"Your Majesty, the big thing is not good, there is a military coup in the United States!"

In the Qinzheng Hall of the Forbidden City, Li Weiguo was about to rest, but Zhang Peilun urgently asked to see him and reported a major event.

"A military coup? Cleveland failed? ”

Li Weiguo asked with a serious attitude and concern.

"Yes, Your Majesty, as soon as Cleveland moved into the White House, Grant staged a military coup!"

Zhang Peilun replied solemnly, he had the same mind as Li Weiguo, and did not want Grant to continue to be in power.

However, the situation was beyond the control of the Chinese Empire.

Ten years of the American Civil War, and now another ten years of the Civil War, the American people held democratic elections in accordance with the Constitution six months ago.

However, the Republicans have been in power for a long time, ruling the United States for more than two decades. Grant, who was already gray-haired, was admitted to the hospital six times, and if it weren't for the special medicine of the Chinese Empire, I am afraid that he would have hung up long ago.

History changed, and Grant benefited from it and survived.

He was unwilling to give up his presidential rights, so Grant was again nominated by the Republicans to run for president.

Grant has been president for four consecutive terms, and despite the tremendous economic and military achievements of the United States under the military junta, the standard of living of the American people is not as good as before.

The American policy of hiding the wealth from the people pursued since the Washington era has led to a surge in military spending and the living conditions of the American people becoming worse and worse because of Grant's reckless military confrontation with the Chinese Empire.

The team, led by the pro-democracy presidential candidate Cleveland, gradually gained overwhelming votes and the support of most states, and there was no problem in becoming the next president.

Seeing that Cleveland became president had become a fact, Grant was very unwilling, so the Republicans launched the first vote counting dispute case in American history, accusing the democrats of fraudulent bills and demanding invalidation.

The democrats naturally knew that this was the work of the Republicans, and of course they disagreed, so the two sides engaged in a heated argument, and finally had to recount the votes, and Cleveland's approval rating still overwhelmed Grant.

As a result, Cleveland's move into the White House was a foregone conclusion. The republicans' rule is coming to an end, and the democrats, who have been dormant for 20 years, are finally coming to power.

Because Cleveland's attitude was at odds with Grant on many issues, the biggest of which was Cleveland's opposition to the Anglo-American-Japanese alliance against the Chinese Empire, and the formation of the Entente bloc by Britain, the United States and Japan to win over the French Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire, because this would mean an all-out war with the Chinese Empire.

At the same time, Cleveland was opposed to a large-scale military budget, and he wanted to cut military spending and stop engaging in a large-scale arms race with the Chinese Empire.

Diplomatically, Cleveland also intends to make peace with the Chinese Empire, not hostile. An Ezo Tail Island should not be a reason for confrontation between China and the United States.

These policies have caused heavy losses to the Republicans. Because most of the arms dealers in the United States are republican funders, once peace is made with the Chinese Empire, the military budget is cut, and the arms dealers have to drink the northwest wind.

In addition, the British Empire did not allow the United States to secede from the Entente bloc, and it had to be tied to the chariot of the British Empire.

So, Grant, with the support of the republicans and the British Empire, decided to carry out a coup d'état.

On March 4, 1888, Cleveland was placed under house arrest by the military as soon as he was sworn in.

Subsequently, Grant reoccupied the White House, declared Cleveland unconstitutional, deposed Cleveland, and declared a state of emergency in the Confederate States of America, with the military temporarily taking over power.

Li Weiguo was completely sleepy, and instead frowned and pondered.

This damn Grant should have died early, but it's a pity that the special medicine of the Chinese Empire allowed Grant to survive.

Li Weiguo knew very well that his butterfly wings instigated a storm not only in the Pacific Ocean, but also in the whole world. Many of the great figures in history survived because of the miracle medicine, such as Alexander III of Tsarist Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm I, etc., these are powerful figures, they continue to govern, so that the history of the world is drastically changing, and developing in an unknown direction.

Now that Grant has staged a military coup, it means that the Confederate States of America will enter an era of dictatorship.

This is by no means a good thing for the Chinese Empire, because Grant will continue to hook up with Britain and Japan, and I am afraid that the pace of military expansion will be accelerated.

"This could be another chance for another civil war in the United States! You have to do a good job of diplomacy, focus on engaging with the American democrats, and if you can provoke a war between the democrats and the republicans, then the United States will fall into civil war again! ”

Zhang Peilun's eyes lit up, and he suddenly said excitedly: "Your Majesty is reasonable!" Even if a civil war does not break out in a short period of time, it will cause constant internal friction in the United States and affect foreign decision-making! ”

Li Weiguo smiled slightly, nodded and said, "This matter must be done well!" The military entente between Britain, the United States and Japan may also be joined by France and Tsarist Russia in the future, so we must take precautions and prepare in advance. On the Japanese side, we have the nail of Kita-Shirakawa Palace, which will play a decisive role at a critical time. This time, Grant's military coup has given us an opportunity to win over the democrats, and we must seize it! ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will do this well!"

Zhang Peilun said with a straight face, he felt the importance of this matter to the Chinese Empire, once a war broke out in the future, giving the enemy a salary at a critical moment would directly affect the outcome of the war.

Although in Zhang Peilun's eyes, the powerful military and economic power of the Chinese Empire was impossible to defeat, but after the outbreak of the war, everything was unpredictable.

How many powerful empires throughout the ages have experienced a crushing defeat and have since declined or even perished, so it is not to be careless.

Since the military coup d'état in the United States had just taken place, and at this time the American people were angry and the democrats were most annoyed, the Chinese Empire had to communicate with them in a timely manner and take various measures and actions so that the other side would accept the ideas and suggestions of the Chinese Empire and reach cooperation.

Time was pressing, Li Weiguo and Zhang Peilun discussed overnight, and summoned military and political officials to give advice together.

There is no second American Civil War in history, so Li Weiguo does not know whether the action he planned can be successful, so he does not dare to be careless, and consults with the ministers.

The military coup d'état in the United States shocked the whole world, and the Grant junta suddenly fell into the verbal and written criticism of the American people, and the democrats were even more angry, and finally seized power, and as a result, the republicans launched a coup d'état.

As for Cleveland, he had the heart to die with Grant with the scumbag on his back. Unfortunately, he couldn't get close to Grant, so he could only stare dryly.

The Chinese Empire sent a telegram to the ambassador to the United States to immediately lodge a solemn protest with the American government, and openly expressed his opposition to Grant's violent military coup d'état and sabotage the process of democratization in the United States, pointing out that a government that goes against the will of the people of the United States is seriously in danger of war, and supports the democratic efforts of the democrats and the American people, and so on.

The Chinese Empire's statement immediately made the American people grateful, and the democrats were also surprised, but the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and at present, the republicans have no shame to launch a military coup to seize power, and the democrats are naturally not to be outdone and want to counterattack.

However, most of the democrats are in the hands of the people, and the military power has been in the hands of the Republicans since the American Civil War, so when the Chinese Empire threw an olive branch, the leader of the democrats, Cleveland, made a bold decision to cooperate with the Chinese Empire.

"Cleveland, are you crazy? Working with the Chinese Empire? Do you want to be a traitor? ”

In the conference room of the headquarters of the democrats, some people opposed Cleveland's decision, after all, China and the United States have been in confrontation for ten years, and now the United States and Japan are allies, and the whole world knows that the two sides are hostile. At this time, Cleveland's cooperation with the Chinese Empire was not a traitor.

However, Cleveland has his own intentions and goals.

"To cooperate with the Chinese Empire is only to use the power of the Chinese Empire to develop our own strength! It should be clear to everyone that now that the republicans have seized power, they have been able to succeed because they have mastered the army. And our biggest problem was that we didn't have an army, so much so that Grant succeeded. We are working with the Chinese Empire in the hope that the Chinese Empire will help us master the military power and finally defeat Grant. But that doesn't mean I'm a traitor, because I'll never betray America's interests, that's the bottom line, what do you have to worry about? ”

Everyone suddenly fell into deep thought, because Cleveland was right, as long as it was not betraying the interests of the United States, then cooperation would be fine.

The point is that the democrats can only cooperate with the Chinese Empire now, after all, the British Empire and the Japanese Empire both supported the Grant military government, and even the French Empire and the Tsarist Russian Empire had to support the Grant government because of the attitude of the British Empire. Other countries in Europe and the United States also did not dare to speak out because they were afraid of the Grant government, and now only the Chinese Empire dared to stand up and uphold justice, so they could only choose the cooperation of the Chinese Empire.

Eventually, Cleveland persuaded most of the people to begin secret contacts with the Chinese Empire to negotiate cooperation.

But there were also Republican spies within the Democrats, who quickly informed the Republicans, and as the leader of the Republicans, Grant was furious.

The republicans convened an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures.

At first, most of the republicans were only angry that the democrats had colluded with the Chinese empire and regarded the democrats as traitors, but the measures taken were only warnings.

However, Grant is a fiery military temper, he has recently been abused and accused by the American people because of the military coup, and he was already very annoyed, plus the Chinese Empire stood up against it, resolutely refused to recognize the Grant military government, and implemented various warnings and threats to Grant, but Grant knew that he couldn't do it now, and he had to endure it, so he could only hold back his anger.

Now that he learned that the democrats were ready to cooperate with the Chinese Empire, Grant's small universe suddenly couldn't help but explode, and he monopolized power and made a dictatorial decision to purge the democrats.

Most of the Republicans disagree with this because it is a white terror and contrary to American democracy.

It's a pity that Grant didn't pay attention to it at all and directly gave the order to purge the democrats.

On April 12, 1888, Grant announced that the democrats led by Cleveland had colluded with the Chinese Empire to betray the interests of the United States and intend to launch a rebellion.

The American military went out to arrest democrats everywhere in the country.

Cleveland and other important democratic leaders, because of negotiations with representatives of the Chinese Empire, when Grant launched the Great Purge, the intelligence officers of the Chinese Empire got the news in advance and protected Cleveland and others to arrive at the Chinese Imperial Embassy in the United States to avoid being captured by Grant's people.

But other democrats were not so lucky.

In just three days, tens of thousands of democrats were arrested, but instead of being tried by the courts, they were directly approved by military tribunals of the American army, and most of them were sentenced to death for treason.

Cleveland and other pro-democracy leaders were so angry that they vomited blood and scolded Grant for being mad.

It was not until this incident that the leading figures of the other democratic factions came to their senses and realized the importance of military power.

They were still resistant to Cleveland's tactics before, and how powerless they were in the face of the Republican purges at the moment, all of which were the consequences of not having military power.

The Republican purge has been underway, with more and more pro-democracy figures being arrested and killed.

At first, the situation was still under Grant's control, and only the pro-democracy activists were arrested, and the family and those around him were not affected.

But this world is a world of cannibalism, and many law enforcers collude with local forces to help them clean up hostile forces with the help of the east wind of the extermination of the democrats.

As a result, many people and forces unrelated to the pro-democracy faction were purged. Some of them have offended others and have been retaliated against, while others have been convicted of crimes because they are too wealthy.

A month later, the situation spiraled out of control, with a large number of innocent Americans purged, loved ones killed, family property looted, and the whole society in white terror.

Under Cleveland's leadership, the Democrats went underground to preserve their strength and strengthen their cooperation with the Chinese Empire.

The purpose of the Chinese Empire was to help the Chinese Empire defeat the Confederate States of America by creating civil strife at a critical moment in the Sino-American War. And Cleveland and other democrats also believed that they could not defeat the Grant regime and the republicans on their own, and that they had to rely on the Chinese Empire. Only when the Chinese Empire goes to war with the Confederate States of America and restrains the forces of the Grant government will the democrats have a chance to stand up again.

As a result, the two sides coincided and began more in-depth negotiations.

However, Cleveland demanded that the Chinese Empire promise not to invade American territory in the future to defeat the Confederate States of America.

In this regard, Zhang Peilun, the representative of the Chinese Empire, clearly replied that as long as Cleveland overthrew the Grant government, then the Chinese Empire would immediately stop the war and would not invade the territory of the United States.

In this way, the two sides began to cooperate.

The Chinese Empire began to provide weapons and equipment to Cleveland, and Cleveland raised money with other democrats to form their own army. In particular, the Chinese Empire provided military advisers to help train the pro-democracy army.

Since the democrats generally won the hearts and minds of the American people, the fundraising and army building went very smoothly.

Soon, in the Rhode Island and Key West concessions of the Chinese Empire, the pro-democracy army was secretly formed, with a size of about 20,000 men.

Because there were millions of pro-democracy supporters who came to join the army, most of whom were ********, but there were too many people who were easy to leak secrets, so under the persuasion of the Chinese Empire, Cleveland finally selected only 50,000 people, and according to the military system of the Chinese Empire, formed two infantry divisions, which were temporarily handed over to the officers of the Chinese Empire to be responsible for training.

Li Weiguo did not support Cleveland's democratic army to start an immediate war, in addition to not being Grant's opponent of the Republican Army, this was also a very good pawn arranged by the Chinese Empire in the United States, which had to be activated at a critical moment to receive miraculous results. (To be continued.) )