Chapter 314: The Paris Peace Conference
"Ladies and gentlemen, this time we want to introduce foreign talents and workers on a large scale to enrich our industrial system, which is a great thing, but we must also tighten a string, not recruit everyone, what we need is scientific research and technical personnel, teachers, scientists, skilled technicians, as for financiers, merchants, nobles, absolutely not, literati must also be screened, we can raise some royal literati, the rest is not wanted, especially the Jews must be stared at to me, can not put this batch of hungry wolves into China!"
The Jews can be said to be an unfortunate people, wandering for thousands of years, and faced unprecedented slaughter in World War II, in fact, before that, Jews were often extorted and slaughtered, but as the old saying goes, the poor must have something to hate, and this situation of the Jews has a huge relationship with themselves.
They are not loyal to any country, they have a crazy attachment to wealth, and they rely on superb financial skills to do tricky business, the Jews are indeed very good, but this kind of excellence can only bring disaster to other peoples, almost all financial crises have the shadow of Jewish oligarchs behind them.
Qiao Yu vigorously developed industry in Sichuan, the rapid development of the economy, but also attracted the covetousness of the Jewish forces, the two sides have been fighting openly and secretly for several rounds, originally Qiao Yu was going to launch paper money, but he was afraid of the Jewish forces so he did not take action, but had to wait until there were enough gold reserves, before it could be carried out.
Jews have not been integrated by other countries and nationalities, although China's integration ability is relatively strong, but Qiao Yu does not have much hope, at least a hundred years will not be able to do this, this time is enough for Jews to control China's finance, China must not be a second America, this is Qiao Yu's unshakable bottom line, even if China finally has to give birth to consortium forces, Qiao Yu also hopes that these consortiums are Chinese dominated.
These senior officials in the southwest are also aware of Qiao Yu's attitude towards the Jews, although some people think that Qiao Yu is making a big fuss, but they don't dare to disobey it.
The civil war in Russia continued, and the majority party may have all sorts of problems, but one thing to admire was its strong executive ability, which adopted a resolute purge of the old forces loyal to the Tsar, executing 100,000 people within a month, and putting a large number of people in concentration camps and prisons.
A large number of Russians fled to the three eastern provinces, and some fled to Shanghai, and these Russians either had a lot of property, or had a certain social status, and many of them were experts in certain fields and were well educated, and they were soon discovered by the recruits sent by the southwest.
The conditions offered by these recruits are indeed very attractive, with high salaries, housing, and even a car, and even more attractive to them is that if someone is sick, they can get free sulfonamide treatment, which is undoubtedly a very attractive condition when the flu is spreading around the world.
Of course, the assessment is also very strict, first of all, you must understand the basic situation, Jews are rejected directly, secondly, you have to test your professional skills, you can only be recruited if you are recognized, and finally there is a three-year observation period to determine the final stay.
Desperate, Belarus will pass the southwest assessment as the best way out, soon more than 3,000 Russian talents in all aspects were enriched into the southwest and Liangguang factories, but this can only be regarded as an appetizer, with the defeat of Belarus, there will be more professionals to China, and there is a more exciting group of experts in Europe waiting to be recruited.
At this time, Europe has reached the last moment, except for the United States, all are exhausted, because Britain and France learned from the Chinese [***] team, began to adopt joint operations, coupled with the air force and armored forces in the mountains have occupied, so that their offensive ability has improved rapidly, the proportion of casualties has finally begun to favor the Allies, and more importantly, the American soldiers have found the feeling of war, and they began to attack the German army frantically.
The Hindenburg defense line was completely crumbling, if it weren't for the sudden flu, which made the Entente shackled, I was afraid that it would have invaded Germany itself, of course, the German side was not comfortable, more than 200,000 soldiers died in the war, and the flu took at least 400,000 lives, the efficiency was even more amazing, Germany was hostile to the United States, and could not get the drug sulfonamides, so the mortality rate was even higher.
In November, there was a mutiny in the naval forces of the German port of Kiel, which then spread to the whole of Germany, and Kaiser Wilhelm II in Berlin ran to the Netherlands, and the German mutiny also drew an abrupt end to the war, and the mutiny in the port of Kiel also had the shadow of Jewish forces, which also laid the groundwork for the later German [***] hatred of the Jews.
But how to say, the First World War of more than four years has finally ended, of course, the people of this era do not know that there is a larger world war waiting in the future, they are finally freed from the torment of the war, although Britain and France won, but they are also relying on the last breath of true qi to hold on.
Just when ordinary people were still celebrating the victory, the politicians of various countries had begun to think about how to divide the results of the war, and China, as one of the victorious countries, should also participate in the meeting.
China has sent more than 150,000 troops to Europe, and at the same time sent more than 1.4 million laborers, and now there are more than 800,000 in Europe, it can be said that China's contribution to the Entente is second only to the United States, far above the book, Beiyang political axe up and down feel extraordinarily happy, although the most cooperation with the Entente is Qiao Yu, but they represent China's central political axe, enjoy the glorious moment of the victorious country is naturally indispensable to them.
Lu Zhengxiang, chief of Beiyang diplomacy, personally led the negotiation delegation to Europe to participate in the peace conference held in Paris.
Since the forces of the Sichuan system penetrated deep into Liangguang, Qiao Yu personally sat in Guangdong, presided over the reform plan of Liangguang, incorporated the army of Liangguang, swept away various local forces, established a strong administrative system, began to elect parliamentarians, developed industry, carried out infrastructure construction, and especially epidemic prevention work is also the top priority.
After Lu Zhengxiang and his party arrived in Guangzhou, Qiao Yu took an afternoon to meet them, although Lu Zhengxiang was much older than Qiao Yu, but he was still humble in the face of this powerful person who held the power of the five provinces.
"Junzuo, we are going to Europe to attend the peace conference, do you have any opinions?"
"Peace? It doesn't necessarily bring peace! Qiao Yu sighed slightly: "Minister Lu, you just have to mention the conditions, the Shandong issue, the national tariff power issue, the concession issue, and even Taiwan, Outer Mongolia and other territorial issues can be brought out to talk, but I don't think there is much need to hope for the powers!" ”
"Junza, we are also a victorious country, is there a problem with making some reasonable demands?" Gu Weijun was young and vigorous, and when he heard that Qiao Yu made them lose hope, he was extremely depressed, he was a diplomat but wanted to fight for power for the country.
"Shaochuan, is Mrs. Zun okay?"
Qiao Yu suddenly asked Mrs. Gu Weijun, he was also stunned, he didn't know where Qiao Yu's thinking jumped again, but he still said: "Thanks to the discovery of sulfonamides in the southwest, the cheap ones will not die, and I am also grateful to the handsome!" ”
In the original history, Gu Weijun's wife died in this flu, and now being able to survive is also a happy event.
"Shaochuan, now the price of a bottle of sulfonamide is not as outrageous as it was at the beginning, but it is also more than 100 dollars a bottle, and it costs more than one yuan to buy a piece, which has dozens of times the profit, the first month or two to buy a sky-high price of 3,000 US dollars, and a thousand-fold profit is probably rare in history, but why can't this kind of profiteering be enjoyed exclusively by China, but it should be cooperated with the United States?"
Although Lu Zhengxiang and others knew that sulfonamides made money, they didn't expect the profits to be so amazing, and they all opened their mouths wide and couldn't speak for a long time.
Gu Weijun's mind was still the most sensitive, and he seemed to capture Qiao Yu's meaning, "Junzuo, are you saying that China does not have the strength to protect its own interests, so it has to rely on the power of the great powers?" ”
Qiao Yu nodded: "That's right, in the European war, our materials and labor are necessary for the powers, so I am sure that the powers will submit, but now that the war is over, the powers don't know if they don't need us, on the contrary, they want to turn China into their colony and suppress China's industry, and our own strength is not enough, so it becomes more difficult to get back power!" ”
Lu Zhengxiang and the others also lowered their heads, he thought that as one of the victorious countries, he would definitely be able to be treated by the Entente and at the same time fight for the power of the country, so that he would have all the face, but now when Qiao Yu said this, his heart was also sinking, and it seemed that things were not as simple as he imagined.
"The great powers will not ignore our love for helping them, and the whole world is staring at this peace conference, so they don't want this face in front of everyone's eyes?"
"Chief Lu, if you still think like this, you will not do diplomacy, and you will not be a great power if you are reasonable!"
Qiao Yu's words were very polite, but he was also telling the truth, the current world has not really established an international order, and even if there is a constraint of order, but in the final analysis, it still depends on the fist, whoever has the big fist will be reasonable, and if he has no strength, he can only be slaughtered by others.
Although today's China is much better than history, but the country is still divided, although the southwest is rising, but it still needs enough time to lay a solid foundation, plus Beiyang is weak, it is normal to be bullied, Qiao Yu now needs to do the most is to let the European Chinese workers enrich the industrial system, and then to collect a large number of talents, and then from the hands of France, to obtain a batch of advanced machines, with these as the foundation, China's primary industrial system is complete.
In addition, there is another important task, that is, to get the navy out, now there is the Qinzhou shipyard, and there is a coastline of Liangguang, and it is time to form a decent navy, as long as these are almost ready, Qiao Yu will have enough cards in his hand, at that time, even if the powers do not agree, Qiao Yu can also seize it by force, everything is still time, as long as Qiao Yu digests the results of the first war, it is the moment to soar into the sky.
"Junzuo, although the great powers are unreasonable, we, as diplomats, must also fight to the death, and we must not let the power of the country suffer any loss!" Gu Weijun looked very excited, waving his fists, looking full of confidence.
"Shaochuan, since you have this kind of confidence, it is also a good thing, now there are still hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers and troops in France, I will suspend the speed of withdrawal, and if necessary, you can cooperate with these Chinese workers to carry out demonstrations and give strong pressure to the Entente!"
(To be continued)