Zhou Fohai didn't comfort Gao Zongwu when he heard this, but smiled slightly, and was about to speak, when there was a sound of cars outside the door, the three of them opened the door and came out, a German Mercedes-Benz sedan stopped at the door, and a middle-aged man in a gray suit got out of the car, a pair of silver enamel glasses on the bridge of his nose, and the whole person looked personable. /.0M\\

"Bai Sitong, Brother Bai, I didn't expect you to come, please come in, please come in." Gao Zongwu swept away the silence just now, and happily beckoned people into the house.

"Brother Gao, Minister Zhou, Minister Chen, I have New Year's greetings for the three of you." Bai Si bowed happily.

"Brother, let's not come to these vain things," Zhou Fohai stepped forward and grabbed Bai Sitong's hand: "Didn't my brother go to Dihua?" Why did you come back so soon? ”

"Alas, Dihua is just a fictional story, so naturally it's about to go back soon." Bai Sitong had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, and his gaze behind the lenses sparkled.

"How do you say that?" Chen Gongbo asked curiously.

Bai Sitong was about to answer, but Gao Zongwu said repeatedly: "Say in the house, say in the house, don't let people say that I don't know how to be hospitable." ”

A few people talked and laughed and entered the house, Gao Zongwu took out another cup and poured a glass of wine for Bai Sitong, Bai Sitong picked up the wine bottle with a smile, looked at the trademark on it, and said with some surprise: "Oh, I didn't expect that there is such a good wine here, brother, it's really rare." ”

"Your brother has traveled all over Europe, America, and Soviet Russia, and he has never seen any wine." Gao Zongwu said lightly.

Bai Sitong is a student of Li Dazhao, before the Revolution joined the Communist C Party, although he is a student of Li Dazhao, but deeply influenced by Chen Duxiu, after the failure of the Revolution, Chen Duxiu was expelled from the party, he was angry and publicly declared that he quit the party, and then went to the United States to study, 128 after returning to China, through Wang Jingwei to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is currently the head of the Soviet Russia Section of the European Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Gao Zongwu said that he traveled all over Europe and the United States is not wrong.

"Alas, how can those wines compare with this, your authentic Bordeaux wine, it is completely different, it is not the same taste at all. It's a pity, it's a pity. Bai Sitong shook his head and said, feeling sorry for this bottle of red wine that was dark in the pearl.

"It doesn't matter what kind of wine he has, let's drink him," Zhou Fohai still maintained a happy appearance, stretched out his hand to pour himself another glass, and then asked Bai Sitong: "What is going on in Xinjiang?" How was it handled? Did the Soviet Russian side agree to our request? What is Sheng Shicai's opinion? ”

"I didn't completely agree, I didn't completely refuse, the time was not ripe, Sheng Shicai was the first to go to both ends, on the one hand, he was worried about the central government's large-scale entry into Xinjiang, and on the other hand, he was worried about the reaction of Soviet Russia, and his attitude was very vague." Bai Sitong sighed.

The Xinjiang issue has always been a heart of the Chinese government, 918 Japan used force to forcibly occupy the three eastern provinces, that is, at the same time, the west of China, Soviet Russia began to enter Xinjiang on a large scale, 33 years Soviet Russia instigated a coup d'état in Xinjiang, supported Sheng Shicai to come to power, Sheng Shicai came to power after implementing a pro-Soviet Russian policy, signed a series of treaties with Soviet Russia, through these treaties Soviet Russia gradually controlled the military, political and economic of Xinjiang, such as the Xinjiang provincial government hired Soviet Russian advisers, Soviet Russia has the right to garrison troops in Xinjiang, The Suxin Trading Company was responsible for exploiting all the resources of Xinjiang, and these treaties were more harsh than the 21 articles proposed by Japan to Yuan Shikai, but all this was covered up in the case of Japan's intensifying invasion of China, and Chiang Kai-shek determined the strategy of uniting Russia to contain Japan, and also suppressed the reports in this regard, intentionally or unintentionally, not to mention the Communist Party, it was too late to cover up.

After the Lugou Bridge Incident, Soviet Russia even sent a delegation to Hami in Xinjiang, and last year invited Sheng Shicai to visit the Soviet Union, and Stalin held a grand welcoming ceremony in Moscow. At the same time, the Central Union secretly reported that Soviet Russia was luring Sheng Shicai to agree to annex Xinjiang into Soviet Russia and become a union republic of Soviet Russia, and Chiang Kai-shek specially appointed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to negotiate with Soviet Russia for this reason, and it was under this circumstance that Bai Sitong flew to Xinjiang, on the one hand, to accept the weapons and equipment and factory equipment paid by Soviet Russia for the purchase of radar penicillin, and on the other hand, to negotiate with Soviet Russia locally, demanding that Soviet Russia recognize Xinjiang as Chinese territory and safeguard China's sovereignty in Xinjiang.

"We are at war with the Japanese, we need the support of Soviet Russia internationally, in addition to their material support, and now is not the best time to solve the Xinjiang problem, they recognize the sovereignty of our country in Xinjiang." Bai Sitong shook his head and said.

"I think if this war continues, it will be the front to reject the wolf and enter the tiger at the back door, and the people will suffer." Chen Gongbo sighed, he vaguely guessed what Zhou Fohai was looking for him to do today, but he was very embarrassed, it was obvious that the conditions offered by the Japanese could not be low, and agreeing to such conditions would undoubtedly be condemned by the whole country, but he was less and less optimistic about the prospects of this war. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to lead Russia to contain Japan, and Soviet Russia was probably a worse thing than Japan.

"Brother Zongwu, you are in charge of negotiating with Japan, how about this trip to Hong Kong, has the attitude of the Japanese changed?" Zhou Fohai glanced at Gao Zongwu, and Gao Zongwu didn't say anything in his eyes.

"Alas," Gao Zongwu shook his head and said, "what else can I say?" Yucheng is like this, I estimate that this matter will have to be delayed for a while, but this time in Japan I met with Deputy Chief of Staff Tada Jun, Land Minister Itagaki Seishiro, Diet Councilor Ken Inuyang, and Takeo Imai, head of the Chinese squad of the General Staff Headquarters, and others, judging from their attitudes, they hope for an armistice and peace, but they are very dissatisfied with Lao Chiang's desire to make peace and rely on Europe and the United States, and hope that Vice President Wang will come forward to preside over the peace talks. ”

"Oh," Zhou Fohai was very interested, leaned forward, and asked eagerly, "What about the guards?" Did you see the guards? ”

Seeing this, Konoe said that he hoped that Mr. Wang would play a greater role in the future, but he did not agree to write a letter to Mr. Wang, but only agreed that General Itagaki would write a letter to Mr. Wang. Hasn't that letter been handed over to you, and what is Mr. Wang's attitude? Gao Zongwu said with some regret.

"What is Lao Jiang's reaction?" Chen Gongbo was more concerned about Chiang Kai-shek's attitude, and asked first without waiting for Zhou Fohai to answer, he knew in his heart that the peace talks could not be completed without Chiang Kai-shek's consent, and Gao Zongwu was also ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to touch the Japanese at the beginning.

"Hmph, what can he say," Gao Zongwu snorted angrily and said: "Called me to scold, saying that I shouldn't go to Japan without permission, let alone go to see Konoe and Itagaki without permission, and now that the funds are suspended, let me think about it behind closed doors." ”

Negotiations with Japan began with the mediation of Todman, and Gao Zongwu has always been in charge, and the two sides contacted in Hong Kong, Gao Zongwu first contacted the Japanese businessman Nishi Yoshiken through Dong Daoning, the chief of the first section of the Asian Division, and then went to Japan with the help of Matsumoto Shigeharu to meet Shadow Showa and Takeo Imai, and Shadow Sawa Zhenzhao also wrote two trusts that he brought to He Yingqin and Zhang Qun, but although the Japanese occupied Nanjing at that time, Guangde was frustrated, and was in full swing to prepare to open up the Jinpu Road, and Konoe made a statement that he did not take the Nanjing government as an opponent, Naturally, negotiations cannot take place under such circumstances.

After the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army in the First Battle of Jinpu Road, the Japanese side hardened its stance and put forward more stringent conditions, including the recognition of Manchukuo, the autonomy of North China, the expansion of the Shanghai Demilitarized Zone, and Japan-China economic cooperation, etc., which were rejected by Chiang Kai-shek, believing that the Japanese side had no sincerity in peace talks, and instructed Gao Zongwu to break off contact and return to Wuhan immediately. At this time, there was confusion with history, and it dragged on for nearly half a year.

Although Gao Zongwu obeyed but did not give up, before the start of the second Xuzhou Campaign, he said that Chiang Kai-shek, went to Hong Kong again, contacted Xi Yixian in Hong Kong, found that the conditions of the Japanese side had changed, and agreed to return North China and Jiangnan to China, and China and Japan joined hands to strengthen economic cooperation. The conditions were obviously much more relaxed than last time, and Gao Zongwu was greatly encouraged, so at the invitation of Xi Yixian and the encouragement of Zhou Fohai, he went to Japan.

However, Gao Zongwu also knew that this trip was reckless, so after returning from Japan, he did not dare to return to Wuhan directly, but stayed in Hong Kong and wrote a report, which was brought back by Zhou Longzhen, chief of the Japan-Soviet Section of the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and handed over to Zhou Fohai. After seeing it, Zhou Fohai felt that Chiang Kai-shek could not agree, so he handed it over directly to Wang Jingwei, and Wang Jingwei asked him to hand it over directly to Chiang Kai-shek.

Sure enough, Chiang Kai-shek was furious after seeing this, scolded Gao Zongwu, went to Japan without authorization, and met with Japanese high-ranking officials without authorization, so he ordered the suspension of funds at that time and ordered him to come back immediately.

"Hehe, what's this, didn't Lao Jiang just see that the Japanese wanted Mr. Wang to come forward to preside over the peace talks, and stop the issuance of funds," Zhou Fohai said in a deep voice: "I will give you 3,000 yuan from the Propaganda Department, 3,000 yuan a month, and you will go to Hong Kong again and continue to look for peace." ”

"I think it's better to forget it," Bai Sitong shook his head, he did not approve of the construction of the Japanese under such conditions, and more importantly, he believed that in today's China, without Chiang Kai-shek's consent, any peace is impossible: "It is better to rest at home for a while, and take care of your body." ”

Gao Zongwu once suffered from severe tuberculosis and is still not in good health. But Zhou Fohai shook his head and said: "Now is not the time to rest, you should strike while the iron is hot, Zongwu, you should still go for a run again." ”

Gao Zongwu thought about it and asked, "What does Mr. Wang mean?" ”

"This is also what Mr. Wang meant," Zhou Fohai said, "Gongbo, what do you say?" Should Zongwu go to Hong Kong again? ”

Chen Gongbo was a little embarrassed, Wang Jingwei wanted to come forward to preside over the peace talks, he knew this, but he knew that this step was very dangerous, and he might be crushed if he was not careful.

He hesitated for a moment and said: "I think no matter how slow it is, the current political and military conditions are not ripe, so don't contact them for the time being, and Mr. Wang can't come forward." ”

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