Are sugar-coated shells easy to deal with? Of course, it is difficult to deal with. How many people and even politicians fell on this. Even when Taizu was about to win the revolution, he emphasized this matter in particular, which shows how powerful this thing is.

Of course, sugar-coated shells are also divided into levels, such as the US imperial sugar-coated shells, which are the highest level. For Central and Eastern European countries with economic collapse, if the Soviet Union did not stop them, let alone sugar-coated shells, they would swallow them in the posture of vicious dogs robbing shit.

This trick of the US imperialist is the most despicable of the secret trick. As mentioned earlier, the Soviet Union would definitely hope that Central and Eastern European countries would not accept this round of sugar-coated shells. For example, in history, the Soviet Union forced Central and Eastern Europe to give up American aid and instead accept the so-called aid from the Soviet Union.

In terms of results, it seems that it is good that the Soviet Union has indeed successfully led his younger brothers to block this round of sugar-coated shells? But Li Xiaofeng believes that the Soviet Union's approach was not successful at that time, because the people of Central and Eastern European countries did not particularly agree with this. Because the Soviet aid was not strong enough, when the Western European economy took off again in the mid-1950s, Central and Eastern Europe was still struggling in the quagmire. Life did not improve fundamentally. When they recalled the United States' sugar-coated shells, they probably did not think it was sugar-coated shells, but instead thought it was a life-saving straw. The Soviet Union, which forced them to throw away the life-saving straw, was naturally a very evil crime.

In other words, the Soviet Union only resisted the influence of sugar-coated shells from the results, but this round of sugar-coated shells was buried in the hearts of Central and Eastern European countries like vicious seeds. Once the time is ripe, it will bloom an evil flower and bear subversive fruits.

This result is not what Li Xiaofeng hopes to see. For him, hard blocking sugar-coated shells is not a skill at all, and it is too stupid. The highest level of dealing with sugar-coated shells is to eat the sugar-coated shells and throw the shells back.

Now, what he has to do is teach Central and Eastern European countries how to eat sugar coatings. He arrived in Romania and held talks with George Udezhi in the first stop.

Why is the first stop Romania? This is also of particular importance. For Li Xiaofeng, the Soviet Union's focus in Europe in the future will be Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Poland and Germany. The countries on these two lines are completely different from those outside these two lines for the Soviet Union. The countries on these two lines must follow the rhythm of the Soviet Union completely, and they cannot make a mistake in a single step. The Soviet Union, a Central and Eastern European country outside these two lines, will not pay so much attention and can have relatively greater autonomy.

Romania is a relatively special existence on these two lines. Unlike Bulgaria and Greece, Romania was led by the Roman Communist Party, and in the American terms it is a poisonous government. The other two are coalition governments in a sense. In other words, the Soviet Union's control over Romania is not as strong as Bulgaria and Greece. Therefore, Li Xiaofeng must first chew this hard bone to ensure that Romania follows his requirements.

George Udezhi first explained the economic situation in Romania to Li Xiaofeng. In fact, there was nothing to explain. The actual situation was a mess. Romania's only heavy industry, the oil industry, suffered heavy damage in previous bombings. The Ploiesti oil field is still in a miserable and miserable way. According to George Udezhi, Ploiesti's production capacity was only one-tenth of that before the war.

Agriculture is not much better if it is in a recession in the industry, or even worse. This round of severe cold and drought has caused Romanian agriculture to suffer heavy damage, and grapes were frozen to death and frozen by large areas, resulting in the wine industry being in absent. As for crops such as wheat, there were also general poor harvests. Coupled with the previous plunder and destruction of Germany, George Udezhi believed that famine would likely occur in Romania this year.

The famine is not a joke. The Tsar could not let the people of Leningrad eat Leba, which led to the collapse of hundreds of years of throne. Romania has only taken office for a few days? Once the famine forms, the people of Romania will not be able to eat with their hands or feet.

Anyway, George Udezhi was no longer as full of energy as a year ago. This year he found that it was really not easy to govern a country, and he was really exhausted. Anyway, after this round of complaints, his only request for the Soviet Union was: "Romania has serious economic difficulties, and I sincerely ask the Soviet government to provide help."

Does Li Xiaofeng know the situation in Romania? Naturally, he knows that in fact, not only Romania, but also Bulgaria, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia all have similar problems. However, Romania is the most obvious of these countries, and the reason is very simple. Compared with Hungary and Czechoslovakia, Romania's economic structure is more single. It can be said that it is an underdeveloped agricultural country. The country's economic pillar has the export of oil, which is the export of agricultural and sideline products. Once these two main businesses fall, they will be pills in minutes.

The situation in Hungary and Czechoslovakia is different. In the territory of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, these two companies were divided into many industries. In particular, Czechoslovakia could be said to be the arsenal of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The industrial structure of these two countries is relatively industrial, with not so many agricultural populations, and the exported industrial products are relatively competitive in the country. Moreover, during the Nazi occupation, the Nazis also strengthened their capabilities in this area. So even if there are problems with agriculture, their industry can still support one or two.

As for Bulgaria, although the situation in this country is similar to that of Romania, Bulgaria has basically not suffered much damage from war. Moreover, its geographical location is more southern and it can still share a little warm and humid airflow in the Mediterranean. The drought is not that serious. Although agriculture has also reduced production, it is still easy to make a living. In addition, with certain Soviet aid, although it is also tight, it will not cause famine.

So how to deal with the Romanian crisis? Li Xiaofeng believes that there is no other way, it can only be to strengthen aid, because the Romanian problem cannot be solved overnight. Who can reply to Ploiesti's production capacity within a few months? Who can restore agriculture with drought and poor harvests? For the time being, this country can only afford to help. Survive the three tragic years from 1945 to 1947, save your life and then talk about development!

This is how Li Xiaofeng answered George Udezhi: "The Soviet government sent me here because it officially realized the economic difficulties of Romania. This year, the Soviet Union will provide Romania with no less than 5 million US dollars in food and other material assistance..."

When I first heard that there was aid, George Udezhi was very happy, but the number given by Li Xiaofeng later really disappointed him. 5 million US dollars is too little, and even if it was all replaced with food, it might not be enough for Romania to survive this winter.

Li Xiaofeng also saw the disappointment of George Udezhi, and immediately added: "This is the first aid. The Soviet government will provide more aid based on the actual situation of Romania. However, we also hope that the Romanian people will understand that the Soviet Union has suffered huge war damage and its economy is also difficult. Now we are tightening our belts to help you. Moreover, the economic problems are not only Romania, Poland, Bohemia and Pomerania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania, Slovenia, and Germany all have similar difficulties. There are too many people who need help from the Soviet government, and we can only try our best to be fair and just."

George Udezhi can understand this. To put it bluntly, Europe is now a bit unsightly. Once before liberation, it was a long time to go back to the north to south, from east to west, and there were hungry mouths everywhere. The Soviet Union was indeed limited in ability, and it was not easy for the Soviet Union to use money to help.

Of course, no matter how understanding is, George Udezhi has to lead Romania to live. Even if the Soviet explanation can make the Romanian people understand for a while, they can't always make them hungry, right? To put it bluntly, we still have to solve the actual problem.

Li Xiaofeng's reply was: "We are trying to restore half of the production capacity of the Ploiesti oil field before the war within one to two years, so that Romania can obtain valuable foreign exchange. I have already talked with Comrade Luxembourg that we can use the Soviet loan to produce oil production and refining equipment for Romania. How to discuss the specific three parties and how to operate it, we will discuss it in detail later. What I want to talk to you now is the issue of US aid?"

George Udezhi had no fantasy about the aid to the United States at the beginning. He knew very well how important his country was to the Soviet Union. With his big brother's urinary nature, how could Americans allow them to attack in their own fields? He believed that the Soviet Union would force Romania to give up American aid. George Udezhi believed that the best result of this was to use the influence of the United States to allow the Soviets to provide more aid. But what he did not expect was that Li Xiaofeng's next speech surprised him.

"This is how the Soviet government sees the aid of the United States," Li Xiaofeng explained in detail: "Fundamentally, the so-called aid of the United States is actually a trick to break the socialist camp from within. This so-called aid is accompanied by high political conspiracy. Fundamentally, the Soviet government is very disgusted with this despicable trick. However, considering the current severe economic situation facing Central and Eastern Europe and the current living conditions of the suffering of the people of Central and Eastern Europe, starting from humanitarianism, the most important thing is to save people, and everything should be people-oriented."

What a people-oriented person. Li Xiaofeng has always believed that the biggest problem of the Soviet Union was to put the cart before the horse. Whether it was the early idealist export revolution or the later ideological hegemony, they all deviated from a basic point - people-oriented. What is the fundamental purpose of exporting revolution? Is it the establishment of socialism or society? No, the fundamental purpose is to make the proletariat live better. What is the struggle for hegemony? It is still to make the people of our country or alliance live better. Like Emperor Wu of Han, it seems very good to be a militarist, but in fact it is to be a desperate person. Whether it is a battle for hegemony or exporting revolution, the fundamental purpose of people-oriented cannot be changed, otherwise it will become a carnival of some distorted ambitious people.

Li Xiaofeng has always believed that his task is to put people first. If the struggle for hegemony and the export revolution are at the cost of our group and our country's people's miserable life, then this kind of activity is best not to do anything. He will not do anything for an illusory reputation or face. His actions are to protect the interests of our group from reality. If the struggle for hegemony is to protect the interests of our group, then it must be done. On the contrary, he would have to stop.

Only by starting from people-oriented can we unite most of our younger brothers, let them revolve around the Soviet Union, and protect the Soviet Union from collapsing like in history. The most basic point of the so-called people-oriented is not to dominate the barbarians.

The Soviet Union, as strongly controlled Central and Eastern Europe as in history, and forced them to refuse American aid, could do it, and even easier. But what is the significance of this? Can it solve the survival problems faced by these allies? If not, what is the use of doing this besides making the Soviet Union angry and resentful?

Li Xiaofeng is practical in this regard. If we only start from ideology, Americans will certainly be poisonous weeds when they can, and of course they will not be collected. But can ideology be eaten as a meal? Can your Soviet ideology make Central and Eastern Europe like you? Can ideology consistently maintain the stability of the group?

In politics, everything starts from ideology, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that is, that politics or the entire human society is always profit-oriented. Like for the sake of liking and hate for the sake of hating, that is, Russia's new generation of Peter III. Just imagine, if Peter III was not so stupid, would Prussia become Germany? I am afraid that Prussia, caught in central Europe, would have long become the second Poland, and was completely divided by the three great powers of Russia, France, and the Holy Roman Empire. I am afraid that Russia can go deep into Western Europe 150 years in advance.

This is a one-sided emphasis on ideology and dominates politics with personal likes and dislikes. Peter III's lesson is profound, and Li Xiaofeng will never be Peter III in the new era. So his perspective on judging the incident of US aid is very different from the old revolution in the Soviet Union. In his opinion, what the Americans threw out were sugar-coated shells, but who said that they could not throw the shells back after eating sugar-coated shells? Look at how beautiful Yugoslavia was in history. The American aid was eaten, but the Americans should not listen to it. Later, they fought fiercely with the Soviet Union. Can you say that Tito's Yugoslavia is not socialism?

From Li Xiaofeng's perspective, I hope that Central and Eastern Europe will have more leaders like Tito, and all interests are preferred. When the Soviet Union interferes in Yugoslavia's internal affairs, this is the bottom line that should be turned against each other, but it is not unconventional to the United Kingdom and the United States, firmly grasping the principle of neutrality and handling international relations in an orderly manner on the basis of safeguarding national sovereignty.

If Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Albania are as smart as Tito, Li Xiaofeng thinks he will be worry-free, and he will neither worry about them turning to the United States completely, nor are he afraid that they will stick to the Soviet Union like vampires and keep a distance between friendship and maintaining a distance. This is very good.

But it is obvious that not all people are Tito. The leaders of Central and Eastern Europe are more vampires. They copy everything from the Soviet Union and have no ability to think at all (of course, the Soviet Union's interference in this regard is also the main reason). Apart from reaching out to the Soviet Union, there is nothing else to use.

What Li Xiaofeng has to do is change all this. It is a principle for friends who are not so important to the Soviet Union. As long as you respect the collective security framework of the CIS and prevent the British and American military forces from entering your country, you can do whatever you want to develop and do whatever you want, and the Soviet Union will not interfere too much.

In other words, on the issue of US aid, Li Xiaofeng's attitude is: If you want to receive US aid, there is no problem at all. Just pay attention to the following issues: you are not allowed to join military or economic groups led by the United Kingdom and the United States, and you are not allowed to give any military privileges to the United Kingdom and the United States, join the security framework of the CIS Group and join the World Communist Party. If all these can be done, you can take the US aid as you want. Anyway, Americans are not living Lei Feng, and those aids are not free. Just don't cry when you are being collected in the future.

Some comrades may ask, if Americans engage in peaceful evolution or use the economic stick to open the way and force these countries to turn? Hehe, don’t blame the Soviet Union for being in a blackmailed way at that time. Why has Li Xiaofeng always emphasized the collective security framework of the CIS? Because when designing the CIS organization, Li Xiaofeng buried the thunder in it. Let’s put it this way, if you want to join the CIS, you must sign the Declaration of the Confederation of the State. There is such an article in this declaration: Withdrawal from the CIS requires the country to apply to the CIS Conference. Only when the CIS Conference agrees with a simple majority to the country’s withdrawal application can the country withdraw.

Otherwise? It is considered to be a violation of the overall security framework of the CIS, and CIS countries have the power to safeguard the integrity of the CIS.

To put it bluntly, it is easy to get in and difficult to exit. If you want to exit, it is not only your family’s business. If other CIS countries disagree, then I’m sorry, you cannot withdraw. If you don’t care about it and want to play hard, then CIS will also play hard on you.

Anyway, things are very simple. You have to pay a price to enjoy the security protection of the CIS group. If you encounter something, you will leave. I'm sorry, no! You say you regret it, don't let the Congress or Parliament approve it to join back then!

Li Xiaofeng believes that even if Central and Eastern European countries accept US aid, there is no big problem. At most, Americans spend money to buy a favorable impression, but good impression in international relations can be said to be the least useful.

Moreover, Li Xiaofeng believed that as long as the Soviet Union did not destroy the Great Wall itself, maintained its upward momentum and sufficient military presence, with the level of the cowards in Central and Eastern Europe, they would probably not dare to openly change the party. What's more, changing the party may not be beneficial to them. After all, the ruling parties of these countries were built by the Soviet Union. With the American nature, even if they win over them for the purpose of exploitation, they would not really think that they were their own people. Once they found that their use value was not enough, they would probably subvert it immediately. Of course, the most important thing is the strength of the Soviet Union, which is the fundamental.

So Li Xiaofeng told George Udezhi: "If Romania can adhere to the above principles, the Soviet Union will not oppose Romania's acceptance of American aid in principle, and this will not affect Romania's continued access to Soviet aid."

For George Udezhi, this was a surprise. As mentioned earlier, he had no hope for the aid of the United States, and he was afraid that the Soviet Union would go crazy. But the attitude shown by the Soviet Union now made him so happy. How great is this big brother who is so open-minded and considers his little brother!

So, George Udezhi immediately put pressure on the party's votes who opposed joining the CIS. Soon Romania passed a relevant agreement and announced its official joining the CIS and the World Union.

After getting Romania, Li Xiaofeng went to Bulgaria and Greece without stopping. However, the policies he pursued were different for these two countries. These two countries were really important for the Soviet Union to interfere in Turkey and the Mediterranean. Moreover, there were already quite powerful opposition inside. If American forces were introduced, the situation would become very complicated. Therefore, his commitment to these two countries was: "Associate to the CIS, the Soviet Union will provide sufficient economic assistance."

This is no joke. Before Li Xiaofeng went to Bulgaria and Greece, in order to maintain the Soviet Union's existence in these two countries, the Politburo had approved the first financial aid of up to 50 million US dollars, of which 20 million were for Bulgaria and the other 30 million were for Greece.

Maybe it seems that this little money is nothing, but please note that the US dollar in 1945 is 45 times more valuable than the US dollar in 2016. The 50 million US dollars that year is equivalent to the current US$2.1 billion. Even if you give aid in one go, it is a huge deal. Haven’t you seen the Ukrainian leadership party sending all the gold of the treasury to the Americans before changing how many boxes of lunch boxes have been used as dog food?

For Bulgaria and Greece, it was originally necessary to look at the Soviet Union's eyes. To be honest, their losses in World War II were not particularly great. How many war reparations did Greece get from Germany in history? It is a pity that it cannot accept American aid now, but the Soviets made up this hole, right? Anyway, it was all money, and the Soviet Union gave it to them, and it also promised that there would be some later. Since this is the case, it doesn't matter if the Americans don't want them.

After dealing with the Romania, Bulgaria and Greece, Li Xiaofeng has settled a lot. The next thing Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, and Austria can follow the Romanian plan and allow them to take American money.

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