April 29, 1869, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Salmon. Chase, as a member of Lincoln's cabinet and secretary of the Treasury of the United States, was naturally going to follow President Lincoln to the original capital of the United States.

Philadelphia can be regarded as a historic city in the United States of America, although this city is really not many years old, but the United States is like this, everyone knows this. And there are a lot of major historical events, especially with the establishment of the United States, the state system of the United States, and the values of the United States.

So, the city is actually a representation of the American spirit, and unless it is a last resort, it really cannot be lost.

But now, Chase is not a man who knows nothing, he is not the kind of Treasury Secretary who only plays with money.

Philadelphia is now an island in the middle of the ocean!

There is no need to read the recent military newspapers, and there is no need for him to see a person last night, one from ...... Well, it really doesn't matter. Even if he didn't have to see this person, Chase knew what the situation was like in Philadelphia at the moment, it was really completely surrounded.

However, the man was also quite bold, as if he was a Jew named Stewart, from New York.

It goes without saying what that person came to do, so now, what about Chase's decision?

Salmon. Chase was dressed as usual, solemn, simple, and always wore a bow tie, but he didn't seem to care about it, he just looked out the window.

At this time in Philadelphia, spring is coming, but it is not so warm, and the green is hard to see. But. Ice and snow are gone.

He is already sixty-one years old. Chase has really lived for a long time. When I was young, I was very ambitious, and I really worked hard when I studied law in Washington, and later I helped a lot of people when I became a lawyer......

Ay~

Salmon. Chase couldn't help but sigh, to be honest, he was also ashamed in his heart. He knew he wasn't good to Fiona, he wasn't a good father. He always wanted Fiona to marry an upper-class person, and then form a relatively good political force, when he was in Washington, he was really constantly showing his daughter, who was called the first beauty in Washington at that time, and some people even said that she was the first beauty in the United States, but ......

Later, I didn't even recognize others, hey~

But all of this is for the sake of the Chase family!

Person. A lot of the time it's not for himself, like Chase is his age now. It's okay to die when he's dead, but after he's dead, what about the others?

What to do with little Philip? What about my wife? What about relatives in Ohio?

So, Chase decided, he couldn't die, he couldn't sink with the United States, a battleship that was about to go silent......

"Gentlemen! Is there any chance of a breakthrough now? ”

"Breakout? Mr. President, did I hear me right? It's good to be able to hold Philadelphia now, what we need is defense. As long as we can survive a month to two, then reinforcements will come! ”

"Hold? By whom? Burnside? That guy never won a battle! He couldn't do it to the Southerners before, but now he wants to face that monster? ”

"Gentlemen! Do we have any other choice? General McClellan and Vice President Johnson have gone to Chicago first according to the previous plan, and Ward has gone to New York, these arrangements are very good, but we naturally have no one now! ”

"Our Minister of War is really good at shirking responsibility!"

"Fart! You won't shirk your responsibilities? Besides, who the would have imagined that the 300,000 army would be gone in one day! ”

"That's because there weren't enough supplies at the time! The soldiers don't have enough cotton clothes! By the way, when it comes to supplies, what about that old bastard Chase? He is fully responsible for this situation! ”

When Salmon. When Chase arrived at Philadelphia's Independence Hall, the iconic building that housed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the historic building that had become President Lincoln's temporary office, he and his cabinet members were still arguing.

"These bastards! Perhaps it was because of such quarrels that the United States lost to this point! Chase gave himself another reason, but now that he had made up his mind, let's do it!

"Gentlemen!" Chase pushed open the door to the conference room and walked inside.

In the entire independent hall, all the windows are closed, this is to imitate being overheard by others, but well, Chase is not an ordinary person.

"You're here!" Secretary of War Cameron was on fire at the time, and he was a wild spray at Chase.

After all, you didn't come when we were in a meeting, and besides, Chase had really made a lot of mistakes before, and these mistakes were important factors in the current United States being so bad.

The most important thing is that this is a good opportunity to shift the focus, you know, he was the Minister of War before he was very uncomfortable with the question, in the current situation, the ghost knows how to fight.

"Chase! You bastard! How many benefits did I take from others this time! "Attorney General Best won't be merciful, he's heard that someone has given Chase some houses.

Whether there is evidence or not, scold him to death first!

"Mr. Chase, please be seated." Lincoln was more calm, because he knew the situation at this time, the cabinet could not be united, if the cabinet was not united, then how could it face the empire?

But however, everyone's reaction was the same as Chase's thoughts, really, before he not only thought about his life, but also thought about what he would face, that is, now, exactly the same!

"Mr. President!" Chase didn't hesitate at this time, he raised his voice, and then said loudly: "My last suggestion, let's surrender!" ”

"......" When Chase said this, the whole conference room was silent!

"......" To be honest, Chase really didn't expect this situation, really.

Chase originally thought that after he said this, many people would come to scold him, crusade against him, and even directly beat him, but now, it turned out to be such a situation, everyone was silent, so to speak......

"You old bastard! Is it your son-in-law who has found someone to contact you? ”

Oh well, someone finally reacted, and Cameron scolded.

Son-in-law, that is naturally the tyrant Li Mengyang, everyone knows this, so what should Chase say? Come straight to the point.

"That tyrant did come to me, but he's really not my son-in-law, I went in the newspaper before, and said that I broke off my relationship with Fiona, and I don't do anything to save it now, as you all know. I just sincerely hope that President Lincoln, and all of you, will think about the current situation in the United States, the current situation in Philadelphia, and the situation in Pennsylvania, and does it make sense for us to continue to resist like this? ”

Chase is really sincere in what he said, of course, if he is not a son-in-law, everyone can tell that he is fooling others, but you can't blame him for this.

"......" Lincoln still didn't say a word, his hair was now completely white, and a single hair of other colors was gone, and the whole person was unusually old, could he be thinking?

"Chase! Are you doing the right thing? Some of your previous policies have made the United States difficult, and now! You guy came to tell everyone again, let's surrender, right? What can you really say! Best was completely disdainful of Chase, and there was no abuse in his words, but it made Chase blush very much.

"I admit that mistake! But I was also deceived by those guys on Wall Street! We used to finance, borrow, all kinds of financial activities, all through Wall Street, and I didn't expect them to deceive a country...... Of course, I didn't say that I meant to represent this country...... "To say, Chase has done a good job of shirking responsibility."

"But they haven't attacked yet!" Cameron immediately came out and said something, but this thing ......

"I don't know about war, but I think that General Grant's 300,000 troops are gone, so now we need to wait for them to attack?" Chase also put his hand into his arms at this time.

“SHIT！ You bastard! Are you going to shoot us? "Best thought Chase was going to pull out a gun.

"Don't get me wrong." Chase pulled out some pictures.

Photo?

"......" Many people came to take a look, and basically they were silent.

The picture was full of their acquaintances!

Who are they?

These photos are all of former United States soldiers and generals!

On the photo, it can be seen very clearly, such as Joseph. General Hook, there are many of his subordinates standing behind him, and these subordinates are now under a different banner, and their military uniforms are still the same as before, but the cockades and epaulettes are missing.

That's right, this is the production and construction corps that was integrated into the more than 200,000 captives before, and this photo is really telling the problem.

It's not just people, it's boats!

Dahlgren, and his men, although these ships are not the entire U.S. Navy, are not a small part.

These pictures are to tell the Lincoln administration that these individuals have surrendered and become soldiers of the Empire, and they may not be long before they come to fight you!

In such a situation, how does Lincoln have to choose?

Lincoln stood up, trembling, like an old man in his last years, and then he said in his somewhat uncontrollable voice, "Mr. Chase! I'm not going to comment on your personal virtue in doing this, but I just want to ask, can your son-in-law promise not to harm the residents of Philadelphia and not to damage the buildings of Philadelphia? ”

"This, of course, can guarantee ......"

So what to say......

Is there no war in the east? (To be continued......)

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