On January 18, the 10th year of the Republic, the Paris Peace Conference, which attracted worldwide attention, was grandly opened at the Palace of Versailles in France. The victorious powers of the First World War convened this spoils conference to redraw their spheres of influence. As an important member of the victorious powers, China was recognized for the first time as an equal member of the international powers by virtue of the air barrier erected by the conquering of Qingdao and the expeditionary force for the Entente powers, and a delegation of more than 50 people headed by Wu Chenxuan, Lu Zhengxiang, Zhang Shaozeng, Zhang Nanjiang, and Gu Weijun attended the meeting.

The first few days of the meeting were all procedural issues, and the Chinese delegation's proposal for the distribution of German colonies in the Far East was accepted as a priority agenda by the General Assembly, but China's seven-point proposal on its own rights and interests could only be put forward at a closed-door meeting of the six countries because of the opposition of Britain and Japan, and was not allowed to go to the plenary session.

Since it is the main victorious country, China has the capital to bargain, the mentality of a winner, and the tone of a winner. The diplomats of the Chinese delegation, headed by Lu Zhengxiang and Gu Weijun, were full of urgency and fierce debate, exuberant, reasonable, and impassioned, raising their eyebrows loudly at the peace conference, fully demonstrating the diplomatic ability and level of the Chinese, which was impressive and reshaped China's international image.

At the conference, such as the abolition of Germany's consular jurisdiction in China, the cancellation of China's indemnity to Germany, and the return of concessions outside Shandong (China actually recovered but not legally recognized by Germany), these clauses that took the interests of the Germans as good people were of course adopted without resistance.

After China's request was successfully passed by the conference, it was relieved to be a soy sauce public, and did not hold high the banner of colonial independence, which made Britain and France, which their own India and the southeast peninsula are in China's mouth, a lot more reassured, Japan is also afraid of China's national defense army, and there are not many people who plan to fight to the death with China on land, but if China cares about these colonies in Southeast Asia, Japan does not mind to get a piece of the pie, but China is not fooled, and Japan cannot jump out to pull hatred, Anyway, there's a big cake waiting for you in the north.

China and Japan were concerned with the distribution of interests in the Far East, and for Italy, she joined the Entente during World War I because Britain, France, and Russia had promised Italy to give Fumu and Da Marcia after the war, but they did not mention it in the peace conference, which greatly displeased Italy. This provided a pretext for the rise of the fascist Mussolini in the future, advocating foreign expansion.

More than 1,000 delegates from various countries attended the Paris Peace Conference, including 70 plenipotentiaries, which was later changed to a "six-member conference," namely, US President Wilson, British Prime Minister Lloyd's 61 George, French Prime Minister Clemenceau, Chinese Vice President Wu Chenxuan, Japanese veteran Konozo Saionji, and Italian Prime Minister Orlando. Later, because Italy played a small role in the war, its contribution was almost negative, and its own foundation was thin, it was left out in the cold by Britain and France. So in fact, it became the "Council of Five", and they were the Big Five and the masters of the Paris Peace Conference.

In the course of the meeting, the Big Five had their own agendas.

Niu Niu first spoke shyly: "We want everyone to recognize our Niuniu's maritime hegemony and colonial hegemony, and we hope that all countries on the European continent will have equal strength." Well, it doesn't matter if it's unbalanced, we European stirrers aren't in vain, it's a big deal to bother to mix and balance with you."

The rooster shook proudly and there were few tail feathers left: "Our rooster family has sacrificed the most and made the most achievements, so we deserve European hegemony." As for the Germans, they should be cut into seventy or eighty slices like German sausages. ”

The white eagle stood tall in the treetops, flashing its plump wings, looking at the world, and then sighed quite narcissistically: "No more invincible, how lonely is it." World hegemony, who else can I be? ”

The lion yawned, shook his mane, looked at the venison that had been torn by everyone on someone's territory, shook his head and bit down on a thigh left on his own territory. Hold it in your arms and rinse it first, and then calmly watch the cow, the rooster and the white eagle compete for venison.

It took a long time for the three-inch hamster to climb onto the table, but after a few loud calls, he found that the cows and lions were too lazy to take care of him, so he had to write his back flag "soy sauce", and honestly picked up some leaks under the table.

So, a very interesting scene arises, each country will be an opponent of the other two countries, and can join forces with either of the other two countries. Therefore, this meeting lasted for more than 5 months.

In order to demand reparations from the defeated countries, British Prime Minister Lloyd 61 George and French Prime Minister Clemenceau quarreled.

"How about you France get 50% and we get 30% in England?" "No, absolutely not! In this war, France lost the most, and we should have 58%. ”

"It's too much, we don't agree."

"Then we don't agree with that either." Clemenceau, who is 78 years old, is full of gray hair, but he is still as fierce as a beast, and he is worthy of his nickname of "Tiger Prime Minister". And Lloyd's 61 George was also entangled in every way, without sacrificing his own interests at all.

U.S. President Wilson had no choice but to maneuver between Britain and France, busy playing a round: "We don't want a penny in the United States." Is it okay for both of you to sacrifice a little bit so that other countries can also benefit, France gets 56%, Britain gets 28%? Hi, I'm Your Excellency Vice President Sean, and you have a word for you. ”

Wu Chenxuan stretched. "I said everyone is here, wine in the cup, wine in the cup, let's go after it's done. Oh, not last night. Hey, I'm drinking too much again, I'm sorry, I'm not in a state today, you guys continue to discuss, I'll stare at it for a while. ”

Wilson couldn't help it, looking at the Saionji Temple who was sitting on the edge of the table and preparing to speak, but thinking about Japan's strength and contributions, Wilson still shook his head and continued to persuade himself, and the Saionji Gongwang, who was ready to make a generous statement, almost choked his neck.

At this time, Clemenceau shouted, "Yes." But the Franco-German border is bordered by the Rhine: in addition to the return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, the Saarland district of Germany is also ours! "If France gets the Saarland, it means that he controls the most important military-industrial region in Europe and can dominate the continent in the future. Of course, Britain and the United States disagree. They quarreled from January to April, and neither of them would budge. Both Wilson and Clemenceau threatened each other by withdrawing from the peace conference.

Five people, oh four people, Saionji was ignored when he could speak, and then he got used to it, and then everyone got used to it, anyway, all four of them can discuss in French and English, and there is no crappy Japanese English or Japanese French, so everyone can suffer a little less, right? After much controversy and bargaining, the result was finally reached: Britain received a territory of 10 million people under the Mandate of the League of Nations, France received 7.5 million people, including Alsace, Lorraine, and Saar (France was only allowed to occupy Saar for 15 years, after which it was returned to Germany), and Japan received two German possessions in the Pacific, the Caroline Islands and Western Samoa, in the form of trusteeship. The "open door" principle of the United States was adopted, and American goods and capital could enter these areas, so that opportunities were equalized and benefits were shared by all, and the United States also laughed at two colonies, the Mariana Islands and Nauru. China got the Marshall Islands, the Bisman Islands, and of course in the form of trusteeship, and if the islands were to be decided to become independent or belong to Germany or the occupying powers in a referendum twenty years later, such a choice would have to be respected.

The Florentine Observer, an Italian who has been excluded from the great powers, describes the President of Orlando in a mess of peace meetings in the style of the Italians, because all of them have evil intentions. The Americans say: I'm going to be the boss! The British say: I, labor is the boss. The French said, "I just want to make the Germans obedient, and I'm happy." The Chinese say: I am one of the victors, so I should take back everything you owe me, and at least use the German colonies as interest. The Japanese say: Asia should be in charge of Asians. To put it bluntly, he is in charge of the affairs of the Far East, and the whiteskins are not welcome to interfere. Lu Zhengxiang and Gu Weijun, who had just arrived in Paris, were still very high-spirited, because the British said back then, as long as you help me fight the Germans, my family will help you restore your status as a great power in the past. So I came to this meeting with a lot of committed delegations. But when he arrived, he was dumbfounded, and he realized that the rogue tricks of Wu Daguanren were the unparalleled weapon in the confrontation at the top level of world diplomacy, and it was a group of hooligans with culture and status who were tearing it apart. This situation is too far from the style of the personable diplomats of the powerful countries I usually see, and they are heartbroken when they attend the closed-door meeting on the first day.

Seeing Clemenceau's seventy or eighty white-haired old goblin barking like a black back, and the scene of Penlao and George's face spitting, Gu Weijun, who has always had a good demeanor, couldn't help but cover his chest, saying that he was scared to death of the baby. Next, Lao and George's sinister discord, Xiyuan Temple's public hope's nonsense, Makino Shin's sloppy tricks, and his own boss's poisonous tongue attack, which made Lu Zhengxiang and Gu Weijun an eye-opener, except for President Wilson who is still a helpless civilized person, other leaders of other countries have become beasts, Lu Zhengxiang later thought in his memoirs that the way he participated in the closed-door meeting must have been wrong, and the scene did not look like a peak forum, but seven or eight points like "Animal World"?

While sharing the spoils, the Paris Peace Conference also had an important agenda. That is, a conspiracy to strangle the nascent Red Russia, and the decision to impose an economic blockade on the Red Russia. Organise a League of Nations to oppose the Comintern founded by François. The League of Nations commanded national armies to carry out a bloody crackdown on the Russian military and civilians of the Red Army, while repartitioning Russia's former colonies.

At this point, they can pay for and hire people to fight on the Western Front, but on the Eastern Front, they can do it, but on the Eastern Front, they can't do it. China and Japan can only be relied on here, but Wu Chenxuan and Xiyuanji Gongwang have always been unclear about the affairs of Taiwan and Kanto Prefecture, and it seems that it is unrealistic for the Eastern Front to tie two donkeys to a trough.

Fortunately, Vice President Sean Wu put forward a very classic principle of "shelving disputes, seeking common ground while reserving differences", this spirit of doing things first and then squeezing has been unanimously praised by Britain, France and the United States, and by the way, a number of Chinese cultural relics have been returned to make the Chinese delegation happy, and Japan has also realized that no matter how much rolling can not have a good result, the two penguins in tuxedos have to accept the condition of hitting Lao Maozi first and dealing with China.