228 Finally got married
With the great increase in Hua Fei's strength and power, his behavior will also become more profound in history. In March 1918, the newly born Soviet regime signed the Treaty of Brestovsk with Germany, announced the formal withdrawal of the war with Germany, and compensated Germany for as much as 6 billion marks of compensation, and ceded up to 1.3 million square kilometers of land. Not only did it cause an uproar in Russia, but Britain, France, the United States and other countries were also extremely shocked.
Nicholas II, who lives in Shanghai, even used the channels of the news media to publicly publish a letter to the Russian people, denounced the Soviet regime to sell off national interests and damage the rights and interests of Russian states and citizens in exchange for the stability of the regime, accused the newly born Soviet regime of being a traitor who betrayed Russia, and called on all forces in Russia to boycott the Soviet Union and boycott the Treaty of Brest Litovsk.
At the same time, Nicholas II not only began to actively communicate with Hua Fei, but also widely and openly contacted the consular ministers of various countries in China to obtain support from various countries for his return to Russia to restore his reinstatement. At the same time, with the help of Hua Fei, Nicholas II had a lot of contact with the royalist party in the country and the parties opposed to the Bolsheviks, expressing his support for the electoral propositions of the Constitutional Assembly of various parties and opposes the Bolsheviks.
Britain, France, the United States and other countries responded quickly, and all countries had extensive contacts with Nicholas II. Britain, France and other countries even passed a resolution on "interference in the eastern part of Russia" at the joint meeting of Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the Allied Powers held in London. Soon, Britain, France, and the United States and other ** teams landed in Murmansk. Starting from the 5th, Britain, the United States and other ** teams landed in Vladivostok. In addition, the Allied Powers also invaded Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus. At the end of May, the Czechoslovak Legion composed of prisoners of war in World War I fired the first shot of the civil war under the planning of the Allied Powers. The army quickly expanded from 20,000 to more than 60,000, and supported opposition forces in various parts of the east, and established a number of anti-Soviet governments and armed forces.
At the same time, the old Russian generals Krasnov, Alexeyev, Denikin and others supported by Germany also gathered armed forces in southern Russia, waiting for an opportunity to march towards the Don River, Kuban, and the Caucasus. By the summer of 1918, armed interferers from various countries and Russian domestic armed forces successively occupied large areas such as Ukraine, part of the Volga River Basin, Caucasus, Central Asia, Urals, Siberia and the Far East, almost three-quarters of Russia's territory, forming several fronts such as the East, South, North and Caucasus, extending more than 10,000 kilometers. At this time, the White Army had a total of about 700,000 people, well-equipped and well-trained.
While Japan, the United States and other countries were also urging Huafei to send troops to the Soviet Union and promised many benefits. When the new Soviet government learned that Sydney Kola II came to Shanghai, it remained silent except after the initial publication of a protest statement. Later, the Soviet government secretly sent envoys to contact Huafei's autonomous region, claiming that as long as Huafei expelled Nichola II, it would not support the Russian civil war Soviet government was willing to give up all the treaties signed with China during the Tsarist Russian period, return China's original large tract of territory, and guaranteed to withdraw from Mongolia and recognize Mongolia as China's ** province.
The Soviet Union's promise was not only generous. Not only Hua Fei was moved, but even the Beijing government sent representatives to discuss with Hua Fei, hoping that Hua Fei would not suddenly issue another statement, send troops to the Soviet Union and interfere with other people's civil war. It can be seen that the Soviet Union had definitely sent people to contact the Beiyang government for such a huge cake, and I believe no one can refuse such a discount.
However, Hua Fei, who knew history, understood that the lack of credit of the Russians has become a tradition since this era. The Soviet Union could exchange 60 grams and more than one million square kilometers of land for the Soviet-German contract to fight, and also abolished the treaty when Germany was about to lose. In history, Lenin also proposed to return the land that occupied China during the Tsarist Russian period for a hundred years, and many people were still trying to verify it. However, they did not know or did not want to know. All of this was one of the diplomatic examples that the Soviet Union was proud of, and was hailed as a super classic work of using space for time, which laid the foundation for Lenin's reputation and status within the Soviet party.
The game between countries is always based on strength. It would be ridiculous to rely on a guarantee from the Soviet Union and keep its promises.
The reason why Hua Fei hesitated was that he knew that the Soviet Red Army in history eventually won the civil war. If Hua Fei left the army and stood on the side of the White Army, how much benefits could he gain in the end? It can be said that unless the existing Soviet Red Army regime is overthrown, great benefits can be obtained. However, doing so is equivalent to historical confrontation, which will not only greatly change the historical process, but will not only be completely unpredictable for success and failure.
But if you stand on the Red Army, not mentioning the land of more than one million kilometers, you can't let others snore on the side of your bed. As two adjacent powers, the Soviet Union will grow stronger. It is definitely not a good phenomenon for China.
Since the First World War was not yet closed, the efforts of Britain, France, the United States and other countries were still very limited. Nicholas II didn't know how to obtain the news and actually took the initiative to find Hua Fei. He claimed that as long as Hua Fei supports him to enrich the country, he would not only return all the land in the place where the treaty was signed with China, but also give all the vast land north and east of the entire barren area to China.
Viewing the map means that Nicholas II gave all the large areas of East and West Siberia, including the Upper Yansk Mountains, Ardan River, Chersky Mountains, Kamchatka Peninsula, etc. This temptation is really huge.
In fact, it was not surprising that Nicholas II made such a decision. After all, this was just a blank check. Lenin could cede more than one million square kilometers of land and pay 6 billion marks of compensation for the German armistice. Compared with the vast but worthless land of East and West Siberia, Nicholas II's courage is not much higher than Lenin.
Hua Fei was very calm. Not to mention that China has not yet been unified. Even if it is unified, it is necessary to send troops to the Soviet Union and Russia very carefully. In history, the fourteen countries interfered in the Soviet-Russian civil war. In the end, only Türkiye and Iran gained great benefits. Hua Fei was unwilling to steal chickens but lose rice.
Therefore, Hua Fei declined the requests from all parties on the grounds that he was about to take care of his wedding. However, Hua Fei stated on an informal occasion that Russia and the Qing Dynasty signed a series of treaties and occupied a large area of land in China. The Chinese government and parliament will choose the right opportunity to discuss related issues.
When Hua Fei was temporarily still, the news made Hua Fei no longer calm. This news had nothing to do with Russia, but it was related to the Middle East, which was famous in later generations.
Inseparable. It turned out that a 2,000-ton Chinese cargo ship was sunk by unknown armed forces when passing through Asia, and the lives and deaths of the fifteen crew members on the ship were unknown.
Hua Fei slapped his desk. Although it was already early in the morning, he still held a joint emergency meeting between the First Office and the Defense Forces Command. In the early morning of the next day, the News Office of the First Office informed all media outlets of the above news and announced that the Defense Forces would not sit idly by the sea line and cut off the trade transportation line to Europe by the enemy. The Defense Forces would not sit idly by and watch hostile countries threaten Chinese ships and Chinese crews in this way.
Less than an hour after the release of this news, a spokesperson for the Press Spokes Office of the Defense Forces Command officially announced to the outside world that the Defense Forces Navy will send two newly built sea-sky-class destroyers with the Zhaohe as flagship, with a displacement of 11c0~: four warships, a total of four warships, to the waters that occurred, to protect the security of the maritime routes and avoid damage and attacks by hostile countries. In addition, the Defense Forces Army will also dispatch the Seventh Army, which is mainly the original army, to the Arabian Peninsula. First, to build a temporary naval base for the fleet to facilitate the navy's military presence in the waters, and at the same time increase the deterrence to the allied armed forces such as Turkey, clearing all threats in the seas. The implication is that we extremely suspect that the freighter was sunk by the submarines of the Allied.
In addition to arousing a strong response from the Japanese, other countries expressed support to varying degrees. The instability of the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aden not only affected the transportation of materials in Asia and India, but also affected the interests of Britain here. As a member of the Allies, Huafei sent troops to the Middle East to combat the threat of submarines in the Germans in this waters was even more undesirable for the British. At this time, the Middle East was far less eye-catching than later generations. In addition to Iran discovering oil a few years ago, the British part existed in Iran, Iraqman, Yemen and other places. The Saudis and other places that Huafei was about to enter were also under the influence of various countries.
It is true that Huafei entered the Middle East for oil. If there were no such freighter attack, Huafei would have looked for other excuses. With the rapid development of various industries in the autonomous region, such as automobiles, motorcycles and other modern machinery powered by internal combustion engines, emerged in large quantities, especially the National Defense Forces tanks, automobiles, aircraft, warships, submarines and other weapons and equipment, fuel is widely used, and the oil wells in Jiangsu and the petrochemicals built in Yangzhou cannot meet the demand at all.
Today's autonomy requires a large amount of imported refined oil and crude oil. The constraints of oil have become an obstacle to the development of the autonomous region. Therefore, on the one hand, Huafei began to build a crude oil reserve warehouse, and on the other hand, it built a new large petrochemical factory in Shanghai. But these are not fundamental measures. Obtaining a large amount of crude oil is the fundamental solution to this problem. Although China is not just Jiangsu, only Huafei knows, there are several oil fields that are very famous in later generations. However, during this period when the civil war is unwilling to start a war, it is difficult to develop those oil fields. And even if it is possible, Huafei is unwilling to develop domestic oil too early. Oil is a point less. Compared with the sky-high oil prices in later generations, today's oil is simply cheap and unbelievable. So even if it costs more now, Huafei is more willing to import crude oil from abroad. History will eventually prove how far-sighted Huafei's decision is!
At this time, Arabia was still in a stage of splitting and tribes, among which the noble Abdul Aziz was rising rapidly in the Arab region. Huafei did not seek to colonize the Arab region, Huafei only needed oil there.
After Nira II came to Shanghai, many domestic critics had speculated that Hua Fei might interfere in the Russian civil war. This speculation was greatly spread after the Allies formally sent troops to interfere in the Russian civil war and was deeply believed by many people. However, the news that the Seventh Army sent troops to the Middle East confused many people in the country.
The Defense Army ran to Europe, the Seventh Army ran to the Middle East, and it is said that Britain, France and other countries were urging China to increase its troops in Europe, and the Fifth Army was reorganizing its troops to prepare for war, and it was possible to travel to Europe at any time. One division of the First Army was still stationed in Chongqing, one division of the former Zhejiang Army of the Sixth Army stayed in Daye, and the other division temporarily lived in Wuhan. How did the Hubei governor Wang Zhanyuan urge a division of the Sixth Army that was originally planning to go to Sichuan to go home early? The commander of that division always refused because he did not receive the order.
What can you do if Wang Zhanyuan can do? Although the other side only has two divisions of troops, but behind them are hundreds of thousands of powerful national defense forces.
No matter how you say, Wang Zhanyuan has turned against the autonomous region. The other party is also a National Defense Force under the name of the Vice President. He has not interfered in local government affairs and has temporarily stayed in Hubei with the righteousness of aiding Sichuan. If Wang Zhanyuan ordered the Hubei army to attack these two divisions, I am afraid that Hua Langzi would still be reluctant to do so, and he took the opportunity to take over Hubei and eliminate the influence of the direct warlords in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.
Wang Zhanyuan had no choice but to send a telegram to the National Defense Forces Headquarters and requested to withdraw the National Defense Forces in Hubei Province. After several urging, the National Defense Force sent a telegram, and the commander was busy with the wedding, and he would talk about everything after the wedding.
Wang Zhanyuan touched for a long time and thought to himself whether Commander Hua thought my gift was too light? Grandma, this is too dark, it’s a thousand oceans, how much more he wants? But it is said that in just half a month, the wedding gift of Hua Baosai collected more than 50 million coins. This number made Wang Zhanyuan so saliva, it was not an exaggeration to describe it! If you make a fortune like this with a foreign girl, let’s try to find a marriage!
Although Wang Zhanyuan was indignant, the army of the two divisions was stationed on his territory, and he was always panicked. Who knew that one night was sleeping, and a group of National Defense Army soldiers would rush in and take his head? So Wang Zhanyuan gritted his teeth and took out two thousand oceans to send people to Shanghai to "celebrate" Vice President Hua's new marriage!
After sending out the 2,000 Ocean for about a week, there was still no big reaction, which made Wang Zhanyuan curse with heartache. The 2,000 Ocean is two thousand white silver dollars. It was thrown into the water, and it was also a rush. It was thrown into the ghost place in Shanghai, and there was not even a call back. There was only a bright red letter of thanks, which was a cheap piece of paper that could be bought everywhere on the street and printed in batches.
Soon a staff member of Wang Zhanyuan suggested that Vice President Hua did not like gold, silver and antiques, calligraphy and paintings, so he might as well collect many precious antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and set up a 5,000-year-old Chinese History and Culture Research Museum in his hometown, which treasured many famous cultural relics and monuments in China!
Wang Zhanyuan thought it was not like this, then why did Hua Pai treat Zi in the first place?
Are you interested? It turns out that the national historical and cultural heritage is bullshit, and the research museum is the real reality! It seems that it is impossible not to bleeding. Wang Zhanyuan gritted his teeth and took out a very precious calligraphy and painting and sent someone to Shanghai again. This time the sent person did not return empty-handedly, and brought back an invitation that looked slightly pleasing to the eyes and invited Wang Zhanyuan to Shanghai to attend Huafei's wedding!
Go? Or not? This is a very serious problem. If you don’t go, you might offend the people of the autonomous region like this. Not only did the previous investment be wasted, but the troops of these two divisions still find it difficult to withdraw from the autonomous region. Go, no matter how you say that the National Defense Forces and their Beiyang Army are in a state of being inconsistent with each other, if Hua Pai Pi takes advantage of the wedding opportunity to catch all the senior generals who attended the banquet, you will be in a difficult conversation! Don’t doubt it, don’t have this possibility. You must know that Hua Pai Pi was famous all over the country for being stupid!
On May 12, 1918, shortly after the Seventh Army of the National Defense Forces headed to the Middle East, Huafei's wedding was grandly held at the Oriental Holiday Hotel, the most luxurious hotel in Shanghai. The entire 29-storey building was almost all guests who came to attend the wedding. In order to save money, although Huafei adopted a Chinese wedding ceremony, he did not hold a wide banquet, but followed the Western buffet model, with only some wine and snacks available for consumption. Even so, the hotel still could not accommodate the number of guests. The buffet tables with wine and snacks were always filled with the big square outside the hotel and several nearby streets, which showed the number of guests coming to attend. For safety, the entire guard army and the soldiers of the First Army were all transferred to the hotel to maintain order and be responsible for security tasks.
Although Hua Fei repeatedly warned against excessive simplicity, exaggeration, and special momentum, the autonomous government still passed a parliamentary vote to make a decision that on May 12, the nationwide free holiday will be on a day off. The so-called free holiday means that all government departments, including government agencies, schools, military, companies and units controlled by the autonomous region government, will be on a day off. Other private enterprises recommend a day off, but if the company leader decides not to take a day off, the government will not make compulsory requirements.
In fact, the autonomous government has ordered it. Long before the parliament voted, many factories had already announced a day off, and some factories even announced a three-day holiday because their bosses were going to the Oriental Holiday Hotel to attend the vice president's wedding ceremony! All the companies and factories under Huafei's name decided to have a week off collectively and give a special red envelope at the suggestion of the elderly in the Hua family and the special red envelope. It is enough for ordinary workers to pay a month's salary. All the elderly in the Hua family and senior company managers paid privately, which made the workers in these factories cheer and shouted long live Commander Hua.
Later, May 12 became the biggest festival after the Spring Festival and National Day, and was praised as the Little National Day. Because I want to love in May 12, it is called the festival of love by the people, and gradually developed into a popular festival that is popular all over the world. This is a story later.
Not only the spectacular day of the wedding, but the major mainstream newspapers around the world, almost 7c% of newspapers published this news on the front page, which shows the sensation and influence of the incident at that time. What shocked the Chinese and foreigners was that the British royal family, the French government, the US government, the German royal family, the Austro-Hungarian Empire royal family, the former Russian royal family, the Italian government, the Spanish royal family, the Portuguese royal family, the Roman Vatican and many other countries and institutions in the world sent representatives to celebrate, which was enough to show Hua Fei's reputation and popularity internationally.
Harman's two brothers eventually missed the wedding, which made Harman feel a little depressed, but even at the wedding, the relevant telegrams from the United States did not interrupt, but Harman would smile faintly when he occasionally reads the telegrams.
For the people in the autonomous region, they did not miss this good show. With the efforts of Nikola Tesla, a wireless broadcast system that can cover the entire autonomous region was initially built before the wedding, and the first full trial operation began on the day of the wedding. In addition to the very remote mountainous rural areas, the newly installed wireless broadcast loudspeakers in all cities and most small towns broadcast the grand occasion of the wedding in real time. People not only heard music from the light broadcast for the first time, but also shared this celebration moment. Many people also knew for the first time that the emperor of a certain country was named and the prime minister of a certain country was named.
Some people are happy and some are worried. This world will never be able to perform collective comedy. In Shanghai, Nanjing, Beijing, Guangzhou, London, Paris, New York and other places around the world, there will be some young women who are missing their souls when they look at the news of Hua Fei's wedding in the newspaper. However, in Gu Jia Nong, Shanghai, it seems that in order to avoid irritating Zhu Ruoyin at home, not only did the entire Gu family pretend to be nothing, but Lu Youyun has also stayed in the Zhu family to accompany Miss Zhu. The wireless radio near Gu Jia Nong was also collectively cut off to prevent Zhu Ruoyin from being stimulated to the still fragile.
Although all industries under Huafei's name were on holiday for a week during the wedding. However, almost all industrial factories such as Magang, Wuhu Arsenal, Cement Factory, Winglong Aircraft Factory, Zhanlong Aircraft Factory, Jiangnan Military Factory, Shipyard, Copper Smelting Factory, Lightning Automobile Factory, Chemical Factory, Petrochemical Factory, etc. have not stopped work. Everyone voluntarily took off and still worked overtime to produce products. You must know that the market is now very good, and orders are always in short supply. Because Commander Hua's wedding holiday caused the factory to suffer losses, everyone is not only reluctant, but also sad! The factory has sent them huge red envelopes equivalent to one month's salary. Who can still not satisfy them?
Noisy always passes. While everyone is still immersed in the joy of Huafei's wedding, no one expected that even on the day of the wedding, a silent economic war was in full swing in the autonomous region. Especially on the day of the wedding, those suspicious hot money were extremely active. Unfortunately, after a speculative battle, the autonomous region trained a large number of experienced young people to cope with the situation. The incomplete financial system and the old-fashioned exchange system, coupled with a series of temporary policies to restrict hotline hot money, made the speculative giants have no choice but to wander outside the gate of the autonomous region for a long time, and they felt that the autonomous region was like a hedgehog and could not find a place to mouth.
Chapter completed!