Wild North America 1846

Chapter 281 Drawing strength from historical inheritance
night passed

The next day, the sky and the earth were covered in silver, and it snowed heavily at night, turning the castle and the city of Omaha into a fairy tale world.

Li Cha woke up from the snowy arms and buttocks, and went to take a shower and wash in good spirits.After a while, he came to the tall European-style windows in his pajamas, and looked out with a cup of coffee in his hand.

Looking down from the fort on the high ground, you can see the beautiful scenery of Omaha after the snow. This is a border city with a population of more than 10.
About 370 kilometers south from here, along the Missouri River, you can go directly to Kansas City, the transportation hub in central America.

From here to the north for more than a hundred kilometers, go up the Missouri River to reach Sioux City, and continue northward to Peel City, the capital of South Dakota Province. It is another important military town along the river of the Tang Kingdom. place.

The distinctive features of these three cities are all built along the Missouri River. This mighty river has bred countless fertile lands along the river. The vast alluvial plains and forest wetlands formed by it are a paradise for humans and animals.

Not far from Omaha to the east, there are Davenport and Chicago, the important towns in the Great Lakes region. These cities are on the same latitude and have four distinct seasons. They are located on the vast central plains, rich in products, and streams in the territory. , is a rare good place.

It's a pity that the city of Omaha is located on the border. Due to the limitations of innate conditions, the industrial economy has not developed.

This is an important place for agricultural and animal husbandry production. The main industries in the city are pig, beef, mutton food canneries and handmade leather workshops. There are also dozens of gunsmith workshops, wine workshops, and bacon workshops. The Omaha ham produced here is quite famous. , is one of the local specialties.

Li Cha picked up the hot coffee in his hand and took two sips. He stared at the peaceful snow-covered city with deep eyes, and suddenly smiled confidently, revealing his white teeth.

He plans;
When the vast land on the east bank of the river is won, a bridge will be built here in the city of Omaha. A bridge flies across the east and west, and the natural moat becomes a thoroughfare.

by then
Because Omaha is located on the main road connecting the north and the south, and the huge flow of goods and people gathers, is it still afraid that the economy will not develop?
By June of this year, the Central Railway, which lasted 6 years, will be completed across the board. From Chang’an City (San Francisco), the hinterland of the Kingdom, Sacramento all the way east to Salt Lake City, and then from Salt Lake City to the east over the mountains of Nevada, a total of about 7 kilometers You can go directly to Taoyuan City on the Colorado Plateau, and from Taoyuan City to the east for about 510 kilometers, you can reach Omaha.

This is the main line of the Central Railway of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also a super project built along the former site of the Pacific Railway. It is called the Central Railway, also known as the "Nevada Railway".

According to a pre-arranged military mobilization plan;
From February 1858, no less than 2 large immigrant ships will be arranged to arrive at various ports along the coast of Shenzhou every month, and the recruits who have been trained for 10 months will be transported at a speed of 6 to 1.6 people per month , safely delivered to Oak Bay Port in North America.

Oak Bay Port is a coastal port belonging to Pana County to the north of Chang'an City (San Francisco). It is a complete military port and is also the station of the Kingdom's sailing fleet. The nearby Oak Town is a small town with a population of more than [-]. Most of the residents in the town are navy. Families of officers and soldiers, naval shipyard employees and some fishermen have better confidentiality, and there is a branch railway connected to the coastal railway and the central railway network.

Therefore, it was also chosen as the North American landing port for mainland recruits.

After a short rest here, the recruits from the mainland will be reorganized and sent to the Salt Lake City military base, where they will carry out live-fire training and difficult combat tactical training, ready to fight.

By the end of 1858, the Tang Kingdom will have more than 20 well-trained mainland recruits throughout the year. This will be a powerful mobile field corps capable of controlling the situation in North America. The soldiers have undergone long-term and complete military training and can be called elite. It is not that the volunteer militias in the North and South of the United States can match each other.

On Paradise Island, the Tang Kingdom also has 5 well-trained volunteer militiamen, who can be dispatched at any time according to the situation.

After the above careful arrangements

The Datang Kingdom was able to mobilize nearly 40 troops without military mobilization or affecting economic development, of which more than 30 could be used for mobile operations in the field, which is definitely a big deal.

In order to support such a huge military mobilization, the government of the Tang Kingdom and the royal family planned to spend 3750 million yuan for recruits from the mainland alone. The loan will bear the remaining part at a ratio of 750:2.

Only with such great prestige as Li Cha can suppress the criticisms of all parties and forcefully implement the plan, and prepare enough strong troops for the final intervention in the North American war, and the first battle will determine the world.

Two dogs fight, play off.

In order to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai, Richard spent a lot of money on the military in the past two years. Except for the cavalry and fortress defense troops, the entire infantry was replaced with the new Colt 1857 bolt-action rifle. The "Mauser 1888" bolt-action rifle has a long range and high accuracy. Compared with the 11mm miniature rifle equipped with black powder fired by the British army, it has leapt to a higher level.

The Colt 1857 bolt-action rifle leads the trend of infantry weapons in the world. It adopts more than 60 innovative technologies. The new smokeless bullet uses the nitroglycerin explosive of the Nobel Laboratory, which is a world-leading smokeless explosive.

Thanks to Mr. Nobel's invention, Datang Kingdom has continued to consolidate its advanced position in the chemical industry, especially yellow smokeless explosives, which have begun mass production and are widely used in the military industry.

Colt Arms' newly designed 7.92mm bottomless bottle neck bullet will set the shape of bullet design for the next century and a half, leading the fashion of infantry weapons.

The bore of the new rifle is engraved with rifling, which has a long shooting distance, high power and high accuracy. The effective coverage of the bullets ranges from 650 to 700 yards, and it has strong lethality within 800 yards.

Compared with the commonly known as "thirteen rings" Colt repeating rifle (long barrel) with a shooting distance of up to 350 yards and the British Minie rifle with a shooting distance of 600 yards, the new Colt 1857 bolt-action rifle is undoubtedly more powerful. Larger, more accurate, and more deadly, it has become the focus of the entire army to replace infantry weapons and equipment.

As for the cavalry of the Kingdom, they are still equipped with Colt (short-barreled) repeating rifles. This rifle has proved that on bumpy horseback, intensive firepower is more important than shooting accuracy and range.

Another new infantry equipment is the standard wooden handle grenade. This weapon has been mass-produced and gathered in the arsenal, but it has not been issued to the troops. Instead, it is held in the hands as a killer, ready to be a blockbuster in major battles.

Richard's original intention was to use the grenade, a cutting-edge weapon, in the major battle to conquer Chicago.

Urban street warfare is a major issue that cannot be avoided by a powerful army, no matter in the future or in the future. Datang Kingdom has no ready-made experience in this field to learn from, and can only practice while exploring.

In Salt Lake City at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, there are a large number of urban buildings built in the barracks. This will be used as a live ammunition drill field to lay the foundation for exploring various tactics in urban battles, and then accept the test of harsh wars.

These valuable experiences tempered by the lives of soldiers and the flames of war will form a set of urban combat regulations, which will be used to build a powerful army that is invincible and invincible.

War has never been a child's play, and the fate of the country is often gambled on.

Li Cha is a person with a great view of the big picture. He has been hoarding supplies for the war for many years, and now he is preparing to invest huge sums of money early to train a large number of mainland recruits, making all preparations for participating in the North American hegemony.

Even if it costs a lot of money, it is not hesitating.

He believes that "no one can achieve success for no reason, and the hard work is where others can't see it." It's just a drop in the ocean.

If you want to change history by flapping the wings of butterflies, you must start from the basics bit by bit, guide the people of Tang Dynasty to change in the direction of self-reliance, self-reliance and self-confidence, take pride in the identity of "the kingdom of heaven", and build up the people's strong national self-confidence, He has a deep sense of belonging to the kingdom, and is proud of his noble Chinese blood.

Among them, add some things that Li Cha wants to add, such as iron and blood war, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, aggressiveness with a strong personal style of the monarch, lofty concept of honor and disgrace of nobles and soldiers, etc., to form a unique Tang Kingdom distinct imprint.

Just like the sentence that the British people often like to say; "The majesty of the British Empire cannot be slandered."

Britain has dominated the world for more than a hundred years, bringing a high sense of honor and pride to all citizens. In the first and second World Wars in the future, the British led the tough European allies to win the final victory, continuing the Anglo- Saxon brilliance on the world stage.

The Tang Kingdom also needs such a sense of national identity and a high sense of honor, not to imitate the British.It is to regain the "Han-Tang Spirit", retrieve the glorious historical memory of the past, erase the slavishness imposed on the Han people by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and reshape the national spirit of high patriotism, self-confidence, self-improvement, and self-reliance.

Li Cha has already prepared a sentence; "Anyone who violates the Great Tang Empire will be punished no matter how far away he is."

It has not been launched for the time being. First, the national strength is not enough to dominate North America. Second, there is no proper opportunity to go crazy. Third, the national education is still in progress. It will take time to ferment and gain general recognition, that is, one after another brilliant Victory can establish the common belief of the people and strengthen national self-confidence.

Really want to talk

As the historical forerunner leading the industrial revolution, the British Empire took the lead in stepping into the industrialized society. In the middle of the 19th century, the colony had reached 2200 million square kilometers, and its industrial output value accounted for 1/3 of the world share. It was an out-and-out factory of the world. Step into the glory days of Victoria.

After the Crimean War
Britain took a short break for two years and started a new round of colonial frenzy in the world. The British Chinese Foreign Legion followed the expansion and colonization of the British, entering the Caucasus, the Near East, Egypt and South Africa, and entering the Ivory Coast of Africa. Entered the Straits Colonies in Southeast Asia, entered Hong Kong, Singapore, entered South Asia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, and will soon enter the Kingdom of Afghanistan...

The veteran colonists led by the United Kingdom are continuing the glory of the Anglo-Saxons and pushing the glory of the Victorian period to its peak. There are indeed many remarkable things, which are worth learning from and learning from the Tang Kingdom.

However, in the field of national spirit, Li Cha has always advocated self-centeredness, suppressing and combating the extreme speeches of the Communist Party of China, and advocated drawing innovative power from the profound Chinese history and culture, that is, "Reviving the Great Wind of the Han and Tang Dynasties" .

The ancestors left a rich legacy, allowing the Tang Kingdom to pick and choose the essence and discard the dross, selectively inherit and carry forward the essence of Han and Tang culture, and form a national spirit unique to the Tang Empire.

The Anglo-Saxon white culture, dominated by Britain, is not all good. It is only suitable for small countries or disadvantaged ethnic groups with no deep cultural background to fully accept it, and it is definitely not suitable for Chinese.

This is because the Brits believe in God. Religion occupies a core position in Goggle-Saxon culture, and it is an indelible and distinctive mark on them, which is reflected in all aspects of cultural inheritance.

If you want to have sex, you must accept the baptism of Western religions and become a "banana man" with yellow skin and white heart.

For the Chinese who claim to be the "Heavenly Kingdom" with profound historical accumulation, this is undoubtedly a rebellious act of humiliating their ancestors and prostitution, humiliating the lintel of the family, and it is shameless!

Since ancient times
In the culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties, there is an ancient adage that "water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it". Using simple metaphors, it reflects the dialectical relationship between the ruler and the people.

"Old Tang Book·Wei Zheng Chuan": "Using copper as a mirror, a husband can straighten his clothes; using history as a mirror, he can know the ups and downs; using people as a mirror, he can understand gains and losses."

Because of this, the people in the Han and Tang Dynasties were extremely strong, and their ministers and good looks were like crucian carp crossing the river, which created the heyday of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Comparison
Googlo-Saxon culture is much rougher and simpler, and religion has become its spiritual pillar. The British people who believe in God are submissive and attribute all the sufferings of life to "God's will". There are few peasant uprisings and lack of resistance.

The feudal lords robbed the land of the local farmers, burned their houses, forced their wives, and oppressed the farmers to live in water and fire. They could only live a difficult life of full and hungry with black bread and potatoes. Will protest but petition.

The largest peasant uprising recorded in British history was the Watt-Taylor uprising;

The peasant rebel army went all the way north, and first captured the important town of Canterbury, which is not only an important political, cultural and economic center in southern England, but also the Archdiocese of Canterbury.

Here, the angry peasant rebels executed the Archbishop of Canterbury who brutally oppressed the people, burned a large number of feudal bureaucratic documents, burned down a palace, and distributed the wealth and food gathered by the noble lords and the church to other farmers.

The program of the British peasant uprising is:

The king wants us to pay a poll tax of 4 pence. We really have no money to pay it. We must petition the king to cancel the poll tax!

This is their political program. As for overthrowing the royal power, destroying the cruelly exploited noble lords and churches, and establishing a regime in which the peasants are the masters of their own affairs, these British peasants have never thought about it, and they dare not think about it. They have no such concept at all.

Because God does not allow, religion imprisoned people's minds.

In 1385, 10,000+ peasant rebels surrounded the Tower of London. King Charles II of England had only a few hundred guards.

The helpless King Charles II pretended that he wanted to negotiate with the rebel army. The leader of the rebel army, Wat Taylor, was so happy that he ran over and was killed by the king's guards.

The rebel army still didn't learn the lesson, and was summoned by the king. Another rebel leader, John Bauer, also ran over, and was arrested as expected, tortured to death.

Subsequently, King Charles II of England made a public speech to the farmers, mainly in three points:

First, the crops will be harvested soon, everyone go back to harvest the crops, otherwise what will happen if the fields are barren.

Second, in the name of the king, I give all people freedom. Although I killed my guards and robbed my property, I forgive your crimes.

Third, I know about your petition, and I will seriously consider it.

Especially the third point of the speech is really awesome. The king didn't agree to the peasants' petition at all, he just said that I know and I can think about it
The peasant rebel army was very happy when they heard it, and thought that the king's speech was too good, so let's stop staying here and go back to harvest the crops, so the 10,000+ people immediately dispersed.

Subsequently, the king took crazy and bloody revenge on the peasant uprising army who had lost their organization
This is the largest peasant uprising recorded in British history, and the process is so absurd that it is unbelievable.

It comes down to the reason; it is the huge spiritual shackles that religion hangs over the hearts of every British person, imprisoning the spirit of resistance.

As a powerful world hegemon and the first country to enter industrialization, Britain's industrial economic output accounts for 1/3 of the world, with colonies all over the world, and its economic strength is undoubtedly strong.

However, just a few years ago, the "Irish Potato Famine" lasted for nearly five years, and more than 5 million Irish people starved to death. The tragic scene cannot bear to be repeated.

This is the other side of the ruthless Anglo-Saxon culture. Not to mention that they don't treat the people in the colonies as human beings, even the British Isles' own people, and they exploit them without mercy.

Take a look at the "land enclosure movement" in the early days of the British Industrial Revolution, which caused a large number of British farmers to lose their land and could only be forced to go to the factory to find a hard job. The hard work of more than ten hours a day can only In exchange for three loaves of bread.

In order to reduce costs, unscrupulous British factory owners hired a large number of child laborers aged eight, nine to 10, who only needed to be given a piece of bread a day.

There are even some unscrupulous factory owners who employ children as young as five or six years old just because these children eat less.This is a lack of morality. There is no bottom line in being a human being, allowing white British factory groups to cruelly oppress compatriots for profit.

Australia, which inherits the spirit of the British white people, did not legislate until 1967 to recognize that "local aborigines are legal human beings" rather than wild beasts that can be enslaved and hunted at will. This is evident.

Don't be fooled by the white left culture in later generations of Europe, and don't be swayed by the "idea of ​​human rights" advocated by Europeans. In Anglo-Saxon culture, there has never been such a saying as "sympathy for the weak". The Europeans who got up, the things they made out of their idle eggs can show their superiority over others.

This kind of culture is not the strong country culture that the Tang Kingdom needs.

So what does the Tang Kingdom need?

In fact, there are too many choices in the cultural inheritance of the ancestors. Du Fu's poem says: Three thousand resentful women are released from the palace, and four hundred death row prisoners are returned to prison.

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When Tang Taizong Li Shimin personally reviewed and reviewed the death penalty cases, there were nearly [-] death row prisoners in the file. He was worried about grievances, so Tang Taizong talked with the death row prisoners one by one.

Tang Taizong was very moved after hearing this, because the death penalty was executed after autumn, so he said to these death row prisoners;

I make a gentleman's promise with you, it is winter now, let you go back to celebrate the Spring Festival and reunite with your family, and we will gather here again after the autumn harvest next year.

The four hundred death row prisoners were grateful and went home happily.

After the autumn of the following year, all of these condemned prisoners returned to Dali Temple Prison, and none of them escaped or hid.

Volume 197 of Sima Guang's "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" records:
Xin Wei, the emperor personally recorded him as a prisoner, and when he saw the deceased, Min Zhi, even if he returned home, he would die soon after the ball came.

Still ordered the death prisoners all over the world to be dispatched, so that they could come to the capital at the end of the period.

Last year, there were 390 death row prisoners in the world, and no one supervised them. They all went to the court as scheduled, and none of them died;

This is a historical fact recorded in history. Every time Li Cha reads this, his heart will be shaken, he will be overwhelmed by the spiritual outlook embodied in the prosperous Han and Tang Dynasties, and he will yearn for it.

The so-called; the warehouse is honest and full of etiquette.

In history, the Tang Dynasty practiced an equal-field system, everyone had land to cultivate, and the whole country was united as one. This is the fundamental reason for the economic improvement.

In the eighth or ninth year of Zhenguan, cattle and horses were all over the fields, people had enough food and clothing, and they did not close their houses at night and did not pick up lost things on the road. A thriving scene of peace appeared.

So how much land do ordinary people have to plant?
The middle-aged men and middle-aged men above each received [-] mu of land and [-] mu of Yongye land.

Old men, disabled persons will receive [-] mu of land, and widows and concubines will receive [-] mu of land. If these people are heads of household, they will each receive [-] mu of Yongye land and [-] mu of land.

Considering that at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the total population was only more than 200 million households, and it was only restored to 13 million households in the 304th year of Zhenguan, with a population of about 1235 million. There is a large amount of farmland that can be implemented with the equalization system, so that every household has surplus food and the people have enough food and clothing. .

This situation is very consistent with the current Datang Kingdom, so in the public opinion dominated by the government, there are often endless reports on the glorious past of the Han and Tang Dynasties, leading the people of the kingdom to spontaneously raise a cultural trend of admiring the ancient style, and they can't help it. Fascinated.

The so-called; sneak into the night with the wind, moisten things silently.

The Los Angeles Times has created a column called "Glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties", often through a poem or a piece of historical records, it draws out the glorious scenes that have been accumulated in the heavy historical dust, and guides the public to see the virtuous and empathize.

E.g;

During the Kaiyuan period, there was a long period of peace, the surrounding suburbs were safe, people lived in the fields, mulberry and hemp were weaving, and the sounds of chickens and dogs were heard.

At that time, he traveled westward from the far gate, covering more than ten thousand li, without picking up relics on the road, travelers without food, and strong men who did not know weapons.

Another example;
Unless there is a disaster of flood or drought, the people will provide for their families, and they will be full of contempt, granaries, and houses, and the government treasury will have surplus goods.

The money of the capital is huge, and it is too old to be schooled.

The millet in Taicang, due to Chen Chenxiang, is full of dew and accumulates outside, until it becomes rotten and inedible.

Another example;
Recalling the heyday of Kaiyuan in the past, Xiaoyi still hides thousands of families.Rice is fat and corn is white, and both public and private warehouses are full.

Such a prosperous age of Wenzhiwugong is the prosperity of the kingdom that Li Cha longs for. He hopes that every Chinese will stick to the moral bottom line when they become rich, and build bridges and pave roads to benefit their hometown and benefit others.

And this is something that laws and regulations cannot do. It needs to draw moral strength from the thick historical inheritance, and spread it widely to everyone. This is the most precious part of Chinese culture.

Li Cha has the confidence to persevere, not only to widely carry out traditional Chinese culture education in primary and secondary schools, but also to lay a good foundation.

And through the mouthpiece of public opinion controlled by the government, day after day, year after year, decades of continuous instilling excellent cultural heritage, nourishing the hearts of every citizen, so as to achieve the ideal state.

The profound and accumulated Chinese culture subtly establishes a correct outlook on life and morality, which is crucial to the stable development of a country.

The Anglo-Saxon culture, dominated by the United Kingdom, is much simpler and cruder. It only has "God theory" and believes in God to have eternal life.The vagrants and unemployed workers all over the cities and villages dare not rebel, but they take the risk to rob, steal, and kill countless people, and the prisons are overcrowded.

The British government really has no way to arrange so many prisoners, so it can only transport the prisoners to the British territories of the thirteen states in North America.Later, the United States became independent, and these social dregs were no longer needed, so the British sent prisoners to Australia by boats and boats.

Since 1788, 16.5 British prisoners have been sent to Australia, becoming a country developed by prisoners
Look at the prosperous Tang Dynasty under the rule of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. At the least, there were only 29 death penalty cases a year.

Yankees are loyal believers in Goggle-Saxon culture. Today's prisons are full of overcrowded prisoners. Whether it's the southern slave owners or the northern factory owners, they never treat black people or hired workers as human beings. Instead, they desperately squeezed the blood and sweat of the workers.

This is the manifestation of the lack of collective morality, and the Datang Kingdom cannot follow these bad examples.

On January 1858, 1, Richard finished his inspection at Fort Omaha and embarked on a journey to Jinling in the southern province.

Now that the Tang Kingdom officially intervened in the Mexican Civil War, four field divisions successively went south on a large scale, joining forces with the Mexican government forces to severely encircle and suppress the southern rebels, playing triumphant songs on all fronts.

Withstood the harsh tempering of the European war, the field divisions stationed in the southern military region have strong combat effectiveness and excellent equipment. Dealing with the rookie southern Mexican rebels is a dimensionality reduction blow, and they are easy to catch.

in many battles
The army of the Tang Kingdom was more of a supervisory team, suppressing their positions, using shiny bayonets and black-holed muzzles against the backs of the Mexican government troops, forcing them to rush forward with all their might.

The army is still the same army, but the fighting power that erupts is different.

Originally, the equipment of the Mexican government army was acceptable, but the discipline was extremely poor, and the combat effectiveness was slack. They were defeated by the southern rebels on the battlefield.

Now there is no place to run. Under the strict supervision of the army of the Tang Kingdom, the officers and soldiers of the Mexican government army running around on the battlefield were directly shot to death without mercy.

The military music of the attack sounded, and they could only advance but not retreat.

Those who do not obey orders, beheaded!
Those who fear the enemy like a mouse, beheaded!
Those who shake the morale of the army, beheaded!
Those who flee without authorization, beheaded!
Anyone who disregards military discipline shall be beheaded!
Those who do not flinch, beheaded!
……

As soon as the murderous discipline was announced, the Mexican government army seemed to be a different person. The attack also looked the same, and the fierce battle could be sustained. The encirclement and suppression were also active. So what happened.

Li Cha's inspection trip to the Southern Province this time, while further integrating high-level Mexican officials and dignitaries, is also cheering for the officers and soldiers of the coalition forces who are fighting on the front line, and encouraging everyone to better complete their combat missions, including the Mexican government forces. .

If you make progress, you should praise it, don't be shabby!

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