Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 386
General Betty of the British Army Headquarters is a typical hawkish representative of the British high-level, but through a series of encounters with the imperial cavalry, he, who was originally extremely tough, had a lot of concerns about the Chinese army. He hesitated and said: "Your Excellency, as a The head of the Imperial Army, I have to remind you that since the Chinese are willing to extend a hand of peace, we might as well accept it. If the peace agreement is not concluded as soon as possible and the war continues, who will be the final winner? Or, it’s still hard to say. Many times of war experience tells us that China is definitely a terrible opponent, much more terrifying than we imagined! Don’t forget, they have the world’s most powerful land tanks and powerful firepower Although their navy has never disclosed their true strength to the public, according to a series of intelligence reports, the strength of the Eastern Navy has already caught up with ours, which is an unoptimistic reality.”

Betty is a representative of the British military, and his views can almost represent the thoughts of the entire British Army. As soon as these words were uttered, a series of subtle changes occurred in the hearts of the people present.At this time, Foreign Minister South stood up and said: "France has been brought to the edge of the cliff by the Chinese. This peace conference is a life-saving straw for them. Today, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged us five times as soon as possible. I hope that we will be in the perspective of a strategic alliance and must participate in the Beijing Peace Conference. I think participating in the Beijing Peace Conference is an opportunity for the British Empire to show a peaceful gesture. If we do not participate in this conference, we will go to the entire The opposite of the world!"

Belfort took a deep breath and said heavily: "The Chinese are so cunning! They pretended to be the peace messengers of the world, and packaged the Beijing Peace Conference as a gathering of peace-loving countries all over the world. Anyone who does not participate in this meeting, whoever wants to continue to wage war, will be spurned by people all over the world. Chinese people, this is not what it used to be."

After receiving the telegram from the United Kingdom, France sent a delegation impatiently. But before going to Beijing, the French representative learned that China only sent him a quota of 5, and then received an official notice that there were only two quotas.The French originally hoped that China could look at the trade dependence between China and France, and the United States would negotiate peace to win 5 representatives for their country.Now not only is there no hope for 3 places, but even 5 places cannot be kept.China, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and other countries that dominated the Beijing Peace Conference divided the Allied Powers into three categories according to the degree of dominance of each country in the war.The first category is "leading belligerents", that is, the main allies of Britain and France, with 3 seats for each country; the second category is "partially dominant belligerents", which refers to countries that mainly engage in local operations in the war, with 2 seats for each country; The third category is the countries in the camp of the Allied Powers that have broken off diplomatic relations with China and Germany, with 5 seats for each country.According to this principle, France was originally the absolute dominant party in the war and should have won [-] seats.

All of this is caused by Italy.In fact, countries such as China and Germany originally included France in the first category of countries.However, in order to weaken France's position in the Beijing Peace Conference, Italian representatives actively lobbied other major powers to reduce the number of French representatives to two.This proposal was immediately supported by Kaiser Wilhelm II, who disliked France.At the tea party of the five major countries, William put forward this proposal as the leading party, and the other four major countries agreed, and the number of representatives of France changed from 2 to 5, and then to 3.

France launched an active diplomatic effort to increase French representation.He sent envoys to China and Germany to visit the Chinese and German delegations, as well as Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang and German Chancellor Bismarck.The results were dismal, however, with sympathy from the Chinese, lukewarm reaction from the Americans and worse from Germany.

When the news reached the country, it immediately caused an uproar in French domestic public opinion.At the critical moment, France pointed all the finger at Italy and strongly protested to the Italian embassy the practice of reducing the number of French representatives, saying that the leading party had broken its promise. There will be a loss of trust and the inability to have conversations later on and so on.Later, under the intervention of the United Kingdom, the final meeting of the leading party decided that France and Brazil would have 3 representatives.

The famous butterfly effect theory finally happened again and again under the influence of Guan Xuqing, but Guan Xuqing still believes that history is like a river, no matter how the river changes its course, it will eventually flow to the sea.The general trend of the world is mighty and mighty, if you follow it, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will perish.Great men can speed up or delay the course of history but cannot change it.Even if a river flowing eastward is temporarily forced to flow southward, if the terrain does not change, it will eventually break its embankment and go eastward.

Guan Xuqing was thinking about something on his mind when Wang Shang came in and said, "Your Majesty, there is a Russian representative who wants to meet you."

Guan Xuqing was being entangled in a bunch of trivial matters, and his mind was like a mess. He couldn't even care about meeting the Russian representative, so he waved his hand impatiently.Wang Shang immediately understood, turned around and was about to leave.Guan Xuqing seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and hurriedly called Wang Shang: "Wait! What's the name of the Russian representative?"

"Returning to the emperor, the names of Russians are quite long, and the slave didn't remember them clearly for a while. It seems to be called Lenin."

"Lenin!" Guan Xuqing was shocked when Lenin, the representative of communists, finally appeared on the stage of history. "Xuan Jin! Xuan Jin!"

Entering was a curly-haired young man with a particularly striking beard and deep eyes that looked more like a Caucasian.The man bowed deeply to the emperor and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I am Joseph; Vissarionovich; Stalin, appointed by Vladimir; Ilyich; Lenin, to attend the Congress Your Majesty the Emperor, I hope to have a consultation with your country on the Beijing Peace Conference."

"Negotiation? Stalin, I'm afraid your purpose here is not about the peace conference, but about eliminating the White Russian forces in Russia?"

"Your Majesty, Russia is under the wings of China. As far as I know, the organizers of this peace conference will establish a new international order. What we worry about is whether we will be squeezed into the cracks of many interest groups. There are also many supporters of communism in your country. I heard that collective farms in the budding state of communism have appeared in the northwest. This is a common place for us. This time, China’s military operation to wipe out the remnants of Belarus in Russia, we believe that It was ordered by the German Communist Party. As long as your army can resolutely get rid of the shackles of the Communist Party, there is still a lot to talk about between us!" Stalin said calmly.

"Now the white army is gathering from all walks of life. Communism is dying. Without political power, everything is empty talk. I don't know what is the meaning of everything we talk about today? Maybe we finish talking today, and tomorrow communism will no longer exist. What do you think?" Guan Xuqing said flatly.

Stalin blushed: "Your Majesty, what we mean is that as long as your army does not participate in this battle, we are still capable of defeating the White Russian Army. That is why I am here today."

"What are you going to use to persuade our army to withdraw? What else can you exchange in your country now? Your country doesn't even have enough manpower, and everything is in short supply. Without China's support, everything has to start from scratch. "

"Your Majesty, we have a vast land and abundant resources, and we can provide all kinds of raw materials!"

"Aside from the land, what is left? Besides, these lands belong to each nation. Even if you defeated White Russia, you should not inherit the bloody legacy of the Tsar. You must return these to the people of Asia!"

Stalin lowered his head and remained silent. He raised his head helplessly: "Please give me some time, and I will report to you."

Guan Xuqing said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry, anyway, the White Russian army will attack you in three days at most."

The time has just entered April, and delegations from various countries have arrived in Beijing one after another.France was one of the major power delegations that arrived earlier. This time, the French sent an unprecedentedly strong delegation, including Prime Minister Briand and various ministers of the cabinet, and even General Foch of the French Army Command and General Joffre, Chief of Staff of the French Army and Supreme Commander of the Marne River Front, shows how much France attaches importance to this meeting.

On the other hand, the heads of several major countries that arrived earlier came to greet the French representative at the same time, which also showed the respect that world powers have for France, a former power.American President Theodore Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Arthur Balfour, Italian Prime Minister Orlando, and Chinese Emperor Liang Qichao arrived earlier. Only the old enemy of the French, Germany, did not send representatives to greet them. The four giants came to the airport to welcome China and the world. It can be said that the four most powerful giants came together to meet the nearly defeated French, which can be said to have given the Gauls enough face, but everyone knew in their hearts that this was nothing more than for others to see.

The French delegation who were still on the train looked at the grand welcome team through the windows. After the train stopped, the crew lowered the hanging ladder. The first to go down the hanging ladder was French Foreign Minister Sousse, and then the commander-in-chief. General Foch, and finally Prime Minister Briand.When Bai Lian got down, he kept waving his hands to salute the welcoming crowd.The friendly Chinese people also put up slogans, which read: Welcome to the French delegation*****.Members of the delegation felt inexplicably moved.

As the host, Liang Qichao was the first to meet Brian who had already stepped down the hanging ladder.Brian also walked over, and the two smiled and held hands. "Welcome, welcome to China." Liang Qichao, as the host, still had to do his best, and his performance was also very warm and generous.

(End of this chapter)