After that, more than ten days

King Richard stayed in the palace of Sunshine City, inspecting factories and farms every morning and returning late, visiting the first-line winter water conservancy construction sites, going into the fields of ordinary people, listening to their needs, listening to their voices, listening to their opinions, and looking for deficiencies in government work.

This private investigation lasted until the end of February, when Richard and his entourage returned to the Maple Leaf Palace in Chang'an.

In Washington, 4,000 kilometers east of Chang'an (San Francisco), the U.S. federal government is undergoing a world-renowned transfer of power, and Admiral Zachary Taylor, who ran for president as a Whig, won the previous presidential election unsurprisingly and was elected the 12th president of the U.S. federal government.

This person is the former Mexican war hero, in the Battle of the Missouri River, General Taylor, who was defeated and lost by the army of the Tang Kingdom led by Richard, and finally crossed the river on horseback under the cover of many officers, and escaped with his life.

How can such a person win the US presidential election?

First of all, Admiral Zachary Taylor is the presidential candidate of the powerful Whig Party in the United States, and in previous polls, he received a whopping 63.7% support, much higher than the Democratic presidential candidate.

Needless to say, it itself is shrouded in the aura of a Mexican war hero, which brought an out-and-out great victory to the expansion of the United States to the south, expanding the land of the three states, which no one can deny.

As for the fiasco on the Western Front, counting the generals in the United States today, who has not suffered a crushing defeat on the Western Front?

There was no worst defeat, only worse defeat.

Former Democratic President Polk captured the top concerns of the American people at the time during the campaign;

That is, the Oregon border dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom, and the slogan is: "54 degrees 40 degrees north latitude."

The dividing line is the border line, otherwise there will be war. ”

This slogan caused a sensation in the United States, and the little-known Polk finally defeated Clay, the Whig presidential candidate, by a majority of 170 votes to 105, and was elected the eleventh president of the United States.

However, what did the last Polk administration bring to the US Federation?

What it brought was one fiasco after another, three consecutive westward expeditions that broke their heads and bleed, lost mountains of corpses and a sea of blood, and countless American soldiers died on the long yellow sand and Gobi Desert.

It has brought a huge federal debt of up to $530 million, and with the current federal budget of more than $30 million, it will not be able to pay off such a huge debt in 20 years, even 30 years.

With such a long repayment period, this huge war debt will accumulate more than $1 billion with principal and interest, which is equivalent to the national economic output of the United States in one year.

The election of General Zachary Taylor, the shorter general, as the 12th president of the United States, seems to be a logical one.

The Oval Office of the White House has changed owners, new curtains and carpets, and a set of light wood-colored tables and chairs with a bohemian twist.

On the desk is a small oil portrait of General Zachary Taylor on a war horse, standing on a hill overlooking Mexico City in full uniform, documenting his former glory.

"Congratulations, Your Excellency, and I firmly believe that under your leadership, the Commonwealth of America will become more and more prosperous and develop into a world-class power."

"Congratulations, Your Excellency, and welcome to the White House, my colleagues and I can't wait to serve you."

"Congratulations to the President......"

"Thank you, Pete, oh...... Mrs. Bren, you are dressed so beautifully today, and I love the lace trim of your hat. ”

Sweeping away the extreme decadence of the defeat more than a year ago, President Zachary Taylor's spring breeze has become the highlight of his life with cordial words and smiling greetings to the guests of the White House along the way.

Surrounded by everyone, he went to the Oval Office and sat in the chair representing the power of the President of the United States, with a happy smile on his face.

The reporters who followed the new president into the Oval Office lost no time in asking questions;

"Dear Mr. President, what do you think of your predecessor, Polk?"

"Oh, I think he's a respectable man, with his own beliefs and persistence, and has worked tirelessly for it, although the ending is not very good, but where in this world is it flawless?"

"Isn't that what you mean by the humiliating Ottawa Treaty? We lost the six northwestern states of the United States in exchange for a measly $15 million. ”

"Mr. Journalist, I don't like the word that you subjectively qualitatively characterize, which only represents your personal position and nothing else, the next ......"

"Mr. President, can you answer your concerns about how the United States can establish normal relations with the Tang Kingdom and Mexico?"

"The peaceful, democratic, and free U.S. federal government shoulders an unshirkable leadership obligation for the peace and stability of the entire American region, and the U.S. side is willing to engage in dialogue with Mexico and the Tang Kingdom to discuss peacetime economic and trade arrangements, after all, this is the mainstream of social development, and this administration will also be committed to this."

"Mr. President, don't you have a plan to recover the 6 northern states?"

"War and peace are the eternal themes of mankind, and any options are in front of us, and all we have to do is to choose the policy that best serves the interests of the American people and unswervingly pursue it, well, the next ......"

"Do you support slavery or abolition, and are you willing to push through and pass an abolitionist bill during this administration?"

The questions from the reporters below became more and more acute, which made the fake smile on President Zachary Taylor's face no longer maintain, and he knocked on the table hard, and said in a serious tone;

"I repeat once again, there are all options in front of us, and all we have to do is to choose the policy that best serves the interests of the American people and unswervingly pursue it, and the next ......"

"Mr. President, what do you think of the dictatorial monarch of the Tang Kingdom?"

"Well, that's an interesting question. As a former adversary, I have to admit that King Richard was a rare military genius, and he commanded an army that was a brave and Napoleonic careerist, which made the North American form more complex and interesting. It's a tough opponent, and it's a tough challenge for the United States. ”

"Mr. President, do you have a high opinion of this demonic monarch who has caused great harm to the American people and is full of blood, is it because he was defeated by his hands?"

"Mr. Reporter, I don't agree with your preconceived conclusions, and I can only unilaterally express my regret, the next ......."

"Mr. President, are you still haunted by King Richard, who defeated you? Become a lingering shadow in your heart? ”

"This is so absurd, it's inexplicable, okay, the impromptu press conference is over, and I have important issues to discuss with the cabinet gentlemen, so please go out."

The anger on President Zachary Taylor's face showed up, and he waved his strong bodyguards to kick the reporters out and then closed the door.

The room was left with only the new White House Chief of Staff Stephen Ruth, Secretary of State Roxie Walters, and Treasury Secretary Spin Shore, all of whom were President Taylor's henchmen.

In front of his own people, President Zachary Taylor does not need to maintain the false appearance of a gentleman, but curses like a **;

"Fake, who the hell arranged these damn journalists, they're like a bunch of chirping crows ruining my good mood, let them all go to hell, bastards!"

"Well, it should be Mrs. Brun, the director of foreign affairs in the White House office, who is a very experienced government aide and should not make such a low-level mistake."

"It turned out to be this stinky bitch who scratched her head and told her to get out of here, by the way, arrange a job for this stinky bitch in the border area thousands of miles away, and let her stay with those dirty lumberjacks, maybe sober up a little bit."

"Got it, Mr. President, we'll arrange it soon."

"Let her out of here in the afternoon, and it makes me sick to see her face."

"As you wish, honorable Mr. President." The new White House chief of staff, Stephen Russ, replied helplessly.

It was his subordinates who had gone wrong, and there was no way to shirk this responsibility, and he could only follow the president's order to transfer Mrs. Buren far away, out of sight.

What about Mrs. Brun's husband and the children and family?

That's not something for a senior government aide to think about, and every adult should pay for his or her mistakes, men and women.

In fact

Mrs. Bren was only a victim of a bipartisan struggle in Washington, where could she afford to arrange a collective attack by influential reporters from prominent newspapers across the country?

The federal government inherited by President Taylor is undoubtedly a mess, one is the dispute over the abolition bill between the North and the South, the other is the black hole of the federal fiscal of up to $530 million, the other is the humiliation of the cession of the six northern states, and the other is the relationship between the three North Americans.

If you don't touch it, the scars are there.

Each of these is enough to cause social unrest and large-scale civil war, and it is enough to cause the alliance to split, and it is too late to cover it.

Take, for example, the $530 million federal debt;

With such a heavy debt burden, the representatives of the big slave owners and haciendas, who had the economic advantage in the South, strongly expressed their political inclination to share the burden.

Not only did they say it, but they did it, and through their strong influence, they pushed the legislatures of a handful of Southern slave states, such as South Carolina and Georgia, to pass bills that would refuse to meet some of their important federal tax obligations.

One learnt, two learned.

It is imperative that the Taylor administration halt this devastating momentum and prevent it from spreading within the federal government.

These major issues are all linked to the separatist forces in the South, influencing and reinforcing each other, resulting in a growing rift within the federal government and a more acute contradiction.

What President Zachary Taylor can do is to be a seamstress, the east is missing the east, and the west is missing the west, and there is no way to completely solve the contradiction between the north and the south.

Be a general, he knows;

There must be a full-scale civil war that will affect the states of the United States before it is possible to finally bridge the differences and find a middle way to compromise.

The problem now is that Mexico has been subdued, but there is also a powerful Tang Kingdom with a strong military force eyeing it, and it would be terrible if it pounced on it when it was inextricably fighting.

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