The earliest record of "驺虞" is the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", which says that there is a rare beast in the Lin country, big as a tiger, white hair and black stripes, long tail, and the name is called 驺虞 [zōu yú], which symbolizes peace.

It is said that it is gentle by nature, agile in its movements, and travels thousands of miles a day, but it cannot bear to trample even grass, and only eats animals that have died naturally. The ancients believed that the beast was a kind of benevolent beast, so it gradually became a rui beast in the continuous praise.

Like the unicorn, if it appears in the world, it represents a peaceful and prosperous world, and it is the recognition of the emperor of the current dynasty by God.

In the second year of Yongle, there was a Su Yu in Junzhou, Henan Province and was captured by people, people were overjoyed, Zhu Hu, the king of Zhou, and local officials organized a team to send Su Yu into Beijing; Zhu Di, who had just succeeded in Jingjing, naturally attached great importance to it, so this matter was also publicized with great fanfare.

However, according to the research of today's historians and gezhi scholars, the Lin country is located in the northwest of China, so the so-called Su Yu should live in the northwest region, and then compared and analyzed according to the appearance characteristics, and finally concluded that the Su Yu is actually a snow leopard - white fur, black spots and black rings, and a thick and long tail.

As for the legend that it can't bear to trample on the meadows, the reason is simple: the snow leopard's fur is so obvious that it cannot camouflage itself in the meadows and forests, so it does not often forage in the meadows and forests.

Casting this mythical beast of peace as a bronze statue and presenting it to the League of Nations, the surface work of the Ming court can be said to be very good.

For this League of Nations Congress, unlike the disdain of some people in the DPRK and China, Wei Jingyun personally attaches great importance to it.

There were three main events in this conference, one was the Italian invasion of Ethiopia; the second is the border war between Ming and Britain; The third is the Spanish Civil War.

As early as 7895, Italy launched two wars of aggression against Ethiopia, but both were defeated, and Italy was even forced to sign a peace treaty with Ethiopia to recognize its independence and sovereignty.

Italy, which is obsessed with this, has always been worried about revenge, and Andrea has also hyped up the need to be ashamed after coming to power, and after taking Ethiopia, he can build a powerful empire that includes the Red Sea and the Mediterranean; Andrea planned to exploit the region's natural resources on a large scale and emigrate eight million people to ease Italy's domestic conflicts.

Therefore, last year, after full preparations, the Italian army invaded brazenly, and invested heavy military groups on the north and south lines - 162,000 people on the northern front, 132 aircraft, 112 tanks, and 580 artillery pieces; 55,000 people, 44 aircraft, 48 tanks, and 140 artillery pieces on the southern front.

Their opponents, although the Ethiopian army numbered as high as 300,000, were outdated and lacking in weapons and equipment, and many of the troops were not even equipped with rifles.

The reason why Italy dared to invade on a large scale was the acquiescence and connivance of Britain and France, who hoped that Italy would become the vanguard of the fight against the German Society, so they adopted a policy of appeasement, and the Italian side also promised not to harm the existing interests of Britain and France in Ethiopia.

In this regard, the Ming Dynasty was somewhat dissatisfied, because Ethiopia was part of the Ming Dynasty's ocean-going strategic branch.

However, at last year's League of Nations General Assembly, Britain and France ignored the requests and protests of Ethiopian representatives. Not to mention sanctions, not even a word of condemnation of Italy.

On the contrary, although there were many differences in the Ming Dynasty, they eventually agreed to provide paid military assistance.

Ethiopia, which is weak and poor, has no foreign exchange reserves and few precious metals, so they paid in kind with copper ore and chrome ore, and the Ming Dynasty provided it with more than 40,000 Lebel rifles, 2,200 Shosha light machine guns, 350 Hatch Kes heavy machine guns, and 120 Schneider field guns at fairly low prices.

These obsolete, imitation French-style old weapons, which were originally used only as strategic reserves, have been sent to Africa to be handed over to the Ethiopian military and civilians to fight the invaders.

Although they fought tenaciously and repeatedly thwarted the Italian offensive, the Italian army flagrantly violated the Geneva Treaty by releasing CHClS gas on the battlefield, resulting in heavy losses and rout of the Egyptian army.

In mid-June, after more than eight months of hard fighting, the Ethiopian capital fell, the king was forced into exile, and Italy declared its annexation.

"The sorrow and helplessness of a weak country." Wei Jingyun sighed.

But it was limited to his personal sigh, because the imperial court did not intend to continue to be entangled in this regard, and in this regard, Wei Jingyun's task was only to reiterate the official position of the Ming Dynasty.

As for the border war between the Ming and the British in the western land, he received instructions to repeatedly pull, negotiate, and argue, and try to find out the attitude of the Taixi countries as much as possible.

Regarding the political struggle and interest conflicts, as well as the confrontation between various factions, although Wei Jingyun does not want to get involved, how can he avoid it when he is in it?

As far as the government's propositions are concerned, he personally agrees with the reconstruction of the tributary circle and supports the Ming Dynasty's exercise of rights in the Nanyang region.

But as a diplomat, he also knew Britain and the United States better than many people in the Ming Dynasty, so he was a little apprehensive about a head-on conflict with them.

Due to the time difference, the Ming delegation was quite tired, so after checking into the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, everyone quickly fell asleep one after another.

Over the next few days, delegations were preparing for the General Assembly on the first day of September.

The bronze statue of "Fu Yu" in the shape of a leopard presented by the Ming court arrived at the Geneva railway station, and the Secretariat of the League of Nations expressed its sincere welcome and gratitude, and immediately organized people to install it on a marble abutment that had been built in Ariana Park.

"It's incomprehensible that the Chinese see the snow leopard as a symbol of peace, what do you think, Mr. Lane?"

Also at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Brecht of the Dutch delegation came to the room where the British delegation was staying and had a private meeting with the British commissioner, Lane.

"It's a magical people who invented gunpowder and made it into fireworks, so their ideas can't be viewed with normal thinking." Ryan has a high-minded, omniscient attitude.

Brecht, who was full of contempt, wanted to tell him that the Chinese had already widely used black powder weapons in the Song Dynasty, and that the world's first hot weapons regiment, the Shenji Battalion, was also born in China.

However, since he had come to consult with him now, Brecht did not disappoint him, but just followed his words, "I think so too." Well... Mr. Lane, is your country going to resort to substantive protest this time? ”

The so-called substantive means speak for themselves, economic sanctions, military operations, and so on.

Ryan glanced at him and said nonchalantly: "As a diplomat, it is impossible to show the attitude of the British Empire in an informal setting. ”

"But, sir," said Brecht, taking a step forward, very sincerely, "the British Empire shares the same interests and threats as ours in the Far East, and I do not think we should be a secret in this regard. ”

(End of chapter)