Volume E Chapter 53 Changing the World 2
For Vladimir. Illich. For Ulyanov, the East was a very strange land, he had only read about it in newspapers and books before, but all he knew about was braids, opium, and women with small feet, but for Yang-chingcheng the person, including Gregory, who had come with him this time. Yevseyevich. Zinoviev, as well as Lev, Borisovich. Garmiev was extremely yearning. This yearning is not a yearning among comrades, but an envy of successful revolutionaries, and even if this victory does not belong exclusively to the proletariat, the success of the Chinese revolution is still worthy of celebration for all revolutionaries for the decadent aristocracy and an autocratic government.
Excluding this relationship, Yang-chingcheng and the Bolshevik relations were established several years ago. Two years earlier, when the Bolsheviks had been fighting against the Menshevik abolitionists, recallists, and Trotsky's conciliators, his personal representative had approached the Bolsheviks, and the closed proletarian newspapers had been able to secure their sources of funding out of the crisis of closure, while the Central Committee of the Bolsheviks, which had been dissolved at the plenary session of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in January 1910, had also benefited from the re-establishment of the Central Committee of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Illich. Ulyanov, who has become the de facto leader of the Bolsheviks.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, and although the Poles who sponsor each big donor do not know who the real donors are behind the name, when the Poles were invited to the Far East two months ago, Ulyanov and his comrades-in-arms immediately understood the meaning of such an invitation, and at the same time. They understood better the present difficulties of the Russian Revolution and that the unity of the Bolsheviks did not mean the unity of the Russian revolutionaries as a whole, even the unity of all revolutionaries. It was also difficult to overthrow the Tsar, after all, the revolution in Russia would inevitably be interfered with by other capitalist countries, and it would be extremely important to have the full support of a neighbouring country.
"What a backward country." Standing by the porthole of the airship, Kamiev told Zinoyevich that he did not see any factories from day to afternoon. There are just bare fields and treeless barren mountains after harvesting.
"Comrade Gamiev, this is the East, not Europe." Zinoevich said. "This is also the reason why the revolution can easily succeed, and the Chinese government army is said to have only 300,000 troops."
"Nope. Precisely because it is not Europe, there are no large numbers of workers and proletarians, that I think it will be difficult for the revolution to succeed. Gamiev said.
"I agree with Lev. There are not too many capitalists in the East. This was very detrimental to the revolution, and it was difficult for Comrade Yang-chingcheng to organize the peasants to march in the cities. China's victory lies in their swift capture of Beijing and the killing of the emperor, and the success of Portugal is also here, and the revolution in the capital is the most important. "Seeing that the two subordinates were discussing the Chinese revolution, Comrade Ulyanov also joined the discussion.
"But for Russia, the Tsar in Petersburg had too many guards, and at the same time we didn't have an army. Comrade Lenin. Gamiev said. The Bolsheviks were to be victorious. It would be necessary to mobilize the workers and soldiers against the Tsar on a large scale, as we did in 1905. The power of the people is endless! Lenin said firmly.
"Yes. Comrade Lenin. "Zinoevich." However, I am concerned that Yang's help to us was not for the purpose of supporting the revolution, but for reclaiming the territories occupied by Russia. If we ......"
Yang Rui's meaning, everyone who came could know, but no one broke it, at this time, as soon as Zinoyevich spoke, everyone was stunned when they heard the words, but Lenin smiled and said, "Comrade Zinoyevich, don't worry about this situation, the revolution needs strategy." The East is not the center of the world, and our ultimate aim is to liberate the proletarians of the whole world, and in order to achieve this step, appropriate concessions are necessary. ”
"I see, Comrade Lenin. But what support do we need now? Army, money, or something else? Zinojevic said that he had been thinking about this question since he got on the ship in Paris, but he never thought about what he wanted.
"No, we don't need the army just yet, it's too expensive. We should run schools, lots of training schools for workers, and newspapers. Lenin affirmed, "We should publish Pravda in Petersburg, without fear of opposition from Trotsky, the most vile careerist and factional activist, and we should stick to our point of view to the end......"
Lenin's words were turbulent, and his trip to China made him feel the opportunity to strike at the Mensheviks, perhaps because the revival revolution also needed money, or because the Chinese were already stingy, Yang Jingcheng did not give much support to the Bolsheviks in recent years, and the monthly funds could only maintain the Bolshevik newspaper and the party school in Paris, but this time since Yang Jingcheng would send out an invitation, it means that their assistance to the Bolsheviks will be increased in the future.
When Lenin was talking about the construction of the Bolsheviks on the airship, Yang Rui held a meeting in Prince Zheng's palace, and the meeting was about the Tsarist revolution. "The Moroccan crisis tells us that the situation in Europe is irreparable, everyone is preparing for war with all their might, and the next time there is another conflict in Europe, it will be when countries declare war on each other. This is our opportunity, not only to make a super profit, but also to reclaim the ceded territory, and even to make a breakthrough in Central Asia, if the opportunity is right, our territory can directly border the Persian Empire, and if we can build a Sino-Polish railway, then we can go all the way to the shores of the Red Sea......"
Yang Rui expounded his thoughts on the map, but several members of the committee present looked at him very strangely, after all, the Japanese army in the northeast has not retreated yet, and it is too early to talk about the recovery of the outer northeast and northwest, and he couldn't help coughing, Zhong Guanguan said, "Actually, this is too far, right?" ”
"It's not far at all," Yang Rui still imagined freely, and didn't understand the meaning of Zhong Guanguan, "There are already more than 3,000 kilometers from Beijing to Alashankou, and Turkmenistan was originally a place in Persia, which is equivalent to the northeast of China, the nest of Manchurians." It would be more advantageous to give this place back to Persia or to divide it than to annex it outright, and it would also be beneficial for us to form an alliance with Persia. It's just that the two rivers and the area are eaten directly. ”
"Persia is now under the joint control of Britain and Russia, you want to build the Sino-Polish railway, Russia is gone, will Britain agree?" Only one Xie Jintai, who believed Yang Rui's words, asked, "Also, we went to Xinjiang, no." The railroad to the Western Regions has not yet been repaired, and if it is to be repaired to Persia, it will take six or seven thousand kilometers. That's more than two or three hundred million. ”
"Isn't there a group of banks in Shikoku? Americans are so rich that they can come in. If Britain is against it, then it will be better to bring it in. We wanted a rail link to the Red Sea, and even to the Ottoman Empire to Europe. In this way, the Silk Road is open again. Yang Rui smiled, "Of course, now logistics is reversed, and it is foreigners who earn our money, but at least we have a way to West Asia, and Li Bai is no longer a foreigner." ”
Yang Rui smiled brightly, and several people at the meeting felt that he had a problem today, because he was still frowning deeply a few days ago. Wang Ji said, "It's done." The country was initially decided, and it would not be able to make a big move within ten years, and it was already a great fortune that the cessed land could be recovered, and then it would be too far to intervene in Central Asia? ”
"Vladivostok is a hundred times more important to Russia than Central Asia. This is also the reason why the Russians think about Outer Mongolia, because Outer Mongolia is in our hands, and as long as we send troops, we can cut off the Trans-Siberian Railway. But in the two rivers region of Central Asia, it has only been 30 years since Tsarist Russia annexed it, and Britain will be very happy that we occupy these places, they ceded Afghanistan from India, just to prevent Tsarist Russia from going south, and the international community will definitely support us, and within Russia, the revolutionaries want to establish a regime, it is not a year or two can do it, we are investing in them now, then there will be a return in the future, when the time comes, the Outer Northeast will be ceded, and there is anything bad in Central Asia, we will just accept it, and we will not make a big move. Yang Rui said.
"How much does that cost?" Zhang Taiyan has always believed in Yang Rui, and when he saw that he was so confident, he took it seriously. "It has already cost 120,000 yuan, which was reported before, but because the amount is too small, it was tied with the cost of North Korea before," Yang Rui quibbled, and he told Liu Boyuan to do what he told Liu Boyuan to do, and did not explain it to everyone separately, "Another two or three million will be spent, and when they take power, then we can return to our capital." ”
"What if our support is discovered by Russia?" Wang Jitong saw that Yang Rui was obsessed, so he had to talk about things.
"No, every time the person who comes forward is a foreigner, the funds are also transferred several times, and they are clean, and I mean that after this meeting, there is no need to meet again in the future, as long as you sign some declarations with him," Yang Rui said with a look on his face, he took out a document and said, "You can take a look, this declaration is a text that they want to sign." ”
“…… The Bolsheviks agreed that all peoples had the right to oppose oppression and pursue freedom...... The two sides respect the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they wish to live, and they wish to see peoples who have been deprived of their territory and sovereignty by force regain their territory and sovereignty. For the people of Greater China and Asia, this was the restoration of sovereignty in the Outer Northeast and the liberation of the khanates of Central Asia from oppression...... In doing so, the indisputable legitimate property of the peoples in these areas should be recognized and protected by all peoples......"
Xie Jintai quickly read out the key forging in the text, as far as he expected, Yang Rui of Central Asia also said just now, that is, the last sentence of 'legitimate property' He was a little puzzled, "Actually, what kind of property is it talking about in the text?" ”
"Mostly railroads." Yang Rui said frankly, "The territory is ours, but the railway is someone else's, if it is really forcibly occupied, then there will definitely be disputes in the future, and the Outer Northeast region will come back, but Central Asia is a plain, and if we directly border Russia, there will be many problems, so ...... Once the two countries fight each other, then national security will be greatly damaged, even if it is discounted, some things still have to be paid, even if it is nominally.
The other thing is what I just said about the bird hiding the bow. For the United States, the reason why we are important is because Japan is strong and arrogant, and if we have the opportunity to destroy Japan, will we do it? My answer is that we must not do it until we are strong! As long as it bleeds, it bleeds without hurting the vitality, then the United States will always support us and give us what we want, and this time the reason why Zixun's borrowing and buying equipment in New York is smooth is that we will fight Japan. And it can win against Japan. Constant attacks on Japan and constant victories are in the hearts of the American people. It is equivalent to the thirteen colonial states before independence, and is a hero who resists tyranny but is weak. According to the research of the Intelligence Agency, Americans have a mentality that they are very eager to help disadvantaged nations and countries pursue independence and freedom, and we must cater to them now, so that we can continue to gain their support;
If you can get the support of the United States by leveraging Japan, then Russia after the revolution will get the support of the entire Western world! From the culture of Western rationality and claimed civilization. The sudden appearance of such an anomaly as the Bolsheviks would cause the whole Western world to panic, and the repossession of the Outer Northeast would cut off Russia's deep conquest of the Pacific. But this result is not good, so Russia still has to maintain certain privileges in the Far East, so that the Western forces in the Far East will panic, and we will be able to gain more benefits. When the time comes, we can ask foreigners to do a multiple-choice question. Either we also become Bolsheviks. Either give us back what is due to us, and then we all work together to prevent the Bolsheviks.
In fact, this is also the reason why the Ministry of Rites advocated the use of ancient texts and the prohibition of vernacular languages, so that the Bolshevik ideology could not be brought into contact with the people, and it was good to keep it in the minds of scholars forever, although this was not the only way, but it was a simple and feasible way. The people say that this will lead to illiteracy and that it is a policy of fooling the people, but I don't think so. With an annual increase of more than 15 percent in school funding, primary education will be universal for anyone born in 10 years.
All in all. If the country wants to be rejuvenated, it must be in the company of the devil and survive in the cracks, and if it wants not to be demonized, it must tie up its own fence and not allow further revolution and turmoil to occur until the country grows and becomes strong. Our promise to the people is absolutely valid, but it is a post-dated check that cannot be honored until the date has arrived. ”
At the beginning of the meeting, Yang Rui and Cai Yuanpei had a debate, the topic started because of the ban on vernacular literature, and then to the ideological control, public opinion control, etc., Cai Yuanpei's point of view is that education should be inclusive, and Yang Rui's point of view is that some ideas that are harmful to national culture and incite civil unrest must be restricted, because scientism can easily involve Bolshevism, and the two are symbiotic Western cultures, the difference is that scientism only criticizes but does not occupy, while Bolshevism not only criticizes but also occupies. Yang Rui understands the trend of history, but Cai Yuanpei is not Wang Guowei, and he can't say in 1924, 'Those who start with the republic must end with communism!' This kind of prophecy, also because he was imprisoned and did not study in Germany to study aesthetics, could not repeatedly recite 'science to save the country, aesthetic education to save the country' as he did before his death, and only believed that science was beneficial, reason was beneficial, and that Confucianism should be eradicated through guò popularization of scientism, completely ignoring the fact that if the front foot of science eradicated Confucianism and psychology, the Bolsheviks would follow, which was actually the fundamental reason why the new cultural movement started by Peking University in history was finally transformed into the Bolsheviks.
The argument between the two ended with Xu Huafeng's statement, he did not take anyone's side, but showed that there is no difference between using ancient Chinese to learn science and using vernacular to learn science, and now including the previous extraordinary, chemistry and chemistry are all taught in this way, and there is no situation at all that zài is not scientific without vernacular Chinese.
Everyone seemed to have finished what they had to say, and after a long silence, in the midst of the smoke, Zhong Guanguan said, "Actually, you just believe that this Lenin can win?" From a business point of view, if he fails, then not only will we lose all our money, but if this statement is published, we will be in a very passive position, I mean the Russian Tsar has not been overthrown. ”
"No, it's a secret treaty, and it's only a single text, and Lenin doesn't have a copy and doesn't sign the date. So after the success of the Russian Revolution, we can fill in the date and choose the right time to publish the text. Yang Rui said: "In fact, this is a venture investment, we only lost a few million, and for Lenin, this is just a matter of signing a name in exchange for money, and the above content is not embarrassing content, the intelligence bureau has studied Lenin's article, he originally supported all nationalities to resist oppression and restore national sovereignty, and the text was written according to his meaning."
As for why it is believed that he can win? Now there are many revolutionaries in Russia, the Socialist Revolutionary Party, the Social Democratic Party, the Mensheviks, the Conciliators, etc., the Bolshevik is the smallest, but he is the most organized, and the combat effectiveness is also the strongest, and he himself is a genius of struggle, I told Uncle Mei, I am less than one-tenth of his, in fact, this is still a face-saving statement, to be honest, in addition to a little money, I am a layman at all to do revolution, he is an expert. ”
Yang Rui is already a genius in the eyes of everyone in the Revival Association, he is not only as simple as making money, but has an extremely unique ability to grasp opportunities, whether it is for people or things. Now seeing that he admired Lenin so much, everyone did not believe it and wanted to see it tomorrow, but the next evening everyone was a little disappointed to see Lenin himself. According to the usual impression of the Russians, Lenin should have been a burly and dignified man, but what was actually displayed in front of everyone was a rather sturdy foreigner who was less than six feet tall, and he was also bald, and the beard on his chin was not very beautiful.
In the palace of Prince Alcohol, the military band that had practiced the Internationale for more than a month did not play smoothly, but Lenin and his wife Krupskaya, as well as Zinoyevich and Kamiev were all excited, and there was no welcome ceremony when they got off the airship, but when they entered Prince Alcohol's Palace, they were greeted by Yang Rui like a head of state, and this international anthem made them sing it together.
After inspecting the guard of honor with Yang Rui, who was dressed in a suit, the four of them were welcomed into the warm palace, and the specially arranged Yin'an Palace, Yang Rui's first sentence moved everyone, "Brave revolutionary comrades, I am very sorry that due to the obstacles of imperialism, I cannot personally greet you at the landing site." Although the Chinese revolution was temporarily victorious, it was still in danger of failure, so in the years when the country was restored, the support for the revolutionaries around the world who resisted oppression and pursued freedom could only be carried out in secret, but I believe that whether it is the nationalists in the East who resist colonialism or the proletarians who resist capitalism in the West, the final victory of the revolution will be achieved. ”
Lenin had a Socratic head, and his extraordinary talent and logic enabled him to write such a crazy and methodical book as "State and Revolution", and after Yang Rui finished speaking, he waved his hand and said forcefully: "Yes, Comrade Yang Jingcheng, the oppressed people of the whole world unite and use the class struggle as a weapon to overthrow the greedy capitalists and colonizers." The victory of China in the East will be a boon to revolutionaries all over the world, and imperialism has dug up and buried its own grave precisely when it is exploiting and oppressing us......"
According to the official history of the Soviet revolution written in 1960, on October 13, 1911, the great revolutionary mentor Comrade Lenin and the premier of the Great China Yang Jingcheng met in Beijing......
Yang Rui and Lenin exchanged views, and Zhang Taiyan, who went to the meeting together, watched coldly, at this time, he did not say that Lenin was 'flickering and unrealistic, not realistic, should not be Zhang Jiao and Wang Xianzhi', he could feel a kind of power from Lenin's speech movements and tone, and, through guò translation, Lenin's words easily condensed and connected Yang Rui's meaning, which not only expressed Yang Rui's meaning, but also added his own meaning, such as ' The phrase "the oppressed of the whole world unite" closely links the Chinese revolution with the Russian revolution and even the world revolution, and a person with such a condensation ability must be a wise man who wins in the midst of chaos, and in such a natural way to establish contacts, he is also a master of combining vertical and horizontal lines, and there is nothing far-fetched in his speech. This slowly convinced Zhang Taiyan of what Yang Rui said, that is, if the Russian Revolution could succeed, it would be the victory of the Bolsheviks. (To be continued......)