It is very difficult to solve the North American problem, and the difficulty lies in the fact that it is a typical white European and American country.

Compared to the middle of the 19th century, when transportation was extremely inconvenient and information transmission methods were outdated, it was difficult for Europe to know what was happening on the North American continent first-hand.

After the time came to the 90s of the 19th century, the deepening of the industrial revolution and the emergence of various scientific and technological inventions like mushrooms after a rain, the transatlantic cable connection, the political and cultural ties between Europe and the United States and the world became closer, and the situation in North America was widely concerned by the European kingdoms.

The brutal repression of the natives of the past could not be used, and would inevitably provoke widespread resentment and grief in the white world, as the French did.

The French army frequently suppressed in North America, which was under huge international pressure, and now it is difficult to continue.

As recently as the end of March, France announced a massive withdrawal of its troops from North America, retaining only a limited military presence.

As the French army retreated, the internal contradictions became more and more acute......

On April 17, 1890, a battle for the Capitol broke out in Pittsburgh, and several local armed factions fought for the Capitol and even used artillery and other heavy weapons, resulting in dozens of casualties on both sides.

The "Parliamentary Incident" marked the beginning of a tumultuous civil war in Pennsylvania, where power and wealth were finally seized by armed forces on all sides.

May 2, 1890

The Cleveland Port Workers Union, the capital of Ohio, was machine-gun and platoon fire from the ruling authorities during a march that killed 16 people and wounded hundreds more.

It's been a few days

Angry port workers took up arms and attacked multiple police stations in Cleveland, and a week-long shootout erupted in the city, triggering the Ohio Civil War.

May 26, 1890

New York officially declared the union of Vermont, and New Hampshire formed the New York Republic, and sought to join the "American League" as an independent state, which was the largest secession of independent states to date.

The total area of the three states joining the Republic of New York is about 202,000 square kilometers, which is slightly less than one-third of the area of the former United States, with a total population of more than 13.1 million, accounting for about 44% of the total population of the former United States.

At this point, two months had passed since the second independent Republic of Connecticut was declared independent on March 27.

The reason why I waited so long was because President Chen Huichuan of the New York Republic had always wanted to bring the powerful Massachusetts over and become a part of the New York Republic.

But the situation in Massachusetts was very chaotic, and the French troops who had withdrawn from Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York deliberately detoured to Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, on their way back to brutally retaliate against the local militia.

The French lost face in Pennsylvania hoped to regain it through military operations in Massachusetts, as it was also the place where the resistance to the French army was fierce.

The local organized militia was very active, and in the past two years, through frequent attacks, it has inflicted considerable damage on the French army, killing and wounding more than 1,700 French soldiers.

Seeing that the army is about to be withdrawn, this account will be recovered with interest.

One thing to say, the hearts of the French are really not big.

Due to the chaotic situation and the deliberate concealment of battlefield information by the French army, the news could not be delivered in time, and the information that could be obtained by the outside world was relatively fragmented and chaotic.

Some say the French army carried out a large-scale military operation in Portland, blockading the city, searching for the fleeing militia leaders, gunfire in the city, and fierce fighting in many streets......

Some say that the French army raided armed militia in more than a dozen towns in Massachusetts, looted people's property and burned down houses, causing untold damage.

Some people say that the garrison of the Tang Empire has stepped forward to stop the atrocities of the French army, but the specific information has yet to be verified.

The various sources are confusing, and they are a true portrayal of the current North American reality.

The French army that retreated to Portland numbered about 26,000~27,000 men, who would take ships in the port here and return to mainland France one after another.

The French troops stationed in New Jersey and Baltimore will also be withdrawn in May ~ August, with a total of about 12,000 troops.

This move will reduce most of the French army in North America, and eventually retain about 10,000 troops, mainly concentrated in the Baltimore military base, and the rest of the French army will be withdrawn.

Daming Palace

This is a routine day for the Cabinet to meet with His Majesty the Emperor every week, and the focus of attention on Prime Minister Tang Dezhao and his cabinet ministers, who have begun their second term as prime minister, is still focused on the current situation in North America.

After listening to the report, Emperor Richard issued a clear will;

"From now on

The Tang Empire must strengthen its influence on North America and show its ability to influence the situation.

In response to the changes in the situation, the General Command in the United States will be reorganized into the North American General Command and will continue to be stationed in the current military bases mainly in New York.

The relevant military treaty will be supplemented and signed with the newly established countries, which is an important task at present.

If the name is not right, it is not good.

After the relevant military treaties are signed, the North American Command may, at the request of each country, dispatch troops to help eliminate the numerous armed groups in its territory, restore stability and peace, and promote regional peace.

The premise is;

It was necessary to conclude an inter-state treaty that included the nature of a military alliance to tie these small North American states to the chariot of the empire and advance and retreat together.

The Imperial Government, for its part, should immediately begin a dialogue with the newly independent North American countries and negotiate close bilateral political, economic, and military cooperation, using the Florida Republic as a model.

Next ......"

His Majesty's will is very clear, that is, to take advantage of the turbulent and reorganized situation in North America, and use the huge influence of the Tang Empire to force all countries to submit and sign an alliance that includes the establishment of alliances in the military field.

Such a request goes further than that of the US Union.

The South American Pacific War, which broke out in Chile, Peru and Bolivia a few years ago, made the Tang Empire realize that the US alliance, which lacked an alliance treaty in the military field, was actually a lame man.

Because of this

The Tang Empire is negotiating a military alliance treaty with Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina in South America, and Peru and Bolivia will follow in the footsteps of these three countries in the future and sign military alliance treaties one after another.

The Republic of Florida was the first American country to sign a military alliance treaty with the Tang Empire, an emerging republic composed of more than 80% of ethnic Chinese and the first vassal state in North America.

The Tang Empire stationed a large number of troops in the country, promised to protect the independent and inviolable status of the Republic of Florida, cooperated in all directions in the political, economic, cultural, trade and military spheres, and formed a close all-round alliance.

This is something that even the Mississippi Republic, which has always been friendly with the Tang Empire, cannot do.

Although the Republic of Mississippi retains the military base of the Tang Empire, it also has its own limited army, with a total number of about 17,200~17,500 troops, including a pocket navy of more than 2,800 people.

Therefore, Emperor Richard particularly emphasized the use of the "Florida Republic Plan" as a template to establish vassal relations and close military alliances with the North American republics.

Today, the Tang Empire has three deadly hole cards in its hands, which are important bargaining chips to force the small countries of North America to submit.

The first hole card is the official diplomatic recognition of the newly established republic by the Tang Empire, which is a card that holds the fatal point of the small North American countries.

The Tang Empire, as the hegemon of North America, responded to every call, and its diplomatic recognition could enable the newly established republic to be widely recognized by the international community and have the international status that a legitimate and independent state should have.

The Tang Empire did not take a stand, and no country in the whole of America dared to take the lead in taking the lead except for Canada.

The second hole card is the extensive garrison of the Tang Empire in North America, plus the 240,000 heavy army groups deployed in Michigan, Indiana, and Kentucky Kingdom, so that the Tang Empire has the ability to flip the table.

Not to mention the empire's significant influence on the Chinese population, which was enough to contribute to the subversion of these newly formed small states.

Figurative metaphors;

These small North American countries sit on barrels of explosives, with a cannon behind their backs, and a military alliance treaty on the table in front of them.

Once signed, it is in fact in the status of a vassal state that is called a vassal state every year, and respects the Tang Dynasty as the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire.

The advantage is that you can enjoy the protection of the Tang Empire, enjoy the dividends of the free market policy in North America, be officially recognized by the international community, and live a peaceful life without shame.

If you don't sign it, there will be nothing at once for the "boom ......".

The third hole card is the extensive alliance of the Tang Empire in North America and even the whole of the Americas, and only by joining this unified market can there be hope for future economic development.

The Carolina Republic is now excluded, and this is the most obvious example of the opposite.

Nowadays, the Carolina Republic is a typical anti-skeleton, politically close to the British Empire and alienated from the Tang State. Therefore, when it was sanctioned by the "US Alliance" headed by Tang State, life was very difficult, and there were many internal contradictions and many evils.

As a result of its exclusion from the process of the North American integration market, it is subject to high tariffs on both imports and exports, soaring domestic prices, and people's livelihoods are in dire straits, and it is always facing a great danger of regime overthrow.

The main cash crop of the Caronana Republic is cotton, which accounts for more than ninety percent of its exports, and the main market is the United Kingdom, which makes it highly vulnerable to British trade policies.

Despite the apparent abolition of slavery, cotton cultivation in the Carolina Republic was still predominantly black hired laborers, who had to work hard day after day to earn a piece of money for themselves.

In fact, most black hired workers don't earn that money until they die.

Britain has complained a lot about this, and often criticizes the Carolina Republic's employment policy and the fair treatment of black people.

Asking for practical help to address the issues of discrimination and oppression of black workers, equal employment, wages, discrimination, and property protection has left Carolina officials in a state of overwhelm.

The British were not well-intentioned, but took the opportunity to provoke a thorn in the coffin, put obstacles in the way of the Carolina Republic's large amount of cotton to Britain, and imposed punitive tariffs.

In the final analysis, it is still interests that are at play.

It is an indisputable fact that both the Republic of Carolina and the Republic of Mississippy are the main producers of cotton, and they mainly export to European countries led by the United Kingdom.

These cotton-exporting countries were in direct competition with the extensive cotton-producing regions of the British Indian subcontinent and the Egyptian colonies.

The Carolina Republic used cheap slaves in large numbers (note, now called black hired laborers, in fact, the same thing) to keep the cost of cotton production to a minimum, putting them in an unfair competitive position.

Cotton exports from the main cotton-producing regions of North America grew rapidly, with a total of 5,387,000 bales of cotton exported from the United States in 1859, the highest number before the collapse of the United States.

By 1889, the Carolina Republic alone exported 8.2 million bales of cotton, accounting for 7% of the entire North American cotton exports.

North America exported a lot of cotton, and the price of cotton in the British colonies could not compete with it, and production naturally shrank greatly, leaving more than 6 million cotton plantation workers unemployed.

Under the pain of flesh, it is no wonder that the British government frequently finds fault.

After Britain wielded the stick of trade sanctions, the economy of the Carolina Republic was hit, and a large amount of raw cotton piled up, and the economy plummeted.

However, domestic prices are soaring, people's livelihood is difficult, especially the bottom black wage class is mostly unable to pay the high food prices, and there are large-scale starvation deaths in many areas.

Grandma doesn't hurt, uncle doesn't love, this is the current embarrassment of the Carolina Republic.

This was a warning to the newly formed republics of North America;

Unless they can move to Europe, no one can ignore the existence of the Tang Empire in North America, and they must maintain a sufficiently respectful attitude.

With these three hole cards in hand, the Tang Empire does not need to be in a hurry at all, and it is these newly established small North American countries that are in a hurry.

The current Maine Democratic Republic, the Republic of Connecticut, and the Republic of New York have begun formal negotiations with the Tang Empire, and the future is bright.

After the routine visit, most of the courtiers left, and His Majesty the Emperor left behind the Minister of North American Affairs, Lord Pan Shouguo, who obviously had something to explain.

In the envious eyes of the ministers, Lord Pan Shouguo waited in the hall with no sadness or joy on his face, and behaved just right.

Lord Pan Shouguo is the eldest son of Marshal Pan Hengchen, the former Chief of Staff of the Royal Navy, who just resigned this year, and is also the heir to the title, so he is honored as "Your Excellency".

After Emperor Richard returned to the inner palace to wash and clean his face, he changed into a light outfit and ordered the Minister of North American Affairs, Lord Pan Shouguo, to be summoned to the inner study for an audience.

"Wechen see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

"Excuse yourself and give you a seat."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty."

After the retirement of the older generation of courtiers, a new generation of capable ministers represented by Prime Minister Baron Tang Dezhao, Deputy Prime Minister Count Yao Guangyi, Minister of Foreign Affairs Lord Liu Daqing, Minister of Colony Yuan Guanglin, and Minister of North American Affairs Lord Pan Shouguo came to the throne one after another.

(End of chapter)