Chapter 1147, the visit of the Socialist Revolutionary Party
Taking advantage of the slightest stability of the domestic situation, the Russian bourgeois reformists immediately sent several representatives abroad, some went to the United States, some went to China, and the main purpose of these representatives was to order arms from capitalist countries and find political reform plans that can be learned from.
Since the dispatch of representatives abroad, even the most vulnerable bourgeois reformists in Tsarist Russia have split two factions. Pro-China and pro-US are after all, these representatives go abroad in batches, so each group of representatives only comes into contact with information from one country. Even if they compare them after returning to China, they are just saying that their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own reasons and their parents have their own opinions.
All political struggles are ultimately power struggles. Whether it is pro-China or pro-US, regardless of whether China and the United States have complementary shortcomings in all aspects, they must stick to their own positions, slander and deny all the other's statements, and do everything possible to replace the other's dominance in the bourgeois power.
One day in mid-March, Alexander Feodorovitch Kerensky, Minister of Organization Department of the Russian Social Revolutionary Party, led his delegation to Beijing. This time, he established contact with China in the name of business negotiations. However, in the previous telegram, some of his other intentions were still vaguely hinted at.
Therefore, when Kerensky and his group walked out of the Beijing Railway Station, the Beijing Base Camp had already sent a group of officials to welcome him. The entire dispatching site looked decent, which was enough to give the other party.
The person in charge of the reception was Zhang Xiaozhun, the secretary general of the Beijing Base Camp. After receiving a telegram from Tsarist Russia three days ago, he had telephone talks with the CIA, the Ministry of Defense X and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Presidential Office in advance.
The Nanjing Presidential Office has never ignored the concern about the domestic situation in Tsarist Russia, especially the CIA has sent a large number of spies to operate in Tsarist Russia, which has long analyzed the current situation in Russia.
For the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, this is a provoking a civil war between Tsarist Russia, and taking this civil war opportunity to infiltrate Chinese power into Tsarist Russia, there is no means to make a country collapse from within, which not only saves military consumption, but also brings closer Sino-Russia relations in the shortest time. Turning enemies into friends is secondly, and the important thing is to turn enemies into "masters"
It is rare that the Tsarist Russian Social Revolutionary Party abandons prejudices and takes the initiative to come to China to discuss help in resolving Tsarist Russian domestic contradictions. Although the Social Revolutionary Party is currently the most weak in Tsarist Russian domestic politics, then again, only the most vulnerable political groups can easily control it. At the same time, as long as you spend a small amount of investment, you can get the greatest benefits from them. All of this meets the conditions for economic investment.
What is important is that the Social Revolutionary Party represents the interests of the bourgeoisie. A capitalist country that is consistent with China in the overall situation does not help "capitalism" expand its circle of power. Will it still help the Soviets?
After a greeting at the entrance of the railway station, Zhang Xiaozhun invited Kerensky and others to get on the car. The convoy rushed towards the Beijing base camp and arrived at the Beijing base camp. He arranged the guesthouse where these Tsarist Russians stayed. Zhang Xiaozhun was not in a hurry to discuss the matter with Kerensky, but just asked the other party to have a good rest. A banquet would be held in the auditorium tonight.
Regarding the itinerary for Kerensky and others in the next few days, Zhang Xiaozhun did not make a strict plan, but arranged a few special service personnel and civilian staff from the base camp to accompany Kerensky at any time. No matter where Kerensky was going, as long as it was not a safety level area, vehicles would be arranged to take a tour guide.
On that afternoon, Kerensky was really on a whim. He took a car from Beijing base camp to visit the Forbidden City and the Great Wall of China in the suburbs until 7 o'clock in the evening. The convoy slowly returned to the base camp. At this time, the auditorium had already been ready, but the main owner had not been there for a long time. Zhang Xiaozhun and a group of government officials could only wait in a silence.
However, when Kerensky and others walked into the auditorium, Zhang Xiaozhun, Li Yuanhong and others greeted him enthusiastically, which surprised Kerensky. On the way back from the suburbs, he was worried that he had missed the dinner time, which would cause dissatisfaction from the Chinese side. After all, he didn't want the other party to think that he was pretending to be an air.
However, unexpectedly, after waiting for more than an hour, so many Chinese officials were still receiving them with high enthusiasm. This really made Kerensky and his group feel a deep friendly attitude. It is precisely because of this incident that left a deep-rooted good impression in Kerensky's heart.
In fact, this is just a simple diplomatic method. Senior officials such as Zhang Xiaozhun and Li Yuanhong will certainly feel very angry when Kerensky's late arrival, but even so, there are many things in front of interests that are not that important. Just like during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, even if China was defeated, Japan was still polite to the Chinese representatives during the peace talks, which was nothing more than hoping to get more benefits.
So early the next morning, Kerensky couldn't wait to establish a conversation with China.
Zhang Xiaozhun arranged for foreign officials from Beijing base to hold the first business negotiation meeting in the formal conference room
There was almost no content on this day. It was simply that the bosses of many companies in Moscow and Petrograd jointly purchased a batch of arms from China, including about 6,000 rifles, 100 light machine guns, 100 heavy machine guns, and 5 million supporting bullets. They can be divided into one year and delivered to all
Strictly speaking, just from the number of arms needed by Kerensky, it is not a big customer at all. The total amount of orders is less than 800,000 Republican coins. After excluding the cost, the profit is only about 100,000. Of the more than 100,000 profits, about 100,000 will be used to entertain Kerensky and others. Therefore, it can be said that there is almost no profit, and there is no need to use such high specifications to receive these people.
Despite this, not only did Zhang Xiaojun not deliberately set up the price, he also provided an additional 1,000 rifles and five mortars on the original total order of 800,000 Republic coins, accompanied by a gift of 50,000 bullets and 100 shells. The reason why he did not take the discount method, but chose to give up arms, one was that it seemed preferential, and the other was that he hoped to develop more military forces in the Tsarist Russian Social Revolutionary Party.
Faced with such enthusiastic gifts from China and the warm hospitality of yesterday, Kerensky had almost no hesitation. He officially signed the order at noon that day, and sent back to Russia immediately on the attitude of China and business progress news.
This just happened to determine that pro-China forces occupy the majority of the Social Revolutionary Party. After all, the near-water tower will be the first to get the month. When Kerensky signed a contract with China, the representatives who went to the United States to negotiate were still on the ocean freighter. When they boarded the US territory, there was no extra money to let them sign another order.
In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Xiaozhun led Kerensky and others to the arsenal to visit the inventory of goods and weapons.
The inventory of the armament warehouse in Beijing base camp is pretty good. After more than half a year of the Sino-Japanese War, the military affairs in the north were well organized and developed. Zhang Xiaozhun told Kerensky that as long as the funds were received, the first batch of arms could be sent out within three days. If Tsarist Russia urgently needed this batch of arms, China could even send airships to speed up transportation.
Kerensky was very satisfied with China's service attitude and said that the Social Revolutionary Party will give priority to establishing trade cooperation relations with China in the future. At the same time, he also hopes to take this opportunity to deepen the ties between China and Russia and reduce conflicts between them.
Another day later, Zhang Xiaozhun invited Kerensky to the most authentic teahouse on Chang'an Street to taste Chinese tea.
The group arrived at Huasheng Teahouse. The teahouse had already received a notice and was ready to welcome him early.
Zhang Xiaojun and Kerensky came to the small private room on the second floor and sat down. As for the other entourage, they were assigned to the small private room outside the lobby outside, except for them, there were only two senior translators present. This made Kerensky feel a little strange after just sitting down. After all, Kerensky was also a politician, and of course he knew that today would not be as simple as drinking tea.
Chapter completed!