I, Zhu Houzhao, join the US imperialist chat group

Chapter 179 Zhu Houzhao: Grant deserves to enjoy the American Ancestral Temple! What happened to the Kowloon coffin at Lincoln's funeral?

The Ming Dynasty had a Shenji camp of 100,000 people.

What will happen?

Do the little Mongolian princes still dare to invade Jiubian?
call!
Zhu Houzhao took a deep breath and finally realized that... although his horizons had been broadened by the American group, he was still not brave enough to think about it.

[Li Xuan, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty: I... can't imagine your future battles. I wonder if I can witness your subsequent wars with my own eyes. 】

Hearing is false and seeing is believing. Zhu Houzhao now undoubtedly has another direction to explore, trying to find a way to see the war in the United States.

They were all hundreds of thousands of soldiers equipped with muskets... If even the American Civil War had such an army, he couldn't imagine it.

He also understood a little bit about what progress in war is.

Taking the trumpet Li Xuan as an example, there were certainly no blunderbuss or even artillery in the Tang Dynasty.

But in the Ming Dynasty, they began to use muskets and artillery.

This form of war must be beyond the understanding of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.

The same reason.

Perhaps he should not use current war thinking to measure the war three hundred years from now.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Regarding the issue His Majesty Li mentioned, I also happen to have a question that I would like to ask the group owner. Group owner, although we can send photos... but a cold picture is obviously not convincing enough. In our chat group, does it have a movie-like format to present the scenes we see in the group? 】

Zhu Houzhao's probing of the trumpet immediately attracted Cleveland's inquiries.

Silent movies have already appeared. The world's first movie was the moving image work "Roundhay Garden Scene" shot by French inventor Louis Prince on October 1888, 10. It lasted less than 14 seconds and 2 seconds. seconds, a total of 3 frames, recording 24 people walking around randomly. It is the first film in human history certified by IMDb, and is also included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the earliest known film.

Therefore, Cleveland already knew the artistic expression of film.

[Supreme Group Leader: This function will appear in the future. 】

Zhu Houzhao is naturally looking forward to this moment, but the current group points are not enough.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Okay, I understand! Your Majesty Li, maybe you can't understand our war, but maybe there is a chance that you can see it. 】

[Now, let me continue talking about President Grant’s past. 】

The topic was brought back again.

[Li Xuan, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty: Okay, I’ll look forward to it. 】

[American Yingzong Cleveland: I just mentioned that President Grant was the first president to graduate from West Point Military Academy. In fact, after graduating from the military academy, President Grant’s military career was not very smooth. The two years after graduation were considered difficult. Until we went to war with Mexico in 1846, President Grant was under the command of Zachary Taylor. At that time, President Zachary Taylor was not the president, but a general... Anyway, after the baptism of war, President Grant became an outstanding Commander and soldier, this laid the foundation for his subsequent civil war. 】

[But after the war, he had nothing to do... During this period, he resigned from the army and returned home to continue farming. 】

[If there was no civil war, we in the United States might have one more farmer, but there would be one less great general! 】

[Meili Zong Grant: Haha, Cleveland, there is no need to beautify me. After the Mexican-American War, military life was too boring. I was ordered out of the army because I drank too much. Besides... I was just dawdling around at West Point Military Academy, and received more than 280 punishments...]

Grant was more practical and immediately discovered Cleveland's style of writing and concealed his shortcomings and blemishes.

He immediately added bluntly.

Sure enough... generals with military talents are indeed not very disciplined.

Zhu Houzhao was happy. Grant's story also reminded him of many famous Chinese generals. Naturally, these famous generals were not upright, and they also had some anecdotes.

For example, Lan Yu... has never been a person who follows the rules.

[Meixuanzong Jackson: Haha, Grant...you do have the smell of a soldier! 】

Jackson would also smile and feel Grant's style.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Well, President Grant, don’t you need to beautify it? Then I'll try to be as objective as possible! 】

Cleveland was also a little surprised, but he thought that the old and rough generals he saw were indeed rough and practical.

Roosevelt was like this, and Grant was like this. They almost didn't like to follow the rules.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: I will continue! Anyway, as we all know...the Civil War came, President Grant re-enlisted in the army, and then quickly demonstrated his military talents. After winning wars one after another, he was finally appointed commander-in-chief of the Union Army by President Lincoln...leading the federal army to the final victory. 】

[But such a victory... also led to the assassination of President Lincoln. 】

[When President Lincoln dies...his Vice President takes over as President. 】

[It was just Andrew Johnson who was president for only four years...Four years later, our war hero General Grant was successfully elected president! 】

[During his first term, President Grant generally acted in accordance with the Republican radicals’ program for southern reconstruction in domestic affairs, bringing a certain degree of political democracy to the southern states. In diplomacy, he implemented a "neutral policy" and did not interfere with the Franco-Prussian War in Europe, allowing us in the United States to focus on dealing with domestic issues. 】

[However... President Grant was unlucky... During his term, many scandals broke out due to corruption within the Republican Party. In addition, the South has been unstable, and the liberation of black slaves brought hatred from whites. The Ku Klux Klan All kinds of killings of black people... In short, President Grant...should not have an easy job. 】

[Meili Zong Grant: Cleveland, you don’t have to put in a good word for me. Compared with outstanding presidents such as President Lincoln and President Jackson, you can just say that I am a poor president. 】

Grant even felt Cleveland's euphemism and directly admitted that he couldn't do it well.

Lincoln and the others had known this before, but seeing Grant's straightforwardness, they still felt a little emotional.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Well...Okay, President Grant, I'll be more direct. Anyway, although you didn't do a good job, compared to the Republican presidents who followed, it was already good! In short, after President Grant served two terms... he immediately started traveling around the world.

[He took his wife and youngest son to visit various countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. Traveled throughout the UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, France, Egypt, Palestine, Norway, and Russia. He is the first outgoing president in our American history to travel across the ocean to visit Africa and Asia. 】

[After returning from traveling around the world, he also visited Latin America, the Caribbean and Mexico. Everywhere he went, dignitaries and citizens from various countries regarded him as a hero of our American freedom war. 】

[Then...this series of actions also earned President Grant a reputation. He ran for election again...but the Republican Party disagreed...President Grant was also the first person in our current history to want to be president for a third term. 】

[However... President Grant may also be lucky not to be president. Otherwise...he might be assassinated instead of President Garfield. 】

[However... history is ultimately regrettable. President Grant only lived four years longer than Garfield... Your life ended in July 1885, at the age of 7. 】

Cleveland has finished telling Grant's life in one breath.

[Meili Zong Grant: 63 years old, does that mean I only have less than six years to live? It was in vain that I wanted to continue to be president. Now it seems... maybe I should spend more time with my family. 】

After learning the date of his life, Grant suddenly lost interest.

[Mercy Lincoln: Grant, compared to me, are you doing better? I have less than a year to live here. 】

[Meliezu Louis XVI: Make sure everyone in the group can live the same life. You are 63, I am only 38, His Majesty Li is 27, and His Majesty Yuwen in front of me ended his life at the age of 22 or 23. . 】

Grant's exclamation did not arouse the sympathy of the president in the group, but instead caused Louis XVI to complain.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Yes! President Grant, there is no need to be depressed. Your life is really exciting enough, and...you don't know what your death means to us in the United States. 】

[If the death of His Majesty Louis XVI is the celebration of their French people, your death... is really a loss for us American citizens. 】

[Your death prompted condolences and tributes across the United States. On August 1885, 8, New York City held the largest public gathering in the United States to date, President Grant's funeral procession and funeral. General Winfield Hancock led a cavalry at the head of the funeral procession, and 8 troops followed behind your coffin. Guarded by this seven-mile-long funeral procession totaling 37000 million people, your coffin was Arriving at Riverside Park in New York City. Your funeral was the greatest funeral in our American history! 】

[Not only that... Westminster Abbey in London, England also held a packed memorial service for you! You are absolutely one of the greatest human beings. ] At this moment, Cleveland went a little further and talked about America's reaction after Grant's death.

[Merceron Roosevelt: Yes! President Cleveland's description is not an exaggeration at all. You would never have imagined that 12 years after your death, in 1897, on the 75th anniversary of your birth, your coffin would be moved to a magnificent neoclassical granite tomb on the banks of the Hudson River in Manhattan, New York. When you were buried, there were more than one million people watching you off. President William McKinley at the time commented: "Great lives last forever."]

[You are truly the eternal life of our America! 】

Speaking of this, Roosevelt also added a more important point with some emotion.

[Meili Zong Grant: Huh? I...I...I actually enjoy such an honor? 】

The two supplementary descriptions immediately shocked Grant. He obviously did not expect that his death would be so sensational.

[Meliezu Louis XVI: What? Isn't it? You are talking about Grant's funeral, why do you want to compare it with me? What is the French national carnival about my death! ? 】

Louis XVI was immediately filled with questions. He never expected that he could be compared like this.

Where is the conscience of these people?
[American Taizong Jefferson: One and a half million people were buried, and twelve years later, more than one million people were still buried! The great life is immortal! Phew, this President Grant in our group, I can see how great he is! It’s really unbelievable that we in the United States have such a great figure! 】

The scale of such funerals and birthdays also made Jefferson unable to help but sigh.

[American Taizu Washington: More than 1.5 million people! That's almost half of our population now...Grant, are you really that great? This... I feel a little shocked. 】

At this time, Washington was in a mixed mood. He even wondered whether his funeral would be of such a large scale. After all, he was the founding father of the United States.

But he thought quickly... Absolutely not!
There are not many people in America now.

[Meixuanzong Jackson: This is the real American fighting hero! Grant, I didn’t expect you to be so good! 】

Jackson was also impressed.

[Mercy Lincoln: I'm a little jealous... I just want to ask, will my funeral be of such a scale? 】

Lincoln felt even more sad, especially when he thought about his family's fate. He also wanted to see how big his funeral would be.

[Meili Zong Grant: Well, this... President Lincoln, are you still envious of me? But...you really don't mind, your funeral is grander than mine. Why do you feel a little weird talking about this topic? But I also happened to be at your funeral, so let’s talk about your funeral too. 】

[Your death... is our greatest loss to the United States! 】

[In order to commemorate you, a president who is greater than me, we held a funeral ceremony for you that spanned three weeks and 21 days. It can be said to be the most luxurious funeral ceremony among all previous presidents - we drove a train to carry you Lincoln Travel all over the United States with his remains! 】

[I still remember that day. On April 1865, 4, the train carrying your body, President Lincoln, set off from Washington. It is estimated that more than 19 people attended the funeral train launch ceremony and memorial service. Then to allow citizens to pay their last respects to you, the President, as the train passes by, the newspaper also publishes a schedule for the funeral train. 】

[The funeral train consists of nine carriages, including luggage carriages, hearse carriages, as well as living rooms and bedrooms for officials and President Lincoln's family. 】

[The train passes through seven states and circles President Lincoln's route when he traveled to Washington in 1861 to be elected president. In some places, trains would also stop to carry the coffin to the state capitol or municipal building for people to pay their respects. Almost millions of people flocked to the train to pay their respects to President Lincoln. Some media once estimated that, Approximately 2500 million people attended the funeral train memorial service. 】

Grant also quickly commented on the scale of Lincoln's funeral.

[Merceron Roosevelt: Yes, I still remember that grand occasion. I was only 6 years old at the time, and I witnessed the grand ceremony of President Lincoln's funeral from the window sill in New York. At that time... I was not afraid of the presidents' laughter. I even swore that I wanted to be a great president like you. 】

At this time, Roosevelt also added something. He also expressed the emotion that a man should have.

[Mercy Lincoln: Ah... I had the most luxurious funeral! Driving the train spared seven states... millions of people, twenty-five million people attended the funeral memorial. This this……】

Lincoln was shocked to learn that his funeral was so luxurious and grand.

[American Taizu Washington: I...I'm jealous! 】

I thought Grant's funeral was an exaggeration, but Lincoln's was even more exaggerated. Washington was immediately jealous.

[Merezu Louis XVI: This...Lincoln, Grant, are you sure this is respect and luxury? Why do I feel like Lincoln is parading through the streets? They wouldn't let him live in peace even after he died...and dragged his body around for 21 days? 】

Louis XVI was also a little unhappy. When comparing his death to France's national carnival, he became even more unhappy and directly criticized him.

[Li Xuan, Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty: I feel the same way... Grant's funeral was not bad, it was normal, and he was worthy of enjoying your American Ancestral Temple. But Lincoln, I also feel strange about your funeral. The scale is indeed so huge that I can't imagine it, but... isn't it important to pay attention to the burial ceremony, and the nine-car train pulls the coffin? Kowloon coffin? Dragging Lincoln's body through the streets like this for 21 days, and showing it to 2500 million people... Can it be tolerated if there are really so many people? 】

I didn't expect that the topic would reach this point without realizing it.

Zhu Houzhao was indeed a little shocked at first, but he didn't expect so many people to spontaneously express their feelings.

Grant, a general who ended the American Civil War, is truly deserving of such courtesy and deserves to enjoy the American Temple.

But Lincoln's funeral tasted different from his perspective.

What they pay attention to here is that the dead are the most important, and they are buried in peace! It was not a good sight to see Lincoln being assassinated, but he was paraded through the streets like this.

Nine cars filled with fire pull the coffin... This is not the Nine Dragons pulling the coffin. Although it has a sense of ritual, it is still very strange.

One more thing is.

Zhu Houzhao now knows the scale of the funeral of the President of the United States. Combined with the Zhu Yuanzhang Shuangchen worship activities currently held by the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang does feel a bit shabby.

Even the scale of the funeral of a prime minister in the United States is not comparable.

How about...we also organize 1.5 million people to come and pay our respects?

It is impossible for Ming Dynasty to be compared with the United States in this regard.

As for Lincoln being worshiped in this way of being pulled into the coffin by Kowloon.

Sorry, Zhu Houzhao really can't accept it.

[Mercy Lincoln: Well...I was a little moved at first, but when the two majesties said this, I felt strange. Are there really 3100 million people? Before the war, we only had about million people. We lost million in the civil war. This is about million, which is not the right number. What’s more... can those southern states come to see us off? 】

Lincoln was still shocked, but after Zhu Houzhao and Louis XVI said this, he came to his senses.

It's a bit weird indeed.

Especially combined with Cleveland's previous conspiracy theory, he couldn't think too much about it.

[Meili Zong Grant: Huh? It feels strange, President Lincoln, why do you have such an idea? 】

[Messerson Roosevelt: His Majesty Louis XVI and His Majesty Lee, don’t look at this matter with your monarch’s thinking. I think it is normal. This is a way for us American people to express our respect. As for President Lincoln your weird twenty-five million people...the media loves to exaggerate! There should be millions of people, and you are fully worthy of the respect of our American people. 】

Grant and Roosevelt felt strange and quickly explained that they even thought they were deliberately setting the pace.

[American Yingzong Cleveland: Haha, President Lincoln, if they don’t do this, how can they show your greatness. 】

Cleveland decisively did not say much, and only said one specious statement. To be honest... he was really afraid that Lincoln would see this situation and not vote for the South.

[Meili Zong Grant: Huh? 】

[Merceron Roosevelt: President Cleveland, why do your words sound wrong to me? 】

The two backward presidents directly felt that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)