"The Chinese are here, dear Mikhail Sergeyevich." The chief of staff of Soviet President Gorbachev quietly reported the recent situation to the Soviet president.
Mr. President of the Soviet Union, who was holding a map of Europe on his head, waved his hands impatiently and said, "Let them go. Vice President Yanayev is too naive. Does he think that the Chinese can provide enough help to the great Soviet Union?"
?"
"Yes, dear Mikhail Sergeyevich." the director of the office replied, "Mr. Vice President has high hopes for the arrival of the Chinese. He even wants to restart all-round border trade activities with the Chinese.
In order to allow cheap Chinese daily necessities and food to enter the great Soviet Union."
Gorbachev scratched his bald head, being very careful not to touch the naturally produced blood-red birthmark that looked like a map of Europe, and said in a mocking tone, "How can the Chinese really help the great Soviet Union? Even if
Reopening border trade will only bring small benefits to the Soviet Union today. If we want to solve the problems of the Soviet Union, we must carry out all-round reforms! No reform, or rather die! Only the West can help the Soviet Union get out of the quagmire and regain its glory!"
"Dear Mikhail Sergeyevich, I think Mr. Vice President may not think so." The chief of staff shrugged.
"Although Yanayev is not a qualified politician, improving relations with the Chinese is not a bad thing." Gorbachev scratched his head again, and then decided, "Find some people to watch them.
Just don’t make any trouble."
"Yes, my dear Mikhail Sergeyevich." The director of the office noted, then bowed and left.
"Only by cooperating with the West can the great Soviet Union get out of this predicament! As for the Chinese, hey, they have too much to take care of themselves, right?" Gorbachev said to himself.
As for the situation in China, as the president of the Soviet Union who has a common border with China that is thousands of kilometers long, it is naturally impossible not to understand that although China has relatively successfully carried out reform and opening up, which has greatly improved the living standards of its people, at the same time
There are also some problems, such as the issue of "bourgeois liberalization" and the issue of "peaceful evolution". In Gorbachev's eyes, these problems are not actually problems, but in the eyes of the Chinese, they are.
Quite remarkable.
The Soviet reforms he promoted were actually to transform the socialist system into a capitalist system. In order to achieve this goal, Gorbachev even went so far as to destroy nuclear weapons, cut military spending, strategic contraction, give up support for some allies, and support the United States.
People must be patient and stop the development of weapons of mass destruction.
Naturally, this approach was praised by Americans, and he even won the Nobel Prize last year.
Although it seems ridiculous to award the Nobel Prize to one's traditional enemy, it did happen, and such a thing did affect the always arrogant, blind and grandiose President of the Soviet Union. He was in the process of destroying the Soviet Union.
On the road, going further and further, in fact, acting as the gravedigger of the great socialist Soviet Union.
While the arrogant Soviet president was scorning the Chinese, Ye Kai was also making his own arrangements.
"Vice President Yanayev is quite sincere." Ye Kai analyzed, "However, although reopening border trade is of great significance to the improvement of Sino-Soviet relations, its economic significance is better than nothing. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we might as well
Go further and take bigger steps.”
After hearing this, Zhong Liyu said, "I really don't know much about the situation in the Soviet Union. After all, Sino-Soviet relations have been denormalized for too long. Regarding everything about them, we are just looking at things in the fog. After a while,
Under such conditions, it would be very difficult for me to make a reasonable decision."
"I will naturally give you some key guidance." Ye Kai replied.
"What guidance?" Zhong Liyu asked curiously.
"Guide you on how to loot the largest socialist country in the world." Ye Kai said with a smile.
In fact, the looting of the Soviet Union mentioned by Ye Kai is not impossible.
During the New Year this year, the Soviets watched Gorbachev's New Year's speech on television. He said that the Soviet Union faced many difficulties in 1990, including the crisis in the economy, the reduction of personal security, and the weakening of discipline.
, mistakes in national leadership and other shortcomings in various aspects. He believed that the task of solving the fate of the country fell in the new year. He emphasized that preserving and reviving the alliance was a more important task than anything else. In 1991, solving
The key to various acute problems lies in "the process of preserving and reviving the Soviet Union."
In his speech, Gorbachev did not talk about reform, new thinking and other content that he has always advocated, but mentioned the need to maintain the stability of the country and the regime. Gorbachev insisted that he would not back down, but in fact,
The entire country and its leaders have lost their way, and the increasingly worse economic situation is no longer a matter of low growth or stagnation, but of extraordinary chaos and severe decline.
1990 was the last year of the Soviet Union's 12th Five-Year Plan. However, Soviet officials did not announce any information about this five-year plan. Even the development plan and financial budget for 1991 were not submitted to the Supreme Soviet for discussion and the formulation of the 13th Five-Year Plan.
The work on the Five-Year Plan has been delayed, which all shows that the nearly six-year reform has collapsed and the entire country is at a loss. In the first half of 1990, social production continued to decline, and the country did not achieve stability in its financial situation. Daily necessities
Prices in the and service industries have soared, and foreign trade continues to be in deficit.
The economic situation in the second half of 1990 was even worse. The currency issuance exceeded the limit that the people could bear. Soviet people began to rush to buy all kinds of goods. Foreign trade hit a record low of 10 billion rubles. The Soviet government also imported money from abroad.
Large quantities of grain and tobacco products were purchased, something the Soviet Union had never done since 1947.
The chaotic economic situation naturally led to social unrest. Splits and centrifugal tendencies continued to grow throughout the Soviet Union. Even party publications believed that Gorbachev's reforms had completely failed. The "results" of Gorbachev's reforms
They include "the country is in a state of decline and the political power is powerless", "empty shelves in stores", "crime is rampant and unemployment is severe", etc. In order to get rid of the economic crisis, the Soviet government began to borrow a large amount of foreign debt, and the national foreign debt reached 50 billion by 1990
By the end of 1990, the Soviet Union's gold reserves were running low and the country was on the verge of bankruptcy.
In order to cope with this severe situation, the Soviet government began to increase the prices of daily necessities, which was followed by an increasing number of large-scale strikes. Soviet Prime Minister Ryzhkov could not withstand such huge social pressure, and in December 1990, he was
Heart attack hospitalization.
In such a complex situation, Ye Kai, who has abundant funds in his hands, has a deep understanding of the situation in the Soviet Union, and has strong national power to draw on, naturally has enough ability to plunder this most powerful country.