Wild North America 1846

Chapter 448 The Big Dilemma

Daming Palace

The curtains in the sleeping hall were heavy. Emperor Li Cha left the imperial couch refreshed. Looking back, Tian Huizhen, the new concubine who had just inherited Yulu, was sleeping deeply. The fierce battle last night made this delicate little beauty exhausted. .

With a smug smile on the corner of Li Cha's mouth, he opened the curtain and turned to leave.

Royal couch

Tian Huizhen's eyelids moved slightly, two red clouds floated on her delicate face for no reason, and then her little head shyly got into the brocade quilt, never refusing to show her head again.

breakfast

Li Cha came to the imperial study with a rosy face. As the founding king, he was used to dealing with major domestic and foreign affairs every day.

Today's Great Tang Empire restrained its expanding minions, concentrated all its efforts on digesting the vast land it annexed, and put economic development as the most important thing in everything.Staying firmly in North America and watching the world with a cold eye, there is no new major move in expansion.

The United States of America has been crippled, and it can no longer make waves.

The Confederate States of America kept low and became smaller, the Tang Empire consolidated its position as the overlord of North America, and the relationship with the UK was gradually warming up. In addition, the court recruited 12 more beauties, Li Cha's life is going well now Very comfortable.

The two colorful tigers "Fat Cai" and "Red Zhong" in the imperial study room were lying on the left and right next to the throne, defending their territory.

The white tigress "Baipi" is about to give birth, so she has been staying on the Longevity Hill recently and will not leave the nest easily.

After the cubs were weaned, according to the agreement, they would give a pair to King William I of Prussia.

After teasing the beast a few times, Li Cha then turned his attention to the thick stack of memorials on the imperial case.

He first picked up the "Summary of the World" edited by the Royal Secretariat and read it. After a while, his brows were deeply frowned, and his expression became more serious.

"Summary of World Situation" is compiled based on the latest news from various channels. It brings together the developments of countries in the world, conflicts and colonial attempts, and important personnel changes in the cabinets of various countries. It has rigorous analysis and demonstration. It is published once a week. The confidentiality level is the highest level of confidential information.

In the latest issue of "Overview of the World", the situation in Europe and South America is involved. The Paraguayan army defeated Brazil and Argentina successively, entered Uruguay with great strides, and played triumphant songs in the war.

Affected by the urgent military situation on the front lines, both the Brazilian Empire and Argentina are urgently mobilizing volunteer militias to join the army, with the support of the British behind them.A steady stream of guns and ammunition arrived in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, allowing these two countries to quickly arm themselves for war.

Now, a new round of fierce competition is unfolding...

In the Spanish colonies of Cuba and Puerto Rico in Central America, the struggle against the colonists continued one after another, but the situation did not decrease under the butcher knife of the Spaniards, but the situation intensified.

just last month

A Spanish army of 460 troops went to the countryside to suppress them. They were ambushed by more than 3700 local people. They suffered heavy casualties due to the use of knives and guns. In the end, only 176 Spanish soldiers escaped from the encirclement. Nearly 290 Spanish white colonists were killed or injured. or captured.

When the news spread to Madrid, it aroused the anger of the Spanish royal family and upper-class nobles, and the public opinion was one-sided, shouting and killing.

In view of this
Based on the "Liu Xianjun Doctrine" (Tang version of the Monroe Doctrine) policy proposition, the Imperial Foreign Ministry reminded the Spanish royal family to act with caution and not to act recklessly so as to detonate the regional situation and bring war and disaster to the Americas.

As a responsible major country in the Americas, the Datang Empire will make an appropriate response based on a careful assessment of the situation in Central America to maintain the independence and integrity of the Americas, and the rights of the people will not be violated.

The Spanish government strongly protested this;

Thinking that the affairs of Cuba and Puerto Rico are the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, the Great Tang Empire's act of brutally interfering in the domestic affairs of Spain is absolutely intolerable behavior...

There are lip service lawsuits between the two countries, and European countries also comment on this, but they don't pay much attention to it.

After winning the Pudan War, French Emperor Napoleon III met with Prime Minister Bismarck of the Prussian Kingdom and announced that he recognized the absolute leadership of the Prussian Kingdom over the states in the South German region and recognized its possession of Schleswig.

As a result, the Kingdom of Prussia obtained the port of Kiel as a military port, the Prussian army controlled the adjacent Kiel Canal, and promoted Schleswig to join the customs union led by Prussia as an independent principality and become a member of it.

On the issue of Holstein, the original ally of the Austrian Empire did not want to see the Kingdom of Prussia grow bigger. A series of collisions and competitions took place between the two sides, and the contradictions became increasingly public.

Prime Minister Bismann of the Kingdom of Prussia strongly suppressed the Junkers' military aristocrat's urge to go to war, made obvious concessions on the Holstein issue, and agreed to let the Austrian Empire rule the region.

Interpreted in accordance with Royal Secretariat policy;
This can gather sympathy and support for the South German Confederation forces of the Kingdom of Prussia. Second, it can buy time for military preparations. Third, it can show the tolerance of the Kingdom of Prussia to European powers such as Britain, France and Russia outside the region. It has no ambition to unify the German region and paralyze it. enemy.

As long as the time is right, the Kingdom of Prussia will definitely devote all its strength to a fatal blow, and the possibility of this is getting bigger and bigger as time goes by...

South America

The empire's desert expedition in South America continued to advance. In the first quarter of 1865, the success stories were reported frequently. The expeditionary army and tens of thousands of civilian armed forces took the initiative to initiate 417 battles, annihilating and defeating dozens of people scattered deep in the Pampas grassland. The Indian tribe killed 2.37 enemies, captured 5.51, captured 1.68 horses, nearly 4 cattle, more than 22 sheep, and captured several other...

Li Cha briefly glanced at these figures and skipped them. The desert expedition is a long-term combat mission lasting 3 to 5 years, and it is also a colonization process in which civilization overcomes barbarism. Soldiers and armed civilians are exiled to the North American wilderness to practice. Grow in battle.

He has no doubt that the Empire will win the final victory, and by the end of this year, the number of Chinese immigrants in South America will reach 50 (excluding captured Indian women).

It is planned that by the end of 1868, the total number of immigrants will reach one million. Whether it is the former Kingdom of Patagonia, the Mapuche people or the indigenous Indians, they will all become history.

The method of imperial conquest was indeed a little bloody, but Emperor Li Cha would rather bear the reputation of "devil king" than clear a large piece of clean territory for future generations to avoid ethnic entanglements and various conflicts.

The above-mentioned international affairs, Emperor Li Cha only briefly looked at them, and there were three regional issues that could attract his attention;
The first one: the Dominion of Canada, which the United Kingdom has been promoting for many years, has officially started a public vote, and the first Dominion of the British Overseas Colony is about to be born. There is basically no suspense.

Correspondingly, the resolution on the self-government of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory will also be carried out later than the vote of the Dominion of Canada, around August to September, which has also been acquiesced by the British Colonial Department.

This was originally one of the achievements of Emperor Li Cha's visit to Britain. After more than ten years of tortuous struggle, it finally came to a ripening time.

The British Royal Navy obtained the patent authorization of the Colt breech-loading gun at almost free cost, and obtained a series of advanced technologies such as the triggering thunder mercury fuze representing the advanced artillery technology of the current era, and the 20-year technical exclusivity of the new nitroglycerin yellow explosive. It is of great significance to ensure the stable maritime hegemony of the Royal Navy of the British Empire for more than 30 years in the future.

The Tang Empire has obtained the equal rights of citizen self-government in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, and the cooperation agreement signed by the Toronto Canal. The wars of the three countries in Central America have been fully understood by the United Kingdom, and the United Kingdom will maintain a friendly and neutral attitude towards the desert expedition in South America. etc……

In a word, don't make trouble.

Although none of them involved money, the benefits obtained by the Tang Empire were more precious than money. It was a historical opportunity that money could not buy!
The second; a large-scale "anti-famine, anti-oppression, anti-colonial, anti-imperialist garrison" parade broke out on Fusang Island. In major cities such as Tokyo, Kobe, Nagoya, and Nagasaki, local enlightened democrats, Capitalists and young students are the leading force in the demonstration.

The parade crowd clashed with the shogunate army and was suppressed. More than 110 people were killed and injured in the chaos, and hundreds of people were arrested.

Li Cha can clearly feel;

These parade crowds held high the banner of respecting the king. Now no one dares to mention the matter of "repelling barbarians". They are trying to overthrow the rule of the shogunate in another way and let the emperor come to the fore.

History has corrected its trajectory with its own tenacious inertia. If the Tang Empire forcibly intervenes, it will inevitably invest 10 expeditionary troops and consume huge military expenditures, which may interrupt the golden period of the empire's post-war economic development.

After serious consideration, he forcibly suppressed the urge to intervene armed.

Things in East Asia are very complicated and sensitive, and if they are not done well, there will be thunderstorms. It is more important to stabilize the basic market in North America, and don't make extra troubles.

What made Emperor Li Cha frown is the third thing, that is, the invasion of Xinjiang by Yagubo has become a climate.

What should come will come eventually, it's just a matter of time.

In 1864, the Muslim rebellion broke out in Xinjiang, and several local separatist regimes emerged at the same time. This also gave the ambitious Yaguba of the Kokand Khanate adjacent to southern Xinjiang an excellent opportunity to invade.

At the beginning of 1865, after careful preparations, Yaguba led the army across the border and entered the southern border. After capturing Yingjisar, Kashgar, Khotan and other places successively, he announced the establishment of the "Hongfu Khanate".

After that, Aguba's army attacked everywhere, captured Urumqi and other places, controlled many lands around Xinjiang, and became the overlord of Xinjiang.

The reason why Yagubo is invincible in Xinjiang is because he is backed by Britain, Russia and other countries.Britain once donated a large amount of arms to Yaqub, and Russia also signed a secret military treaty with Yaqub, and became Yaqub's backer.

In just two years, Aguba's "Hongfu Khanate" seems to have become popular in Xinjiang, and has also gained a certain degree of international recognition. A turbulent flow from Central Asia rushed into Xinjiang, and the situation became severe. stand up.

If the Manchu Qing government left it alone, then Xinjiang might disappear from China's territory.

Which one to follow has become a big headache.

(End of this chapter)