Chapter 320 The Covenant was signed, and the society was shaken.
Listening to the report of the Prime Minister Lord Gu Yan on the negotiations for the alliance in the south, although there were some unsatisfactory points, the expectations were generally met, and the alliance could be formally signed.
Richard was also very decisive, and tomorrow was February 2, which was a good day, so he made a decision on this day.
After the departure of the Prime Minister, Lord Gu Yan, Richard returned to the East Inner Tai Chi Hall to rest, and after lunch, he still had to work for a while.
Richard walked towards the inner study, two huge colorful white tigers followed closely behind him, and after Richard entered the inner study, the two colorful white tigers lay lazily on the corridor, as if they were the guards of the inner palace on duty.
in the inner study
Richard scrubbed his hand in front of a large hand-drawn map of North America, a military map that was quite detailed.
The deployment of military forces in the North American Civil War is very clear, and every day there is a full-time secretary who moves different colored stickers on the map according to the latest military information.
I watched it for a while
Richard walked over to the comfort of the sofa and sat down, his fingers tapping lightly on the surface of his legs, considering the current international situation.
In his hunch;
A storm from Britain, France and other world powers is brewing, and it will soon affect the three sides of the North American war, and the Tang Kingdom will bear the brunt of the greatest pressure.
The white populist in London is quite at odds with himself, and many years ago when he was the foreign secretary, the pair of the Tang Kingdom were unaccustomed to seeing each other.
Not long after coming to power, he promoted the "British North American Law", led the London policy to turn 180 degrees from the position of supporting the United States of the Southern Union, and in turn supported the United States of the North, and hyped up the threat of the Tang Kingdom in the cabinet and parliament, and all kinds of riotous operations are really enough!
This time, the Tang Kingdom brazenly launched a war against the United States of America under the pretext of the "Wilderness Conflict Incident", which is really unjustifiable and clumsy, and gives London a thorn in the mouth.
But this is also a helpless thing, originally the United States is going to plan an assassination of the king every few months, and taking the opportunity to go crazy is the best excuse for war.
However, since the Tang Kingdom used this as an excuse to send troops to Tijuana, this narrow peninsula with a coastline of more than 1,300 kilometers on the Pacific Ocean was included.
The United States has really withered after suffering a big loss, and it is scared, and it no longer dares to make any big moves.
This makes it difficult for the Tang Kingdom to find an excuse for war, and the situation of the civil war between the North and the South of the United States has deteriorated sharply, and time waits for no one.
Once the Vicksburg fortress has been conquered, the next step is to march to New Orleans......
Along the way, the Sherman army pursued a murderous "scorched earth policy" in order to strike at the war potential of the Yugoslav army. Although the method is very cruel, it has to be said that the effect is outstanding.
If it is really allowed to fight all the way to New Orleans on the southern coast, then the mainland towns of the American Union will basically be burned to the ground and burned to the ground.
In the original history
In the fourth year of the civil war, the Southern Army was obviously undersufficiency, the reserve supply was depleted, and basically all the adult men who could be mobilized went to the battlefield. The lack of force control between the urban and rural areas led to the escape of a large number of black slaves and the desolation of the countryside.
The Emancipation Proclamation issued by President James Buchanan had a huge impact on the entire North American society, and its influence was extremely far-reaching, and it became a beacon for black slaves to pursue freedom.
Countless black slaves fled to the north, with a total number of nearly one million.
There were 230,000 black soldiers (180,000 in history) who joined the Northern Army alone, which greatly strengthened the Northern Army while weakening the war potential of the South in disguise, and was destroying the entire social fabric of the South.
From any point of view
The Tang Kingdom could not allow the birth of a strong and unified beautiful country, nor could it watch the Northern Federation win the war, which harmed the fundamental interests of the Tang Kingdom.
Forget it, you have to come, so let's just let this bad wind blowing from Europe come more strongly!
Richard was mainly worried about the trade route between the Tang Kingdom and Europe, and if Britain always had bad intentions, it would inevitably suffer a great impact and deal a major blow to the economic development of the kingdom.
After all, the Royal Navy of the British Empire was the hegemon of the world's oceans, and its absolute superiority in strength would not be challenged until the First World War, until the rise of the High Seas Fleet of the German Empire in Europe......
In today's era, a world order dominated by white people, in a corner of North America, the newly rising Tang Kingdom is an out-and-out outlier, and it is easy for the white world to be targeted.
Therefore, the Tang Kingdom should be cautious in its words and deeds, and Richard hurriedly made an alliance with the south, and also had this consideration, which would make the all-out war action of the Tang Kingdom logical and make up for the weakness of the hasty war.
With the alliance treaty in hand, there is an extra umbrella to protect from the wind and rain.
No way...... It is also necessary to artificially create some problems for the Prime Minister, Lord Henry John Temple, so that he has no time to take care of anything else.
Come to think of it
Richard immediately went to the back of the eucalyptus and sat down, and began to write letters to Prince Albert, who was now in Windsor Castle to give birth, and Prince Albert would definitely be by his side, and it would be useful for him to blow the pillow wind.
There are several other British high-class nobles, and Richard will unanimously express his strong dissatisfaction with the cabinet led by the current British Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple, who has arbitrarily changed its North American policy, and encourage them to do something in Parliament.
These top British nobles are all vested interests who have a good relationship with the Tang Kingdom, some are shareholders of the American River Gold Mine, some are shareholders of oil companies, and some have held shares of Red Oak Bank for a long time, enjoying a lot of dividends every year.
At such a time, it is necessary to make a contribution to both emotion and reason.
Richard then arranged for the nobles of the kingdom to keep in close contact with the British side, and mobilized some British celebrities, academics, and prominent politicians to come forward to express their views against the current North American policy and question the decisions of Downing Street, thus setting off a storm of public opinion.
The current Prime Minister, Lord Henry John Temple, is not the beloved pound sterling, and the change in North American policy he has led has been widely questioned, with many opponents in the House of Commons and the House of Lords in the British Parliament, including the influential British Textile Trade Union.
75% of the raw materials of the entire British textile industry come from the southern United States, and it is unreasonable from any point of view that such an important cotton-producing area does not support the northern United States, which competes with Britain for the world industrial goods market.
Richard now wants to mobilize all the opponents of Prime Minister Temple and form a loud enough voice of public opinion to create a big problem for him.
February 2, 1860
The Tang Kingdom and the Confederate States of America formally signed an alliance treaty in Chang'an Daming Palace, with a term of 30 years, after which the two sides automatically renewed the treaty for 30 years without objection, and so on.
The content of the treaty is nothing more than a series of provisions such as mutual military assistance, close economic exchanges, mutual granting of the most favored tariffs, strengthening close cooperation in cultural, academic and other fields, and strengthening communication in the diplomatic field.
This is a normal military alliance between the two countries, and does not contain unequal terms such as the stationing of troops in the Confederate State of America, the establishment of free trade ports and concessions, and the granting of super-national treatment to the other side, reflecting the fair exchanges between the two sides with equal status.
After the end of the North American War, all the armies of the Tang Kingdom should be withdrawn to the territory in order to maintain the independence and sovereign integrity of the Confederate States of America.
The formal signing of the alliance treaty has aroused heated discussions after extensive public opinion, with most of the people reporting a positive view of it, and a small number of fanatical Tang populists expressing dissatisfaction.
They argue; "Your Majesty the King is at home and abroad, benevolent and widespread, and barbarians from all over the world are all welcome, how can a small alliance be compared? It's really a mess of humility. ”
The Los Angeles Times of the Tang Kingdom published an editorial with the headline "The Alliance of the Two Countries Lays a New Pattern in North America" on the front page;
This is an important document aimed at laying down a new pattern for North America in the next 30 years and beyond, which is conducive to ending the turbulent situation in North America and maintaining a peaceful situation of long-term peace and stability in North America, which is of far-reaching significance......
Regardless of these reports, after the news of the alliance spread, it was like a bombshell thrown into the water, causing a huge shock in the society of the United States of America (North), causing the stock market on Wall Street to plummet, and public opinion to wail......
The New York Times headline read "The End Is Coming, Is There a Future for the Government of the United States?" The bold and blacked headline expresses an extremely pessimistic view of the future.
The Philadelphia Observer headlined the front page with the headline, "The South has concluded a military alliance with the Tang Kingdom, and victory in the war is extremely slim." As the title, it details the successive defeats suffered by the Northern Army after the Tang Kingdom sent troops, losing its division and losing its territory, and losing defeat after defeat.
The good war situation that had been achieved before was lost, and instead faced the great danger of the siege of the Chicago metropolis, openly claiming that the "Demon King Richard" led his "Hell Legion to kill again......
The pessimistic rhetoric caused great panic among the population, and in the eastern and central cities of the North, large numbers of families flocked to the port cities of Baltimore, New York and Boston on the east coast, trying to escape the war by boat.
Wealthy American families want to return to Europe, while some Americans are ready to go to the South or Central and South America, and go to the Tang Kingdom to develop, anyway, they don't stay in this ghost place.
Inflation has been unbearably high, since the news of the alliance between the Tang Kingdom and the Southern Alliance came out, the original ultra-high inflation of 9,000% has reached a staggering level of 15,000%, a large number of factories have closed, residents have lost their jobs, and life has fallen into poverty.
If you continue to stay, you won't be able to live.
Americans from the Northeast crossed the border with their families and families into cities such as Toronto, Titawa and Montreal, and the roads were filled with horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians.
Over the years, the fear of the iron hooves of the Tang Kingdom has not disappeared, but has been slowly brewing and fermenting in the hearts of people, with the news of one battlefield defeat after another, the people's emotions suddenly erupted at a point in time, and this apocalyptic scene appeared.
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