As soon as Dorothea offered to sell the land in the Panama Canal, Scrooge immediately assigned the task. But after investigating, Scrooge now, well, decades ago, in 1848, the U.S. government signed a treaty with the Colombian government to give it the right to dig a canal in Panama. And for various reasons, the U.S. government has not had time to dig the canal. By this year, the treaty was about to expire, and the two countries initialed a new one. According to this new treaty, Colombia leased the right to dig the Panama Canal and the canal area to the United States for a period of 1oo years, after which it was returned to Colombia, and the United States Government could not transfer the concession rights to other countries, but only to private companies. After lobbying for political contributions to several key figures in both parties and promising their loved ones to hold key positions in the future Panama Canal Company, Scrooge believed that the opening of the Panama Canal was almost certain in his own hands.

Just a few days ago, however, Colombia's parliament abruptly rejected the new treaty, and there were rumors that the Colombian government was in cahoots with the French. It seems that he wants to change his mind and want to hand over the power to the French.

"Do you know which French are messing with us?" Scrooge asked calmly.

"It's said to be related to the French people of the Suez Canal Company." Bond replied.

"Suez Canal Company?" Scrooge thought for a moment, "The Suez Canal in their hands hasn't been completed yet, has it?" How did you stretch your hand so far? Well, Bond, the British seem to have a dislike of the canal that the French are digging, right? ”

"Yes, Mr. Scrooge." "The British thought that if the canal were to be opened, the strategic position of the Cape of Good Hope, which they controlled, would be greatly reduced," Bond said. And it will also make the importance of the Alexander Persian Gulf Railway of the British greatly reduced, and even turned into a meaningless investment. ”

"Very well, you can help me get in touch and see when President Johnson is available. I have something to talk to him about. ”

……

"Ah, Scrooge, welcome. And you, my lovely Dorothea. How can you have time to come to the White House to visit me, an old man? President Johnson welcomed Scrooge's visit. However, although he was smiling, Scrooge could tell that he was worried. It's normal that a bunch of radical Republican lawmakers are planning to "rebuild the South" according to their vision, and of course, according to their vision, the property of those involved in the rebellion should be stripped of their property, and of course, the national government should not "compete with the people", so of course the wealth should go to the decent people they say.

Strictly speaking, Scrooge also falls into what they call decent people. But Scrooge knew that it would not be easy to completely strip the original South away from it. If you do this, the south will be in chaos. And in this way, even if something is in hand, it will be depreciated due to social turmoil. Anyway, the most important thing, Scrooge has already gotten his hands on, so at this time, of course, he distanced himself from which radical Republicans. More often than not, on this issue, he assumes the posture of a virgin and likes to talk about forgiveness and reconciliation.

In order to fulfill their wishes, the decent men have just passed a term of office bill in Parliament that prohibits the president from removing from government any federal official appointed after being nominated and approved by the Senate. In the spirit of the U.S. Constitution, such a bill is, of course, unconstitutional. However, whether the bill is unconstitutional or not, whether the president says it or not, the Congress says it does not count, and only the Supreme Court says it. The Supreme Court's top justices, who are now mostly Republicans, may not necessarily make outrageous decisions like "the bill is fully constitutional," but they can also allow the unconstitutional debate to drag on. The bill was valid until the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional. However, if a president cannot appoint and dismiss cabinet members, then what kind of president is it? It's better to call it a barrel!

"Mr. President, you are Dorothea's mother's family. Isn't it normal for us to visit you? Scrooge replied with a grin, as if he and President Johnson were really old friends.

However, Johnson would not believe this, and Scrooge knew that Johnson would not believe this. However, Johnson still pretended to believe it, and Scrooge naturally pretended to believe that Johnson believed.

Johnson's wife naturally knew that Scrooge must have had his plans when he came to the door. So she took Dorothea with her under the pretext of taking Dorothea to the White House, leaving Johnson and Scrooge alone in the room.

"I heard that the Colombian Congress vetoed the treaty on the Panama Canal." Scrooge said straight to the point.

"Yes, Scrooge, I know you've done a lot of work to prepare for this project, but it's hard to help me right now. Because no matter what I do now, there are a lot of people who will come out and say the opposite. "President Johnson also told the truth.

"I just need your verbal support." Scrooge said, "It's enough for you to speak on behalf of the United States." ”

"What do you want to do, Scrooge?" Johnson had a distinct sense that Scrooge was intent on stirring up something big.

"Mr. President, how much power do you think Colombia has to defend Panama?" Scrooge asked unhurriedly.

"Why do you ask this? Do you want me to go to war with Colombia? "While Colombia's military power is a joke even when compared to Mexico's, such a war cannot be supported domestically." Moreover, rashly engaging in such a war will also make us passive in the international arena. ”

"No, Mr. President, we in the United States are peace-loving countries, how can we casually invade a sovereign country? However, if a certain country is born with a government that violates human rights strictly, thus arousing the righteous indignation of the people, and the people rise up against the government, even if the United States cannot directly send troops to support it, is it not natural to support it morally? Scrooge paused and glanced at President John Xun, "It's like when faced with an unconstitutional bill, I can't help you directly, but at least I can support you to the best of my ability." ”

The so-called support within the scope of my ability actually means more that if you really need to remove someone from office and lead the investigation of the Congress, I can use my influence to get you through safely.

"Scrooge, you want to come up with a story like the 'Lone Star Republic', right?" "But you have to be careful with yourself. For now, even if you really come up with a new lone star, we can only support it in public opinion. ”

The so-called "Lone Star Republic" refers to Texas. In the past, he used to be part of Mexico, and finally the Americans instigated the ** movement in Texas, and then made it ** the so-called "Lone Star Republic", and then joined the United States.

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The Panama Daily was a small local newspaper in Panama, but today it became so famous that it had to be reprinted several times because it was completely out of stock.

This was all due to a piece of news in the newspaper: a number of high-ranking officials of the Colombian government had accepted bribes from France to lease the Isthmus of Panama to France cheaply for a hundred years.

In this news, the reporter has a well-founded and vivid picture of the corruption of the Colombian government, and reveals that the Colombian government also intends to use most of the revenue for the development of the canal in the south, leaving very few Panamanians.

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