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Piaotian Literature of the Fourth Empire of China www.piaotia.com Chapter 584: Let Russia be in chaos for a while

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    On January 9, after receiving the highest instructions from Tsar Nicholas II, Russian Ambassador to China Cassini once again met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang to discuss the redemption of Russian prisoners of war.

    "Your Excellency Ambassador, I wonder what your country is thinking about? As time goes by, our country's large-scale construction in Siberia will soon begin. Once those prisoners of war from your country enter the construction site, what will your country want?  It will be impossible to redeem it again!" Wu Tingfang said with a smile.  He was sure that even in the face of the high price offered by China, Russia still had no choice but to obediently pay a high price to redeem these prisoners of war.  If they had known earlier, wouldn't it have been better if they had redeemed them during the armistice negotiations?  There is no need to be brutally stabbed like now.

    "Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, our country has already considered it. However, we still hope that your country can provide more discounts on door-to-door prices. After all, the price of two hundred pounds a piece is too high!" Cassini's face was filled with emotion.  A bitter smile.

    "I'm sorry, Your Majesty the Ambassador, this price was set by His Majesty the Emperor of our country and we cannot modify it!" Wu Tingfang shook his head stubbornly, seeing that Russia was about to give in. If he gave in at this time, he would be causing trouble for himself.

    "Okay, Your Excellency Wu Tingfang, two hundred pounds per prisoner of war, we Russia agreed to this condition. However, those generals we captured, your country must also be counted among these prisoners of war!" Cassini said.  These elite soldiers are certainly important.  But those commanders.  more important.  In the war with China, Russia lost almost half of its generals, and the remaining generals were all people with little talent and greedy for life.  This is also the reason why the Russian army cannot defeat the rebels composed of ragtag groups.

    "Haha, okay! That's right! Whenever you start trading, pay with one hand. Deliver the goods with the other hand!" Wu Tingfang laughed.  Unexpectedly, I got 200 million pounds in a blink of an eye. This is a big deal!

    "Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, don't be busy for now. There are millions of our soldiers captured by your country. However, we only need to redeem 500,000 people." Cassini said.

    "What? Only redeem half of it?" Wu Tingfang was shocked?  How come in the blink of an eye, half of the 200 million pounds is left.  What tricks are these Russians going to do?

    "Yes, Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs. Our country's financial resources are limited, and your country's asking price is too high, so we can only redeem half of the prisoners of war!" Russian Ambassador to China Cassini said.  Wu Tingfang's astonished expression.  Make him very satisfied.  China wants to kill Russia severely, and he knows this very well.  I also hate this approach of the Chinese very much.  He was very happy to be able to shock Wu Tingfang.

    "Your Excellency, Ambassador, in other words, has your country given up the other half of its prisoners of war?" Wu Tingfang asked.

    "There is nothing we can do about it. I believe they will understand. May God bless them!" Cassini looked pitiful.

    "Okay, Ambassador, I need to ask His Majesty the Emperor for instructions, and I won't be able to make a decision for you until tomorrow!" Wu Tingfang said.  The Russians did not play their cards according to common sense, which made him a little undecided.

    "Okay! Your Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs. However, I need to tell you. One hundred million pounds to redeem half a million prisoners of war and those generals is our country's bottom line. If your country has other objections, then  We can only give up on redeeming those prisoners of war." Cassini said with a serious face.  There is no way to be blackmailed by China.  But if China wants to push further, Russia will not agree to it.

    "I know!" Wu Tingfang said expressionlessly.

    After Cassini left, Wu Tingfang immediately went to the palace, met with the emperor Wang Yuze, and reported to him the Russians' reaction.

    "Your Majesty, the Russians only agreed to redeem half of the prisoners of war. It seems that it is impossible for us to get another 200 million pounds from the Russians!" Wu Tingfang said.  The Russians only agreed to redeem half of the prisoners of war, so China could only obtain a ransom of 100 million pounds.

    "It seems that these Russians are not stupid. Although the rebel armies in southern Russia are winning steadily, overall, except for a very small number of troops, their combat effectiveness is still worrying. If the Russians can obtain half a million elite troops,  , we will be able to stabilize the front. After two or three months, when the training of the newly recruited Russian troops is completed and the weapons purchased from abroad are in place, it will be very easy to destroy the rebels by then!" Wang Yuze  analyzed.

    "Your Majesty, what should we do? Or simply reject the Russian request?" Wu Tingfang said.

      "Hmph! The Russians have a good plan. However, there is no reason not to want the money that comes to their door. You reply to the Russians and we agree to their conditions. One hundred million pounds and the redemption of half a million prisoners of war." Wang Yuze  said.

    "Then if Russia wipes out the rebellion soon, then we will not be able to weaken Russia!" Wu Tingfang said.

    "Don't worry, he has a good plan. We have a wall ladder! I will tell the military to let the Russians redeem the old, weak, sick and disabled from the prisoners of war. The remaining hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war will be made to do hard labor first.  . Then we contacted the insurgents in southern Russia and asked them to pay for these prisoners of war. When these prisoners of war have worked as coolies for a few months and learned that they were abandoned by Russia, they will definitely agree to join the army in southern Russia.  Those who belong to the rebels. When the time comes, we can also convert these prisoners of war into money!" Wang Yuze said with a smile.

    The longer the civil strife in Russia lasts, the better it will be for China.  Through this war, China severely stabbed Russia. Wang Yuze believed that Tsar Nicholas II would be eager to take revenge.  Therefore, it is very necessary for China to let Russia slowly consume their national power in civil strife.

    "Your Majesty, since we are worried that Russia will pose a threat to us? Then why don't we support the Russian Democratic Labor Party and let them overthrow the tsar's rule? Maybe we can also get some more benefits through this!" Wu Tingfang suggested.

    Wang Yuze immediately shook his head. The Russian Democratic Labor Party, the predecessor of the Red Party, had tasks that even Wang Yuze was extremely afraid of. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov is now the leader of the Russian Democratic Labor Party.  Once the Russian Democratic Labor Party overthrew the Tsar's rule and established that terrible country, China might shoot itself in the foot and create a terrifying enemy for itself.  Although China is different now, Wang Yuze is still unwilling to take this risk.  The best way is to let the Tsar and Ulyanov fight to death and let them fight for years, destroying Russia's population and national strength in the war.  In this case, Russia's pressure on China can be reduced to a minimum.  All in all, letting Russia continue to be in chaos is what China wants to see.

    "Mr. Wu, you may not know that those guys from the Russian Democratic Labor Party are not good friends. The Russians are naturally very greedy for land. Even if they are forced by the situation, they may recognize our benefits to Russia. But once  Those guys gained power, and they were able to quickly use many crazy methods to develop the country, and then caused trouble for us. Therefore, we can only use them to consume Russia's strength, and we must not let them develop and grow.  Even if Russia cannot wipe them out, we should send troops to help Russia wipe them out!" Wang Yuze said seriously.

    Wu Tingfang nodded, although he thought Wang Yuze was making too much of a fuss.  However, Wang Yuze's views have always been very correct.  Therefore, he did not refute.  However, Wang Yuze's emphasis on the Russian Democratic Labor Party made him interested in the Russian Democratic Labor Party, and he spent a lot of time following this party.

    The next day, Wu Tingfang met with Russian Ambassador to China Cassini, and the two sides launched a new round of negotiations.  Finally, an agreement was reached and Russia redeemed 500,000 prisoners of war for 100 million pounds, or 732.5 tons of gold.  As for the captured Russian generals, China gave them to them for free.  Let them return to Russia and lead the army to fight against those Russian Democratic Labor Party guys in the south.

    Half a month later, the two parties traded in Omsk.  The train transporting gold entered the Omsk station. After inspection, the Chinese handed over 500,000 prisoners of war to Russia.  However, China has also manipulated these Russian prisoners of war. Almost one-fifth of them are old, weak, sick and disabled.  Even if Russia redeems them, there is no way for them to go to the battlefield again.  This made the tsar, who was finally informed of the result, curse loudly and scolded China as a despicable and dirty liar.  However, the gold is already in the hands of China, and Russia has long since lost the strength to go to war with China. Although Russia is very dissatisfied, it still has to hold its nose and admit it.

    After the Russian army redeemed these prisoners of war, they were put into the battlefield after simple training.  The combat quality of these soldiers who have experienced brutal battles is much stronger than that of the new recruits, and they are simply not comparable to those of the rebels in the south.  What's more, Grand Duke Nicholas personally served as the commander-in-chief to suppress the southern rebels. Under his command, the Russian army defeated the southern rebels steadily.  If Grand Duke Nicholas had not had insufficient troops, these rebels might have been wiped out soon.  However, even so, it will only take time for Russia to suppress the rebellion. Once the follow-up troops are trained, it will be the end of these rebels.

    The situation has changed in this way.??Czar Nicholas II was very satisfied and said that the 100 million pounds spent this time was worth it!  (To be continued. Mobile phone users please go to read.)
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