Chapter 144: Weimar's Layout (Part I)

It is possible that Soviet Russia may really be divided, because the Soviets, headed by the Great Mentor, currently only rule all of Eastern Europe and part of Asia, and the vast majority of the territory that originally belonged to Tsarist Russia is in Alexandria. Vasilyevich. In the hands of the White Guards, led by Kolchak.

Alexander. Vasilyevich. Kolchak was supported by almost 80% of the countries of the world, and it was an exaggeration to say that the Soviets, led by the Great Teacher, were doing soviets.

What did the Great Gurus do? If it is said that all kinds of massacres are carried out by shouting slogans, the international community will only condemn it, it is the Russians who are killed, and how many people die and do the of various countries! The Soviets, led by the Great Mentor, had killed the entire family of Nicholas II very cruelly, and since even the emperor could be killed very cruelly, who else could not be killed by the Soviets?

The massacre that took place in Soviet Russia was very serious, and it was not at all a distinction between criminals and non-criminals, nor between good and bad people, but between rich and poor.

The poor can form associations on their own, and then pull the rich out of their homes without any reason, whether the rich person is good or bad, and being a rich person carries "original sin" with it. The property of the rich will be divided, which is a kind of grandiose robbery, and there will be no trial in the process, just depending on the mood of the poor, if you are in a good mood, you will be killed directly, and if you are in a bad mood, you can be abused and then killed. Methods of killing include shooting, stabbing or slashing, sinking rivers and ponds. Perhaps, after the death of the rich, their female family members, such as daughters-in-law and daughters, will be played around, and the good ones will be forcibly accepted as proletarian wives, and the unlucky ones will continue to be killed. (Historical facts!) )

Then, no matter how the poor became poor, or they couldn't find a job, or they didn't want to work, or they were thieves, criminals, gangsters, or ruffians, anyway, the poor could do whatever they wanted to the rich class under the premise of "political correctness", and it didn't matter if they were lazy or whatever. Then there is a more interesting scene, the previous unemployed vagrants, especially some gangsters and ruffians, they have changed from the scum at the bottom of the society to become revolutionary proletarian fighters, this part of the class fighters are really good at revolution, after all, they were bullies before, how can they toss people and not be good at it?

What is Political Correctness? According to the Great Teacher, if the Soviets want to exist for a thousand years, then they need to choose the side of the majority, and only with the support of the majority can the Soviets have the soil for survival. Undoubtedly, what kind of people are the most in the world? No matter how times change, there will always be more poor than rich, and there will always be many more poor than rich!

The current environment in Soviet Russia is unprecedentedly bad, and they are in an extremely difficult environment. In order to change the harsh circumstances, the Great Mentor reiterated that he would cancel the treaties signed by Tsarist Russia with other countries, and then conditionally recognize some of the treaties of Tsarist Russia.

Lifting some of the treaties signed by Tsarist Russia? The Great Mentor is speaking to the Beiyang government! For example, the "Qing-Russian Treaty of Yinhui", "Qing-Russian Treaty of Beijing", "Qing-Russian Treaty of Survey and Demarcation of the Northwest Boundary", "Treaty of Nebuchu", and also include the "Sino-Russian-Mongolian Entente" signed by the Beiyang government itself and other unequal treaties.

If the Great Mentor was really willing to give up the land and interests he had seized from the Manchus and the Beiyang government, the Beiyang government would be able to recover at least 1.5 million square kilometers of territory without firing a single shot, which would be equivalent to increasing the original 11.38 million square kilometers (legal territory) to 12.88 million square kilometers.

The 11.38 million square kilometers of land is not the Beiyang government's own "frontier" on the map, but the actual territory recognized by the League of Nations. However, I have to tell the truth, that is, the territory is so large, but there is water in the area that really accepts the leadership of the Beiyang government.

The Beiyang government participated in the European war and became one of the victorious powers. This time, what they received at the Paris Peace Conference was not an old bell, but an international status like a real victorious power.

Countries such as Britain and France made many promises in order for the Beiyang government to send troops to the war.

After the end of the war, France fulfilled its previous commitments, gave up its concessions in China, and returned the indemnities received from China year by year, which made the Beiyang government very popular among the people.

France fulfilled its promises, some countries also fulfilled their promises, and the rest of the defeated countries naturally lost their rights and interests, but the British reneged on their promises.

Right! That's right! After the end of the war, instead of fulfilling the previous promise, the British had the intention of repenting of the previous return of rights and interests, and some countries belonging to the British Commonwealth did not want to fulfill their commitments at all, which made the Beiyang government both angry and helpless.

Fortunately, France and some other countries have fulfilled their commitments, and the Beiyang government has finally gained something. In order to repay France for keeping its promises, the Beiyang government participated in the intervention of the Soviet and Russian civil wars, initially sending troops to Vladivostok (historical facts), and the few warships also sent two.

The Beiyang government sent intervention troops to Soviet Russia, and the most nervous was the Soviet government and Japan. It is natural to say that the Soviet government is nervous, after all, the Beiyang government is very close to Soviet Russia, and with the support of the Beiyang government, the White Guards have room for maneuver whether they advance or retreat. What is Japan's nervousness about the Beiyang government's intervention in the civil war in Soviet Russia? It is nothing more than the fear that the Beiyang government will gain more favor from Western countries, and that the Beiyang government will get closer and closer to France and eventually become an ally.

In fact, because the Beiyang Army performed well in the European war, France really has a tendency to win over the Beiyang government as an ally. Not only France, but also the United States and the Beiyang government are getting closer and closer, and the cooperation between the three sides, from military to economic, is getting closer and closer, so that Japan, which has great ambitions for China, will not be nervous.

Because some results were still achieved at the Paris Peace Conference, the prestige of the Beiyang government among the people has increased, although it has not been able to completely abolish the unequal treaties, but it has really abolished some, and the situation faced by the Beiyang government is much better, at least when some "artillery parties" want to attack the Beiyang government, some remarks are less based on facts.

The Soviet government of the Great Mentor was to dissolve a series of unequal treaties? That was something that had been mentioned since the Great Mentor came to power, but the main reason why the Great Mentor said that it was to repay the debt, after all, Tsarist Russia owed a lot of international foreign debts, and if the Soviets recognized the various peace treaties left by Tsarist Russia, it was obvious that the government led by the Great Mentor would not be able to repay it at all.

Since it was for the sake of repaying the debt, the great teacher put out the words, and some of the things that needed to be carried out were to be carried out immediately, such as refusing to recognize the debts of Tsarist Russia and France, and then refusing to recognize some of the terms signed between Tsarist Russia and Britain. What could be slowed down was the refusal to recognize the independence of Finland, the independence of Poland, or even the control of Ottoman Turkey over Constantinople, including the abolition of a series of Tsarist and Chinese clauses, and so on.

What does that mean? It's just that the words are released, but whether you want to do it depends on the mood, their understanding is that they will do it if they need it, and if they don't need it, they will let it go. They are also really fearless, after all, those who should oppose the Soviets are already opposing, and even sending troops to intervene in the civil war in Soviet Russia, the Soviets have nothing more to lose, what is there to worry about?

Compared with the Soviet power, which immediately repaid its debts after coming to power, the Beiyang government's willingness to accept a series of treaties signed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty is much more cute and reasonable, so although Britain does not want to fulfill its promises, the British are finally not so arrogant once, and they come with a reasonable attitude, and the attitude of the British is to delay, and they have been delaying, which is equivalent to giving each other a face and not tearing their faces.

If we do not take into account the embarrassing problem of not being able to actually lead, the Beiyang government can be regarded as having achieved the two aspects of "defending ancestral property" and "fighting for sovereignty and integrity", compared to some little girls who live in Japan, spend the money funded by the Japanese government happily, and play with Japanese girls happily...... The "artillery party" and other things can be said to be very noble.

The Beiyang government is aware of little Japan's ambitions against China, and they are trying hard to build their own defense line, which is not a position in the traditional sense or something, but a kind of defense line in the hearts of the people, but ...... It should be said that it didn't go so smoothly. Some chaotic parties who used Japanese money to constantly make trouble have been scolding, no matter what the Beiyang government does, from sending troops to participate in the European war to recovering the concessions, they will be scolded whatever they are caught. Let those "artillery parties" come up with an effective plan for governing the country, and the "artillery party" was stunned for a moment and then continued to scold, as if everything else except scolding people is secondary.

Duan Qirui recently added a new trouble, that is, the defeated Germany in Europe, they sent people to Beiping to negotiate, saying that they hoped to obtain permission from the Beiyang government to come to invest and other things.

Germany was defeated, and the Beiyang government intervened, and the Chinese, who had suffered almost a hundred years of humiliation, had an almost instinctive wariness of any foreigner. The Beiyang government sided with the Entente and entered the war against Germany, so they had their share in winning the war. Now, the Weimar government is going to Peking to discuss investment? The Beiyang government heard that the Germans themselves are now so poor that they can't even afford to pay the salaries of government officials, so what can the Germans invest in?

"Not the commander of the Freikorps, it's the Weimar government." Cao Kun is 60 years old this year, looking quite old, but with the temperament of a soldier, he stared at Duan Qirui and said: "For the time being, I didn't say anything specific about what to invest in, probably it will be some industry or something." ”

Speaking of which, there have been some changes in Europe because of Rich's intervention, but the biggest change is in the Far East. For example, it should be the Beiyang government's constant infighting, this faction fights that faction, and then becomes a mess, weakening its own strength and giving the "artillery party" a chance to rise. However, now the Beiyang government has internal contradictions, but it has not resorted to force at all, and the various factions have shown sufficient calm.

Duan Qirui, who should have stepped down, continued to be his president, and from 1917 to 1922, he really did some practical things for the country, especially the recovery of tariffs and the return of concessions from some countries, resulting in his reputation is also quite high.

Duan Qirui is a person who has been to the Berlin Military Academy for further study, and to be honest, he has a good impression of Germany, but many times the good impression is only a good feeling, and it can't change much.

"According to the information that came back, the Weimar government was relatively close to the United States, and it was a gesture of resistance to Britain and France." Wu Peifu looks younger among the old men, he is 48 years old this year. He reached out and touched his bald head, and said in a confused tone: "We have spied on the envoys sent by the Weimar government, and have found out some news. The way they want to cooperate is that we provide people, money, and land, and they provide technology and consultants. According to the West, it is to cooperate with us in the form of technology shares. ”

What is the current situation in China? It was probably the Manchu government that carried out some industrial construction during the Westernization Movement, and there was no new industrial construction after the collapse of the Manchu Dynasty. This situation was maintained until the "Artillery Party" came to power, and even the "Artillery Party" became even more vigorous, and did not engage in any industrial construction at all, and the word "procurement" was used in everything, and the origin of the so-called "comprador government" came from here.

"Technology stakes?" Duan Qirui is not an uninformed person, he thought for a while, and said: "This matter looks quite weird, but in general, the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for us. We seem to have everything, it's just a lack of technology. It's just that we have to find out what their intentions are, and if it involves the competition of the international situation, we should not participate. ”

Germany's participation in investment in China is not due to anyone's interference (including the author's opinion), it is something that the German government has been carrying out from 1920 to 1934, and the investment has increased year by year, including but not limited to the construction of civilian factories, military factories and other facilities, and has also continuously sent military advisers to participate in the construction of the army in China.

If there is anyone who has helped the industry of China the most in modern times, it must be Germany and not any other country. Of course, the Germans' investments naturally need to be rewarded, but most of the time it's not money, it's mineral resources.

"Things on the German side can be taken slowly, and things on the Soviet side are more urgent." Duan Qirui definitely wanted to get back the more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land that had been swallowed by Tsarist Russia, but things were not so easy. He said: "On the first few attempts to spy on the attitude of the Entente countries, only France and the United States showed limited support, and Britain and Japan warned against it. ”

Wu Peifu immediately looked annoyed: "The Japanese slaves are really too deceitful, they have been arrogant and unreasonable on the issue of Qingdao before, and they have repeatedly obstructed the return of the concession, and now they are interfering in things that have nothing to do with them!" ”

Little Japan put forward the famous "Twenty-one Articles" when Yuan Shikai was not dead, and although the "Twenty-one Articles" were somewhat unfinished, Japan's ambitions for China were really exposed.

"......" Cao Kun sighed and said, "I have thought about it a little now, in fact, other things are really secondary, only the country becomes strong is the top priority." If you want the country to be strong, industry has to develop, so ...... Reach an agreement with Germany earlier, as long as they don't go too far, we'll do it. (To be continued.) )