A few days before Christmas, inside the White House in Washington.

Although the Confederate State did not officially announce the relocation of the capital from Richmond to Washington, in fact, the White House in Washington has been used and has become the administrative center of the Confederate State, not only President Davis moved to the White House, but also other cabinet members have moved in, and it is a matter of time before Washington replaces Richmond.

At this time, it was already night, and the lights were still brilliant in the White House, especially in the presidential office on the second floor, where President Davis of the Confederate States led the cabinet members of the Confederate States and held a meeting with the Secretary of State of the Northern Confederacy, William Henry Seward, and the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton.

No one could have imagined that the leaders of the two sides, who were still at war in Baltimore, would meet and talk in the White House in Washington.

On the main seat, Davis looked at Seward a little arrogantly, and said, "Seward, if it weren't for the friendship at the beginning, I really don't want to see you!" Now that you and I are enemies of life and death, leaders of two belligerent countries, what is there to talk about? Unless you are willing to surrender to our Confederate States on behalf of the Northern Union! ”

Seward was not angry either, and said to himself: "President Davis, I think we are all wrong, very wrong. The North and the South are not enemies of life and death, but fraternal states. On behalf of our Northern Federation, I am ready to recognize the independence of your Southern Confederate States and to demand a truce between the North and the South!

Of course, it's not that our Northern Federation is afraid of war, it's not that our Northern Federation can't defeat you, but that something more important has happened, and I can't help but remind you, President Davis, if we continue to let the war continue, it is very likely that both our North and the South, and the whole of America, will cease to exist! ”

Davis was stunned!

Although he received the news and knew some of Siward's intentions, he did not expect that Siward would be so frank and direct, calling himself president as soon as he opened his mouth, and then directly claiming to recognize the independence of the Confederate States! Although it was conditional on an armistice between the north and the south, this could not be counted as a condition at all.

Isn't it just to fight for the independence of the southern states at a huge cost, to spend manpower and financial resources, and to sacrifice tens of thousands of soldiers? If the North recognizes the independence of the Confederate States, is it necessary for it to continue to fight to the death with the North? What's more, now the war consumption of the Southern Union has been very huge, and the entire southern states have been dragged into the abyss of war, although cotton can still be exported, but the price is controlled by the Chinese Empire and France, etc., and the profit is getting less and less, and because of the more and more loans spent on the purchase of war materials, the heavy interest has caused the Southern Union to fall into a state of financial collapse, and the continuous issuance of bonds and loans has exhausted the credit of the Southern Union State, which is not very good, and the inflation of the whole society is becoming more and more serious. Davis knew that many of his non-slave owners in the Confederate countries had begun to get a little tired of war, and if they could become independent without war now, it was estimated that the entire Confederate countries would happily accept it.

Davis immediately thought that it must be because of the United Kingdom of Hexi that caused the Northern Federation to change its attitude so drastically and agree to make peace with the Confederate States.

Sure enough, Seward then directly explained: "President Davis, we are here in Washington this time mainly for the affairs of the United Kingdom of Hexi, and you also know that no matter what, the United States is always the internal affairs of our American people, whether it is our federation or your alliance, it is still the inheritance of the United States, and different branches and political views are different. But this Hexi United Kingdom is said to be the United Kingdom of the Chinese, the Irish, and the Indians, but in fact it is not the Chinese Empire that is in charge of it. What do you think about this? ”

Since Seward had said so, Davis couldn't help but say something. He took the opportunity to nod and responded, "Mr. Seward is right. Those Oriental Chinese had sinister intentions, and they had previously vigorously funded our Southern Confederate States, but now that they think about it, they really fell for their tricks. Their intention was to keep the war going on between the North and the South, to drain our population and wealth in America, and to seize the area west of the Mississippi River. His heart can be punished!

Since you have offered to stop the war and to recognize the independence of our Confederate States in the South, we can negotiate with you a peaceful settlement of the American affairs. Judging from the current situation, the north and the south should really shake hands and make peace. However, the specific conditions will need to be discussed in detail. ”

Seward immediately said: "President Davis, after all, the Northern Union is the orthodoxy of the United States, and you are rebelling and breaking away, plus President Lincoln was assassinated, you Southern should take a step back." I propose that you return Washington, D.C., and Kentucky, to our federal government, and that our federal government take back Missouri, Kansas, and the northern states, and that you must not interfere, on the border between the two sides. ”

Davis immediately changed his face and said, "This can't be! Not only Kentucky is the territory of our Confederate States, but Washington, D.C., and Maryland are all territories of our Confederate States, and this cannot be changed, and it is impossible to retreat, otherwise, how can I be worthy of the Southern soldiers who died in battle! And Missouri and Kansas, which were slave states, and the people there also had their hearts set on our Southern Confederate States, and Mr. Seward should remember this. For the rest of the northern states, the federation can take it back. ”

"This!?" Seward fell silent. He knew that Davis would definitely not agree, but this time, for the sake of the overall interests of the United States, he would rather sacrifice some federal interests to reach an agreement.

At that moment, Seward gritted his teeth and said: "President Davis, the reason why we proposed an armistice and reconciliation is for the sake of the entire United States, and our federal government has made great sacrifices. You have to understand that now the Chinese with yellow monkeys have begun to invade the Americas, they first occupied several northern states of Mexico, turned them into the province of New Mexico, and now they have begun to prepare for the establishment of the so-called United Kingdom of Hexi, which is just a pretense, and it will not be long before the entire vast western region west of the Mississippi River will become the Hexi Province or the Western Province of the Chinese Empire. If we, the two Americas, the North and the South, are not united to resist the infiltration and attack from the Chinese, we are afraid that the whole of America will fall into their hands! The American continent will be without the soil in which we white people live!

How about we take back Washington and Maryland, and the rest of the states, which are now occupied by the other states, will be governed by the other side? ”

Davis shook his head again: "Washington and Maryland, we won't let it out!" Washington, how can we, the Confederate States, make it their capital? We could only promise an armistice, return the captives from the north, and promise that whoever occupies the western and northern states first will be governed. ”

Seward said in a deep voice: "President Davis, as long as you Southern Confederate States can make a statement with our Northern Federation and declare war on that so-called United Kingdom of Transkawani, we can give up Washington!" ”

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