The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 672: America's flower of freedom is watered with blood, while India's flower of freedom
The ninth year of Tianli, early summer.

The oak door of the Sacramento State Capitol Building was closed, and the heavy curtains blocked the blazing California sun, leaving only a few rays of light seeping in through the gaps. In the dimness, Governor John Weller sat behind his large desk, tapping his fingers on the tabletop with a frown on his face.

Opposite him, former Governor John Bigler was using a very fine Japanese knife to sharpen a Cuban cigar bought from a Chinese store.

"We can't delay any longer. We must start the campaign against the Chinese right away!" After lighting a cigar with a "Skyfire" match produced by the Kingdom of Korea, Bigler finally spoke up. "The agents of those yellow monkeys have circled three more gold mines in the upper reaches of the Sacramento River. Now 50% of the gold veins in Northern California are controlled by the Chinese or their agents."

Governor Weller rubbed his temples. The front page of the San Francisco Chronicle on his desk read "Chinese workers pour into California, and workers' wages continue to decline." He looked up at the Irish union leader Carney sitting on the sofa and asked, "How many workers can your people organize?"

Carney grinned, revealing a few yellow teeth: "As long as the state government is willing to pay, I can organize 10,000 miners to rush into Chinatown in San Francisco."

“Only 10?” Weller sneered, “In the last midterm election, more than white voters in California voted!”

Carney gritted his teeth and said: "At least half of them joined the True Covenant Sect - either to get the devil's blessing so that they can dig more gold, or to marry Japanese wives."

"That still leaves 5 people!" Weller asked.

"They don't necessarily believe in Catholicism," Carney gritted his teeth, "and some of them look down on me as an Irishman! But most of them are cowards, afraid of the strength of the True Covenant faction, and unwilling to fight against them. They just want to dig up gold quickly and return to the East Coast to enjoy life!"

At this time, Oregon Governor Joseph Lane pushed the door open, his boots still stained with mud, obviously just rushed in from Oregon. He took off his cowboy hat, threw it on the table, and whispered to the Governor of California: "Hey, John, has your state legislature passed the anti-China funding?"

"No!" the Governor of California said angrily, "Those congressmen who believe in the true contract do not agree to exclude Chinese people, while those who do not believe in the true contract do agree to exclude Chinese people, but they will not give a penny!"

Joseph Ryan cursed and then sighed: "How can we discriminate against the Chinese without allocating funds? Do they think that if we give an order, the Chinese will leave on their own?"

Bigler stood up abruptly and said, "Why not first seize a few Chinese gold mines, auction them off to raise money, and then expand the state militia."

"They won't hand it over obediently," Weller shook his head. "There are many white lawyers working for the True Yorkists, and there are also their people among the judges in the state court. And they will also give money and women to corrupt the souls of white judges. So the state court is likely to reject the state government's application.

The most troublesome thing is that everyone in Hong Renzheng's True Contract faction has a gun, and they have also organized a militia and trained every month. Even if one or two mines are confiscated, they may take up arms! "

"Then let them shoot first!" Bigler slammed the table, causing a few drops of ink in the ink bottle to splash out. "As long as they dare to resist, we will have reason to declare martial law, and the federal army will have to move out at that time!"

Weller rolled his eyes. "Before the Chinese Exclusion Act was passed, the federal army in California only had three cavalry companies, and they were all in the south guarding against Mexicans! Recently, an infantry battalion was transferred here, and they are all abolitionists from the north, clamoring every day to go to Washington Territory to save black slaves. We can't count on these fools to exclude Chinese people."

William H. Wallace, the governor of Washington Territory, was sitting in the corner. He had brought the abolitionist battalion with him. He had been silent until now, but now he spoke slowly: "What about the Pacific Fleet? If they intervene..."

"Commodore Montgomery is a wily old man. He would never do something that would offend people!" said Oregon Governor Joseph Ryan. "And if the conflict caused by the state government's attempt to confiscate private property escalates to the point of dispatching the Pacific Fleet, there will probably be a huge uproar in Congress, right?"

The United States is a country that values ​​precedent. If the California state government dispatched the Pacific Fleet to confiscate a mine controlled by Chinese capital, could the federal government later dispatch the Atlantic Fleet to confiscate the black slaves of southern plantation owners (black slaves were also private property)?
In this case, wouldn't the Pacific Fleet and the Atlantic Fleet become a threat to the masters' private property?

That sounds so scary!

Aren’t the “gods” on Capitol Hill all in danger?
Carney gritted his teeth and said, "If private property was not involved, and it was just a 'clash' between white workers and Chinese thugs, with dozens of people killed, the newspaper would report it..."

"Okay!" Weller nodded, "But you can't do it in San Francisco. San Francisco's county magistrate Smith is a true Yorkist, and the police in the county or town police stations are also true Yorkists. If you go to San Francisco to attack Chinatown, you will most likely be shot by the police first. It is legal for the police to kill thugs!"

It is difficult for the federal government to manage states, and it is also difficult for states to manage counties. When county or town police shoot at foreign thugs to protect local private property, it is in line with American values. County or town police are all employed by local masters, so of course they have to protect their masters' property. If Governor Weller orders state soldiers to fire at county or town police, the state militia may regard Weller as a red ghost from Europe!
"So where should we go?" Carney was a little speechless. These American masters are too difficult to serve. They are so cautious when it comes to expelling Chinese. Can we really do a good job of expelling Chinese with these masters?
Weller patted the San Francisco Chronicle on the table and said, "Aren't wages falling recently? If wages fall, what should workers do?"

"We should strike!" Carney frowned when he mentioned the word "strike". "But the Chinese workers will not participate in the strike of our white union. Even if the wages in California are low, they are much higher than what they earn on the Pacific West Coast! If the Chinese do not participate, the strike will only make white workers unemployed."

Weller laughed and said, "Isn't this an excuse to provoke conflict? If the Chinese don't participate in the strike, they are sabotaging the strike of the white workers! Then..."

"Then we can fight!" Carney said excitedly.

"As long as fighting breaks out, I can declare a state of emergency in some areas," Weller said. "With a state of emergency, I can mobilize state troops to disarm both sides. If the Chinese are unwilling to disarm, it is rebellion! The federal government must intervene. If they disarm..."

William H. Wallace, the governor of Washington Territory, said coldly: "Then they are not worthy of this great country!"

"Yes!" said Bigler, "The flower of freedom in America needs to be watered with blood!"

Disarmed, then massacred. This is very American! The "gods" on Capitol Hill, the slave owners in the South only despised them and had no sympathy.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in Yu Garden, Shanghai.

Inside Dianchun Hall, the air was filled with sandalwood and cicadas chirped outside the window. Luo Yaoguo sat in the main seat, playing with a copper-cased bullet in his hand.

This is the latest "black technology" introduced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in Shanghai from the Smith & Wesson Company of the United States - the rimfire copper shell bullet. This bullet was designed in 1857 and introduced by the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau in 1858 as the bullet for the Tianli th Year revolver. The one in Luo Yaoguo's hand is a sample.

Shi Dakai sat on the left, his military uniform neatly arranged, his eyes fixed on the bullets in Luo Yaoguo's hand and the brand-new revolver on the table, as if thinking about how much role this new type of bullet could play on future battlefields?
Feng Yunshan, wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and with a calm expression, looked at Moore and Friedrich - these two "Heavenly Masters" were about to go to Korea to help King Yang Dong develop industry. It was unknown whether King Yang Dong would challenge the throne of the Heavenly King after the Korean Heavenly Kingdom developed?

Sitting on the right was the Queen of Jhansi who had come from afar. She was wearing an Indian silk sari, and the cinnabar on her forehead looked particularly bright under the candlelight. She came to ask for divination and paid a large sum of money through Maria. She didn't ask anything else but how India could get rid of British rule and win freedom?
"India can indeed get rid of British colonial rule, and this will definitely happen in the future!" Luo Yaoguo finally spoke, and the bullet hit the table with a "pop". Queen Jhansi, Moore and Friedrich, who got the answer, all showed joy.

However, Luo Yaoguo only said half of his words. He continued, "But the flower of freedom in India cannot be watered by the blood of martyrs! And it will not bloom and bear fruit soon."

Queen Jhansi asked, "Not soon. How long will it take?"

Luo Yaoguo replied: "After the World War I or World War II."

The Queen of Jhansi then asked: "Did India win independence because it defeated Britain?"

"No, I've said it before, the flower of India's freedom cannot be watered by the blood of martyrs!" Luo Yaoguo said, "Armed struggle cannot win India's independence and freedom."

"What?" Moore sneered, "We can't even fight with armed struggle. Are we going to kneel down and beg for independence from the British?"

"Hmm," Luo Yaoguo thought for a moment and said, "It's not begging, but cooperation and non-cooperation."

"What do you mean by cooperation and non-cooperation?" Friedrich asked, "Is it cooperation or non-cooperation?"

"Both," Luo Yaoguo said. "Cooperating with the British colonists, acting as their running dogs to oppress the Indian working people, and non-violent non-cooperation were all ways that the upper caste Indian upper class adopted to win India's national independence and freedom."

(End of this chapter)