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"As long as I don't stop breathing, the Mexican Empire will have great honor and prosperity. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoEvery citizen of the Mexican Empire, whether he is white, Chinese, Indian or black, will be satisfied with the Empire. When I leave this world and return to the arms of God, every citizen of the empire will weep over the loss of their empress, because there will be no second Mathilde the Great in the Mexican Empire! There won't be a second Mathilde Golden Age, and I think they should cherish every minute of the present. ――The above is excerpted from "The Diary of Mathilde the Great"

Mathilde. Bonaparte is now also hailed as the Great, and like her cousin Napoleon III and her husband Zhu Jishi, he is recognized as the greatest and most illustrious ruler of his time. Although no one knows what makes this woman so outstanding. But she did create an empire with her own hands, turning Mexico, a soft-egg country that even the Texas militia could not win, into a large empire that spanned North and South America, and whose territory exceeded that of the Russian Empire, and was recognized as one of the four great powers in the world. Until the 21st century, the statue of Mathilde I can still be found in every corner of Mexico, with her head on every peso in Mexico, and every Mexican is immensely proud of that era that has passed...... Although the empress did not spend most of her life in Mexico, she lived in the capital of the Kingdom of California, helping her son Bonapart I to govern the country.

On October 10, 1863, the sound of cheers passed through the thick walls of the San Francisco Castle to the solemn and modest King's Audience Room. The atmosphere here is as cheerful as outside. Because the news of the armistice in the North American war had just come - just two days earlier, on October 8. President of the United States of America, Abraham Abraham. Lincoln has already announced his resignation. Gloomily left the federal hall in New York. And the successor Hannibal. With tears in his eyes, President Hamlin addressed the people of the United States of America outside the Union Hall, acknowledging that the war could no longer continue and that the United States would have to find a diplomatic way out of its predicament.

This means that the United States of America has thrown in the towel! At least temporarily, it conceded defeat - the Mexican Empire defeated its old enemy and avenged the Mexican-American War. And the Kingdom of California won the next 20 years...... Yes, everyone knows that the United States of America was only temporarily defeated. Their defeat was largely due to poor preparation for war and the incompetence of military command. But the superiority of the United States of America in industrial strength, resources and population still far exceeds that of its two great rivals, and this is the capital of the United States of America to make a comeback in the future!

Moreover, the admission of defeat by the United States of America also announced the end of the honeymoon period between the Ming and France to some extent. And the expansion of the new Japan in South America with the support of the Ming Empire. It has accelerated the cooling of relations between the two countries. As tensions in Patagonia grew, public opinion in Europe has shifted from touting China to the yellow-white controversy -- but when such public opinion reached Mexico, it created a very troublesome problem for Empress Mathilde, and the contradiction between Indians and whites, which she had tried so hard to bridge, was also reheated by the topic of the struggle between yellow and white people for living space.

In his speech to the Mexican Imperial Congress, Juárez, leader of the Liberal Party, who represents the interests of the Indians, openly proposed that "the tiller has his land" and also proposed to buy the land of the white landowners and the church and divide it equally among the landless Indians...... So at a time when the whole Kingdom of California was celebrating its victory, Empress Mathilde's expression was surprisingly solemn.

“…… Mexico's land contradictions have a long history, and they are the main factor that plagues the progress of the entire country, and it is also a major hidden danger that the empire is currently facing. If we can't solve this dilemma in a few years. Not only will Mexico's industrialization not be able to advance quickly, but even the country's stability will be in trouble because of the awakening of the Indian poor. After all. Indians are the indigenous people of Mexico who have lived in this part of Mexico for generations, and they have the right to own the land they cultivate! ”

Speaking in Spanish is the new Prime Minister of the Empire of Mexico, Juárez, the former Prime Minister who represented the interests of white landowners. Duke El Alamein's body has always been sick, and he died in 1853 in history, and in this time and space because of Zhu Jishi's berberine, it dragged on for 10 years, and finally died two months ago. However, instead of choosing a new prime minister among conservative politicians who represent white interests, the Mexican empress chose Juárez, the leader of the Liberal Party who represents the interests of Indians, as prime minister, which really surprised many people. And Huarez, who took office as a new official, did not seem to appreciate it, and as soon as he came to power, he poked the hornet's nest of the land issue. The Mexican Agrarian Reform Act was passed in the Imperial Congress, which was passed in the white majority because the "redemption policy" proposed by the Act took care of the interests of large Mexican landowners. However, it is not so easy to get the money that can be used to buy land in the hands of large Mexican landowners.

Empress Mathilde patiently waited for her prime minister to finish speaking, and then sighed softly: "My Prime Minister, I know you are right, but where do we get so much money?" You yourself are the Prime Minister, but you can tell me, how many American pesos (American silver dollars) are in the account of the Ministry of Finance? ”

"How many pesos, then, shall we have to redeem enough land for the Indians at a reasonable price?"

"The preliminary estimate is that 1 billion pesos will be needed, and if the land problem in the United Kingdom of Central America is to be solved in passing, it will cost more than 1.5 billion pesos."

Mathilde looked at Juarez with a smile in tears, "We don't have that many pesos...... Since the establishment of the Banco de Aérica, Mexico has found less than 200 million silver pesos, and the maximum amount of paper money is 500 million, which is all the currency of the whole of Mexico. My Prime Minister, where are you going to find so many pesos? ”

"My Majesty," the diminutive Juarez bent down and bowed to the Empress, looking up and smiling, "As your Prime Minister, I am obligated to remind you of the fact that you are the greatest emperor in the history of the New World, and that the empire you rule is currently the most powerful nation in the New World. In most parts of the New World, you are already known as Mathilde the Great, and together with the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Napoleon III the Great of France, you have become the greatest ruler and conqueror of our time......"

"Okay, stop saying compliments." Mathilde waved his hand and smiled wryly, "I know how much I can do!" Or something practical, where do you want me to get the 1.5 billion pesos? ”

"By war, of course! Your Majesty, you are the Emperor who led the Mexican Empire to defeat the United States, and if you look at the whole of America, can anyone stand in your way? Juárez bowed deeply again, "On behalf of the peasants of the Mexican Empire, I beseech you, please use the Mexican sword to seize the land for the Mexican plow!" ”

Mathilde heard this and felt only familiar, as if some great European military strategist had said something similar...... She pondered for a moment, but still nodded, "Okay, war, right?" Who are you going to target? My Prime Minister, is it the United States of Colombia? It's not easy to do...... The country has a complex topography and a stable interior. And the United States of Colombia does not look like it can scrape 1.5 billion pesos. ”

"No, not Colombia, but the Atacama Desert! There are abundant reserves of saltpeter and guano (which are fertilizers), which can be exchanged for tens of millions of pesos of income every year. If the Mexican Empire owned the desert, there would be enough financial guarantees to issue land bonds in order to redeem enough land from large landowners. ”

Mathilde frowned suddenly, "What?" Atacama Desert? Prime Minister, do you mean that the Mexican Empire and the new Japan joined forces to attack Peru, Bolivia and Chile from the sea? (To be continued.) )