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Molotov frowned and thought hard: "Comrade Stalin, we don't need to completely abandon the CCP. Maybe we can let the CCP hand over Heilongjiang and Jilin to the Kuomintang in exchange for the abolition of the chance of the Trotskyists to seize Mongolia." .”

This proposal was proposed to Stalin not long ago by Molotov, but at that time Trotsky had not launched an uprising in the Magadan Oblast in Eastern Siberia of the Soviet Union... The threat of the Trotskyites had not yet reached the imminent point.Therefore, Stalin did not fully adopt Molotov's opinion, but had the mentality of deceiving the Kuomintang.But I didn't expect that the other party would not be fooled at all. While perfunctory to the Soviet Union, while continuing to support Trotsky's uprising, he pushed Stalin into an extremely embarrassing situation.

Now Trotsky has gained a foothold on the territory of the Soviet Union, and he is trying his best to expose the dark side of the Soviet system... Regardless of the fact that Lenin and Trotsky himself have a part in this dark thing!

What's more troublesome is that there are still a large number of concentration camps in the Kolyma Mountains and the Kolyma River Basin. If all the labor camps there are liberated by Trotsky, he can get hundreds of thousands of prisoners in a short period of time. Support... As long as there are weapons and equipment provided by China, Trotsky can immediately get hundreds of thousands of reactionary troops who have a deep hatred for the Soviet system.Maybe the whole of Eastern Siberia will also be controlled by him, and it will be difficult to eliminate it by then...

Stalin pondered for a while, perhaps because the hatred between him and the Trotskyites could not be resolved. If they were allowed to succeed, he might die without a place to bury him. He finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, Comrade Molotov, you go Send a telegram to Comrade Bukharin and tell him that if the Kuomintang agrees to give up its support for Trotsky and disarm the Chinese Trotskyites, then the CCP will agree to exchange Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces for Mongolia... and then inform the CCP of this decision so that They are ready to abandon Heilongjiang and Jilin and attack Mongolia with all their strength."

"Yes, Comrade Stalin." Molotov nodded to Stalin and turned to leave.

After Molotov left, Stalin returned to his desk and continued to look at Voroshilov and Menzhinsky coldly: "Chinese comrades will soon pay a heavy price for your incompetence! Don't you think Guilty? Is there no way to deal with Trotsky, a bad guy?"

"Comrade Stalin, it's not that there is no solution, it's just..." Menzhinsky raised his head and looked at Stalin anxiously, hesitant to speak.

"Come on, Comrade Menzhinsky, what concerns do you have? Now is the time when the party needs your advice." Stalin smiled slightly, and his voice was as soft as possible.

"Comrade Stalin, the force that Trotsky instigates and relies on is the reform-through-labour prisoners, and the current reform-through-labor prisoners are mainly political prisoners who resisted the collectivization of agriculture. If we can pardon the crimes of these people, we will change the current situation appropriately. Trotsky will naturally have no supporters. It will not be difficult to eliminate him..." Menzhinsky still spoke hesitatingly.He also knows how significant the collectivization of agriculture and the more than 1000 million labor reform prisoners are to the construction of the Soviet Union!Without agricultural collectivization, it would be impossible to extract funds from the countryside to develop heavy industry, and without the more than 1000 million free coolies who do not have to worry about life and death, many major engineering and construction projects would not be undertaken.

Stalin did not lose his temper, but heaved a long sigh and said with a wry smile: "Comrade Menzhinsky, you should know that the Soviet Union is still a backward country... Socialism first won victory in a backward country. So we We must catch up, we must build, and we must build the Soviet Union into the most powerful country in the world. For this, someone must pay and sacrifice! Of course, we Communists can dedicate everything without reservation, but Relying on these alone is not enough...we also need more people to contribute, and we also need those who are not willing to make sacrifices for the strength of the motherland to contribute!"

"Comrade Stalin, I understand your difficulties, but Trotsky is now instigating these people. We might as well give in to these people temporarily, and wait until we wipe out Trotsky..." Of course, Menzhensky said The supporters of Stalin's ideas are also the main accomplices!

"Comrade Stalin, I also support Comrade Menzhinsky's suggestion. We might as well make some concessions to the farmers for the time being." Voroshilov also suggested sincerely at this time: "The crops among the more than 1000 million political prisoners The Han accounted for more than half. If they were all released and the collectivization policy was changed, the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army is confident that it will completely wipe out Trotsky’s army next summer. In this way, we will only lose one year. In the future, we only need to hurry up and There won't be much loss."

"No! Collectivization must not be changed. This is a problem of the socialist system!" Stalin thought for a moment, then slowly shook his head: "However, a group of political prisoners can be amnesty, and the management of collective farms also needs to be improved. We should ask for more To ensure that the peasants can fill their stomachs. I am afraid that we can only temporarily slow down the construction of our heavy industry!" As he spoke, he glanced at Voroshilov and Menzhinsky with piercing eyes: "Remember that you are against the Party The promise I made was to eliminate the Trotskyites within a year!"

Stalin's concessions could only go so far, because agricultural collectivization was a matter of line, and Stalin used this to defeat Bukharin.If collectivization is stopped now, it means that Stalin was wrong and the truth is on Bukharin's side!That would do great harm to Stalin's prestige.

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It was the darkest time before dawn, but the small meeting room of the Harbin Municipal Government Building was still steaming.Cups of hot tea were continuously sent into the meeting room, and the cigarettes in the hands of the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China were also clouded in the meeting room, and everyone was arguing loudly with flushed faces.Zhou Enlai sat on his seat and whispered something to Mao Zedong and Xiang Ying in a low voice, quickly and urgently, everyone looked extremely serious.

All kinds of bad news have been coming in one after another these days.Beginning on July 7, the main force of the Trotskyist Alliance Army launched repeated violent attacks on the Red Army's front along the Middle East Railway eastward.Especially when the Western Front Corps of the Red Army pretended to be the Soviet Union and attacked the Allied Army's back, the Allied Army showed the determination to break the boat and launched a more violent counterattack against the four Red Army Corps on the Eastern Front!Since the Eastern Front Corps of the Red Army had fought hard for several days before, the troops suffered heavy losses. After being suddenly counterattacked by the Allied Army, they soon began to retreat across the board!Fortunately, these Red Army elites were not comparable to Zhang Xueliang's mob after all. Although they were defeated by the Alliance Army, more than 6 people returned to Harbin in the end, and the loss of weapons and equipment was not particularly serious.Moreover, the defeated Allied Army did not launch an attack on Harbin, but sent its troops westward to find trouble with the Red Army's Western Front Corps!

But just when the situation in Heilongjiang had just eased, two more bad news came one after another. First, two "armored divisions" of the Kuomintang suddenly came out of Zhangjiakou, "scaring away" the troops stationed in Chahar. Zhang Xueliang's Red Tenth and Red Eleventh Corps occupied the main traffic route leading to Mongolia!If this news is already a bit sensational, then the other news is even more shocking - counter-revolutionary riots actually occurred in the Soviet Union!And this riot seems to have something to do with the National Government, no, it doesn’t seem to be that the KMT supported this worst riot, and collected tens of thousands of scrawny patients from hospitals in Western countries to discredit the Soviet Paradise... …The KMT is no longer insidious but boring. How can anyone in the world believe such absurd lies?How could it be possible that more than 500 million political prisoners lived such inhumane lives on the land of the Soviet Union?How many people are there in the Soviet Union?

Inside this meeting room in the early morning of July 1931, 7.The meeting to discuss or criticize and expose the Kuomintang’s evil deeds has been going on for a long time, everyone is a little angry, and everyone is anxious that the two Soviet advisers have not yet appeared.Calls to the Soviet adviser station had been made one after another.But the answer they all got was that the advisers were still learning to understand Comrade Stalin’s latest and highest instructions, and once they learned it well, they would come to the meeting and convey it to everyone... Everyone doesn’t know how far the situation in the Soviet Union has reached. The news in the newspaper seems a bit sensational, it should not be true.However, the truth from Moscow has not come out for a long time. In this case, they will not know what aspects of work should be carried out.

Especially for the Kuomintang's peace initiative, the Kuomintang is too good at acting now. It is obvious that they are instigating the war behind their backs, but in the end the good guys always do it.In the past two days, after they squeezed into Chahar and opened up the communication line to Mongolia, they pretended to be there again, and sent invitations to the top leaders of the CCP and the Trotskyites... What kind of Peking peace conference are they going to hold!What's even worse is that Chairman Hu Da of the Kuomintang has issued one statement after another, and at a press conference this afternoon he asked the CCP to release all political prisoners, close all labor camps within its jurisdiction, and give Captured Trotskyites were treated humanely and fairly.In addition, the Legislative and Supervisory Houses will also organize independent investigation teams to conduct investigations on the territory of the CCP and the Trotskyists to confirm whether there are institutions of persecution and suppression like the Soviet labor camps!This... is this simply interfering in the internal affairs of the Soviet Area!It's really disgusting!If the Kuomintang people are allowed to investigate, in case something is found... But if their investigation is rejected, then the newspapers and public opinion in the Kuomintang-controlled area will be one-sided. This matter is really in a dilemma!

When the meeting room was in a state of turmoil, Zhao Shiyan, secretary-general of the CPC Central Committee, walked into the meeting room quickly and whispered something in Zhou Enlai's ear.Zhou Enlai's expression changed, and he stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, be quiet! The Soviet adviser has just received instructions from Moscow, and he will come here to convey it to us immediately. Please stop discussing with each other. Wait for the adviser comrades to explain the situation first! Now is the critical moment, all of us should not panic, we must firmly believe that our cause will surely win, there is no difficulty that the Chinese Communist Party cannot overcome!"

Before he could finish his words, he heard loud boots on the floor outside the door. Berzin, chief adviser of the Comintern, and Chuikov, military adviser, appeared at the door of the meeting room side by side.At this time, the two Soviet advisers were frowning and their faces were ashen. It seemed that Moscow's instructions were a bit tricky.

"Comrades, time is running out, so let's hurry up and convey the instructions of the Communist International first." Chuikov, the military adviser and translator, did not wait for Berzin to speak Russian, and directly began to convey the instructions of the Communist International: "The First Communist International requires When you start negotiations with the Kuomintang, you must never start a war with the Kuomintang; the Second Communist International instructed you to carry the Sutuo war to the end! You can compromise with the Kuomintang, but you must fight to the end with the Trotskyists!" He said as he walked Leave the place for yourself there.Put your hands on the table.He looked at everyone present seriously.Mao Zedong wanted to stand up and speak, but Cui Kefu opened his mouth first: "The condition for negotiating with the Kuomintang is that Heilongjiang and Jilin can be surrendered, but Mongolia must be controlled in your hands! And the Trotskyites must be completely wiped out!"

Hearing this instruction, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China present could not help but gasp.This is a betrayal!Such a thought flashed through everyone's mind.The Soviet Union is going to sell out the interests of the CCP in exchange for its own safety!Swapping two rich provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin for barren Mongolia... This will mean an extremely difficult situation for the CCP in the next few years.

"Comrade advisor, do you know what giving up Heiji provinces means to our party?" Zhou Enlai frowned deeply, stood up abruptly, and asked loudly: "We have more than 40 troops! The Kuomintang is the key to contending for the dominance of China! If we don’t have Heilongjiang and Jilin, how can those armies be fed! Without the army, what else can we use to compete with the Kuomintang?”

"No!" Cui Kefu waved his hand vigorously, with a look that did not allow bargaining: "The path for the CCP to gain power in China should be a labor movement, not a military struggle! With the current military strength of the Kuomintang, it is impossible for you to defeat them... I believe everyone here is very clear about this, so it doesn’t make much difference whether you have an army of 40 or 20!”

"...The Comintern hopes that you can join the democratic process of the national government, and at least obtain the right to carry out legal activities in the south. Only in this way can you become the real vanguard of the proletariat by leading the labor movement, and only in this way Therefore, the Communist International hopes that you will accept the invitation to send representatives to the Peace Conference in Peking. In the peace conference, you will offer Heilongjiang and Jilin in exchange for the KMT’s help in disarming the Trotskyist troops, and you will no longer support any Promise of Trotskyite activities and the dominion of Mongolia after the disarmament of the Trotskyites."

After saying this, Chuikov saw a dozen or so angry eyes in the conference room, sighed softly, and added: "Comrade Bukharin will also start negotiations with the Kuomintang authorities... as long as they stop treating Trotsky With Ki’s support, the Soviet Union will consider temporarily suspending military aid to the CCP. At least until the Trotsky gangsters in the Soviet Union are wiped out, large-scale aid will not be allowed.”

With a bang, Zhou Enlai slammed his fist hard on the table.For the betrayal and betrayal of the Soviet Union, even a gentleman like him couldn't help expressing his anger.But what else could it be but anger?Without the support of the Soviet Union, can the current situation be maintained by relying on the current strength of the CCP?Now the Kuomintang is shy away from the CCP because it is afraid of going to war with the Soviet Union?But now the Kuomintang has also retaliated against the Soviet Union, provoking a civil war in the Soviet Union by supporting Trotsky's rebellion.Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Stalin chose to compromise with the Kuomintang and abandon the CCP in exchange for an early end to the Soviet Civil War... But what can the CCP do now?

Although the CCP leaders present at the meeting, except for Wang Ming, are now dissatisfied with the Soviet Union's decision to betray the CCP, the meeting finally reached a rough consensus when it was getting dark.They agreed to send Li Lisan and Bo Gu as representatives to participate in the Peking Peace Conference, and also agreed to give up Heilongjiang and Jilin in exchange for the disarmament of the Chinese Trotskyites and the cessation of aid from the Nationalist government to Trotsky.In addition, the attack on the Trotskyites was launched again. The Eastern Front Corps of the Red Army that retreated to Harbin was reinforced by the Seventh Red Army Corps from Changchun and launched an attack on Qiqihar from the east. The Corps launched an attack on Hailar and the Daxinganling area, striving to completely wipe out the armed forces of the Chinese Trotskyites in a pincer attack from east to west!

Chapter 0632 No permanent enemy!

Mao Zedong’s residence in Harbin is located near the Harbin Municipal Building. It used to be the courtyard of an officer of the Northeast Army. The house is not big, just a few tile-roofed houses. The shelves are covered, and there are clusters of crystal clear grapes among the green leaves.

In the yard, Yang Kaihui was sitting there with a 25-year-old, well-dressed young woman doing household chores, while several children were playing and playing with each other.Seeing Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai coming in, Yang Kaihui and the young woman stood up quickly and welcomed them into the courtyard. Mao Zedong smiled and told his wife, don't worry, just move a few stools under the grape trellis, and Yang Kaihui ordered the orderlies to move them out of the house. A few stools, and then I went to prepare tea myself.After greeting Uncle Zhou, several Mao family children followed their mother into the house.Only Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong and the young woman were left in the courtyard.

After the three of them sat down separately, Mao Zedong pointed to the cautious woman, and asked with a smile, "Enlai, do you know her? This is the secretary I just transferred to me." Zhou Enlai shook his head with a smile and did not speak. As soon as today's Politburo meeting ended, Mao Zedong invited him to drink tea in his small courtyard with a smile, and said that there was a very important person to introduce to him. Could it be the female secretary in front of him?But who is this woman?

"Enlai, you have never met this comrade, but you must have heard of her name. Her name is Li Shuning. There was a lot of trouble about her in Chongqing back then." At this time, Yang Kaihui was holding the freshly brewed tea. He came out, and by the way, answered the doubts in Zhou Enlai's mind.

"Oh! I remembered." Zhou Enlai picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of water, and said with a smile: "I remember that Comrade Shuning was taken to the Northeast Bureau by Comrade Zhang Guotao after that incident, right?"

"Well, Vice Chairman Zhou has a really good memory." Li Shuning replied with a smile.

"Enlai, do you know that Comrade Li Shuning has a lot of experience and knowledge. Not only has he dealt with Luo Yaoguo, but he has also had contacts with Wang Zhongyi." Mao Zedong said while paying attention to Zhou Enlai's facial expressions, when it came to Wang Zhongyi After three words, Zhou Enlai's thick eyebrows gradually frowned.Mao Zedong smiled and asked Li Shuning, "Comrade Shuning, what do you think of Wang Zhongyi? Can he be considered a communist?"

"The chairman is joking. Wang Zhongyi is a feudal warlord. How can he have anything to do with communism?" Li Shuning shook his head and said, "However, he is very generous...he has the demeanor of a charlatan."

Mao Zedong waved his hand: "How can there be so many real communists in a feudal country like ours? Even Comrade Enlai and I may not be so pure in the eyes of those Soviet advisers, right?" He looked at Zhou Enlai meaningfully. He glanced at it and said again: "But in my opinion, an impure Communist Party is better than the Kuomintang, and even a warlord is better than the Kuomintang. Because the Kuomintang is the biggest obstacle to the victory of our party's cause! And we must unite all possible United forces against the Kuomintang."

As soon as Mao Zedong's words came out, Zhou Enlai felt the deep meaning in them. He frowned slightly and looked at Mao Zedong: "Runzhi, if you have anything to say, you may as well say it clearly. Don't you know what I mean?"

Mao Zedong took a sip of water from his tea bowl, and then slowly said: "We all know the current situation in China. The Kuomintang has long been dominated by one party. There are three in the world! We, the youth party and the Trotskyites together only have a quarter of the territory. If the three of us don’t unite and fight against the Kuomintang, I don’t need to say what the future will be like. Can you think of it?"

"We can still take the route of the labor movement, just like Soviet Russia. There is still hope." Zhou Enlai replied casually, but his eyebrows became tighter and tighter.

Mao Zedong didn't care about Zhou Enlai's words. He went on to say: "How can China's problems be solved by a few workers going on strike and taking a few parades in the streets? The key is to rely on guns, even ticket boxes. Only Only the barrel of a gun can solve the problems China is facing. Wasn’t the Soviet revolution brought about by the barrel of a gun? And the victory of the Soviet revolution was largely due to the stupidity of the tsar. The tsar is a hereditary monarch. Passing on the son, does not look at the son's ability... But the Kuomintang is not like this, they will not make low-level mistakes like Tsarist Russia. Judging from the path the Kuomintang has traveled in these years, their five big brothers are not only not stupid, but also Quite smart. How could rulers as smart as them be overthrown by the labor movement? It's simply impossible."

Zhou Enlai's expression remained calm. He had already considered what Mao Zedong said.It's just that the CCP cannot do without the help of Soviet Russia and the Comintern at the moment, but the Trotskyist issue is the reverse of Soviet Russia!

Mao Zedong took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a puff, and continued: "Now we have 40 troops, the Trotskyites have 20 troops, and the Youth Army has 20. The total of the three aspects is at least 80. The army is 65 more than the 15 troops of the Kuomintang! Although the weapons and equipment and combat effectiveness are not as good as the Kuomintang, it is not without the power of the First World War. Although the Kuomintang army has heavy weapons and more pay, it can maintain the expenditure of this kind of army at the same time It is also bigger than ours. The military expenditure of their 65 troops a year is as high as 5000 million French currency even in peacetime! If it is in wartime, it will be even more astronomical. For example, in the first half of this year, because of the war with the Japanese, they The military expenditure of the Chinese Communist Party is as high as 2000 million! That is to say, half a year is spent for a year's money... And this is still not the figure when the whole people is mobilized! In my opinion, the so-called 200 million bayonets are simply scaring people They simply cannot afford to support such a huge army. Even a civil war involving [-] million troops will inevitably lead to economic collapse after a few years. Just relying on the strength of our family alone, can the war be dragged on for so long?"

"As long as we have the help of the Soviet Union, we can hold on for longer." Zhou Enlai was full of displeasure. Now that the Soviet Union is betraying the CCP, the CCP still wants to hug the thigh of the Soviet Union, because without the support of the Soviet Union, with the CCP's control It is impossible for the huge financial resources and industry to support the 40 troops with reasonable equipment to deal with the Kuomintang.

"The Soviet Union will continue to help us, even if we start a secret cooperation with the Trotskyites." Mao Zedong breathed out a puff of white smoke, and looked at Zhou Enlai with a smile: "Now the Communist International wants us to abandon Heilongjiang and Jilin and enter Mongolia? We might as well follow the international instructions and gather all the people to advance to the west... However, because Heilongjiang and Jilin are empty, it has nothing to do with us to let the Tuopai take advantage of the emptiness. Comrade Enlai, don’t you think so?”

The main force of the Red Army marching westward to Mongolia was the order of the Communist International, and it was reasonable and reasonable for the Trotskyists to seize the two provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin. It was not that the CCP violated the orders of the International.In this way, the Trotskyites will have a foothold and can continue to survive on the Chinese political stage, and the Kuomintang will go to war with the Trotskyites if it wants to get the two provinces of Heiji and Jilin!In addition, there is another advantage, which is to block the path of compromise between the Soviet Union and the Kuomintang.If the Kuomintang does not get Heiji, it will no longer trust the Soviet Union. Naturally, it will continue to support Trotsky's rebellious cause, and the Soviet Union will therefore continue to support the CCP to contain the Kuomintang.Mao Zedong's move included all the Trotskyists, the Soviet Union, and the Kuomintang incidentally, and it was almost seamless.

But the question is, how can Wang Zhongyi be informed of the CCP's intentions?Only then did Zhou Enlai understand why Li Shuning became Mao Zedong's secretary.

"Okay!" Zhou Enlai was silent for a while, and gritted his teeth: "This time, Comrade Runzhi and I will personally command the expedition to Mongolia, and Jilin and Heilongjiang... Comrade Zhang Guotao will be in charge of staying behind!"

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"Move quickly, move faster..."

On the wharf of Magadan Port, Rakovsky yelled loudly for the soldiers to speed up the handling. Seeing boxes of bullets and bundles of rifles being unloaded from the freighter, he was not only happy but also full of worries. Because these weapons will soon be used to arm the Trotskyist Red Army with complex components!There are many children of landlords, rich peasants, capitalists, nobles, White Guards, and Socialist Revolutionaries, many of whose parents were destroyed by Trotsky's order!

But he is also helpless, because these people are the most desperate group of people at the bottom of the Soviet society, and they are naturally the most rebellious people!So Trotsky had to use them, and put forward non-Leninist slogans such as releasing political prisoners, abolishing status and family background, etc. Only in this way can these people be attracted and become the core backbone of overthrowing Stalin's tyranny.As for how to cleanse these people in the future, we can only talk about it at that time.

"Comrade Rakovsky, Comrade Rakovsky."

Rakovsky turned his head and saw Leon Trotsky's guards. He couldn't help but asked in surprise, "Alexander, what's the matter?"

"Comrade Rakovsky, a meeting is about to be held. Comrade Trotsky asked you to rush back immediately. He has something important to announce at the meeting."

"Okay, I'll leave it to you here. Let the comrades unload the goods as soon as possible and send all the weapons to the barracks. We will expand the army soon."