After returning to the room that Yan Shao had arranged for him, Stalin lay on the bed looking extremely entangled.

This is not surprising, after all, this time Yan Shao intends to let them directly recognize China's ownership of Siberia and Central Asia, in other words, it is equivalent to making Soviet Russia give up their ownership of these two regions.

If it were only the Outer Northeast, perhaps Stalin would not have been so entangled, after all, the Outer Northeast, although large, could not be compared with either of the two regions of Siberia and Central Asia. Abandoning there, the pressure was not very great for Soviet Russia.

Moreover, Soviet Russia was originally concerned about opposing imperialism, and his predecessor, Tsarist Russia, was undoubtedly an extremely important member of the imperialist countries. In other words, in the concept of Soviet Russia, Tsarist Russia's occupation of the Outer Northeast was originally illegal, and Soviet Russia could use this as an excuse to return the Outer Northeast to China―――――― even if it was just a fig leaf...

Of course, the so-called concept can only be said to fool children, but in fact it is impossible to do so, which can be seen from the historical Soviet Russia. After Lenin's death, almost all of Stalin's successors, with the exception of the last one, were standard expansionists.

For example, Outer Mongolia was taken back by the Beiyang government during the civil war in Soviet Russia, and then taken away by the powerful Soviet Russia. There is also the Outer Northeast, and the return that was promised has not been delayed.

Strictly speaking, Yan Shao still likes Lenin, after all, this benevolent brother has a good evaluation in history. It was also promised to return the lands that Tsarist Russia once occupied China (is that so?). ）。 But Yan Shao didn't dare to trust him, and not only unilaterally waited for Soviet Russia's move.

Leaving aside the fact that Lenin did not live long in history, even if he was alive. Such a big thing is definitely not something that he can take lightly alone. Even if he really could, no, to be exact, willing to fulfill the promise he had made, could it be that people inside Soviet Russia would agree?

After all, this is to divide the territory that has already been handed over to others, and it is not a few kilometers, tens of kilometers, or an island, but the equivalent of several provinces...

Considering Lao Maozi's greed for land, Yan Shao didn't dare to put his hope unilaterally on Lao Maozi's promise. What's more, at this time, he stabbed Soviet Russia in the back. It is possible to get all of Siberia and Central Asia, on the other hand, waiting for the other side to fulfill its promises. can only passively wait, even the best result can only be said to be the recapture of the Outer Northeast.

As for Outer Mongolia...

Considering that sending troops from Outer Mongolia can easily threaten the Trans-Siberian Railway, the main artery that runs through the entire Siberia, the probability that Soviet Russia will have a conflict with China because of Outer Mongolia in the future is almost 100%. Case. Rather than waiting for the future to passively face the pressure of Soviet Russia, it is better to advance the front to the Ural Mountains first...

Naturally, these are what Yan Shao needs to consider, and not Soviet Russia ...

It is precisely because of this that Stalin was entangled. After all, if these two places were 'ceded', on the one hand, it would be distressing, after all, no matter how desolate they were, they were equivalent to two-thirds of the territory of the original Tsarist Russia. On the other hand, in the absence of a complete consolidation of the regime in Soviet Russia. Having recognized foreign ownership of its territory, and by two-thirds of it, I am afraid that the legitimacy of the Soviet regime would also be shaken.

After all, a government that loses the country and humiliates its power is very rare for the people.

Some time ago, when Soviet Russia signed an armistice agreement with Germany, Lenin's prestige in Soviet Russia was also refuted many times, and in the end, Lenin was able to get through with the threat of resignation...

But it was precisely because of this that Stalin's heart was somewhat shaken.

Because at the meeting just now, what Yan Shao said was not unreasonable. At present, Soviet Russia is indeed on the verge of defeating the aggression of the intervention army, but what about after that? Understand that Soviet Russia was not an agrarian country, but an industrial country. It was not the peasants who were able to seize power in Soviet Russia, but the workers.

Of course, this is not difficult to understand, after all, Tsarist Russia is a vast and sparsely populated country, and it is natural for the population to be concentrated in the cities. To seize a city is to seize an entire country.

Unlike China, which is and has been an agricultural country. The land is vast, but the population is also large, and coupled with the underdeveloped industry, the population is naturally concentrated in the countryside.

At a time when Russian industry is in a mess, it will not be easy to restore it. And if you want to recover, as Yan Shao said, it will be very difficult to rely on the words of Soviet Russia alone, so what should those workers who have no jobs do?

At this time, if there is the support of external forces, the process of recovery will be easier.

And most importantly...

Although the treaty proposed by Yan Shao can almost be called a loss of national and humiliating power, since they have already signed another treaty that is even more humiliating and humiliating, why can't they sign the current one?

Understand that although Siberia and Central Asia are almost equivalent to two-thirds of the territory of the original Tsarist Russia, in reality they can be said to be very desolate. The treaty signed between Soviet Russia and Germany not long ago, although it seems that the land ceded is not very large, has caused almost half of the population of Soviet Russia.

You must know that the territory ceded by Soviet Russia at that time already contained 62 million people, which was almost equivalent to 44% of the original population of Tsarist Russia. There was also 33 per cent of agriculture, 54 per cent of industry, 80 per cent of sugar and 73 per cent of iron ore and 75 per cent of coal

Don't look at it, if Soviet Russia agrees to Yan Shao's conditions, it will cede a lot of land, but in fact, its losses may not be as great as this treaty.

Moreover, there is a difference between the two, the treaty with the Germans was signed by Soviet Russia on its own initiative, and the territory and population were also ceded on its own initiative, while Siberia and Central Asia have been occupied by China. Moreover, according to the situation of Soviet Russia, China has deployed at least hundreds of thousands of troops along the Ural Mountains, and at the same time is building tight defense lines and fortifications, and the Trans-Siberian and Central Asian railways are also full of trains full of supplies. Large quantities of supplies were hoarded within the defensive line.

Leaving aside for the time being that if war really broke out, even if there was no national government to supply the front-line troops with supplies through these two railways, only the existing supplies. I'm afraid it's enough for them to support them for more than a year. Plus a strong defensive line, and a large army...

With the current strength of Soviet Russia, even if Soviet Russia wants to recapture these two places, it may not be an easy task, and it can even be said that it is impossible at all.

On the other hand, if China can get assistance in all aspects, the benefits to Soviet Russia are obvious...

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Although when leaving Yan Shao's room. Stalin seemed to be angry, but in fact he spent the whole night in his residence, pondering the merits of Yan Shao's proposal...

By the next day. He sent a telegram in the direction of Moscow, explaining in detail the conditions proposed by Yan Shao, but did not add his own opinion―――――― such a thing, whether it succeeds or fails. It's better not to add your own opinions. Stalin still knew this very well.

After all, it's okay if the talks fall apart, but if the talks are done...

Agreeing to such a condition is definitely a stain on politics, although the current Soviet Russia is just starting, but Stalin has begun to be cautious.

On the other hand, in fact, he is somewhat inclined to such a treaty in his heart―――――― anyway, the previous one has signed a more harsh treaty, and it is nothing to agree to this.

And China did not take this land from them in vain, but they have already occupied it. Just waiting for their recognition ...

If that's the case, it's not unavoidable. After all, if they agreed, they would get the one they desperately needed. And Yan Shao also promised that it could be signed as a secret treaty, that is, it would not be made public, so that the impact on Soviet Russia would be much less...

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In his office in Moscow, Lenin was taking care of his recent business.

With the successive defeats of the intervention army, the environment in Soviet Russia has become very good, at least there is no need to worry about it all day as usual, and even Lenin's complexion has become much better, and in recent days he has even been able to work and rest normally, instead of staying up late as in the past...

“……… According to intelligence, there was an unusual movement of Kolchak's troops in Ufa, and it is not clear what their purpose was..."

Seeing this information, Lenin frowned slightly.

The White Army led by Kolchak was once one of the biggest enemies of Soviet Russia, but now, the White Army led by Kolchak is already at sunset. But even so, Lenin did not dare to underestimate this former admiral.

It's just that even Lenin didn't know exactly what Kolchak wanted to do.

At present, Soviet Russia does not have such an organization as the KGB, and from a certain point of view, external intelligence actually depends more on cooperation with the Special Affairs Bureau. In addition to the large amount of ordnance provided by the national government, it was also related to intelligence support.

After all, from a certain point of view, the importance of intelligence is no less than ordnance, or even higher, with the support of intelligence, coupled with the fact that Soviet Russia has won the hearts of the people, and there are many good generals under its command, it is natural to be able to win the victory...

Although Kolchak was no longer the biggest threat to Soviet Russia, Lenin still attached great importance to it, so after reading this information, Lenin quickly made instructions...

"I ask the comrades of the Special Affairs Bureau to cooperate and conduct some investigations to find out whether there is any conspiracy of the white bandits..."

After writing it, Lenin put this information aside and intended to move on to other matters.

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Comrade Lenin!"

Hearing that it was Molotov's voice, Lenin's pen paused slightly, and then Lenin was heard to raise his voice. "Come in..."

With Lenin's permission, Molotov pushed open the door and walked briskly with a telegram in his hand. "Comrade Lenin, this is a secret telegram sent back from Baghdad by Comrade Stalin..."

"Oh...", hearing Molotov say this, Lenin drew a little attention.

After taking the telegram from Molotov's hand, Lenin read it carefully. Then his face changed dramatically.

"This..." for a long time, but I couldn't say half a word.

However, he quickly diverted his attention and looked at Molotov, who also looked at him. "The contents of this telegram. Has anyone else ever seen it? ”

"It's gone," Molotov said, shaking his head. As soon as I got it, I brought it to you, and no one has ever seen it..."

Apparently Molotov himself was well aware of the importance of this telegram, and if it had been disseminated―――――― the repercussions would have been extraordinary even if Lenin had not agreed to the above conditions.

On the other hand, hearing Molotov say this, Lenin was also a little relieved.

"Good. That's good...", Lenin picked up the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but read it again. After half a ring, Lenin could not help but say. "These Chinese are really greedy..."

"Yes," said Molotov, who, after agreeing with two sentences, looked at Lenin's face and spoke. That one. I still have some things to deal with. Or I'll leave first..."

"Oh!" Hearing Molotov's words, Lenin at first did not seem to hear clearly, and then seemed to react. "Okay, you can go first..."

After speaking, Lenin added his mouth. "In addition, don't sue anyone about this..."

"Don't worry, I know what to do..."

Seeing that Lenin was no longer focused on himself, Molotov felt as if he was about to flee for his life. Walk briskly out of Lenin's office. With such a big thing, he didn't dare to stay any longer.

And on the other hand. Looking at the telegram in his hand, Lenin could not help but ponder.

Although the treaty may seem absurd, Lenin was indeed a little tempted. One of the reasons why he signed such a treaty with the Germans was that he wanted to exchange space for time, ostensibly, those things were given away, but in reality? They had gained time to deal with the civil war with their precious troops, not against the Germans.

Moreover, if the Germans could be able to deal with the Entente with all their might, they could also concentrate more on solving their own problems. It would be better if the Entente and the Allies could fight to defeat both―――――― this is the only miscalculation of Lenin, he never imagined that Germany, which seemed to be very powerful, could not finally settle the Entente, and not long after the treaty was signed, it made peace with the Entente, and now it has made a Versailles Treaty.

Of course, Lenin did not regret this result, because he knew very well that the nature ――――――of Soviet Russia had already determined that he would inevitably be hostile to the capitalist countries. Even if he doesn't have an affair with the Allies, the end result will be like this...

Now, the choice he faces seems to be the same as when he made the decision: to cede land in exchange for something else.

It's just that this time is different from the last time, this time people have already occupied these two places, just waiting for them to admit it. What can be exchanged for it is a resource that is urgently needed for the reconstruction of Soviet Russia―――――― although these resources need to be bought with money...

“……… Greedy Chinese..." pacing back and forth in the office, Lenin couldn't help but say again.

Having said that, he was a little tempted...

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After receiving the telegram, Lenin neither agreed nor objected, but first sent a telegram to Stalin, asking him to stay in Baghdad for a while.

Receiving such a telegram, Stalin was well aware that this showed that Lenin was already somewhat moved. After all, if he didn't plan to agree, he would have returned to Soviet Russia instead of staying in Baghdad.

Therefore, Stalin was very comfortable as a guest in Baghdad, not to accompany Yan Shao and his family to talk about some scenery and people about Russia, and by the way, to explain the doctrine that Soviet Russia believed in...

However, Stalin had no confidence in whether Yan Shao and his entire family believed in hammer and sickle doctrine, after all, he was now the leader of several great powers in the capitalist world. Moreover, according to the information obtained by Stalin, with Yan Shao's current prestige in China, even if he ascended the throne and became emperor, he would probably succeed lightly―――――― Yuan Shikai had not yet done a good job in domestic affairs. didn't make any substantive achievements, so he hurriedly wanted to be the emperor, and naturally he would be opposed. What's more, there are twenty-one factors in front of him, and Yan zhòng has hit his prestige.

The most important thing is that in such an era, the constitutional monarchy is not a backward system, but the cabinet system and the presidential system are relatively non-mainstream systems.

Naturally, Yan Shao will never be the emperor. But judging from the intelligence obtained by Soviet Russia, Yan Shao has become an emperor who is not an emperor in China, and holds the power of life and death in the entire country.

Coupled with the Yushi Group he founded. It has become the largest business group in the world, and it can be said that it is the largest capitalist in the world. He didn't directly shout that he wanted to fight and kill Soviet Russia, which is already very good, so naturally he doesn't need to expect people to scatter their wealth or anything...

At least Stalin was not so naïve. So in Baghdad. Stalin was very honest, just waiting for domestic orders while accompanying Yan Shao's family, and that's all...

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While Stalin was still waiting for domestic orders, Yan Shao was also accompanying Stalin while trying to understand the bearded man in front of him as much as possible...

In this regard, other people are naturally a little puzzled, including the people around Yan Shao. Such as Gu Weijun and so on. In their opinion, Stalin was nothing more than a very ordinary high-level in Soviet Russia. There is no need to let Yan Shao be so courteous―――――― as mentioned earlier, over the years, with one achievement after another, Yan Shao has become an emperor who is not an emperor in China.

Now that Yan Shao is so courteous to an ordinary high-ranking Soviet Russian leader, it is naturally very confusing.

What's more, they were still hostile to Soviet Russia. At least when Soviet Russia was founded, because China's understanding of the outside world was much stronger than that of its contemporaries, there were some young students, experts and professors who were really interested. But with the Communist government's invasion of Siberia and Central Asia, this interest vanished and was replaced by hostility...

As for the reason...

A very simple truth, the enemy's things, must not be learned...

If China and Soviet Russia were barely allies, then with China's troops, the two sides have become mortal enemies. Since it is a mortal enemy, then there is naturally no need to learn the other party's things. Of course, those people have no regrets about this, after all, compared with an ethereal ism, they still feel that the land they have already obtained is more realistic...

At least after looking at the world map of the latest hairstyles, the people in China are still very satisfied, and this also makes Yan Shao's status rise again, to an unattainable level.

After all, before 1913, China basically spent its time in signing treaties that lost its country and humiliated its power, but today's China, in just a few years, has become the country that made the other side sign such treaties, especially since it is not an ordinary country, but a once old power similar to Tsarist Russia...

On the other hand, although others were confused, Yan Shao understood the reason.

Yes, Stalin is indeed only a small person in the top echelons of Soviet Russia at the moment, but in the future, he is likely to become the head of Soviet Russia, so at this time, it is inevitable to know more about him. After all, personal contact is always much better than information on paper...

The understanding of the future Soviet Russia will also play a very important role in Yan Shao's future diplomatic relations with Soviet Russia. As for dealing with each other in private terms or something...

Yan Shao, who knows some history, has never expected this, after all, Stalin in history is cold-blooded, and it is better to expect this private convenience to have a role, so it is better to expect a shape warship to fall from the sky tomorrow and fall in the desert of Xinjiang, and then let the scientists under Yan Shao study it thoroughly, and finally come up with a series of black technologies, so that China's scientific level is completely ahead of other countries for decades―――――― even if it is not a shape warship, you can get a Megatron...

On the other hand, when Yan Shao was still accompanying Stalin, Moscow, far away in Eastern Europe, had already quarreled because of Stalin's telegram...

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After a series of considerations, Lenin finally decided to accept Yan Shao's offer in exchange for China's support for Soviet Russia―――――― although this support was not free.

But it is not so easy to get the approval of others for such a 'humiliating treaty', in order to get a treaty with the Germans, it has already caused the entire Soviet Russian high-level to quarrel, and now such a treaty, even if it is secret, is enough for them to quarrel for several months...

This time, however, Lenin came out with the same momentum as last time, and went to persuade one by one. It's just that this kind of thing is obviously not something that can be negotiated in three days, and now Lenin himself knows this very well, so Lenin tried to persuade others in the upper echelons to let Stalin follow Yan Shao, so as to keep the whole process of the treaty so that Yan Shao could understand it at any time...

On the other hand, after a period of entrenchment in Baghdad, it was time for Yan Shao to leave for his return home.

Although his reputation in the country has been soaring, it is not a good thing to leave the country for nearly a year. Although it seems very good to take advantage of this opportunity to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, Yan Shao still hopes that the situation in China can be stabilized―――――― at least for such a period, to show a spirit of unity to the outside world, so as not to make the great powers think that there are any internal changes in China, and then exert pressure on China on the issue of Siberia and Central Asia.

However, at Stalin's request, Yan Shao still brought such a special passenger as Stalin...

As a result, on the passenger ship back to China, there was such a special guest as Stalin.

Of course, due to the sensitivity of the identity of the guests, Stalin usually stayed in the cabin of the cruise ship and rarely went to the deck, which also made the vast majority of people not know Stalin's identity, and even the meals were delivered by the people of the Secret Service ...

On the other hand, Lenin's work has progressed.

After more than a month of persuasion, Lenin finally succeeded in persuading the vast majority of the Russian top brass to agree to the treaty. Naturally, they will nod their heads, also for three reasons, one is that the two Siberian places are already in the hands of China, even if they don't agree, it is impossible to take them back lightly, and in such a situation at the moment, it is obviously unrealistic to recapture the two Siberian places by force, and the second is that they really need assistance from China to ensure that the industry of Soviet Russia can recover quickly, and finally, there is a secret treaty...

The two sides signed a treaty in secret, and even if the treaty was exposed in the future, it is believed that the Russian regime had already consolidated its rule in Russia.

So after more than a month, not long after Yan Shao's cruise ship arrived in Shanghai, when he and his family were also receiving hospitality from all walks of life in Shanghai, he finally got a reply from Soviet Russia―――――― Soviet Russia was willing to agree to Yan Shao's conditions, that is, to recognize China's ownership of all the current territories... (To be continued......)