670 Land Proposal

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In the Prime Minister's Office, Tang Shaoyi wore glasses, stood in front of the office map, and his fingers went north along the sea border line between Germany and Russia, until he arrived in Tallinn, Estonia.

Add to this the bō orchid and Belarus, and with the exception of Kiev, the prosperous land of western Russia was almost swallowed by Germany in one gulp!

"yes."

Yan Fu glanced at the members around him, and said with a smile: "In terms of prosperity and importance, several Western Siberians are not as good as that side, not to mention that we only go to Tyumen, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg do not want, the far end is still 500 kilometers away from the Ural Mountains, which is equivalent to leaving half of Western Siberia to Russia, plus we don't want Central Asia, Russia is not too ugly, not to mention that they don't pay attention to it here, and the population only accounts for less than one hundred percent of Russia. It's not a small hassle. ”

"Huh? Listen to Lord Yan's meaning is a loss? Why don't you send a telegram to Feng Qi and Lu Zhengxiang and ask them to add some more code. Zhong Wenyao joked next to him that he and Yan Fu are not only deputy prime ministers, but also one is the minister of northern Xinjiang and the other is the minister of southern Xinjiang, both of whom are core personnel, so it is not taboo to joke.

"It's both of us, and Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Ottomans also need compensation, and it's hard to understand the way here." Rong said with a smile.

"yes." Li Enfu took off his glasses, frowned and shook his head: "It's okay here in the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, we can't do it as much as Germany occupies, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria are also easy to do, they put forward the hope of getting Romania, but how to distribute the interests of other places is always a contradiction, and I asked the emperor, he is not satisfied with Germany's knife, if Germany occupies Tallinn, Russia will have no access to the sea, and the sea of Bōluo will become the internal sea of Germany in the future, which is not good." ”

"What does the emperor mean?" Yan Fu asked.

"Keep Estonia, only demarcate the border with Latvia, so that Russia has a safe entrance to the sea, and Belarus will leave half to Russia, and the rest can be according to Germany's opinion, but the reparations are a little too much, and the emperor thinks that 15 to 2 billion rubles is the limit, and any more will force Lenin's gang to the British side." Tang Shaoyi said the agreement after discussing with Li Mo before.

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"yes." Tang Shaoyi sighed: "I have asked Sun Baoqi, the ambassador to Germany, to convey our thoughts, but I haven't received a reply yet, I only heard that Wilhelm II is a little dissatisfied with our hā hand distribution plan, and he thinks that we should not take care of Europe." ”

"And what about Baku? Does the emperor have any opinions? It was a dripping fé rubbing his hands and continuing to ask.

"The emperor said this, it is impossible for us to occupy Baku for a long time, so it is a good way to exchange it for Ibn Saud and Kuwait ** to establish a state, as for North Africa and Bōs, after the victory of the war, it will continue to be handed over to the Ottoman jurisdiction, and now is not the time for Hā to hand." Tang Shaoyi said.

"Obediently, Baku has been let out, and the emperor's capital this time is too big!" Zhong Wenyao was shocked: "With our current garrison and strength in Kuwait, even if we clearly let Ibn Saud **, can Mohammed V still have an opinion?" ”

"That's not what I said." Rong waved his hand and said: "The Ottoman is the dividing point of the Eurasian continent and is very important to us, and we have no problem unilaterally supporting the establishment of Ibn Saud and Greater Kuwait, but in this way, the Ottoman will be completely pushed into the arms of Germany, and there will be trouble in Egypt and the Suez Canal in the future."

Moreover, Feng Qi had already called Muhammad V when he set out, and he was very interested in exchanging the establishment of Ibn Saud for Baku, saying that if we were really willing to give up Baku, he promised that as long as Ibn Saud did not enter the plains of Mesopotamia, he would not interfere with his establishment of the state. ”

"But which oil fields in Baku."

Zhong Wenyao was anxious and wanted to say more, but Tang Shaoyi interrupted him: "Wenyao don't worry, the emperor has an idea about this matter, he has already sent someone to Baku in the name of the Bōs Bay Royal Oil Company, and Chen Ping has also ordered Li Tianhe to cooperate with the temporary implementation of military management, according to the emperor's will, at least before the military management is ended and handed over to the Ottomans, more than 60% of the oil fields and refineries here will be forcibly acquired." ”

"Forced takeover?" Zhong Wenyao's eyes were a little straight.

"This is a good way, behind the Baku oil field are the two big families in Europe, the Nobel family and the Rothschild family, these two families have deep roots, especially the family called the Sixth Empire, which has basically controlled the British economy, which is not conducive to our future economic policy, if we can put a little blood on them in Baku, we can also make these families honest!" Liang Dunyan knows that these European families are powerful, and the current Hua Zhi will not be afraid of them, but in the future, in terms of European interests, these guys must not be allowed to huff their hands, and they must take advantage of the war to kill them.

"I don't recommend direct control of Baku, where the Armenian and Azerbaijani ethnic groups are not happy in the Ottomans, plus there was a spy incident before, the Ottomans killed a lot of Armenians, and they may not be able to control Baku if they take it, plus after Russia recovers its strength in the future, the Ottomans can't do without us if they want to hold Baku, which is tantamount to leaving an excuse." Rong squinted, the speaker now looked like an old fox worried about his prey, his eyes swept over Central Asia and the Caucasus.

"Speaker Rong said a lot, the more land is not the better, in the early years of East Siberia was vast and sparsely populated, and it was no problem for us to control how big it was, but the further west it was, the denser the population became, especially after entering Central Asia, these places have many ethnic components, even if we occupy it now, who can guarantee that there will be no problems in a few decades?

Now we can indeed ask Russia for cession, but that is a big problem, not to mention that after we control half of Western Siberia, it is equivalent to being semi-surrounded by us, as long as the Russian garrison is limited and the sense of existence of Russia is weakened, then these peoples will definitely undergo qualitative changes.

Therefore, I think the emperor's method is good, since there will still be problems after the current control, it is better to give up some of the current interests, let these ethnic groups be autonomous or state-building, so that there will be a lot of barriers between us and Russia, and their country's future energy will not be tied to counterinsurgency and banditry. ”

Tang Shaoyi's words attracted the nods of everyone, if you can successfully get half of Western Siberia and Australia, the empire's land territory alone is close to 30 million square kilometers, and the distance is far away, there are many islands, if you continue to expand, sooner or later there will be problems, so the important thing now is to consolidate and strengthen control, as for the land, there is no longer a lot, as long as you can ensure the control of some strategic places.

"The important thing now is to find a way to get Germany to make concessions, and we must leave Russia a safe access to the sea, so that Russia will not be overly weakened." Tang Shaoyi continued: "In addition, the reconstruction and expansion of the Trans-Siberian Railway should be speeded up, and more opportunities should be made to take advantage of the fact that the prisoners of war are still in our hands, and in addition, the General Staff Department also proposed to build the Wuqiu Railway from Urumqi to Tyumen through Lake Balkhash, and I have agreed in principle, plus the communication in the northwest region, the transportation is not smooth, the telephone line is erected, and the radio communication guarantee must also be planned in advance, and the immigrants should also be taken into account, so as not to be in a hurry after the negotiations." ”

"Prime Minister, with so many plans, you are trying to force Atsuhiko to death." Zhong Wenyao squinted at Liang Dunyan, who had a sad face, and laughed, you must know that the construction of railways and communications alone will cost a huge amount of money, and the pressure on the current tight Ministry of Finance is really not small.

"Hehe, Wen Yao can rest assured at this point, we have already arrived at the Greater Kuwait base, and we are preparing to ship it back in batches! And the emperor has promised me that unless there is a crisis, the wine will not embezzle this amount of money for military expenses. As soon as Tang Shaoyi finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up, and Liang Dunyan asked excitedly, "Really?" Do you have any statistics?! ”

"The Nighthawk sent it back, a total of 1,220 tons of gold, as well as a large number of diamonds and jewelry, and the estimated value is also about 200 tons of gold." Speaking of the treasures that came back from the robbery in Russia, Tang Shaoyi also hooked the corners of his mouth.

"Great!" Liang Dunyan high-fived and said: "Not counting anything else, gold alone can allow us to issue 1.3 billion currency, and the good way to put these into the market is to build, and integrate into the national economy through construction. ”

Liang Dunyan excitedly even told everyone about the operation of funds, but everyone didn't pay attention to it, because this is really big news, a year of war has made the financial capital chain tighter and tighter, with this windfall supplement, many plans can finally be launched.

"Knock knock." A knock on the door suddenly interrupted the meeting, and the state secretary walked in under everyone's gaze: "Prime Minister, I have just received a telegram from Ambassador Lu Zhengxiang, Lenin and the Bolsheviks have agreed in principle to our conditions, but they have rejected Germany's request, in addition, the ambassador also said that they hope to get assistance as much as possible, because the current situation in Russia is very bad, the British ** team expelled all the Russian troops in the Kronstadt fortress in the early hours of last night, and also brought more than a dozen capital ships of the Russian naval fleet out of the sea, Judging by the current situation, they may want to bring these warships back to the UK! ”

took a breath again, he was one of the few ministers here who understood military affairs, and naturally he could see that Britain had a good grasp of this opportunity, at present, the German main fleet was basically crippled, if it was a few days earlier, maybe Germany could still intercept them, but now it must be starting to accept repairs, even if a few ships can be sent to intercept, no one dares to leave a fleet with 6 capital battleships at a great price.

The Secretary of State continued: "The Entente countries such as Britain, France, and the United States have also begun to contact the Russian Provisional Government, and have sent envoys to Prince Sulov and Denikin to try to persuade them not to withdraw from the war, and it is said that the conditions for sending $2 billion worth of food, supplies and weapons to Russia through the Arctic Ocean route have also begun to gather the remnants of the army in the Caucasus, and the troops stationed in Ufa have declared their acceptance of his leadership and allegiance to the government last night.

Another thing, Lenin officially asked us to extradite Nicholas II and everything he had taken with him, saying that it was Russian property. ”