The world of 1920 was calm compared to the previous decade. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The British were busy propping up the Germans and finding a new balance on the continent; Lan Fang temporarily stopped the pace of expansion and prepared to start practicing her internal skills; Americans are caught in the "Monroe Doctrine" again, their president is no longer working, and the vice president and secretary of state are fighting over who can become acting president; France was at war again, with former President Raymond Poincaré finally losing the election and Paul Eugène Louis de Schnell becoming the new French president on February 18, 1920.

Well, Paul Eugène Louis de Charmer is a joke, and I don't know if the French parliament took the wrong medicine to choose such a man as president.

Paul Eugène-Louis de Cherner was almost congenitally neurotic and at the same time an absolute idealist, impatient, hated red tape, and eager to develop France's foreign relations with positive social etiquette.

This is absolutely deviating from the essence, in the European continent in the early 30s, everyone was worried that France would dominate the European continent alone, and as the president of France, De Shanel actually wanted to become a "ceremonial state" and throw away the "cannon doctrine" that he had always pursued, I really don't know what De Shanel was thinking in his head.

As an ally of France, Lan Fang has no reason to point fingers in these matters, but Qin Zhiyuan and Pierre's correspondence is getting closer and closer, and under Qin Zhiyuan's guidance, Pierre began to encircle those iron-blooded and belligerent generals during the world war, but now they are gradually marginalized.

These included former War Secretary Louis Herbert Leoté, Mantin, known as the butcher, Louis Frances d'Espere, who had been fighting in the Balkans as commander of the Western Front, and even Raymond Poincaré, who had already stepped down as president, whom Pierre did not abandon.

French politics is a hodgepodge, with people rising like comets every day and disappearing like meteors every day.

You must know that in the "United Oil" led by Louis Renault and Qin Zhiyuan, there is an equity of Raymond Poincaré, and as long as there is no financial problem, Raymond Poincaré will definitely have a chance to make a comeback.

Lan Fang in 1920 needed to lie dormant to accumulate her strength.

Pierre in 1920 also needed to hibernate, and Pierre had to stabilize everything he had now, co-opt all the forces that could be co-opted, and prepare for possible opportunities in the future.

Similarly, Germany in 1920 was different from the time it was just after the war.

At the Imperial Palace in Berlin, Wilhelm III convened the Imperial Council.

The meeting was attended by German Chancellor Prince Max von Biden, Chancellor of the Exchequer Philips Schettmann, Chief of the German General Staff Paul von Hindenburg, Field Marshal August von Mackensen, and Bavarian Rubercht.

“…… The hardest year has passed, and we are now in a good position compared to the last year, and although we still have heavy war reparations to pay, the British and Americans have promised to provide us with loans, and our friend, the overlord of the East from the Far East, has promised to mediate for us and help us as much as he can. We haven't seen the results yet, but anyway, we can see the light of day, and we don't have to continue to grope in the dark, which is a good thing for us. "William III opens the chapter.

"It seems that the situation is not bad now, but the war has caused too much damage to our economy and people's livelihood, if we want to fundamentally reverse it, we must develop people's livelihood and use domestic demand to stimulate the economy, otherwise, relying only on external forces, our road is still very difficult." Prince Marx had a clear understanding.

"At present, we do not have the ability to develop the economy, the pressure of war reparations is too great, our minerals are transported away as soon as they are produced, so we cannot carry out deep processing, and naturally there is no added value, if this situation is not reversed, then we can only become a colony like the export of raw materials." Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Schertman is a bit pessimistic.

Philips Schertmann is one of the right-wing leaders of the German Social Democratic Party, just after the end of the world war, a workers' uprising broke out in Germany, Philips Schertmann participated in the formation of a government, and brutally suppressed the workers' uprising.

"If we want to make a fundamental change, we must first have an army, and only by restoring an army of a certain size can we have enough say and our opinions will be truly valued, otherwise no one will look at us even if we shout at the top of our voice." The Chief of the General Staff, Hindenburg, still maintained the old-fashioned thinking.

According to the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was only allowed to have an army of less than 100,000 men, and was not allowed to have an air force or navy, and could not produce heavy weapons, including automatic weapons.

Of course, because the German military was not involved in the formulation of the Treaty of Versailles, Hindenburg himself did not have much regard for the peace treaty, so he did not have much reverence.

Yes, Germany was defeated in the World War, but almost all German soldiers did not think that the problem was their own, and that it was because of the compromise and betrayal of the politicians in the rear that Germany was defeated in the World War.

"We can't think that way now, that all possible provocations against Britain, France, and the United States should be suspended until we have built up a certain amount of strength, and that we must remain calm until we have the ability to challenge the order again, and if our decisions go wrong again, then I can be sure that we will no longer have such almost." August von Mackensen was more sober than Hindenburg.

August von Mackensen, one of the five Grand Iron Crosses of the First World War, was Germany's most prominent general during the First World War, and after Ludendorff's death, August von Mackensen was made Hindenburg's assistant.

But it is clear that there was not as much rapprochement between the two men as between Hindenburg and Ludendorff.

"The point is that we have to find the right allies, look at our former allies, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Italy, the Kingdom of Bulgaria, which simply cannot be allies, they should be called sleepwalking! It was precisely because of their poor performance that there was a defeat for Germany. No matter what we plan to do in the future, we can't get another bunch of pig teammates, we have to have strong allies by our side, so we can do something without scruples. "Bavarian **** Rubercht has his own proposal.

During the World War, the Bavarian **** Rubercht and the Foreign Legion led by Qin Zhiyuan had a confrontation.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the war ended a little early, the Bavarian **** Rubercht ran fast enough, and in the Second Battle of Reims, the Bavarian **** Rubercht might follow in the footsteps of Wilhelm III and become a prisoner of the Foreign Legion.

"Lan Fang is a good choice, it is full of vitality and has a bright future, the key is the overlord of the Far East, he almost never makes a mistake, look at Lan Fang in the past year, it is a miracle, they have completed the primitive accumulation that takes hundreds of years to complete in just one year, this is really incredible, if possible, we should ally with Lan Fang, the kind with the best relationship." Prince Marx had been to Lanfang and was deeply impressed by Lanfang.

When Qin Zhiyuan ascended the throne, Prince Marx accompanied William III to Lanfang.

At that time, because of the clear division of labor between Prince Marx and William III, Prince Marx did not have the opportunity to have a deep friendship with Qin Zhiyuan, but in the process of dealing with Huang Bohan, Prince Marx deeply felt the potential of Lanfang, in the eyes of Prince Marx, Lanfang is one of the most promising countries in the world.

"Lan Fang is indeed good, but they are too far away from us, how much they can help us, this is still unknown, and Lan Fang's relationship with France is a huge obstacle, if France does not change its attitude, it is unknown how far Lan Fang's relationship with us can progress." Philips Schertman was suspicious of Lan Fang again.

"I am against deepening relations with Lan Fang, I have always been against it, in the last war, the Chinese hurt us too much, even more than the Americans and the French, if there was no Chinese appearance, we would have won that war. And if we choose to ally with Lan Fang now, it will be an act of betrayal to those soldiers who died on the battlefield, and this kind of behavior cannot be forgiven. "Hindenburg was still stubborn on this issue.

Hindenburg was an old-fashioned soldier who was so resolute in his commitment to tradition that he often made anachronistic remarks, which in many cases sounded like 18th-century tombstone inscriptions, full of bleak spiritual strength, stale thinking, and narrow observation.

If it weren't for the irreplaceable position of Hindenburg in the German military system, Wilhelm III would have let Hindenburg retire and go home to take care of his children.

Even so, Wilhelm III's patience with Hindenburg was dwindling.

Just after Hindenburg finished saying this, Wilhelm III exchanged a few obscure glances with Prince Marx and the Bavarian **** Rubercht.

Unfortunately, Hindenburg, who were immersed in memories of the past, did not notice.

Philips Schertman noticed, but said nothing, and flipped through the papers in front of him.

August von Mackensen also noticed, but Auguste von Mackensen's eyes were more excited and a hint of sadness that was not too obvious.

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(To be continued.) )