to Moscow. If the Russian Communist Party thinks that you inherited the Chinese territory that Russia seized through the war is Justice, then relatively, we regain our lost land through war, which is also a kind of justice. So in future wars, you will find that our soldiers of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army are different from those of the Allied Powers. We are not hostile to Russia , we are not even interested in the territory that Russia has already occupied. What we want to regain is only the territory that we lost in China. And our comrades in the Workers’ and Peasants’ Revolutionary Army will know very well that you and we both believe in communism.” Chen Ke Continue to explain yourself.

Listening to Chen Ke's calm exposition, Comrade Belkov had mixed feelings in his heart.His biggest doubt is whether Chen Ke is an imperialist or not.There is no doubt that Chen Ke is definitely a nationalist, but his attitude is quite different from the general nationalists.That is, Chen Ke does not seem to belittle other nations because of nationalism.It's a very strange place.Chen Ke's nationalism is based on a reciprocal attitude. Since Chen Ke recognizes his own nationalism, he will also respect other people's nationalism.A mainstream nationalist admits that the nationalism he agrees with is correct, and at the same time, with exception, thinks that the nationalism of other countries is wrong.

"Then is there any possibility of avoiding this kind of war?" Comrade Belkov was overwhelmed by Chen Ke's attitude unconsciously, and he began to try more "sexual" methods.

Chen Ke replied: "The method is that you recognize this border line. Not only will we not have a war with you, but we will immediately start to establish friendly relations with you. War is very costly, especially for your With the social systems of our two sides, as well as the geographical location of this area, the war is bound to be a bottom hole, and apart from the almost endless devouring of human life and funds, the meaning of the war may only be to determine a boundary line."

"Comrade Chen Ke, why do you insist on this border line?" Comrade Belkov still tried his best to persuade Chen Ke.

Chen Ke replied: "This is the land we lost. These lands are not the lands we gave up voluntarily, but the lands lost under your bayonet. So we want to take back these lands. This is China's problem, not our personal Problem. This is also the difference between us and those imperialists. The imperialists who are besieging Russia now have ideas about the Russian Communist Party and Russia. But we in China only have ideas about our own problems in China. So I hope that other Comrade Erkov can clearly tell Comrade Lenin and those comrades in the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party of my attitude. Even if a war breaks out between our two sides, I hope that this war will be clear and clear, and not a mixture of various The meaning of the war of lies and propaganda. After all, no matter how the war ends, I hope that after the war, I can start to restore friendly relations with your country. The war may continue for a long time, but everyone wants peace. "

Comrade Belkov knew that there was no need to continue the conversation. What Chen Ke was telling was either a big lie or the complete truth.But in any case, one thing has now been established, the People's Party will march into Russian territory like other imperialist countries.

"Comrade Chen Ke, what do you think of our mutual establishment of liaison institutions?" Comrade Belkov asked.

Chen Ke replied simply: "Yes."

As soon as Comrade Berkov left the meeting room, Chen Ke continued to discuss the specific implementation of foreign wars with the comrades of the Military Commission. [

The Paris peace conference has now proved that China is probably temporarily free from the crisis of foreign invasion, but China is still expanding its military and preparing for war.The Military Commission plans to expand the size of the army from the current 300 million to 550 million.A new Tenth Army was stationed in Laos, and No.11 and Twelfth Army were stationed in North Vietnam.Complete control over the local area as soon as possible, and complete the work of incorporating the local area into China as soon as possible.

In the north, the scale of the railway corps is vigorously expanded. Now the railway corps is building a railway to Kulun like crazy. Russia has the Siberia Railway, and the Republic is also planning to build a large east-west railway from the northeast to Xinjiang.Once this railway is completed, China will gain sufficient mobility in the north.However, the completion of this railway is estimated to be at least five years away.

"The Paris Peace Conference is coming to an end soon, should those comrades quickly withdraw the medical teams in Europe?" Chen Tianhua asked.

"Temporarily evacuate the Chinese medical personnel in the UK to France. At the same time, we will request a charter from the United States and do it as soon as possible." Chen Ke replied.War requires a large number of logistical medical personnel, and China really needs these comrades who have gone abroad for exercise.

"Then whether we want to sign the final agreement, there is no question about the recovery of China's sovereignty in the agreement." This is what comrades care most about.

"Let them sign. As long as there are no treaties that harm China's interests, we will sign these treaties. Sometimes we have to be patient." Chen Ke replied.

Soon, the Chinese delegation received domestic telegrams, Shang Yuan they set up embassies and consulates in various European countries, and tried their best to discuss and sign commercial agreements with European countries.

Italy's work efficiency is too low, and Prime Minister Orlando's hype is falling, but the progress is actually very limited.Steel was once in short supply for the rebuilding of Europe.In addition, Italy thinks that China is easy to deceive, so it even set a sky-high price. The price of each ship is twice that of similar ships in the United States.

Shang Yuan had to tell the Italian Prime Minister very bluntly, "One cannot be too greedy."

God knows how this prime minister is bragging about the gang of ship manufacturers in Italy. After Shang Yuan politely rejected the deal at a sky-high price, the Italian prime minister immediately sent a stern telegram to Shang Yuan, accusing Shang Yuan of "no Commercial credit".

"Fuck him!" After reading the telegram, Shang Yuan was annoyed and cursed in the Henan dialect of his hometown. He thought that although the hegemony of the imperialist powers, Britain and France, was extremely abominable, at least they should talk about business. business ethics.The people's party is stricter, so that they don't get fooled, and basically they can still do business.Italy now doesn't even talk about the minimum commercial credit.This is really weird enough.

Zhang Yu persuaded: "There are troublemakers out of poor mountains and rivers. If the Italians were diligent and down-to-earth, wouldn't they have become a world "power" like Britain and France? It is our own fault to believe that the Italians should adjust our strategy."

Shang Yuan knew that what Zhang Yu said was right, but he never expected that no one in Europe would want to seriously do business with China even if the situation was so bad. Shang Yuan felt extremely aggrieved by the two old imperialist countries. He said angrily, "Based on the current situation, we are likely to return empty-handed in Paris."

"Aren't we here just to stand in the front line? It's definitely out of the question to return empty-handed." Zhang Yu continued to persuade.Although persuading him to return, Zhang Yu was also very surprised by the bad situation.At the Paris Peace Conference dominated by Britain and France, if the comrades hadn't held the attitude of "dare to touch Chinese things, we will fight you desperately" to resist.Let alone the people's party can't make others eat meat and get some soup for themselves, even the contents of the people's party's own pot are almost taken away by others.If there is even the slightest illusion about the Paris Peace Conference before departure, China will suffer a big loss.

Currently at the Paris Peace Conference, China has already had a lot of dealings with other countries in the world, so what should be said should be said, and what should be said should be blown.However, things will really be as Chen Ke expected, will it bring significant benefits to China?Comrades did not dare to be optimistic about the conditions.

Facts have also proved that this worry is not superfluous.

U.S. President Wilson tried his best to sell his "Fourteen Points" concept in Paris, and the United States has strong industrial strength. With regard to the key naval issues related to the world, through the efforts of U.S. President Wilson, the United States finally obtained level with the UK.

Moreover, President Wilson of the United States can be regarded as "careful" of China. With the help of Wilson, all proposals and agreements that are harmful to China are dragged to the Paris Peace Conference on the grounds of "unilateral agreements" and the relevant parties conduct separate negotiations. discuss.

Therefore, although Europe and many regions have completed the structure of the so-called "Versailles Convention System" with various treaties, China, with the help of the United States, still skillfully avoided the possibility of being restricted by the Versailles Convention.

But in the end, the matter happened to the United States itself. President Wilson found that although he was trying his best to practice his personal "idealism" abroad, the US Congress did not recognize it.Congress voted twice to reject the United States' proposal to join the "League of Nations."Such a result directly led to the fact that the most popular Americans who jumped at the Paris Peace Conference did not become a member of the "League of Nations", the core part of the Versailles Treaty.

On the contrary, China, because of Chen Ke's instructions, although there are many conditions that are not very favorable to China, China has officially become a member of the "League of Nations" as a contracting party.

When the "Contract of Versailles" was finally signed, the leader of the Japanese delegation, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang, finally had a private meeting with Shang Yuan.Japanese Foreign Minister Nobuaki Makino resolutely refused to have any further contact with the Chinese delegation after being personally insulted by Chinese Propaganda Minister Zhang Yu. [

The important leaders of the two major countries in the Western Pacific sat together and discussed the issue of "racial equality" raised by Shinaki Makino in Japan.

Japanese plenipotentiary representative Makino Nobuaki was mentally prepared to shoot the top bird, and called for the abolition of racial differences and the promotion of racial equality to be included in the joint statute.In the prior negotiations, the United States and the United Kingdom proposed to amend certain clauses, which is acceptable.Australia, however, publicly rejected the proposal.The People's Party showed no enthusiasm for the proposal, and simply voted in favor of it.

After the committee officially started, the United States, which had the same problem as Australia, and the UK, Australia's suzerain at the time, changed their previous positions and clearly expressed their opposition.Later, Japan proposed a more compromise solution, that is, to add "agree that all countries are equal and treat citizens of all countries fairly" in the preamble of the alliance statute.As a result of the vote, 17 of the 11 countries agreed.However, the chairman of the committee, US President Wilson, declared that the proposal was untenable on the grounds that "such issues need to be unanimously approved by all members to take effect".

Makino Nobuaki suffered such setbacks, but fortunately he made this speech at the conference: "I am worried about the future of the League of Nations, and I will definitely bring up such issues again if I have the opportunity." After the conference, British Prime Minister Lloyd George walked up to Makino, shook hands with him and said, "I admire Japan's attitude very much."

Xiyuansi Gongwang found that although the People's Party voted for this proposal every time, it was obviously indifferent.However, the United States, which is considered an ally of China by all countries, firmly opposes this proposal, but China has no intention of going along with the United States.The subtle feeling between these made Xiyuansi Gongwang risk the possibility of being insulted again, but also had a talk with Shang Yuan, who seemed quite calm in the People's Party.

Shang Yuan smiled and said, "Mr. Xiyuansi, both Australia and the United States are very xenophobic. It is impossible for you to get them to vote for this matter. You must know that the "Chinese Exclusion Act" in the United States has not been abolished yet."

Of course Xiyuan Temple knows about the "Chinese Exclusion Act", which is also the most "confusing" thing for the Japanese side.Why can China endure such insults, and still collude with the United States.After Makino Shinxian was insulted by Zhang Yu, he returned to the residence of the Japanese mission and couldn't help but yell, "America is China's godfather!"

Looking at Xiyuan Temple's suspicious look, Shang Yuan couldn't help laughing and said, "Equality is a noun, it's an evaluation. What we are after is equality in fact, and it's useless to shout anything."

Gongwang of Xiyuan Temple still doesn't quite understand Shang Yuan's meaning, and still looks at Shang Yuan suspiciously.Shang Yuan didn't have any illusions about the strength and mentality of the Japanese, so he got up and wrote a sentence to Xiyuanji Gongwang.

A gentleman is ashamed not to cultivate, not ashamed to see dirt; ashamed not to believe, not ashamed not to be believed; not ashamed to be ashamed, not ashamed not to be useful.

Shang Yuan's calligraphy with a brush is quite good. After writing, he handed the paper to Mr. Xiyuansi, "I hope Mr. Xiyuansi can encourage me!"

This is Shang Yuan's sincere words!

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