In the carriage, everyone who had heard Li Zhaoyu's words shook their heads helplessly, because this meant that the League of Nations really couldn't do anything.

Whoever advocates the sharing of the burden means whoever wants to do things will pay for it. If it can be done with money, international cooperation will not be that simple. For example, if Britain and France are willing to pay for money to help Ukraine and Russia draw a clear border, then the empire will definitely try every means to obstruct it, because this can make its opponents spend more money.

No one is willing to do something thankless, let alone no one wants to pay for it now.

If the League of Nations is really shared in this way, it means that the League of Nations can play a very limited role.

Duan Yi was originally planning to replace Li Zhaoyu to resolve the embarrassment of today's meeting. Because the issue of membership fee sharing cannot be solved, as the world's strongest country, the empire of the founding country of the League of Nations will definitely encounter a lot of criticism, and Li Zhaoyu is obviously not good at dealing with these things. After all, the Eastern Alliance Conference is completely different from the League of Nations Conference.

The Eastern Alliance Conference was a group of younger brothers who were playing and negotiating. They were also quarreling for the sake of interests. Li Zhaoyu was a good friend and both sides were pleased with him. At the League of Nations Conference, it was easy to become the target of public criticism.

Faced with Li Zhaoyu's plan, Duan Yi said: "Young Master, your understanding of the situation is correct, but I don't recommend that you choose the right time to make your claim."

"Why?" Li Zhaoyu was a little confused.

"Because that would make the empire the target of public criticism. Now the international community is full of longing for the League of Nations. If you make your claim, it will be a basin of cold water to extinguish the passion of the whole world. Even if every diplomat attending the meeting knows that your method is right, you will provoke too much criticism, and these criticisms will also affect the empire.

In fact, there are two most important things in this kind of diplomatic organization, one is to share the blame and the other is to compete for merit. Whoever advocates the sharing of funds is the ultimate solution to the allocation of funds, but it is obviously not what the people of the world want to see, so people are eager to know who made the League of Nations not reach the level they want. You suggest that this shame is yours." Duan Yi said seriously.

The whole world is full of expectations for the establishment of the League of Nations, but the public opinion in the empire is still somewhat different from that in the international community.

The people of the Empire believed that the establishment of the League of Nations was a good thing, but it was impossible to achieve the legendary things.

For example, the League of Nations Conference announced that the League of Nations is committed to world peace, resolving conflicts, achieving scientific progress and humanitarianism throughout the world. The people of the Empire do not believe that this can be really done. The Empire is a united country, and even a united country cannot do it, let alone a group of countries with their own thoughts gathered together.

The more people there are, the harder it is to achieve success. This is the common understanding of the people of the empire.

On the contrary, the international community's expectations for the League of Nations are much higher than those of the imperial people. This is mainly a group of small countries, especially those in the hinterland of Europe.

In the eyes of small countries, the world is so chaotic, which is at work, especially when powers appear among the great powers. Now that the League of Nations has been established, the sphere of influence has been established between the great powers, and there is a platform for quarrels, so there should be no war. Since the great powers no longer fight, the world will be peaceful. After the war, all countries will move towards a prosperous road of development.

Obviously, this is too idealistic. This idealization will eventually be awakened by reality, but idealized people will still hold a grudge against the person who gave them a sober slap.

At present, the allocation of funds for the League of Nations has become a new problem. At the beginning, everyone had to find a reasonable allocation plan, but now, countries have begun to change their thinking and find a solution to the allocation of funds.

Duan Yi said at the end, and took the initiative to joke: "This kind of thing is like a landmine. No matter who buried it or who stepped on it, it will belong to whoever took it."

"Then how should this matter be resolved?" Li Zhaoyu asked on his own initiative.

Duan Yi said: "Two solutions, one is that a representative of a country does not know the power of it, and he actively proposes who advocates and who shares the solution. The second is to wait until the five major countries are so quarreling that they can't stand it, and reach a joint statement that the major countries will carry the burden."

Li Zhaoyu nodded slightly, and then he realized that he had almost taken the wrong step and became the first unlucky guy to do it.

"Then let's keep waiting," Crown Prince William suggested.

Li Zhaoyu nodded, but he saw Duan Yi's expression a little strange, as if he was disdainful of the continued waiting. The carriage entered the Seville Palace. As Duan Yi expected, the meeting was very boring. The whole process was made by various countries and then rejected by other countries. Duan Yi kept speaking on behalf of Li Zhaoyu, saying some unaffected mermaids, and just a few words back and forth.

The general idea is that the empire has enough sincerity and dedication, but the empire cannot suffer any losses.

The meeting was divided into morning and afternoon, and it ended immediately. Li Zhaoyu had no interest in the Spanish royal receptionist, so he called Prince William to return to the mission station outside the city as usual. However, this time, Prince William did not leave with Li Zhaoyu as usual, and seemed to be invited to the dance.

"Yongzhong, ask what William went to see." Duan Yi whispered to Li Yongzhong before he got on the carriage.

Li Yongzhong glanced at Li Zhaoyu. After getting his permission, Li Yongzhong nodded slightly and said, "This is easy to deal with. There are many waiters in the palace, and you can do it with a little money."

Li Zhaoyu got on the carriage and asked when he went back: "Captain Duan, why do you think he will do something that is unfavorable to the empire?"

Duan Yi asked back: "Do you think he can't do it?"

Li Zhaoyu shook his head: "He is the crown prince of Prussia. Joining something is beneficial to Prussia, but it does not hurt the empire much. I think he will try it. But on the issues of the League of Nations, William already has a common interest with us."

"No." Duan Yi shook his head: "You shouldn't just stare at the front of you. Take the funding allocation of the League of Nations as an example. There are three things that require the League of Nations and require a lot of funds. Russia and Ukraine's border division issue, the dispute between the Ottoman Empire and Western European countries in North Africa, and the dispute between Spain and the Austrian Empire in Italy.

These three things have little to do with Prussia, and this is also the reason why they advance and retreat with us. If they don’t want to pay, they can accept it if the empire doesn’t pay. But if you think in the long run, a country like Prussia that is rapidly becoming stronger and has ambitions to expand will create similar three disputes sooner or later, and will also need to resolve the issue of the League of Nations and consume funds. If anyone advocates and shares the burden, it will be unfavorable to Prussia.

During closed-door consultations, representatives of countries believed that the empire was the most powerful country in the world, with the largest population, the richest land and the most developed economy, especially the fiscal revenue, far exceeds the magnitude of each country. The financial support that was enough to overwhelm each country was just as light as a feather for the empire.

Then, the empire should bear the majority of the National League dues. At the beginning, countries required the empire to bear three-quarters, that is, seventy-five percent. After Li Zhaoyu chose to oppose it, this standard was gradually reduced to fifty-five percent, which was twice the standard that the empire insisted on.

The collective pressure from the Council did not make Li Zhaoyu surrender. Britain and France proposed to announce this plan to all representatives at the National Assembly tomorrow and conduct a collective vote. Of course, the so-called collective vote is to mobilize other countries to put pressure on the empire. Although the permanent members do not have a veto power, that is relative to other countries.

In fact, the empire has a veto power, but this power can only be used once.

The so-called veto power is to withdraw from the League of Nations. In today's world, without the participation of the Empire, the League of Nations cannot be called the League of Nations. Moreover, the Empire has the ability to pull a large number of other countries to withdraw from the League of Nations and completely collapse this organization. This is also a common trick used by the Empire in the next few decades, but it is limited to internal consultations of major powers. In order to maintain the existence of the League of Nations, other countries dare not force the Empire too much.

When the National Assembly votes, the final cooperation is required. The vote must be at the end, that is, the members of the board of directors will withdraw from a plan and leave it to the votes of each country. If the vote is obtained, it will become a framework agreement for fund sharing, and then detailed planning will be carried out on this basis.

Unlike in the past, this time, Li Zhaoyu, on behalf of the empire, proposed that plan without waiting for the seven countries, so he took the lead in proposing a new plan.

That is, the Empire is willing to bear fifty percent of the National League dues, and the remaining share is borne by other countries of the Council.

At the beginning, the seven countries believed that this was their own victory. Although Li Zhaoyu reduced the share of the other small countries by another five percentage points and exempted the share of the other small countries, the empire ultimately took on the largest end. With this framework, the rest of the countries were easy to discuss.

But as Li Zhaoyu made public details, the representatives of the seven countries frowned. Because Li Zhaoyu proposed that the League of Nations should formulate a short-term plan to solve all factors that threaten world peace now, including the Russian-Ukrainian border issue, the North Africa issue, the Italian issue, the demarcation of South American colonies in Spain and Portugal, the division of power of European countries on the west coast of Africa, the Balkan Peninsula issue, in addition to security issues, there are also European plague issues, famines occurring in parts of Poland and Sweden, religious conflicts in Switzerland and other issues.

And the reason why these questions are raised is mainly for a number, 30 million!
Chapter completed!