Unable to prepare for the success of the Chinese delegation, the chief negotiator of the delegation, Saionji Gongwang, had no choice but to avoid the meeting by citing illness and leaving the delegation to decide on its own who would attend the meeting.

Although the situation was very favorable to China, Gu Weijun at this time did not have too many illusions about the "world axioms" proposed by the Americans, and the following series of events finally confirmed his suspicions, and at the same time completely shattered the Chinese's axiomatic dream.

Among the Western giants present at the meeting, Orlando, the representative of Italy, was a strong-mouthed lawyer who insisted on getting a large tract of land in Austria-Hungary; The French representative was Clemenceau, known as the "Tiger of Vengeance", who insisted on burning Berlin, hanging every German general, and claiming a large area of land up to the banks of the Rhine; Lloyd George, the British representative, was known as the "most business-savvy" politician who knew how to squeeze the other side dry; They are much more "pragmatic" than Wilson's "Fourteen Points for World Peace." These people all think that the occupation is a fact, that international negotiations are self-serving, and who cares about Wilson's "League of Nations" organization? In the course of the meeting, European countries had their own agendas. Britain was bent on regaining maritime and colonial supremacy, and it wanted the countries of continental Europe to be equal in power, that is, to maintain the so-called "continental balance of power". France, on the other hand, wanted hegemony on the European continent. The goal of the United States is actually to gain world hegemony.

And so the drama is that each country is an opponent of the other two, and both can join forces with either of the other two. In order to demand reparations from the defeated countries, British Prime Minister Lloyd-George and French Prime Minister Clemenceau quarreled. For the distribution of reparations, Britain suggested that France take 50% and Britain get 30%, but Clemenceau firmly refused, and Clemenceau believed that France suffered the most losses in this war and should receive 58% of the reparations. Britain thought that France had gone too far and categorically disagreed.

In order to realize his political ideals, US President Wilson had no choice but to maneuver between Britain and France, and was busy playing a round. He proposed that the United States not want a penny. Both Britain and France made a little sacrifice to benefit other countries, Wilson proposed that France receive 56% of the reparations, and Britain 28%, this time Clemenceau did not object, but he demanded that the border between France and Germany be bounded by the Rhine, and that in addition to Alsace-Lorraine to be returned to France, the Saar industrial area in Germany should also be returned to France. Britain and the United States, of course, cannot agree to this request. Because if France gets the Saarland, it means that he controls the most important military-industrial area in Europe, and can dominate the continent in the future. In the quarrel, no one will give in again. Both Wilson and Clemenceau then threatened each other by withdrawing from the peace conference.

For Wilson, the only thing that the United States could influence the European powers was American loans to European countries. At the peace conference, Wilson emphasized six points: that is, to give the weak and small countries of the world a chance to self-determination; the League of Nations to monitor Germany's reconstruction, rather than sending troops into it; The colonies were to be placed in trusteeship by the League of Nations before they were read; replacing armed war with economic sanctions; respect for the integrity of the territorial and sovereign rights of all countries in the world; The defeated countries were invited to join the meeting. Wilson gave a number of speeches in the hope of gaining the understanding and support of European countries. But it was completely ignored. And there is a lot of opposition in the United States; The arguments of the opponents are threefold: that the United States has not received any substantial benefits; The United States was not involved in the decision-making of the peace conference; And there has never been an international organization without military power in history, how do you know that this is feasible?

At this point, Wilson can't explain anything more! Against this group of greedy people, Wilson, who has too high ideals, can be said to be powerless at all.

In late January 1922, the contradictions between the major powers began to intensify, and the Paris Peace Conference gradually revealed the imperialist nature of "sharing the spoils". The issue of China's "abrogation" has become a bargaining chip for the great powers and has been put on the balance to balance their interests. There are all kinds of indications that the Paris Peace Conference was not at all the so-called axiomatic supremacy, but an out-and-out power politics. Gu Weijun sighed sadly: "The view of strong rights and oneself is by no means something that can be shaken by justice and justice. ”

Since there is no justice, Gu Weijun can only use the contradictions between the great powers and China's own strength to seek the preservation of China's interests. On January 25, he met with French Foreign Minister Bixun and reminded him that if the issue of China's abrogation of the treaty is not properly resolved, it will inevitably endanger France's interests in China. On January 28, he called on British Prime Minister Lloyd-George, hoping to use the re-establishment of the commercial trade treaty as a bait to win Britain's support for China. In order to open up the situation, consolidate the "special position" of the United States in China, and fully support China's "abolition" proposal, the joint efforts of Wilson and Gu Weijun prevented the dirty trade between the European powers to a certain extent.

Two days later, the Chinese delegation sent a message to Britain, France, and the United States, vigorously expounding the dangers of not "abrogating and reformulating the treaty." In order to impress Britain, Gu Weijun made certain concessions, that is, the Hong Kong and Macao issues were temporarily shelved, and the Taiwan issue could not be discussed at the conference and should not be included in the peace treaty. This effort has been of great use in thwarting the conspiracy of the Zoben to blackmail the withdrawal from the Peace Conference.

Although Gu Weijun's concession made substantial progress on the issue of abrogating the treaty, the news that the Taiwan issue had not been included in the peace treaty was reported in the newspapers and spread to China, shattering the Chinese's axiomatic dreams, and the Chinese intellectuals, who were not psychologically prepared, took the lead in taking to the streets and broke out into a huge protest movement throughout the country. Although the radical youths who were superstitious about Wilson's "world axioms" still shouted "Long live Great America!" in front of the American Embassy. "Long live President Wilson! ”。

The outbreak of the mass protest movement made China's political axe undecided, and the cabinet sometimes agreed to sign the agreement, sometimes postponed the signing, and Gu Weijun and the delegation never received clear instructions, but they did not get discouraged, but fought alone, trying to fight for China's legitimate rights and interests to the fullest.

At this time, the protest movement in China intensified, and the students and Chinese workers in France repeatedly petitioned the delegation to exert pressure, and Yanjing Zhengaxe, who was afraid of offending the foreign powers and arousing public anger, then telegraphed the Chinese delegation to reach a peace treaty on this basis.

After careful consideration, Gu Weijun revised the proposal. That is, in the peace treaty with Germany, China's position on the Taiwan issue should be clearly stated. in order to make a treaty. The Chinese delegation's views were supported by the United States, and after seeing China and the United States join forces, in order to divide the two emerging powers, Britain and France changed their original positions and turned to support China's propositions.

(1) Abolish unequal treaties in China.

(2) Abolition of spheres of influence in China.

(3) Evacuation of foreign [***] teams and police stationed in China.

(4) Handing over foreign post offices and wire-based wireless telegraph agencies to China.

(5) Revoke consular jurisdiction.

(6) The countries shall return the leased land to China and return the concession.

(7) China takes back the customs.

(8) The countries renegotiated a new treaty with China.

So far, China has achieved an unprecedented diplomatic victory at the Paris Peace Conference.

After numerous disputes and bargains, the Paris Peace Conference finally came to fruition: 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 France, were allowed to occupy the Saarland for 15 years, and then returned to Germany, and the American principle of "open doors" was adopted, and American goods and capital could enter these areas, and the benefits were shared by all.

In addition to the distribution of spoils, the Paris Peace Conference had another important agenda. The main thing was a conspiracy to strangle the nascent Soviet Russia, and the conference decided to impose an economic blockade on Soviet Russia. Organise a League of Nations to oppose the Comintern founded by Lenin.

The Paris Peace Conference completely exposed the essence of the Western powers' spoils of the jungle, and just like the two sides of a coin, the hope of peace and the disaster of war are actually only a thin line. Although the Paris Peace Conference adjusted the interests of Western countries, it buried many consequences that are difficult to tell. As Gu Weijun commented on the Paris Peace Conference, "Such a decision will undoubtedly sow the seeds of turmoil in Asia and the world, and will not be beneficial to China and world peace in the slightest." ”

In fact, many years later, it was the seeds of discord sown by the Paris Peace Conference that turned into another brutal war on an unprecedented scale.

The decision of the delegation to refuse to sign the treaty led to the collective resignation of members of the delegation, including Noboru Saionji, Nobuaki Makino, Shigeru Yoshida, and Fumima Konoe, who were not approved by the political axe. Despite the desire to strike, in the following days, they engaged in arduous negotiations on the distribution of German colonies in the Pacific, and he was given German possessions in the Pacific (Britain and France supported him on the issue of German possessions in the Pacific in order to support him in containing China and the United States), and his trip to Paris was thus avoided.

Gu Weijun retracted his thoughts, at this time, at the seemingly solemn signing ceremony in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles, only two of the seats of the representative were empty, and although the French Prime Minister Clemenceau, who presided over the peace meeting, showed displeasure, he had nothing to say.

After a while, when the time for the official signing came, the two German delegates were led to the golden signing table, and after completing the signing in silence, they were taken out of the venue.

Soon, British Prime Minister Lloyd George came to the table, sat down proudly, and signed his name at his place in Britain under the instructions of the staff. Subsequently, French Prime Minister Clemenceau and US President Wilson also stepped forward to sign the peace treaty.

It was the turn of the Chinese representative to sign, and just as Gu Weijun stood up and was about to step forward, Makino Shinxian stood up first, strode to the table, and quickly signed his name in the position of the book.

After Makino Shinxian finished signing, he glanced at Gu Weijun with a cold gaze, turned around and left proudly.

"I thought he was going to say that Ben refused to sign." Wei Chen's group sneered softly on the side.

"He doesn't have the guts." This was stated by another Chinese representative.

Regarding his rude behavior, Gu Weijun smiled generously.

At this time, Gu Weijun had no intention of such a battle of will, because he knew that although Makino Shinxian even played the "human race card" for the benefit of this conference, the result was still the same failure. What China gained at the Paris Peace Conference is fundamentally incomparable.

However, Gu Weijun still admires Makino's hand.

Nobuaki Makino was born on November 24, 1861 (October 22 of the first year of Bunhisa) in Kajiya Town, Kagoshima Castle, Satsuma Province, and was the second son of Satsuma Domain's Okubo Ritsu and his wife Manjuko. Soon after he was born, he passed on to Yoshinojo Makino, a cousin of Okubo Ritsu. In 1871 (Meiji 4), when he was 11 years old, Nobuaki Makino went to the United States with his father and brother as part of the Iwakura mission to Europe, and he entered Philadelphia Junior High School, Philadelphia University, and later Tokyo Imperial University. In 1880 (Meiji 13), Nobuaki Makino dropped out of school and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and was later assigned to work at the Legation in London, where he met Hirobumi Ito, who had gone to Europe to conduct constitutional research. Since then, Nobuaki Makino has served successively as Governor of Fukui Prefecture, Governor of Ibaraki Prefecture, Vice-Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Minister to Austria-Hungary, Minister to Italy, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, and Commerce in the first Saionji Cabinet, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the Second Saionji Cabinet, and then Privy Councillor, and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the first Yamamoto Gonbei Cabinet. During this period, Nobuaki Makino was close to Hirobumi Ito and Konobo Saionji and became a senior bureaucratic politician of the Constitutional Political Friendship Association. He advocated coordinated diplomacy with foreign countries and emphasized the practice of Anglo-American-style open-boil politics in the country. In 1920 (Taisho 9), Nobuaki Makino was appointed Minister of the Imperial Household because he was the son of the Marquis of Okubo, and he was specially appointed as a viscount. It is said that he was awarded the title of Minister of the Interior on the recommendation of Saionji Konobo, a patriarch who firmly believed in the politics of the Anglo-American Akijo. Saionji Konozo hated the fanatical royal admirers around and in the Taisho Emperor, and he wanted to keep the imperial family out of politics as much as possible. Nobuaki Makino understands the heart of Saionji Temple, and has always insisted on liberalism as a political mission in the palace. He relied on the political power of the Satsuma clan on the one hand, and on the other hand, he used his influence in the diplomatic circles to consolidate his unique position in the imperial palace, so he won the trust of Emperor Taisho and Prince Hirohito of the Regent Palace, and participated as a second ambassador at the Paris Peace Conference. This time, it was said that the nominal chief representative of the delegation was the patriarch Saionji Kono, but in fact it was Nobuaki Makino who commanded him, and among the attachés of the delegation were Nobuaki Makino's son-in-law, Shigeru Yoshida, and Fumima Konoe.

At the time of the Paris Peace Conference, the Council of the League of Nations was established to determine the post-war "pattern" of World War I. As the plenipotentiary representative of the Sento, Nobuaki Makino had long been mentally prepared to shoot the head in order to maximize the interests of the Samoto, and at the critical moment of the meeting, he proposed that the content of "abolishing racial differences and advocating racial equality" be written into the joint statute. In the prior negotiations, the United States and Britain proposed to amend certain articles, which is acceptable. However, Australia's rejection of the proposal stems from Australia's long-standing White Australia policy of immigration restrictions to protect its own workers, and the holding of a general election in the fall. After the committee officially began, the United States, which had the same problems as Australia, and the United Kingdom, Australia's suzerainty at the time, changed their previous position and clearly expressed their opposition. Later, Ben proposed a more compromise plan, that is, to add to the preamble of the Statute of the Union, "agree that all countries are equal and treat their citizens fairly". The result of the vote was endorsed by 11 out of 17 countries. However, US President Wilson, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, declared the proposal invalid on the grounds that "such issues need to be unanimously approved by all members before they can take effect." Makino made this speech at the conference: "I am concerned about the future of the League of Nations, and I will certainly bring up such issues again when I have the opportunity. "After the congress, British Prime Minister Lloyd? George, walked up to Makino, shook hands with him and said, "I admire Moto's attitude very much."

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If the war of resistance is unfortunately lost, how will I treat us? The associations are as follows:

1. Will rule with [***] and do not give Chinese the right to choose.

2. Occupy all resources, sell them to the Chinese at a high price, and export the others.

3. Engage in foolish education, so that the Chinese do not understand individual rights, and will only thank the imperial army.

4. Use the looted resources to make awesome weapons.

5. Whose land do you want, you directly push the house.

6. The Yamato nobles want to live the most comfortable special offering in the world.

7. Whoever is disobedient will be punished.

8. Build a firewall on the Internet to isolate Chinese thinking from the world.

9. Control the tools of public opinion, adopt the main theme reporting mode, and brainwash the Chinese.

10. High taxes, but no benefits for the Chinese.

11. Use Chinese money, eat, drink and gamble.

12. Casually on the street, crashing into Chinese people and shouting about their Yamato aristocratic status.

13. With the tax revenue of the Chinese, the construction of highways, all passes must pay fees.

14. Anyone who dares to resist is crushed to death with an armored car.

15. Deprive them of their national status by writing "Da Yue Ben Resident" on the back of their identity card.

16. Chinese are not allowed to migrate, country people are country people, and city people are city people.

(To be continued)