While the southern slave states were calm before the storm, upheaval was also brewing in the three western states of the United States. www.biquge.info The three western states of the United States, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Illinois, bordering the Mississippi River, are very different from the original Thirteen Colonies in terms of demographic composition. Of these states, Kentucky has the largest population at around 360,000, Tennessee at 220,000 and Illinois at least 40,000. There were a large number of Chinese immigrants in the three states, and in fact, they were all consciously transported east of the Mississippi River by the Tang Dynasty. The United States has tried to stop this, but it has never been effective, because the United States is a country that simply does not have the ability to effectively control such a long national border. In addition to the three states that have already been formed, Wisconsin in the north is still the only state, but the local people are actually mainly Chinese immigrants from the Tang Dynasty.

As a result, 49% of the population of Kentucky is Chinese, 55% of the population of Tennessee is Chinese, and Illinois has a small population, so 94% of the population is Chinese. Another feature of these three states is that the main towns are Chinese-populated, and white immigrants and black slaves mostly live in the countryside. Later, white immigrants had to join the Chinese community in order to get better living services, because there were a series of facilities such as schools, hospitals, shops, and post offices run by Chinese. So in all three states, a lot of white immigrants use Chinese, because it's the language they have to use in their daily lives.

Three decrees of the U.S. federal government have greatly affected Chinese in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois. Because they theoretically do not have U.S. citizenship, but they pay taxes to the U.S. federal government on a daily basis. The three decrees forced them to serve in the U.S. military, which was certainly not acceptable to the Chinese community, who were not American citizens and were not obligated to fight for the United States. What is even more cruel is that in the adjustment of the federal government's tax system, the three states bear heavier taxes than the southern states. Of course, this is because the Chinese community has the support of Datang, and has established more industries and businesses, and the wealth is huge. Not only are the Chinese dissatisfied, but the ordinary white immigrants are also extremely angry with the federal government's heavy taxes, because most of their economies are not well-off. So these white immigrants reacted no less than the Chinese.

Local politicians in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois are all doglegs of the federal government and represent American interests, so they actively enforce the three ordinances, but at the beginning of their implementation, local residents have already united and resolutely resisted the government's decrees, regardless of white Chinese descent.

In Tennessee, protesters came into direct conflict with the state government. The National Guard entered to control the situation, but the local residents were all armed with guns, and behind the Chinese immigrants was the Tang Dynasty, and before the National Guard entered, they were resisted by the local "spontaneous" militia. Militiamen armed with submachine guns, ****** and even grenades drove away the Tennessee National Guard, and then, led by the militia chief, stormed the state government and captured the governor and lieutenant governor.

The militia immediately announced on state radio that Tennessee would hold a referendum and that the residents of the state would choose their own future.

The referendum was completely unexpected and took the US federal government by surprise. The referendum option is also very interesting, the first is to "remain in the federation and accept all the decrees and regulations of the federation"; the second is "Tennessee became an independent state, breaking with the United States of America"; The last one is "Tennessee joins the Tang Republic".

The referendum was not held only by the American population, but by all the residents living in Tennessee, which made it possible for the majority of the Chinese to effectively decide the fate of Tennessee before the referendum.

After the results of the referendum came out, apart from the shock of the US federal government, there was no shock in the local area or in Datang. The referendum showed that 77 percent of Tennessee wanted to join the Tang Republic, 19 percent wanted independence, and the remaining 14 percent wanted to stay in the United States.

Not surprisingly, Tennessee announced its accession to the Tang Republic. However, Datang officials did not directly announce the merger of Tennessee into Datang, nor did they even express any official opinions.

In just two weeks, Kentucky and Illinois also held referendums, declaring their accession to the Tang Republic and the United States of America by 61% and 98% respectively.

In fact, the Tang Dynasty sent immigrants across the Mississippi River to colonize this land, which itself had such a mind, and some people had long expected the arrival of this day. The militia organizations in the three states were ostensibly local militiamen, but many of them went directly to the territory of Datang to receive regular military training from the Tang army and then returned to the local area. Even their weapons are the standard equipment of the Tang Army, and the militia status is just their vest.

The day after Kentucky announced its accession to the Tang Dynasty, representatives of the four southern states of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia announced their formal secession from the United States of America in Richmond, and the four states recalled their senatorial representatives in the U.S. Congress and formed the American Confederation in Richmond. This confederation can hardly be called a state, because the confederation has no central power, only a confederate parliament, and a confederation speaker who presides over the meeting. Maryland and Delaware, which were also slave states, did not join them because they were not damaged in the three statutes.

Some discerning people in the southern states can see that their action was single-handedly instigated by the Tang Dynasty, aimed at weakening and disintegrating the United States, and even now they are only breaking away from the United States, but perhaps it will not be long before they may be directly annexed by the Tang Dynasty like Kentucky, Tennessee, and Illinois.

But these discerning people also have no resistance to this, whether it is an independent country, the United States, or the Tang Dynasty, these plantation owners and capitalists will only choose what is most beneficial to them. Obviously, if they really become Tang people, they will sell their cash crops to Datang enterprises in the future, and they will not have to impose tariffs, and at the same time, Datang has a vast territory and more room for development. Datang's tax burden is also lower than that of the U.S. government. In terms of security and face, it seems that being a Tang person has more advantages.

Moreover, these people knew that if Datang had any will, they would not be able to resist. (To be continued.) )