meters from the window projection speaking room. The spotless Persian carpet makes the whole room look very bright, and the elegant and simple wallpaper softens the bright light.

Sitting on the oak chair by the window, Gu Weijun held a cup of steaming Indian black tea in a very comfortable position, and stirred it in the teacup with the silver spoon from time to time, and the silver spoon collided with the teacup crisply. Ding Dong. sound, which sounds very pleasant, adds to the elegant atmosphere of the room.

At the back of the oak chair is a Chinese-made tube radio, at this time, an unknown French song is playing on the radio, and the sound is very clear, which is enough to show that the quality of this radio is absolutely impeccable, in fact, it is precisely by virtue of this impeccable quality that Chinese-made tube radios will be exported to France, and become a high-end consumer product that can be seen everywhere in Paris, the "fashion capital", if a hotel cannot provide this "must-have" in the guest room. If so, then it is definitely not a luxury hotel.

Gu Weijun is now living in a luxury hotel in the center of Paris, as the Chinese government's plenipotentiary diplomatic envoy to the Paris Peace Conference, Gu Weijun is fully qualified to stay here, in fact, he originally planned to choose an ordinary hotel in the suburbs of Paris as the accommodation of the Chinese delegation, or simply live in the Chinese embassy, but later moved to this hotel because of the enthusiastic support of the French overseas Chinese, in fact, the cost of accommodation in this luxury hotel was covered by the French Overseas Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Because overseas Chinese are very clear that without the motherland standing behind them, they will not have any life security for those who are floating overseas, since the United Front came to power, overseas Chinese have increasingly felt the enhancement of national influence, as one of the direct evidence, after the end of the last Sino-Dutch South Seas War, the French government completely canceled those discriminatory laws against overseas Chinese, and did not forget to dig wells, who is good to themselves, overseas Chinese know in their hearts, the motherland sent a delegation to participate in the international peace conference, How can you not express your patriotic feelings to these compatriots from the motherland?

So, Gu Weijun couldn't refuse, so he had to lead all the members of the delegation to live in this luxury hotel, of course, it was agreed by the central government in advance, otherwise, he would not dare to accept the funding of the Huaqiao Chamber of Commerce casually, if the president is a Chinese from Beiyang, it is nothing, but after all, the current president is Zhao Zhenhua who does not rub sand in his eyes, as a government official, you can accept funding, but you must let the president know.

This luxury hotel has a good environment, just in the center of Paris, the transportation is quite convenient, if you need to go to the conference to attend the conference, then Gu Weijun can easily choose the road to travel, no matter from which direction you can rush to the venue, and you can arrive in a few minutes.

However, Gu Weijun really didn't have many opportunities to go to the Palace of Versailles for meetings, for a very simple reason. Because he is the "of" special committee. and "Plenary Session." Although it has been several months since the Paris Peace Conference was held, there have only been five plenary meetings and two discussions in the special committee on Central Asian issues, so Gu Weijun has only attended seven meetings and voted on seven peace speeches.

The Paris Peace Conference will have three forms of meetings, one of which is the "Supreme Council." "One for" the Poison Gate Committee. "First, for the "Plenary Conference", the participating countries are classified according to their ranks, and each country has different qualifications for participation.

Although there were many countries participating in the Paris Peace Conference, not all of them were qualified to decide on the principles of the International Peace Conference, and the only countries that could determine the general principles of the conference were Britain, the United States, France, Italy, and Japan, and Tsarist Russia, which was an Entente power, could only stand aside, because Tsarist Russia did not hold out until the end of the war, so strictly speaking, Tsarist Russia was not a victorious country, but could only be classified into the so-called "second estate".

According to the recommendations of the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy, and Japan, the countries participating in the Paris Peace Conference were divided into four levels:

The five countries of the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy, and Japan belong to the "first tier." "The so-called "overall interests" were constituted because they were all victorious powers and participated in the war against Germany. The "Committee of Ten" was chaired by the current government and foreign ministers of each country.

Belgium, Brazil, Serbia, Greece, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries were classified as "second-tier states" along with Tsarist Russia, and they enjoyed only "partial interests" at the Paris Peace Conference. Although they also actually declared war on Germany, they were not strong enough to be relegated to the first estate.

Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Uruguay, which had severed diplomatic relations with Germany, were classified as "third tiers" because they did not participate directly in the war, and therefore could only participate in meetings on issues related to their own countries, known as "special committees" and "plenary meetings."

As for the "fourth-estate countries", that is, all battalions, and the emerging countries of the Second Republic of Lanfang, the Republic of Kokand, and the Republic of Bukhara are also among the "sidelines" of the countries, and they can only participate in the "special committees" and "plenary meetings" at the peace conference. "During the whole Lebanese peace conference, the diplomatic representatives of these countries were the most relaxed, and when they had nothing to do, these representatives often held gatherings. And self-deprecatingly called these gatherings "Little Paris Peace Conference" Since China maintained diplomatic relations throughout the European war and did not send troops to fight Germany, it could only participate in special committees and plenary meetings, and this so-called "plenary meeting." It is purely a rubber stamp, and its function is only to decorate the façade of the "Committee of Ten", which is only responsible for voting on the "Committee of Ten" by a show of hands at the meeting. Control of the resolutions adopted by the Supreme Council.

Depending on the grade, each

… Second, there are different waiting cups, the qualifications for participation are on the one hand, and the council in the meeting is like a brother, on the other hand, the lower the rank, the fewer seats there are.

It can be seen from this that the Paris Peace Conference was nothing more than a "peace" show by the great powers, not so much for the sake of international peace as for the purpose of coercing international public opinion.

Of course, Gu Weijun also believes that the Paris Peace Conference excluded China, Russia and other big powers from the Supreme Council is a blatant international discrimination, and the current situation is very clear, and it is actually Britain and France, the two European countries, that really played a role in the peace conference, although Japan briefly squeezed into the "Committee of Ten", but the Japanese government because the diplomatic representatives sent by the Japanese government are not the current government brains of the country, so they were eventually excluded, so that the European and American powers actually dominated the Paris Peace Conference.

When the Japanese delegates also sat on the cold bench, the "Committee of Ten" was reorganized into a "Committee of Four." British Lloyd George, U.S. President Wilson, French Prime Minister Clemenceau, and Italian Prime Minister Orlando became the real masters of the Paris Peace Conference, but considering Italy's weak national strength, Orlando soon became a dispensable role in the Council of Four. The United States will also stand aside.

Gu Weijun is not the only one who understands this. The delegates of the participating countries were more or less able to appreciate the European hegemonic atmosphere behind the international peace conference, but considering that most of the participating countries were European countries, and that there were many emerging nation-states built from the ruins of the European war, Britain and France seemed to be "in a state of great help", and the reason why the US president has been calling for "national self-determination" at the peace conference is that the United States president has been calling for "national self-determination." It is precisely to win over these emerging European countries to confront Britain and France, but judging from the current situation, the US president has obviously miscalculated, and European countries are rapidly moving closer to Britain and France.

It was precisely because he understood this that Gu Weijun lost his temper, so he simply put on a posture of sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, to see how the US government cleaned up Britain and France, whether the old Europe was more powerful, or the New World was more powerful.

A "supreme meeting" was being held at the Palace of Versailles today to discuss the handling of Germany, and Gu Weijun did not have to attend the meeting, so he was able to sit in his hotel room drinking black tea, listening to the Paris radio on the radio, and waiting for the arrival of several guests, who were diplomatic representatives from the Second Republic of Lanfang. As agreed a few days ago, this afternoon, if the sun is shining, the group will visit the French countryside together, and not necessarily return to Paris on the same day. Maybe I'll take advantage of Yaxing to go to the French Mediterranean region to see, anyway, I'm idle.

Gu Weijun glanced at the alarm clock, it was almost the appointed time, so he stood up, walked to the radio, turned off the switch on the radio, put the cup of black tea back on the coffee table, and then walked to the window and looked at a road in front of the hotel.

The city government of Paris has completed the reconstruction and repair of the government facilities with great efficiency, and the roads that have been blown up beyond recognition by aerial bombs and long-range shells look like new again, and there are so many vehicles on the roads that make people feel the tenacity of the city.

"In the end, it is an old industrial power, and the shame of starving to death is slightly greater than that of horses, and we in China still have to step up to catch up."

Seeing the scene in front of him, Gu Weijun was somewhat emotional, he remembered Chinese cities, there are no Chinese cities that can be compared with Paris now, even Shanghai, it doesn't look as prosperous as Paris, the scale of the city is on the one hand, the management of the cityscape and the construction of municipal facilities are on the other hand, in these aspects, China still has a lot to learn from European powers. But this matter is not urgent, after all, France has been strong for many years, and China, which is just a country that has just escaped the fate of colonization, and has just begun to industrialize.

The reason why China was classified as a fourth-class country at the Paris Peace Conference, in addition to not participating in the war against Germany, the main reason is probably because the national strength is not strong, Gu Weijun is deeply touched by this, remembering that before going abroad, his father-in-law Tang Shaoyi, who is also the Minister of Foreign Affairs, told him that the serious words, Gu Weijun felt the weight of the burden on his shoulders, and Tang Shaoyi told him at that time that the Paris Peace Conference was definitely not so peaceful as it seemed on the surface, this was actually another battlefield, And Gu Weijun is a soldier who fought on behalf of China.

Gu Weijun sighed with emotion, while looking at the road, looking at any cars that stopped in front of the hotel, a few minutes later, he finally saw several cars stopped in front of the hotel, but it was not Lan Fang's representative who got out of the car, because when one of them looked up, Gu Weijun recognized it, and that person was a member of the delegation to the Paris Peace Conference of Japan.

"Does the Japanese delegation want to move their accommodation here?"

Gu Weijun was a little curious, but he didn't bother much about it, because he soon saw the representatives of the Second Republic of Lanfang, they got out of the car, stood on the side of the road and waved their hands upward, Gu Weijun also smiled and waved, and then called an assistant to rush to greet the guests.

However, the assistant quickly returned to the guest room and brought Gu Weijun a piece of news that surprised him a little.

"Sir, the Japanese diplomatic corps has come to pay a visit, and it is now at the door

"Ask them to speak in the living room

Gu Weijun instructed his assistant to lead the Japanese to the living room, while he quickly dressed up, and when the Lanfang representatives arrived, he explained to them, and instructed another assistant to arrange the guests properly, and then rushed to the living room to meet the Japanese representatives who had suddenly visited the Chinese delegation.