On April 1, 1932, the Southwest United Self-Government and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland held bilateral security talks at Sunwen Road in Guangzhou.

The precondition of the negotiations was a cease-fire, with the Royal Navy's Far East Fleet not sending its main forces into the South China Sea, and the Southwestern Political Axe halting the build-up of troops on the Sino-Burmese border.

This is a deformed confrontation between the army and the navy, and the two branches of the armed forces, which should not be opponents at all, have now become a collision weight for the two sides.

As with any previous negotiations, it was a protracted one, a month-long tug-of-war, and finally an agreement was reached in mid-May.

In the Sino-British negotiations, which were historically known as the "April Fool's Day negotiations," the British had to admit that the southwest had taken back the de facto surname of Hong Kong, and in order to save some face, the British asked for something from the negotiations: 'about Hong Kong's permanent trade rights'.

The British side immediately ceased naval operations, and there were no more direct military operations against the southwest. Of course, the stubborn British cattle will not give up all their benefits to make way for the rising Southwest. The British political axe demanded the signing of a China-Burma security treaty with the southwest political axe, and promised not to take the initiative to invade Burma. At the same time, the British were particularly tough on the release of captured Royal Navy sailors and the Army stationed in Hong Kong, and refused to pay the astronomical ransom they had paid during the Sino-Burmese War. However, as a token of the surname, the British political axe promised to give Hong Kong the permanent surnames of the "warships docked in Hong Kong harbor".

At the same time, Li Zongren, head of the Chinese negotiating group, announced on the spot that these "warships parked in Hong Kong" would be turned into water amusement parks, which would be free for Hong Kong citizens to visit. As you can imagine, the face of the British representative on the spot turned green.

The outcome of the negotiations was at least acceptable to both sides. The British were relieved of the threat of war on land, and the security of the colonies was guaranteed. Southwest China, on the other hand, has eliminated the scourge of war and has been able to develop its economy with peace of mind and cope with those who are eager to try.

I said that I am different from the UK. The main reason why the British chose to negotiate in the end was that the distance was too far, and Burma-India was the lifeline of the British in the Far East, and the old empire needed the resources and markets of these colonies to support its huge family business. Hong Kong pales in comparison. They covet the whole of China, or even the whole of East Asia, and their ambitions will swell infinitely once they break out of the island. Before the Northeast 917 Incident, perhaps their ambitions were not so great, but the successive victories and the unbearable performance of the Northeast Army made their ambitions magnified step by step, and finally launched a larger-scale war in a hurry.

The British do things like a robber, when it is difficult for him to snatch something from you, or even when he is beaten and his nose is swollen, he will choose to run away. And what he did was more like an evil animal, and the animal that smelled blood and meat would only be more crazy, and even if someone beat it with a stick at this time, it would only bark and bite harder.

When the news of the victory of the peace talks broke, the entire Guangzhou was filled with a sea of flowers and red flags, and the streets and alleys were hung with the golden dragon flag of the southwest political axe, and after obtaining the consent of the authorities, the students lined up in a neat procession and celebrated the end of the war and the victory of the negotiations in the streets with all their might.

Guangzhou is a special city, because of its proximity to the sea and its location in the southeast, it has suffered all kinds of ravages from the moment the foreigners set foot on China, and it can be said that Guangzhou is definitely one of the witnesses of China's decline into a semi-colonial society. It is precisely because of the humiliating past that when the news of the victory of the peace talks came, the whole city was filled with joy and sorrow.

When the results of the negotiations were reported back to the UK, the whole of London was completely outraged, but when the angry crowd was preparing for a larger demonstration, they suddenly heard the news of the Prime Minister's resignation from Parliament, and the emergency parliament of the day agreed in principle to MacDonald's resignation, and it was rumored that he would be replaced by Stanley, who was about to usher in his third premiership. Baldwin, the old man who served twice as prime minister in 1923 and 1924, has a considerable reputation in Britain, and at least in recent years, the premiership has been alternated between him and MacDonald.

And MacDonald at this moment is no longer able to clean up the mess after the war. Hong Kong is small, and it is not a pity to lose it, but coupled with the defeat of the army and the seeming failure of the peace talks, this series of mistakes requires a very key person to take responsibility, and MacDonald did not desperately choose a scapegoat, but happily resigned.

In one last long conversation with an old friend before leaving Britain for South America, he said: "The whole of Britain will not understand the significance of this peace talks, they will only ask for victory and victory." And if I order them to say no at the negotiating table, then the end result will be unimaginable. The great citizens have not yet learned to accept defeat, especially against an opponent with whom they are not at all familiar. I bet most of the people out there who are preparing to take part in the demonstrations don't know exactly where southwest China is. God, in their view, Britain must win the war, and in their understanding, Chinese not a new, modern army armed with aircraft, artillery and aircraft carriers, but a British army with cold weapons and strong ships and guns like decades ago......"

Chiang Kai-shek, as the leader of North China, absolutely hoped that this nation would win in the face of foreigners, but he should not let the people of the southwest win this honor, if he could achieve victory, it would be a great thing.

After a week-long struggle, he finally made up his mind and made a phone call to Chen Cheng who was far away in Pingjin, the content of the call was very simple, but it changed his usual style, and what he said was not like his usual routine, and even made Chen Cheng think for a time that the principal had encountered something particularly unexpected, "Cixiu, recent intelligence shows that I may launch a landing operation behind the Ningjin defense line, you mention it to Han Qing, let him pay attention to leaving enough troops to strengthen the rear defense line." Well, there is no need to wait and see, if you really launch a landing operation, your 18th Division will resolutely block it. In addition, your position may be moved recently, after all, the Pingjin area is an important place in China, and I am ready to transfer a central elite division to it, and you have to take on heavier responsibilities. You remember, not only is Zhang Shusheng in the southwest able to fight, but our party-state is not a bad breed that is afraid of death, and our party-state is also full of talents. ”

When he put down the phone, Chiang Kai-shek picked up the declaration in his hand again, and the title on it made him dumbfounded: Chiang Gong is in a corner of peace, and the southwest saves the country with one arm. ”

For these ups and downs that were constantly flapped by butterfly wings, although Zhang Shusheng had heard of them, he did not take them to heart, and history would not grope forward in ups and downs and twists and turns as he remembered. He didn't have much opinion about Chiang Kai-shek, but a politician did everything from the position of a politician, and it was meaningless to say that he was wrong or bad.

Chiang Kai-shek was not terrible, the trouble was the Kuomintang political system and the territory and army under his control.

After the news of the peace talks was transmitted back to the southwest, Zhang Shuchang breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he is far from being prepared for the new Sino-Burmese war, and the southwest seems to have made a fortune in recent years, but it is a comprehensive layout, and the investment in all aspects is huge, especially in science and technology, industry, people's livelihood, education, medical care, and the army.

What he needs is a China that has been reformed from the ground up, rather than letting this mess go with its flowing path and wait until after the war, which is absolutely not good. As a later generation, I know which is more important, some things that are not related to the national economy and people's livelihood, can be saved, can not be done, such as the office buildings of political axes at all levels, are the most ordinary houses, provincial political axes may have buildings, but they are strictly controlled budget. As for the office cars, he is even more repeated, from 1932, all levels of political axes will use jeeps to travel and work, and middle and high-level political axes can only purchase the most ordinary Chinese cars to travel and work.

Whoever is extravagant will be laid off, and whoever violates the rules will be subjected to extremely severe dereliction of duty scrutiny. He really understands too well that once the Chinese people cannot stop the evil trend at the very beginning, then history will definitely repeat itself, and the fight against corruption and honesty should be grasped from the time when this regime is still in its infancy.

On the one hand, he was extremely economical, and on the other hand, he invested heavily in industry and scientific research, and Zhang Shusheng was not ready to fight a big war with the British in Burma, let alone India, which was further away. However, if the British did not know what to do, and instead of forcing the southwest to a dead end, and blocking all the sea trade routes to the southwest, Zhang Shusheng would have to issue a war order.

He was satisfied with the result, and although the southwest did not get a huge monetary gain, it took back Hong Kong and consolidated its power.

It's another weekend, there are not many people on the streets of Kunming, and many people have given up their single rest and chose to go to work in factories or units, so that they can not only earn an extra day's money, but also produce more products and do more things, which is in line with the Southwest Political Axe's advocacy. Make every effort to build a new southwest's proposition, Jiefang Avenue is the most prosperous street in the center of Kunming, it has witnessed the miracle of southwest economic development, under the rule of the Southwest United Autonomous Axe, Kunming has become the most economically developed place at present, and the second is Dongchuan City, which is based on the establishment of Dongchuan High-tech Zone as the main body and the Lishuping Science and Technology Center of that year. However, with the implementation of various policies and the increase of investment, a series of emerging cities represented by Guangzhou, Fangchenggang, Chengdu and Yucheng have begun to appear, which are gradually moving towards modernization, and even have a tendency to catch up with and surpass Kunming.

A bus came from a distance and stopped at the Jiefang Avenue station.

The door opened, and a young man in a black suit shirt and a black hat jumped out of the car first. In this day and age, such a dress would make a man look attractive without being too flashy and high-profile.

The side of the young man's face exposed under the black hat revealed a compelling momentum, but it seemed to disappear again in an instant, as if the young man in front of him was just a small citizen.

Then, a beautiful young girl in a small white dress and a top hat on her head stepped out of the carriage, and the young man turned around and took her hand and got out of the car, and the two were very affectionate. Although the dress of the two is very trendy, in Kunming City, there are also many fashionable dresses.

"Hee-hee, let's go to the Liberation Mall, okay?"

"Listen to you, my wife, you are in charge of everything today."

If there is a high-ranking official in the southwest here, he will definitely be able to recognize this man, Zhang Shusheng, the supreme leader of the southwest. Unbelievable, he actually took He Ning out to go shopping in Shan Xiu.

He Ning happily hugged Zhang Shusheng, half of his body leaned on him, "Woo, I've been looking forward to it for a long time, and finally I can let my big husband who is buried in a big career all day long accompany the little woman out to go shopping." ”

Zhang Shusheng couldn't cry or laugh, He Ning had indeed pestered him for a long time, he was busy with government affairs, he had always been at home and running at both ends, except for going to various provinces to inspect, he was even too busy to accompany He Ning. Lu Yunyan is better, and he can often use his position as a confidential secretary to accompany him on business trips.

Although I have the impression that all the leaders should live in a simple house, and the whole family lives like a cage, Zhang Shusheng is unwilling, what he wants is a real life.

Jiefang shopping mall is the largest shopping mall in Kunming, in the eyes of Zhang Shusheng, the later generations, at this time the liberation shopping mall is more like a large supply and marketing cooperative.

The whole liberation shopping mall is only two floors, but the area is very large, in order to start safely, the door is open very large, at this time it is a single holiday, in addition to some couples in the shopping mall to buy home, more are the elderly or couples with small gluttonous cats to buy delicious food and good clothes.

Zhang Shusheng stood quietly for a while, the people passing by were all neatly dressed, at least he didn't see particularly tattered clothes with many patches, he could smell several brands of soap and even shampoo from the crowd, and even the smell of several brands of perfume was filled with the air. The men straightened their waists, just the spirit, they had a lot in their pockets at a glance, and they were going to sweep a bunch of goods today. He is very happy, because all this shows that the living standards of the general public are gradually improving, and Kunming can do it, and other places can do it.

As soon as he entered the mall, the whole lively atmosphere suddenly reminded Zhang Shusheng of the scene when he was a child, when his mother took him to the market. There are small matches, lighters, soap, sickles, kitchen knives, cutting boards and other supplies, as well as candy, fruits, seasonal vegetables, and hydrogen balloons hanging everywhere are attracting the attention of children, and even He Ning is standing in front of a container selling balloons, turning around and holding Zhang Shusheng's hand.

"These balloons are all new products, look, girl, this one is pink, just right for you, you see, someone else is holding it." The salesperson at the counter smiled and pointed to some couples holding balloons in the distance and said to Zhang Shusheng and the two.

Zhang Shusheng saw that He Ning wanted to speak but was not too embarrassed to speak, and nodded her nose, "You, I'm afraid you will only grow up after becoming a mother, buy, let's buy two." "Saying that, I took out the money and paid the bill, 3 cents a balloon, it's really cheap.

"That's good." He Ning held the balloon line, shyly stuffed his other little hand into Zhang Shusheng's big palm, and touched it slightly. "Ah, there's someone pinching clay figurines over there, let's go take a look."

Zhang Shusheng immediately followed her over, and he hadn't been in such a relaxed and happy mood for a long, long time as he was today. He didn't know if he would encounter any accidents, but he knew that he was really relaxed.

(To be continued)