Others see the public contradiction between the old and new presidents as a joke, this kind of drama is rare, and if there is no other hot news, it is enough for the European and American high society to continue this pleasant topic until Christmas.

The gloating British newspaper The Times called it; "The two presidents of the United States tore off the mask of a polite gentleman, and it was the highest-level public scolding ...... to date"

The Los Angeles Times also publicly reported the news in the Tang Kingdom, and in view of the fact that Tang and the United States are open strategic competitors in North America, diplomatic relations between the two countries have not yet been normalized, so there is an obvious tone of criticism.

According to the report;

"The incumbent President, Franklin Pearce, and the incoming President, Mr. James Buchanan, greet each other's families with vulgar slang, clearly leading a strange wave of vulgarity.

This will further deepen the European impression of the vulgarity and barbarism of North American cowboys, which will be difficult to change for a long time to come, and cannot but be said to be the sadness of a North American country.

As the country's supreme political leader, the president represents the image and dignity of the country. What the hell happened to American Cowboy? ”

Others watched it lively, but Richard sensed a different flavor in it.

What does James Buchanan want to do with such urgency in reaching out to political and military affairs?

As can be seen from his public political claims in the presidential campaign, James Buchanan is a radical white expansionist with a fascination with America's gifted mission.

He has repeatedly proclaimed that once he comes to power, he will do whatever it takes to restore the glory of the United States and regain the territory of the six northern states, and he has shown a positive and tough stance on foreign policy.

And this tough remark won the support of a considerable number of American people, and also allowed him to gain wider support, thus defeating his presidential opponent by a large margin and being elected as the 16th president of the United States.

All in all, it's a dangerous one.

The reason why James Buchanan is unknown in the original history of the United States is because the former president of the United States has already fought all the battles that should be fought, and all the territories that should be expanded have been included, and he has nothing to do.

If you continue to expand, you will either completely destroy Mexico, or you will invade Canada in the north, starting the second Anglo-American war.

In the just-concluded Crimean War in Europe, Britain led a coalition of France, the Don Kingdom, the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia to teach the arrogant Siberian bear a hard lesson and show an iron fist.

This should be one of the direct reasons for the change in US policy and the softer figure, but it is by no means the whole story.

The signing of the Portland Trade Treaty between the United Kingdom and the United States is a clear example of this policy shift, and the United States has made substantial compromises on all fronts, including the high tariffs on industrial products that it has always insisted on, with varying degrees of cuts, reflecting the policy change of the US government.

These are the trends in North America that can be collected on the surface, combined with the farce in today's American politics, which makes Richard feel a different smell......

After Britain's victory in the European Crimean War, the country's prestige soared, further consolidating its position as the "arbiter of Europe", and for a time it was in the limelight, entering the most glorious era of Victoria.

But when it comes to British influence in North America, that's exactly what happened.

It is no secret that Britain is stirring up trouble in the United States for a long time, but it is a public information that the arrogant British do not hide it.

The upper echelons of the American Federation, mainly from the north, really have all kinds of complaints and resentments against London, but they are not afraid, from the Revolutionary War to the "Monroe Policy", and then to the various performances of the current US government, which is enough to show this.

That being the case

Why did the United Kingdom and the United States sign the Newport Trade Treaty, in which the United States made substantial concessions and met most of the requirements of free trade advocated by the United Kingdom?

Richard pondered it and came up with a surprise to him.

In addition to the rise of British prestige in Europe, I am afraid there are other reasons, right?

As far as he could imagine, there were only two major problems, one was the contradiction between the South and the North of the United States, and the second was the struggle for regional hegemony between Tang and the United States.

Don't look at the current President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, and the incoming President James Buchanan, who are at loggerheads, a lot of ugly words are spoken, as if they are inseparable enemies.

But in reality, both belong to the Democratic Party, and James Buchanan's defeat of the incumbent president in the party's election to win the nomination continued his usual hard-line style and shattered President Franklin Pearce's dream of a second term, which is a personal feud between the two politicians.

From the perspective of the Democratic Party's national and state interests, the signing of the Newport Trade Treaty is a dangerous signal that there is a general consensus within the Democratic Party;

The need to obtain the understanding of Britain for the strategic operation to be launched and to promote cooperation is almost an answer that is ready to be made.

The general support within the Democratic Party, and this is exactly the sufficient confidence of James Buchanan to brazenly meddle in the affairs of the military and political circles after winning the election, but he was slapped in the face.

"Hmph, it's really for me." A sneer appeared on the corner of Richard's mouth, and he had already guessed the intentions of the US government.

It is impossible for the US federal government to take action against the South, and as two sharply opposed factions in a country, the North and the South, will never adopt war to settle the dispute between the two sides until the last moment, until the South clearly declares its split from the federal government and takes substantive moves.

After all, it is the brother of the family, and that is the last step of last resort, the last choice after all possibilities have disappeared.

To sum up, the spearhead is obviously aimed at the Tang Kingdom, intending to launch a full-scale war of considerable scale.

Some people will wonder, isn't the United States beaten badly? How can you still have the courage and ability to compete with the Tang Kingdom?

To answer this question, we must first understand that the United States is an emerging country in a rising position of national strength, which is entering a process of large-scale industrialization, abundant immigration resources, and thriving national strength.

Seven years after the end of the US-Tang War, the total US economy has almost doubled, most of the huge war loans it owed in the past have been repaid, and the situation of fiscal austerity has greatly improved, much better than expected.

In the US-Tang War

There are two main reasons for the loss of the United States, the first is the huge gap in weapons and equipment, which allowed the Americans to lose several crucial wars, and thus the entire battle.

The second is the fierce advance of the Northern Cavalry Corps of the Tang Kingdom, which caused serious damage to the heartland of the Great Lakes industrial towns in the United States with Chicago as the core, and greatly weakened the ability to sustain the war and the logistical ability.

The morale of the people is low, the army has suffered heavy setbacks one after another, and it is no longer able to support the continuation of the war.

Now that seven years have passed, the United States always feels that it can do it again.

First of all, in the area of weapons and equipment, the United States has introduced army equipment based on British Mini rifles, has a miscellaneous lever repeating rifle belonging to the United States, and has a heavy machine gun belonging to the United States, which is not inferior to the army of the Tang Kingdom in terms of weapons and equipment.

The only aspect that is lacking is that the US military has not yet mastered the technology of producing Colt breech guns, especially the new types of shells equipped with trigger fuses, and the US Continental Army's standard weapons are still mainly old-fashioned breech guns, and their strength is inevitably slightly inferior.

Secondly, after 7 years of development, the towns and cities around the Great Lakes in the United States, with Chicago as the core, have formed a relatively complete defense system, and it is impossible to let the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom come and go, as if no one is in a land.

Trenches up to two meters wide were dug around the town, and river water was injected into the city to form a moat, while in arid areas where conditions were not permitted, sharp bamboo skewers and wooden thorns were inserted into the deep trenches, and dung and other dirty things were splashed.

Once punctured to the skin, the bacterial infection caused severe sepsis and high fever in the soldiers, which were almost dead in the extremely backward medical conditions of the mid-19th century.

In addition to the deep moats, the towns in the Great Lakes region also relied on their own conditions to build earthen ramparts or wooden walls, which were quite strong for defense.

In the event of war, several barbed wire defenses can be added.

And then secondly

The United States has strengthened the training of militia volunteers, and they will become the most important front-line force to resist the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom.

The last one is that in view of the serious threat of the cavalry of the Tang Kingdom, the US army has equipped and trained eight US cavalry divisions, each of which has 5,000~6,000 personnel, and has equipped the ace troops with American-style cuirasses, so that they do not lag behind in equipment.

All the above measures, coupled with the strong national strength, large population, and relatively strong economic development of the United States, already have the foundation to wrestle with the Tang Kingdom.

In addition to the strengthening of the United States' own strength, there is also an urgent need for reality, which has prompted the US federal government to have sufficient impulse to start a war, that is, the current extremely dangerous situation in the north and south of the United States has reached the level of saber rattling.

In Congress

Members of Congress, who represent the interests of the North and the South, often fight and put on farces. Southern legislators have proposed a "legalization of slavery" throughout the federal government, which has been repeatedly rejected by liberal congressmen from the north.

In retaliation, the proposals put forward by the liberal members of the North were repeatedly vetoed by the members of the South, which plunged Congress into a strange "chain of mutual vetoes," and even the "Federal Appropriations Act of 1857" could not be passed, and the government was in great danger of being paralyzed.

If this continues, there is a danger that Congress will fall into total paralysis, which in turn will lead to the total collapse of the federal government.

"Bringing disaster to the east" has become the consensus within the Democratic Party, which occupies the dominance of the federal government.

According to the design of the "separation of powers" democratic system of the founding fathers of the United States, in peacetime, the parliament is a strong check on the power of the president of the United States, and without the support of the parliament, the president cannot do anything.

Only in times of war will the federal president of the United States be greatly empowered to eliminate congressional interference and obstruction, and vigorously pursue more efficient policies.

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