Outside the window, there were some Belarusian expatriates marching at the entrance of the Soviet Consulate General in Shanghai in the spring rain as thin as cows. Although these Belarusian exiles have lived in China for more than two years and have mostly begun to integrate into Chinese society, they have not yet given up on the fantasy of restoring the capitalist system in Russia. The slogans are full of contents of opposing the dictatorship of the Bolsheviks and the proletariat. It seems that such protests will really shake the Bolsheviks' rule in Russia.

Chechelin closed the curtains of the consulate general, and seemed to have left the Belarusian reactionaries who were isolated ten meters outside the consulate general gate by Chinese police. He came to Shanghai not to see these reactionaries who escaped from Russia by chance. These people have been eliminated by history. They are now living under others and relying on being imperialist anti-Russia lackeys to survive. It is really not worth mentioning.

However, the signs of abandoning class struggle and taking the capitalist path made the old Bolshevik worried. Chichelin knew the truth that the fortress was most likely to be broken from the inside. At present, the fortress of Soviet Russia is extremely strong, and no enemy could threaten the working class's motherland from the outside. But what about?

With the implementation of the new economic policy, private ownership has been resurrected on the land of Russia, and the signs of capitalism have appeared! This is a very dangerous signal, but some comrades in the Bolshevik Party disagree with this, and even believed that they could prosper and develop with capitalism! They also expressed envy of the abnormal prosperity in Shanghai in revisionist China, and actually wanted to copy this backward and degenerate free market model back to Russia as a signal of surrender (reconciliation) to imperialism and capitalism!

Although Chechlin was not a Trotskyist, he was also very disgusted with the signs of bureaucratic totalitarianism that appeared in Russia, believing that it was a harbinger of capitalist restoration! It was a negative effect of the implementation of the new economic policy for more than a year! If Russia cannot find a way to maintain its purity and revolution under the new economic policy in time, the seedlings of capitalism that have just nodded will really grow into towering trees! Perhaps what British Prime Minister Lloyd George claims that the bold statement of restoring the Russian Empire with business will come true one day, right?

As the negotiations with imperialism deepened, Chechlin felt more and more that Lloyd George's words were not a dream, but an important policy to subvert the Soviet state that the imperialist camp was implementing! The Shanghai Conference is a conspiracy for imperialism to implement this peaceful subversion policy! All their conditions and concessions revolve around this conspiracy.

The Tsarist Russian foreign debt problem, which was originally believed to be used to stifle the Soviet regime, was actually a satisfactory solution. American billionaire Dawys proposed a debt extension and relief method, and the debt of 18 billion gold rubles was cut in half. It can also be repaid from 25 years later and paid off in 30 years, and the annual interest rate was reduced to 3.5%. Although it did not fully meet the requirements of the Soviet government, it was still acceptable.

Regarding the issue of foreign property confiscated by the Soviet government, both Britain, the United States and France expressed their willingness to put it aside and not discuss it... It was said that it was left to be resolved in the future. This made the Russian people's committee members who were very vigilant to feel the smell of conspiracy! In the future? Do the capitalists of Britain, the United States and France think when will they be able to return or compensate the Russian government at that time for their property losses?

In the following negotiations, Britain, the United States and France also put forward their demands. At the same time, Chechelin discovered more clues to peacefully subverting the Soviet Union and Russia's conspiracy.

First of all, imperialism showed extraordinary interest in the "free special zone" proposed by Bukharin with a sudden inspiration, and regarded it as a prerequisite for reducing and exempting Soviet foreign debt! It also proposed that it hopes to turn the original Russian capital Petrograd into a "single-zone that restores capitalism", and even wanted to participate in the formulation of policies and systems of the special zone!

Secondly, these three imperialist countries insisted on Russia abolishing the foreign trade monopoly system. Even if the Soviet Union no longer required trade exchanges with Western countries with the most-favored-nation treatment, Britain, the United States and France still insisted on this requirement. However, the requirement for extraterritorial legal power and supervision of Soviet Russia's finances was easily abandoned.

In addition, imperialism also unexpectedly put forward the demands of disbanding or reforming GC International! If the Soviet Union is really unwilling to dissolve the party above, it should also follow the model of the Second International. GC International is transformed into a loose party alliance, and at the same time accepting China GCD and the Japanese Kuomintang as their official members, it is best to move its headquarters out of the Soviet Union.

Finally, Britain, the United States and France also required the Soviet Union to impose amnesty on political prisoners in their territory! In particular, it strongly required the Soviet authorities to abolish discrimination against 21 "class alien components". Equal treatment for all Soviet citizens, including the original aristocrats, capitalists, landlords, rich peasants, and intellectuals (non-Bolsheviks) - this requirement is a bit of a slight dilemma! Implementing different treatment for people with different class components is the basic principle of the working state and the main manifestation of the dictatorship of the proletariat in peacetime. If people from capitalists are allowed to enjoy the treatment of the working class, how can they reflect that workers are dictatorial classes and capitalists are the targets of dictatorship?

Feeling the serious problem, Chechelin sat back behind his desk and began to draft a telegram to the Russian G Central Committee to report the latest trends of the Shanghai meeting. At the same time, he also reminded the central government to remain highly vigilant about the peaceful subversion policy of imperialism.

At this time, a gentle knock on the door sounded. Chechelin thought it was his secretary and whispered, "What's the matter? Come in!" The door was gently pushed open, and a pretty figure stood at the door with a smile. Chechelin opened his eyes and saw that it was Natalie Lesskaya, the chief representative of GC International in China. Since Zhongg is not a formal member of GC International, the representative of GC International in China is just a vase. It is quite appropriate for Natalie, a beauty, to take up this position.

The beauty walked into the office with a smile, put an envelope in front of Chechelin, then pulled over a chair and sat opposite him.

"Natali. Why are you here in Shanghai?" Chechelin frowned, opened the envelope in front of him, took out the letter raft inside and looked at it. It was written in Chinese and he didn't know it at all. "Is it for this letter? What is it written on it?"

"This is handed over to me by Chairman Mao Zd of the Chinese G." Natalie said in a sweet voice, "The letter mentioned an imperialist anti-Soviet conspiracy."

Chechelin was stunned for a moment, looked up at Natalie, showing a puzzled expression. "Comrade Lesinskaya, I am a People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs. Not a People's Commissar of Internal Affairs..."

"It's Comrade Skrynsky's instructions." Natalie is of course a senior swallow of Cheka. In fact, her main task in Zhongg is to try to approach Chang Ruiqing, who is a member of the Politburo of Zhongg!

Chechelin said, "What kind of anti-Soviet conspiracy? Is it related to the Shanghai Conference?"

"Yes, there is a conspiracy of peaceful evolution! According to Chairman Mao ZD of China, the conspiracy was crafted by British Prime Minister Lloyd George. At present, the British, the United States, France, Japan, and China's national governments have all participated. They attempted to export capitalism to Russia by strengthening commercial and civil exchanges. They used bourgeois ideas and the corrupt lifestyle of capitalism to corrupt the cadres of the party and the state. At the same time, they supplemented diplomatic pressure and support certain moderates within Russia to strive to expand the living space of capitalism in the Soviet Union, and finally achieved the goal of evolving GCD peace into a socialist party and turning Soviet Russian peace into capitalist Russia."

"Is this really a matter?" Chechelin glanced at Natalie, and a serious and suspicious expression appeared on her serious face. "Is this another conspiracy? Perhaps Zhong G wants to undermine the trend of ease with Soviet and imperialism? Is there such a possibility?"

"Of course there is a possibility, Comrade Skrynsky, a member of the People's Comrade. In fact, Comrade Skrynsky was not sure, so I asked me to give this letter to you for a review and also ask for your own opinions."

"That's right... I think this conspiracy is likely to exist. Judging from the current conditions proposed by imperialism in the negotiations, they do have this intention. I am ready to write a report to the Central Committee and ask them to be alert." Chechlin lit a cigarette and coughed. "But our foreign policy cannot be changed because of a letter from Chairman Zhong G. It is natural for imperialism to subvert us, just like we want to liberate the people oppressed by them. We cannot close the country just because they have such a conspiracy, right? This is not good for the development of the Soviet state."

"Of course yes, comrade of the People's Commissar of Foreign Affairs." Natalie paused and frowned. "I am not here to interfere with the country's foreign policy, but for another horrifying thing mentioned by Comrade Mao ZD in his letter - now there are senior Russian GCD figures taking advantage of the opportunity of the Shanghai Conference to contact imperialism. They are ready to take the Soviet state on the road to restoration of capitalism with their support!"

"That person is..."

"Nicolas Sergeevich Bukharin!"

"So it's him!"

Hearing this name, Chechelin's face did not show any surprise. If anyone among the Russian GCD senior officials wanted to restore capitalism, it would be Bukharin. And Bukharin never concealed his views. Any Bolshevik who was proficient in Marxist theory could find this idea from Bukharin's article in Pravda.

He looked at Natalie's beautiful face and hesitated, "What are you going to do?"

"The instructions at No. 2 of Rubiy Yangka Square are to monitor and find evidence. For this purpose I need your cooperation. I hope to work as a member of the delegation to Comrade Bukharin. Comrade Diplomacy People's Commissar."

"Okay, I'll find a way to arrange it."

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"Comrade Lesinskaya, what are the standards for today's receptions in China?"

According to the top secret files of the former Soviet Union's People's Committee of the Internal Affairs of the United States, which was later lifted by Nazi Germany, this was the first question between Nikolai Bukharin and Natalie Lesinskaya. At that time, Natalie, who was the chief representative of GC International to China, entered the Soviet Union's negotiating delegation to assist in the work. On the first day she officially entered the delegation, she attended a reception party hosted by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Bukharin. After the reception began, Bukharin raised this question that seemed strange to Natalie.

"Comrade Bukharin, there are no strict standards for reception and cocktails in China." Natalie swept the long tables filled with food and drinks in the middle of the spacious and luxurious banquet hall. There were Chinese dim sum, Western cold meals, and various wines and Dutch water. There was also a band playing cheerful music beside the long table. It was an ordinary reception and cocktail party, which was neither extravagant nor shabby.

"Is there no strict standards?" Bukharin murmured. "Many people say that the food and drink trend that appears in the Soviet Union and Russia now has corroded the bourgeois thought... But why does the Chinese bourgeois government have no problem of eating and drinking?"

"No?" Natalie wrinkled her nose. "Their newspapers have been criticizing government officials for abusing public funds to eat and drink, and several political parties in the parliament often attack each other with such things."

"Then how did the Chinese government respond?"

Natalie has been working in China in the past two years and does not know the situation of bureaucracy and privilege in the Soviet Union, so she does not understand why Bukharin asked such a question.

After thinking for a while, she replied in a realistic manner: "The Chinese government curbs such problems by strengthening budget management and anti-corruption. In their budgets at all levels, except for diplomatic departments, there are only a small amount of funds for official entertainment. However, the chief officials at all levels can receive a special fee monthly, which should be used for official activities in theory, but in fact, most of them are put into private pockets by officials... As for officials accepting banquets from private or corporate enterprises, there are strict regulations. Each banquet event requires reporting to relevant departments. The China Independent Commission Against Corruption sometimes treats officials' acceptance of banquets that exceed certain standards as bribery cases, and some people throw away their black hats. Therefore, Chinese officials generally do not accept banquets from enterprises, and rarely pay for food and drinks out of their own pockets..."
Chapter completed!