The meetings related to the League of Nations Convention were mainly discussions on the details of various regulations.
Let representatives from various countries argue with each other, compromise with each other, and finally come up with standards that everyone accepts.
However, these discussions focused on relatively fair areas such as international straits, standard territorial sea width, jurisdiction and rights 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 unfair, but no one mentions them.
For example, the Convention on Territorial Seas has a special chapter on sea area ownership:
If the land and islands belong to one country, they completely surround a sea area.
There is no other country's territory within this sea area, and there is no other country's territory within 500 nautical miles of all the land and islands surrounding it.
At the same time, beyond this sea area, there are still high seas areas that can be used by more distant countries to travel to other overseas territories.
As long as the distance between these lands and islands does not exceed two hundred nautical miles.
This surrounded sea area is the inland sea belonging to the corresponding country.
In other places, other countries have to use the standard of six nautical miles to calculate their territorial waters, but here it has actually become the standard of 200 nautical miles.
This seems obviously unfair, and it is obviously a specially formulated term for Ming.
That is to say, the sea areas surrounding the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and all the sea areas close to the land and islands, are included in the scope of the inland sea of the Ming Dynasty.
Including the northern Beiyin Islands, the Aleutian Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Japanese Islands, the Ryukyu Islands, the Indochina Peninsula, the entire Nanyang Islands, the Andaman Islands, the Tiannan Continent, and the sea areas enclosed by these areas.
But this has nothing to do with the Thai and Western countries and will not affect their direct interests at all.
Those places were originally sea areas completely controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and there were no other countries around for hundreds or even thousands of miles.
If the Ming Dynasty blatantly moved the Ming Dynasty into the inland sea, it might seem a little excessive.
After all, there is a Spanish colony to the east of the Great Ocean.
It is normal and reasonable for the Ming Dynasty to classify these coastal areas into its own inland sea.
This is just to clarify the actual control and let other countries recognize it.
Fleets from other countries cannot go to those places in the first place.
If merchant ships from 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 troublesome.
It is definitely a good thing for ordinary legal traders to be able to clearly be managed and protected by Ming Dynasty as soon as possible.
Moreover, the text of this convention did not clearly state that these provisions were specifically formulated for Ming Dynasty.
Other countries also apply these provisions.
It’s just that it is basically impossible for other countries to achieve the condition of “completely surrounding a sea area, and there are no other countries within 500 nautical miles around”.
Therefore, simply looking at the terms of the convention will not make people feel aggrieved.
The first day of the meeting, in addition to the issue of protecting mountains, forests and water bodies, basically focused on the principles related to territory and territorial waters.
This is the most important carrier of a country and what all representatives care about most.
After the day's meeting, representatives from each country went back to continue studying the terms of the convention, discussing internally and brewing more ideas.
The second day of the meeting began with discussions related to the framework of the alliance itself.
This time it was British Prime Minister Peter who first made the request:
“Since Ming Dynasty requested in the convention, it must give Ming Dynasty’s main vassal states seats and voting rights in the alliance.
"Then our British American region and Tianzhu region should also have the right to vote."
Then Spain followed suit, demanding voting rights for its Mexican colony.
France wanted voting rights for its Canadian colony in North America, and Portugal wanted voting rights for its Mexican colony of Angola.
Several countries in Europe and the West that do not have colonies find that others are asking for extra voting rights, so they cannot just watch.
Voting rights actually symbolize status in the alliance. The higher the voting rights, the higher the status.
Although I have no overseas colonies, my country is also made up of several parts.
In the past, the titles of monarchs in various countries had a long list. It was only after following the Ming Dynasty for nearly a hundred years that they gradually stopped being so long.
So the Austrian Empire asked for voting rights from the subordinate Kingdom of Hungary, and Prussia asked for voting rights from the annexed Kingdom of Bavaria.
Sardinia and Italy asked for voting rights for the annexed Kingdom of Sicily, and the Ottomans asked for voting rights for Greece and Bulgaria, which had long ruled.
Lucia asked for voting rights in Ukraine, Poland, and Lithuania.
Only Holland did not interrupt.
The representatives of Ming Dynasty all had such expressions that they had obviously expected this scene.
According to the draft alliance framework drawn up by the Ming Dynasty, since there are not a large number of small countries in the alliance as spectators, there is no difference between the council and the conference.
The permanent discussion body of the League is directly called the "Conference of the League of Nations".
There are no permanent members. Daming directly serves as the fixed "lead of the alliance" and has veto power on any affairs.
There are four deputy ally states. The vassal states of the Ming Dynasty share two quotas, and the Western countries and their main vassal states share two quotas.
The leader country is fixed to Ming Dynasty and cannot be changed. The deputy leader country is changed every two years. There is no election and all countries take turns.
All countries have only one vote on matters discussed at the Alliance meetings, whether for or against.
In addition to the one-vote veto power that Ming Dynasty can use, relevant matters will also be vetoed if the ordinary opposition votes reach more than one-third.
If any matter is to be passed, it needs more than two-thirds of the votes in favor, making it impossible to achieve one-third of the opposition.
This rule seems very conservative, making it relatively easy to object but difficult to pass.
However, Ming Dynasty additionally requested that vassal states with a certain scale on their side should also receive voting rights.
In the convention drafted by the Ming Dynasty, nineteen voting rights were generally requested, but it did not specify which vassal country they would be allocated to.
The number of nineteen was obviously specially chosen, plus Ming's default vote, for a total of twenty votes.
Exactly twice as many as the ten European and American countries, directly accounting for two-thirds of the total votes.
In the future, if anything proposed by Ming Dynasty is approved by one of the European and American countries, it will be passed directly.
Not asking for 21 votes directly was due to Ming's own sincerity, and also because it was impossible for the European and Western countries to accept it.
Even if there are twenty votes, the European and Western countries dare not accept it. It is too easy to find a ticket among the European and Western countries.
Whether it is Lucia, Ottoman or Prussia, they are likely to be won over by the Ming Dynasty.
After having an internal discussion yesterday afternoon, they immediately came out to make the request today.
It does not directly ask Ming Dynasty to reduce its voting rights, but to increase its voting rights for itself. While reducing Ming Dynasty's voting rights, it also strives for status for its own country.
The reason seems to be very good. The vassals of the Ming Dynasty have the right to vote, and our colonies and other territories must also have the right to vote.
If all these countries now ask for voting rights and give them, the total number of votes in the West will reach twenty-three.
There are three more than Ming Dynasty.
If Ming Dynasty wants to promote the adoption of the alliance resolution, it must win nine votes from the European and Western countries. This difficulty can be said to have increased directly.
Even if the three countries of Lucia, Ottoman, and Prussia, plus the votes they needed, all agreed, it would not be enough.
Zhu Jingyuan was well prepared for this and listened to their requests at leisure.
Then he was quite disgusted and said something funny:
“The vassal states of the Ming Dynasty only asked for nineteen votes, which is really very restrained.
“Many of our vassal states are larger than most of your western and western countries, both in terms of area and population.
“You can ask for voting rights for places like Mexico and Tianzhu, but how can you ask for voting rights for places like Angola?
“If it is given to Angola, will other countries that develop colonies in Mexico have to give voting rights?
“How can local regions like Bavaria, Hungary, and Ukraine get additional voting rights?
"According to your standards, the Ming Dynasty also allocated voting rights to all provinces and all vassals?
"Think about it for yourselves, is this possible?"
What Zhu Jingyuan said was very direct 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 excessive for a landlocked country to use an administrative region to ask for votes.
It is 100% impossible for the total votes of the European and Western countries to exceed that of the Ming Dynasty.
So France’s Talleyrand stood up and said:
"We should set a standard to determine what kind of vassal states and territories are eligible to receive alliance voting rights."
Zhu Jingyuan waved his hand directly and said:
“It is certainly a good thing to have standards and then implement them according to the standards, but it is difficult to implement the standards if they are too complicated.
“Implementation also requires costs, and the execution process is also a wrangling process.
"I'm not trying to hide it either. This kind of voting rights is said to be given to vassal countries, but it's actually controlled by our countries themselves.
“It is best for our alliance’s voting rights rules to be relatively simple and crude and easy to understand.
“I now have two options for everyone to choose from.
“First, based on the existing plan, give voting rights to British India, the United States, French Canada, and Spanish Mexico.
"At the same time, the number of votes in the Ming Dynasty will be increased to twenty-one."
All the representatives immediately calculated and Zhu Jingyuan arranged it this way. Ming Dynasty would have to get two votes from the European and Western countries to exceed two-thirds of the votes.
It is a step back from the original request, but as long as two countries, or even one country, are persuaded, a resolution can be passed, which still worries the countries in Europe and the West.
The key is that not all countries in Europe and the West accept the state status symbolized by the number of voting rights.
It would be difficult for Prussia to accept having Spain on top of itself, let alone Lucia.
The point is, the British colonies combined are not as big as Lucia itself. Why do you have three votes and I, Lucia, only have one?
This is absolutely impossible to accept.
Therefore, Lucia, Ottoman, and Prussia immediately expressed their opposition clearly.
Zhu Jingyuan spread his hands and said:
"The only other option is to use another solution, which is not to give the vassal states the right to vote, but to directly give each country a different number of votes.
“Lucia and Britain have three votes each.
"Two votes each for France, Prussia, Spain, Austria, and the Ottomans.
“Sardinia, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands have one ticket each.
"We in the Ming Dynasty want twenty-eight."
This plan was proposed, and the scene was quiet again for a few seconds.
The difference between the number of votes in Ming Dynasty and other countries is too big. This is really a helpless fact.
Several representatives were stunned for a moment, and then immediately calculated various situations in this state.
The total number of votes is forty-seven. For a matter to be voted on, more than two-thirds of this number is needed, which is thirty-two.
Ming has twenty-eight of them. If he can win over Lucia, he can just find any other country.
It is a little more difficult than the previous plan, and two countries must be won over.
For the countries in Europe and the West, it is relatively balanced.
Giving Lucia a status on par with Britain, Prince Nicholas of Lucia and Wedemeyer were both satisfied.
Prussia, Ottoman, Austria, and Spain were all able to accept the two-ticket status.
Although the Netherlands and Italy are not convinced, looking at those two-ticket countries, they really can't beat them, so they can only endure it.
Portugal is also a bit difficult to accept, but the object of comparison this time is not the Ming Dynasty, but other Thai and Western countries.
When comparing the European and European countries, it basically depends on the local status. Portugal is indeed one head lower than those two-vote countries.
At the same time considering the difficulty of obtaining two tickets, Portugal finally endured.
At the same time, he silently prepared to develop the colony of Mozhou with all his strength, and then find ways to improve his status later.
Pete thought in his mind that Lucia might vote for Ming, so he subconsciously wanted to give his opinion and could not give Lucia three votes.
But he immediately realized that under the current circumstances, the UK cannot do that.
That would surely make Lucia angry and resentful of England.
Ming Dynasty is willing to give Lucia three tickets, but you British are not willing to give it, who are you?
The key is, this is to push Lucia towards Daming!
After thinking about these things in his mind, Peter suddenly realized a problem:
Ming Dynasty may have used this voting power to divide the European and Western countries and create conflicts between them.
The key is that such a simple method can actually work.
As long as everyone has different voting rights, there will definitely be conflicts and status differences.
The way to avoid this situation is the Ming Dynasty's original plan, where all European and Western countries have one country, one vote.
You shouldn't have increased your own votes in the first place, but should have suppressed Ming's votes.
But there is no going back now.
Countries like Lucia and Prussia already have a mentality that their status is higher than certain other countries.
Now if we go back to one person, one vote, they can no longer accept it.
The focus of many people's thinking now may not be that Ming Dynasty needs to win over several countries to promote the adoption of the resolution.
It's about what kind of status you should get.
Pete was thinking about these things in his mind, and his expression became a little distorted with sadness.
Europa is really a fucking mess!
While Peter was wailing in his heart, Talleyrand of France spoke:
"Your Highness the Food King, I think we in France should also have three tickets."
Zhu Jingyuan raised his hand to stop him and said:
"I don't agree with it. You, France, should evaluate it for yourself. Is your colonial development capability stronger than the UK's, or is your local strength stronger than Lucia's?
"But you don't need to be discouraged. I think this voting right should not be fixed, but should be adjusted according to national development.
"I recommend reassessing and adjusting every five years going forward."
Talleyrand was obviously taken aback, and then the Portuguese spoke directly:
"We think it's OK."
Prussia also expressed its approval. Prussia was striving for change.
Several other countries were also noncommittal and ultimately did not object.
Peter closed his eyes in pain:
This kind of operation will only increase the conflicts between countries!
Let's wait until the meeting is over to explain our interests to each country.
Then Peter spoke:
"I hope the meeting will be suspended. We need time to discuss internally and communicate with the country."
Zhu Jingyuan was quite helpless towards Peter, and also quite helpless towards the King of England.
His ninth uncle had been flattering him for such a long time.
The British Kingdom does not change its generals at the last minute.
I can really keep my composure.
Peter could not refuse such a reasonable request. Zhu Jingyuan nodded noncommittally:
"Okay, that's all for today's meeting..."
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