The meetings of the Convention of the League of Nations were mainly devoted to the discussion of the details of the various provisions.

Let the representatives of various countries fight each other, compromise with each other, and finally come up with standards that are acceptable to all.

However, the focus of these discussions has been on relatively fair places such as international straits, standard territorial sea widths, jurisdiction, and right of passage.

Because these relatively fair places are formulated for other ordinary countries, they will often be governed by relevant regulations in the future.

There are some things that are obviously not very fair, but no one brings them up.

For example, the Convention on the Territorial Sea contains a special chapter on the ownership of maritime areas:

If the land and islands belong to a country alone, it completely encloses a sea area.

There are no other national territories within this sea area, and there are no other national territories within five hundred nautical miles of all the lands and islands that surround it.

At the same time, beyond this sea, there are still areas of the high seas that can be used by more distant countries to travel to other overseas territories.

The distance between these lands and islands should not exceed two hundred nautical miles.

This encircled sea area is the inland sea of the corresponding country.

In other places, other countries use the standard of six nautical miles for territorial waters, but here it has actually become the standard of 200 nautical miles.

This seems obviously unfair, and it is obviously a special clause for Daming.

It is to include the sea areas around the territory of the Ming Dynasty, all the sea areas close to the land and archipelagos, into the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.

It includes the northern islands of North Yinzhou, the Aleutian Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Japanese archipelago, the Ryukyu Islands, the Indochina Peninsula, the entire Nanyang Islands, the Andaman Islands, and the Tiannan Continent, and those seas enclosed in the middle of these areas.

But this has nothing to do with the Tessie countries, and it will not affect their direct interests at all.

Those places were originally the sea areas under the complete control of the Ming Dynasty, and there were no other countries around hundreds of nautical miles or even thousands of nautical miles.

If Da Ming openly rows the Da Ming Ocean into the inland sea, it may seem a little excessive.

After all, there is still a Spanish colony to the east of the Ming Ocean.

It is normal and reasonable for the Ming Dynasty to divide these coastal areas into its own inland sea.

It's just a matter of making the actual control clear and making it all recognized by the rest of the country.

The fleets of other countries could not go to those places in the first place.

If the merchant ships of other countries want to trade with the Ming Dynasty, they must accept the management of the Ming Dynasty and sail according to the requirements of the Ming Dynasty.

It won't be any more cumbersome that way.

Being able to be clearly managed and protected by the Ming Dynasty early on is definitely a good thing for ordinary legitimate trade merchants.

Moreover, the text of this convention is not explicitly stated, and these articles are specially formulated for the Ming Dynasty.

The same applies to other countries.

It's just that it is basically impossible for other countries to achieve the condition of "completely encircling a sea area, and there are no other countries within 500 nautical miles".

Therefore, simply looking at the provisions of the Convention does not make people feel aggrieved.

On the first day of the meeting, in addition to the topic of protecting mountains, forests and water bodies, the basic discussion revolved around the principles related to territory and territorial waters.

This is the most important vehicle of a country, and it is also the thing that all delegates are most concerned about.

At the end of the day's meeting, the delegates went back to study the provisions of the Convention, and to discuss and brew more ideas internally.

As soon as the second day's meeting began, discussions related to the framework of the alliance itself began.

This time it was British Prime Minister Pitt who first made the request:

"Since the Ming Dynasty has demanded in the convention, it is necessary to give the Ming Dynasty's main vassal states the seats and voting rights.

"Then our American region in the United Kingdom, as well as the Tianzhu region, should also enjoy the right to vote."

Then Spain followed, demanding voting rights for its own Mexican colony.

France wanted the right to vote for the Canadian colony of North Yinzhou, and Portugal wanted the right to vote for its colony of Angola in Mozhou.

Tessie, a few countries that do not have colonies, find that others are asking for additional voting rights, so they can't just watch it.

Voting power is actually a symbol of status in the alliance, and the higher the voting power, the higher the status.

Although he does not have overseas colonies, his country is also composed of several parts.

In the past, there was a large list of titles of monarchs in various countries, and it was only after nearly a hundred years of following the Ming Dynasty that it slowly became untidy for so long.

So the Austrian Empire gave the subordinate Kingdom of Hungary the right to vote, and Prussia to the annexed Kingdom of Bavaria.

Sardinian Italy gave the already annexed Kingdom of Sicily the right to vote, and the Ottomans gave the long-ruled Greece and Bulgaria the right to vote.

Lucia gave Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania three places to vote.

Only the Netherlands did not interject.

The representatives of the Ming Dynasty all had such expressions, obviously expecting this scene for a long time.

According to the draft framework of the alliance drawn up by the Ming Dynasty, there is no difference between the council and the conference because there are no large number of small countries in the alliance as spectators.

The permanent discussion body of the League is directly called the "Conference of the League of Nations".

There are also no permanent members, and Daming directly serves as a fixed "alliance leader" and has the right of veto on any matter.

There are four sub-alliance states, with the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty sharing two places, and the Taixi countries and their main vassal states sharing two places.

The leader of the alliance is fixed as the Ming Dynasty and does not change, and the deputy leader of the alliance is replaced every two years, not elected, and is held by all countries in turn.

All countries, whether for or against, have only one vote on what is being discussed at the meeting of the Alliance.

In addition to the fact that Daming can use a veto, if the ordinary opposition vote reaches more than one-third, the relevant matters will also be vetoed.

For anything to pass, it needs to have more than two-thirds of the votes in favor, making it impossible for one-third to oppose it.

This rule seems very conservative, with relatively easy opposition and difficult to pass.

However, the Ming Dynasty additionally demanded that vassal states of a certain size on their side should also get the right to vote.

In the treaty drafted by the Ming Dynasty, nineteen votes were asked for in general terms, but it was not stated which vassal state it would be distributed to.

The number of nineteen was obviously specially chosen, plus one vote by default in the Ming Dynasty, for a total of twenty votes.

That's exactly twice as many as the ten Tessie countries, accounting for two-thirds of the total votes.

In the future, if the Ming Dynasty proposes anything, as long as one of the Taixi countries also votes in favor, it will be directly passed.

Not directly asking for twenty-one votes is Daming's own sincerity, and it is also because it is impossible for Taixi countries to accept it.

Even if it is twenty tickets, the Tessie countries do not dare to accept it, and it is too easy to find one ticket among the Tessie countries.

Whether it is Lucia and the Ottomans or Prussia, it is likely to be co-opted by the Ming Dynasty.

After discussing it internally yesterday afternoon, they immediately came out today to make a request.

does not directly ask Daming to reduce the right to vote, but to increase the right to vote for himself, and at the same time reduce the voting power of the Ming Dynasty, and strive for the status of his country.

The reason seems to be very good, the Ming vassal state has the right to vote, and our colonies and other territories must also have the right to vote.

If these countries now demand all the voting rights for them, then the total number of votes for Tessie will be twenty-three.

Three more than Daming's side.

If Da Ming wants to promote the passage of the alliance resolution, he must win nine votes from the Taixi countries, which can be said to be directly more difficult.

Even if Lucia, Ottoman, and Prussia were all in favor of it, plus the votes they were going to get, it would not be enough.

Zhu Jingyuan had been prepared for this for a long time, and listened to their request for a long time.

Then he was quite disgusted, and said a little funny:

"The vassal state of the Ming Dynasty only needs nineteen votes, which is really very restrained.

"Many of our vassal states, both in size and population, are larger than most of your Tessie native countries.

"You can ask for voting rights in places like Mexico and Tianzhu, but how can places like Angola ask for voting rights?

"If it is given to Angola, will other countries develop colonies in Mexico in the future, will they all have to give the right to vote?

"How can native regions like Bavaria, Hungary, and Ukraine get extra voting rights?

"According to your standards, the Ming Dynasty also allocates voting rights to all provinces and all vassal states?

"Think about it yourself, can this work?"

Zhu Jingyuan said very directly and heart-wrenching, and the atmosphere at the scene was a little awkward for a while.

Several colonial countries also felt that it was a bit too much for landlocked countries to ask for votes from an administrative region.

The total number of votes of Taixi countries exceeds that of the Ming Dynasty, which is 100% impossible.

So Talleyrand of France stood up and said:

"We should set a standard for judging what kind of vassal states and territories are eligible to vote in the Alliance."

Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand directly and said:

"It's good to have standards and then enforce them according to them, but it's not easy to enforce them if the standards are too complex.

"Execution also requires costs, and the execution process is also a rip-off process.

"I don't hide it, this kind of voting power is said to be for vassal states, but in fact, it is controlled by our countries themselves.

"Our coalition voting rights rules are better to be relatively simple and crude, and easy to understand.

"I now have two options for you to choose from.

"First of all, on the basis of the existing plan, British Tianzhu, the United States, French Canada, and Spanish Mexico will be given voting rights.

"At the same time, the number of votes of the Ming Domain will be increased to twenty-one votes."

All the deputies immediately calculated, Zhu Jingyuan arranged it this way, and Daming had to win two votes from the Taixi countries in order to exceed two-thirds of the votes.

It's a step back from the original request, but it still worries the countries of Tessie that it only takes two countries, or even one, to convince two countries, or even one, to push for the passage of a legislature.

The point is that not all the countries of Tessie can accept this statehood, which is symbolic of the number of voting rights.

It would be difficult for Prussia to accept Spain on its own, let alone Lucia.

The point is, the British colonies are not as big as Lucia itself, why do you have three tickets, and I only have one Lucia?

This is absolutely impossible to accept.

Therefore, Lucia, Ottoman, and Prussia immediately took a clear stand against it.

Zhu Jingyuan spread his hands and said:

"Then there is only one other option, and the vassal states will not be given the right to vote, and each country will be given a different number of votes.

"Lucia and Britain, three tickets each.

"Two tickets each for France, Prussia, Spain, Austria, and Ottomans.

"One ticket each for Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands.

"We want twenty-eight sheets."

The plan was proposed, and the scene was quiet again for a few seconds.

Daming's votes are too different from those of other countries, which is really a helpless fact.

Several delegates were stunned for a moment, and then immediately calculated the various situations in this state.

The total number of votes is forty-seven, and for a matter to be voted on, it needs to exceed two-thirds of this number, that is, thirty-two.

Da Ming himself has twenty-eight cards, if he can win over Lucia, then he can find any additional country.

It is a little more difficult than the plan just now, and it is necessary to win over two countries.

For the Tessie countries, it is relatively balanced.

gave Lucia and England a position on a par, and Lucia's Prince Nicholas and Wademeyer were more satisfied.

Prussia, the Ottomans, Austria, and Spain were also able to accept the status of two votes.

Although the Netherlands and Italy are not convinced, they really can't beat those two-ticket countries, so they can only endure it.

Portugal is also a bit difficult to accept, but this time the object of comparison is not the Ming Dynasty, but other Tessie countries.

The comparison between the countries of Taixi basically depends on the status of the homeland, and Portugal is indeed a head shorter than those countries with two votes.

Considering the difficulty of securing two tickets at the same time, Portugal eventually held back.

At the same time, he silently prepared to make every effort to open up the colony of Mozhou, and then find a way to improve his status in the future.

Pete thought in his heart that Lucia might help Daming vote, so he subconsciously wanted to give his opinion and couldn't give Lucia three votes.

But it immediately came back to the fact that Britain could not do that under these circumstances.

That would surely make Lucia angry and hold a grudge against the British.

Daming is willing to give Lucia three tickets, you British are not willing to give it, how old are you?

The point is, this is to push Lucia to the side of Daming!

After thinking about these things in his mind, Pete suddenly realized a problem:

Da Ming may have used this voting power to divide the countries of Taixi and create contradictions between the countries of Taixi.

The point is, such a simple method can actually work.

As long as everyone does not have the same number of voting rights, there will definitely be contradictions and status differences.

The way to avoid this situation is the original plan of the Ming Dynasty, all the countries of Taixi have one country and one vote.

He shouldn't have increased his own vote in the first place, but he wanted to suppress Daming's vote.

However, there is no going back now.

Countries like Lucia and Prussia already have the mentality that their status is higher than that of some other countries.

Now if they go back to one person, one vote, they can't accept it.

Now the focus of many people's thinking may not be that Daming needs to win over a few countries to promote the adoption of the resolution.

It's about what kind of status you should get.

Pete thought about these things in his heart, and his expression was a little distorted with sorrow.

Europa is really a fucking mess!

While Pitt was groaning in his heart, Talleyrand of France spoke:

"His Royal Highness the Great Food King, I think we in France should also have three tickets."

Zhu Jingyuan directly raised his hand to stop it and said:

"I don't agree, you France evaluate it yourself, are you stronger than Britain in colonial development, or are you stronger than Lucia in your native strength?

"But don't be discouraged, I don't think this voting power should be fixed, it should be adjusted according to the development of the country.

"I would recommend re-evaluating and adjusting every five years in the future."

Talleyrand was visibly stunned, and then the Portuguese spoke directly:

"We think we can."

Prussia also expressed its approval, and Prussia was fighting for change.

Several other countries were also noncommittal, and ultimately did not object.

Pete closed his eyes in pain:

This kind of operation will only increase the contradictions between countries even more!

Let's wait until the meeting is over to explain the benefits to the countries.

So Pete spoke:

"I want the meeting to be suspended, we need time for internal discussions, we need to communicate with the country."

Zhu Jingyuan was quite helpless to Pete, and he was also quite helpless to the British king.

His ninth uncle has been killing him for so long.

The kingdom of England is not going to change its generals.

It's really calm.

Pete couldn't refuse this reasonable request, Zhu Jingyuan nodded noncommittally:

"Okay, that's all for today's meeting......"

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