1932: Playing with the Japanese Communist Party with a doll

"...So, before the subsequent industrialization list and supplies arrive, you should first consider how to best pay for this."

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This was another reason to dispel the suspicions of the CCP members that Chuntian might be a member of the SRP.

When discussing aid at the beginning, the other party made it very clear that any aid from the United States would require the Chinese Communist Party to pay an equal price.

You can pay with tungsten ore, oceans, gold, or anything else, but it will never be free.

This is very different from the World Revolutionary Party, which is willing to give its heart and soul without asking for anything in return, and it is also very consistent with everyone's perception of the United States as a "business country."

Although it is a bit regrettable, it is already very good to have such an American president who has a broad vision, a gentle temperament and a good impression of the Chinese Communist Party. We cannot ask for too much.

It's impossible for capitalist America to suddenly become a socialist country, right?

"We understand this. We will submit a payment plan as soon as possible and discuss the next details with your country."

"Regarding this matter, we do have a proposal."

"Please tell me."

"That's right. Some of our party comrades..."

Chuntian informed the Chinese Communist Party of his subordinates' demands:

"There are about 80 of us, some of whom want to stay in Nanchang, while others want to go to Yulin or other places to fully learn about your system and spirit. Of course, adhering to the principle of fairness, we can pay for it."

Honestly, Li Desheng and the others were shocked. Americans, want to stay here and learn from us?

If someone else said this, everyone would definitely think it was a joke, but as the President of the United States, it was obvious that Springfield was serious.

so...

Only critics would refuse such a good opportunity to spread communism!

Even if we can't find a few more Communists, making them feel favorable towards the CCP's actions, as we did in this survey, would be a huge win!

Those who can now travel around the world with Springfield may become high-ranking American politicians in a few decades!

So, after just a few glances, Wu Hao, Li Desheng, and Zhu De, representing the Communist Party of China, the Soviet Central Government, and the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, respectively, made pledges:

"Of course, Ms. Field! Please rest assured that we will maintain a fully open attitude and learn and improve together with your resident personnel! You don't have to pay, you are... "

"As I've said, business is the most stable and close connection between nations. You won't feel safe taking something without paying a price, and we won't gain any long-term benefits..."

Chuntian pretended to think about it and came up with a plan:

"How about this? We'll use that problem report and the list of overall industrialization aid programs as tuition in exchange for our party and our country's comrades studying here."

"That...thank you very much, Ms. Field."

"You're welcome. It's an honor for the United States to cooperate with such a thriving force as your party..."

Taking advantage of this friendly atmosphere, the Chinese Communist Party took the initiative to talk about something that is not very important at the moment, but is very important in the future:

The issue of establishing state-level diplomatic relations between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party.

As a new regime established just over a year ago, the Chinese Soviet Republic undoubtedly longed for recognition from other countries in the world in order to oppose the "orthodox" Nationalist government.

Before last summer, because we were under such intense pressure and even survival was a problem, naturally no one discussed this matter.

But now the situation has changed drastically, everything is starting to get back on track, and these "virtual" things will naturally be put on the agenda;

The problem was that the Soviet Union, which was supposed to recognize the first Chinese Soviet Republic, was slow to act. Even though Wang Jiaxiang had been in Moscow for a long time, he was unable to obtain any guarantees.

Therefore, when Springfield, as the President of the United States, came to Nanchang to deal with the "heretics" and showed a friendly attitude, the CCP immediately seized the opportunity and proposed the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two sides;

As long as the United States, a major power, can recognize it, its influence will surely lead more countries to choose to recognize the Chinese Soviet Republic;

In this way, the CCP will have the right to speak internationally and can fight for more benefits for China on behalf of the Nationalist government.

I have to criticize the Soviet Union's diplomatic work during this period. For something as significant as the US President's "visit to China," which would undoubtedly impact the future political landscape of the Far East, they only dispatched a large number of Soviet journalists and a handful of low-level officials to accompany him throughout the entire trip!

The only high-ranking official, Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, Sakolnikov, only went as far as the Northeast and returned home immediately after the trip ended. He didn't even go to Shanghai, let alone Nanchang!

This is not to say that Stalin was short-sighted in diplomacy. On the contrary, during Stalin's time, Soviet diplomacy was unprecedentedly good, far better than the later Soviet leaders who only resorted to lavish spending and coercion.

You must know that in 1933, the Soviet Union was in a critical period of joining the League of Nations, launching a "wave of establishing diplomatic relations" in the Western world, and expanding its influence;

The United States, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria... overcame a series of diplomatic difficulties and successfully established diplomatic relations with dozens of Western countries.

Obviously, this once again fully proves one thing - the Central Committee of the CPSU still does not attach much importance to its little brother, the Chinese Communist Party, and still believes that the other party is just its "appendage" rather than an independent entity.

In the eyes of Comrade Stalin, a ruthless political realist and outstanding politician who was adept at assessing interests and balance of power, the weight of the Communist Party of China was too low, even far inferior to that of the Kuomintang.

Oh no, that's too "historical".

In fact, today when China is already "actually divided" (Northeast China, Nanchang, Nanjing, and warlords in various places) and the United States advocates friendship with the Soviet Union, even China itself has lost its original historical value.

For example, to contain Japan's power and prevent the Soviet Union from being pressured into fighting on two fronts before it fully developed.

The Soviet Union had always intended to keep China and Japan, and Japan and the United States, in check, so that a strategic balance could be achieved in the Far East. This would allow it to focus on its core area of ​​interest—the situation in Europe.

Unexpectedly, after Haruta's operation, Japan and the United States entered a state of peaceful competition of "fighting but not breaking", the United States and the Soviet Union also successfully established diplomatic relations, China was essentially split again, and the pressure on the Soviet Union's Eastern Front was suddenly reduced;

Even if the Soviet Union wanted to devote its energy to the Far East, the priority would inevitably be Soviet-Japanese and Soviet-American relations, rather than Soviet-China relations - they didn't even know which "China" they should connect with now.

In this case, what good will it do if the CCP, which is both its own brother and has not yet proven its own strength, comes into contact with the United States?

what?

The Chinese Communist Party has been somewhat disobedient recently and is likely to fall into the arms of the United States? It doesn’t matter. For the Soviet Union, this is not a big problem.

If necessary, it is not impossible to sacrifice the CCP in order to establish a better relationship with the United States.

This was the overall thinking of the Soviet leadership.

Therefore, regarding the CCP issue and Far Eastern affairs, Stalin had already issued the following judgments and instructions to the Soviet People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs:

"We shall continue and prolong the negotiations with the Chinese in order to frighten the Japanese with the prospect of our coming closer to the Chinese, and thereby force them to hasten to sign a (non-aggression) pact with the Soviet Union";

"We must maintain close and friendly relations with the United States in any diplomatic setting to the greatest extent possible, so as to deter the Japanese and force them to not act rashly in the 'North Manchuria' region;"

"From any perspective, it is almost impossible for the United States to directly provide large-scale aid to the CCP. We should not pay too much attention to or interfere, so as not to trigger unnecessary suspicion and crisis;"

"Keeping China in its current state of division is beneficial to the Soviet Union's interests in China. Shifting the focus of exchanges to the Yulin area will allow the CCP (Mao) to maintain sufficient strategic pressure on Manchuria (Fujiwara)."

After all, the focus of the Soviet Union's diplomatic work was still on establishing friendly relations with Western countries and investigating the elusive "World Revolutionary Party", and it relaxed a lot on the CCP and Far Eastern affairs.

It is fair to say that although Soviet diplomacy made great progress during the Stalin era, and its professional standards and diplomatic skills were much more sophisticated than before, the diplomatic thinking of the Slavs remained stuck in the 19th century:

Only big and powerful countries are worthy of my using diplomatic strategies. Small countries are not countries, the people of small countries are not people, small countries are insects, and small countries have only two choices - either be controlled by me or be conquered by me.

Such a simple, crude and brutal set of tactics used against the CCP may only have some effect in the early stages. Once the CCP becomes powerful or suffers losses and realizes it, it will inevitably become dissatisfied.

The Soviets not only treated the early Chinese Communist Party in this way, but also treated communist groups in many other countries in this way, causing themselves countless troubles without realizing it.

In the words of a CIA director:

"The Soviets are both masters and novices of diplomacy. They are keen to fight for small gains at any cost. They often appear shrewd and experienced in this regard, but they don't care about creating powerful enemies. Sometimes they are even more stupid than the stupidest novices. I witnessed all of this and was ecstatic about their efforts."

Having said that, the United States later perfectly inherited the Soviet Union's diplomatic capabilities and the overall weakness of the Qing Dynasty, which is truly the "curse of Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Catherine."

The Soviet Union in the future will bitterly regret its decision today, because it is ostensibly capitalist America that is taking advantage of the CCP and the Soviet Union, but in fact it is not capitalist America at all.

Although the two sides almost reached a deadlock at the beginning, because Springfield, on behalf of the US government, gave a polite... no, a direct rejection:

"...Therefore, we will not establish diplomatic relations with a country that blindly follows the policies of other countries."

Springfield's reason was that, in the US assessment, the CCP was still under the control of the Soviet Union, and could even be said to be a "subordinate party" of the Soviet Union, and it was impossible for the United States to establish diplomatic relations with a "subordinate party."

"...If it's a normal country with sovereignty, we only need to consider the interests of that country. But when that sovereignty is mixed with factors from other countries, things become very complicated;"

Chuntian looked at Li Desheng, Wang Jiaxiang and others who looked a little embarrassed, and said calmly:

"Let me give you an example. If one day, the Soviet Union and the United States have a conflict of interest or even a war breaks out, and the Soviet Union asks you to oppose the United States or even declare war on the United States, what will you do?"

"...this..."

"Look, your hesitation is the reason. A normal sovereign state must first consider its own interests, but your previous behavior makes us unable to trust this. For example, armed defense of the Soviet Union?"

"No, Ms. Field, you may not understand this, but we are communists..."

"No, no, no, you're wrong. I understand communism very well. It's no exaggeration to say that I know your theories by heart. Liberating the world is a very great ideal, and I agree with it."

Haruta interrupted the speaker forcefully, without even looking at who was speaking:

"But all ideals must be based on reality, and the reality is that national and ethnic interests remain the mainstream in today's world, and are considerations that so-called 'communism' cannot ignore for the time being."

"I'm not going to comment on whether China's socialist construction or the Soviet Union's priority is better or worse, but the Soviet Union couldn't even properly resolve its own ethnic issues, so why would it allow you to ignore your own ethnic issues?"

"Struggles based on ideology are indeed foolish, but humans are creatures of practical interests. The vast majority of people cannot escape this shackle, and we are destined to consider the majority..."

The senior CCP leaders present did not fully agree with Haruta's words.

Liberating the entire world, liberating the people of the world, and establishing a communist world should be a great ideal that transcends ethnicity, nation, and interests, and is the supreme pursuit of communists.

But they also had to admit that what Chuntian said made sense. Nation and country were the "beliefs" in the hearts of most people. If you forcibly violated them, the consequence would be being abandoned by the people.

The Chinese Communist Party has suffered enough losses in this regard during the "Middle East Railway Incident".

If the development of things and the people's cognitive level have not yet reached that level, some things should never be forced, no matter how reasonable they are or how bright their future is.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party have to admit that Springfield was almost teaching them step by step what the "rules" are in international exchanges.

Moreover, this "rule" is completely different from previous cognition and seems to be a brand-new principle of international communication. Its scale is astonishing.

Although in essence, Springfield's approach is exactly the same as that of the Soviet Union - entirely for the sake of national interests, it just doesn't arouse any resentment.

We are not afraid of you talking about business, but we are afraid that you will do some disgusting things in private under the guise of talking about business. If both parties talk openly and honestly, even if it is about interests, they can still have a happy conversation.

Just like the United States, for its own interests, it can befriend its enemy Japan, recognize the "Five-Star Eastern Republic" and the Chinese Communist Party at the same time, but refuse to establish formal diplomatic relations with the Chinese Soviet Republic;

Even the abandonment of the Nationalist government, which on the surface seemed to be a matter of personal preference for Ms. Field, was actually still based on the interests of the United States:

Because this group of useless reactionaries cannot lead China onto the road to prosperity and benefit the United States as a whole.

Yes, that's right. From the perspective of international law, this kind of "breeding poison"-like tactics of the United States undoubtedly infringes on China's sovereignty and endangers China's unity.

But the question is, is there any force in China that can resist now?

No.

Since we can't, then we shouldn't be like the Kuomintang government, which makes so many noises but actually does nothing, only damaging China's prestige and making the rest of the world laugh at us.

Being cowardly is not shameful;

It's shameful to act cool and then back down after being slapped in the face for lack of strength. So, it's better to just let it go for now. Once you've gained enough strength, we can then slowly figure out how to deal with those things that seemed so easy to let go of.

In poverty, we should put aside disputes; in wealth, we should stick to the old ways.jpg. In short, four words: seek truth from facts.

Li Desheng and others did not know that this was what they and their descendants would come up with in the future; they just felt it suited their taste.

It seems that the United States, at least the United States led by Ms. Field, is indeed consistent in its words and deeds and worthy of the trust of the Chinese Communist Party. In some matters, it is even more trustworthy than the socialist Soviet Union.

Li Desheng and the others exchanged glances, confirming their answers were the same, and then offered a condition they had already agreed upon:

"Then, Ms. Field, if our country changes its name and is no longer called the 'Chinese Soviet Republic,' would your country be willing to establish diplomatic relations with us?"

"Change the name? Your party means..."

"We are willing to guarantee that, without compromising our sovereignty and interests, our Party and our country will always proceed from our own position in dealing with and handling relations with any other country, including the United States and the Soviet Union."

Ever since Comrade Ma Shiwu exposed those things, a certain trend of thought within the CCP has begun to take hold, starting from the top:

If we continue to blindly follow the Soviet Union, I'm afraid our Party and our nation will be destroyed!

As the ideas spread by UMP45 and the bad deeds done by Wang Ming and others were increasingly exposed within the Party, this trend of thought gained increasing influence and support.

We must persist on the path of communism, but it does not have to be exactly like the Soviet Union!

We should find a path that suits us!

This was one of the main reasons why the top leadership of the Communist Party of China pushed for the "Nanchang Rectification Movement," and it was also the term formally proposed by Comrade Li Desheng: the Sinicization of Marxism!

Of course, the inner meaning is the change of the regime's goals and organizational form, which cannot be stated explicitly for the time being. On the surface, it is the replacement of the imported word "Soviet".

In the past few years of practicing "Soviet", the Communist Party of China has discovered the various problems brought about by this blind copying.

The biggest and most obvious problem was that the common people and even some of the workers and peasants party members with low cultural levels did not understand what "Soviet" meant at all.

Some call him "Mr. Su" and personify him;

Some believe the "Soviet Government" is a branch of Moscow. Even more ridiculous is the Guangzhou Soviet Government. Because its leader was Su Zhaozheng, many people believe that "Soviet" was Su Zhaozheng's title, and therefore the CCP government was called the "Soviet Government."

Some people also felt that Su Wei was the son of Su Zhaozheng, and since Su Zhaozheng died, the throne should naturally be inherited by the "crown prince" Su Wei.

After Zhang Guotao and Li Desheng took office in the Hubei-Henan-Anhui base area, some people even wondered: Could it be that the Soviet emperor had been killed, and since there were no other relatives with the surname Su, someone from another family was allowed to take the throne?