Muhammad Ali Jinnah was a lean man. Like Gandhi, the spiritual leader of the Congress Party, Jinnah completed his law studies in Britain and obtained a lawyer's qualification.

As the spiritual leader of the Muslim League in British India, Jinnah finished reading the telegram sent by the pro-Jinnah personnel planted among the radical independent Muslim representatives, his gaze never leaving the telegram.

According to the telegram, what the Chinese representatives said publicly to the Muslim independence faction was the same as what China said in the *Pacific Charter*. China's purpose in attacking India was not to rule India after driving away the British, but to help the Indian region be liberated from colonial rule. As long as India completed independence and established a democratically elected government based on national self-determination, China would withdraw from India and recognize the independent countries in the Indian region.

Jinnah didn't quite believe China's attitude, but there was no time for Jinnah to carefully analyze China's purpose now. Because the Muslim representatives of the radical independence faction all had their own thoughts. Originally, the British Indian government was powerful, and the local independent forces were completely no match for the British, so they had to stick together for warmth.

Now seeing that Britain was no match for China, and the Sikhs in Punjab had actually obtained China's goodwill through negotiation, with even captured Sikh troops being released, some Muslim representatives had begun to have ideas. The pro-Jinnah personnel planted in this meeting got some news that several independence representatives with close ties to large Muslim families were preparing to negotiate with China independently, hoping to establish their own independent governments first.

More detailed content could not be found out at this time, but Jinnah could already imagine that these forces would naturally make various promises of cooperation to China and would also ask China to release soldiers related to them.

Jinnah didn't expect the situation to change so quickly. He looked away and made up his mind to go to Leh to meet the official representatives of China. After making the decision, Jinnah immediately asked his secretary to send a telegram to China. This matter could not be delayed. Given the nature of Muslim local forces, as long as they pulled up their own armies, wanting them to become part of the Muslim country Jinnah expected again would be subject to political blackmail by these forces.

Things happened just as Jinnah expected. Commissar Kuwan thought he could have a good rest for one night, but he met guests visiting at night one after another. The guests all started with "We express admiration for the Chinese government's attitude," and then discussed how to cooperate with China independently.

After listening to the speeches of these guests, Commissar Kuwan expressed China's official attitude of willingness to cooperate with colonial people seeking independence and freedom. And he encouraged local independence representatives to drive away the colonialists as soon as possible and establish a government according to the will of the people.

Seeing Commissar Kuwan say so, the Muslim independence representatives immediately stated, "Please release the captured officers and soldiers of my tribe; we are willing to drive away our local British people together with the Chinese army!"

It was already late at night when the last visitor was sent away. Yawning, Commissar Kuwan dictated his views to the comrade on night duty. "At this stage, the local forces seeking independence are mostly local clans. Although they do hope to get rid of the oppression of colonialists, the essence of these forces is still agricultural feudal forces. When developing the economy in the future, there is a high probability that they will become reactionaries. At this stage, we are also beginning to seek local revolutionary forces and support them. And emphasize to these revolutionary forces that political cooperation and military integration are two completely different things. Revolutionary forces must never merge with future reactionary forces in military aspects. Once penetrated in the army, the revolution is doomed to fail!"

After dictating, Commissar Kuwan immediately went back to his room to sleep. If he didn't rest enough, he wouldn't have the energy to continue handling work tomorrow.

The report was sent to the Capital. There was a 3-hour time difference between the Capital and Leh. When the report was sent to the responsible department, it was 7:00 AM. During the war, various departments had already started working at this time.

At 8:00 AM, the comrade responsible for political work in India reported the latest progress to He Rui. The report included not only the Indian region but also the Southeast Asian region. He Rui did not give instructions, just listened quietly.

There were various Communist organizations in Southeast Asia, and He Rui chose to cooperate with these Southeast Asian Communist organizations. The platforms of these Southeast Asian Communist organizations naturally included anti-imperialism, anti-feudalism, and land revolution. The countries established by Southeast Asian Communists according to these platforms were relatively reliable in the early stages.

The Southeast Asian region also had the advantage of trade with China. The Southern Bureau led by Li Runshi had built a new trade system as quickly as possible, allowing these regions that had just begun to establish new regimes to quickly connect with the Asian economy for trade.

Judging from the current data, these trade cooperations have achieved remarkable results. Among them, the most outstanding performance was the four countries of Vietnam, Laos, Champa, and Cambodia. With the help of a large number of experts aiding them, these four countries had initially built their own fiscal systems.

Trade does not create wealth, but trade can provide a fiscal basis. Based on the fiscal system, the four countries determined their own advantageous industries and determined the direction of subsequent land reform and industrial construction based on advantageous industries.

As a huge market with a population of nearly 700 million, China completely absorbed the goods sold by these countries. As an industrial country with a population of nearly 700 million, China could also fully meet the industrial product needs of these countries at this stage. With trade systems and fiscal systems, the four countries could also borrow from China with collateral.

After listening to the report, He Rui began to read the documents. The one on top was the minutes of Li Runshi's recent meeting at the Southern Bureau.

Wu Hao of the Southern Bureau asked: Will large-scale investment in Southeast Asia cause huge pressure on the country?

Li Runshi answered: Our current investment is concentrated on providing loans for railway and port construction to liberated countries. At the level of our government, banknotes are a kind of "commodity" printed by printing factories. The government can produce as much of this commodity called banknotes as it wants.

Looking at it now, our government has indeed provided a massive amount of funds. But these funds themselves are creating employment and orders for China, greatly promoting our economy. Although in the long run, our country has not made profits from these orders, the use value of these infrastructure constructions themselves is extremely high, making our investment very valuable.

From the perspective of repayment, the repayment time for these long-term investments is often more than 20 years. According to the research of the investment department and the perspective of the economic development of these countries, the risk of long-term repayment is not great. The current currency issuance will achieve currency recovery during the repayment process. Before these currencies are recovered, they will continue to provide support for our economic operation.

From a financial perspective, the currency issued by our country corresponds to valuable assets. The huge amount of Chinese Yuan issued has earned huge stamp duties.

Therefore, our greatest pressure does not come from foreign investment, but from our supervision of the operation of these currencies. If these currencies only create huge unfairness within our country, that would mean the failure of our work.

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Reading this, He Rui was in a very good mood. Putting down the meeting minutes, He Rui stood up with his hands behind his back and paced slowly in the room. Li Runshi's political level and ideological level were extremely high, and his economic level was actually his shortcoming. Even so, Li Runshi's level was enough to rank among excellent economists in the current world. He Rui no longer worried that there would be problems with China's future economic thinking.

As for the struggle between efficiency and fairness, this has been a long-term problem in the human world for thousands of years. With economic development, it is a normal state in history that efficiency is needed more at a certain stage, and fairness must be pursued at a certain stage. He Rui didn't care much about problems in this area. As long as the understanding of the economy was fine, disputes and struggles in these fields were not problems.

For the government, one of the most needed abilities is to be able to accept criticism ("let spit dry on the face"). Because no government can grasp development completely accurately. A certain policy may be very effective in a certain period, but this policy suddenly becomes a landmine causing a huge threat to the economy. The government should adjust quickly when encountering problems, and never care about face.

Because from an economic perspective, the government's work is to promote industrial development, reduce unemployment, and maintain low inflation. These jobs are destined not to satisfy everyone, and being scolded is inevitable. As long as there are no problems with the economy, the people will just scold for a while. Anyway, the people scold this or that. Blaming others is a human instinct. Before humans evolve better, the government being scolded can still prove that the government has the support of the people. If the people are completely disappointed with the government, they will not scold, but overthrow the government.

After feeling good in his heart for a while, He Rui returned to his desk and began to read the construction report of the World People's Liberation Army.

The Asian Coalition and the World People's Liberation Army were not the same system. The Asian Coalition belonged to a union of states. The World People's Liberation Army was currently an organization of a volunteer army system. At this time, those who had joined the World People's Liberation Army were left-wing revolutionaries around the globe. This was a genuine collection of global revolutionaries; people from all independent countries in the world had participated in the World People's Liberation Army.

Compared with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, the World People's Liberation Army was more unified politically. Its political basis was anti-imperialism, anti-feudalism, anti-colonialism, and anti-monopoly. That is, "Overthrow the Four Mountains, Liberate the World's People."

By 1942, the entire Asian region should have been liberated. At that time, it would be the stage for the World People's Liberation Army to march towards Africa, Europe, and America. He Rui looked forward to seeing this day come as soon as possible.

While reading the report, the secretary came in to report, "Chairman, a call from Minister Li of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

He Rui picked up the phone, and Li Shiguang on the other end said immediately, "Chairman, Molotov just conveyed the view of the CPSU Central Committee to us. The CPSU will not send anyone to attend the Allied meeting."

"...Is there any other news?" He Rui did not express his own opinion.

Li Shiguang continued, "Molotov stated that if Finland sends someone to attend the Allied meeting, the Soviet Union will have to pay attention to the threat posed by Finland to Leningrad of the Soviet Union."

Speaking of this, Li Shiguang stopped again. He certainly understood that this was the Soviet Union's worry, and also the Soviet Union's excuse. After World War I, the Soviet Union lost a large part of its land, including the Polish region, the three Baltic states, and Finland.

The CPSU was really willing to recognize Poland's independence, and by partitioning Poland with Germany, the Soviet Union had taken back the piece of land they expected. Later, on the grounds that "Soviet soldiers went missing in the three Baltic states," the Soviet Union annexed the three Baltic states again.

Such achievements won Stalin the sincere appreciation of Russian nationalists. This group of Russian nationalists included a large number of White Russian members who fled to Europe.

The only land lost after World War I that had not been recovered was Finland. The view of the CPSU conveyed by Molotov was undoubtedly to see China's attitude.

Li Shiguang waited for He Rui to give instructions, but He Rui did not speak immediately. There was silence in the receiver, only a low electric current sound. After a good while, He Rui said, "I think the Soviet Union should conduct frank negotiations with Finland, explaining the Soviet Union's concerns to Finland. It is also necessary to understand Finland's concerns."

Li Shiguang understood He Rui's view and asked, "Chairman, from many aspects, the CPSU obviously hopes to get more domestic support. I am not sure whether the offensive or defensive nature is more dominant in this attitude of the Soviet Union."

"I think half and half. In the Russian culture inherited by the Soviet Union, defense and offense are actually one. From this perspective, Russia's defense line is to control the entire Eastern Europe. Only beyond the entire Eastern Europe is the offensive field entering Russia."

He Rui's words made Li Shiguang frown. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had long analyzed Russia's cultural traditions and psychological boundaries from various angles. So Li Shiguang could understand very well why Western Europe regarded Russia as a huge threat. Because Russia's psychological "borderline" was never the borderline where Russia stopped, but the rear of Russia's next attack.

In this regard, Western Europe trusted China's peaceful view of borders and territories more.

"Chairman, will the Soviet Union attack proactively?" Li Shiguang asked.