Wild North America 1846

Early 1873
On the 9th of the first lunar month, Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the Second French Empire, who once carried the dream of revival, died of illness while in exile in the UK, which represented the end of an era.

After the news came out, almost Europe shook.

The mood is particularly complicated for the French nation. This emperor who was once held in the altar brought France glory in the mid-19th century, and also brought a shameful historic defeat, and the aura of glory was instantly shattered.

The legendary Emperor Richard of the Tang Empire sent condolence messages to the governments of London and Paris respectively, expressing condolences for the sad end of this historic figure.

In the message of condolences, Richard commented on the French Emperor Napoleon III in this way; "He is a king who is determined to restore the glory of France to the top, profoundly changed the geopolitical structure of Europe in the middle of the 19th century, and left a unique mark..."

British Prime Minister Lord William Ewart Gladstone attended the funeral in person and publicly stated at the funeral;

"The Napoleonic dynasty always brought something special to Europe. His Majesty the Emperor is our old friend. He went out from London and finally came back here..."

Different from the official statement of the British with full meaning, the French republicans warmly celebrated the death of the feudal emperor.Even more than a dozen consecutive grand banquets were held in Paris to celebrate the end of the biggest hidden danger of the French Third Republic.

The conservative royalists and Napoleonists in France cried bitterly, mourning the loss of the light that guided the path of life and the future of the country, and the loss of the highly respected French emperor.

One joy and one sorrow reflect the characteristics of the French people who have distinct loves and hates, and their strong emotions are not concealed.

With the arrival of the new year

The French Customs strictly investigated and suppressed smuggling, and the large-scale smuggling carnival that lasted for nearly two years finally subsided. Smugglers from Datang and the German Empire left France one after another, counting the harvest with joy.

As the final moment of the German army's retreat approached, all the smugglers were frantically dumping their goods, emptying out their inventories as quickly as possible at any cost, and converting them into a large amount of francs and depositing them in the bank.

Then, through international exchange, the funds in the account were transferred abroad, including London, Berlin, Milan, Amsterdam and other places, and the signs of capital flight were very obvious.

According to French government estimates;

In the large-scale smuggling wave that lasted for nearly two years, Chinese businessmen and German businessmen were the most active. They plundered wealth worth 23 billion francs from all over France, and lost as much as 6-7 million francs in customs revenue.

Coupled with the 50 billion franc war indemnity paid to Germany, French social wealth is facing serious blood loss and urgently needs to be compensated.

The newly stabilized French government immediately faced diametrically opposite policy choices, one internal and one external, with completely different priorities.

One is to vigorously develop the economy internally, restore industrial and agricultural production, focus on economic development, restore people's livelihood, and restore the homeland that was devastated by the war.

One is to immediately start to expand colonization around the world, and to regain blood by plundering wealth outwards. The main targets are the Middle East and Indochina Peninsula.

After a brief discussion, as a veteran colonist in the world, the French government naturally chose the latter;
That is, to further strengthen the plunder of colonies through an expansionary colonial policy, to make great strides in the expansion of the colonial areas in the Middle East and the Indochina Peninsula, and to recover the losses by "replenishing losses within the dyke and making up for external losses"...

Daming Palace

Emperor Li Cha carefully read the recent international developments, put down the documents in his hands, sighed, stood up and walked outside the palace with his hands behind his back. He wanted to go to the back garden to relax.

The officials of the Royal Secretariat and the royal attendants and military attachés who were accompanying them tacitly evaded, just guarding the periphery, waiting for the call of His Majesty the Emperor at any time.

His Majesty the Emperor doesn't like having many people around him, especially when he is thinking about problems.

Strolling in the imperial garden, the fragrance of birds and flowers hits bursts, and the breeze blows on the face, making people feel extraordinarily peaceful.

The rise of Datang made a small turn in the history of the world, and now it has returned to the established track, moving forward tenaciously according to the original track.

Be it the situation in Europe, East Asia, or the Middle East, they basically follow the original historical trajectory.

Only the whole of America has changed drastically, including Central America.

The Cuban uprising is now in its fifth year, and the losses of the Spanish colonists and the rebel army are very large. The population of Cuba has been reduced from more than 5 million to less than one million due to years of war and plague.

A rough estimate is between 92 and 96;
The Spanish colonists lost 7 to 8 troops, and the rebel army lost more than 25. The rest is the population that died due to famine, plague and abuse in the harsh war environment.

The concentration camps of the Spaniards were notorious and were called "death camps". They were widely criticized for their harsh living conditions and high death rates, and were criticized by the Tang Empire and many countries in North and South America.

The current Spanish-colonial Cuba is in an unprecedentedly weak state, and internal conflicts have intensified. A large number of Chinese businessmen and immigrants have already withdrawn from the region.

This situation made the Royal Army Staff Headquarters ready to move, and played several times in secret, intending to find an excuse to intervene in the Cuban situation on a large scale and make it an overseas province of the empire through war.

Emperor Li Cha suppressed these secret performances, he knew that now was not the best time.

if history doesn't change

Next year, the Spanish Bourbon Dynasty will be restored, and then immediately send heavy troops to try to extinguish the Cuban uprising in one fell swoop. The most brutal and bloody battle has not yet begun.

At this stage
The empire transported weapons, gunpowder, food and other materials to the island of Cuba in various ways. It is the right answer to support the people's insurgents to continue fighting, and continue to fight.

Once it's completely broken, it's easier to clean up.

Walking on the path in the forest, two huge white giant tigers followed behind. These are the second generation of "White Skin" and "Red Middle".The pet animals of the older generation had already passed away, and they were made into tiger skin mattresses and placed in the side hall at the foot of Longevity Hill.

Li Cha walked to the high place of the rockery, stood in the gazebo and looked at the misty Taiye Pond, and immediately felt refreshed.

Two giant white tigers snuggled up to his side, one on the left and the other on the right, and gently arched Li Cha with their huge tiger heads.

Li Cha smiled indifferently, stretched out his hand to scratch Juhu's scalp, but he was planning to deal with the British's problem in his mind.

With the rise of the empire, the British rulers redefined the relationship between the two countries, both cooperation and competition.

on North American issues
The British are the most vigorous foreign forces secretly fighting. In the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, there are small circles composed of British upper class, who stubbornly refuse the entry of rich Chinese businessmen and big entrepreneurs.

The post-war order in North America was established on the "North American Peace Treaty", "American Peace Constitution", "North American Agricultural Unified Market Agreement", "North American Customs Union Agreement", "United States of America Garrison Act", "United States of America Post-War Financial Arrangement Act", "New York, Porter Lan, Campton Lend-Lease and more than a dozen treaties, especially the dozens of military bases all over the United States of America, is the most direct way for the empire to exert influence.

As a typical immigrant country, since the population of the United States of America broke through 1863 million again in [-], the financial reorganization after the war has quickly restored its vitality.

Small countries are like this. The overall economy collapses quickly and recovers quickly.

Due to the loss of the vast south and the Great Plains in central North America, the area of ​​the United States of America has shrunk sharply, and the total area is only more than 86 square kilometers, losing the foundation of a large agricultural country.

Therefore, more than 7% of the country's agricultural products and all kinds of food, livestock and poultry meat need to be imported from the Tang Empire, and the degree of dependence is quite high.

After more than 10 years of recovery and development, the total population of the United States of America had exceeded the 1872 million mark at the end of 2, reaching 000 million people, creating a record high.

In a horizontal comparison, this population size has exceeded the total population size of the North during the American Civil War.

(Note: In the original historical period, there were 23 northern states with a total population of 2237 million. With the rise of the Tang Empire, it occupied six northern states before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1858. Only 17 states remained in the war in the north, with a total population of 1870 Yu Wan, the strength is greatly reduced.)
The large flow of European immigrants to North America is an unstoppable historical trend. In order to strengthen penetration and control over the United States of America, the empire also encourages immigration to the east coast.

Many retired military officers and soldiers who have been stationed in North America over the years have found white women to start families in the local area, and finally stayed in cities on the east coast to live. Chinese residents have become an important part of the local population.

In 1863 year

In the population composition of the United States of America, whites accounted for 73.2%, Chinese accounted for 15.4%, and blacks accounted for 7.3% (note; at the peak, it reached 19.2%. After the war, black slaves were cleared on a large scale, and as many as one million returned to the South giant), Mexicans accounted for 3.1%, and Indians accounted for 0.9%.

10 years have passed
Due to the continuous import of European immigrants, the proportion of whites in the population has further increased, from 73.2% to 76.1%, and they are the mainstream ethnic group in society.

The proportion of Chinese Americans has also increased significantly, from the original 15.4% to 19.3%. These two major ethnic groups accounted for more than 95%, forming a white-dominated social structure (note, the opinion of European and American scholars).

Free blacks have been severely restricted, the level of marriage and childbearing has decreased, and the difficulty of starting a family has risen rapidly, so the proportion of blacks has dropped sharply, from 7.3% to less than 3%. Mexicans account for 0.92%, and Indians can be ignored. Never mind.

It is this demographic structure that has allowed the "Liberal Party" to rise rapidly to become the third largest party in the United States of America. Because it is a party dominated by Chinese Americans, it has won the social identity of the Chinese ethnic group, which accounts for 19.3% of the population, and has become its iron vote.

on the basis of

The "Liberal Party" put forward the slogan of breaking the monopoly of the British in the political arena, and won the support of many German, French, Italian, and Mexican residents.

Zhang Zongliang, the leader of the "Liberal Party", participated in the 1872 presidential election and lost to the Republican Rutherford Birchard Hayes in the end, but it also greatly shocked the political circles of the United States of America.

By participating in the general election, the Liberal Party won more seats in the Senate and House of Representatives.

North America is the core of Datang Empire's interests, and the North American unified market is the cornerstone of North America's policy. The garrison of the United States of America is a powerful means to protect the influence of Datang Empire. These three complement each other and are indispensable.

nowadays

The Liberal Party has won nearly one-third of the seats in the House of Representatives and 1 of the 3 seats in the Senate in the United States of America. Its strength is already able to compete with the other two parties.

The more than ten years of business penetration of the Datang Empire is not in vain. It has cultivated a large number of interest spokespersons and leading parties in the United States of America, and has the strength to influence its political situation.

On the contrary, among the close allies of the Confederate States of America, the influence of the Empire is far less than that of the North.

If you want to say that the character is stubborn and tough, the Southerners are the first to be recommended.

If you want to say conservative, the southerners are the first.

If you want to say stubborn adherence to tradition, the southerners are the first.

At a time when the abolitionist movement is surging in the world today, the southerners stubbornly insisted on not relaxing slavery, and no one would persuade them to do so. This made the British angry and cursed.

But it's okay, southerners are so twisted.

Because the southerners insisted on using a large number of black slaves to cultivate the cotton fields, their production costs could be minimized. A large amount of cheap lint not only impacted the Bengal cotton, Indian cotton, and Egyptian cotton in the British market, but also had a serious impact on the cotton in the southern provinces of the Tang Empire. .

In order to protect the interests of the cotton plantations in the southern provinces, the Tang Empire imposed a punitive high tariff of 36% on the export of cotton from the Southerners, which was also the main focus of the conflict between the two countries.

The Confederate States of America are the largest cotton exporter in the world. Cotton export is a matter of life and death, and it is even more related to the country's economic development. Therefore, the protective policy of the Datang Empire has attracted strong opposition.

In order to fight back against the high cotton tariffs imposed by the Tang Empire, the United States of America also imposed high tariffs on the agricultural and sideline products imported by the Tang Empire, which was a retrogression of the North American unified market.

It is because of this factor
In recent years, there have been constant economic frictions between the two countries. The upper-level forces in the Confederate States of America, headed by British-born white manor owners, have a strong feeling of crowding out Chinese businessmen and manor owners, and the relationship is not harmonious.

The development of political parties headed by Chinese Americans is not going well. Why?

In 1863, the population of the Confederate States of America returned to 815 million. In the population composition, whites accounted for 36.72%, Chinese accounted for 23.1%, blacks accounted for 32.4%, Mexicans and Central Americans accounted for 5.7%, and Indians accounted for 2.1%.

10 years have passed
Thanks to the two-way importation of European immigrants and Chinese immigrants, coupled with natural population growth, the population of the Confederate States of America has grown to 1461 million, making it a strong agricultural country.

According to statistics at the end of 1872
Whites accounted for 43.6%, an increase of nearly 7%, and Chinese accounted for 28.5%, an increase of 5.4%. This is the mainstream ethnic group in the southern United States with voting rights and a major participant in political life.

Blacks have decreased from 32.4% to 25.9%. The reduction in the world sex slave trade and the influx of white and Chinese immigrants have filled a considerable labor gap and are the main reasons for the reduction in the proportion of blacks.

Due to the severance of sources, Central Americans and Indians suffered high mortality rates due to abuse and harsh conditions, and their population proportions also showed signs of a significant reduction.

Since the Chinese population is the mainstream of southern society, why is it so difficult in the political arena?
This is because the southerners are extremely conservative and selfish, with a strong racial ethos, and white voters generally unite to reject Chinese suffragettes, making it extremely difficult to divide and win over. This is the main reason.

The second reason is that there are too many small actions that are not particular, the election lacks the principles of openness, transparency and fairness, and frequent black-box operations make people feel helpless?
The third reason is that the Confederate States of America have high autonomy and independent sovereignty, and they are more tough when it comes to their own interests, and there is less room for relaxation.

In 1873, there was a certain amount of overproduction in the Tang Empire, and many small and medium-sized enterprises were in debt and went bankrupt, casting a shadow over the economic outlook.

This year is the year of the Great Recession of the world economy, and we must be prepared to live a hard life.