Moscow, a historic hotel.

Two men in slightly shabby clothes walked in with their heads bowed, their collars erected to cover most of their faces, making it difficult to make out what was left of their faces.

The waiter at the counter had a slight contempt on his face, and his eyes looked the two of them up and down with great contempt, and then he didn't look at them again. He also ignored the questions of the two, which caused the little man standing behind him to tense up, and his thin body exuded a fierce aura that was ready to fight at any time.

The waiter was obviously frightened, and subconsciously reached for the alarm button - since the revolutionary movement began two years ago, order in Moscow had deteriorated considerably. Not only are there many fanatics on the street who are full of unintelligible terms, but some bad boys who refuse to work hard have also taken the opportunity to come out of the dark corners and do a lot of extortion and evil things when the police are too busy.

Don't look at their hotel has a long enough history and high enough qualifications, and the guests who usually stay here have some status, which also attracts a lot of bad intentions. More than once, someone ran to the front desk with a firearm in his coat, disguised as a guest, and suddenly started to rob him!

You know, hotels have valuables storage business, and many of the guests from all over Europe also carry a lot of cash. As long as you look at the next order of robbery, it is enough for those bad guys to enjoy it for a while.

It seems that the two guys in cheap coats in front of them have a little bit of the temperament of robbers!

From Stalin, who boasted himself as the most orthodox revolutionary and represented the bright image of a new generation of enlightened youth. If you know that the other person is thinking this way. I'm afraid that I will be angry and jump up on the spot. Go over the counter and pounce on that contemptuous bastard and strangle him!

At the critical moment, Trotsky, who was full of poor scholarly temperament, pulled out his right hand from his coat pocket, and gently pressed a banknote between his fingers on the counter, which immediately attracted all the attention of the waiters, and his hand froze when he had pressed the alarm bell.

Seeing the greed that flashed in the other's eyes, Trotsky quietly breathed a sigh of relief and showed a harmless smile. Say what you mean.

"We are meeting the guest in the VIP private room, he should have relevant arrangements, please check it out."

"Just you? See the honorable gentleman? ”

The waiter unceremoniously waved his hand over the counter, and magically wiped out the money Trotsky was holding, but his eyes did not show much respect for it, but once again scanned the shabby dress of the two with disdain.

Stalin felt humiliated again, and the two fists with gloves squeezed the joints.

Trotsky was not impressed, but remained calm and smiled, nodding affirmatively.

This composure made the well-informed waiter change his mind slightly. Judging by his experience. This one was dressed in the same modest garb as a servant (if Stalin had known that the other party had treated him as a servant, I don't know if he would have immediately exploded). But the obviously more cultivated gentleman, although he lived a poorer life, had some highly educated demeanor, which was almost as rare in illiterate Tsarist Russia as it was in late Qing China.

Scholars are generally respected in all countries in this era.

In addition, the scholar gave the money, so the waiter reluctantly let them go. In addition, it is true that the distinguished guests of the VIP suite have been ordered, which is not blind.

In line with the principle of doing his duty, after asking the names of the two (it must be fake, the two are wanted criminals), he waved them to the elevator room.

In this era, except for the widespread use of elevators in buildings with more than six floors in China, there were still a few buildings in the great powers that could use iron cage elevators. However, as one of the few high-end hotels in Moscow, this one is very well equipped.

Trotsky led the way, and the two came to the elevator room, where Stalin muttered indignantly: "Damned, rotten bourgeois lackeys!" One day, I want to destroy all the things they can rely on, so that they really know what kind of attitude they should serve the public! ”

Trotsky looked to the left and right with wary eyes, and when he saw that no one paid special attention to them, he turned his face to Stalin and said: "There is nothing to be angry about. Among the countries of the world, only the Chinese began to promote a revolution to completely eliminate the privileges of the aristocracy. They have permeated the idea of serving the people in every link of the great division of labor in society, and have placed laborers on a completely equal footing in terms of personality, rights, and obligations, and have treated them without discrimination. But we also know that it is not easy to stay on top of it without change. ”

After escaping from their cages, they spent two years quietly crossing the ocean to China to experience first-hand the only social atmosphere in which the aristocracy and privileged classes were truly eliminated legally.

From the senses, the whole country is in a state of prosperity, and it is hard to imagine that more than 400 million people, equivalent to the entire population of Europe, should be swept and propelled by an unprecedented revolutionary tide!

Although they did not shout the slogan of communism, judging from their social structure and ideology, they were all imbued with a strong temperament of the great division of labor in a socialist society. Ownership by the whole people, one-party rule under centralized power, two-faction participation in politics, common prosperity of the social wealth distribution system, the basic principle of distribution according to work, not based on origin and bloodline to judge the status of the level, all bureaucrats must work ability to obtain management qualifications, through the assessment and the people's evaluation of results to determine whether they can be promoted.

Compared with France and the United States, which have so-called republican systems in name only, China has truly realized part of the essence of Marxist theory, truly bringing equality and power to the people of the whole country from the root, and completely covering everyone with the restraining effect of the law.

For today's world, it's a groundbreaking change.

The countries of Europe and the United States are simply as afraid and hostile to this as they are in the face of a flood of beasts. They call this trend, which likes to use red to represent festive and enthusiastic colors, as "red tide", and the entire ideological system advocated by Yang Hao as a great teacher. It was denounced as the "Red Revolution".

And in the eyes of these Marxists in Tsarist Russia. A revolutionary movement is flourishing in China. It can be called the "red dawn", the lighthouse in their minds!

Having personally experienced the tremendous changes in New China from south to north, Trotsky was impressed.

Stalin, however, felt that the Chinese revolution was not complete, and that the entire republican faction in the entire state political power was composed almost entirely of old landlords, capitalists, bureaucrats, and intellectuals, each of whom held more or less shares and dividends in the huge industrial and commercial groups. In terms of income level, they are richer than the big landlords and nobles of Tsarist Russia.

As a bureaucrat. With more wealth than the average person, it is natural to enjoy more social resources. Even if their rights and obligations are equal to those of the peasants in other respects, it is always impossible to embody the concept of complete equality.

Stalin disagreed, while Trotsky agreed.

In China's social form, officials can own shares in some industrial and commercial entities, but once in politics, they must all be withdrawn, and immediate family members are not allowed to do business. The government compensates them for their financial losses as civil servants with high salaries and generous benefits, while also increasing the punishment mechanism for corruption.

The higher you are treated. The more benefits you get, the more you will be found to have taken bribes for personal gain. The punishment will be doubled accordingly, and the penalty for a bankrupt property will be light.

This has made many bureaucrats who still have the privileged thinking of "not being punished by a sergeant" fall into bad luck!

In addition, China allows private capital to participate in industry and commerce, even in the financial and military industries, and regards them as organic supplements to state-owned capital and enterprises, and the way of combining macroeconomic regulation and control with the market economy can also be called a phenomenal change in economics.

Trotsky was very interested in this, and he considered it to be the least bloodshed revolutionary movement, a strategy that maximized reconciliation and power-sharing between the various strata of the state, especially between the nobility and the commoners, but with the least consumption of the precious vitality of the state, and had an inestimable positive effect.

Stalin was very divided on this. He believes that the reason why this has become the case is that Yang Hao, as the head of state, is himself the world's largest capitalist, and it is impossible for him to completely change his life, so he dragged the whole country on the line of compromise that cannot be compromised.

Such arguments have occurred countless times in the past two years, and no one has been able to convince anyone.

But today, they are just habitually expressing their feelings and unhappiness, and there is more important work waiting for them to do.

Moreover, they risked their return to China secretly, not wanting to be caught by the police affiliated with the Tsar. Although there is no danger to life, it is unforgivable to waste precious time and delay things.

With a dark face and gloomy eyes, Stalin and Trotsky took the elevator to the top floor, and in a luxurious suite that was opened separately in a modern hotel modeled after Tianjin, China, they met the transformed Yang Hao, Yang Ziyan.

Yang Hao looked at the famous "Trotskyist" leaders and "steel" comrades with great interest, and his eyes were especially on Alsace, which was filled with a gloomy and cold atmosphere, as if he had been wrapped in the cold wind of the Caucasus, and looked at the whole world with cold eyes like frost and sorrow.

The eyes that were as sharp as knives and deep and cold looked at everyone as if they owed him a lot of money.

"This guy has formed a firm mind, and he is basically unshakable."

Yang Hao thought secretly, smiled and beckoned the two to sit down, Gu Weijun acted as a waiter to bring them steaming coffee, drank it to eliminate the cold all over the body, and passed the courtesy greetings.

Trotsky was more pragmatic, and after putting down the empty cup, he confronted Yang Hao and said calmly: "Distinguished Special Envoy, we are very grateful to your Führer for his tremendous support for the Russian Revolution, but I think you must also be well aware that we always want to carry out the whole revolutionary action by ourselves, and do not want to add too much influence from outside forces. ”

The Russian revolutionaries were still very wary of China's inexplicable generous support. They thanked Yang Hao for the funds and weapons he supported, but they didn't want to sell too many national interests. And, always secretly beware of whether this is a sugar-coated cannonball.

There is a stage of interest disputes between China and Russia, which is an irreconcilable historical contradiction. With the exception of Lenin, neither Trotsky nor Stalin were in favor of the return of the more than a million square kilometers of land seized by Russia.

Especially Stalin. He didn't even think much of abandoning the great plans of Tsarist Russia for "Yellow Russia". It's just that now he has not yet become the leader of the party. It's just that as a revolutionary backbone, I should remain vigilant about Sino-Russian relations.

Don't look at the two of them are in their thirties, but they are both experienced revolutionaries. Not to mention Trotsky's rich knowledge and a thousand words, Stalin, who was not good at words, wrote concise and simple articles, and was also a rare master of profound thought.

They all know that there is no love in the world for no reason, no matter what China says. What "happy to see one more partner country in the world where the people of democracy and equality are the masters of the country" is all nonsense. Between countries and between nations, self-interest always comes first.

Those who believe that the ideology of doctrine can make people transcend the boundaries of the country and the nation, ignore the fundamental interests of their own country and nation, and selflessly go to the people of other countries who cannot be beaten by the eight poles, are either typical idealists or traitors who betray the interests of their own nation!

There is no doubt that Trotsky and Stalin, and Lenin, whom they represented. He is an idealist, but he is also a realist. And they don't want to be traitors to their own nation!

Yang Hao smiled easily and waved his hand, "I think there may be some misunderstanding between the two of you." Our meeting today is not for the purpose of negotiating certain conditions, which are contrary to our original intention of supporting the people's revolution in the world. My purpose is to tell you face to face that China is about to launch an action to completely dissolve all unequal treaties, regain the traditional territories that belong to us, and declare its sovereignty and legitimate rights and interests. And this action will certainly deal a heavy blow to the current rotten rulers of Tsarist Russia. Then, as friends of the revolution, we hope that you can prepare in advance, so that you can take action in time to maintain stability and complete the revolution before the national order falls into chaos. ”

Trotsky was taken aback: "Does your country want to start a war?" ”

Stalin's eyes flickered, and his face was extremely gloomy. This was something he hadn't thought of before, Yang Hao's attitude was obviously tough and conceited, and he didn't mean to negotiate with them at all, it was just a notice.

This is a very unacceptable arrogance and contempt for him, who has a very good face.

At heart, Stalin was a nationalist, more populist, and racist in his thinking – as you can imagine when you look at his later purges, the massacres and deportations of the Jews.

In the depths of his mind, he has a high self-esteem similar to that of white Europeans, and is particularly wary of yellow-skinned forces led by China. In his mind, no matter how corrupt the Tsarist government is, in the end it is a European power and a "family member".

China wants to provoke a war, and no matter how glorious it is, it will never be able to change the reality that it is aimed at its own home country. Naturally, he felt a strong hostility from the bottom of his heart, and he became angry because of it.

Trotsky was well aware of the temper of the comrade beside him, and as he spoke, he quietly reached out and pressed his slightly trembling thigh, signaling Stalin to calm down and not to rush into anger and ruin a big thing.

Yang Hao looked at the small movements of the two of them, and nodded quietly: "It should be said that we want to respond positively to the unreasonable provocation of Tsarist Russia!" I believe you have heard that just a few days ago, when our country was preparing to open the railway in cooperation with your country, the Russian Far Eastern Military District sent thousands of Cossack cavalry to deliberately create friction and provoke disputes. The Chinese Government absolutely cannot tolerate this and will certainly resolutely fight back. We are also well aware that the reckless and barbaric style of the Tsarist government has no intention of being good-neighborly and friendly with us at all, and is still thinking of occupying the northeast of our country and even Mongolia and realizing the so-called 'Yellow Russia' aggressive plan. In this regard, our attitude is very clear, no, answer, answer! ”

Trotsky was silent, and this was reported by the mainstream media in various countries, and the European countries were gloating, wishing that the two countries would fight to the death and lose both.

Naturally, the Russian media are acting on their own standpoint and wantonly distorting and fabricating facts. In exile, however, they all know that China has rarely taken the initiative to provoke wars since ancient times, and everyone knows exactly what is going on in the Far East.

A bunch of self-righteous fools in the upper echelons of Tsarist Russia, who do not know how to keep secrets at all. From the beginning of the partnership between the two sides to establish the China Eastern Railway Company, there has been gossip that this is just an excuse and an opportunity for Russia to occupy the northeast. In order to communicate Vladivostok, they can build a railway along the north bank of the Heilongjiang River, although the cost is higher and the construction is more difficult, but it is not impossible.

Not to mention, China has been exporting its railway technology and equipment to countries around the world, and it is not a problem at all to build railways in the tundra zone to ensure the opening of traffic.

Now it's okay, after the railway is repaired, the two sides immediately tear their faces. It's okay for your Tsarist government to take the initiative to stir up trouble, and it's easy to say anything if you win, but you were caught right and almost wiped out! It's a shame.

Stalin's chest bulged several times, and he asked firmly: "Mr. envoy is so sure, you will definitely win this war?" As far as I know, your army is just over a million, while Russia can mobilize 4.5 million standing troops at any time, plus 2 million reserves! ”

The corners of Yang Hao's mouth curled slightly, and he said: "Modern warfare is not just about fighting for numbers. In terms of population, there are 460 million in our country! Your country is only 170 million. ”

Stalin's face tightened, and he said: "However, the Far Northeast is cold in winter, muddy in spring, and the Mongolian Plateau is full of swamps and Gobi, and in such a harsh environment, the Russian soldiers will not be affected too much." Even if the Chinese soldiers have good equipment, how much combat effectiveness can they exert, I'm afraid they are not so optimistic, right? ”

Yang Hao raised his chin: "That's why we waited until today to do it." For this war, we have been preparing for ten years! ”

Stalin and Trotsky shook and couldn't help but stare at each other!

Chinese, hidden deep enough! (To be continued......)