When Shiinuma walked into the office. Zhao Bei had already caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye. Seeing Tang Shaoyi sitting down in the corner silently, Zhao Bei also understood that this was Tang Shaoyi's silent protest. On the issue of Britain, Tang Shaoyi has always been a "moderate faction" and the position of their "hawks" is different, Tang Shaoyi insisted that it is necessary to maintain good relations with Britain, and before coming, Tang Shaoyi told Zhao Bei on the phone. He came to debate with Mr. President and asked him to listen carefully to his views on the current international situation. But the problem is that Zhao Bei does not intend to debate with Tang Shaoyi.

Zhao Bei disagreed with Tang Shaoyi's views on the current international situation, if two years ago, Zhao Bei might have taken the initiative to repair relations with Britain, but now the situation is different, and time has changed. Since the end of the South Seas War. Now not only China and Japan are beginning to move closer, but even Thailand is actively seeking to join this small Asian Front, and more importantly, the national awakening movement in Asia is emerging, and Zhao Bei is only determined that a storm of national liberation in Asia is not just the imagination of journalists, and in this international context, it seems a little inappropriate to take the initiative to seek cooperation with Britain, and now it is indeed time to seriously consider rewriting the rules of the world game. Even if it is not rewritten immediately, it seems that there is some preparation for future rule rewriting.

Since Tang Shaoyi sat down without saying a word. Then Zhao Bei remained silent for the time being, still looking at the map on the table, listening to Jiang Fangzhen's explanation.

What Jiang Fangzhen is now explaining is about the strategic situation of the enemy and us in Central Asia; some time ago, the General Staff Headquarters of the Army, Navy, and Air Force sent an inspection delegation to the Central Asian region to conduct on-the-spot investigations. The regiment commander is none other than the chief of staff, Lan Tianwei. Now, Lan Tianwei is still sitting in the Central Asia Military Region Command, and these strategic situation analysis reports in Jiang Fangzhen's hands are also provided by Lan Tianwei and the staff officers for the center, which are first-hand information on the front line, and the analysis is quite comprehensive.

"At the moment, our army is gathering forces. Preparing for a large-scale attack on Khiva, although the local Bolsheviks were willing to make peace with us, in the face of British aggressiveness, we must now act decisively and take full control of the Transoxiana region, only in this way can we completely cut off the British idea and force the Bolsheviks to move southward. To harass the British-controlled areas, this strategy was proposed by Chief Lan, and it was in line with the strategy formulated by the center at the beginning. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Fangzhen paused. Then he changed the conversation and said: "On the other hand, according to the reconnaissance intelligence of our reconnaissance plane. In northern Persia, British troops were still massing, perhaps to cross the Caucasus Mountains to interfere with the Russian Revolution, or perhaps to interfere with the Turkish Revolution. However, it is not excluded that the possibility of continuing to increase the number of troops in Central Asia and the central part of the river cannot be ruled out, and according to the report of our intelligence agents in India, the British troops stationed in India are also frequently mobilized, and it seems that after Tashkent suffered losses, Britain is unwilling and is likely to retaliate militarily. The General Staff Headquarters believes that the Central Asian Military Region is now overstretched in strength, and it is necessary to continue to increase the number of troops stationed there, speed up the degree of armed immigration, and establish a solid rear in the Hanzhong region as soon as possible. ”

"Very good, the matter of increasing troops, your general staff is more worried, I will not give orders directly, which troops need to be sent over, you will discuss and decide. On the matter of armed emigration, you coordinate with the ministries, and I will give instructions to the cabinet later. Now, you can go back and make plans for the surge, and the Admiralty reported to me yesterday that it intends to send an ocean-going fleet into the Indian Ocean. Showing that there exists, I thought about it and approved it, but I also told them not to be too public, and now the Paris Peace Conference is calling on both sides to calm down, this time. We want to save some face for Britain. It also saves some face for the Paris Peace Conference. ”

Zhao Bei. Before everyone left the office, they just nodded slightly to Tang Shaoyi, who was sitting in the corner, but they were not very enthusiastic, indeed, Tang Shaoyi's ideas are always very different from the soldiers' ideas, in the eyes of the soldiers, this Tang Chief is the cabinet "bent-knee faction, small representative."

Of course, Zhao Bei is still very considerate of Tang Shaoyi, the foreign minister who does not have the title of prime minister but has the reality of prime minister has been physically and mentally exhausted in recent days, and the reason why he shows weakness towards Britain is also because he sees the huge gap between the national strength of China and Britain, it is not that he is unpatriotic, nor is it flattering, it is purely a sense of responsibility of a senior government official at work, but he is not like Zhao Bei who can "foresee" the future historical trend, so. It is not surprising that the misjudgment is not surprising, and as for the "hawks", although they cannot "foresee". History, but after all, they are professional soldiers, and soldiers love to fight the most, because war can bring honor and benefits, this. Zhao Bei can also understand it, and he is also good at taking advantage of this.

"Chief Tang, I was negligent just now, after all, the military is now the first, the military is the first."

Zhao Bei walked over, sat down on the sand opposite Tang Shaoyi, and said a few polite words first.

"The president has a lot of opportunities, and Tang can understand and understand."

Tang Shaoyi nodded, took out the documents in the briefcase with an expressionless face, and handed them to Zhao Bei. "Please take a look at the president. This is a written protest document forwarded by the Chargé d'Affaires of the Tsarist Government in China this morning, in which the Tsarist Government expressed its protest against China's recognition of the independent status of the seven Central Asian countries, and at the same time, the Tsarist Government also submitted a protest document of the same content to the British Government, and the Tsarist Government also intends to submit relevant proposals to the Paris Peace Conference. The international community is called upon to cancel the diplomatic recognition of the seven independent countries of Central Asia. ”

Zhao Bei flipped through the protest document. I didn't look at it carefully, and after a few minutes, I casually threw the document on the coffee table.

"Chief Tang, I can't accept this protest, the Tsarist government is now defeated, the Soviet Russian Red Army has now entered the Baikal region, and the advance has reached the border of Tangnu-Ulianghai, and it will not take long. Perhaps Tsarist Russia will become history, and a dynasty doomed to perdition, why should it care about its protests? They are pretending to be tigers, and they are self-inflicted. Is Britain's cannon fodder Kawa Ichikawa dang? With the current strength of the Tsarist government. It is simply impossible to formulate Qinli Lianchuan. ”

Seeing that Zhao Bei didn't take this matter seriously at all, Tang Shaoyi felt a little strange.

"Tomorrow, however, the Tsarist Russian Government will submit a proposal on the Central Asian issue to the relevant parties of the Peace Conference through its diplomatic plenipotentiary in Paris, and at present, judging from the reactions of the parties participating in the Paris Peace Conference to the battle in Tashkent, on the surface China and Britain will each play 50 big boards, but in fact, it is the European countries that control the peace conference, and at that time, the special committee on Central Asian issues will certainly adopt a resolution that is unfavorable to our side.

I wonder how the president will respond? ”

"How to deal with it? What can I do? It's just that the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it. The current Sino-British armed conflict, on the surface, is a Central Asian issue, but in fact, this is related to the current order of the whole world, China must not retreat now, only play this time to retreat even one step back, in the future, I am afraid to take more steps back, then, we have finally taken advantage of the chaotic situation in Europe to achieve the strategic advantage will disappear quickly, at this time, the center will never make any compromise, what Britain does, we will do, the big deal is another Sino-British war! Big deal, Lao Tzu joins forces with the Soviets! ”

Zhao Bei was a little emotional, Tang Shaoyi rarely saw Zhao Bei lose his temper. And seeing this scene, he also knew that it was impossible to bridge the differences between the two sides now, he could only obey Zhao Bei's orders, or choose to resign, but resigning now would only give people a bad impression, so, in the final analysis, Tang Shaoyi could only follow President Zhao Da to the end.

"Joining forces with the Soviets? President, be careful! This is to lure the wolf into the house, absolutely not. ”

Tang Shaoyi hurriedly interrupted Mr. President's emotional vent. However, he also recognized once again the seemingly "crazy" side of the "Far Eastern madman", and perhaps it was this kind of uninhibited uninhibition that enabled this military and political strongman to subdue all his domestic opponents in such a short period of time, and in international affairs, this kind of uninhibited uninhibited seems to be able to directly impact the existing international order.

"Chief Tang, I treat you as my own. I won't hide it from you, last time, the Soviet and Russian sides sent people to consult with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the two countries, and the plenipotentiary suggested to me during his secret talks with me that the two countries join hands to jointly redden Europe and Asia and completely overturn the old international order. So I didn't agree, but now, through this Russian civil war, we have seen that the Soviet Russian Red Army, armed with doctrines, is a completely new army. It's like the French Republican team during the French Revolution, they fought for their faith, and such an army was fanatical and enterprising, fighting against such an army. It's fighting fanatics, and who can guarantee that you can defeat them mentally? At least, until their faith disappears, such an army is a difficult opponent to deal with. Speaking of this, Zhao Bei glanced at Tang Shaoyi, and saw that his brows were tightly locked, and he didn't know what he was thinking, so he changed his words and said: "Of course, I am a realist, I have a full understanding of human nature, I don't agree with the overly idealistic propositions of the Soviet and Russian sides, I just hope to be able to use them to help us gain strategic advantages, the so-called "union." If Britain is willing to find a step to go down the ladder, I will not continue to confront Britain directly on the Central Asian issue, I know the strength of Britain. We are also aware of China's strength, and now is indeed not the best time to completely rewrite the old world order, and we must wait patiently for a while. Believe me, once the world changes dramatically again, that time. It is the best time for China to rewrite the old world order. At that time, the rules of the game of the world will be set by us. ”

Hearing Zhao Bei's words, Tang Shaoyi's tightly knit brows relaxed, so he asked.

"Does the president mean that the Foreign Office should continue to engage with the UK? I wonder if the president is willing to make some concessions? ”

"It is impossible to make strategic concessions, but it is possible to release the British prisoners of war first. To demonstrate the sincerity of our negotiations. In fact, my bottom line is the Amu River, I don't interfere in the area south of the Amu Darya, but the British in the north must not interfere either, this is my bottom line, but also the bottom line of the center, when you contact the British side, you must grasp this point. ”

After Zhao Bei finished speaking, he sighed in his heart, Xiao Xiao's previous strategy was to annex the entire Central Asian region. But now it seems that the British side is too sensitive to this, so he has no choice but to fall off the donkey, and the situation in Central Asia is now quite chaotic, and all forces are competing there. Even the tribal forces in Afghanistan are intent on shoehorning into these troubled waters, and it is indeed necessary to put an end to the chaos there as soon as possible, otherwise the resettlement work and the industrial and agricultural work will not be able to proceed smoothly, and the economic pressure on the country will be even greater, and social stability will be affected.

Zhao Bei is not afraid of war, he is only worried that the British government is crazy. With Britain's influence in the world, once Britain goes all out to deal with China, then China will have to face a difficult international environment. The premise for the British government to remain calm seems to be whether Zhao Bei can make a gesture to ease the current tensions.

Beat. Not an end, just a means. Make the British government aware of the toughness of China's position. At the same time, it is necessary to grasp a good degree and maximize the benefits as much as possible under the current rules of the game.

"I see. I immediately called someone to do it. But. On the proposal for the Paris Peace Conference. And how to do it? Tang Shaoyi asked again.

"Don't worry, I will ask Gu Weijun and them to find a way to delay this Tsarist proposal for a few days, and before that, the situation on the side of the Tsarist government may change, the pro-British faction may lose ground again, and the pro-China faction will completely seize the initiative."

Zhao Bei said very surely, which made Tang Shaoyi very worried, because he knew that this "mad president" might take some extraordinary measures, and the facts have repeatedly proved that whenever the head-on cannot break through the predicament, this military and political strongman will adopt roundabout tactics, and the means are often unexpected, as for the ending, it is often surprising and inexplicable.