Chapter 7 Preparatory Meeting for the Paris Peace Conference

The large-scale plan to send overseas students started in the first year of the Republic of China finally bore initial fruits in the past two years. After the outbreak of the European War, the number of students sent by the government increased steadily from 5,000 each year, reaching 15,000 last summer.

Since the Republican Party came to power, there have been 15 new comprehensive universities and 20 polytechnic universities in the country, and the scale of normal schools in each province has been expanded.

Thirty percent of the annual fiscal allocation is used for education, which may seem like a lot, but in fact it is not. China is still too big. Fortunately, the private sector has a tradition of running schools, which makes up for the lack of state investment to a certain extent.

Because of Fang Jianxiong's visit, the small courtyard where Yun Qinghe and Zhou Leng lived suddenly became lively this morning. Fushuai was here! The news spread like wildfire, and experts and scholars living in this large courtyard started talking.

Come together.

The trend of studying abroad rose in the late Qing Dynasty, but there was not much use for those who returned from their studies. It was not until the beginning of the Republican Party that they paid attention to education and talents, and were willing to invest, which reversed the waste of talents. In today's Republic of China, high-tech talents

It is the most popular, and even gave birth to such a jingle, "Learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, and you will not be afraid of traveling all over the world."

Marshal Fang, the first person of the Republic of China, was sitting in this small courtyard, surrounded by people. In the official tone, it should be said like this: Chairman Fang Jianxiong and experts and scholars gathered together, and they talked cordially for a long time.

It wasn't a hearty laugh.

There have been four Paris Peace Conferences in history, and this one in January 1919 was the third. Let’s put it this way, the essence of each Paris Peace Conference is actually two words: “sharing the spoils.” To put it in a popular way,

That is, according to the size of the fist, we sit in rows and divide the fruits. The big ones are for myself, and the small ones are for the children.

There is no doubt that China today is not a big player at the Paris Peace Conference and can only be ranked second. Also ranked second are Japan and Italy. In fact, Italian industry is not bad, but the country's army is too weak.

He knows how to fight and is an absolute pig teammate.

As early as January 1918, U.S. Presidents Thomas Woodrow and Wilson proposed the "Fourteen Points", on which the Paris Peace Conference was based. In a sense, the "Fourteen Points" exposed the United States'

The ambition to gain world hegemony was one of the main reasons that led the British and French peace conferences to deal with the United States at the Paris Peace Conference.

At the Paris Peace Conference in this time and space, the Americans got ahead of Britain and France and roped in China as a helper. In fact, this was a major condition for the United States to provide loans to China. Since the Republic of China, the United States has provided China with loans of one billion US dollars.

.This is not a small amount of money. You must know that during the entire European War, Britain and France owed the United States a total of only six billion U.S. dollars.

Of course, with its loans and technical assistance, the United States has replaced the United Kingdom as China's biggest beneficiary. Especially in the Yangtze River Basin, Britain's traditional sphere of influence, the Americans have completely and completely become the biggest winner in this region.

In the Beiyang period in the history of parallel time and space, the government had no way to borrow money from foreigners. The only country willing to lend money to the Beiyang government was Japan, an ambitious Asian country. Why was there no way for Beiyang to betray its country? Without him, there is not much use value. This

We really can't blame imperialism for being ruthless and unjust! What matters between countries is interests. If you don't have any use value and want to betray the country, you can't find the temple with a pig's head.

In parallel history, from the first year of the Republic of China to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in 1937, China was never truly unified, and its heavy industry stagnated or even regressed.

In this time and space of the Republic of China, all this will not happen again. Members of the Chinese delegation participating in the Paris Peace Conference can look directly at every opponent with their chests raised. From January 13 to 17, 1919, Britain, France, the United States, China

, Japan, the six Italian countries held a preparatory meeting for the Paris Peace Conference and formulated the rules of procedure for the peace conference behind the backs of the other victorious countries.

Gu Weijun, the chief conference representative, remembered what happened last night. Yang Yongtai suddenly came to tell him that he would lead the meeting this time. Yang Yongtai received a temporary call from China and had other important matters to deal with during the meeting.

When he really stood in front of representatives from various countries, he felt like he was carrying a heavy mountain on his shoulders.

"Dear gentlemen, I, Gu Weijun, only make the following seven demands on behalf of the Chinese government. First, to abolish the sphere of influence of various countries in China; second, to withdraw the troops and patrols of various countries in China; third, to abolish the post and telecommunications offices of various countries in China,

Cable Telegraph Bureau and Radio Agency; fourth, revoke consular jurisdiction; fifth, return the leased area; sixth, return the concession; seventh, treat the defeated Germany and Austria kindly and provide necessary humanitarian assistance to Germany and Austria." Gu Weijun said.

Representatives from various countries are talking freely, and now it is just a preparatory meeting. In fact, China's views have been expressed as early as during the visit of US Secretary of State Lansing to China.

In this world, the weak will not receive sympathy. In the Paris Peace Conference in parallel history, China's interests were trampled on, which is a lesson learned in naked blood. In this time and space, no country dares to ignore the voice of the Chinese government

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A weak country has no diplomacy! This sentence is bloody!

On the first day of preparations for the meeting, when Gu Weijun made his voice heard at the meeting, representatives from various countries suddenly discovered that China had stood up and became a huge force that cannot be ignored. Although the most powerful country in the world today is still the United Kingdom, it can

What is certain is that even if the UK now pulls France and Japan, it will be difficult to pose a threat to China. Not to mention that France will not risk offending China and causing any losses to its interests in Asia. As for Japan, it is now the biggest

The most important thing is to seize the time to catch up with China and not to be pulled out of the gap by China's overall military strength. The most important point is that today's countries need China. The United States needs China's help to fight against the alliance of Britain and Japan, and France hopes that China can ensure its presence in South Asia.

Britain and Japan need China to contribute to the intervention in Russia. Spring is coming, and the Belarusian government’s offensive against the Soviet government is about to begin. For the Belarusian government far away in Siberia, whether China recognizes this government is very important, because from the geographical location

From the above point of view, China, which controls the southern section of the Siberian Railway, has the most convenient channel to support Belarus.

Whether it is parallel time and space or this time and space, European and American countries have extremely limited assistance to Belarus, and their intervention is weak. Otherwise, with the little strength of Soviet Russia, there is no possibility of winning. The European war has drained Europe of blood. This sentence

The words are not random. In this time and space, Europe has suffered even more heavy losses because of Fang’s secret hand.

At the parallel and empty Paris Peace Conference, U.S. President Wilson betrayed China's interests and supported the transfer of German interests in China to Japan. This time and space was exactly the opposite. After Gu Weijun issued his seven-point demand, Wilson was the first to stand up and support China's

appeal, and said: China has made outstanding contributions in the European war and is an important force for future world peace. The U.S. government and the Chinese government have reached an agreement and consensus on equal diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Surprisingly, French Prime Minister Clemenceau's attitude was also very clear. He later stated that China-France friendship is forged with blood. France supports the Chinese government's reasonable demands for its own interests and reserves its opinion only on the seventh point.

Perhaps because he did not expect that France would jump out to support China, British Prime Minister George implicitly stated that the British government valued its friendly relations with China and was willing to negotiate on China's demands. Japanese Foreign Minister Yasuya Uchida followed closely and said

The Japanese government is willing to engage in dialogue.

In fact, for the first six of China's seven-point demands, the United Kingdom and Japan have suffered the greatest losses. Japan, in particular, still has a concession in Port Arthur in China. Not to mention the United Kingdom, which has concessions at all ports in China, and

There are garrisons and patrols.

While Gu Weijun was preparing to make a speech at the meeting, Yang Yongtai received two guests from Germany in the hotel where he was staying.

Bob and Pierre, the two German brothers of Marshal Fang, were sitting opposite Yang Yongtai with calm expressions on their faces.

Bob, a rising star and famous general who emerged during the European war, made a secret trip to Paris. He was dressed in casual clothes and traveling in a simple car. The war made this young German mature, and he had two carefully trimmed beards under his nose.

"Mr. Yang, I have been appointed by Marshal Hindenburg to discuss with the Chinese government the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The past is past, and our country's provisional government has always maintained that the foundation of Sino-German friendship is solid.

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Bob's scene was very easy to talk about. Most people are impressed by the relationship between China and Germany because of Germany's military assistance to China in the 1930s before the Anti-Japanese War. In fact, the relationship between China and Germany has never been very good. Germany

We have never been friendly to China in the true sense. In real history, the Sino-Japanese War

After that, Germany was the first to forcibly lease Jiaozhou Bay. In the Gengzi year, the commander-in-chief of the eight coalition forces was a German. In the 1911 year, Germany was the first great power to stand up and take action to support the Qing government in suppressing the rebellion. The Germans believed in

What they have is iron, blood and sword. The Germans are extremely ugly when it comes to grabbing interests in China.

Let's put it this way, the attitudes of the great powers towards China are essentially the same.

In this time and space, China and Germany are in private contact for their own interests, and they are essentially using each other. Although Germany was defeated, there are many things that China needs. Similarly, Germany hopes that China will help fight for its interests at the Paris Peace Conference.

We also hope that the Chinese government will provide assistance with food and medicine to alleviate the current huge pressure within Germany.

"Both of them are old friends of the Chinese people. Before going abroad this time, the Chairman personally gave relevant instructions on the German issue. The Chinese government will adhere to the stance of treating Germany well. If the final result cannot be changed, the Chinese government is willing to act alone
Chapter completed!