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Chapter 175 Zhu Houzhao: Is America the same as the late Tang Dynasty? Roosevelt: Washington will take the blame for Lincoln's assassination!
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It seems that many emperors of the Tang Dynasty were killed by eunuchs.

Li Song, Shunzong of the Tang Dynasty, seemed to be the first emperor in the history of the Tang Dynasty to be killed by an eunuch.

Li Chun, Emperor Xianzong of the Tang Dynasty, believed in immortals and loved Buddha. He wanted to seek the medicine of immortality and began to take elixirs. His temperament became irritable and irritable. He often rebuked or killed the eunuchs on the left and right, and was also poisoned.

And Li Zhan, Emperor Jingzong of Tang Dynasty, was killed by eunuchs when he was only 17 years old.

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he realized that even though he was pretending to be a trumpet, there were three killed emperors in front of him.

Thinking of this, Zhu Houzhao also realized that in the United States, starting from Lincoln, three presidents were assassinated while in office in just forty years. This was exactly the same as that of the Tang Dynasty. It was obviously a sign of the decline of imperial power and the decline of the country.

[Messerson Roosevelt: Presidents, don’t be surprised... At present, our president of the United States can indeed be regarded as a high-risk profession. It can even be said that no lessons were learned. 】

[I can tell you by the way, the history of the development of our American presidential guard. 】

[It just so happens that President Jackson is also in the group. Judging from everyone's appearance, you should also know that President Jackson is our first president to be assassinated, right? 】

This topic aroused Roosevelt's emotion, and he even couldn't help but want to extend it.

[American Xuanzong Jackson: They have said that, in fact, I don’t need any escorts. Our American presidents, starting with President Washington, have no precedent for escorts. 】

Jackson explained and responded decisively.

[Messerson Roosevelt: Indeed, this source should be traced back to President Washington. In fact, according to records, President Washington is also the first president in the United States to be personally threatened. 】

[When Mr. Washington was still the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army and fought the War of Independence, there were restless elements who were dissatisfied with the status quo. Even British agents wanted to arrest President Washington. But Mr. Washington was lucky, and someone sabotaged their plan. , their plan did not succeed. Afterwards, Mr. Washington did not set up a presidential escort, and set a precedent of using the Guard only under special circumstances. This tradition was inherited, and invisibly led to the deaths of President Lincoln and even President Garfield... 】

Washington's ancestral methods naturally have a great influence on the president of the United States.

What Washington didn't expect was that the boomerang he sent out would actually come back and hit him.

[American Taizu Washington: Uh...am I still to blame for the deaths of Lincoln, Jackson, and Garfield? I was wronged! Roosevelt, you have to understand that I have told everyone that when we were founded in the United States, my presidential power was very small. I would like to build a guard force, but Congress won't approve funding. 】

Washington suddenly felt a little wronged and innocent.

[Merezu Louis XVI: Hahaha...it turns out the problem lies with you in Washington! Do you still feel aggrieved? Who told you not to engage in monarchy? The monarchy has a royal guard directly. Who told you to choose this nondescript presidential system? 】

Louis XVI could not help but gloat.

Washington felt like he had been stabbed again.

[American Taizu Washington: This is not for democracy! 】

Pfft, Zhu Houzhao also felt happy for a moment, feeling Washington's helpless resentment.

[Merezu Louis XVI: Haha, for the sake of democracy, Washington, you are very good. I have seen the contributions and sacrifices you presidents have made for the United States. You are really great. 】

[American Taizu Washington:...]

Therefore, Taizu sometimes left things behind that he didn't even care about.

Unknowingly, it will be regarded as an ancestral system and a custom.

It just needs to be something that other people find useful.

Zhu Houzhao smiled, but he saw something from Washington. It seemed that American officials had the same virtue as Ming Dynasty.

[American Xuanzong Jackson: Louis XVI, there is no need to laugh at President Washington. This is equivalent to a political convention that he did not notice. And, in addition, I had the opportunity to establish a guard, but I gave up. Everyone, please stop interrupting and let Roosevelt continue. 】

Jackson also seemed to understand that if he didn’t break some political conventions, no one would break them.

[Mercerson Roosevelt: The relationship in the group is really strange. What did you talk about before? Is it a question of the presidential system chosen by President Washington? Why do you feel that President Washington... regrets establishing a presidential system? 】

Roosevelt didn't mind being interrupted, but was curious about what they had talked about before.

Here, he also felt that he had seen a different Washington in history.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Roosevelt, you will know this later. Now continue your topic. 】

Cleveland regained its rhythm.

[Mercerson Roosevelt: Okay, let me continue... Anyway, since President Washington, our American presidents have not had the practice of equipping themselves with bodyguards. After President Jackson was shot, according to President Jackson’s authority, it should be possible to establish, But he didn’t either...]

[The prototype of the presidential guard was established in 1842, when a drunken passerby threw a stone at President Tyler while he was walking on the South Lawn of the White House. Afterwards, Congress agreed to allocate special funds to establish a force of 15 police officers. However, this escort is not to protect the safety of the president, but to protect federal property. They appear to value property security more than the president. 】

Without a big picture, Zhu Houzhao is undoubtedly more aware of the limitations of the presidential system implemented by Washington.

It is simply a cocoon.

[Later, during our American Civil War. After President Lincoln took office, he hired a detective to act as the president, but this was also to ensure that his inauguration ceremony would not be disrupted. After the Civil War began, infantry and cavalry patrolled near the White House, which could be regarded as protecting his safety. When the war was almost over, President Lincoln only had four police bodyguards around him. Four policemen were still working shifts... Anyway, when President Lincoln was watching the show, only one was by his side... You should all know what happened next. 】

[Mercy Lincoln: Got it! Now, I will pay more attention to my safety. 】

Here, Lincoln added another sentence.

[Mercerson Roosevelt: It seems that this is the benefit of chat groups. If used well, can it even change everyone's destiny? 】

Lincoln's response also made Roosevelt more aware of the benefits of chat groups.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Yes, this is another benefit of the chat group, so, Roosevelt... you need to be as honest as possible. ][ Mercer Roosevelt: Well, okay, I understand! Let me continue. Anyway, during the Civil War, many people attempted to assassinate important political figures in the North, including President Grant. In the more than ten years after the assassination of President Lincoln, the trend of assassinating politicians reached its peak. Almost 24 politicians died in assassinations. 】

[But despite this, the president still does not have a dedicated security force. After the war, the patrols around the White House were also eliminated, and the number of presidential bodyguards was reduced to three. 】

[Mercy Lincoln: I have been assassinated, and you still don’t take it seriously! And then... there was a trend of assassinating politicians after my death? This...this also reduces the number of bodyguards? 】

After learning about this, Lincoln felt a little offended.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: President Lincoln, don’t be surprised. Obviously I have already said that you Republicans... no, those big business families want a president who is obedient and easy to control his life. How can taxpayers' money be wasted to establish a special escort team for the president? Doesn't this enhance the president's power? 】

Cleveland couldn't help but add.

[Merceron Roosevelt: I agree with President Cleveland. Those trust groups want an obedient president! They don’t want the president to have too much power! Therefore, it is not surprising that President Garfield can be assassinated next. 】

[After his death, the president's bodyguards were still three ordinary police officers without any special training. Not only that, Congress is even preparing legislation to oppose the use of state treasury funds to hire private detectives to protect the president's security. 】

[Meliezu Louis XVI: What an exaggeration! You have a group of people in the United States who simply want you to die however they want! 】

[Tang Xizong Li Xuan: This...how does it feel very similar to my situation? No, it is very similar to our situation in the Tang Dynasty. Your American imperial power seems to have really fallen by the wayside, and the emperor's own safety cannot be guaranteed. , He is simply a puppet. 】

Zhu Houzhao also took the opportunity to reveal the situation in Datang.

[American Taizu Washington: I also feel a little scared. Congress has too much power. 】

Washington, too, felt the shivers.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Well, you see, even the new emperor of the Tang Dynasty feels that our president is a puppet, so everyone should believe what I said before. President Jackson... I think it's time to start with you. Your time is the best time. 】

[Meixuanzong Jackson: Don’t be in a hurry. Roosevelt, later. Your former president was also assassinated, and you didn't take any measures about it? 】

Jackson again prevaricated Cleveland.

What started with Jackson?
Roosevelt paid more attention to it.

[Mercerson Roosevelt: Later, President McKinley was assassinated. Although he was assassinated by anarchists, anarchists had also killed French President Cano, Spanish Prime Minister Canobas, Queen Elisabeth of Austria and King Humbert of Italy... However, the reason is still under investigation. Although I was lucky enough to become the president, this shadow...how could I not pay attention to it. 】

[So, President Jackson, President Cleveland, I just formally and sternly proposed to Congress not long ago that the Presidential Secret Service should attach great importance to the work of presidential protection! I hope the Congress won’t fool us again this time! Otherwise, I will make Congress look good! 】

Roosevelt also took advantage of the situation to finish talking about the development of the Presidential Guards of the United States.

The fact is that Roosevelt paid great attention to this issue after taking office, and because of his series of tough fighting methods, Congress finally passed the proposal in 1906 and allocated special funds. Even the later FBI was only established during Roosevelt's term.

In other words, the United States did not have a presidential escort until almost a hundred years after its founding!
[American Yingzong Cleveland: Roosevelt, I am optimistic about you... However, I feel that this matter may be difficult to promote. Although you yourself are a Republican, those monopoly groups... probably won't agree. 】

Cleveland knew firsthand how difficult it would be for Roosevelt to make this move. Can he compete with those big conglomerates?
[Merceron Roosevelt: President Cleveland, those monopolies? Huh, they... should have died long ago! I have proposed a series of policies to Congress and I will not stop until they break it up! Now, their arrogance has been temporarily suppressed. 】

At this point, Roosevelt felt a little proud.

After he took office, he decisively targeted interest groups and launched a series of anti-monopoly policies.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Hmm...break up the monopoly group? Roosevelt, you...what did you do? Do you dare to attack them? 】

This directly surprised Cleveland.

[Merceron Roosevelt: President Cleveland, I didn’t do anything! I just knocked them out with a few sticks! For example, you know, the Northern Securities Company, which monopolized transportation within a large area of ​​railway operation including the North Atlantic Railroad, Quincy Railroad, and Chicago Railroad, was finally sanctioned by the Sherman Antitrust Act! 】

[In addition, I forced them to break up the beef trust, oil trust, and tobacco trust... Rockefeller and other oil tycoons and tobacco groups! They can no longer monopolize all profits! If this continues, I feel like another civil war is coming! 】

This happened to be a debriefing report, and Roosevelt also briefly talked about some of his actions after taking office.

In short, the first thing he did after taking office was to take a shot at interest groups and force many large monopoly groups to break up directly.

This move... can be regarded as curbing the "land annexation" of large American conglomerates to a certain extent and directly extending the success of the United States.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Ah, Roosevelt... I know you are hot, I know you are vigorous and resolute! You really dare to attack those big financial groups and families! You...you...surprised me so much! 】

Cleveland was immediately shocked. He had no idea that Roosevelt would do whatever he dared to do, and his tactics were much tougher than his.

[Merceron Roosevelt: President Cleveland, it's nothing. I feel that I should learn from President Jackson. These methods are far from drastic enough! The current problems we have in the United States are too serious. If they are not rectified, we, the United States, will be finished! And... if we don't take good care of our own internal affairs in the United States, how can we participate in the system of world discourse! How can we, the United States, become a world power? 】

This is also true. After Roosevelt's series of centralization reforms, which are comparable to those of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Roosevelt can be regarded as saving the United States to a certain extent.

The situation he faced in the United States before taking office was almost exactly the same as the situation faced by Han Emperor Liu Che when he took office.

When Liu Che became emperor, he faced the powerful foreign relatives group (Empress Dowager Dou), the vassal group that separatized local areas, as well as the various founding tycoons of the Han Dynasty who monopolized the salt and iron monopoly in the country, and the almost solidified Han bureaucracy group.

When Roosevelt became the President of the United States, he also faced the powerful group of foreign relatives (Congress), the group of local vassal states (federal states), the monopoly power of the United States (the monopoly groups of oil, steel, and finance), and the group of corrupt officials. .

He adopted almost all the methods of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and finally defeated these big forces one by one, restrained them a little, strengthened the presidential power again, and to a certain extent saved the United States, which was a prosperous country with a terrorist crisis hidden on the surface.

Except for Cleveland, none of the presidents in the group understand this yet.

[Mercy Lincoln: Roosevelt, Cleveland, please speak slower. Why do I feel like I don’t understand what you are saying? 】

[Merezu Louis XVI: Yes... what Roosevelt mentioned, what kind of anarchism assassinated the president of France, the prime minister of Spain, the queen of Austria... the king of Italy, what are these situations? Why do I feel that at the time Roosevelt was at, the world was more chaotic than at this time... so many kings were assassinated? what's the situation? 】

Louis XVI noticed the assassinated European leaders mentioned by Roosevelt, and felt the unrest in the world at Roosevelt's time.

(End of this chapter)