Where should the headquarters of the League of Nations be chosen? The quality of this problem is for others, and for Li Zhaoyu, it is really a headache. The only thing that is, when he started investigating and researching this problem, he found that there were many people who had the same headache as him, and everyone who established the League of International had a headache.

The initiative to establish the League of Nations originated from the first glorious revolution in Britain, which has been around for twenty years. It is mainly due to the rapid expansion of the empire around the world, especially the expansion of sea and land, which Li Junwei presided over the tide and division of Europe since the 20th year of the empire, which has overwhelmed the turbulent and divided Europe.

The British initially advocated that European countries form alliances to fight against the empire, but because there were too many internal conflicts, they could not be done. Therefore, they chose the second method, which was to establish a coordination mechanism, and once a conflict occurred, they would coordinate, rather than directly entering a state of war.

In other words, the British also regarded the League of Nations as a platform for quarrels at the beginning. The two wars of the Great Northern War and the Spanish Succession War broke out almost at the same time, and the entire Europe was trapped in a war. The empire took advantage of this opportunity to seek benefits from the world, making this call increasingly higher and higher, and eventually formed a trend of thought - coordination of strong powers.

At first, the Empire scoffed at this, but as it expanded to its limit, it was not impossible to add a similar coordination mechanism.

After the empire gave in, the British climbed directly and proposed to establish a World Federation. In June of the 42nd year of the empire, the World Federation officially entered the discussion. At that time, the Ukrainian Federation was established, so the World Federation was changed to the League of Nations, that is, the alliance of countries around the world, referred to as the League of Nations.

Britain, France and the Netherlands became the main promoters of the League of Nations. In order for the empire to join, the empire was given as much respect as possible.

Although the League of Nations has not entered the establishment agenda for two and a half years, it has achieved some results, such as advocating equality between countries and the five founding countries as permanent members. These principles have been basically established, or have been recognized by major powers.

It can be said that the matter of the League of Nations has been delaying, and it was not until the Empire completed the Eastern Alliance that it was officially willing to discuss this matter.

So where should the headquarters of the League of Nations be? For two and a half years, representatives of countries have been quarreling. At the beginning, the European countries' solution was to propose the establishment of their own cities and the Western European countries, which were wearing pairs of pants when founding the League of Nations, were also quarreling because of the location of the League of Nations headquarters.

The British advocated that in London, the French advocated that in Paris, the Netherlands was more complex, and its federal nature made it difficult for them to choose between Amsterdam and The Hague. But these European countries had a common will, that is, that is, the headquarters of the League of Nations must not be within the empire.

The reason is very convincing. The main member states of the League of Nations are European countries. With the current transportation conditions, they went to China for meetings. Half a year has passed. Considering the medical technology of this era, the result is that every time the meeting is held, European diplomats will die, and there are not so many diplomats to consume it.

More importantly, because of the technological blockade of the empire, many countries did not have telegraphs, which led to the slower communication of information if the League of Nations headquarters was established in the East. Even many European power classes could not understand the new things like telegraphs. In their opinion, if telegraphs were used, it would be transparent to the empire.

The empire was also very clear about this. It was too difficult to set up the headquarters of the League of Nations in Shin Kyung and Penang like this, so it simply proposed that the League of Nations should not be located within any permanent member states, and directly rejected Britain, France and other countries.

Of course, the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs will not admit that this proposal is because, 'If you don't let me be good, then don't be good for everyone', but it is very glorious and upright. If the League of Nations headquarters is established in a permanent member, then once a conflict related to the country occurs, it will be unfair to resolve it.

For some time, the Empire wanted to set up the headquarters of the League of Nations in Gdansk, namely Denze. Because the city was a free city, located along the Baltic Sea coast and under the control of the friendly country Prussia.

But in the end, this proposal did not come true because the proposal of the empire was established in Danze or Amsterdam. When Prussia and the Netherlands had conflicts with other countries, it also affected the fairness of the League of Nations organizations.

This declared the death penalty for almost all member states. Of course, there is no member state without the League of Nations now. However, no country wants the League of Nations to be headquartered in its own country and cannot join the League of Nations. Obviously, no country will choose this way.

Therefore, the headquarters of the League of Nations can only be established in neutral countries, and Europe does have many neutral countries or free cities. Considering the status and location, there are not many other factors, and there are not many options. The most popular one was Switzerland.

The concept of neutrality was widely accepted by the world in the seventeenth century. In the book "The Law of War and Peace" published in 1625, Gracius, the founder of international law, called neutral states and civilians the middlemen of war. After experiencing the suffering of thirty years of war, Switzerland officially declared itself to be neutral in the parliament of the Holy Roman Empire and no longer participated in the war. It has been more than thirty years since Switzerland officially announced that it had become a neutral country and no longer participated in the war.

But Switzerland is obviously not suitable because there is another important principle for the location of the United Nations headquarters, that is, transportation must be convenient. To put it bluntly, it means shipping. Not only is telegraphs not popular in Europe, but railways not popular. Switzerland is located in the inland Europe and is not a coastal country, which makes it extremely inconvenient to go to Switzerland from the north, east and west directions. The closer is the Italian direction to the south.

But the problem is that the Italian region is where Spain and the Austrian Empire are now fighting for, and low-intensity wars are still going on. There are bandits and bandits everywhere along the way. We can't go to various countries to fight. With the traffic conditions at this time, going to Switzerland is equivalent to an armed mountain climbing trip, and all the diplomats have become mountain infantry.

The rest of the countries are not suitable for both economic capabilities and political structures.

After a comprehensive investigation, Li Zhaoyu realized that the issue of the location of the League of Nations headquarters was not just a small problem that his father tested himself, but had become a common problem for all League of Nations countries, that is, a global problem. If this problem is solved, everything will be easier to solve.

"Yongzhong, do you think there are so many kind-hearted and ambitious people in this world who are worried about this? Do I have any potential that exceeds theirs? Why did my father throw this problem to me?" After Li Yongzhong returned from participating in the investigation, Li Zhaoyu and he drank to drown his sorrows and complained.

Li Yongzhong smiled: "Maybe in the eyes of King Yu Qiansui, you are much smarter than those Europa people."

Li Zhaoyu shook his head vigorously: "I still have this self-knowledge. I am not a racist. I don't think our IQ is more than Europas. This is stupid. Moreover, the diplomacy we are doing now is actually more in line with traditional European diplomacy, rather than moving closer to us."

What Li Zhaoyu said is one of the reasons why some more extreme nationalists in the empire criticized the imperial government.

In the eyes of these people, the empire is the world's strongest country, and those in Europe are small countries. Everything should be accommodated by those small countries. How come the empire accommodates them? Especially at the diplomatic level, many diplomatic etiquette and rules are mainly based on Europe, and the same is true for those laws at the diplomatic level.

But Li Zhaoyu didn't care about this. After all, the diplomacy of the empire for more than two thousand years was mainly tribute. Obviously, this kind of diplomatic relationship is not suitable for global diplomacy.

"Because of this, Europeans have richer experience than us. We have only been doing this for decades, and the other party has been playing for thousands of years." Li Zhaoyu took a drink.

"But you are different from those European diplomats." Li Yongzhong thought for a while and persuaded him.

"Why are there any difference? Do I have more eyes or bigger head?" Li Zhaoyu spread his arms.

Li Yongzhong smiled: "Diplomatic officials are just the mouthpiece of a country, and are the embodiment of the will of the country. Although their own abilities and wisdom are important, they rely more on the strength of their mother country. For example, this time, although Switzerland was disqualified from the qualification, Lisbon's option was also highly accepted in Europe, and this was mainly driven by the empire."

Li Zhaoyu had to admit this. After Switzerland, Lisbon had the strongest competitiveness and the highest call for the location of the League of Nations headquarters.

The reason is very simple. Portugal, especially the Portuguese king, directly stated in the empire that if Lisbon was selected as the headquarters of the League of Nations, Portugal could immediately become a neutral country and not join the League of Nations. Of course, the League of Nations still had to protect its territorial integrity and national interests.

This is because Portugal is in a state of "every man is innocent and has a sin."

Portugal is just a small country with more than 2 million people. Although it has made money by Brazil's gold mines over the years and has become the richest royal family in Europe, the problem is that Portugal is still a small country, especially in the era of the rise of nationalism, the population of the country directly determines the strength of a country.

For example, in the Spanish War of Succession of the Throne, the former King Pedro II organized an army mainly mercenaries to stab Spain backwards. This army was brave in fighting in the colonies, with extraordinary achievements, and equipped with equipment of the same level as the Imperial Army. However, in Spain, facing the coalition forces between France and Spain, he did not win. Not only did he not gain any advantage in Spain, he was defeated to Lisbon.

After this incident, Portugal reflected on the whole, especially after the new king ascended the throne, he believed that Portugal should enter a strategic contraction stage.

That is, Portugal believes that its expansion has reached its peak, and it will be rare if it can maintain the sphere of influence left behind for two centuries. This is why the Portuguese Kingdom becomes a double-faced policy change, actively seeking a balance between Europe and the empire.

In the selection of the League of Nations, the young king of Portugal believed that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Portugal. Since Portugal did not expand, it would be nothing to become a neutral country. Its headquarters is set up in Lisbon, which is equivalent to the world's recognition of Portugal's territory and colonies. Then wouldn't Portugal preserve its ancestor's foundation without any effort?

Of course, this option of Lisbon is also difficult to pass because European countries do not agree. Of course, Spain is the main one who opposes, and the rest remain silent, but having Spain is enough, because Spain is one of the five permanent members by default.

Spain does not admit it because in the Americas, the Brazilian colony of Portugal borders with Spain's Lima Governor, but in fact, both sides have no actual control over the Andes and the Amazon rainforest deep inland. Portugal has all the areas east of the Andes into its own colonies. How can the Spanish admit it?

But the Empire supported Lisbon, Portugal, to become the headquarters of the League of Nations, but on this issue, at least the five permanent members must agree to it before it can be truly determined.

"The strength of the country? Yongzhong, the League of Nations is equal, at least among permanent members. The strength of the country is obviously not directly reflected," said Li Zhaoyu.

Li Yongzhong shook his head: "Of course, of course, the rules are for compliance. This is equal, but the rules are formulated by major powers."

Li Zhaoyu nodded slightly, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Yongzhong, do you have good suggestions, right?"

"Perhaps we can choose a neutral region rather than a country, and then convince other countries to agree." Li Yongzhong suggested.

Li Zhaoyu said: "Malta and Gibraltar are definitely not possible."

“That’s natural.”

The location of the headquarters of the League of Nations is a diplomatic war, and all countries show their powers. Britain and France have used a method to indicate that the headquarters can be set up within the control of the empire, but not in the local area, and must be in Europe. This is actually the idea of ​​fighting against Gibraltar and Malta.

But the problem is that Malta has been regarded as a territory by the empire and belongs to the province of West Tianjin. If Gibraltar becomes the headquarters of the League of Nations, it will be required to demilitarize it. Then Gibraltar, a place that controls the throat of Europe, is equivalent to self-destruction.

"Corsica, what do you think?"

"The Republic of Genoa, no! Genoa has colonies overseas and will inevitably join the League of Nations."

"No, I mean, I will separate Corsica and become an independent region." Li Yongzhong said.

Li Zhaoyu's eyes lit up and he fell into deep thought because he felt that the proposal was very confusing.
Chapter completed!