The Germans came, and Zhang Shusheng was still more concerned.

"Chairman, those Germans were shocked all the way from getting off the plane to the hotel where they were staying, and some Germans couldn't help but ask questions to our staff repeatedly."

In the head of state's office, Vice Foreign Minister Ou Yangming was telling an interesting story about the reception of the Germans.

Foreign Minister Li Zongren, Premier Zhou Guolai, Chief of General Staff Jiang Baili, Minister of National Defense Cai Yi and others were smiling and nodding slightly.

Ribbentrop said that the Hanking he had seen was not at all like only two years had passed since he had come two years earlier, but like ten years had passed. Ou Yangming said with emotion that as a high-ranking official of the political axe of the republic, it is a very proud thing to make the foreign minister of an important country in the world shocked by the development of the republic.

Zhang Shusheng took a sip of tea and said with a smile, "The Germans are not only envious and shocked, they may not be balanced in their hearts, and this imbalance can be said to be deep jealousy." If Hitler had come to China in person, he might no longer have thought that we were just trying to cosmetic the peace. ”

In the 13 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Shusheng has actually been opposed to extravagance and waste and image engineering, after all, it is unforgivable if people live in dire straits, while those who serve as officials and politicians live in false prosperity and lie on the people and suck the people's fat and ointment.

If extravagance and waste are carried out from the highest level of the country, and image projects are carried out on a large scale, it will only cause the entire political system to collapse overnight and make the atmosphere of officialdom turn in an instant.

From ancient times to the present, a common problem of Chinese people is to take advantage of the public. You take it, I take everyone, you eat and I eat everyone, anyway, it's not private, national, collective, company...... This is not because the Chinese people are ignorant, but because the Chinese people are too smart, everyone has a plate of small ninety-nine in their hearts, and it is even easier to calculate the convenience of the public.

Therefore, Zhang Shusheng has always advocated putting the people first, focusing on practicality, announcing all public expenditures, and strictly investigating and blocking the government affairs supervision department, and giving very high rewards and absolute protection to those who dare to report.

Until 1944, Hankyung, the capital of the country, did not receive much budget tilt because it was the capital.

The capital of the capital, perhaps others think that the capital must be full of flowers, the capital must be swollen and fat, and the capital must be inclined in all aspects from education to budget. Why? There is no reason for all this. Among the many large cities of the Republic, the most prosperous places were not actually Hanjing, at least until 1944, the most prosperous places were in the southwest. Even now, the whole of China's big cities are about the same level, the capital Hanjing, the southwest city of Chengdu, Yucheng, Yibin, Kunming, Dongchuan benefit from the industrial base, high-tech and educational and cultural foundation laid decades ago, are developing very well, and others such as Hong Kong, Taipei, Hanzhong Province of Hanzhong City, Beiping, Shanghai and other places are also developing very fast, catching up with the economic tide of this fast train.

Zhang Shusheng has always advocated the theory of racial fairness, advocating that urban development should be driven by the economy rather than by policy, and although the results of policy promotion can be boosted in the short term, in the long run it will only cause huge inequality, wealth disparity, and mutual hatred among the people.

They are all descendants of the Chinese nation, is it because one was born in Qinghai and the other was born in the coast, they can have different lives with the same race?

Of course, Zhang Shusheng also admitted that economic development will indeed inevitably lead to a certain degree of different fate, and reincarnation has always been a kind of fatalism among the Chinese people. However, the political axe can do some policy fairness to make up for the infinite widening of this unfair gap.

For example, the education construction system of the Republic requires that the teaching buildings in various places should maintain the same standards, and the only difference is the size of the building, whether it is necessary to strengthen the seismic strength, etc. For example, if the primary school in Hanjing has a large sports field, then the school in Qinghai will have the same standard facilities. Others, such as the standard of student accommodation, the standard of student nutritional supplements, and the standard of free supply of teaching supplies, are the same. Want to be different? Yes, you can buy it at your own expense.

This comes from Zhang Shusheng's personal experience, when he was a child, the classroom where he went to school was open on all sides, and there was no glass and only iron bars, which was really cold in winter and hot in summer. When it rains, the mud in the classrooms turns into mud, and while attending classes, there is no shortage of things to do while moving the dilapidated desks that have been knocked out of other urban schools several times to avoid the wind and rain.

However, the illustrations in the textbooks show a classroom with bright windows and beautifully dressed students, which forms a great irony.

Therefore, Zhang Shusheng believes that under the premise that he can call the shots, he must maintain policy fairness. Of course, there are some difficulties in the implementation of these systems, for example, in the early years, in some particularly remote places, it was more difficult to promote some policies with fair surnames, but later with the migration and large-scale migration of poor and remote areas, the situation has been greatly improved.

According to Zhang Shusheng's idea, yes, your ancestors may have been poor for generations, they may not even have been out of the county seat, they may not even have been there, they may not even have been able to buy a single dress five years before the new regime, but what does it matter? What does this have to do with you? Did you have the wrong baby? No!

The political axe can make you sit in a spacious classroom, the political axe can make you eat and wear warm clothes, the political axe can let you study without paying tuition, the political axe can force legislation to let you receive education, and the political axe can also give you the fairest college entrance examination, even if you are really not good, you can still go to a technical school, go to a special school, or go to work as a worker, to contribute to the construction of the whole country in full swing.

These are not particularly difficult, officials can eat less, each unit can buy one less car, the system is difficult to promote not in other places, but the difficulty is not in the beginning, the state does not pay enough attention to it.

This is also the reason why the Republic has invested so much in education and people's livelihood and has not hesitated to persist in it.

The topic returns to the development of Hanjing, it is indeed not a financial tilt, but the inevitable result of economic development, the whole Hanjing has completely become the heart of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, while connecting the south and the north, radiating almost two-thirds of the Yangtze River basin.

The visit of the Germans to China has caught up with the fastest development in the past few years after China's reunification. Even Ribbentrop was shocked, and one can imagine how fast China is developing.

For example, in addition to the optimized urban design, Zhang Shusheng also added some more convenient municipal designs proved by his own era, which was ahead of this era.

"The Germans seem to be full of confidence this time, Ribbentrop met with me early this morning, and although he did not reveal any cards in this meeting, he vaguely hinted that we would definitely agree to the cards they offered."

Li Zongren said with emotion: The Germans have always been relatively generous in dealing with China's issues. Although Germany cannot expect China to provide German aid in the same way that the United States has nurtured, the Germans have always been willing to offer good things to win China's favor in the case of reciprocity or even a little weakness.

"Since you are full of confidence, you should talk to them well, the solution of the problem in the entire Far East is about to be reduced to the last battle, half of the Soviet Union has fallen into our hands, and in addition to the war in Southeast Asia, our forces can basically be vacated."

Zhang Shusheng instructed with a smile, it can be regarded as setting a tone for the negotiations, watching the Germans play cards to negotiate, the other party is here to ask for help, we will look at it.

At the same time, at the Hanking Hotel, where the Germans stayed, the Germans were also discussing the new China in front of them.

Ribbentrop was sitting on a small terrace with Lieutenant General Heisenberg, Hitler's senior adviser to the negotiating team, chatting about the trip.

"Mr. Minister, frankly, my trip to China gave me a lot of surprises and shocks. In addition to their astonishing planes and airports, the entire city of Hanking is far larger and more modern than Berlin. Many things reflect innovation and advancement, but also reflect strong economic strength. "Lieutenant General Heisenberg came to China for the first time, and he encountered too many surprising things, and I originally thought that even if China came from behind, it would be similar to Berlin, but I didn't expect the reverse gap to be so big. Not to mention, just the traffic lights at the intersection of each street, Berlin and other cities in Germany also have, but it seems clumsy and backward and not very practical, on the other hand, the Chinese, fully automatic traffic lights are said to be controlled by computers, each important street, flexible, small, practical, the most important thing is that people can also consciously abide by.

God knows, the first electronic computer of the Germans is still in the final test, and the Chinese can use computers on a large scale.

"I am also very surprised, small things see big things, we Germany became depressed because of the war, because of the bombing there are many ruins, while the Chinese can cope with many wars while being able to develop the country so well. This only shows one thing, they are not fighting with all their strength like we are, they are just fighting a relatively easy war. ”

Ribbentrop had to admit it.

"Yes, the newspapers reported that the Chinese still adhered to a very high standard of free education system during the war, and their citizens could receive state education assistance including food, clothing, and shelter regardless of their birth. In comparison, ours is only semi-free education. "Germans have always been known for their emphasis on education, but many years ago they were overtaken by the great power of education like China. For more than 30 years, China has hardly expanded to the outside world, and the fruits of economic development have not only been used to improve people's livelihood and develop the economy, but also to invest in national strategic fields such as education.

"It's a powerful and terrible country." Ribbentrop sighed.

"What do you think about negotiations?" Heisenberg asked.

"Be open and honest, step by step to throw our hole cards. The Führer didn't give us much time, and Zhang Shusheng was a man who rarely gave in and was very calculating. After their army reached Central Asia, it was clear that they could advance to Ukraine in one fell swoop, but they came to a standstill......" Ribbentrop said slowly, but he was already thinking about the negotiations for his trip in his heart.

Two days later, the Chinese side formed a negotiating group headed by Vice Foreign Minister Ouyang Ming and Military Operations Minister Su Yuren and started negotiations with the Germans.

The negotiations went unusually well, and in the face of the Allied landings in Europe, the Germans, who were under a mountain of pressure, immediately came up with demands and corresponding quid pro quo.

Ribbentrop knew very well that, as in Germany, it was their home base camp that could ultimately decide the matter, so he decided to go the opposite way and cast his own conditions as soon as he came up, keeping only the last hole card, so as to give the Chinese base camp and their chairman more time to consider.

Later that day, a large number of military and political dignitaries again gathered in the Führer's office to discuss the demands and conditions put forward by the Germans.

"The Germans made three main demands and two major quid pro quo."

As one of the leaders of the negotiations, Ou Yangming briefly introduced to the dignitaries present, "First, in terms of military action, the Germans hope that we can immediately attack from Central Asia in the direction of Europe, and the Soviets have deployed heavy troops to block them in order to prevent the Germans from opening up a connection with us. Hitler hoped that both sides would work together to open this passage.

Second, in terms of military aid, the Germans wanted us to be able to provide large-scale military aid, especially aircraft and tanks, to help them fight the Allies.

Thirdly, in terms of technical assistance, they hope to be able to acquire some of our high technology to improve their own technical level.

The two quid pro quo are:

First, the Germans would concentrate all their efforts and plan to completely defeat the Soviet Union within three months, at which time, the entire east of Moscow, the Germans would be completely handed over to China, and the two sides would use Moscow as a boundary and demarcate two small countries as a buffer.

Moreover, the Germans will immediately launch a large-scale offensive against India and Afghanistan to cooperate with China to resolve the war in Southeast Asia with the greatest force.

Second, in exchange for military equipment and technology, Germany will trade the Nazi strategic reserve gold, which is controlled by Hitler in Europe and the Middle East, and in addition, after the occupation of Afghanistan, Germany will provide 40% of the Middle East's discovered oil ownership to China, and assist China in building two railways, the Eurasian Railway and the Central Asia Railway.

Among them, in addition to the equipment and materials that China needs to bear, Germany will provide no less than 2 million laborers, and strive to complete the construction as quickly as possible. ”

After listening to this, even Zhang Shusheng's eyes lit up, these conditions seem to be a little incredible, but they are very coincidentally in line with the future world strategy in Zhang Shusheng's heart, and he has a high interest in Sino-German cooperation for the first time.

(To be continued)