On April 3rd of the 9th year of Shenwu, on Thursday, May 20, 1920, the day was the day of signing the peace agreement. The Germans received the peace agreement from Crimson 15 days ago, but they were extremely disappointed with it. Poland was supported by Britain, France and the United States in the east and annexed some German territory; although the Rhineland was not independent, Lorraine and Alsace were ceded to France without a referendum; the merchant fleet was all lost, and the compensation was stipulated to be 1,38 billion marks; Germany would lose 13% of its territory and 10% of its population.

Such a harsh treaty has caused chaos in the German representatives and Germany. Wilson, who was previously highly anticipated by them, is now being scolded by all Germans. As for the Germans' impression of Yang Rui, on the morning of going to the Mirror Hall of Versailles, Yang Rui asked Yang Du and Xie Zhangtai: "Are the Germans scolding me too?"

"They..." Xie Zhangtai was honest. He was interrupted by Yang Du just said two words. He said: "There are some opinions in the newspapers, but more Germans know that we do not have much say in European affairs. And the Ottomans, isn't it because we strive to not be completely divided? Now the food donated in China is constantly being transported into Germany. Germany can't eat our food and scold us for being ungrateful, right? The war was caused by the German Emperor's instigation of the Tsar invasion..."

Yang Du said all the reasons for being high-sounding. The reason why China declared war was not the Tsar's invasion in the east at all. Yang Rui frowned and said, "Where is my itinerary? Can Germany go?"

"It's better not to go." Xie Zhangtai was not interrupted by Yang Du this time. "There is chaos in Germany now, especially after learning that the treaty is dealing with him in this way, it is likely that he will backfire if he goes."

"Is this true?" Yang Rui said: "I still want to go and see..."

"Your Excellency, the time is coming!" The French pilot who had been waiting in the inn early in the morning reminded politely that this person was dressed in a good manner. All the French knew that today was a French festival.

Let's go now." Yang Rui put on the black hat. The delegation did not respond to the tactful request of the French. He wore a black tuxedo, a white bow tie, and a black top hat. All of them were Ming-style official robes.

The Palace of Versailles is twenty kilometers west of Paris. Except for China and North Korea, delegations of several other countries have long stayed in the fountain hotel next to Versailles, so the Chinese and North Korean delegation needed to take a bus to Versailles, twenty kilometers away. When Yang Rui and his party got off to the first floor of the inn, they found that from the inn hall to the entire street, they were filled with Chinese and Chinese students in France. They were like the French, wearing their most decent clothes, as if they were celebrating the festival. As soon as Yang Rui and others showed their faces, the overseas Chinese applauded and cheered loudly, and then these people shouted excitedly, "Long live China, long live the emperor."

Faced with such a happy expatriates, Yang Rui could only wave his hand, but the reporter who was huddled in the front seized the opportunity to ask. "Prime Minister, how do you view this peace treaty?" Huang Yuanyong, a reporter from the Empire Daily, seized the rare moment.

"Everyone shouldn't be so happy." Yang Rui said as he walked, "There is no real winner in the war, so is the peace agreement."

"Prime Minister..." When other reporters were asking, Yang Rui had been sent to the car by the guards, so they had to catch the ambassador to France Shi Zhaoji and asked questions.

"Oh..." Yang Rui was also surprised by the performance of overseas Chinese just now. He kept shaking his head when he got in the car. Xie Zhangtai next to him said, "There is no way, after all, we won. In their opinion, this is a time when the national ambition is greatly increased."

"Haha, how to grow up the national ambition?" Yang Rui sneered, "Several people beat up one of them, and the front line was not even close to Germany's side. This is also called winning? If you want me, this is shameful to win! Including the same way for us in the battle against the Bolsheviks, only in the battle against Japan can it be called really winning. The quality of the Chinese people is really worrying!"

After saying this, he said to Li Zilong again: "Remember to send a telegram to China. Just let the Ministry of Rites publish an article according to my opinion, and ask the front-page headlines. For the battle against Japan, considering Sino-Japanese relations, I will write it more obscurely."

"Haha. You're so serious." Xie Zhangtai saw Yang Rui's arrangement like this, and really didn't know what to say.

"I'm not serious. I just think that the people who cheer for victory today are very..." Yang Rui couldn't find a suitable word, but he said an inference that everyone could not imagine: "...If we are defeated by other countries one day, I think many of these people will become traitors. Only those who have no backbone will cheer for victory that is not victory. It is precisely because of this. They are the easiest to surrender under the bayonet. Don't look at them so patriotic now. Li Zilong, I will also add this sentence!"

"I understand, sir." Li Zilong kept remembering.

"What he said makes sense." Xie Zhangtai finally nodded; Yang Du said: "Unless this article was signed by the Prime Minister himself, it will be useless. Many people in China are indeed backbone, including me."

Yang Du's last sentence made the car full of laughter. Yang Rui could no longer comment on this, so he could only shake his head while laughing. At this time, the convoy had left Paris City. The suburbs of spring were full of vitality. Cuckoos and other unknown wild flowers were blooming. On the road two kilometers away from the Palace of Versailles, French cavalry wearing blue uniforms and steel helmets stood quietly. White pennant flags fluttered in the wind on their spears. Near Versailles, there were all French guards, with white trousers and black boots, and dark blue uniforms. The silver helmets with long horsehair shining brightly. When the convoy drove into the palace, they held a saber in their hands and saluted solemnly.

The agreement was signed in the Mirror Hall, which is more than 70 meters long and ten meters wide. It is located in the main palace of Versailles and is its most glorious hall. There are seventeen floor-to-ceiling glass windows on the side facing the garden, and the side close to the inner side corresponds to seventeen large mirrors, so it is called the Mirror Hall. All the countries involved in the Agreement have locations in the Mirror Hall, and China has fifty seats like Britain, France, America and Japan.

The delegations of China and North Korea, wearing bright red official robes, were obviously very conspicuous among other delegations wearing black tuxedo and white bow tie. Yang Rui was blinded by the spotlights of a bunch of reporters as soon as he got out of the car. The reporters tried to get close to him in order to ask a few questions, but he didn't want to talk. He walked straight to the conference table at the other end of the hall of mirrors surrounded by everyone. Crimson, Lloyd, George, Wilson and the Japanese had been there for a long time, and he was the last one to arrive.

In addition to the large conference table, under a large portrait of Louis XIV, there is also a small table from the Louis XV period placed under the leather box on it. The leather box on it contains the original contract, and all participating countries must sign and stamp it on it. It seems that considering that the Chinese seal is very large, the original paper of the peace treaty is wider than ordinary paper.

When Yang Rui glanced over the original contract, representatives of several countries present bowed to him. The Japanese bowed, while the foreigners waved. This was a compromise choice not to shake hands or bow. Yang Rui, Xie Zhangtai and others bowed to them, and even Shi Zhaoji, the ambassador to France, who had already been politely ceremonial, had to do so.

"Are the Germans here?" Yang Rui's position was arranged between the Japanese Makino Hiroshi and Lloyd George. Next to Lloyd George was Krimson, and then Wilson was Written. He asked the Japanese Makino, who spoke Chinese.

"It's coming soon." Makino stretched out and glanced at the joyful Krimengsuo and responded in Chinese in a low voice, "I don't know if they will be brought in after we have signed the seal."

"Bring in..." Yang Rui laughed, and then said: "We have decided to leave Paris tonight."

"Ah." Makino said unexpectedly, "Are you not attending the evening celebration party?"

"I won't participate. I've been out for more than half a year and there are a lot of things in China. I won't say goodbye to Lord Nishiyuanji. Please tell him: When I visited Japan a few months later, he remembered to invite me to drink." Yang Rui whispered.

"I understand. I will tell you." Makino nodded vigorously. Yang Rui's visit to Japan was something that all the Japanese government and the people were looking forward to. It was indeed rare that he would agree so readily as soon as he invited him this time.

There were more and more people in the mirror hall, and it was only at half past eight. The signing ceremony began in Krimson's lengthy welcome speech. Yang Rui was not interested in it. He only watched the two eunuchs who came out of the Forbidden City grinding ink carefully. Nearly half an hour later, after the speech was finished, Krimson said to the officer on one side: "Bring the Germans in."

After a while, a French soldier brought in two German representatives. They were wearing black tuxedo and white bow tie, but their faces were not at all happy. They said in the newspaper afterwards that their faces were as pale as death. Crimson looked at them with a proud look. He spoke French again, and then, as everyone was watching, the Germans took out the prepared pen from their arms. Under the huge portrait of Louis XIV, Louis XV signed the sign on the small table, and there was no expression after signing it.

The Germans were so calm, but the French were ecstatic. The French in the Mirror Hall applauded and cheered loudly. The guns and cannons outside the Mirror Hall were roaring one after another. If they could look down at the whole of France in the sky, the guns and cannons of France were roaring together at this moment.

After the Germans signed, Crimson strode forward and signed the original copy of the peace agreement, followed by Lloyd George and Wilson. When it was Yang Rui's turn, the eunuch had prepared the brush and the national seal. He lifted the pen and bent his wrist and wrote the word "Yang Rui" in the blank space, and the seal of the King of Min was stamped on the melted fire lacquer. In this way, China's journey of the world war came to a successful end.

"Sir..." The national seal was stamped on the hot paint and never lifted it up. The eunuch next to him whispered to remind him.

"Well." Yang Rui was distracted at this time. What he thought was that Germany was so tragic, and then he thought about it: the Germans would eventually be conquered by the Anglo-Saxons. This is really not a good thing for China and the entire East. However, if Germany is not tragic, China will not be able to rise, and everything is destined.

Yang Rui lifted the national seal and handed it to the eunuch who was waiting. They hurriedly wiped the stained lacquer on the seal with the prepared white silk, and then reloaded the national seal into the red painted golden cloud dragon treasure box. The box was three layers. The small box containing the national seal was first filled into the middle box, and then into the large box. Finally, the large box was wrapped in a yellow cloth and held it tightly in the arms of a eunuch.

After each representative of the Allied Power signed and stamped, the participants in the mirror hall would applaud fiercely. When Yang Rui got up, the applause sounded warmly, but the middle-aged spirit in his heart drove him to do something unwise: After waving his hand to suppress the applause, he said to everyone: "Gentlemen, please don't congratulate me. I am very dissatisfied with myself, and even feel deeply ashamed of what I have done. Please leave the applause to others."

The French used some conditions to make China shut up on European affairs, but Yang Rui's title of "fifth head of state" was well known to everyone. When he expressed "deep shame", the zombie-like German representative looked at him as if he had anger in an instant, and the British also looked at him, while the flesh on the corner of Crymence's mouth was twitching, and Wilson was embarrassed. Fortunately, Yang Rui had finished speaking, and the applause rang among the British again. The most intense applause was Keynes of the British Finance Ministry. He completely opposed the harsh treatment of Germany because it would cause another war.

Although Yang Rui condemned the treaty in a vague manner, it was hard to say anything about the French who condemned this kind of inner confession. When the Italians signed the contract, the atmosphere in the Mirror Hall returned to the previous liveliness and joy. Then representatives from various countries signed copies with each other and sat forty-five minutes. Crimson officially announced the end of the ceremony, the Germans were immediately escorted out, and the French invited representatives of various countries to attend the celebration banquet held in Paris in the evening.

"You can't go to Germany again and not attend the evening banquet!" When she learned that Yang Rui wanted to go to Germany immediately, Xie Zhangtai loudly opposed: "It turns out that we are one of the founding countries of the League of Nations. We are also one of the Allies, and we cannot help but give French and American face! You said that just now, it is no longer worthy of their face. Germany is important, but France and the United States combined are more important than Germany!"

"I understand! I just..." When you simply think, you are as shameless as you are, but when you are not thinking, he knows deeply what honor and shame are. "Forget it, go back to China right away." He sighed.

"Okay!" Xie Zhangtai and Yang Du nodded together, "I think it's best to leave tonight. This will not offend France, nor will it make Germany hate it. At least you have already said that we were not happy about signing this peace agreement. In fact, killing people may not necessarily cause hatred. If you kill people and pee on the body, it will make people hate them to the core. Everything that Krimengsuo has arranged today is an act of arousing Germany's hatred."

"He is trying to die!" Yang Rui felt disgusting when he thought of the whole ceremony. "I'm leaving, who will go tonight?"

"If you leave, I have to go, Xizi, Mr. Huafeng, and Shi Zhaoji must go, too." Xie Zhangtai said. "What else do you have to explain to the German side?"

"What else can I explain?" Yang Rui thought about the German affairs, "Go to Leo's to offer flowers on my behalf. Rebecca, try every means to find her and bring it back."

"What if she doesn't want to come back?" Xie Zhangtai asked, "Our person found her the last time, and she said she didn't want to go back to China."

"Then..." Yang Rui was speechless about this, "Since Germany is very chaotic, then try to protect her. As long as she needs it, whether it is money or anything else, it will satisfy her."

"I understand." Xie Zhangtai nodded. He was very moved by Leo's encounter. He died before he could succeed. This is the best portrayal of Leo. A true patriot.

At noon that day, after saying goodbye to the local overseas Chinese representatives, Yang Rui arrived in Marseille under the escort of the Air Force. He did not stop in Marseille, but boarded the Shenwu aircraft carrier. Of course, it is now just a royal yacht of Shenwu. The flight deck is a golf course and the hangar is a entertainment city. Navy commander Lieutenant General Liu Guanxiong has been waiting here for a long time.

"The minister has met the Prime Minister." Liu Guanxiong and his officers were waiting on the deck.

"Where is the German battleship?" Yang Rui asked after returning the gift. Yang Rui did not interfere in the German Navy's Rainbow Operation. China was divided into a Helgolan-class battleship, several cruisers and destroyers.

"Sir, the Qingyuan has returned to China, so we have to receive this ship. It takes day and night to form combat power." Liu Guanxiong quickly followed Yang Rui, saying as he walked. He knew that this dynasty was different from the previous dynasty. The funds of the previous dynasty fleet were contracted to the captain. Since it was a contract, the captain tried his best to avoid training and exercises. This way, the funding will not only not exceed the standard, but also the saved part can be divided privately with the officers on the ship. However, this dynasty has enough funds and does not take ships or coal seriously at all. Even the secondary artillery shells other than the main gun are extremely sufficient, in order to "form combat power."

"Are the Caspian Fleet established?" Yang Rui thought of his itinerary as he walked. He was going to return from the Western Regions.

"Sir, the Caspian Fleet was established last month. However, they are all small boats and submarines that can be transported by railways and railways." Liu Guanxiong said, "The Navy also wants to build a naval shipyard there."

"It's better to build a small shipyard. Go to the Ministry of Industry, they have plans." Yang Rui said.

"The officer understands." Liu Guanxiong was happy when he heard this. There are four fleets of the Caspian Sea, Bohai Sea, East China Sea, and South China Sea. The warships above 10,000 tons include two battleships of Qinghe and Qingyuan and three aircraft carriers, Shenwu, Changning and Yongning. In addition, the keels of four aircraft carriers have been laid in the docks of the Nanjing Naval Shipyard and the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The planned 18 10,000-ton cruisers, forty-eight 2,000-ton destroyers, fifty-four large submarines, and eight 15,000-ton supply ships. The fleet tonnage has increased rapidly from 50,000 tons to more than 800,000 tons. Although it is still not as good as the Japanese Navy at that time, this growth rate is also very scary.

"Only build aircraft carriers but not battleships, the officers below you will have any objections." After entering the lounge inside the ship, Yang Rui told Liu Guanxiong that he wanted to explain the navy's affairs this time.

"This... there are indeed a few people who have opinions." Liu Guanxiong dared not hide it, "but the officials are comforting these people..."

"Did you say that the aircraft carrier is built to exclude Fujian people?" Yang Rui asked again.

With a 'whoo', Liu Guanxiong stood up immediately in shock and said anxiously: "The Navy has never said such words. Please observe clearly."

"It doesn't matter whether you check it or not. It's understandable that you have this idea before you give a convincing statement. However, if you can't realize that the naval battle pattern has changed in a realistic way. Instead, you just open your eyes and blindly emphasize the battleships, then your heart will be punished." Yang Rui sneered.

"There was an exclusion of Min before, but this exclusion was just to give others some opportunities. Since it was a national tax warship, then the people across the country were qualified to be a navy. The exam was treated equally and would not be hired just because it was a Min system. As for the dead rule that the aircraft carrier captain must be a pilot, I decided that the purpose was to make the navy get used to another naval combat mode as soon as possible." At this point, Yang Rui thought of another question and asked: "Have the General Staff notified you to participate in flight training?"

"Yes, it has been notified." Liu Guanxiong was sweating on his head. He couldn't figure out why the General Staff notified himself to participate in flight training.

"Do you know why you are notified?" Yang Rui asked while picking up the tea cup leisurely, using the lid to remove the tea leaves and started drinking tea.

"I don't know." Liu Guanxiong didn't dare to wipe his sweat.

"That's because you don't want to remove your post." Yang Rui put down his teacup. "As an old man in the navy, if the new war mode cannot be applied, then you must eliminate it." After the word "elimination", Liu Guanxiong shook obviously. "You are the commander-in-chief of the navy, so you must understand that in the future, the navy will no longer use a ship to carry a cannon barrel to fight. The navy will carry an airplane to fight in the future. No matter whether you will actually command the battle in the future, these common sense must be known.

In the future, we will have six regular aircraft carriers, and the captains of these aircraft carriers are not sure. The problem now is, what should we do if the pilots are born in the field of navigation, and those born in the field of navigation are not clear about flight? Now we can only disrupt two groups of people. We will study together and take the exam three years later. The exam items will be announced before. Whoever can do it depends on their own abilities. In addition, psychological quality and personality tests also account for the points, which are all for future naval battles, not specifically for anyone."

"Sir, wise!" Liu Guanxiong really didn't know what to say about this, so he had to praise his wisdom.

"Okay, don't stand, sit down." Yang Rui's expression relaxed at this moment. He said to the uneasy Liu Guanxiong. After he sat down, he asked again: "What difficulties does the Navy still have now?"

"Sir, the subordinates are worried that there are not enough qualified officers." Liu Guanxiong is most worried about manpower. The navy's balloon-blowing expansion is far from enough, not to mention officers, even sailors. "Without qualified officers, combat effectiveness cannot be guaranteed."

"Yeah." Yang Rui nodded. Although he didn't understand the navy, it was difficult for the army officers, especially senior officers, to be able to develop them. The navy should be the same.

"Sir, if this is feasible, can the speed of building a ship be slowed down?" Liu Guanxiong said.

"The speed of building a ship?" Yang Rui thought of the Washington Navy Treaty that was likely to come soon, and shook his head and said, "Aircraft carriers must not be slowed down. All of them must be launched next year. Other cruisers and destroyers can be slowed down, but no matter how slowed down, the entire fleet must be fully equipped within ten years. Isn't ten years enough?"
Chapter completed!