In terms of diplomacy, Yang Zengxin has repeatedly negotiated with Britain and Russia, fought for the rights of the Chinese people, and put forward conditions including the protection of overseas Chinese in Russia and the requirement of British and Russian businessmen to pay taxes. After the October Revolution in Russia, in order to prevent the infiltration of Soviet Russia into Xinjiang Province, Yang Zengxin and the Soviet Russian government signed a relatively equal new trade clause. In the face of the Russian Civil War, Yang Zengxin strictly maintained neutrality, protected the territory and the people, and expelled the remnants of the White Russian army that had fled into Xinjiang, so that Xinjiang Province was not disturbed by the Russian Civil War. Diplomatic success prevented the province from serious war and destruction during this period.

Although Yang Zengxin now commands the military and political power of Xinjiang Province, in fact the foundation of his political power is not stable, and in order to consolidate his position, Yang Zengxin once regarded winning the understanding and assistance of Soviet Russia as one of the main measures to consolidate his political power, and he himself also pretended to be quite interested in Bolshevism and Marxism, in order to achieve the goal of easing relations with Soviet Russia.

As far as Soviet Russia is concerned, a stable and pro-Soviet local government in Xinjiang Province has a direct stake in it, which can keep the Sino-Russian border bordering Xinjiang Province safe and secure, thus ensuring its strategic security in the Far East. In order to hold his flank, Lenin also planned to make full use of the agricultural, animal husbandry and mineral resources of Xinjiang Province to serve his own economic and military construction, and at the same time hoped to penetrate deeper into Xinjiang Province by supporting Yang Zengxin's regime, so as to expand his influence here.

When the two sides were in secret contact, the Soviet and Russian sides proposed that Yang Zengxin "must be pro-Soviet and anti-imperialist." Although he negotiated with the Soviet side in order to consolidate his own power, Yang Zengxin still did not dare to rashly agree to the Soviet and Russian demands. However, with Yang Zengxin's acquiescence, the Russian Red Army secretly entered Xinjiang Province twice and helped Yang Zengxin exterminate the remnants of the White Russian army. The turmoil in Xinjiang Province since the Hami Incident was quelled. Therefore, in January 1919, Yang Zengxin and the Soviet Russian political axe secretly signed the "Dihua Secret Treaty". According to the secret agreement, the Soviet Russian political axe will give certain political, economic and military assistance to Xinjiang Province when it is attacked from outside.

But what disturbed Yang Zengxin was that his contract with Soviet Russia was carried out in secret and was not approved by the central government of Yanjing.

And Yang Zengxin also knew that China and Yueben joined forces to attack Soviet Russia, and the role played by the young border inspector in this.

"He went to the Kazakh steppe this time, and I heard that he also did a lot of things?" Yang Zengxin asked.

"Yes, I heard that he also drew up a development plan." "He's going to invest in building a large number of primary schools there for local children to go to school, and he's going to build the railroad as well." I heard that some factories are going to be built. ”

"There is no shadow of the railway in this province now, and he has to go so far to repair the railway, what does this mean?" Yang Zengxin asked a little strangely.

"There are railways in Kazakhstan that the Russians have built, and he probably wants to expand them first with the foundation laid by the Russians." Fan Yaonan said, "After all, our Xinjiang Provincial Railway has no foundation, so ......" Fan Yaonan saw that Yang Zengxin's face was a little ugly, so he didn't say any more.

"Building the railway is conducive to improving people's livelihood, and he came to help us build the railway, of course I welcome it with both hands." Yang Zengxin said, "But I'm afraid that he came for our secret agreement with Soviet Russia, so it will be troublesome." ”

"In the moment of expediency, he won't say anything." Although Fan Yaonan's heart was also quite uneasy, in order to cheer up Yang Zengxin, he still seemed very calm and calm on the surface, "Xiang and Yue himself negotiated, I heard that there is also his part, our China and Yue Ben fought unprecedentedly fiercely, and there is a great tendency to fight to the death, and in the end, didn't he suddenly shake hands and make peace, and then turn his head to attack Soviet Russia, he can turn around at such a time, and turn enemies into friends with his sworn enemy, what are we afraid of?" What's more, we didn't trade territory and sovereignty, so where did the fears come from? ”

Listening to Fan Yaonan's words, Yang Zengxin nodded slowly.

"When he walks back, he will definitely come to Dihua to see me, and then he will be able to see the difference." Yang Zengxin seemed to be a little amused that he would be so afraid of a young junior, and he said self-deprecatingly, "Anyway, I'm an old bone, and I've been the soil emperor for so many years, so I have nothing to be afraid of." ”

"Yes, yes." Fan Yaonan heard the killing intent implied in Yang Zengxin's words, and couldn't help but shrink in his heart.

"You should also pay attention to the movements on the Russian side, and tell me at any time if you have any news." Yang Zengxin said, "Now we must pay attention to both aspects, and we must not tolerate sloppiness." ”

"Yes!" Fan Yaonan replied respectfully.

Yang Zengxin came to the table and looked at a large photo of the airship that Yang Shuoming was riding in a newspaper, and was silent for a while.

Russia, Moscow, Kremlin.

Lenin looked at a report sent by the Cheka in his hand, and his face began to become more and more ugly.

"Our best staff went deep into the territory of Russian Turkestan (referring to the Kazakh region) and learned about the current living conditions of the people of Turkestan and learned about the things that the Kazakhs fear most. When they broke free from Russia's protection, now they are just waiting for the time when they will be swallowed up by their powerful neighbor, China. ”

"Russians and Russified Germans are currently leaving Turkestan (Russia has historically had a large number of immigrants from Germany, since ancient times, but many of them settled in Germany after the fall of Tsarist Russia) and returning to Europe. They walked quietly, without any excesses. After the war, hundreds of thousands of Europeans left from here, but returned about 700,000 'Alameins' (in this case, Kazakhs who migrated from China, Mongolia and Xinjiang provinces). The locals were very happy to welcome them back to their historical homeland. A demographic 'boom' is taking place in Turkestan: the Kazakhs are as numerous as rabbits, and in our incomplete statistics, the Kazakhs have risen from 40% to 65%, and for the first time the Kazakhs can fantasize about creating a nation-state. ”

"Before China's invasion of Russia, Turkestan was suffering from these problems on its own and refusing to acknowledge this potential threat. According to our survey. In Turkestan, all major construction projects, such as the Central Asian Railway, require immediate access to large sums of money, and the Kazakhs obviously do not have the financial resources to provide such funds, including Russia. And in Central Asia, there is only one country that is bathing in gold and ready to buy everything from this new world at a low price, and that country is China. ”

"It was China, after the signing of the Agreement on Annexation with the Kazakhs, that the leaders of Turkestan began to fall in love with Yanjing. For decades, China has been looking at this huge, empty land with cold, jealous eyes, looking at Turkestan, a neighbor who has an unusually large number of natural resources but is poorer than them, who can now open a direct road to the Caspian Sea, and they are taking control of this country that is the hub of the entire Central Asian region. ”

"There are two points of view in Turkestan on relations with China: one is the formal state view, as the Turkestan People's Parliament Pahim said: 'We are historically part of China. China's economy is now the most stable in Asia and will soon become the second largest in the world. We don't need to believe in those illusions and spread theories about the China threat. ’”

"Now any Kazakh official, before the broadcast, will say such a fashionable sentence to his people: the Chinese threat is ridiculous nonsense. And when the radio is turned off, we can hear the second view. The popular, folk version of what is happening, built on deep historical fears. This fear was very well expressed by a local high society man named Mustafa, who was the owner of a leather factory in Astana. He said: 'Historically, Kazakhs have hated the Chinese. If it were our own idea, we would have built a Great Kazakh Wall long ago in order to separate our dangerous neighbors. Hey, there are too few powerful people now. Now the Kazakh chiefs are capitulating like sheep surrounded by wolves. We resigned ourselves to surrendering our rights and trying to redeem ourselves. Let them dig up all our natural resources, just leave behind the land we love so much. It is minus 40 degrees Celsius in winter and minus 40 degrees Celsius in summer. We will burn the stove with dry manure blocks, just like our ancestors, but we will live. ’”

"The fear of Kazakhs from history is mainly because of the events that took place in the 18th century. The Qing Empire destroyed the Dzungar Khanate, which is now a province of China. These old neighbors of the Kazakhs, long-time competitors, the fierce and brave Dzungars, were slaughtered by the Chinese in cold blood. The Kazakhs were so frightened that they voluntarily threw themselves into the arms of Russia. The Kazakhs have not forgotten the border disputes between Russia and China for hundreds of years. ”

"We secretly interviewed a lot of Kazakhs, and they all expressed their anger and fear of the arrival of the Chinese."

"A young herdsman named Garrahan said: 'When the Chinese came, the people walking in the streets had cold faces, and the women felt that they were going to be widows, that there had been dead and wounded, and that there had been military operations. Everyone felt that we would be occupied by China, and that it was a given. I was a properly educated child, thinking at that time about going to the arsenal to steal weapons and staying to fight the Chinese. But in the end we were not able to resist. We were very impressed by this incident, and I was left with only a feeling of hostility and no new feeling was generated."

"Many Kazakhs want to believe that China, with its ancient civilization, is a great country, and that they will live happily under the protection of China. But they also believe that the two giant countries of China and Russia are wrestling and may tear them to pieces. Because Turkestan, although the area is large, does not have a large population, and Russia, which once protected them, is sneezing, weakening, and sick. They couldn't even keep the tiny Tuva (referring to Tangnu Ulianghai), so they had to quietly turn to China. Of course, they still miss the protection of Russia very much, because Russia used to build schools, theaters, hospitals, and roads for them like angels. The land has never been as prosperous as it was under Russian rule. ”

"'And what can we do?' An official in Turkestan once spread his hands and said: 'The Chinese are occupying our land, and we have no way to resist them.' Post-revolutionary Russia has been silent, and our people are meaningless and useless to hold some talks with the Chinese, but the Chinese are deliberately stalling for time. And we can't fight them! Our military experts have calculated that the war between Turkestan and China will end in a month. In fact, if this is the case, we can all be proud, to be honest, we didn't think it would be more than 10 days. ”

"Chinese politics is too personal about the personal colors and preferences of its leaders, and China is not averse to being friends with the devil, and they have no interest in the values that are not properly embodied, which is important to Europeans and Americans. China's interests -- that's [their] moral values. We asked some local officials: 'At the last minute, Turkestan is presented with two sharp choices: Who is he going to be with?' China or Russia? Their answer was: 'No, but we can keep the balance at the moment.' ’”

"China is now lending money to the Kazakh chieftains in Turkestan, and they can also give loans to other ethnic groups. But within the framework of Central Asia as a whole, the Chinese do not have any huge plans: they want to talk separately. Their policy is 'divide and rule', which is typical of imperialist countries. ”

"Turkestan has a huge uninhabited steppe and is rich in oil, gas and various ores, and is an important passage to the Caspian Sea, and the Chinese occupy Turkistan and will gain the possibility of a direct border with Persia. Capture almost unarmed Turkestan, and the Chinese will get everything! Undoubtedly, this is their first direction of attack. ”

"Today's Xinjiang Province of China is a bridgehead for long-distance attacks in our direction. It's easy to find excuses, such as making something on the border and then going into the army in order to defend your vital interests. ”

"When the Kazakhs took their Chinese friends on a casual tour of Turkestan, their eyes sparkled when they saw the rich, undeveloped open space. It can be an excellent fertile land, and these useless Kazakhs actually use it for grazing. The Chinese have said this more than once, and this is the difference between the typical way of thinking of a farmer and a nomad. ”

"We have to paint a terrible prospect of a massive Chinese, millions of uncontrolled mobs rushing to Turkestan, and we can't do anything then." And no one can tell us exactly that this will not happen. ”

"Now, a lot of people don't believe the China experts who are trying to comfort us, saying that our fears about China are unfounded. These people are actually Yanjing's drummers. Thousands of Chinese already live in Turkestan. They have figured out our main weakness, they have learned to bribe. The Kazakhs are already serving the Chinese, working for the Chinese, growing vegetables, changing food to their tastes, and preparing to go to their newly built factories to find work. ”

"The Chinese are also buying genealogies of the Kazakh elite in order to understand whose relationships are behind each person; They know the name of every officer in the Kazakh army; They know what the salary of Kazakh soldiers is. The Chinese plan to build a large number of schools in Turkestan, so that Kazakh children will learn Chinese from an early age, because they know that only in this way can Turkestan truly belong to China. ”

"In order to understand China's danger to humanity, it is necessary to know where China's core interests lie, and the ideology of communitarianism is simply a secondary school in comparison. China is a surprising country, they have fought thousands of years of wars, but they have lost wars, but they have always relied on assimilation and adaptation to destroy their conquerors. In the 19th century, China, losing the Opium Wars, gave rise to the idea at home: we are a great country, the center of the world, but all our problems are that the leaders are foreign peoples. Hence the idea of becoming a 'leading nation'. After the Chinese Revolution of 1911, they carried out a massacre against the Manchurians, killing almost all the Manchurians. Since then, China has been working in one direction with all its purpose -- to occupy a respectable position in the world. They form a kind of dramatic scene that makes people's hearts burn, they seem to be great, but they don't have world leadership, and all the foreigners want to manipulate them! Since the beginning of the 20th century, the bearers of 'China's core interests' have all been secret societies. Something like the 'Illuminati', or the wise men in a bamboo forest. Today, the organization of such secret societies can spread to every corner of Chinese society, even to all political parties in China. ”

"It's a force that doesn't exist, like some ghost with a unique way of thinking. They are not inflammatory, they have a different attitude towards time. They look at things in hundred-year increments and never make a fuss. It was the people of this secret group who spent an entire century researching the technology of infiltration. ”

(To be continued)