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Beijing, the presidential palace of Zhongnanhai.

The summer breeze is blowing on your face, reducing the heat and dryness. In the Yingxun Pavilion at the southernmost tip of Yingtai Island, the sunset falls on the sparkling water, the mountains, rocks, flowers and plants are natural, and the water and sky are the same color, which makes people feel comfortable.

Song Xiaofei was in this pavilion, meeting with US President William. Taft, this beautiful view, it is easy to forget that Europe is still in the midst of a brutal world war, and thousands of people are dying every minute.

Song Xiaofei looked at the water and gave William. Taft accepted, "The position we are in is Yingtai. It has been built for hundreds of years, longer than the history of the United States, and in the Qing Dynasty, it was a place where the emperor approved documents, took refuge in the summer, and feasted guests. The Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty once studied and formulated a national strategy to quell civil strife and recover Taiwan here. Emperor Guangxu engaged in the Hundred Days Restoration, and after his failure, he was also imprisoned here by the Empress Dowager Cixi. Facing the water on all sides, lined with pavilions and pavilions, it seems to be the fairyland of Yingzhou in ancient legends, so it is named 'Yingtai'. ”

William. "China's history and civilization have thousands of years of tradition, almost as long as the history of human civilization, and it is truly an amazing country with filial piety, loyalty, courtesy, righteousness, and shame," Taft said. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Yes." However, although the civilization of the Americans is short, many people now believe that the European civilization has degenerated, and the bravery, freedom, and innovation of the Americans represent the future of mankind. ”

William. Taft smiled and said, "The president is overrated." However, our talks are not just about looking at the beautiful scenery in front of us and talking about human civilization. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Speaking of it, it is also related to civilization. The main reason why I have invited the President to visit China today is to draw the attention of the United States to the Bolsheviks in Russia, who, once they gain a firm foothold in Russia, will be a disaster for the civilization of all mankind based on private ownership. I heard that the workers and soldiers in Germany are also making trouble. Soviets were also established in several cities. ”

William. Taft said, "Yes. We, the United States, have also noticed. The Bolsheviks in Russia were enemies of the free world, and the United States agreed to China's proposal for the people of the free world to unite and intervene in Russia. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "I don't think the president has understood China's intentions, and we don't just want to intervene in Russia. China felt that this evil country occupied by the Bolsheviks. There is no need to exist in the world anymore. ”

"Huh? You mean to destroy Russia? "William. Taft was also dumbfounded when he heard Song Xiaofei's words. The total territory of the original Tsarist Russia was 22.4 million square kilometers, including Central Asia, the Far East, the five countries of Central Asia, and northern Iran, which were all Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, and after being divided by China and Germany, there were more than 14 million square kilometers, in addition to Russian vassal states and protectorates, such as the Bukhara Khanate, the Khiva Khanate, etc. The complete annexation of Russia, which no country dared to think before, the appetite of the Chinese is so great!

Song Xiaofei said: "I mean, use Russia as a bargaining chip to end this world war, Russia can be divided by Britain, France, Germany, Turkey, China, the United States, and even Italy, Austria-Hungary, etc., some places, like Ukraine, Poland." All have to be formally independent. In short, Russia can no longer exist. ”

Song Xiaofei said this with confidence. From 1908 to 1910. Due to European orders, China's ocean-going merchant ships and shipbuilding capacity have achieved high growth, and during the war, a large number of European talents and capital flowed into China. As the war spreads, the continent is full of wars and soaring prices, and life is becoming more and more difficult, and many people, especially Jews, want to flee Europe to escape the war. Shanghai Hongkou. It is the warmest place in the Far East for Jews around the world, with about 20,000 people visiting. A lot of people have immigrated by investment. Because of China's immigration policy, as long as the immigrant has a capital of more than 200,000 US dollars. and are ready to make industrial investment in China, you can obtain Chinese nationality. Now China's strength is not what it used to be. And because of the war, Germany, France, and Britain have already consumed a lot. China and the United States have surpassed them in industrial power.

China pursues a "cash transaction" trade principle, allowing large amounts of gold and cash flow from various countries to China. Countries such as Germany, which have borrowed heavily from China, have had to use their outstanding bonds and loans at a discount to cover their payments. As the war intensified, European countries had to desperately borrow money from the United States and China, which were relatively wealthy, in order to buy supplies. The wealth accumulated by the entire Western world from the colonial period is flowing rapidly to China and the United States.

Moreover, China and the United States, as neutral countries, have basically the same interests. As long as China and the United States reach an agreement, they can influence the entire situation in Europe. Moreover, the bourgeoisie in various European countries is now full of fear of the Bolsheviks, the "ghost that wanders in Europe," and the United States, although relatively calm, is also sufficiently vigilant against this evil party that wants to "dig the grave of capitalism."

William. "After all, Russia still has a population of more than 100 million, and it is probably not in accordance with the rules of the civilized world to destroy this country like this," Taft said. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "We don't need to talk about civilization to the Bolsheviks now, and the Slavs can only understand whips and cannons. You can rest assured, the Bolsheviks are actually a minority in Russia, and many people oppose them, but the Bolshevik Cheka is too bloody and terrifying, and the Russians, who are used to being serfs, are very timid, and no one dares to openly oppose it. We must destroy them now, otherwise it will be an irreparable disaster for humanity. ”

At this time, the United States still wants to make war money, and does not want the war in Europe to end so early. Taft hesitated a little, excused himself: "The president of the United States does not have as much power as the president of China and can decide war or diplomacy alone." I'll have to go back and convince the members of Congress. ”

Song Xiaofei seems to have seen through William. Taft thought, saying: "We in China actually need to develop again, and we also hope that there will be more orders from Europe." But now, I think both China and the United States need to realize that there is something more important in the world than interests, and that is to end the war in Europe and preserve human civilization. This is in the interest of the whole world. ”

Song Xiaofei's words deeply touched William. Taft. He thought that only Americans had this kind of all-human perspective and world vision.

By the way, many Chinese people now start from their own thinking inertia and think that this world is for the country. There are only interests, especially in capitalist countries like the United States. In fact, this kind of mushy thinking is self-righteous, and it will only make you unable to understand the world: for example, you will think that the United States is fighting Iraq for oil. The blockade of Cuba is for cigars, and the invasion of Afghanistan is for goats; Hit Germany for beer. If one day the DPRK is to fight the DPRK, it will definitely be to join the party and learn the great Juche ideology of the DPRK from the great leader who can shoot satellites with stones and log on to the sun at night.

In fact, just as Hegel said, "Man stands by thought", and so does the state. "To understand the spirit of a country, a nation and a people, we must explore the process and environment of its formation from a historical perspective, so that we can have an objective analysis and understanding.

Learn about the American spirit. It's best to start with American origins. Americans, who were mostly Puritans at first. Puritanism in the United States originated in England in the 16th century. After the Reformation began in Europe, there were those who fervently called for the purification of the church, and these people became called Puritans. The Puritans wanted to get rid of everything associated with traditional Catholicism and let the New Testament dictate the rules of the church alone. In 1607, the group fled to the Netherlands, and a few years later, finding that it was not the land they had wanted, they immigrated to the New World with hopes and dreams, landing in Massachusetts in 1620 aboard the Mayflower. The Plymouth Civic Self-Government was established, and the Puritans began to take root on the American continent. The spirit and beliefs of the Christian Puritans had a very profound influence on mainstream American culture.

Christianity is a religion with a strong messianic complex. In the Bible, because "God loves every man." Therefore he does not want to lose any of his lambs; If one of the 100 lambs is lost, God will find it. Jesus said to his disciples, "Go and make disciples of all nations...... Teach them to obey all that I have commanded you"; "You are the light of the world," and your light should "shine before men, that they may see your good works." This sense of mission to save the world has given Americans a so-called "missionary spirit" in their nature.

The independence of the United States in 1776 was not a big deal in itself, but the key was the ideological principles that independence followed: the Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of the Rights of Man. "Freedom", "All men are created equal", "God helps those who help themselves", these are the voices of American faith. It's their strong "genes". Americans' "salvation" complex, which "pushes oneself and others" into a "good" culture and system, is deeply rooted in the "destiny" consciousness of the Christian Puritans. The outward expansion of institutions and culture is often understood by them as a "special mission" given to them by God.

So. After listening to Song Xiaofei's words, William at this time. Taft fell into deep thought. He was also a pacifist himself, so he promised Song Xiaofei to go back and convince the members of the US Congress.

However, William. Taft was still skeptical of Song's plan, saying: "Even if China and the United States join forces, will they really be able to persuade Germany and Britain to sit down at the negotiating table?" ”

Song Xiaofei said that according to the intelligence gathered by China, the European countries have experienced the most devastating and cruel three years in history since the war has been going on, the cost of the war has been rising, and the hope of victory on both sides is very slim. Despite the tremendous sacrifices and disasters suffered by the people, there is still no end in sight to the war, and all kinds of contradictions and difficulties have surfaced in an unconcealed manner. War weariness and defeatism first emerged in the trenches.

War-weariness on the part of the Allies not only undermined morale, but had even begun to shake the rule of the countries, and the Reichstag voted 218 to the Peace Resolution, demanding that Kaiser Wilhelm II end the war immediately. The Austro-Hungarian Empire, ruled by the Habsburgs, was, after all, a state of restless subordinate peoples who were already struggling to gain independent sovereignty. The same thing happened in Bulgaria and the Ottoman Turkish Empire, which had been crumbling to the brink of collapse.

The situation on the side of the Entente was not optimistic, and the French * team actually launched an uprising on the front line, so that the Entente had to abandon the offensive strategy. The British soldiers in the trenches expressed the same anti-war sentiment in a song: "I want to go home!" I want to go home! Bullets booed, cannons rumbled, I don't want to stay here any longer, I don't want to let my blood water someone else's victory......"

William. "It would be a great thing if China and the United States could broker this truce, and the countries would unite against the Bolsheviks in Russia," Taft said. ”

Song Xiaofei said: "Okay, I'm waiting for Your Excellency's reply!" ”

Soon, China and the United States signed a secret agreement agreeing to send troops against the Bolsheviks. Song Xiaofei met with German Minister to China Klinder at the Presidential Palace.

Before Klint saw Song Xiaofei, his face was uneasy. After the failure of the German breakthrough in the Battle of Jutland, Germany intends to resume "unlimited submarine warfare", German submarines always track and threaten Chinese and American ships, although the attitude of the Chinese Foreign Ministry is relatively calm for the time being, but the wording is getting harsher and harsher each time, and Klinder feels that the Chinese's dissatisfaction is escalating.

Just two days ago, Klinder received news that two German submarines were attempting to intercept the Chinese merchant fleet, and although this incident turned out to be a misunderstanding, the Chinese Foreign Ministry sent someone to deliver a warning to Klinder: If there is another similar incident, China will sever all diplomatic relations with Germany, and China will unite with the United States and not hesitate to use force to protect its legitimate rights and interests as a neutral country.

However, in the current world war, countries have not really decided the winner. At the Battle of Jutland, both Germany and Britain claimed victory. So Klinder still has confidence. Kaiser Wilhelm II had previously wanted to win over China to join the Central Powers.

Song Xiaofei informed Klinder of the armistice plan proposed by China and the United States, and he was also surprised, even Germany, originally only wanted to obtain some overseas colonies through war, and it was indeed an unexpected and exciting thing to carve up such a huge Russia.

Kaiser Wilhelm II received a telegram from Klinder and was silent for a long time. He knew that China and the United States would definitely not join the Allies. In this war, Germany also showed great strength, after all, Britain, France, and Russia combined only had a draw with Germany.

Three days later, a piece of news from Russia shocked the world and deeply touched the heart of Kaiser Wilhelm II: in that first-floor room in Yekaterinburg, in the Ural Mountains far from Moscow, the last Tsar of Russia, Nicholas II, his empress, and their five children, the oldest of whom was 14 years old and the youngest was 5 years old, were executed by the ruling Bolsheviks with machine guns. Lenin gave the "Killing Order". In the basement, heavily armed soldiers waited for them, and bullets first went into the face of Nicholas II, and then his wife and children. Princess Olga threw herself in front of her brother. The first bullet hit her in the shoulder, the second in her chest, and the last in her throat, blood spurting from her mouth. The Tsar's family died in a pool of blood, and their imperial physician and two male and female servants were all shot. Their bodies were pulled into a field open field, then stripped naked, and the jewels that the tsar's daughter had hidden in her underwear were all taken by the Bolsheviks. The firing squad put their bodies still in a mine, and then poured sulfuric acid on the deceased's face, and the raging fire ended everything!

Wilhelm II saw the end of a dictatorial monarch in the Chinese newspapers, and he thought about the future of himself and his family. He had the head of the German General Staff, Schlieffen, transfer back the strength of four armies from the front and launch a frenzied repression and massacre of the Bolsheviks in Germany! In addition, the Kaiser agreed to accept the mediation of China and the United States, but Germany had to get Luxembourg and Liège, which had already been occupied, as well as Ukraine, Poland, and other places.

At this time, the French mainland was already about 40% occupied by Germany, and they were afraid that the powerful China and the United States would negotiate with Germany alone, and the French were afraid that China and the United States would dominate the peace process, and they were willing to sit down and negotiate fully. Only the British were not very happy to negotiate an armistice, because after all, Britain had the most powerful navy, and the mainland would not be threatened.

Song Xiaofei ordered the Chinese navy, land and air force, which had already been prepared, to quickly send troops to occupy Malaysia, as well as India, and use force to force the British to make peace! (To be continued)