After nearly a month of suffering between the Americans and the British, the Tang side finally gave them a formal solution to the problem of dealing with the eastern part of the United States. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The first is the plan for dealing with the United States, which, according to Datang's opinion, should not continue to exist, whether in terms of aggression against other countries or tyranny over the people at home. With the exception of some states that were incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, the coastal states adopted autonomy.

However, on this issue of autonomy, Datang played a trick. The states of the eastern United States are nominally self-governing, but they do not have actual national sovereignty. According to Datang's substantive understanding, the eastern states of the United States have become political entities over which the state government has jurisdiction but does not actually have sovereignty. This is equivalent to the joint self-government of the inhabitants of this region, which is not a country of its own, but it does not belong to another country. This is undoubtedly a setback from the positioning of the United States.

Just saying that, I can't see what's going on. Next, Datang proposed that state governments have the right to choose their own currencies and levy taxes. Each state may set up a police force, and the military security and garrison work of each state shall be undertaken by the Tang Army, and accordingly, each state shall pay defense cooperation fees to Datang. Datang can invest and support the local area, and accordingly, the states should provide economic cooperation fees to Datang.

Such measures sound very tongue-twisting, but in fact, a discerning person can immediately see what Datang's idea is. What does it mean that Datang supports the economic construction of various states and is responsible for military defense? It's not about bringing the states into the economy of Datang and stationing troops in various places at the same time. The so-called cooperation fee is actually the local tax paid by Datang to the central government. Although nominally it is not, in fact, the so-called autonomy of the states has become the local government of the Tang Dynasty.

As for the use of currency or something, the United States does not exist, then the dollar becomes waste paper. And the largest economy is Datang, so they have to use Tang Yuan. Although theoretically it is possible for them to issue banknotes on their own, Datang will not let these autonomous prefecture governments actually issue banknotes.

Although these eastern states of the United States do have more autonomy than the provinces directly under the jurisdiction of Datang, Datang has created a joint council of the eastern United States. This joint parliament will become the parent parliament of the autonomous states, which means that the legislation of the cantons will eventually have to be passed through the joint parliament. The United Parliament is guided by a fundamental constitution, and this set of fundamental laws is actually to change the cover of the Datang constitution and fill in another name. The United Parliament is elected by the states, and Datang sends about a quarter of the observer members, which does not seem to account for the absolute number, but in fact, the election of the state members of the United Parliament needs to be nominated by the election committee in which Datang participates, which makes most of the people who are actually elected to the United Parliament obey Datang's orders.

The Confederation of the four southern states, which had chosen to oppose the United States, was also drawn into the autonomous region of the eastern part of the United States.

Don't think that this is all the means of Datang. Datang also believes that Britain's unfavorable governance of Canada is another major reason for the chaos in the eastern part of the United States. So Canada should also enter the autonomous region of the East of the United States. Datang proposed that Canada be divided into Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland (Prince Edward Island was incorporated into Nova Scotia). Nominally, Britain still enjoys sovereignty over these areas, but the localities are self-governing. These five autonomous states are also required to pay their "cooperation fees", according to the proportion of the white population, the proportion of white "cooperation fees" to the British government, and the rest to the Tang Dynasty. Datang is responsible for the macro development and military defense of this area.

In this way, it is equivalent to the complete loss of complete control of Canada by the British. Even Britain lost the right to trade with Canada duty-free. Datang had previously tried a zero-tariff policy in Guyana, a region with multiple sovereign subsidiaries, but this led to France and the Netherlands directly importing goods from Datang from Guyana with zero tariff, and then shipping them back to Europe with zero tariff. Although this has also made Guyana's trade extremely prosperous, it is still unfavorable to Datang's import and export on the whole. So Datang eventually forced Guyana to become completely independent, so as to manage imports and exports in the model of a normal country. On the issue of Canada's five autonomous states, Datang will not be ambiguous. Datang can unilaterally declare zero import and export tariffs on the autonomous prefectures, but Britain must not acquire Datang goods with zero tariffs. Therefore, the customs of the autonomous region must increase the customs rate for transshipment.

The UK itself could declare zero tariffs on the five Canadian Autonomous States, but in practice they would not do so, because the British would inevitably impose tariffs on Canadian exports to the UK to protect their trade, and in this way, it would be impossible for the Autonomous States, which have the power to determine tariffs, to tolerate the unilateral dumping of zero-tariff goods into Canada by the UK.

Britain was naturally strongly opposed to this, but it did not have the courage to fight at any cost. Datang no longer needs to pretend to hold a referendum, Canada itself has a small population, so it is much easier to manipulate.

The key point is that the so-called eastern autonomous region of the United States, according to Datang's plan, is open to immigrants from all over the world. And the only ones who really entered in large numbers were obviously Datang immigrants. Naturally, the British can also work hard to immigrate to the East of the United States, but no matter how they immigrate, they cannot be larger than the number of immigrants from the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, in the end, there will be a sharp increase in the Chinese population in the eastern autonomous region of the United States. Datang will also issue Datang ID cards to these Chinese immigrants to the eastern part of the United States, which is easy to manage.

There is no doubt that the guise of the autonomous region of the eastern part of the United States is actually a transition, when the Tang Dynasty completes the large-scale immigration to the eastern region of the United States, and finally launches a referendum, it will be incorporated into the Tang Dynasty like those areas west of the Appalachian Mountains. Many locals and Britons can see this, but it doesn't mean they have a way to stop it. Similarly, some people are also positive about having a closer connection with Datang.

Although the British side opposed it strongly, Datang still offered the British interests in exchange. The ships that originally belonged to the U.S. Navy were transferred to the British Royal Navy as war reparations for the United States, which no longer existed. The total number was up to 2 battleships, 4 cruisers and 13 frigates.

At the same time, it was also sold to the British two stronger Elizabeth I-class battleships at "parity", with a tonnage of more than 33,000 tons and a speed of 23 knots, each of which was sold at a price of 80 million Tang Yuan, which could be loaned by the Datang Commercial Bank at a low interest rate and repaid in six years.

Undoubtedly, as soon as these conditions were issued, the Royal Navy immediately defected, hoping that the government would agree. Their calculations are well aware that the money they earn from running Canada for decades may not be able to buy such a fleet. Moreover, the addition of this batch of surrendered ships and newly built ships can immediately restore the status of the British Royal Navy as the first navy in Europe. (To be continued.) )