Part 6 Chapter 3 Eve of Negotiation

After getting the affirmative answer from Chen Congyun, Zhang Jian left with satisfaction. Chen Congyun also left the study and took a leisurely walk in the backyard garden, thinking about what to do next.

Wars are the comprehensive strength of a country. The territory of a country should also be considered as comprehensive strength. During World War II, Japan was stronger than China on the surface, and the Japanese army did occupy Nanjing, but even if China did not surrender, two million Japanese troops in China could only be trapped indefinitely.

The Russia that Chen Congyun faced was not just a vast territory. In terms of strength in all aspects, Russia is still much stronger than China. The main factor that determines the end of this war was Chen Congyun's advance understanding of history. The semi-feudal serf system of Tsarist Russia has reached the point where reforms must be made. The current situation in Russia is like a pile of dry firewood, which can be ignited with just a little spark. The new China under Chen Congyun's leadership plays the role of that little spark.

Russia now has signs of unrest. According to the historical trajectory, the Bolshevik Party made its mark in this Russian revolution, and the name of the Soviet Union, which was once dyed red in history, will also appear.

"Help them? Haha!" Chen Congyun, who was walking, suddenly said to himself, then smiled faintly, and then denyed himself: "It's not the time yet!"

Without the ruling regime that the Tsar succeeded, God knows whether the First World War can start to fight. Even if it starts, without Russia, whether Britain and France can withstand the fierce attacks of Germany.

"Haha, fight, it's better to hit until the bones are broken." Chen Congyun smiled proudly to himself, walked up to the pavilion that was rising, and from a distance, the entire Beijing city was lying quietly in the twilight.

When he saw Li Yaoguo leading a few people to come here, Chen Congyun smiled helplessly, and was born with a hard life! After silently sighing, he walked down from the pavilion and slowly walked towards the door.

"Sir!" When After Zhen and others saw Chen Congyun, they looked very excited to salute together. Wan Shusheng, Liu Yongfu, Keze, all the time is coming, and it is time to prepare to sit down and negotiate.

"Thank you all for your hard work, go to the study room to talk." After Chen Congyun shook hands one by one, everyone followed him to the study room.

"As of the current statistics, our army has suffered more than 40,000 casualties and Russian army has suffered 180,000 casualties. What makes us a headache now is how to deal with hundreds of thousands of Russian prisoners? It is not a solution to keep it like this. Eating alone is a headache. Long-term intensive detention will also lead to the breeding of various infectious diseases. Another point is that due to the serious shortage of estimates of the results of the war before the war, the prisoner-of-war camp was obviously insufficient."

Aftershock said as he closed the notebook in his hand, and the report came to an end for the time being.

"What does the battle result mean is a serious shortage? I didn't expect you to win so easily before the war, and I didn't expect that the whole group would capture hundreds of thousands of prisoners. But then again, I didn't expect it either!" Chen Congyun said with a smile, which made everyone laugh happily.

"Sir, how should we deal with these prisoners of war be? You have to get a charter, right?" Wan Shusheng promptly pushed the problem over. Those who served in the army were really not good at dealing with such things.

"At present, the Russians are still gathering troops on the border, but in my opinion, the war has come to an end. Of course, the front-line troops must continue to strengthen, and prepare wintering materials in advance to prevent the Russian army from biting when they are unwilling to give up. Tomorrow I will be anxious for the tripartite meetings of the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Transport, and Ministry of Finance. In terms of natural conditions, the development of heavy industrial bases in the Northeast is the most appropriate. Since there is no war, we must devote our energy to construction. If you want to be rich, you must first build roads. The Northeast will soon become a large construction site. These prisoners of war will be free laborers in the next six months. You are not allowed to abuse workers." Chen Congyun explained the handling of the Russian prisoners of war while chatting and laughing. These are all quick-minded people, so why don't you know what to do next?

"There is another problem. We have seized a large number of Russian military rifles. We can't put them in the warehouse and rust, right?" Liu Yongfu smiled and took the conversation. Chen Congyun couldn't help but smiled: "That's natural. Find a place to save it for now. I personally think that if you look back, let's say to His Majesty the Tsar, our rifles are sold in kilograms. I think His Majesty is very happy to spend some small money to buy them back from the guys who accidentally threw them in China."

There was another happy laugh in the study room. Zi Yu, who had arranged supper, looked at the smug faces of a group of men in the study room, couldn't help but smile gently, knocked on the door and said, "Master, all the wine and food are ready."

Chen Congyun saw Zi Yu coming to call in person, stood up and said, "Let's go, I'll treat you today, Maotai, Wuliangye tube is enough."

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After the parliament passed the system of vice president, Tang Shaoyi ascended the throne of vice president. This former Prime Minister of the Republic of China in history had no problems with talent. Chen Congyun created a vice president, which immediately caused various speculations. The most mainstream speculation was that Chen Congyun was already considering the issue of successor, although Chen Congyun still looked very young now.

It should be said that this speculation makes sense. The main purpose of Chen Congyun set up such a position is to hope that someone can help him share a lot of work, and secondly, he hopes to consider the people he believes are capable of taking over through such a position. The latest revised constitution of the parliament clearly stipulates that once Chen Congyun has an accident during his term of office, the vice president will automatically take over the position of president.

Of course, Tang Shaoyi would not take it for granted that he was the successor chosen by Chen Congyun. Although Chen Congyun was not a feudal emperor, in China, a country that had just emerged from the feudal imperial system, Chen Congyun's current situation was not much different from that of the emperor. The most important point is that Chen Congyun has a son. Although this son is still very young, from the traditional Chinese thinking, if Chen Congyun had the intention to let his son inherit, there were probably not many people who could stand up and oppose him? At least Tang Shaoyi himself thought so. If Chen Congyun asked him to assist the young master in the form of a entrusting orphan, Tang Shaoyi would never have any other ideas and would only do his best to assist.

From an unsuccessful poor student who went to the United States to the second person in a country today, Tang Shaoyi's life was deeply imprinted with the word "Shen". In China, traitors have to be infamous for thousands of years. Cao Cao and Wang Mang are all ready-made examples. Perhaps Chen Congyun is an exception, because there are so many changes he has brought to China. Not many people will miss the Qing Dynasty that made China mess, and therefore criticize Chen Congyun's quality.

Nowadays, except for the fact that Tang Shaoyi cannot get involved in the military, he basically lets Chen Congyun let him do the domestic government affairs. This is undoubtedly a strong attitude of trust and is also in line with Chen Congyun's usual approach to employed people. In fact, Chen Congyun is more clear than anyone else, that is, "the power comes from the barrel of a gun". As long as he firmly grasps the violent weapon of the army, no one can shake Chen Congyun's position as the number one in the country.

After processing a document, Tang Shaoyi looked at the time on the pocket watch. At 10 a.m., there was still half an hour left to report time with Chen Congyun. The main content was about matters related to peace talks with Russia.

After becoming a government home, Tang Shaoyi realized the fatigue of Chen Congyun before. A country had to deal with too many things. Although there were many people under his command, everything had to be considered from a global perspective. Whenever he made a decision, he had to be cautious and cautious.

The huge fiscal deficit brought by the war is currently a very difficult problem for Tang Shaoyi. However, what makes Tang Shaoyi happy is that the victory of the Sino-Russian War means that all kinds of unequal treaties imposed on China by Russia will be recovered at the future negotiating table, including the tax supervision rights in the Northeast and the unequal trade relations between China and Russia.

On the way to the presidential residence, Tang Shaoyi thought a lot, and thought about whether he would make some rubles at the negotiating table and spend a lot of money. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said a lot, and at one point it was one billion rubles. Thinking of the huge number of billion, Tang Shaoyi couldn't help but smiled happily.

Chen Congyun met Tang Shaoyi in the study, holding the draft negotiation form sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chen looked at it carefully. When he saw the figure of compensation of one billion yuan, Chen Congyun couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Sir, why are you laughing?" Tang Shaoyi asked with a slight question. Chen Congyun looked up and smiled: "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is really aggressive. He only has one billion rubles. He is not afraid that Nicholas II will jump into the sea in a hurry."

Not knowing Chen Congyun’s true thoughts, Tang Shaoyi carefully tentatively: “What do you mean is this one need to be modified?”

Chen Congyun shook his head repeatedly and said, "No! No! This one is pretty good, so it should be a bit of a strong victory over the country. As for whether Nicholas II has money, this is not what we should consider. In short, the conditions are made, and everyone just sit down and bargain. What if they can really get some rubles back?" Chen Congyun's answer was a little vague, but in fact he knew very well that the Tsar's bottom line was that as long as there was no compensation, the rest was easy to negotiate.

"The French ambassador said that Russia wants to see our sincerity in the truce, so it is recommended that our army withdraw from the currently occupied Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok and other places. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wants to know what you mean." Tang Shaoyi continued to ask, and Chen Congyun couldn't help but look angry and said, "What are the French guys involved in it? What are they doing? Looking back, you should remind the French minister that the loan they promised to have 50 million francs before the war has not been fulfilled yet."

Tang Shaoyi: "I have emphasized this matter many times, but the French always refuse to talk about it on the pretext that we are reluctant to hand over the railway management rights in Vietnam."

Chen Congyun put down the document and said angrily: "Tell the French that the Sino-France cooperation agreement is very clear. Only after the French loans are in place will the Vietnamese railway management rights be delivered. They violated the cooperation agreement first. If the French continues to make trouble and warn the French, the Chinese government does not mind reaching a new round of friendly cooperation agreement with Germany. When speaking, it is clear that the Germans are more sincere than the French!"

Threat! Naked threat! But it is definitely a very effective threat, at least in the current state of the Sino-Russian War, this is the case.

Tang Shaoyi: "I will summon the French minister to convey your opinion to the French government as soon as possible. Do you have any specific explanations about the Sino-Russian peace talks?"

The above words are actually asking Chen Congyun what is the bottom line of negotiation?

Chen Congyun smiled faintly and said, "It is necessary to re-determine the border between China and Russia!"

What does it mean? Chen Congyun didn't intend to spit it out after eating it in his stomach.

Tang Shaoyi immediately nodded understandingly and said, "I understand. Who should I send to negotiate? Do you have a ready-made person in your mind?"

Chen Congyun smiled and said, "To show our sincerity, you should go there yourself. I'll be relieved to do your business."

In fact, before Tang Shaoyi came, he had already guessed that Chen Congyun would make such arrangements. Now he was just asking Chen Congyun to give a clear answer. As one of Chen Congyun's most capable assistants, if he couldn't even guess this, Tang Shaoyi should not mess around.

Before Tang Shaoyi could speak, Chen Congyun continued: "About the handling of prisoners of war, the records of the meetings of the Ministry of Finance, Industry and Transportation I held this morning. I have asked the office staff to send a copy to you. You will handle the specific matters. There are signs of great turmoil in the domestic situation in Russia. We must make good use of it to be worthy of God's favor. His Majesty the Tsar will not say no to him. We will use it for free first. When we are anxious, the Tsar will be happy to spend some money to buy his soldiers back."
Chapter completed!