Chapter 54: Visiting Tennessee (3)
At 6 p.m., the fed and well-fed queue goes to watch the famous equestrian show. The equestrian show is in a small town called Pigeonfe, and some foreign tourists are very curious, but in Ji Xin's opinion, the towns of Lao Mei are almost the same, simple and quiet. However, the performance is a bit interesting, and I heard that this equestrian team has performed in China.
It was a show set against the backdrop of the Civil War, and the audience was divided into the Southern Army and the Northern Army against each other. While the actors were preparing for the cast, the in-room radio began to introduce the knowledge of the American Civil War of 1861-1865 to music.
"Hey, he can take your job instead" Ji Xin has always been indifferent to the indoctrination of preachy culture, so he picked up Lin Xue, who was sitting on the side, and after the noon nonsense, the relationship between the three of them went further. In Xu Feifei's words, it is to rise from the relationship between business and sale to the spiritual level. Ji Xin, who was drinking water at the time, almost didn't slow down, and never dared to underestimate this little girl with a tender face and a black heart.
Lin Xue knew that Ji Xin was referring to broadcasting, but she didn't care, "The history of Americans is not long, and the domestic war is even more limited, so they like to express many things in various forms, which is normal."
But Brother Xin, I remember that history textbooks have always said that it was a war to free black slaves, and the Northern Army won the victory under the leadership of Lincoln and defeated the slave owners in the South. In fact, after coming here to dig deeper, I found out that this is not the case, do you know what is going on? ”
There are mistakes in the well-known historical facts in China, Ji Xin's eyes are as big as the discovery of the New World, if you go back to the fourth child to popularize science, it also seems that the buddy has done something serious in the United States, and it has something to do with the cultural industry, isn't it? And it should be good to attract domestic tourists for this reason, right? "Take you to understand the American Civil War that professors don't know" is very attractive when you hear the name.
But looking at Lin Xue, who was silent halfway through, he couldn't help but slap his mouth wide. Only women and villains are difficult to raise, the most reasonable saying! Ji Xin's heart was itching, so he lowered his head and said, "Beauty, I was wrong, how can your old status be replaced by a mere broadcast, his voice is so rough, and he doesn't have emotion......"
"This is almost" Lin Xue, who was satisfied, raised her head slightly, like a proud white swan. Start playing with your own knowledgeable guide.
In fact, the original intention of this war was related to black slaves, but it was not to liberate them, in fact, many states in the Northern Army camp were legalized by slavery. The trigger for this war was actually a problem with the compatibility of state and federal laws.
First of all, each state has the right to change its own laws, but the question is whether the residents of the state still have the rights of the state after leaving the state. In other words, can a slave owner in a state where slavery is legalized take his slaves to other states where slavery is not legal? The southern camp thinks that this can be had, and the northern camp thinks that this really doesn't exist.
"Preconceived, the United States has always preached human rights, and the next time someone accuses other countries of this issue, they will use this incident to slap him in the face, proper" Ji Xin feels that his worldview has undergone a major change, the United States is so powerful, and even I, Greater China, deliberately help him hide the truth?
"I don't know" Lin Xue was interrupted and despised Ji Xin very unhappily, "You think they don't know that this is a weakness, so Lao Mei spared no effort to publicize and tell everyone that the government was wrong at that time." Anyway, the people are gone, and you can only comment a few words from the perspective of future generations, and it's always bad to go through the old accounts again. Do saints sometimes make mistakes?
In fact, the core controversy is whether the state can declare its own independence. The southern camp felt that this was their right, while the northern camp wanted to preserve the integrity of the homeland. The two sides continued to coordinate until Comrade Lincoln became president, and the southern bloc felt that the situation was not good, and directly declared independence, so war broke out. Virginia was one of the dividing lines at the time, and Virginia supported the Confederate Army to the north, so a new state was proclaimed, which is now West Virginia.
The Civil War was fought very hard, at first it was a way to pull volunteers, and everyone was not enthusiastic enough, but in the later part of the fight, Lincoln actually followed the trend and proposed to emancipate the black slaves, which further strengthened everyone's enthusiasm to fight/rebel, and finally it was completed. It is worth mentioning that George Washington was also a slave owner.
When Lincoln was assassinated after the Civil War, one of the ideas of the Assassin John Wilkesbooth was that Lincoln betrayed the founding of the country, believing that black slavery was a God-given wealth to the United States. But at the time, even most of the people in the Southern camp resented the assassination (because the North and the South had just negotiated peace after the defeat of the South, which aroused the resentment of the North), and Lincoln had always been ranked as one of the three greatest presidents of the United States. ”
"Lincoln died a well-deserved death, and if it weren't for this dramatic assassination, I guess he wouldn't be so admired and sacrificed his life?" Ji Xin's vision is always so different, which makes the people around him look a little weird.
"You can really be the focus of attention wherever you go" Lin Xue couldn't stand the strange eyes of others, and quickly changed the topic, "The performance has started, let's enjoy it first!" ”
Although Ji Xin felt that those equestrian performances were a bit silly, they were not professional at all. However, in view of the fact that I have already paid for the tickets, I will lose if I don't see it, focus on finding mistakes, and observe the service level of the organizer with relish.
The indoor performance venue is actually like a banquet hall, with an open space of more than 50 meters x 20 meters in the middle, and a thick layer of loose and damp sand on the ground. There are four tiers of stands around it, which can accommodate more than 1,000 people.
There were a lot of people watching the performance this time, and before entering the performance hall, each group and individual took pictures separately, and it is said that for the purpose of computer graphics, the tourists present were photographed in the photo album, and they became part of the army at that time, which was quite popular.
Ji Xin looked at it and couldn't find fault with it. However, there was some slander about the rules that no photographs and photography were taken, and the Chinese tourists present were a little strange and dissatisfied, after all, this is not a work of art, and they are afraid of the impact of flash. Seniors usually like to bring a camera and not take some photos, how can I prove that I have been here by drawing a scissor hand.
Many people accompanying him were discussing in whispers, and Lin Xue saw that everyone's voices were getting louder and louder, so she had to quickly stand up to maintain order, and also reminded that "due to copyright issues in the performance, photography and photography are not allowed." There are strict requirements in China, and I hope you can comply with them and be a quality tourist. ”
The waiters also noticed that there was an abnormality, and the organizers seemed to know the habits of the Chinese people, so they hurriedly arranged for the boys and girls dressed in the uniforms of the Northern and Southern Army to start busy serving drinks and diverting their attention. Chilled Pepsi, iced tea, hot tea, and coffee are also served upon request.