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Text Chapter 579 Yang Qiu¡¯s Thoughts

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    The sun was shining brightly in Tsaritsyn in January 1924.

    The traces of war have not yet been erased from this city. Moscow is working hard to dispel the haze of famine and has no time to sort out the country destroyed by the war.

    "Walking on the streets, you can see hungry people in ragged clothes and emaciated faces everywhere, as well as disaster relief shelters set up by American charities.  Thanks to the help of the United States, the most severe period of the famine has finally passed, but many hungry people can still be seen carrying coffins to the suburbs. As long as these hungry people see Qin Jian and the GPU action team behind him, they will  Their eyes were frightened and they quickened their pace.

    After the establishment of the Soviet Federation, the Cheka also underwent major reorganization and was officially renamed the State Political Protection Service, referred to as the GPU.

    This is a terrible organization that fights against all saboteurs and counter-revolutionaries, and has the right to shoot prisoners without trial.  Precisely because of its "prestigious reputation", as long as the whole of Russia sees the GPU symbol, it will definitely run away and not dare to stay.

    Qin Jian is now the general person in charge of the GPU in the southwest region. The entire Caucasus and Volga River Basin fall under his jurisdiction. Since all the white bandit forces here have not been wiped out, the people are filled with a lot of capitalist ideas, and Moscow is worried about the United States.  They will take advantage of disaster relief opportunities to cause damage, so the GPU has a very heavy task during this period.

    He came here personally this time to arrest a few "collaborators".

    It¡¯s funny to say that the collaborators were exposed thanks to the Vice President¡¯s press statement when he visited Germany.  Because the use of China's railway network to transport grain was originally a very confidential matter, but it was exposed by German newspapers. Moscow thought that someone was passing information to the United States, so it found out that the former Tsarist Russian Railway Design Bureau established in Tsaritsyn was responsible for repairing the Siberian Railway.  Several engineers are very suspicious.

    When Qin Jian led the soldiers into the design bureau, these engineers were having a meeting in the office on the second floor.  The table is covered with railway design drawings, and you can vaguely hear arguments about the route.  It can be seen that these engineers are indeed making suggestions for national construction, but Qin Jian shows no mercy.  What Moscow needs now is not construction, but the eradication of "collaborators", traitors and "counterrevolutionaries".

    The engineers were frightened when they saw the GPU rushing in.  They all shouted for the soldiers to leave.  Qin Jian had seen this kind of scene too many times, and he didn't bother to explain why he just ordered the arrest, and walked towards the drawings.

    The wolf-like soldiers captured all the engineers in one fell swoop, shouting, cursing and angrily having no effect on Qin Jian.  On the contrary, it was a design drawing on the table that made him secretly frightened!  This is a design map of the railway network in the Turkestan region. There is nothing near Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea, but the railway marked as the southern line made him suddenly alert!  Because this line runs through the entire Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and then connects Barnaul from the outside of the Chinese territory in Andijan to the north.

    This means that it will be parallel to the northwest railway that is currently under construction in China!  Maybe others haven't seen the truth yet, but he has received strict training and knows very well that if this southern line is repaired.  It can support at least hundreds of thousands of troops in combat, and coupled with the Siberian central line that must be repaired, it will form two arrows towards the northwest of the motherland!

    However, he did not find a way to destroy these drawings. After all, there were too many eyes here and destroying them without permission would get him into trouble. Moreover, Russia could not afford to repair the southern line. Even repairing the Siberian central line was difficult, so he asked the soldiers to pack them up and prepare to take them back to Moscow to hand them over to Stalin.  Deal with it, because this is a good opportunity for promotion and meritorious service.

    When the soldiers packed up the drawings and prepared to take the "criminal" away.  An armored car suddenly stopped outside the design bureau. The visitor hurriedly saluted Qin Jian and said hurriedly: "Comrade Mir, the chairman wants you to return to Moscow as soon as possible. The train is ready."

    Now?  Qin Jian secretly scratched his head, why was he so anxious to return to Moscow?  Could it be that Dzerzhinsky was in poor health and asked himself to go back and take over as director?  Or did something else happen?  With a series of doubts, he rushed back to Moscow with the captured drawings and a few guards, and knocked on the door of Stalin's office.

    "Comrade Chairman, Mir Yifan is reporting to you." Qin Jian raised his head slightly.

    Stalin was wearing an ordinary military uniform, holding a pipe and reviewing documents.  He seemed to be as amiable as before, but Qin Jian knew that after receiving the support of Bukharin and others, he finally sat on the throne of General Secretary. With unlimited power in his hands, he became more and more terrifying, and even violently abused him.  Lenin's wife.  Of course, his rights are not yet stable.  There is news that Lenin has begun to think of ways to remove him from the position of general secretary and replace him with a worthy person, and Tronotsky has repeatedly accused him of having a rough temper and abusing his power at Politburo meetings. The conflict between the two has become intense. Don't  How long will it take before it breaks out?

    Stalin raised his head and was very happy to see Qin Jian. He took the initiative to shake hands and said: "Comrade Mir, thank you for your hard work. I heard that your work in the southwest is very good. I promise"??The smooth implementation of the revolution.  This is very good!  There are many people in the Central Committee who still hold serious wrong ideas, so I have proposed to the Politburo that you be transferred back to Moscow to assist Comrade Dzerzhensky in his work.  "

    Qin Jian was both happy and nervous when he suddenly returned to work in the Central Committee of Moscow from the southwest. He was happy that he could get close to the core and provide valuable intelligence to the motherland. He was worried that Stalin obviously put him in front to help him do some things and relieve him of the trouble.  The Russians often used the trick of killing donkeys.  But he still happily accepted the appointment and put the drawings he brought back on the table: "Chairman, I found this at the Railway Design Bureau. I think the design is very good! There are many counterrevolutionaries in the labor camps across the country. They should be allowed to go to the East.  Accept labor reform and help the country repair the Siberian Railway."

    Stalin was not interested in the railway design drawings, but he was very interested in sending labor camps to build railways in Siberia. He thought his idea was a good one: "Let the people who designed them go and send the prisoners from the labor camps all over the country wherever they are.  The Siberian Railway must be repaired as soon as possible."

    "Okay." Qin Jian nodded, feeling happy in his heart.  It can be seen that Stalin was very satisfied with the idea of ??using labor camp prisoners to build railways. As long as he believed in himself, there would be greater opportunities in the future, so he put away the drawings and asked: "Comrade Chairman, is there anything else you can do to ask me to come back?"  ?¡±

    After Stalin made it again, he knocked on the pipe and poured out the ashes. After reinstalling the tobacco, he frowned and said: "Comrade Lenin's health is getting worse and worse recently. Some people can no longer sit still. I asked you to come back to help me keep an eye on him."  Live with them and defend the revolutionary regime."

    Although what he said was vague, Qin Jian knew exactly who he was referring to. He nodded to express his loyalty and walked out.  But as soon as he opened the door, he saw Yagoda with a short beard and a French military coat walking in.  Originally, Stalin wanted to recommend him to the GPU, but he was snatched away by Qin Jian, so he was very dissatisfied with Qin Jian.  He glanced coldly and walked towards Stalin: "Comrade Chairman, we got a call from Gorky Hospital. Comrade Lenin is unconscious."

    Stalin was stunned for a moment, then stood up and paced back and forth, seeming to be indescribably happy and nervous. After a while, he put down his pipe and asked Yagoda to prepare the car.  Qin Jian looked at his back and sighed secretly, I am afraid Lenin is doomed this time.  Moscow is about to enter troubled times again.

    *****

    When Qin Jian tried his best to return to Stalin, Yang Du accompanied Li Yuanhong to Hankou.

    Today's Hankou has changed greatly. The first two-way railway bridge on the Yangtze River across the two towns of Hankou in Wuchang is like a rainbow running through the north and south, connecting the southwest railway network with the northern part of the Central Plains. It also promoted the merger of the three towns on the Han River and was completed in May last year.  Administrative merger and renamed Wuhan.

    At the end of last year, we conducted a nationwide inspection to promote railways.  Li Yuanhong took him to Guangxi in person, together with dozens of provincial governors such as Lu Rongting and Tan Yankai, business scholars, journalists and hundreds of others.  Let¡¯s take a train from Wushengguan in the southwest corner to Temple Street in the northeast corner of the motherland. The whole journey is 5,135 kilometers and takes 7 days and 7 nights.  After that, we started from Temple Street and arrived at Almaty along the Northern Line of the China Railway (formerly the Eastern Siberian Line). Finally, we took a bus from Almaty across Urumqi to Jiayuguan, and took the middle section of the Longhai Line (Xuchang to Jiayuguan) that was just opened to traffic.  Arrive at Xuchang, then change from Xuchang to Jinpu Line and return to Nanjing.

    Counting only the transportation time, it took a total of 22 days, the inspection took a total of 56 days, and the total mileage was 14,353 kilometers.  Among them, railways account for 11,399 kilometers.

    After this circle, I felt both excitement and emotion, as well as recognition and difficulty.  Almost all newspapers across the country participated in this event, and the military even opened long-wave radio stations for reporters to use around the clock.  Through their pens, people living in the mainland finally have a general understanding of the territory of the motherland, and also know how many difficulties and obstacles there are on the road to national construction and strength.

    After returning to Nanjing, Li Yuanhong's excitement had not passed, so he heard that the automated assembly line that Yang Qiu would rather get for free had arrived in Wuhan.  I simply dragged him to Hankou to continue watching "Peep Show".  It happened that Yang Qiu was compiling the book "National War" at Hanyang National Defense University during this time, and took this opportunity to personally transfer senior staff officers and officers to explain the importance of the new military revolution and analyze strategies and tactics, so Yang Du also wanted to take advantage of this opportunity.  Let¡¯s take a look at what kept Yang Qiu busy for so long.

    At this time, Wuhan is undoubtedly the most watched city in the Yangtze River Basin. After the bridge is opened to traffic, the movement of people will become more convenient, and its prosperity is comparable to Shanghai.  As one of the earliest industrial cities in the country, Wuhan already has several very large group companies including Hanyang Industrial Group and Hubei Iron and Steel Company, 73 British and American joint ventures, 1,131 domestic private companies, and 17 universities and technical schools of various types.  It has everything from high-end military industry, engine and automobile manufacturing to low-end textiles and garments, with an annual output value of up to 2.5 billion yuan, accounting for more than half of the province's national output value.  According to the 1923 fiscal analysis, Hubei Province was the first country in the country to basically get rid of agriculture as its mainstay fiscal structure.The provinces, together with the two large municipalities of Shanghai and Chongqing, have shaken off the label of being an agricultural society.

    Two of the five sets of engine block automated assembly lines that Jacob personally sent were left in Wuhan, one was in the Mechanical Laboratory of Hubei University of Science and Technology, and the other was given to the Hankou Tractor Factory to increase the output of walking tractors.

    When Jacob asked the Jewish technicians to operate the production line, almost every Chinese mechanical expert present was extremely shocked.

    Today is not the China of 12 years ago. From the southwest to the unification of the country, two thousand government-sponsored students are sent to Europe and the United States every year. Even if the European war has not stopped, this does not include the spontaneous wave of private students studying in Europe and the United States.  Moreover, the international students in this era are not the gilded tribe of later generations. They are all real talents selected from all over the country. They work very hard after going abroad. Even the British and American Ministry of Education has sent many letters to praise them.  40% of them have received invitation letters from European and American companies after graduation.  Among them, there are not big things like General Motors, Merlin, Boeing and Pratt & Whitney, but the vast majority of them still firmly choose to return to China after their internship and devote themselves to the vigorous national construction.

    ??With this accumulation over time, many master-level talents have finally appeared in the country.  But now even they find it unbelievable, which shows how valuable this automatic assembly line is. It also makes everyone finally understand why Yang Qiu Ningshe wants to exchange hundreds of millions of oil field shares for it, and they all secretly admire Yang Qiu's bright eyes.

    The next thing is simple. The remaining three lines are sent to Anqing, Shenyang and Zhengzhou respectively.  The technical team with Longmeng as the core began to concentrate on the research of electrification and automation technology, and at the end of that year, it successfully copied the first assembly line of the same model.  By mid-1925, there were already 15 such assembly lines across the country used to manufacture tractors, automobiles, aircraft engines and other fields.

    "Vice President, you are still awesome. This set of things is of great value." In the small courtyard of Wuchang, the visiting Yang Du was holding a tea cup and still reminiscing about the incredible scene of a walking tractor engine in four minutes.  With this set of tools, it will not be a problem to produce 100,000 tractors nationwide annually.  The price can also be over a hundred yuan, making it really popular.  In addition, fertilizer production is also expanding year by year, and land reclamation in the northwest and northeast is accelerating. Most of the population and food problems that have been a headache for all dynasties have been solved, which made him truly admire Yang Qiu for the first time.

    Yang Qiu is also very happy that the new military theory has been completed and the seedlings of the second industrial revolution with automation and electrification as its core have also been supported.  All that's left is the water mill.  So he could also free up his hands to solve another major issue that was always lingering in his mind.

    "Brother Xizi, what do you think of Nanjing?"

    Yang Du was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that Yang Qiu would suddenly jump to this topic and actually have the idea of ????moving the capital.  After thinking about it, he said: "Why does the Vice President have such an idea? But having said that, in fact, the matter of moving the capital has been discussed for a long time. Du feels that although Nanjing is known as the tiger sitting on the dragon's side, it does not have the power to dominate the world. Use the army.  In other words, there is no insurance for the offshore area and the river. What¡¯s more, the Jiangsu government is still working in Nanjing, which is not in line with the status of the central government. It is better to go back to Beijing and follow the United States to connect Beijing and Tianjin. Turn it into a capital region."

    Yang Qiu nodded slightly, he thought it would take more than a day or two to move the capital.  In the past, it was because he had not officially taken office as president, but as Li Yuanhong was about to enter his third term and there were still six years left in his planned presidential campaign, the matter of moving the capital was put on the table.  In addition to moving the capital, there is also the most important institutional reform!  To be fair, he didn't like the parliamentary system, but before Song Jiaoren's death, he publicly promised that there would be no parliamentary system. If he turned against him, he would leave an excuse for being capricious.  I wanted to use Li Yuanhong's help to complete this matter, so I asked Yang Du to help.

    After hearing the entire meaning, Yang Du also frowned.  The parliamentary system and the presidential system are actually republican systems, and they do not count as changes to the state system. However, the problem is that what Yang Qiu inherited was the Republic of China after all, not a new country. Moreover, at that time, the stable people even agreed to accept all the laws of the Republic of China.  Now that the law has become a constitution, if we want to change it to a presidential system, we will inevitably need to amend the constitution.  I'm afraid it's going to cause quite a stir.

    However, he welcomes Yang Qiu's change back to the presidential system, because it can be seen from these years that China still needs strong people to lead. At least for now, the country needs someone who can lead everyone, and he must hold great power to concentrate.  Strength accomplishes great things.  Yang Qiu is now using his party and prestige to hold Congress hostage, and he has not become president. This is tantamount to exploiting a loophole in the constitution.  But things are different after becoming president. Although the National Society controls the Congress, who can be selfless in people's hearts?  It would be extremely difficult for the president to take back Hao Duanduan's rights.

    To put it more harshly, there are probably as many people in the country who are afraid of Yang Qiu as there are people who like Yang Qiu. Therefore, if he does not gain power after becoming president, he may really fall into a battle between the government and the court.  In fact, we are not afraid of arguing. The worst case scenario is to order a new election until a Congress is elected that is willing to amend the constitution. But now every second counts in national construction, and internal friction can only be a waste of time.

    So Yang Du thought about it and said: "It is not difficult to say that this matter is difficult. The key lies in the president! Even ifIf you are elected in another five years, there will be no one to compete with in the whole country. But if you amend the constitution and change back to a presidential system, some people will inevitably criticize you. Why not let President Li handle this matter and get it done in his hands?  .  "

    Yang Qiu also had the same idea.  He did not directly assume the office of president. Firstly, there were constitutional term limits, and secondly, because he had promised Song Jiaoren not to change the parliamentary system, he became president in a hurry and could only get into a dispute between the government and the Yuan.  But Li Yuanhong is not included in this list. He still has one last term in office. If he can change back to the presidential system at the last moment, he can avoid the power struggle between the government and the court after taking office.

    But how should I tell Li Yuanhong about this matter?

    "Don't worry, Vice President, the bad guys will be left to Du Lai." Yang Du saw his thoughts and continued with a smile: "But if this matter is to succeed, you and President Li still need to put on a show."

    "What kind of drama are you playing?"

    "Have you forgotten? Aren't you going to move the capital? If you disagree, just quarrel." Yang Du rolled his eyes and laughed: "You and President Li quarrel, then he can pretend to be angry and find an excuse to take back his rights. Then you can  Resign as vice president and concentrate on being elected. This is not the case a few years ago. As long as you acquiesce, they can only cooperate obediently in the end. As for the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, there is no need to worry. Didn¡¯t you just say that Hu Hanmin and the Poor Party colluded?  ? If they jump out, they will be beaten hard over this matter. The crime of colluding with foreign invaders is not a small one. Let¡¯s see what else they have to say!¡±

    Yang Du is worthy of his exquisite heart. He even figured out how to force the Democratic Party to bow its head so quickly.  Having said that, if the matter of Hu Hanmin was revealed, Zhang Shizhao and Wang Zhaoming could only bow their heads and acquiesce.  But this matter should not be rushed. He said: "You should talk to the president about this first and see what his opinion is. Now is the key to the sprint for the second five-year plan. We must not get into a dispute between the government and the Yuan. It is better to wait for his second five-year plan."  Three more terms to do it.¡±

    Yang Du understood that he wanted to be stable and ensure the smooth completion of the second five-year plan. He nodded and was about to leave, but Rui Yao hurriedly walked in with a telegram: "Chen Hua, Yu Qiu asked me to give it to you, saying that Lenin  died.".

    (To be continued)

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