Wild North America 1846

Chapter 180 New President Taylor
After more than ten days

King Richard has been staying in the Sunshine City palace, inspecting factories and farms every morning and returning late, visiting the first-line winter water conservancy construction sites, walking into the fields of ordinary people, listening to their needs, listening to their voices, listening to their opinions, Find where government jobs fall short.

This private survey lasted until the end of February, and Li Cha and his party returned to Chang'an Maple Leaf Palace.

In Washington, 4000 kilometers east of Chang'an (San Francisco), the United States is undergoing a world-renowned transfer of power. General Zachary Taylor, who participated in the presidential election as a Whig, did not appear in the previous presidential election. Unexpected victory, was elected the 12th president of the United States of America.

This person is the former hero of the Mexican War. In the Battle of the Missouri River, General Taylor, who was defeated by the army of the Kingdom of Tang led by Richard, finally rode across the river under the cover of the officers and narrowly escaped his life. .

How can such a person win the US presidential election?

First of all, Admiral Zachary Taylor is the presidential candidate launched by the extremely powerful Whig Party in the United States. In previous opinion polls, he won a support rate of 63.7%, which is much higher than that of the Democratic presidential candidate.

Needless to say, it is shrouded in the halo of Mexican war heroes, and it has brought an out-and-out great victory to the expansion of the United States to the south, expanding the land of the three states. No one can deny this.

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

There is no worst defeat, only worse defeat.

Former Democratic President Polk captured the most concerned issues of the American people during his campaign;
That is, the Oregon border dispute between the United States and the United Kingdom. The slogan put forward was: "Use the 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude as the boundary line, or go to war."

This slogan caused a sensation in the United States, and the little-known Polk finally defeated the Whig presidential candidate Clay with a majority of 170 to 105 votes, and was elected as the No. 11 president of the United States.

However, what did the last Polk administration bring to the United States?
It brought about one fiasco after another, three consecutive Western Expeditions with bloody heads, mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and countless American soldiers perishing on the long yellow sand Gobi Desert.

What it brings is a huge federal debt of up to 5.3 million U.S. dollars. With the current federal budget of more than 3000 million U.S. dollars, it will not be possible to pay off such a huge debt in 20 years, let alone 30 years.

With such a long repayment period, this huge war debt with principal and interest will exceed US$10 billion, which is equivalent to the national economic output of the United States for a year.

It seems logical that General Zachary Taylor was elected as the 12th President of the United States.

The Oval Office of the White House has changed owners, as well as new curtains and carpets, and a set of light wood tables and chairs with a rich bohemian style.

A small oil portrait was thoughtfully placed on the desk. It was an oil painting of General Zachary Taylor riding a war horse and standing on a hill overlooking Mexico City in full uniform, recording his past glory.

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

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

"Congratulations to your President..."

"Thank you, Pete, oh... Mrs. Brune, you look beautiful today, I like the lace trim on your hat."

Sweeping away the extreme decadence when the war was defeated more than a year ago, President Zachary Taylor walked in with a happy face, and greeted the White House guests with cordial words and smiles along the way, which seemed to have become a highlight moment in life.

Surrounded by the crowd, he came to the Oval Office and sat on a chair representing the power of the President of the United States, with a cheerful smile on his face.

The reporters who followed the new president into the Oval Office lost no time in asking questions;
"Dear Mr. President, how do you evaluate your former President Polk?"

"Oh, I think he is a person worthy of respect. He has his own beliefs and persistence, and he has worked tirelessly for it. Although the ending is not very happy, how can there be perfection in this world?"

"What you said is not very good, are you referring to the shameful "Ottawa Treaty"? We lost the six northwestern states that originally belonged to the United States, and only got a pitiful 1500 million US dollars."

"Mr. reporter, I don't like your subjective and qualitative term. It only represents your personal position, not others. Next..."

"Mr. President, can you answer the concerns about how the United States will 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. The U.S. is willing to engage in dialogue with Mexico and the Tang Kingdom to discuss economic and trade arrangements in peacetime. After all, this is society. It is the mainstream of development, and this government will also be committed to it."

"Mr. President, do you have no plan to recover the six northern states?"

"War and peace are the eternal themes of mankind. Any option is in front of us. All we have to do is to choose the policy that is most in line with the interests of the American people and unswervingly implement it. Well, the next one..."

"Do you support slavery or abolition, and are you willing to promote and pass the abolition bill during this term of government?"

The reporter's questions below became more and more acute, which made the false smile on President Zachary Taylor's face no longer sustainable. He knocked on the table vigorously and said in a serious tone;
"I repeat again, any option is in front of us, all we have to do is to choose the policy that best suits the interests of the American people and unswervingly implement it, the next..."

"Mr. President, how do you evaluate the dictator of the Tang Kingdom?"

"Well, this is a very interesting question. As a former opponent, I have to admit that King Richard is a rare military genius. The format has become more complex and interesting. This is a tough opponent, and at the same time, it is also a serious challenge for the United States."

"Mr. President, you have a high opinion of this demonic monarch who has caused serious harm to the American people and has blood on his hands. Is it because he has suffered a disastrous defeat at his hands?"

"Mr. reporter, I don't agree with your preconceived conclusion. I can only express my regret unilaterally. The next one..."

"Mr. President, do you still have a heart for King Richard who once defeated you? Has it become a lingering shadow in your heart?"

"This is really absurd and inexplicable. Well, the temporary press conference is over. The cabinet gentlemen and I still have important issues to discuss. Please go out."

President Zachary Taylor, with anger on his face, waved the strong bodyguards to chase the reporters out, and then closed the door.

Only the new White House Chief of Staff Stephen Luce, Secretary of State Roxy Walters and Treasury Secretary Spint Shore were left in the room, all of whom were close confidants of President Taylor.

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

"Fake, who the hell arranged these damn reporters to interview, they are like a group of chirping crows ruining my good mood, let them all go to hell, these bastards!"

"Well, it should be Mrs. Bren, the Director of Foreign Affairs of the White House Office. She is a very experienced government staff member and should not make such a low-level mistake."

"It turned out to be this stinking whore, tell her to get out of here, by the way, arrange a job for this stinky bitch in the border area thousands of miles away, let her stay with those dirty loggers, Maybe wake up a little bit."

"Understood, Mr. President, we will arrange it soon."

"Get her out of here in the afternoon, seeing her face makes me sick."

"As you wish, Mr. President." The new White House Chief of Staff Stephen Ruth replied helplessly.

It was his subordinate who made the mistake, and there was no way to shirk this responsibility. Mrs. Brun could only be moved far away in accordance with the president's order, out of sight and out of sight.

As for Mrs. Brune's husband and children and family?
That's not something a senior government official should think about. Every adult should pay for his mistakes, regardless of whether he is a man or a woman.

In fact

Mrs. Brun is just a victim of the bipartisan rivalry in Washington. How can she arrange for influential journalists from well-known newspapers across the country to collectively attack?
The federal government that President Taylor took over is undoubtedly a mess. One is the dispute over the North-South abolition bill, the other is the federal financial black hole as high as 5.3 million US dollars, the other is the disgrace of the cession of the six northern states, and the other is the relationship between the three countries in North America. A major issue that has plagued this administration.

Don't touch it, the scar is there.

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

Take the $5.3 million federal debt as an example;

With such a heavy debt burden, representatives of the large slave owners and manor owners in the south, who are economically superior, strongly expressed their political tendency not to share the burden.

They not only said, but did, using their powerful influence to push the legislatures of a handful of southern slave-holding states, such as South Carolina and Georgia, to pass bills denying some important federal tax obligations.

One learns two, two learns three.

The Taylor government must stop this extremely bad influence and prevent it from spreading within the federal government. This is an urgent task at present.

These major issues are all vaguely connected with the separatist forces in the south, influencing each other and promoting each other, leading to increasingly widening internal rifts and sharper contradictions in the federal government.

What President Zachary Taylor can do is a tinker. If there is a leak in the east, the east will be stitched, and the west will be patched in the west. If you want to completely solve the contradiction between the North and the South, there is no way at all.

To be a general, he knew;
There must be a full-scale civil war involving the states of the United States before it is possible to finally bridge the differences and find a middle way of compromise.

The problem now is that Mexico has been conquered, but there is still a Tang Kingdom with a strong military force.

(End of this chapter)