The subtitle of this chapter: The Great Trend of History

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"Mr. President, what do you want him to do? Hahaha...... "Mr. Doherty, who can be the Minister of Justice, is naturally also qualified to practice law, and he replied with a smile without thinking about it: "This guy is discarding himself, he means that he is not drinking in public." ”

That's right, that's what our Master Yuan meant. And in a legal sense, he said "facts".

He didn't organize so many people to watch the duel, and he didn't publicly call on everyone to come and watch, let alone charge for tickets. Of course, it is a little reluctant to say "coincidence", but Yuan Yanqian can fully argue that he did not know that so many people were coming in advance.

Therefore, as long as there is a little legal common sense present, they all give a thumbs up to his statement.

"Yes, yes, the weather is so nice today, so I'm going out with my family."

"Yes, yes, Mr. Yuan is right, is it a complete coincidence that we met here."

"That's right, that's right, if Mr. Yuan needs to prove it, I will voluntarily testify in court."

How to say it, in fact, deep down in human beings, there is a "hero complex" that challenges public power. That's why "Water Margin" has been able to thrive for a long time, and why the American people love and even worship criminals like Al Capone.

So on such an occasion, the American people naturally stood on Master Yuan's side.

Yuan Yanqian raised his hand and said, "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your honest ......."

When the noise around him was less loud, he spoke again: "Then I will also tell you the cause of this duel. The reason for this was that Lieutenant Colonel Harold Alexander and I both thought that the other country was not civilized enough. ”

"There are many people, including the honorable Mr. President Harding, who can testify to me, and I admit on the spot that my country is indeed uncivilized, but Lieutenant Colonel Alexander refuses to admit that his country is barbaric, even though the tragedy of 'Bloody Sunday' has recently occurred in Ireland, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel's hometown. So there is today's duel. ”

"I think a true patriot should not only defend the honor of his country, but also face up to his country's shortcomings. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander is undoubtedly a patriot as well, but he can only do the first half, and that's the biggest difference between me and him...... Well, there's another difference that I drink better than him. ”

"Hahaha...... Bang bang bang ......"

Our Master Yuan's "sincere" speech immediately aroused laughter and applause.

"Ladies and gentlemen. I believe that all of you here are true patriots, so you will certainly be able to listen to some of my Chinese's criticisms of your country...... Of course, if any of you are not convinced, we will have to do it again. ”

"I would like to tell you a story that happened in our Chinese history, about 1,700 years ago, at the same time that Caracalla and Geta ruled the Roman Empire, there was a monarch in China named Bei-Liu. At that time, his country was suffering from a drought, which caused food shortages. In order to ensure the food supply, all food-related by-products, especially wine, are all prohibited, and it is a crime to make wine. ”

However, the enforcement of this decree has been excessive, and if officials search for brewing tools in the homes of ordinary people, even if there is no sake brewing, they will be punished according to the law. This naturally aroused the discontent of the people, so one of Bei-Liu's ministers, Yong-Jian, wanted to dissuade him from this decree. ”

"One day, when they went out together, they saw an unrelated man and woman walking on the road, and Yong-Jian suddenly said: 'This man and woman are suspected of violating morals and customs, why don't they quickly tie them up and bring them to justice?' Bei-Liu was stunned, and he asked, 'A man and a woman, walking on the street in a proper manner, and no one provokes anyone, why do you say that people will be immoral?'"

"Yong-Jian immediately said something very enlightening: 'Because they have instruments on them that can commit adultery, is this not the same as having tools for making wine at home that may lead to illegal winemaking?'"

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is certainly nothing wrong with pursuing virtue, the problem is the way we pursue virtue. Finally, I would like to give this sentence to everyone. ”

"Hiccup!"

Yuan Yanqian suddenly burped a big wine, and he said in an apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, I drank five bottles of whiskey, and my mind is a little unclear." ”

"Now I'm going to the police station for some sleep. It's certainly not as comfortable as my hotel room, but it's definitely quieter. Thank you! ”

As he spoke, he bowed a few times in a dashing manner, and then walked towards the policemen in Fort Myer.

Why did our Master Yuan suddenly fire at Prohibition?

It wasn't a whim on his whim, but he had such an idea for a long time. However, the right time has never been met, and now it is a godsend.

The reason is that the more he studies the political context of the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the past few months, the more he discovers that the water behind Prohibition is very deep.

He came to the conclusion that the Chinese Exclusion Act and Prohibition, which seemed to be two things that were incompatible, were actually inseparable from each other.

It could even be argued that the precursor to repealing the Chinese Exclusion Act was to overturn Prohibition.

Yuan Yanqian believes that the Chinese Exclusion Act and the Prohibition of Alcohol are actually xenophobic and anti-immigrant policies promoted by the ASP, of course, the former is very obvious, while the latter is relatively obscure.

The Seris people say that the state of danger is not entered, and the state of chaos is not lived. The Europa people are not completely blind to the direction of the wind. They didn't know that the First World War would be fought so badly, but everyone could smell the smell of gunpowder among the European countries at that time.

In fact, more than a decade before World War I, the United States had another upsurge of immigration. This time, it was mainly Southern and Central and Eastern Europeans who were a little more "inferior" than the Irish.

You must know that the Germans who immigrated to America were basically oppressed Protestants, plus the Anglo, Saxon, and Germanic families were 1,500 years ago.

The Irish, that is, the Celts, although they believe in Catholicism, at least speak English, and after so many years of neighbors, many cultural customs are similar to ASP.

However, in terms of appearance, language, customs, and especially religion, these later newcomers are even more different from ASP.

After 1925, any foreigner who went to the United States had to go to the local consulate to apply for a visa, and it was no longer possible to get a visa on arrival as before.

Prohibition was a means of suppressing immigrants and Catholics, as well as an ASP to prevent the American Reform...... Well, the last struggle for discoloration.

And in the thirties, when FDR lifted Prohibition, it meant that the "100-year sausage cutting campaign" cut the first cut. At that point, the ASP had to accept that the rest of the white people would join in becoming a white American nation.

In the sixties, General Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act, and blacks finally became part of this "imagined community."

By the time Bill Clinton was in power in the nineties, Mexicans officially joined the American family.

Obama's coming to power shows that this sausage is almost cut to the roots, and the American nation has completed its historical mission and ushered in a "new life", and they will "sublimate" into global citizens who have no national identity at all, only a value identity.

However, the steps are too big and easy to pull the eggs, and no matter how good the world is, it does not have a bleaching function. So in the 21st century, when white Americans are about to become a minority, His Majesty Trump, a descendant of Germans, has become the last hope for the white-skinned rednecks in the United States.

It's a pity that, according to what our Master Yuan saw when he inexplicably crossed over, this hope of hope is not too promising.