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Middle East Storm Chapter 767 Why China

Wang Kongan licked his lips, and then told the shocking inside story: "At midnight on July 1902, 7, Yurovsky brought 17 members of the execution guard to the house where Nicholas II's family lived. Yurovsky asked the Red Guards guarding Nicholas II's family to move all the things in the underground dormitory out of the house. Yurovsky said to the Red Guard Captain Neil Ostroyevs, you bring 15 Red Guards The team was on guard outside, and if the enemy came to attack the house, you would fight back with machine guns and grenades. At 15:50, the truck sent to carry the corpses drove to the vicinity of the house, and Yurovsky ran up to the second floor to confront Nikolai. Raja II and his family said: There is a situation in the city, for safety, please go downstairs, we will transfer you to other places later."

"Usually, the tsar's family would go to bed at 10 o'clock, but today, for some reason, no one went to bed at midnight. Nicholas II did not speak, and carried his 14-year-old beloved son Alexei on his back. Followed downstairs, Nicholas II loved his youngest son very much. Take him everywhere, followed by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, eldest daughter Olga, second daughter Dagiyaya , the third daughter Maria and the youngest daughter Anastasia, doctors, nurses, servants, the queen's housemaid and the chef also went downstairs. The queen Alexandra saw that the room was empty and asked first, okay Not even a chair! Don’t you even have the right to sit down? Yurovsky asked the captain of the Red Guard Ostroyevs to move two Viennese walnut chairs, and Nicholas II let his own His son Alexei sat on one chair, Empress Alexandra sat on another, and Yurovsky ordered the rest to stand in a row. By this time the execution guard had already stood in the corridor, and Yurovsky Rovsky flashed out of the door, and the gunshots rang out. Nicholas II felt a shock in his chest. He instinctively touched his chest with his hand, which was full of blood. He suddenly fell backwards. Immediately afterwards , What happened was astonishing. The bullets that hit the children bounced around the room like hailstones, and six bullets bounced back, almost injuring the members of the firing squad. After the shooting was over, the firing squad used Stretchers carried the bodies of Nicholas II, his family and attendants onto the truck, and drove the truck to the nearby forest and threw them into two abandoned gold mines..."

The more Chen Lifu listened, the more frightened he became: "What is going on, the more I listen, the more confused I become."

"In fact, Nicholas II didn't die at all. The problem lies with Sverdlov and the execution captain Yurovsky. These two people are offline of the Imperial Security Bureau, and they were ordered by the Security Bureau to do so. , as to how many people like Sverdlov there were at that time, I don't know..."

Chen Lifu didn't speak for a while, walked back and forth twice in the room with his hands behind his back, suddenly turned his head to stare at Wang Kong'an and said, "How do you know about this?"

Wang Kongan smiled: "Because I was the one who arranged the whole thing. After so many years, this matter is no longer top secret, and you are the mastermind of this operation, so it is necessary for me to reveal the truth. tell you."

"Then I ask you, why did Beijing try to rescue Nicholas II?"

"I don't know the specific situation. I guess...it may be related to this operation. To put it bluntly, it is related to Nicholas II's gold!"

Chen Lifu seemed to understand a little bit, and said to Wang Kong'an: "Well, since this is the case, it means that the empire attaches great importance to this matter. You must be tight in your actions and never reveal any clues, understand?" At that time, I admired Zhao Bingjun, the director of the Imperial Security Bureau, and even admired His Majesty the Emperor. Imagine taking the risk to rescue Nicholas II for the sake of Nicholas II, who didn't know if he would be useful, and gave him a first-class Even for nearly 20 years, this kind of forbearance is by no means possessed by ordinary people. If anyone has such an enemy, it will be scary to think about it!

"Don't worry, my lord!" Wang Kong'an said confidently, "The contact station has always been clean and neat, and will not leave any traces!"

Chen Lifu nodded, and said: "First transfer the Nicholas family and his so-called national teacher to Beijing. The Security Bureau has another plan. If the current situation gets out of hand, control the Tsar's gold, And the tsar’s secret small treasury, all sent back to the empire! The Imperial Security Bureau has approved the export of arms that may be used to support the tsar’s counterattack against the Soviet government, and their gold will be used as collateral!”

"Yes!" Wang Kong'an turned and left the embassy. When he walked to the door, he suddenly turned around and said, "Our emperor is definitely an unborn genius. At the beginning, after Nicholas II abdicated, he originally hoped to go to England, but Britain King George V refused to accept his family's asylum in England, so the Tsar's family was placed in Tobolsk, Siberia by Kerensky's interim government, and under Rasputin's persuasion, he planned to move to China for political asylum. It's just that the trip didn't take place because of the tense situation at the beginning. This time the emperor personally ordered and agreed to Nicholas II's visit to China, which can be said to be very intentional. The British missed the biggest opportunity to make a fortune. You must know that Nicholas II is a A super vampire and a miser, his personal wealth is incomparable to the country. Now that the Nikolai family has taken refuge in China, it means that a huge sum of money will flow into the pockets of the Chinese people.”

Chen Lifu said gloomyly: "The biggest problem with you is that you like to think you're smart. As an old secret agent, you should know that it's better to be a little confused most of the time."

Wang Kongan blushed, nodded and left.

For Nicholas II, he had been to China when he was young, when he was the governor and crown prince of Siberia.In his eyes, China at that time was a feudal empire that was even more backward than Russia.It can be said that he looks down on the Chinese from the bottom of his heart.Times have changed. When he came to China 30 years later, Nicholas II was very shocked.He has already felt it since he entered the Northern Xinjiang Province of the Chinese Empire by special train. There are neat towns in many places along the way. Factories and farmland did not exist before. This shows that the Chinese government is developing Northern Xinjiang very quickly and encourages more A large number of inland people have settled in northern Xinjiang for a certain period of time.

Nicholas II did not choose to enter Beijing from the Mongolian grassland, but chose Vladivostok as the first stop, and was very surprised when he arrived at Vladivostok.Originally, it took the Russians more than ten years to build a small city with a population of only tens of thousands, most of whom were members of the military.However, after the Chinese captured Vladivostok, after more than ten years of construction, Vladivostok has now become a large city with a population of nearly 30. People are coming and going on the streets, businesses are hawking one after another, and houses are lined up on both sides. China The style houses incorporate some western architectural features, complement each other, and are magnificent, which greatly shocked Nicholas II.

Then he continued to give up the idea of ​​going to Beijing by plane, and still took the train to further tour China to understand the current social situation in China.

When the train slowly drove across the Ussuri River, it had already entered the Central Plains region, because after Siberia was established, the original Northeast region was included in the hinterland of the Central Plains of the Empire.This was originally China's Northeast Industrial Base, but now it has been renamed the Central Plains Industrial Base, but Nicholas II is not interested in the name.When he saw the dense factories along the railway line, he was shocked again.According to the description of the Chinese agents, the total industrial volume of the three provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Fengtian alone is already the sum of the Soviet Union. No, in his heart, it is still the sum of the entire national industry of Tsarist Russia.What shocked Nicholas II was that these three provinces today are only a small part of China, so the total amount of industry in China is simply unimaginable?Only then did Nicholas II understand that China had been developing in a low-key way, but was actually pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.Russia suffered a disastrous defeat in the Sino-Russian War back then because it did not understand China's real industrial capabilities.

Through the understanding of the three provinces, Nicholas II deeply lamented that this ancient country that was once bullied by powers all over the world has now become one of the world's leading industrial powers, while European and American countries have always been under the secret control of China. In the endless fighting on the land of Europe, the gap between them and China is gradually widening under the ebb and flow, until a certain point in the future, they will no longer be able to catch up with China, and China will reintroduce the world Take back the dominance from the West.

After the train entered the Gyeonggi area, Nicholas II saw the prosperity of China.Today's Tianjin area has become an important industrial base in China's Bohai Bay.In the eyes of Nicholas II, China's industrial base around the Bohai Sea is far stronger than the industrial bases seen before.Because the factories here are denser, there is no black smoke billowing into the sky at all, and they are all driven by electricity, not to mention clean, and the cost has been reduced by a large amount.The industrial products shipped from here are obviously far lower than the cost of similar products in Europe, but the selling price is higher than similar products. Nicholas can't help but sigh: "The Chinese are stealing money!"

Nicholas II learned a lot about this base around the Bohai Sea after asking the Chinese guide officials.From a natural point of view, the terrain here is flat, the water source is sufficient, and the climate is suitable, which is conducive to the development of industry; it is near the mouth of the river, and the soil is fertile, which is conducive to agricultural development.From a humanistic point of view, the sea, land and air transportation is developed here, the transportation is convenient, and the labor force is abundant. The Gyeonggi region has a large population and has talents and technological advantages, because China's largest science and technology park is located in Tianjin.With a good investment environment and a vast consumer market, it has a wide range of radiation to the mainland, centralized management of factories, developed industrial production, strong support from the government, and the advantages of being close to the ocean and facilitating international trade. This place has unique development prospects.

"Why did God choose China?" Nicholas II murmured in his heart: "Compared with China, the Soviet Union and Western countries seem out of step with this era."

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Middle East Storm Chapter 768 Big Era, Big Change

After entering Beijing, Nicholas II was deeply impressed.There are no large factories in the Beijing area, only some light industrial factories.This is because Beijing is the capital of the Chinese Empire and the political core. Considering industrial pollution, there is no heavy industry in the Beijing area, but some light industrial factories for people's livelihood, which mainly provide the capital with food, clothing, housing and transportation.Because of this, the city of Beijing has been expanded three times in a row, and people all over the country like to settle at the feet of the Son of Heaven.That is their glory.At the same time, the experience of the past dynasties tells them that there is the most secure and most able to feel the emperor's grace.Therefore, after the Chinese people became rich, many wealthy people moved to Beijing one after another. As a result, Beijing's population exceeded 500 million within a decade and became the world's leading super metropolis.

In this city with an explosive population, Nicholas II deeply felt the huge population of China. With such a huge population, the industrial capacity has reached the forefront of the world, so the strength of this country is immeasurable, and the potential for war is even greater. Powerful as hell, judging from the Chinese equipment obtained by the Soviet military, Chinese weapons are also world-leading in quality.Don't underestimate China's 200 million troops. There are 200 million people supporting [-] million troops. They can undoubtedly be armed to the teeth.

Recalling what he had seen and heard along the way, Nicholas II could no longer despise this country as before, but instead felt infinite reverence.but.Having lost his dominance in the country, he is now in political asylum in China, but he feels unspeakably uncomfortable.

In the newly renovated corridor of the Summer Palace, the emperor of the Chinese Empire and the former Russian Tsar Nicholas II visited the beautiful scenery together.The promenade starts from the Yaoyue Gate in the east and ends at Shizhang Pavilion in the west, with a total of 270 rooms and a total length of 720 meters. It is the longest corridor in the imperial garden.In the middle of the promenade, there are four octagonal pavilions with double eaves, Liujia, Jilan, Qiushui and Qingyao. In one breath.

Guan Xuqing and Nicholas II had reached the westernmost Shizhang Pavilion at this time, and the 700-meter long corridor had been completed. Every beam on the corridor was painted. There were tens of thousands of pictures in total, including landscapes , flowers, birds, fish and insects, character allusions, etc.The figure paintings in the painting are all based on Chinese classics, which left a deep impression on Nicholas II.

According to Guan Xuqing, this promenade was first built in the 15th year of Qianlong, and most of it was burned down by the British and French allied forces during the Opium War. It has just been rebuilt in the past two years.From the words of the Chinese emperor, Nicholas II could hear the implication, that is, China wants to get back all the lost things and take revenge on the countries that have trampled on China's sovereignty.

Looking at the luxurious layout here, Guan Xuqing was not satisfied.Because he knew that although he had prevented many times of catastrophes that should have happened here in history, the Summer Palace today was hundreds of times more luxurious than the Summer Palace in later generations.However, Guan Xuqing still remembered the catastrophe half a century ago. The British and French allied forces looted the Summer Palace and other royal gardens. He still remembers this account to this day!

Nicholas II asked: "What are you thinking about?"

"If I sue Britain and France and ask them to apologize and compensate for their losses, would you agree?" Guan Xuqing suddenly asked a very interesting joke.However, if it is said by ordinary citizens, it is naturally a joke.But if it comes from the mouth of the emperor of China, it is no longer a joke.

Chinese emperors never joked. Nicholas II knew that the other party was not joking, so he immediately laughed and said, "Decades have passed. If Your Majesty mentions this matter to George V, I think he will be very angry." He vomits blood!"

Guan Xuqing also smiled and said, "Pay off your father's debt! I just don't know if he is willing to pay for Queen Victoria?"

Nicholas II replied with a smile: "That depends on whether he is filial to his grandmother!"

Guan Xuqing suddenly snorted strangely, and said: "There is a saying in China, a stick produces a filial son!"

Nicholas II's eyes tightened, and he immediately understood what the other party meant, and immediately sighed: "If you have prepared the big stick, then greet that bastard George for me! At this moment, I believe He will be very good!"

Knowing that Nicholas II still hated George V for refusing to accept his family's political asylum, Guan Xuqing immediately smiled and said, "I hope it's as you said!"

At this time, the two of them were looking at Kunming Lake. Empress Jingfen and Concubine Zhen accompanied Alexandra and her children to go boating on the lake.

Guan Xuqing suddenly said: "Don't you know the living habits of your family in Beijing? If you have any requests, just tell me directly!"

"Thank you for your concern! We live well!" Nicholas II was very grateful to Guan Xuqing for providing them with political asylum, but Nicholas II was not reconciled to losing his right to rule, and immediately said: " It's just that I want to go back to my country more!"

Guan Xuqing smiled and said: "If you need my help, just ask for it! After all, I am also the emperor, and I don't want more state powers without emperors!"

Nicholas II's eyes lit up, and he suddenly asked: "I really hope you can participate in supporting my restoration! If it succeeds, I will reward you generously!"

Guan Xuqing smiled secretly, he had been waiting for your words for a long time, and immediately asked Nicholas II how he wanted China to help him.

Nicholas II said, "If China is willing to send troops to help him, he will bear double the cost of sending troops, and pay a huge amount of gratitude after the matter is completed. Of course, Nicholas II will not send his troops to China. Lao Di confessed it because he didn't trust this old enemy.

Guan Xuqing knew that Nicholas II still had many die-hard supporters in China, and he brought their family to China in order to support an anti-government force against the current Soviet government.This is not a rush job, it needs to be done slowly.However, he will not let go of the remaining more than 600 tons of gold in the Russian treasury, and of course Nicholas II's private secret treasure.

After the reform of the gold standard system in the Soviet Union, although the country's income increased and the economy improved a lot, the gold reserves were still not much, only about [-] tons.But what would happen without these treasury gold reserves?

However, Nicholas II believes that as long as he can obtain China's high-tech weapons and equipment, he will not hesitate to pay the money. He will return to his land at an appropriate time and lead his supporters to launch a restoration war , to completely oust Stalin and the Bolsheviks from power, and he believes that the civil war will not last for a long time, so even if further inflation occurs in the country, it is within the range that the country can bear.After the war, the ruble can be stabilized only by redeeming the gold and supplementing the treasury reserves.

Nicholas II has made up his mind, and the goal he identified is difficult to change. His younger brothers and princes are in danger of being scolded and dismissed from office, trying to persuade Nicholas II not to agree to China's harsh demands. And pointed out that once gold flows into China, how can it be so simple to redeem it?With the shrewdness of the Chinese, is it strange not to extort money after the war?

The persuasion of the two made Nicholas II very upset.But in the end Nicholas II also compromised, only agreeing to hand over one-third of the gold reserves of the treasury to the Imperial Bank of China as a war loan mortgage in exchange for emergency military support from China's major arsenals.

Guan Xuqing gave Nicholas II a promise, and asked the Supreme Command to sign a draft agreement with him. This draft agreement mentioned that the Chinese arsenal will provide value to Nicholas II in the next six months. The military equipment of [-] million dragon coins, for him to take the lead in arming a front army.

Nicholas II was very satisfied, and immediately sent his confidant Rasputin to escort the gold with the cooperation of Chinese agents and transport it to Beijing, the capital of China, along the Siberian Railway.

In early April 1915, Rasputin secretly transported the gold from the treasury to Beijiang Airport at the border between China and Russia, where twelve medium-sized transport planes of the Royal Chinese Air Force were already waiting.Rasputin and his entourage delivered more than 4 boxes of gold bars and 100 tons of gold to the Chinese Air Force, and after being checked by the Chinese Minister of Finance Tang Shaoyi and others, they were sealed and transported back to China secretly by the Imperial Air Force.

In the Upper Study Room of the Forbidden City in Beijing, after Tang Shaoyi, Minister of Finance of the Empire, notified the Emperor of the news that the Russian gold had arrived in Beijing, Guan Xuqing, Tang Shaoyi, Feng Xianghua, Yang Rui, Sheng Xuanhuai and other civil and military ministers were all overjoyed.Gold is the basis of the national currency of the gold standard system. The more the country's gold reserves, the more banknotes circulated in the market, which directly affects the rise of the empire. China's gold reserves are not low, but mining is extremely difficult, resulting in the empire's gold reserves. lag behind countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States.

As of 1915, the total proven gold reserves in the world were only 2.3 million tons, and the total amount of gold reserves held by the governments of various countries was about 1.4 million tons, and the rest were living among the people.The vast land area of ​​the Chinese Empire can only produce 40 tons of gold per year, while the United States has an annual output of 70 tons, while South Africa, which is occupied by the British, can produce 130 million tons of gold per year. Australia alone can mine every year With 86 tons of gold produced, it is conceivable that Britain's true strength has grown.

Britain's 200-year gold standard system has allowed Britain to hold [-] tons of gold, but for the Soviets, [-] tons of gold is definitely an astronomical figure.

After so many years of painstaking development, China's current gold reserves have reached more than [-] tons. However, if they want to overthrow the British gold reserves, in addition to large-scale export trade and plundering British gold, if they can cut off the British gold supply in South Africa, It is the foundation of strategy.However, it is clear that Britain regards South Africa as a key point. If any country wants to do that, the British will desperately fight with him.

Therefore, although China is coveting South Africa, it still has no idea of ​​​​taking South Africa. The battle line is too long, which is not conducive to ocean warfare. There is still time to wait.