This inconspicuous Soviet freighter sailed into the port of Shanghai on the morning of the 17th after "clanging" at sea for four days at a rate of 10 knots. As soon as he got off the ship, he was picked up by a car from the East Factory. That night, Molotov secretly arrived in Nanjing by car.

The talks with the USSR were conducted by Nanming, and Japan was excluded. On the one hand, the punishment involved this time is the nominal territory of the Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, Japan has been preparing to make moves in Northeast Asia for a long time, and the Soviet Union has always maintained a high degree of vigilance against Japan, and both sides are in a state of extreme distrust.

When Daming invited the Soviet Union to send people to talks, he did not directly say, "I am going to divide the land, you come quickly." At first, Nanming did not mention the division of land, but said that "the two sides will communicate about the great changes that will take place in the geopolitics of East Asia in an attempt to reach an understanding." ”

But Stalin, who had a sensitive sense of smell, immediately smelled it.

…… As for the situation in East Asia, what the Soviet Union was most afraid of, Nanming must have a number. What the Soviet Union hoped for the most, Nanming must have counted. And what the Soviet Union will do under these two emotions, Nanming must also have a plan. Therefore, this time Nanming took the initiative to propose that the two sides "communicate", probably either to invite themselves to jointly attack the Northern Qing Dynasty, or to appease themselves.

…… If it was the former, then of course it was the best, and that was exactly what Stalin expected. In this way, the Soviet Union's attack on the northern and western parts of the Northern Qing Dynasty would have complete legitimacy, and it would be the least under international pressure and the easiest to be recognized. If it is the latter, it is estimated that Nanming feels that it has the ability to destroy the Northern Qing Dynasty independently and control the entire territory of the Northern Qing Dynasty, or that it has already entered into a similar "partition agreement" with Japan.

Then, although it is inconvenient for the Soviet Union to directly send troops to seize the land, Nanming inevitably came out with a batch of good ones to appease himself. These "benefits" may be certain economic rights and interests, the right to give priority to the exploitation and management of resources in the northwest, the establishment of some undefended zones between the two sides in Central Asia, and the agreement on the smuggling and repatriation of Soviet citizens, and so on. …… Of course, there may be some land to be cut.

No matter how great the benefits are, there must be only benefits and no harms. Therefore, Stalin hurriedly "urgently recalled Molotov" to China, who was in Beijing, but left a secret decree in Vladivostok, ordering him to immediately take a ship and secretly go to Nanming.

……

Sure enough, in Nanjing, He Ziguang first had a "friendly communication" with Molotov, telling him that the Ming Dynasty was about to join forces with Japan to attack the Northern Qing Dynasty, and the country of "Great Qing" was about to disappear from the map. Thus, the Ming Dynasty and Japan will become the two new neighbors of the Soviet Union in East Asia. We will continue to treat each other more.

Immediately afterwards, He Ziguang offered to propose that the two sides could demarcate some "undefended zones" on the future border as a military buffer zone. In addition, both the Ming Dynasty and Japan were willing to sign an "Agreement on Smuggling and Repatriation" with the Soviet Union, and all Soviet citizens who smuggled into the territory of Ming and Japan would be repatriated.

The sophisticated Molotov immediately heard that the Ming was in a hurry to feed the Soviet Union, so that the Soviet Union had been silent when the Ming had let go of the reunification in the north. Even Nanming, a country that has always attached so much importance to "freedom of movement and freedom of entry and exit," has now offered to repatriate the smugglers. Yes, the issue of smuggling was indeed one of the most worrying problems of the Soviet Union. Nan Ming didn't even go through some haggling and went straight to the point.

And Molotov also saw that this was by no means Nanming's bottom line, and it was even far from the bottom line.

Along the way, he and Comrade Stalin exchanged frequent secret telegrams, and Comrade Stalin told him to get tangible benefits from Nanming, that is, land, despite his threats. If Nanming did not agree, he told Nanming that the Soviet Union would not rule out sending troops to "protect" the compatriots of the Kazakh, Tajik, Mongolian and other ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union who lived in the territory of the Northern Qing Dynasty. - Because the Soviet Union was a multi-ethnic country, these peoples, who were supposed to be part of the Soviet family, were scattered abroad for various historical reasons. So now, the USSR had an obligation to protect them.

Of course, the atmosphere of the negotiations between the two sides is still very harmonious, and it has not yet reached this point. He Ziguang has not refused categorically, and Molotov has not said this naked threat.

Traditionally, what Russia is most interested in China is the land itself. It does not prefer commercial interests like Britain and France. Russia borders China, and land is the most affordable for it. Da Ming also knows this. Originally, the Ming Dynasty was willing to throw the entire Huijiang to the Soviet Union, as long as the Soviet Union could be honest in the whole process of the reunification of the Ming Dynasty. But the bottom line certainly can't be thrown out all at once. If it were not for the temperament of the Soviet Union, it would have continued to open its mouth to Outer Mongolia, Gansu, and Qinghai. Moreover, the Ming does not know what the expectations of the Soviet Union are, and it is better to meet it to the maximum extent with as few benefits as possible.

……

In this time and space, "Xin-Xinjiang" is the name of the Northern Qing Dynasty, and it is the name given by Qianlong. On the side of the Southern Ming Dynasty, there has been no unified name, and they are all called "Huijiang", "Western Regions", and even the name of the Northern Ming Dynasty "Yili Li". The more commonly used name is "Huijiang".

Huijiang is bounded by the Tianshan Mountains, divided into south-Xinjiang and north-Xinjiang, the part north of the Tianshan Mountains is north-Xinjiang, the north-Xinjiang is relatively rich, mostly forests and grasslands, the water and grass are fertile, the products are abundant, and the main ethnic groups are Kazakh and Han. The part south of the Tianshan Mountains is Nanjiang, which is relatively barren, mainly the Great Desert and the Gobi Desert. The main ethnic group is the Uyghur-Er ethnic group.

He Ziguang squeezed out the land from between his teeth little by little like squeezing toothpaste. Let's start with Nanjiang. As for the north-Xinjiang, if you can't give it, you won't give it, and it's good to keep it. In such a good place, there are still so many Han people, and there is no railway, so it is not realistic to migrate in the short term. It would be a tragedy to fall under the Soviet Reign of Terror.

The main reason why southern Xinjiang is barren is that the Taklamakan Desert alone occupies most of the area. The Taklamakan Desert is counted among the great deserts of the world. The middle desert is connected to the Gobi, and the Gobi is connected to the desert, a large area of no man's land. That is, the A-Ke-Su region in the northwest of the desert, the Kashgar region in the west, the Tulu-fan region and the Hami region in the east, and there are quite a few oasis areas. The first two areas bordered Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, the Central Asian states of the Soviet Union.

During the negotiations, the A-K-Su region and the Kashgar region were soon asked to leave by Molotov one after another.

Molotov was going to the A-K-Su region and the Kashgar region, and his eyes turned to the north again. But at this time, He Ziguang clearly refused. The reason is very simple: the north-Xinjiang is too good, and there are too many Han people to give it to you. If you want the Taklamakan Desert, you can take it and give it away. Nothing else.

Molotov laughed, and seemed to be in a better mood. He said that he would go back and report to Comrade Stalin.

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The first day of negotiations ended, and the Ming Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a dinner. Molotov was obviously in a good mood at the banquet, and according to the drinking habits of the Russians, he frequently toasted to the topic, and after finding a topic, everyone had to stand up and drink it all...... Cheers to Her Majesty's Health, to Comrade Stalin's health, to the friendship between the two peoples, to the Soviet Red Army, to the Ming 6th Army, to the Soviet Red Navy, to the Ming Navy...... In short, I drank all the cheers questions I could think of.

He Ziguang is old, and Xiang Xiaoqiang is the youngest and the most troublesome. Molotov saw it, and the focus was on Xiaoqiang. Although Xiang Xiaoqiang is young, he definitely can't drink this old Russian wine barrel, and he was quickly drunk to the point of dizziness, staggering, and talking nonsense.

Both sides were in a good mood, Molotov finally completed the mission that he failed to complete in Nanjing, and he would not lose the favor of Comrade Stalin when he returned. And the Ming side also saw that the appetite of the Soviet Union was obviously not as great as he imagined. It seems that with only some land in southern Xinjiang, it can be dealt with in the past.

The next morning, negotiations continued. Molotov opened his mouth and took down the Taklamakan Desert, that is, the entire Tarim Basin. Ming Fang was very surprised, he didn't expect that the Soviet Union would also want that place, it seems that he is really hungry. Perhaps Stalin took a fancy to the geographical location of the Tarim Basin. Although they are all deserts, the easternmost point is very close to Gansu and Qinghai, only 200 kilometers away.

Nanming didn't expect that the Soviet Union was really going to the Tarim Basin, so he shortened the distance with the mainland, and began to have some worries. However, this also provided an interface for Nanming, and no further concessions to the Soviet Union were made. North-Xinjiang is absolutely not giving.

In the next few days of negotiations, the Ming side did not make any concessions. And the Soviet side seems to be more satisfied, and there is no more vicious blackmail. Until the two sides agreed to wait for the agreement to be signed, the conditions on both sides were basically the same as those on the first and second days.

In this way, in order to get the opportunity to let go of the eastern advance, the Ming Dynasty allocated about 800,000 square kilometers of land to the Soviet Union. This is equivalent to the area of the whole of Manchuria. Of course, the quality of the land is far from comparable. Of these 800,000 square kilometers, 65 percent are deserts and Gobi deserts in the Tarim Basin.

However, the area is huge. This area is much larger than the two Soviet republics combined, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. The Soviet Union's influence in Central Asia also extended 1ooo kilometers eastward, approaching Gansu and Qinghai.

On December 23, the secret agreement between the Ming and the Soviet Union was signed in Nanjing. The next day, the 24th, the secret agreement of tomorrow was signed in Nanjing.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty and its two powerful neighbors, Japan and the Soviet Union, came to an agreement. The final death date of the Northern Qing Dynasty was also set.

……

The night of the signing of the secret contract happened to be Christmas Eve. It is also the day when Xiang Xiaoqiang came to Daming for a whole year.

At the Christmas Eve dance, Xiang Xiaoqiang invited Zhu Yourong to dance for the first time under the gaze of everyone. And Zhu Yourong also gave the first dance of the night to Xiang Xiaoqiang. This is the first hint to the outside world.

For this dance, Xiang Xiaoqiang has asked Qiu Yu to teach him many times. Now, no matter what, being able to dance decently with Zhu Yourong around without stepping on her shoes is already a great success.

Under the brilliant lights and intoxicating music, the two of them swirled under the gaze of everyone.

Zhu Yourong looked at Xiaoqiang very nervously and unnaturally, his eyes didn't know where to look, and he smiled. Then she pursed her lips, quickly glanced around her eyes, and changed to an elegant "professional smile".

"It's very good...... she almost imperceptibly flew into her eyes, opened her lips lightly, and whispered a sentence from between her teeth, "Now...... What are you thinking? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned for a moment, and after a while, he whispered:

"I ...... I'm thinking...... What will the history books of the future write about us......"

"What?"

"We ......" dodged Xiao Qiang's gaze, and said in a slurred manner, "...... We cut out so much land so that fewer people died...... Will it be a ...... in the future Become a sinner of the nation. ”

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