19. Uninvited guests (1)
This opportunity is very rare, because generally speaking, the officials of the diplomatic department are separately corresponding to one or several countries, and such a large-scale international conference has never been attended, which is a very rare learning opportunity, so except for some people in the country who can't leave, the rest of the diplomatic officials of the Prime Minister's Yamen are all present, so Zeng Jize's back is full of people, so many people are about the highest number of delegations from all countries. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
"Let's take care of ourselves, we don't need to care about others," Zeng Jize said with a smile, he looked around, and saw that almost all the countries had arrived, only the British representative had not yet appeared, he said to An Lan, "Only the British are big, and they will be the last to arrive at this time." ā
"They do have the capital to be proud, but the Westerners do not emphasize the order of the front and back as much as we do, of course, the last to appear must be the German emperor, but the British should be so slow for a reason." The British call themselves gentlemen, and the last thing that is likely to happen is to be late.
Almost all the countries have arrived, so the big guys are waiting for the British representative to attend, this time the British representative is the foreign minister, for the United Kingdom, the foreign minister is already very condescending to come to such an occasion, but such a wait, it seems a bit rude.
Fortunately, the big guy didn't wait long, after Zeng Jize drank half a cup of black tea, the British delegation was also frequent, the mahogany door opened, and a group of blonde British diplomats entered the venue, headed by Foreign Minister Georgia, of course, but the person next to him was obviously not of the European race.
An Lan raised his eyebrows in disbelief, and looked coldly at the little man with black hair and yellow skin who was talking to Georgia very warmly, wearing a black tuxedo and a top hat, Zeng Jize slowly put down the silver teacup and exchanged a look with An Lan.
It's actually Japanese.
No wonder the German Foreign Minister just now said that there were still sudden guests, of course, referring to the rest of the countries except the sixteen countries here, and the Portuguese Deputy Prime Minister was very surprised, "What the hell are these British people messing with?" He muttered, "Why are there Japanese here at this time?" Another Asian country? ā
The oval conference table formed by many tables was left for the British delegation, obviously, the Japanese delegation was also ready to sit down together on the side of the United Kingdom, of course, in the diplomatic arena, there was no open provocation, but the disdain on the faces of several countries could not be hidden, Britain and France were close together, Baptiste did not speak, but a counselor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs couldn't help but speak, "I'm sorry, may I ask these Orientals," he pointed to the four or five Japanese who were about to sit down"Why did you suddenly come to this meeting?" ā
The Frenchman's question, of course, was not a provocation, but at this time, of course, the whole audience looked at the British and Japanese representatives who entered late, and all of a sudden, Japan and the British became the focus of the audience, and everyone waited to see how the British answered, and the Japanese representative did not sit down when he heard this, but held the seam of his trousers with both hands and stood straight, "Of course, the Oriental can participate in this meeting," the British Deputy Foreign Minister said, "If the Chinese can be invited, then of course, Japan can too." ā
"I'm sorry," the French actually turned around at this time and helped the Chinese speak, which really opened the eyes of Chinese diplomats, "The Chinese have passed several wars and a strong naval foundation, and established his status as an Asian power and a world power, which is the qualification they have obtained in exchange for war," Any behavior that Britain may enhance its own voice, the French must resist, just kidding, the British support Portugal and France in the fight for the Congo River, which must be resolutely combated. "Then I would like to ask Japan, what qualifications does it have to participate in this conference? There are very strict criteria and requirements for the qualifications to participate in this meeting, and the 16 countries participating in this meeting are the most powerful countries in the world, and we believe that a small Asian country like Japan will not be able to participate in this meeting, nor will it have any right to speak. ā
The little Japanese representative's face turned red, this is an absolute naked humiliation, but he can't have a seizure, because the French are telling the truth, France may still be defeated in the hands of China, and he doesn't admit it in his mouth, but in his heart he has actually admitted that China is a big country on an equal footing with himself, but Japan, I'm sorry, who are you?
It's not just France's idea, especially other countries, but also have this idea, when will a European country-led conference be attended by a small Asian country? Even if China participates in this meeting, many people just think that this is more declarative, just like Germany held this conference to show that it has begun to participate in international affairs, and as for the specific content of Africa, the big guys are not prepared to let China intervene and let him express his opinions.
The Portuguese were obviously very surprised just now, but at this time they also came back to their senses, and they came out of support for Japan, "This meeting is to resolve the dispute in the Congo River Basin, and it has no direct and inevitable relationship with whether the country is strong or not, what we need is a meeting that everyone in the international community can participate in fairly, rather than a separate black box operation of some hegemonic countries, we Portugal oppose this kind of black box operation!" ā
The rest of the countries not only complained, sorry? Black box operation, hegemonic power? If it weren't for the fact that Britain recognized the agreement between Portugal and Spain to divide the world equally hundreds of years ago, who would have thought that the Congo River had a half-dime relationship with you? Such a hegemonic country, except for the United Kingdom, there is probably no country!
Britain also has a younger brother, and after a while of such a commotion, and then the German foreign minister came out to mediate, and the big guy reluctantly agreed to let Japan participate in the meeting, but he could not make a comment or make a suggestion on specific matters, which was tantamount to putting Japan in the position of an observer in the future.
Regardless of whether it was humiliating or not, Japan still participated in this Berlin meeting, Zeng Jize looked at all this with a smile, silently, the big guys have arrived, and the next event arrangements are waiting for the appearance of William III.
After a while, the sound of drums sounded, which was a sign before His Majesty the Emperor's arrival, and the big guys all stood up and waited solemnly, and two rows of guards opened the door, and a young emperor wearing a black dress and a medal on his chest appeared in front of everyone. (To be continued.) )