586 Playing chess
The Soviets can be said to be a sign of the times, even the representative of the October Revolution in the Soviet Union. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info In the next twenties, under the influence of the Soviet Union, there were some unfashionable Soviets, such as the T Communist Party, but in general, after entering the 40s, the Soviets were antiques.
Let's put it this way, the name of the socialist state established after the Second World War no longer sees the shadow of the Soviets, but instead the people or the people. Lord, anyway, when you see these two words, you basically know that this is a socialist system.
So why did Bohemia and Pomerania bear the name of Soviet? The reason is very simple, this is Li Xiaofeng's intention, let's put it this way, a certain immortal does have the idea of directly annexing Silesia and Pomerania, but he can't do it so directly. Colonization after World War II. Doctrine and imperialism are genuinely unpopular, even if the US and British imperialism actually do the same thing as imperialism, but they do not admit that they are imperialist in words. There is no way for world public opinion to be there, and it is the greatest political incorrectness to openly expose one's imperialist attributes without being ashamed but proud.
In the same way, the Soviet Union also had to have this face, how did China attack the Soviet Union in the years of the Sino-Soviet polemic in later generations? Soviet revision, anti-imperialist and anti-revisionist are juxtaposed, so the Soviet Union and imperialism are juxtaposed.
Of course, Li Xiaofeng is not dead, but he can't afford to be a communist. The internal division of the bourgeoisist camp, why Tito, Dimitrov and later Taizu turned against the Soviet Union, in the final analysis, was that the Soviet Union was too strong and directly interfered in the internal affairs of other countries, which gave them a strong sense of insecurity. Just imagine, Li Xiaofeng directly annexed Silesia and Pomerania regardless of it, this is not impossible, but after doing it, there will be endless troubles. If you do this, I'm afraid the whole total. The prodigist camp will immediately be more vigilant against the Soviet Union, and always be on guard against the Soviet Union digging into their corners, so how can the whole camp be united in the future?
So Li Xiaofeng spent a lot of effort to spare a circle and let Silesia and Pomerania become independent, so that he could not only control this territory, but also look much better.
And the preservation of the name of the Soviet also laid the groundwork for the future, and after a few decades, when Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia, as well as the rest of the world, had adapted to the current state of Silesia and Pomerania and had forgotten about this stubble, it was not impossible for Bohemia and Pomerania to make an application to the Soviet Union to join the Union!
Looking at how people and Americans operate, Hawaii has been eating it step by step for more than 50 years. It's okay to do the same with Silesia and Pomerania!
After the negotiation reached an agreement, Li Xiaofeng was so political. Governance is constant. "The inclusion of Bohemia and Pomerania into the coalition does not seem to be ripe for the time being, and the international influence, especially on the part of the other fraternal parties, is probably not positive. Moreover, the control of Bohemia and Pomerania is only a simple and crude military control, and in the next stage we should lead the country step by step towards the alliance. ”
Sverdlov asked with interest: "How?" ”
"First, to strengthen economic ties with Silesia and Pomerania and to form a regional free trade zone between the two countries, second, to open up visa management to Silesia and Pomerania and to achieve mutual visa-free access and encourage more Soviet citizens to travel, do business and settle in Silesia and Pomerania, and third, to strengthen military control and tie the two countries together."
This suggestion is a bit out of the blue. The anticipation of the governance of the bureau is first of all the free trade zone, which makes the government accustomed to collecting taxes. The members of the governing bureau were very worried, believing that although the industry in the east was much worse than that of the developed western part of Germany, it was still a certain technological advantage over the Soviet Union in terms of the industrial level of Silesia and Pomerania. Once the Soviet Union does not defend against them, will it hit its own industry?
This is still one of them, and the second visa exemption also allows the government who is accustomed to having everything in their hands. The members of the administrative committee are not adaptable, and once the Soviet people see the development of the West, will they have other bad thoughts in comparison, and it will be difficult to bring the team when the people are confused. And tourism, business and settlement are still a bit nonsense, with the current economic capacity of the Soviet people, how many can travel abroad? As for doing business? In the current highly centralized planned economy, there is only a little scrap material belonging to the individual economy, so is it unrealistic to let Soviet citizens who sell agricultural and sideline products and miscellaneous products go abroad to do business? As for settlement, this is even more nonsense, this is not to encourage Soviet citizens to flee the USSR!
Li Xiaofeng began to explain one by one: "In terms of heavy industry, Silesia and Pomerania have little impact on us, and the heavy industry in this region is not developed, and it may be that there is still a little competitiveness in shipbuilding. In this regard, with the development of China's economy, the gap in the demand for civilian ships is quite large, and our current industry cannot meet it, so it is appropriate to introduce some foreign resources. In the past 20 years, China's investment in light industry has been too small, and the lives of the people have also been greatly disturbed. Therefore, it is normal to let some fraternal countries share the pressure for us. Judging from the plan for the next five years, our focus is on high-tech industry, and the investment in light industry will not be very large, so we can't let our people endure the lack of soap, laundry detergent, toothpaste, and textiles, right? Therefore, the division of labor and cooperation with fraternal countries is very important. Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to take what they need? ”
Li Xiaofeng paused and continued: "Especially considering that agriculture in Silesia and Pomerania is still very developed, reducing tariffs will help our people obtain cheaper agricultural and sideline products. It's a good thing to improve the quality of life for ordinary people, isn't it? ”
Sverdlov and others thought about it, this is not unacceptable, now the Soviet Union really does not have much energy to take care of light industry, although the new five-year plan has a certain tilt towards this, but where can the shortcomings of the previous 20 years be made up overnight. And now that the material needs of the common people are getting higher and higher day by day, we can't let them live like they did 20 years ago, right?
Li Xiaofeng continued: "Actually, what I want to mention here is that not only for Bohemia and Pomerania, but also for other classes in Central and Eastern Europe, we must make rational use of it, and we must do a good job in the division of labor and cooperation, so that those who are good at agriculture can engage in agriculture, and those who have the conditions to engage in industry can engage in industry. It is better to truly achieve interoperability without threshold in the entire socialist camp. ”
The Sverdlovs thought this was a good suggestion, although they understood it to be a disguised way of controlling Central and Eastern Europe, and they understood that the division of labor and cooperation was based entirely on a highly centralized planned economy, and they felt that the rational division of labor was that the Soviet Union dominated everything.
However, Li Xiaofeng did not mean this, according to the highly centralized planned economy of the Soviet Union, it is indeed possible to achieve "mutual communication", but that kind of method is not good, all the indicators are set by the Soviet Union, how to produce, what to produce and how much to produce, the Soviet Union has the final say, no autonomy is given to other small partners, and everyone will be killed if they play like this.
What Li Xiaofeng wants to do is to introduce a market mechanism, and everyone will benefit each other under a set of fairly fair rules, although there must be 369 and so on, for example, the Soviet Union will definitely occupy the part of the industry with the highest production value, and seek benefits from the lower level of small partners and accept cheap primary products through scissors difference. But this does not mean that the Soviet Union is in control alone. There is not necessarily only one existence at the top of the pyramid, look at Western Europe, at the top of the food chain is a vote country, the United States, Britain, France and other super hooligans can eat with a mouthful of oil, and Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and other small hooligans can also get meat to eat. On the other hand, looking at the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe clique back then, the big brother of the Soviet Union was bitter, and the other little brothers were also bitter, and part of the interests that should exist were inexplicably wasted, and the other part was enjoyed by a small number of privileged classes in these countries, which is very bad.
Li Xiaofeng believes that the best model is that the Soviet Union takes two or three core junior brothers to sit at the top, where they can eat and drink spicy food, and then the middle-level junior brothers at the second level can also mix a well-off life, while the younger brothers on the edge can mix with food and clothing. Everyone has work and food, and there is natural harmony. Moreover, these three levels are not permanent and unchanging, the world is so big, and there are proletarian brothers in dire straits, and there is always no shortage of marginal coolies.
Of course, this is the ideal state, and there is still a long way to go to achieve this state, and the resistance is also considerable, for example, the current Soviet Union has adapted to the highly centralized planned economy, and a reform is imperative. However, Li Xiaofeng knows that he can't be in a hurry, he has to take it step by step, first of all, the negative effect of the highly centralized planned economic model has not yet exploded, and who will reform with you if there is no sense of crisis? Second, World War II has just ended, everything is in ruins, and the younger brother of Central and Eastern Europe, including the Soviet Union, is facing a serious shortage of materials. In Li Xiaofeng's view, by 1950 or around 1955 at the latest, after this crisis had passed, it was time to let the market revitalize the economy. According to this point in time, he is patient for the time being, and it is also good to let Xiao Si complete this transition work.
However, Li Xiaofeng did not know that when he was "calculating" Sverdlov, Comrade Xiao Si was also "imagining" the future. He wrote in his diary for the day: "Andrey. Petrovich once again miraculously fulfilled the task, and he succeeded in convincing the German comrades to abandon Silesia and Pomerania and establish a new Soviet state...... It's mixed news for me......"
Why did Xiao Si say that this news was mixed? Because the establishment of the Bohemian and Pomeranian SSR meant that the annexation of Poland, which he advocated, was no longer possible. And Xiao Si is a little bit of a miss for Poland, which undoubtedly disappoints him. Similarly, with indirect control of Bohemia and Pomerania, the Soviet Union's influence in Western Europe did go even deeper. The Soviet Red Army was given all the privileges to station troops in Bohemia and Pomerania and to conduct military operations, which could deter Britain and the United States, which were undead against the Soviet Union. Proceeding from objective reality, this is another piece of good news.
Of course, this is not what makes Xiao Si the most entangled, what is Xiao Si entangled in? What makes him most entangled is that it is so difficult, someone can do it, such difficulty is not difficult for him, is there anything else that someone can't do?
Yes, the reason why Sverdlov initially agreed to let Li Xiaofeng give it a try was very simple, although it was difficult to annex Poland and its international influence was very bad, it was still done in a few steps, and the Soviet Union completely let it go and shameless. Germany could be persuaded to cede Silesia and Pomerania, during which the Soviet Union could not help but talk about international influence, and it had to convince Germany, Poland, and Czechoslovakia. This difficulty is simply difficult to get to the sky.
Anyway, Xiao Si was waiting to see the joke at the time, but what he didn't expect was that there was no joke to watch at all. All of them were under Li Xiaofeng's control, reciting the lines step by step at the pace he needed, which was simply playing Poland, Czechoslovakia and Germany between applause.
Even at the last moment, a certain immortal did not make a mistake that Sverdlov thought he would inevitably make, and did not give Xiao Si a chance at all, which made Xiao Si simply indescribably frustrated.
Some comrades may ask, what mistake does Sverdlov think a certain immortal will make? Didn't you see this kind of pit in the previous operation?
In fact, there really is, that is, Li Xiaofeng did not directly annex Bohemia and Pomerania. That's really, really important. Why is it important? Because at that time, a certain immortal could indeed swallow this piece directly, and there was no problem at all. The prevailing opinion in the governance is that immediately after the establishment of the Socialist Republic of Bohemia and Pomerania, an application for membership in the Soviet Union is carried out, and the procedure is sufficient.
But Sverdlov knew that there was a big problem with that. First, Lenin and Trotsky were not necessarily happy to see it. Yes, the two mentors single-handedly created the Soviet Union, and with the constitution of the Soviet Union, other Soviet countries were allowed to join the Union. Even judging from the revolutionary ideals of the two mentors, it is true that they have entered the Communist Party. After the bourgeoisist society, the whole world is one, and all other countries should join the Soviet Union.
However, objectively speaking, the two gurus also knew that it would take time and material foundation to achieve this. With the current material basis of the USSR, it is impossible to do this. So the union of the Soviet Union was never said to be indefinitely expandable, but from a practical point of view, the existence of the Soviet Union was in fact a workaround for Lenin and Trotsky to preserve as much as possible the property of Tsarist Russia - each union republic had independent sovereignty and respected its territorial integrity. But it is also necessary to obey the whole Union. That is to respect both the right of peoples to self-determination and the preservation of national sovereignty.
Let's put it this way, the Soviet Union version 1.0 created by Lenin and Trotsky was actually a tool with a very limited scope of application. And this limited version 1.0 will exist for a long, long time, at least in the eyes of Lenin and Trotsky, and cannot be blindly applied to fraternal socialist countries that have just won liberation. After all, these countries and nations did not belong to the framework of Tsarist Russia before, and it would be counterproductive to force them to be pulled in.
So at this moment, Lenin and Trotsky thought that the Soviet Union should not be used to annex the newly liberated socialist brothers, even if it was a roundabout brown candy like Li Xiaofeng. If Li Xiaofeng had done so, Lenin and Trotsky's impression of him would have changed sharply, and I am afraid that in the eyes of Lenin and Trotsky, this kind of practice would be tantamount to bullying fraternal countries, and would be a great power chauvinism that would never be allowed.
Again, the first reason, the second reason, is the international impact, what will other countries think? You, the Soviet Union, are trying to expand in a hollow way! Otherwise, how could they do everything possible to make Silesia and Pomerania independent, and then annex them (look at the Crimea in the future, de jure speaking, this piece was forcibly assigned to Ukraine by the idiot Khrushchev, it should be said that it does not belong to Ukraine, and it makes sense for Russia to take it back. But at this time of infighting in Ukraine, inciting Crimea for independence, and then swallowing it in less than two days, this is really too hasty. Look at Kosovo, after NATO spun it off, even if the local people in Kosovo immediately supported the merger with Albania, the NATO bloc did not act brutally, but kept dragging it out, just giving Kosovo military guarantees. In fact, Russia can also learn to operate Crimea in this way, but the hairy bear is too anxious)!
It can be said that if Li Xiaofeng really does this, he is afraid that he will immediately fall into a situation of internal and external difficulties. Probably the only one who was happiest about this was Sverdlov. However, to Sverdlov's regret, a certain immortal did not fall into this pit, and he was very patient, but he was not in a hurry to separate Silesia and Pomerania from Germany, and then actually control them, and annex them. Originally, Sverdlov was ready to take a hand out of a certain immortal - he could not take Silesia and Pomerania, and he would say that someone would only say that he would not do it, and if he really annexed him, he would attack someone and engage in aggression, in short, the truth was in his place. And now, Sverdlov can only applaud Li Xiaofeng insincerely.
However, this does not mean that Sverdlov has thrown in the towel, in his opinion, the race has just begun. Yes, your Li Xiaofeng scored points on the German issue, and that's true. But I also scored on the Yugoslav question, you made Silesia and Pomerania independent, didn't I also get Slovenia out of Tito's clutches? So we're still tied in this round!
Not only did Sverdlov think the round was a draw, but he also thought he had some sort of advantage in the second round, which started immediately. Where does this advantage come from? He thinks that Yugoslavia is a place where chess can be played. And the German side has no way to settle down for the time being, as long as he continues to play the Yugoslav game well, he can still increase his points next! Isn't that more than someone else.
Well, here's the question, was Yugoslavia really still a chess game to play? It should be said that there is, because during this period of time, because of the Slovenian problem, Tito and the Soviet Union had a very stiff quarrel, and the relationship between the two sides almost reached a freezing point.
Some comrades may ask, could it be that Sverdlov was able to make Tito change his mind and obediently submit to it? At first, Sverdlov had this idea, and in his opinion Tito was nothing more than a pawn trained and educated in the Soviet Union in the twenties, and without the support of the Soviet Union, he was not worth mentioning within the SACP. Now this little pawn dares to his tail and bark his teeth with the Soviet Union after achieving a little success, this is over-inflated, and he must be taught a lesson and made him sober. Then this little pawn will obediently listen to the command.
I have to say that Sverdlov also did not understand Tito's personality, yes, Tito was once a pawn of the Soviet Union, and he was trained by the Soviet Union to level the then Yugoslav Communist Party. Central's key pawn. But over the years, this little pawn has gradually become full-fledged, especially after a World War II, this little pawn was reborn. He amassed unprecedented prestige in Yugoslavia and amassed an army, which gave him the capital to break free from Soviet control. What's more, at this time, Britain and the United States were still constantly courting Yugoslavia, which made Tito's confidence more sufficient. At this time, he really didn't need to be the only one to look at Moscow.
Sverdlov underestimated these factors, so his plan to kill Tito Liwei was very problematic, and he did not expect Tito to resist so fiercely.
Let's start from the beginning, after the Soviet Union supported the independence of Slovenia, Tito was naturally highly dissatisfied and immediately instructed the Yugoslav ambassador to the Soviet Union to protest head-on. Of course, neither Sverdlov nor the USSR would have protested like this, who told you that Tito would have turned against the USSR in the CIS, in the WC, and on the issue of German reparations, and who would you fix if you didn't fix it?
So what should the Soviet side do, not only recognized Slovenia at the first time, but also immediately sent an ambassador. Even the Soviet Red Army stationed in Slovenia moved closer to the Croatian side and made a gesture of intimidation.
Of course, there is one thing to say, this is just to scare Tito, Sverdlov did not intend to really start a war with Tito, Xiao Si must not care about international influence. However, Tito is not muddy, on the contrary, his anger is quite large, and he is not to be outdone when he sees the Soviet Union playing military threats...... (To be continued.) )