In March 1917, the February Revolution broke out in Russia (February in the old Russian calendar) overthrew the Romanov dynasty and ended the rule of feudal Zhuanzhi.

It was already the end of March when the accurate news reached China, and the Beiyang government in Beijing was naturally indifferent, and after successively driving out Liang Qichao and Xiong Xiling, Duan Qirui, who had ascended to the post of premier, was now completely ignoring the opposition of President Li Yuanhong and was wholeheartedly cooperating with the Japanese in their efforts to organize and train troops for war.

And Li Yuanhong's political skills were obviously not as good as Duan Qirui's, and the Hubei army that followed his three divisions to the north was gradually bought by Duan Qirui, divided and co-opted.

In the south, the Nationalist Government is busy with the elections of the two houses and the transition of power, and after Sun Wen won the throne of the chairman of the Nationalist Government, his mind is even more focused on the south, and he is not very interested in the affairs of the north, let alone international affairs.

But Wang Zhenyu is different, he is a crossing clan, thinking that a certain leader in the future will actually recognize the Sino-Russian border, and dare to run back to preach victory with a black blind island, and he really treats the people as blind. Now that we have come to this era, China's land area must not be 9.6 million square kilometers. Eleven million square kilometers is the bottom line, 20 million square kilometers is by no means excessive, and the border line should be within the range of military bullets.

At this moment, on the third floor of Wenlu in Wuhan, Wang Zhenyu's private study, a 150-square-meter room, a map of the Republic of China is hanging on the wall, and Wang Zhenyu is looking at this map with his hands behind his back. From time to time, his gaze swept lightly from Tibet, Xinjiang, and Outer Mongolia, and his mind was always thinking about something.

Yang Yongtai, Yang Du, Zhao Hengti, Wan Yaohuang, Li Zongren, and Ma Xicheng sat on the sofa behind Wang Zhenyu. In this era, communication is far less convenient than World War II, and the news from Europe to China is basically outdated, so the only thing that can be done is to give carte blanche to Bai Chongxi, and it seems that this guy is also quite reliable. Isn't that what else could happen in Europe? Although the new Military Commission of the Nationalist Government will be released in April, everything that should be decided has been decided, and there is no need to talk about anything more. Everyone is confused.

Wang Zhenyu was thinking about Tibet, Xinjiang and Outer Mongolia.

Let's talk about Tibet first, it seems that because of the British, this place is a bit complicated, but it is not too difficult, because now the British and French are beating the Germans in Europe together. It would be good if people could keep the pearl in the crown of the queen of India now, and Tibet for the British Empire is like an eighty-year-old man facing a young girl, although he wants to, he is already powerless.

When solving the Sichuan issue, Wang Zhenyu unceremoniously left Liu Xiang as a foreshadowing, waiting to be used on the Tibet issue, if these local tyrants were not obedient, Wang Zhenyu would drive them into Tibet, and then pull Tibet back to the big family of the Chinese nation in the name of pursuing the rebels.

However, before that, Tibetan lamas were still somewhat useful, for example, to solve the Outer Mongolia problem, it is likely that these magic sticks will be needed.

And the most promising solution as soon as possible is Xinjiang, the current ruler of Xinjiang Yang Zengxin is still very interesting, for example, the wool blanket in his living room is sent by this old boy, it is estimated that he will take Gansu, and then give the old boy a benefit, then the youth army can enter Xinjiang. After all, now the Russians themselves are in a mess, and they don't have time to take care of Xinjiang, which is already in front of their mouths. If conditions permitted, Wang Zhenyu even hoped to regain territory in Central Asia after the October Revolution, provided that he was not afraid of retaliation from the powerful Red Soviet power in the future.

Zuihou is Outer Mongolia, this land is too big and rich, and at the same time too far away from itself, how should I solve this region, is it really allowed to be separated from the big family of the Chinese nation under the manipulation of shameless Stalin as it was in history? Wang Zhenyu thought hard with his hands behind his back.

The answer, of course, is no, but the strength of the Russians is by no means boastful, after all, with the help of French capital, the annual steel production is already five million tons, which is not a joke. Even if the company completes the five-year process, the steel output is estimated to be only 3 million to 4 million tons.

Thinking of this, Wang Zhenyu suddenly remembered, if Russia's civil strife can last a little longer, does it mean that China has the possibility of surpassing Russia in industrial development?

Wang Zhenyu walked to another wall, where a map of Europe was hung, and it was ridiculous for Europeans to have a map of Europe in the home of a Chinese official, but such a ridiculous thing still happened.

Wang Zhenyu's eyes were on Germany and Austria-Hungary, which, according to Wang Zhenyu's memory, were both powerful countries that could be counted on Shijie. Needless to say, Germany alone was the second largest country in Europe by territory, the third most populous, and the fourth in terms of industrial capacity. Wang Zhenyu even maliciously wondered if he could gain enough benefits in the process of the collapse of this empire if he exceeded the original Jihua and added hundreds of thousands of troops to Europe and attacked Austria-Hungary from the direction of Italy. It's a pity that you can only mean yin, you really eat mixed rice when you are British and French. It's better to get the part you should take, and you still have to keep in mind the truth that you can't eat too much, otherwise it will be easy to lose the party and the country, which is the same both internally and externally. Historically, didn't the Soviet Union always think about liberating all mankind? It turned out to be that he hung up, which is typical.

After thinking about it for a while, Wang Zhenyu remembered a few henchmen sitting in his study, he turned around and smiled at Yang Yongtai and them with some apologies: "I'm really sorry for a few, I think too much about the problem, and I forgot to pay attention to your arrival." ”

Yang Du took the lead in replying: "The chairman is worried about state affairs, which really makes me deeply ashamed, but the state affairs are difficult, and I still hope that the chairman can take care of his health." ”

Wang Zhenyu found that with the continuous improvement of his status, he seemed to be more and more comfortable listening to sycophants like this, so he should be vigilant. He waved his hand and said, "I can worry about something, I don't have to ask all of you to help me sum it up." ”

After speaking, Wang Zhenyu sat down, Erlang stilted his legs, organized his language, and said: "That's the case, everyone has heard about Russia, right?" ”

Everyone nodded.

Wang Zhenyu took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out one and put it in his mouth, and the secretary Chen Bui immediately took out a match and lit it. This is a bad habit that Wang Zhenyu has developed recently, and Ye Ziwen said it a few times but it didn't work. There is no way, the higher the status, the greater the power, and the troubles and pressures are increasing day by day. Wang Zhenyu took a puff, took a puff of smoke and said, "Then you want to come to Jiansheng and you have also read the military report they sent back from Europe?" ”

Wang Zhenyu asked so much in the east and in the west, which made everyone a little confused, so they could only nod truthfully.

"Now that the Russians are in civil strife, and the British are also shedding blood in Europe, I think the problems in Tibet, Xinjiang, and Outer Mongolia in our country are now time to be properly resolved."

Who would have thought that Wang Zhenyu would call everyone from their homes on the day of the Qingming Festival to discuss such a thing, and the scene immediately became cold.

If it is said that the Northern Expedition is now launched to unify the whole country or something, everyone may be acceptable, but when the whole country is in the situation of the division of the north and the south, Wang Zhenyu gives everyone here the feeling that he is a little long, not to mention that there is still the territory of the Beiyang warlords between Outer Mongolia and the south.

The first to raise an objection was Zhao Hengti: "Wen Zheng, isn't your step a bit big, we just sent more than 200,000 troops to Europe, and internal things are still being adjusted, Duan Qirui in the north is also eyeing us, and they are sharpening their knives there." At this time, you are actually in the mood to take care of frontier affairs, this step is too big. ”

Wan Yaohuang also objected, but he and Zhao Hengti had different opinions: "Dashuai, we made arrangements for Tibet when we pacified Sichuan, and now the Chengdu-Chongqing Railway has also started, and it is expected to be opened to traffic in three years, and it is not impossible to recover Tibet now." After all, Liu Xiang and their local army alone can accomplish this task, but the big marshal, the problem of Xinjiang and Outer Mongolia. Even if the Russians are in chaos now, we are not easy to intervene, first, the distance is too far, second, the goal is too big, and third, in addition to the Beiyang warlords, there are also places like Longshang Eight Towns in Gansu, and it is difficult for our arms to stretch out. The dispatch of troops is probably a signal for Beijing to start a full-scale war, and the General Staff is not ready for the Northern Expedition at the moment. ”

Everyone thinks that Wang Zhenyu's thinking is unreliable, and they all dissuade Wang Zhenyu, hoping that he will give up this idea.

Wang Zhenyu smiled and said: "The problem is not as complicated as you think, the territorial problems just mentioned were all caused by the corruption and incompetence of the rulers in the former Qing Dynasty, and at the same time, they could not be solved because of the existence of the great powers. But now is the period of the European war, except for Japan, no one of the powers has the time to focus on our east, so the opportunity must not be lost and will not come again, we just have to seize the efforts of the past two years to solve the problems in these three places. Needless to say, Tibet and Xinjiang Yang Zengxin, as long as we can solve the eight towns of Longshang, it is estimated that the next army stationed in Xinjiang will not be a big problem, and the problem of Outer Mongolia does not need us to take action personally, and we are not in a hurry to do it at this time. As for the reaction of the north, let's just make him weak......"