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This is Qin Shan's showdown with Stalin. It is precisely because Stalin is still alive that Qin Shan made this choice. If Stalin were gone, the plot would not have developed so gently, and the Soviet Union would have disintegrated (without mercy).
Aside from Qin Shan and Stalin, no one knows what the two discussed during their meeting. However, it is said that Stalin received medical services provided by the People's Revolutionary Union and left looking refreshed and with fewer wrinkles on his face. He even seemed to grow younger with age afterward, but that's another story.
After Stalin returned to the Soviet Union, he immediately implemented a series of reforms, particularly concerning the attitude towards China.
The return of the lands seized by Tsarist Russia and support for the recapture of Outer Mongolia were things that faced considerable opposition under Stalin's impetus, but were forcibly pushed through. Stalin himself also took this opportunity to purge extreme nationalists within the Soviet Union.
To put it bluntly, Stalin and Lenin were idealists of the same era, grounded in reality, looking to the future, and believing in the possibility of communism, unlike some guys who shout about ideologies but are full of business in their hearts, yelling to go left but actually turning right.
What surprised Qin Shan was Stalin's own attitude toward the collapse of the Soviet Union.
“Since the Soviet people did not stand up to protect her when the Soviet Union collapsed, then she deserved to collapse. And the suffering of the majority who stood by and watched the collapse of the Soviet Union is worthy of their choice.”
This is the benevolent father of the Slavic people, perfectly embodying the Slavic proverb: Only the strongest and most cunning king has the right to ravage the great Mother Russia.
A lame joke: Only true Tsarist Russians knew best what would happen after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Seriously, that's a really lame joke.
However, with this warning of the future, Stalin had ample time to do something. At least some people were no longer laughing, and the deaths of these men would bring about the rebirth of the Soviet Union.
At the same time, Xinhua also mobilized a considerable number of personnel to work at the People's Revolutionary Alliance, ostensibly to support the Alliance's external revolution. The Alliance also gave these people very good treatment; in this era, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they lived the bourgeois life of Wall Street bankers. However, they were destined never to enter the upper echelons of Xinhua. If their ideological transformation was not thorough enough, it would be normal for Qin Shan to send them to places where they were certain to die.
In this way, Xinhua's internal problems have been relieved, which is good for everyone.
Such high-level changes only affect a very small number of people, so the general public doesn't perceive them much. However, after the glorious victory in the Korean War and the honor of recovering the land seized by Tsarist Russia, the people all over the country will be convinced by our Party.
A century of humiliation has been swept away, and everyone is cheering and supporting the construction of the motherland. The development speed in many places has exceeded expectations. In this era of poverty and backwardness, the people relied on their own food and the dream of building a better new home. They selflessly dedicated everything they had. The power of the people is inexhaustible, and this statement has been best proven.
"At least this time, they won't experience betrayal, but sometimes, appropriate betrayal can help educate more people."
Qin Shan is discussing the follow-up construction of Xinhua with his teacher. Now there is no shortage of people and resources. Xinhua's previous small steps and quick progress can now be turned into a big stride forward. However, everything must respect objective reality and be adapted to local conditions. Otherwise, many small problems will become time bombs in the future.
For example, the issue of local taxation is a legacy of history, and subsequent tax reforms have also been affected. The biggest problem has emerged in the Jiangnan region, where, since the late Ming Dynasty, various groups have opposed the central government, disregarding national interests for their own selfish interests. The largest number of compradors have emerged in this region.
Of course, objectively speaking, capitalism also originated here. The coastal areas have their advantages, and the existence of some regions is necessary. It allows people to observe up close what an overly capitalist management style would look like, and how cold and piercing a social management system with only rules and no human touch can be.
"Some problems cannot be completely avoided, nor can they be completely solved now. Human nature and people's hearts are the most difficult to change. The only thing we can do is to make the objective environment better."
“You can definitely do that. It is because of your two steps forward that we only took one and a half steps back in the end, leaving us with half a step of room for progress. At the same time, it also showed us the possibilities for the future.”
"Since that's the case, let's be bolder this time. With your help, I believe the road to communism will be wider, and our people will live a better life."
As the top leadership finalized Xinhua's first five-year development plan, various forms of assistance from the People's Revolutionary Committee of China (PRC) gradually arrived.
Then, unsurprisingly, corruption issues arose.
Qin Shan was not surprised at all. It would be strange if there wasn't corruption. The War of Liberation could not be delayed. The objective circumstances at the time forced our party to accept a lot of scum. Now these scum are starting to stir up trouble. This is all inevitable in history.
"It's alright, it's good that everyone's out. If you don't sweep, the dust won't just disappear on its own. Now, it's time to unleash a storm. The first leadership collective won't let us down."
Qin Shan's main focus is on the Jiangzhe region, which is prosperous, has many compradors and capital, and is most likely to produce disloyal, unjust, traitorous, and family-abandoning oddities. It's not that such people don't exist in other places, but the emergence of such people in prosperous areas causes greater damage and makes it easier for things to get out of control.
If both cities experience an outbreak, is it easier to manage a city of 5 million or 30 million?
When too many people gather in a place, administrative costs inevitably increase, which in turn increases construction costs. In some cases, local governments become too powerful to control. Therefore, future resource development must be deconstructed and restructured. The Third Front construction was a good choice. On the one hand, it was for national security, and on the other hand, it was to prevent certain regions from concentrating too many resources and then bargaining with the central government.
Governing a country is like managing water – it's not just about managing water in military affairs, but also in economic matters and infrastructure. The reason we emphasize a unified national approach is because once certain regions become too powerful, they truly neglect the rest of the country.
This is a good opportunity to clean up the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Some guys who get divorced as soon as they move to the city and sleep with bourgeois women should be given a good wake-up call under the iron fist.
Section 8: That's the job of the next US government.
Xinhua in 1952 was full of vitality, with everything flourishing.
This isn't a joke. Just look at Xinhua's economic development over the past few years. As long as the people can be organized, they can unleash unimaginable power, even creating miracles with the productivity of the agricultural era.
Yes, Xinhua in 1952 was still an agricultural society.
"Although it is an agricultural society, rural areas are still thriving in all sectors."
At the Xinhua Rural Development Conference, Qin Shan suggested that rural areas should consolidate villages and hamlets as much as possible, but at the same time, new-style fortified villages should be built in key border villages. These are places to live, places to stand guard, and supply points for the troops when needed. The will and strength of the border people should not be underestimated; they just lack the opportunity to prove themselves.
Many people have focused their attention on cities. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, urban development was also the top priority because cities represent industrialization and the direction of advanced productive forces. However, the cost of developing cities must be borne by rural areas.
Otherwise, what if a pie falls from the sky?
The objective circumstances at the time were that we could not develop too slowly, because slow development would give the enemy an opportunity. Under such circumstances, various acts of rashness and recklessness became a historical inevitability. We should not only criticize the mistakes of our predecessors, but also consider the actual situation at the time. It is as if we could have had better options without any special advantages.
In any case, Qin Shan has already witnessed it firsthand in many worlds. Either you really have a cheat code that allows you to travel through time, or relying solely on historical "prophet" can actually change very limited things. Moreover, to put it bluntly, such prophecy requires the help of national power. If you cannot connect with the highest level immediately, then your prophecy is meaningless and may even bring unnecessary disaster upon yourself.
However, now that Xinhua has the support of the Revolutionary Alliance, various reforms can be implemented more scientifically. With Qin Shan acting as both a physical and psychological brake, Xinhua will not be reckless this time. If someone wants to be reckless, Qin Shan will first send them to study abroad. If they want to stay overseas forever, there's nothing that can be done about it.
Even so, many people still oppose investing more resources in rural areas. They have completely forgotten how the peasant comrades supported the front lines back then; their thinking has become corrupted!
The teachers also noticed the ideological shift within the central government.
When the historical cycle is functioning normally, we should be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor since we conquered the world.
"Didn't you already provide a solution? Promote a people-centered view of history, let the people create history, let the people take the initiative to engage in revolution and struggle. Only an organized people is a force that can truly change the world."
Qin Shan has a lot of cards to play this time. For one thing, the players in this world particularly agree with the people's historical perspective.
They are all people who grew up under the education of the new era. I dare not say that everyone firmly adheres to the people's view of history, but at least they have scorned the view of history as a hero.
The simplest argument: You think you're so great? Go conquer the world yourself.
Qin Shan wouldn't dare say he could conquer the world on his own, let alone govern it, even while he was still a ninth-tier transcendent being.
What about the others? What level of superhuman are you? Why are you so arrogant?
"With comrades like you around, I feel much more relaxed now."
"You're too kind. We're just striving for a common ideal."
"Having ideals is a good thing! Since some people can't stand to see ordinary people doing well, let's fight them hard!"
The external war has been forcibly ended. No matter how much the United States protests, the fact remains that they have been driven out of the Korean Peninsula. If they were to fight back, seeing the sunken fleet and the captured American officers and soldiers, the confidence of the US government would also sink to the bottom.
So it's the same old story: they're clamoring to use the atomic bomb.
"Mr. Qian, this is the future Dongfeng series ballistic missile. It still uses the trajectory you proposed and carries multiple nuclear warheads. After our technical optimization, it can carry twenty megaton-class hydrogen bombs at once."
Player Seabook is introducing the latest Dongfeng series to Mr. Qian, who was recently rescued from the United States by superhumans.
"Is this the technology of the future? Okay, that's great!"
Besides Qian Xuesen, many other patriotic scientists were also rescued, but Qin Shan's methods of rescuing people were far from gentle. He directly stormed into the places where the US government was holding people and went on a killing spree, letting everyone escape. How much trouble the US government would have was a problem for them to worry about later; he didn't care at all.
Because this happened on a large scale and simultaneously, and the scene was extremely tragic, the US government was too frightened to release any related information. Instead, it locked it in their archives and made extensive deletions.
They also knew that the difficulty for someone capable of such a thing—breaking into their home, twisting off the heads of their entire family, and kicking them around like footballs—was not much greater than the difficulty for the US government to lose its conscience.
Soon after, Xinhua held a press conference to announce that the latest ballistic missile was about to be launched, and that Xinhua had informed the US that the missile would land in the South Atlantic.
The reporters on the scene were all dumbfounded. After all, the concept of intercontinental ballistic missiles did not exist at that time. The world's first medium-range ballistic missile would not be available until 1953. It was the Soviet Union's R5, which was still in the assembly and testing phase. Moreover, the R5's range was only a pitiful 1200 kilometers. To strike the entire world was just a dream.
The first reaction from the Western world was to burst into laughter.
Shocking! Xinhua's boast has been exposed.
"Clown or Comedy? The So-Called Intercontinental Ballistic Missile"
Xinhua announced to the world that their intercontinental ballistic missiles can strike anywhere in the world within five minutes.
"The Blessing of a Mysterious Eastern Power: Xinhua's Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles"
The lies of the weak cannot conceal the strength of the strong.
News headlines in the US and Europe were mostly like this, but the reactions of the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries were quite intriguing. Official newspapers in these countries objectively evaluated the Dongfeng series intercontinental ballistic missile and discussed the possibility of the missile striking anywhere in the world within five minutes, clearly indicating their belief that Xinhua could do it.
Well, I can't say whether Xinhua can do it, but the People's Revolutionary Alliance certainly can.
The People's Revolutionary Alliance is now in cahoots with Xinhua, receiving all sorts of aid, which even the Soviet Union is envious of. So, do you think Xinhua has the technology in this area? The biggest uncertainty is just how much of this technology Xinhua has absorbed.
It's impossible to fully digest it anyway; the two sides have only been cooperating for less than a month, and Xinhua doesn't have an average of Astartes per person.
Under the scrutiny of mockery, indifference, concern, trust, and doubt, Xinhua launched the Dongfeng-1 intercontinental ballistic missile on December 1, 1952.
When thirty independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs) traveling at thirty times the speed of sound rained down from the sky and exploded in the South Atlantic, the whole world fell into an eerie silence.
Subsequently, Xinhua detonated its first 10-megaton hydrogen bomb in Lop Nur, again using a missile launch.
With guns and ammunition combined, Xinhua could directly threaten the United States. If Xinhua had that idea, a deluge of megaton-class nuclear warheads would overwhelm every city in the United States, plunging the country into a doomsday scenario.
Look at the map; if Xinhua can bomb the US, is it really that difficult to bomb other countries?
This time, Xinhua did not announce anything about "no first use of nuclear weapons" or "no use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear states."
Don't forget, we're far ahead right now. Why should we tie our own hands? When we have strength, we should deliver the ultimate insult to our enemies!
"The Xinhua government is determined and capable of using overwhelming force to destroy all invading enemies. It hopes that the United States and other Western countries will recognize reality and view the new world order objectively, rationally and correctly."
This is a very strong statement. Xinhua is now fully qualified to speak to the US-led Western world in this way.
I can conquer the entire world in five minutes, how about you?
For imperialism, the sword you hold to its neck is always the most persuasive thing. So when a missile traveling at 30 times the speed of sound fell from the sky, the eyes of the US government instantly cleared and their expressions became much kinder.
"The Xinhua government is the most responsible, accountable, free, and democratic government in the world, playing a vital role as a regional stabilizer. The United States is willing to work with Xinhua to build a better new world."
When the Soviet side saw the statement from the American spokesperson, many people had the same expression as the elderly people on the subway using their cell phones.
Is April Fool's Day here early, or am I still dreaming? Is this something the US government would say? When did the US government start speaking like a normal person? How amazing!
That's why they say imperialism is all paper tigers. When Xinhua really pulled out its precious firepower, the US government immediately became willing to talk nicely, even using such a gentle and mild tone, for fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings.
However, within the United States, there is a turbulent situation, with hardliners clamoring to surround Xinhua with overseas US military bases, denying Xinhua the opportunity to launch missiles, and launching a preemptive nuclear strike against Xinhua, among other things.
Is this a show of strength?
No, they were scared; they knew they were going to die.
The US government's reaction at this moment is like that of a stressed rabbit, eager to grab someone and bite them to prove that it has a very strong jaw. However, most people in the US government are now very clear-headed. With Xinhua's nuclear strike capability completely overwhelming the United States, the troops deployed to Asia are tantamount to delivering fat meat to Xinhua's mouth.
Whether it will be effective is hard to say, but it will definitely be bombed to death immediately after the start of the war.
As for Xinhua's weaknesses in the air force and navy...
"Mr. President, a fleet has suddenly appeared in the Bohai Bay of Xinhua, including seven aircraft carriers with a displacement of at least 100,000 tons, as well as other large warships. The technical level is currently unknown, but they all appear to be very advanced."
See, the weakness has been addressed.
Truman, who had already realized that his re-election was hopeless, showed little emotional fluctuation. He calmly poured himself a glass of whiskey, even though he didn't usually drink much.
"Let's leave this problem to the next US administration."
Section 9: Providing an Answer!
Truman has fled.
Yes, he withdrew from the race, or rather, the Democratic Party behind him didn't want to continue running.
The difficulty of cleaning up such a huge mess is no less than having someone who has banned drugs in Mexico go to the United States to evade taxes. It is clearly something that carbon-based life forms are unlikely to be able to do, otherwise Pigeon Hamster would have already made a video about it.
"Alright, gentlemen, let's discuss what to do next."
Despite inheriting a mess, Eisenhower was still prepared to be a serious president. After all, he could pass the mess on to his predecessor, and as long as he ended the Korean War, he could win the support of the American people. Now, the United States really doesn't want to fight and can't fight anymore. What if Xinhua gets angry and sends a missile to Washington or Wall Street? The capitalists of America can't withstand the high temperatures of a million degrees Celsius.
Simmering over a low flame won't work either!
Therefore, the Korean War must end, even if it means selling out the entire Syngman Rhee government. The face of the US government is not as valuable as the lives of capitalist tycoons.
They're just dogs anyway, but now that their owner needs them, they have to have a place in the pot.
What if the dog doesn't want to?
Damn it, they dare to haggle? Loyalty that isn't absolute is absolutely not loyal. Drag them out and prove their loyalty on the spot!
For this reason, the US government even detained key figures in Syngman Rhee's government in advance. They may not care about North Korea's reaction, but Xinhua's demands must now be respected.
Oh, right, their wives and children were also arrested. I heard that people here like to kill entire families. We Americans are quite good at adapting to local customs. With the ties between Syngman Rhee and his relatives, I believe the rest will be much simpler.
The United States feels it has done more than enough, but it has ignored the feelings of other dogs, such as the Japanese.
"Gentlemen, this is a critical moment for the survival of the Japanese Empire. Please speak up if you have any suggestions."
Faced with Xinhua, which now possesses a combination of intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, Japan is now trembling with fear, almost to the point of losing control of its bladder.
The Tokyo Trials after World War II spared many who deserved to die. Before the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Japan, Xinhua's attitude towards Japan was one of hostility. This was because the core members of the Japanese government were still the same right-wingers from World War II. When they lacked the strength, they couldn't properly settle scores, but now that they have enough strength, they naturally have to give an explanation to the people of the whole country.
For example, a trial in Beijing could be held, where Japanese war criminals from World War II were hanged.
Not to mention the Japanese Communist Party, which was in a state of high spirits after Xinhua acquired nuclear weapons and global strike capabilities. At this time, the core strength of the Japanese Communist Party was mainly the Yan'an faction, while the local faction was relatively quiet. These people did have the established independent capabilities, but they were more likely to cooperate with Xinhua and obey Xinhua's extension of the CCP.
This is determined by Japan's objective geographical environment. It's difficult for this country to solve its problems through self-revolution. Small countries are destined to be influenced and impacted by larger ones. Now that Xinhua's red forces are growing stronger, Japan naturally has no other choice. This is good news for the Japanese Communist Party, but for the Japanese right wing, it's a harbinger of annihilation.