Naturally, the South would not agree to this demand, and if it was willing to free the slaves, it would not be at war.

What's more, they are not yet at the end of their rope, their taxes can still be supported, they can still print paper money, and they have a temporary advantage, and in the end they are very optimistic.

Both the North and the South were optimistic, and Lincoln's demand for the northern states was only for three months of mobilization, believing that the war would end in less than ninety days, and that the South had always looked down on the northerners. The lords of the manors were accustomed to hunting at the very least, and their military culture was stronger, while the Yankees were considered cowardly and incompetent, which was clearly a prejudice that stemmed from the North's long-standing compromise with the South.

There were no military schools in the South, but there were cadet regiments in the universities of the South, and they trained officers for the army. Although West Point is located in the North, there are many cadets in the South, and even the principal of West Point is General Robert Lee, who supports the South, and after the outbreak of the war, a large number of officers in the Union Army resigned from their positions in the Union Army and joined the Union Army in senior positions.

After the outbreak of the war, the Confederate Alliance, which had been planning for a long time, quickly built a small but relatively elite army, and won successive victories, and soon approached Washington.

The refusal of the South to emancipate the slaves and the failure to reach an agreement with the American Company made the crown prince very dissatisfied, not that the Americans refused to free the slaves, but that the Chinese crown prince did not care whether the Americans used slaves or not, and that the emperor had set this restriction on supporting the South, and that unless the South was willing to adopt a certain situation to free the slaves, China and any force that the Chinese government could control should not give any support to the South.

The emperor handed over the political affairs to him again and ran to the north to escape the summer, and the crown prince thought that the emperor was embarrassment for him.

If the emperor is willing to support the American South, he should support it directly, there is no need to set any restrictions, if the emperor is not willing to support, then the emperor has made a huge mistake.

The crown prince can clearly see that a united America is a greater threat to China than a divided United States, let alone the emperor. And the emperor told the crown prince that this was the best time to dismember the United States. If this opportunity is missed, the United States will become stronger.

Since you can see it so clearly, why set a limit, the crown prince also has this question. The emperor told him that if the South did not emancipate the slaves, the moral cost of supporting the South would be too great to elevate China with supporting slavery. And without the emancipation of the slaves, it will be difficult for the South to achieve the final victory.

So the emperor demanded that the crown prince be able to divide the United States, but could not support slavery, and demanded that the southern United States emancipate the slaves, which in the eyes of the crown prince was completely a dead knot, an impossible task. So he felt that it was the emperor who was embarrassed for him.

Zhou Guanhai, the former prime minister of the Gentry Bureau, told the crown prince that this was an exam question given by the emperor to the crown prince, and if the prince completed it, the emperor might completely delegate power or even abdicate.

But the crown prince does not know how to answer this question at the moment.

Zhou Guanhai advised the crown prince not to worry, the war situation in the United States is unclear, and there is no need to intervene for the time being. If the south can win the war in the end, there is nothing to do, but if nothing is done, maybe the emperor will not be satisfied, so even if it is a matter of pushing the boat along the river, something should be done.

Zhou Guanhai's ability is beyond doubt, he can achieve the position of prime minister, even if it is because of the promotion of the crown prince, but why the crown prince does not promote others and promotes him is also because he is more capable. But when parliamentarism followed, he quickly resigned in protest. However, he threw himself into the parliamentary struggle instead, and he wrote letters to the Jayaya gentry in various places, sending them the complete election process, asking them to find a lawyer to complete the legal formalities and obtain legal votes. Under his organization, the gentry members accounted for only more than half of the first extraordinary Congress, but in the subsequent formal election, the gentry members quickly exceeded seventy.

It can be said that under the organization of Zhou Guanhai, the gentry clique has taken control of the parliament, but he did not abuse this power, but watched from the sidelines in the struggle between the trade unions and the chamber of commerce, and began to mediate the contradictions between the two parties when there was a lot of trouble. He played a lot of power tricks in the parliament, almost turning the parliament into a small court. This is what Zhou Lang is also happy to see, a chaotic parliament, Zhou Lang would rather dissolve. He wants order, and it doesn't really matter whether it's parliamentary or monarchical.

Zhou Guanhai has an extremely close personal relationship with the crown prince, he is the head of the princelings of the workers' lineage, this princeling is not a rich second generation, but a real political force headed by the prince. Their fate is tied to the crown prince, and they share honor and disgrace. Zhou Guanhai is reluctant to be an official, not because he doesn't like power, but because he knows that if the prince can't go up, he won't be able to go up. Therefore, he has been in the opposition position, escorting the crown prince, giving advice, and fighting with the emperor openly and secretly.

Zhou Guanhai told the crown prince that there is no need to worry about the parliament, as long as there is a need, the parliament can introduce any bill at any time.

The current situation is such that it is necessary to wait. When the situation became clear, the civil war of the Americans would end sooner or later, and he also told the crown prince that the emperor was not in the court, but the emperor must have a backhand, even if all the efforts of the crown prince failed, the emperor must have arranged everything, and he will definitely not let the United States become an American power again. Since the emperor wants the United States to split, the United States will definitely be divided, but the problem is that the emperor's followers cannot be allowed to start, and the crown prince must dominate everything, which is an opportunity for the crown prince to prove himself, and it is also a test for the emperor to rest assured that he will delegate power.

As for the emperor's backhand, Zhou Guanhai couldn't say well, he had a few conjectures. One is through the power of overseas companies that are not controlled by the parliament, these overseas companies are very powerful, and no one knows how many people the emperor has planted in them, and one American company is enough to manipulate the situation in the Americas. The other may be the Inca kingdom supported by the emperor three years ago, in which the Germans controlled Mexico and the Zhu family also controlled the Inca kingdom. The Germans controlled Mexico with 100,000 troops without any roots, while the Zhu family had infiltrated the Inca Kingdom for decades, making it easier to control. The current Inca Kingdom is already a native country in the Americas with a population of 10 million, mainly composed of Indians, who have completed the centralization and organization of households.

In what form the emperor will intervene, it is not known, but there will certainly be.

Zhou Guanhai made a detailed plan for the crown prince, believing that the war situation in the United States was clear, as long as either side won a decisive victory, the emperor would definitely start to intervene, and the crown prince must quickly control the situation before the emperor intervened.

According to the comparison of strength, Zhou Guanhai believes that it is unlikely that the south will win, and the crown prince can provide limited help to the south, one is arms, but military spending, but these must be in the case of the abolition of slavery in the south in order to help her blatantly, otherwise it will violate the emperor's requirements.

In a situation where the abolition of slavery was almost impossible in the South, it was necessary to use some special means to help the South, and to intervene before the Emperor's hand was initiated.

The first is to let the North American territories increase their troops on the border, which is very easy to find in the name, to protect the territory and the people, and to prevent the rogue from entering China. On the one hand, it will put more pressure on the Americans, because they can't figure out China's purpose, so they have to keep it, and there has been a war between the two countries. But this is not Zhou Guanhai's purpose, this simple action is just to facilitate the stationing in the south in the event of an emergency, such as the sudden collapse of the south.

Another reason is that the Sino-American border is mainly bounded by the Mississippi River, which is a boundary river, and there is a free navigation agreement between the two countries, and the military is deployed along the river to facilitate the control of the shipping lane. This will ensure that it will be difficult for the North of the United States to completely blockade the South, and China will always be able to import weapons and other supplies to the South. The third reason is that after the deployment of the army, the US military that can fight on the border from time to time is mainly to create some friction with the northern army and create public opinion for future intervention.

But these are just preparations, and the situation behind, Zhou Guanhai thinks that there is only waiting. Because the opponent of the crown prince is not only the United States, but also the emperor!

Because if the emperor wants to intervene in the Americas, he can't intervene rashly, there must be an opportunity, with the emperor's temperament, it is impossible to wait, if there is no suitable opportunity, it will definitely create an opportunity, just wait, see the emperor show the slightest layout, and then take advantage of the trend, not only get twice the result with half the effort, but also be able to please the emperor.

At this time, in a corner of the world that no one noticed, in a magnificent deep palace, two Chinese-faced people, one old and one young, were negotiating.

The young people wore long robes, while the old men wore dragon robes, which were the robes of the vassal kings according to the regulations.

"Your Highness, the abolition of slavery is imperative, sooner or later. Either today or later. Abolish slavery today, Your Majesty still has the strength to spare, if he rises up because of the black slaves, it will be too late! ”

The young man persuaded.

The old man shook his head: "This king doesn't know, but this king is old and can't stand the wind and rain." I just want to enjoy my life! ”

"After the French Revolution, Louis XVIII of the Restoration said that he feared that his next emperor would not die in his bed at Versailles. Sure enough, after his younger brother Charles X ascended the throne, he was soon driven out by the rebels and finally died in a foreign land! Your Highness, you can't leave trouble for future generations. ”

The young man's name is Zhou Bo, the ambitious Bo, his surname is Zhou, but he is not a Chinese royal family, but a senior executive of an African company. In the African company, the original governor was surnamed Xie, but the Zhou family was always in charge, so the Zhou family's power was entrenched in the African company after that, and the Zhu family in the American company had a deep background.

After the outbreak of the American Civil War, Zhou Bo quietly came to Sanyang City, and a month later, the Kingdom of South Africa announced the abolition of slavery!