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Chapter 692 Guchkov's Report

The best way to retaliate against Britain and France is to support Germany and allow it to gradually recover its strength.

This statement is wrong. The correct way to express it should be: For the sake of permanent peace in Europe, conflicts should not be further intensified. Love and peace are the themes.

Clemenceau had nothing but hatred for Germany. He not only demanded that Germany cede territory and pay compensation, but also demanded the public execution of German Emperor Wilhelm II.

William II was in the Netherlands, under the protection of the Queen of the Netherlands.

Clemenceau, Lloyd George and Wilson argued from January to March but failed to reach a consensus.

It was only then that the three men were surprised to find that Russia had obtained the benefits it wanted through negotiations with the Ottoman Empire.

After the Balkan Wars, the Black Sea outlet was divided into two, with Russia and the Ottoman Empire facing each other across the sea.

The latest territorial division is that the Ottoman Empire ceded all the original demilitarized zones on the east side of the Black Sea outlet to Russia, and paid Russia compensation equivalent to 150 billion rubles in gold in exchange for Russia's withdrawal from the occupied territories.

This result was immediately met with strong opposition from Britain, France and the United States.

The Ottoman Empire has been exhausted by now and there is not much profit to be made from it.

Russia reached out with a spoon and scraped away all the cream on the Ottoman Empire's cake. The remaining part seemed to be more, but what was left was all the cake base.

"This agreement is invalid. We must negotiate with the Ottomans as a whole."

Clemenceau wanted to act tough with little Nicolas.

"The war against the Ottoman Empire was entirely undertaken by Russia. What does it have to do with you?"

When it comes to being tough, little Nicholas is afraid of no one, so come on.

"Don't talk nonsense. The British army also participated in the battle against the Ottoman Empire."

Lloyd George had the nerve to mention the British Army.

"Hahahaha, yes, the British army did participate in the battle against the Ottoman Empire, but what other contributions did you make to the Ottomans besides prisoners and captured weapons and ammunition?"

Little Nicholas finally found an opportunity to get close to the opponent and use his ultimate skill.

“We should deal with the Ottoman question on the basis of national self-determination.”

Wilson still refused to give up and raised his Fourteen Points banner again.

"Mr. President, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the meeting, I hope you will not mention national self-determination again—"

Lloyd George's position changed instantly.

"Since you like national self-determination so much, you must be ready to try it in the United States—"

Clemenceau sneered that regardless of whether Wilson was the founder of European democracy, he was definitely a two-faced person.

In George's words, he is two-faced.

Wilson's national self-determination was only for Europe.

If the United States wants to exercise national self-determination, the Second Civil War will break out immediately.

“It is precisely on the basis of national self-determination that we have this plan.”

Little Nicholas was very proud. No one could take away the meat that Russia had in its mouth.

During the World War, the Russian army was fighting in the front and the Greeks were maintaining law and order in the rear. After the war, they discovered that the rear of the occupied area had become a no-man's land.

The Kingdom of Greece's hatred for the Ottoman Empire was no less than that of Russia.

After the Greek War of Independence, the Ottoman Empire massacred at least one million Greeks, and this hatred is irreconcilable.

Now that they have the chance, the Greeks will certainly take revenge.

And it has to be super doubled.

After the Ottoman Empire withdrew from the war, George began to immigrate to the Russian-occupied areas, creating a fait accompli.

If national self-determination is allowed on the Anatolian Peninsula, the outcome might be more favorable to Russia.

One of Wilson's Fourteen Points was about the Balkans, suggesting that the Balkans establish a nation based on the principle of national self-determination.

This was strongly opposed by all the Balkan countries, including Ferdinand and Boris, as well as Georgy in his real name.

Nikola from Montenegro had the most extreme attitude, directly calling Wilson an "unrealistic madman."

The situation in the Balkans is so complicated that if a country were to be established based on national self-determination, the Balkan region would instantly split into hundreds of countries.

So the Americans’ advice is that even if it looks like sugar and tastes sweet, it must contain shit.

With the arrival of March, spring flowers bloom, all things come to life, and Russia's reconstruction officially begins.

Most Russians spent the past winter suffering from hunger and cold. Although the Russian government tried its best to provide protection for all Russians, tragedy was inevitable.

Witte's work was effective, at least it finally figured out how many people there were in Russia.

During the Imperial Russian Era, the Russian Empire also conducted censuses many times, but for various reasons, the population statistics were not accurate enough.

Witte's method was very simple. He distributed subsidies based on the actual population in each place, and finally calculated that there were a total of 1.57 million people in Russia.

Excluding the population of colonies, 1.57 million is equivalent to the total population of Britain, France and Germany, ranking third in the world, after East Asia and India. Compared with its huge population base and vast territory, Russia's biggest problem is the uneven distribution of population. Most people are concentrated in the European region of Russia, while Siberia is still sparsely populated.

George decided to relocate at least 5 million people to Siberia within five years, increasing Siberia's population to 3000 million.

Witte was worried that the decision would be met with strong resistance from the Baltic coastal regions and Warsaw.

"The objection is invalid and this is final."

George was cold and would not accept any form of rebuttal.

The Baltic coast and Warsaw are Russia's most unstable regions, and unconventional measures must be used to break the local resistance to Russian rule.

Witte's suggestion was to adopt a conciliatory approach, use time to wear down the local people's resistance, and ultimately complete the assimilation of the above-mentioned areas.

George didn't have time to waste with them.

Aren’t there enough benefits given to them during the imperial era? Local autonomy, financial subsidies, allowing local schools to teach in the local language, etc. Almost all their demands were reasonably met.

But what did they give back to the empire in the end?
More than 80 percent of the rebels in the Russian Civil War came from the above areas.

The rebels suffered heavy casualties in the civil war. Those with a strong will to resist had already died in the war, and most of the rebels who surrendered were forced to do so.

The handling of the rebels had been completed last winter, and Guchkov wrote a report to George but did not dare to submit it to the Duma.

George finally found the answer to his long-standing doubts in Guchkov's report.

Since the outbreak of World War II, more than 1.5 people have returned to Russia from overseas for various reasons.

These people joined the army and factories respectively.

These two groups became the hardest hit areas of chaos.

After Nicholas abdicated, more than 5 people came to Russia and became the main force to overthrow the rule of the Provisional Government.

These people are from the United States, Britain, France, and Germany.

Britain, France and the United States can understand it. Germany was at war with Russia at the time, so how did those people go to Russia?

The answer is Denmark.

George really didn't expect that Denmark was involved.

Considering Denmark's position, George could understand it, but he did not accept it.

There’s no rush, we can take our time to settle this account.

First, dig a hole for Denmark on the Jutland Peninsula.

After reading the report, Witte was very angry and demanded that the contents of the report be made public to expose the ugly true faces of Britain, France and the United States.

George decided not to go public.

There is no point in exposing it publicly. Given the importance that Britain, France and the United States attach to the media industry, the purpose of exposing it cannot be achieved at all.

Since Britain, France and the United States can export to Russia, Russia naturally has the right to fight back. It now depends on whose attack is more powerful.

Compared with Britain, France and the United States, Russia's biggest advantage is that the old power structure has been completely broken and the new power structure has not yet been established.

Russia has abolished local autonomy, dissolved various autonomous committees, and replaced them with officials sent by the Russian government.

Most of these officials are retired military officers. Regardless of their abilities, at least their stance is correct.

The first batch of state farms in Siberia would not start construction until April. George threw 4 Gao Ri Corps troops there in one go and mobilized 40 construction and agricultural machines. Their task this year was to build houses and reclaim land.

After a winter of preparation, the Yusupov family officially began repairing the railway network this summer. The main task is to build a railway between St. Petersburg and Constantinople.

Technically speaking, this railway is not difficult to build. The difficulty lies in the fact that it has to pass through the Kingdom of Romania and the Kingdom of Bulgaria, and there are many interests that need to be coordinated. If the Yusupov family were to step in, this railway would not be implemented in a short period of time.

George simply sent a telegram to Ferdinand, who was attending a meeting in Paris, and the problem was successfully resolved.

George had just helped Ferdinand gain Transylvania, and their relationship was in an unprecedented honeymoon period. The construction of this railway would also be a huge improvement to the transportation infrastructure of the Kingdom of Romania.

As for the threat that the railways posed to the Romanian Kingdom—

Don't forget that without Russia's help, there would be no Romanian Kingdom at all.

If George wanted to annex the Kingdom of Romania, the Kingdom of Romania would have no ability to resist.

The construction of the new capital is about to begin. Vitalik collected more than 500 architectural plans and finally decided to adopt the plan of Professor O'Neill of the Department of Architecture of Amur University.

George was well prepared for the resistance in the Baltic coastal areas, and the sailors under Peter's command would assist the local government in completing this task.

What surprised Witt was that the residents of the Baltic coastal areas did not have much resistance to migrating to Siberia.

The key is good conditions.

The Baltic coastal areas suffered heavy losses in the war. Those people with the strongest sense of resistance had all died in the war, and most of the remaining ones were good citizens.

The conditions offered by Russia are also very good. After arriving in Siberia, you will be given houses and land, and there will be 10 years of tax exemption. Where else can you find such good policies?

There are different opinions on whether it is tax-free or not.

(End of this chapter)