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After a few faint bursts of spring thunder, fine and dense rain began to fall on the East Lake, densely woven like silk threads, and the wide lake seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of smoke, and it was like a dream when looking at it.

In the living room of Luo Yaoguo's "Beilu", a few cups of tea wafted with an ethereal and changing aroma. Luo Yaoguo changed into a white cloth robe, sat leisurely on the wide sofa, facing the huge floor-to-ceiling glass window, while enjoying the rain scene of East Lake like clouds, while chatting and laughing with Zhou E, the great god of China G who had just arrived. Lu Xiaobei sat quietly beside her husband, with a dignified and elegant expression, only occasionally smiling and nodding, and did not intervene in the men's conversation.

Xiao Bei, who is in the main room, seems to be a little restrained, but she is not as good as the concubine Natalie, sitting there in a gorgeous cheongsam. For a while, he talked about the customs and customs of European countries, and for a while, he talked about the ins and outs of the world, and he also broke his fingers to Zhou E to explain the intricate relationship between various socialist schools. What a well-informed ** spy......

Zhou Elai didn't say a word, while admiring Luo Yaoguo's so-called celebrity bearing. This person lives in a mansion in a mansion, uses fine clothes and food, and has a group of beautiful wives and concubines around him, as for the military camp, it is estimated that he has not been to it for a long time. Where is there a trace of the style of a famous general? It's almost the same to say that he is a gentleman, but why did the Kuomintang army become so powerful under his tutelage? On the other hand, the Red Army, over the years, has been working as one, sharing weal and woe, and has devoted almost all its manpower, material resources and energy to military construction, but why was it still defeated in the Battle of Jinan and the Battle of the Plains?

Could it be that weapons are inferior to people? If the Red Army had the same weapons and equipment as the Kuomintang Army, it would have won a complete victory this time, right? It seems that the top priority at the moment is to develop heavy industry......

Thinking of this, Zhou Elai put down the teacup in his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Fuwen, the current situation in the Shandong War of Resistance this time is completely the result of the cooperation of the two parties. Now that we see that the war is about to be won, our party thinks ...... The armistice arrangements and negotiations with Japan should also be carried out on the premise of cooperation between the two parties. Only in this way can victory on the battlefield be turned into tangible benefits. Only then can we use this victory to enable the Chinese people to truly shake off the oppression of imperialism and truly stand up."

Luo Yaoguo smiled and nodded noncommittally: "I don't know what else your party wants from this victory?" At the same time, what are you going to give? ”

Zhou Elai nodded slightly, he had already heard the meaning of Luo Yaoguo's words, the Kuomintang could help Zhong G achieve its goal, but it was not unconditional. It's just that what can China G pay now? What did the KMT want?

"China's national ** has now reached a critical juncture." Zhou Elai's tone was relatively slow, and he looked at Luo Yaoguo calmly: "Now that the national ** in the south can be said to have been victorious, I believe that after this war, no imperialist will dare to fight the idea of your national government." However, the people of the North, especially in North China and Northeast China, are still living in the misery of a semi-colonial society and enduring the cruel plundering of imperialism. Why don't our two parties take advantage of the present excellent situation to rescue the people of the North from the miserable situation of the semi-colonial society? ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled faintly and waved his hand: "Brother E, don't you understand what I mean?" I wonder what exactly you want? What are the specific conditions and what are you ready to pay? ”

Zhou Elai was stunned when he heard this, and then calmed down as usual, picked up the teacup and drank a sip of water, before he smiled again: "Okay, since Brother Fuwen is not willing to listen to me talk about the truth, then I will get straight to the point." Our party wants to take back the autonomy of the northern tariffs, take back the Tianjin concession, and abolish the "Xinchou Treaty" and stop paying Gengzi indemnity...... Can this be done? ”

"What about paying?" Luo Yaoguo asked quietly.

Zhou Elai frowned slightly: "We GCD people are all dedicated to saving the country and the people, and we have never wanted the people to pay anything, why do you Kuomintang want to ask for anything in return?" ”

"Really?." Luo Yaoguo glanced at Zhou Elai with a strange expression: "I don't believe it...... Ask for what you need to get something in return, there is no such thing as a free lunch. The suffering people don't want to eat anything free, and our Kuomintang has never intended to provide free salvation, and neither will you. ”

"Inexplicable" Zhou E glanced at Luo Yaoguo, and when he saw that the other party was still stubborn, he shook his head helplessly: "Then tell me, what do you want?" ”

Luo Yaoguo smiled and nodded: "Of course, there is no problem in recovering the autonomy of the northern tariff, my country's 'agreement tariff' started from the "Nanjing Treaty", and later the "Wangxia Treaty", "Whampoa Treaty" and "Tianjin Treaty" were clarified. These treaties were all signed by our country with Britain, the United States, and France, and now they all support us, and there is no difficulty in revising them. As for the other countries, they enjoy low tariffs under the 'most-favored-nation clause'. All we need to do is amend the tariff section of the four treaties. Recovering customs is a trivial matter, as long as we go and talk to the British and let them hand over customs to you. As for the suspension of the payment of Gengzi's compensation...... At present, the payment of reparations to Germany and Russia has long been suspended, and the payment of reparations to Japan will naturally be stopped as soon as the war begins. Anglo-American law there...... Let's give it a try. ”

“…… All we can do now is the above, and the first condition you have to pay is to claim Liu Wenhui. We want to force him to enter Tibet, and you must cooperate with the others to recognize Liu Wenhui as your person, and he has also accepted your instructions when he enters Tibet. The second is the issue of Mongolia and the Mongolian community, during this time Mongolia is in the 'referendum', the results will be announced in these two days, and you must recognize the results of the referendum as soon as possible. Regardless of Moscow's instructions, you must clean up the former Mongolian People's Party members within you and hand them over to Wang Zhongyi to deal with. Finally, you should allow Mongolian herders who practice Tibetan Buddhism to leave your Soviet zone and go to Outer Mongolia to join Wang Zhongyi. ”

Zhou Elai frowned slightly, and analyzed the several requirements put forward by Luo Yaoguo one by one. I think it's still acceptable. Liu Wenhui has maintained close contact with China G, and there is nothing to go into Tibet to be a villain. There is also nothing to recognize the Mongolian referendum and deal with the remnants of the Mongolian People's Party. The former is the general trend, and the latter can be carried out secretly. As for letting those ignorant herdsmen who still insist on believing in the theory of immortals, it doesn't matter if they take refuge in Wang Zhongyi. Anyway, it's a year of catastrophe, and it's good to have fewer people to eat. However, the powers in the Treaty of Xincho had the right to station troops along the Tianjin-Beijing Railway and in the Tianjin Concession...... This is like a fish in the throat, I don't know when the Japanese came to the door again.

"Brother Fuwen, we can all agree to the conditions you proposed. But...... The Tianjin Concession and the garrison of the great powers along the Tianjin-Beijing Railway, and the construction of forts at the mouth of Dagu, is there no way to change these? Zhou Elai looked serious: "If these sovereignty cannot be recovered, our Beijing city will always be under the threat of the Japanese." ”

Luo Yaoguo shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Well, this, Britain, the United States and France are easy to say." It's just that Japan is not easy to manage, they now have four divisions in Tianjin, and although they have suffered heavy losses, they are still very powerful. Why don't you send troops out again? We can provide some weapons and ammunition, even if it is aviation. ”

Zhou Elai glanced at Luo Yaoguo, and said in his heart: "Fighting is not child's play, now the Red Second Army and the Red Army Artillery Division have been exhausted, if we start a war again......"

"Brother Fuwen, I won't tell you anything, the Red Army suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Jinan and the Battle of the Plains this time, and the entire army and an artillery division were exhausted." Zhou Elai shook his head and sighed: "The army of 30,000 will be gone in a few days...... It seems that the current Red Army will not be able to fight the Japanese army head-on. ”

Luo Yaoguo also sighed silently in his heart, Zhou Elai seemed to be under a lot of pressure because of the Battle of Shandong. I'm afraid that G will not send troops to fight hard with the Japanese. The Kuomintang was able to send at most three divisions of the army to Zhili, and Tianjin was Haikou, so the Japanese army could send reinforcements in a steady stream, and the naval guns could also exert their might. So after this war, the north still opened its door.

……

Beijing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Welcome Building. This two-story Western-style building, which belonged to the central government in Beijing, has now become the temporary residence of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China. The delegation was led by Mao ZD, and its members also included Liu Sqi, Luo Fu, Li Dzhao, Zhu D, and others. They took Zhang Xueliang's special plane to Beijing.

"Runzhi, have you read all the telegrams sent by Comrade Elai? The Kuomintang has agreed to help us get tariff independence, and they will fight for the suspension of Gengzi indemnity, and it seems that our coalition government is still very promising. ”

It was Luo Fu who spoke, and at this moment he was holding his glasses in one hand and the newspaper in the other. Of course, Zhou Elai would not have shouted all over the world about the handling of the remnants of the Mongolian People's ** Party through telegrams.

Mao ZD smiled and dropped the documents in his hand, glanced at the room, and took in the expressions of all the delegations, the big guys were all beaming at this time, only Liu Sqi had a heavy expression: "How can things be so easy?" After all, this is a coalition government, not a Soviet government of our party, and it is not easy to do a good job. And there is also a Kuomintang in the south, waiting for us to make a mistake, and then they will do everything to drive us away."

Liu Sqi nodded lightly and took over the topic of Mao ZD: "Comrade Runzhi's words are very reasonable, at present, in this coalition government, in addition to the forces of our party. In essence, they are still representatives of the petty bourgeoisie and feudal warlords, and they are politically very vacillating and weak. They will be terrified at the slightest intimidation by imperialism, and they will rejoice at the slightest bribe. Some of them are not even fellow travelers, but have only joined forces with us to fight the threat of the Kuomintang. For them, we must unite and struggle, and at the same time transform, and of course beware. Therefore, it is very difficult to do the questions for our entrance examination in Beijing this time. ”

Mao ZD nodded with a little satisfaction: "Comrade S Qi said it very well, then please analyze it again, where should we start to solve this problem?" ”

Liu Sqi tightened his eyebrows and thought hard: "If we want to really lead the coalition government, or even lead the coalition government, the most important thing is to strengthen our strength, and now it seems that it is inevitable to develop heavy industry, especially the armaments industry." The development of these industries is inseparable from the support of funds...... If we want to solve this problem, it seems that we should start by controlling the finances of the coalition government, and the first thing that can be controlled at the moment is the customs tariffs, and we must find a way to control the customs of the coalition government, and with this yamen that collects money, our financial difficulties can be alleviated. Moreover, it is necessary to protect the heavy industry in the territory, especially to make our heavy industry profitable, and also to control the customs, and to block other people's products with tariffs. ”

Mao ZD frowned slightly, as if he was not very satisfied with this answer, but seeing that the other comrades frequently nodded yes, he didn't say more. Instead, he lit a cigarette and smoked it one by one.

"But we're going to control the customs, can they agree?" Luo Fu shook his head slightly: "Everyone knows that the customs is a fragrant dumpling, and the oil and water in it are a lot of fish." Are those corrupt warlords willing to let go? ”

Liu Sqi smiled bitterly: "So we are facing a difficult problem this time, these allies of ours are sometimes more troublesome than the enemy, and they can't fight them, and they can't fight...... Unless we can scare them with their battlefield achievements like the Kuomintang. ”

Speaking of the battlefield, everyone in the room turned their attention to Zhu D, who was an expert in military affairs and vice chairman of the Military Commission. Zhu D was tightly knit with thick eyebrows, holding the tea bowl and drinking it shallowly. It seemed that he was thinking about some difficult problem, and after a while, he gritted his teeth: "The Japanese army is not invincible, and Comrade E-Lai's telegram said that it is possible for the Kuomintang to provide aviation and some weapons and ammunition...... Maybe let them send a few heavy artillery regiments. Let's transfer another 100,000 troops from Suiyuan and northern Shaanxi into the Zhili Plain, and put on a posture of a decisive battle. Maybe we can bluff the Japanese army away, and then the Feng and Jin factions will ......."

Mao ZD's face moved, and he took a few more puffs of cigarette, his eyebrows tightened. The Kuomintang has now shown its muscles, and the first battle in Shandong has left the Japanese army in defeat, so the position of the boss of Chinese politics is fixed. However, the Central G and Feng factions in the Northern Alliance are evenly divided, who will dominate the alliance, who will be big and who will sit small, will naturally have to speak with strength. Now that the Japanese army has been defeated in Shandong, it has not retreated in Tianjin, and it is clear that G wants to win a few years of development opportunity in the heart of a thief, and it seems that he can only put on a shelf for a war first.

"If we don't fight, we can't open the situation in Beijing" Mao ZD suddenly stood up suddenly, and slapped the table with his big hand: "Mobilize troops, transfer 150,000 troops and let Feng Yuxiang send 50,000 elites, and then let Wang Zhongyi also send 20,000 cavalry, a total of 220,000 troops will be placed on the Zhili Plain to see if the Japanese army dares to come."

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Tokyo Imperial Palace, Chowaden.

A young man in his twenties, with a thin stature, dressed in a generalissimo's dress, sat on the throne in the middle of the main hall with a blank face, looking at Prime Minister Yunobu Hamaguchi, Minister of War Kazunari Ugaki, Chief of Army Staff Suzuki Soroku, Minister of the Navy Finance Biao, and Navy Military Command Minister Kantaro Suzuki. He is Hirohito, the 124th Emperor of Japan and the supreme leader of the Showa Warlord Group. Unlike his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, who was highly praised but was actually closer to a puppet, Hirohito was the real ruler of the country, along with the Japanese Army, of course.

"Your Majesty, the peace conditions proposed by the Kuomintang side of the Southern Branch remain unchanged, and it is still allowed to redeem Qingdao, and the imperial army will completely withdraw from Shandong. It's just that...... Now that the GCD has also been involved in the peace talks, they have put forward even more demanding conditions. Hamaguchi Yunobu stood there, weakly reporting to Hirohito the latest developments in the peace talks.

"Harsher conditions?" Hirohito gritted his teeth, and the small eyes behind the glasses flashed with a gloomy and cold gaze: "Tell me what they want?" ”

Hamaguchi bent down slightly and sighed: "The condition put forward by the Chinese GCD is to demand the recovery of the imperial concession in Tianjin and the abolition of the empire's right to garrison troops along the Beijing-Tianjin railway. Furthermore...... They also want to take back the tariff autonomy of more than 10 provinces in northern China and stop paying Gengzi indemnities. ”

Hirohito slowly turned his head to look at the Minister of War and the Chief of the General Staff standing as if they were two clay statues carved in stone. This army, which jumps at the touch of a ticket on weekdays, actually doesn't say a word today, and doesn't shout and shout to kill, it seems that it has really suffered in Shandong.

"Ugaki and Suzuki, what do you think? Can my army still fight? ”

"Your Majesty." Ugaki Kazunari took two steps forward and bowed deeply, his tone slightly frustrated: "The army thinks...... It would be worth the loss to fight with the Kuomintang army in the southern branch. However, apart from them, none of the other armies in China were opponents of the Imperial Army. ”

Hearing such an answer again, Hirohito's cheeky face, which had been training hard for twenty years, couldn't help but be gloomy, and there was a slight hint of anger in his voice: "Hasn't my army always claimed to be invincible, and now how can it not even defeat the vulnerable Chinese army?" Don't...... Do you want me to make humiliating concessions to the people of China? ”

"Your Majesty. The minister has another countermeasure. Seeing that Emperor Lao Tzu was about to be angry, the chief of the General Staff, Suzuki Shoroku, who had been silent for a long time, finally took two steps forward, opened Chrysostom, and took countermeasures for Hirohito's staff......