After years of suffering from the European war, the city has finally regained a bit of vitality, although the economic depression has affected people's consumption**, but it is undeniable that Paris is still a place that Europeans yearn for, not only the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Champlysée, the Place de la Concorde, but also a famous international conference is being held here.

This famous international conference was held at the Palace of Versailles in Paris, because it was about world peace, so it was called the Paris Peace Conference, the number of participating countries, the wide range of issues discussed was enough to attract attention, and it is precisely for this reason that Paris is now the city that the world press circles pay the most attention to, journalists from all over the world gather in Paris, through newspapers, telegrams and other means, the Paris Peace Conference news events are disseminated to the world. A hundred years ago, it might have taken months or even more than half a year for events in Asia to have a slight impact on Europe, but now, with the help of modern technology, events in Asia may have a direct impact on Europe in just a few days.

There is no doubt that the issue that reporters are most concerned about now is the incident of armed conflict between China and Britain in Central Asia, which was called "the great victory of Tashkent" by Chinese newspapers, but the British newspapers called it "the tragedy of Tashkent".

It may be an exaggeration to say that China defeated Britain in the Tashkent War, but if China demonstrated to Britain through the Tashkent conflict that China is determined to maintain its sphere of influence in Central Asia, then basically no one will dispute this, and perhaps Chinese and British diplomats will call it a "misunderstanding" out of caution, but at least journalists will not simply call this armed conflict a "misunderstanding".

Paris is too far away from China, and it will take a long journey to take the train through Siberia, and now that the Russian civil war is raging, the Siberian Railway cannot be opened to traffic, so reporters from various countries in Paris can only take the most convenient way to pay attention to this armed conflict and conflict of interests in Central Asia, that is, to interview China's diplomatic plenipotentiary representative to the Paris Peace Conference.

The Chinese diplomatic plenipotentiary to the Paris Peace Conference was Mr. Gu Weijun, who is said to be the son-in-law of China's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Tang Shaoyi, who studied in the United States and was fluent in English. Although some people think that this is a manifestation of officialdom nepotism, there is no doubt about the fact that since he came to the Paris Peace Conference, Mr. Gu Weijun has always been very competent, and he did not dare to be careless in dealing with the orders of the Chinese government, and he has always been polite and dagger in dealing with foreign reporters' interviews, even if the other party questioned him in a provocative tone.

Now, Mr. Gu Weijun is dealing with a group of foreign reporters in the train station, and next to him stands a group of expressionless assistants and Tu Ze, some of whom are glaring at some of the reporters.

"Mr. Gu. I heard that you came to the Paris railway station to see off some Chinese technicians who were going to Germany, can you tell me why these Chinese technicians went to Germany? According to rumors, they went to Germany to find industrial technologists, do you agree with this statement?

"I have no right to interfere with these rumors, citizens have the right and freedom to speak, how they want to rumor, that's their business, and my responsibility is to put these technicians on the train to Germany, as for what they are going to do, I don't know."

"Germany is a defeated country and is about to be severely punished by the Peace Conference, but judging from your many remarks at the Peace Conference, it seems that the Chinese Government does not agree with the view that Germany is a warmonger. How do you explain that China abstained from voting on the resolution to severely punish Germany? ”

"In my personal opinion, it was only a group of politicians and generals who started the war, and I deeply sympathize with the innocent German people, who not only endured the damage caused by the war, but will also continue to suffer the disasters that will be brought to Germany because of the wrong decisions of a group of politicians and generals. Of course, the Chinese government's view of the war in Europe has not changed. That is, this war is a tragedy, a tragedy for Europe, and a tragedy for the world, and the reason why we are holding the peace conference in Paris today is to avoid a similar world tragedy from happening again. However, it is a pity that at the peace conference, the rhetoric advocating severe punishment of the defeated countries was very marketable, as a country that abides by the international order and justice, China can only abstain from voting in the resolution on severely punishing the defeated countries, and the purpose of this is only to make clear our position, that is, the punishment of the German people is unjust, which is a burden that Germany can bear, once the German economy collapses, another European war is almost imminent, and China does not want to see Europe go to war again, so we decided to abstain from voting. ”

"You say that China does not want to see Europe go to war again, is that what you mean by heart? However, in our view, it was the European war that saved China from becoming a colony of the great powers, and it should be said that China should be grateful to the European war. Moreover, judging by the armed conflict in Tashkent, it is clear that China does not intend to be a peacekeeper. ”

"Mr. Reporter, you're obviously stealing concepts. The fundamental reason why China was able to avoid becoming a colony of foreign powers was not where to go to war, but because of the belief in a strong country and the spirit of self-improvement of all Chinese, and the Chinese yearn for civilization and strength. There has been no opportunity before, but now, under the command of a central government with a strong will, we are on the road to becoming a strong country, and this is not the credit of the European war, but the conflict between the whole people and Tashkent, which is constantly striving for self-improvement. ”

Gu Weijun had to be perfunctory to reporters from various countries, and sometimes, the other party's questions were too tricky, and he had no choice but to play Tai Chi; now that the Tashkent conflict was on the cusp, he had to deal with it cautiously, and the press was careful to maintain a good impression on the current public opinion.

Just as Gu Weijun was dealing with reporters, there were a few whistles on the platform of the railway station, a train of passenger cars slowly drove out of the station, and several assistants hurriedly walked back to Weijun's side and nodded to him, Gu Weijun knew that those Chinese technical experts had already left by car.

Those Chinese technical experts are going to Germany to recruit industrial talents, now Germany, the economy is in chaos, there are many unemployed, plus the Paris Peace Conference has officially passed a resolution, clearly prohibiting Germany from having the ability to go to war, prohibiting the German army from equipping submarines and aircraft, so that the entire German military industrial system collapsed instantly, the prospects are bleak, in this case, many German experts are facing the embarrassing situation of unemployment, so Gu Weijun made a decisive move and sent a technical expert group, He went to Germany to collect all kinds of industrial talents, especially those from the military industry. In order to prevent the indiscriminate filling of the taro, the members of this Chinese technical expert group are experts with sufficient experience in the relevant fields, they will personally assess those applicants, and once admitted, they will immediately pay each other a settling-in fee, paid in dollars, in post-war Germany, the mark is basically equal to waste paper, the dollar is very popular, which will further strengthen the attractiveness of China, the current German people need hard currency, and Chinese factories and schools need professional talents, this is a fair deal, not to say that taking advantage of the danger.

Since the technical expert group successfully left the Paris railway station, there was no need for Gu Weijun to continue to deal with these foreign reporters who were looking at China with colored glasses, so after saying goodbye to the reporters, he hurriedly left the train station with his entourage, got into the car, and instructed the driver to drive the car directly back to the hotel.

Back at the hotel, a distinguished guest had been waiting at the hotel for a long time, it was Japan's diplomatic plenipotentiary representative to the Paris Peace Conference and former Japanese government minister Saionji Gongwang, who had come to see Gu Weijun to thank the other party; just a few days ago, Gu Weijun gave support to the Japanese representative when the special committee of the Paris Peace Conference discussed the New Guinea issue, and although Australia's proposal was finally forcibly adopted by a majority of votes, the Japanese representative really still needed to express his gratitude to the Chinese representative.

"It's a pity, Your Excellency Nishienfeng, I didn't help in the debate of the special committee last time, and I'm really sorry that I can't do enough."

Mr. Gu was polite. You have done your best, and your government has done its best, but because of the prejudice of Europeans against Asians, the New Guinea problem cannot be saved, and in the face of the pressure of the Pakistan Peace Conference, the Japanese government can only choose to back down, but this does not mean that the Japanese government will give up its position of adhering to the common interests of Asia on relevant issues, so please rest assured that Mr. Gu will continue to stand on the position of your country on the Central Asian issue. ”

Xiyuan Temple Gongwang exchanged a few polite words with Gu Weijun, and quickly turned to the topic, which was also one of the main purposes of his coming.

"That's great. Thank you, Your Excellency, for your support to me, and in the common interests of Asia, the Central Government of China has always believed that it is necessary to strengthen the unity among the Asian countries, so after the Australian proposal was forcibly adopted, I have received a clear instruction from the Central Government of China that if the European countries continue to regard China and Japan as nothing on the Central Asian issue, China will immediately withdraw from the Paris Peace Conference! ”

"Huh? Is that really what you say? ”

In fact, after Australia's proposal on the New Guinea issue was forcibly adopted by the Paris Peace Conference, there was also a debate within the Japanese Government, and some people believed that the Paris Peace Conference had been completely controlled by Britain and France, and that Japan's interests could no longer be effectively protected, so it was better to withdraw from the Paris Peace Conference in protest.

Saionji Gongwang really did not expect that the Chinese government had given similar clear instructions to the delegates to the peace conference, this is a new development, and Japan needs to pay more attention, if China withdraws from the Paris Peace Conference, then Japan may also be able to withdraw, and then China and Japan will form another Asian system in Asia to counter the Paris system.

At present, the "Far East Peace Commission" has been dissolved because of the convening of the Paris Peace Conference, but as long as China and Japan are willing, they can be reorganized at any time, and once they are reorganized, then Britain and France can be completely excluded, and China and Japan will dominate the leadership of the organization, and the United States can be united to some extent.

Thinking of this, Xiyuan Temple Gongwang hesitated, he very much hoped that the Paris Peace Conference would pass a motion unfavorable to China on the Central Asian issue, because only in this way would China angrily withdraw from the Peace Conference, and according to the current situation, the Tsarist Russian government was about to submit a proposal on the Central Asian issue to the Paris Peace Conference, and at that time, the Paris Peace Conference dominated by the European Purriots would certainly not give China a good face.

But is the exhibition going according to the wishes of the public hope of Saionji? No one can answer, not even Gu Weijun knows the answer, but he knows another thing, that is, the attitude of the United States, now, the United States Government is stepping up mediation in the Tashkent conflict, and it seems that the United States Government seems to be more inclined to support China's claims, obviously, the United States Government also believes that the British Government's hand has stretched too long, which has affected the implementation of the United States' strategy.

The impact of the Paris Peace Conference has reached a critical juncture, and it will depend on whether the competing interests of all parties can reach an agreement.