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Chapter 938 Destroying the Soul of America
"James Madison went to Boston, and if he accepts the Duke of Wellington's offer, this battle will soon be over."

Outside Richmond, at the Hezhou army camp, Prince Chen, Mo Zhoujin, slammed his fist heavily on the table in anger.

"The English really think we're mercenaries. Whether we fight this war or not, and how we fight it, is not up to them!"

"Thirteenth Brother, don't be anxious." Prince Yan, Mo Zhouzhen, wasn't angry at all. He even chuckled and advised Mo Zhoujin, "Do you think Americans can go back and become New Englanders again?"

"How could we possibly go back? Unless the Regent of England, George, is willing to move the capital from London to Washington and then nominate John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and now James Madison, among others."

"Hmph, they have to be from the highest nobility; positions must also be allocated to these people among the ministers of the Senate and the Council of State."

Chen Wang Mo Zhoujin was quite clear-headed about this.

An Anglo-American alliance is not entirely impossible, but it requires a choice between two options: the British army completely suppressing American resistance and the Kingdom of England ceding at least half of its power to the Americans.

At least one of these two conditions must be met for the UK and the US to merge.

The former has been proven to be completely unworkable in the two Anglo-American wars, and the current situation was only achieved with the help of more than 40,000 troops from the Dayu Hezhou Army.

The Duke of Wellington naturally understood this, so he took the latter step, attempting to persuade the English nobles to cede some of their power to the great nobles of America in order to complete the Anglo-American unification.

"That's the downside of aristocratic politics. I'm saying that English politics is still stuck in the late Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period. Does anyone agree with that?"

After Yan Wang Mo Zhouzhen said that, the atmosphere in the room immediately became much more relaxed, and the civil and military officials couldn't help but chuckle.

"The King of England is about to become the ruler of Jin, but he is restrained by a large number of ministers and officials and cannot move at all."

However, these Westerners were quite an anomaly. They didn't even have an imperial examination system, but miraculously rose to the top of the world because of the Age of Exploration, leaving us far behind. They were truly extraordinary!

Therefore, I believe the fate of the English royal family will be much better than that of the Jin royal family, because times are progressing and productivity is advancing.

However, this also meant that the English royal family could only rely on the great nobles and capitalists of London, and had little room for maneuver in terms of power.

Wellington's attempt to accomplish these things by relying on the English monarchy was a miscalculation; he still thought this was the early days of King George III.

Upon hearing this, Wang Ding, Mo Zhouzhen's most important minister, the chief secretary of the Northern Hezhou Protectorate, and the chief administrator of the Yan Prince's residence, also chuckled and joked:
"There's another possibility: if the Duke of Wellington could become Cromwell, the Protector of the Kingdom, this matter might also be accomplished!"

"Hahahaha!" Even Chen Wang Mo Zhoujin, who was still angry, was amused.

"Let them make peace. Thirteen, bring your warships and merchant ships. We're going to attack Caogu. After we've taken Caogu, we'll retreat!"

Prince Yan, Mo Zhouzhen, had already decided to withdraw, because his 40,000 troops did not march all the way from Mexico to the American mainland, and then through Georgia, Virginia, and North and South Carolina to reach Richmond.

Instead, they were transported by English warships and transport ships, landing at the mouth of the James River and heading directly towards Richmond.

Therefore, if Britain and the United States reach a settlement, he must leave, and he must leave as soon as possible. If he leaves too late and is tricked by the English, it would be a great loss.

The "grass-grabbing" that Mo Zhouzhen mentioned naturally referred to the plundering of neighboring Virginia and North Carolina.

The United States of America today has a population of approximately 6.4 million, about 800,000 fewer than the 7.2 million population at the same time in history.

Of the remaining 800,000, most were of Irish and French descent, and the majority of them were snatched away by Da Yu.

The hundreds of thousands of Irish farm laborers in Southeast Asia and Dazhanzhou, and the more than 200,000 Frenchmen on the west coast of Beihezhou, were originally supposed to go to America.

Of these 6.4 million people, approximately 1.2 million were enslaved Africans, around 600,000 Native Americans, and over 100,000 free Africans. The actual number of white North Americans was only around 4 million.

Of these four million white North Americans, approximately 15 percent, or 600,000 people, are medium to large-sized ranchers.

They are the core of the United States of America, controlling every aspect of the country, and are a key target of the Great Yu.

At that time, the thirteen colonies of North America had little industry and were mainly engaged in agriculture, textiles, and fishing. The most important asset of these medium and large-scale plantation owners was their more than one million black slaves.

These black men from Africa have been carefully selected, adapted to the North American climate, are skilled in agricultural techniques, can communicate fluently in English, and have been tamed to a very gentle temperament. They are a very valuable asset.

That's right. At this time, a mild-mannered black man who has worked in North America for two or three years is really valuable, especially a strong and healthy one who can be used for breeding.

At that time, Southern slave owners in the United States wouldn't feel bad about the death of a bunch of white farmhands, but the death of a few black slaves would make them grieve so much they would roll on the ground in sorrow.

What Mo Zhouzhen wanted to take away were at least 50,000 black slaves from Virginia and North Carolina, as well as some Irish laborers.

Even though the colonies in Dayu did not have the habit of using black slaves, Mo Zhouzhen still plundered extensively in order to weaken the national power of the United States as much as possible.

"My lord, I hope you can mobilize and tell the farmers in Virginia and North Carolina who don't have much land."

"If they are willing to come with us, I will give them large tracts of land in Louisiana, along with a horse, a cow, and some farm tools free of charge. We will also provide loans, and the agricultural taxes for the first three years will be waived."

Mo Zhouzhen sent the Marquis of Lafayette to persuade not black slaves and Irish laborers, but American farmers with a dozen or twenty acres of land.

We can't use force against these people, because they have guns. If we provoke them, the Hezhou Corps won't be able to successfully advance into Virginia and North Carolina to raid.

Well, the idea that everyone in the United States would own a gun in later generations is a joke, because how can you fight an army with just an M16!

However, at this time, a flintlock musket could indeed make the army wary, because the army also used flintlock muskets. Even in the Great Yu Dynasty, the needle-firing musket was only equipped to elite troops.

"As you command, Your Majesty. Such generous terms will surely attract many people." Marquis Lafayette saw that the price offered by Mo Zhouzhen was quite good, so he naturally didn't mind making the trip.

Although Louisiana has only tens of thousands of people and is basically a primitive area without mountains to block cold air and hurricanes, it can still be transformed as long as the government is willing to invest.

"Then let's get started!" Mo Zhouzhen gave the order to proceed, but he emphasized it again.

"Remember, we only target farm owners who control more than thirty slaves; we don't rob ordinary people."

Even if it's a farmer, as long as he doesn't resist, we only want his weapons, livestock, and slaves.

Upon seeing the civil and military officials, especially the French led by the Marquis of Lafayette, leave, Prince Yan, Mo Zhouzhen, stopped his thirteenth brother, Prince Chen, Mo Zhoujin, and his nephew, Prince Zhongshan, Mo Guangzhi.

"We need to appear angry and put the Duke of Wellington under the most pressure."

The greater the pressure, the more Wellington had to invest to combat it, resulting in excessive sunk costs and making him hesitant to abandon his Anglo-American unification strategy.

Mo Zhouzhenying smiled slyly, "For us, is the United States the biggest threat? Definitely not!"

"They only have a little over four million people. If we fight them for eight to ten years, making their lives miserable, they'll naturally break down and beg for peace. Especially after the Port-au-Birkenau railway is completed, and the Pacific Fleet can be stationed there, the United States won't even have a naval advantage. What will they have to fight against us, with our motherland backing them!"

"What does Fifth Uncle think is our biggest threat?" Seventeen-year-old Mo Guangzhi, dressed in a senior colonel's uniform, looked at Mo Zhouzhen with a smile.

Mo Zhouzhen grabbed a pencil from the table and threw it at him, saying, "You little rascal, you're testing your own uncle! You seem to know the answer, so tell me, let's see if we're thinking the same thing."

Mo Guangzhi chuckled, caught the flying pencil with his left hand, and pulled a crumpled booklet from his shirt pocket with his right hand, as if he had picked it up from somewhere.

"This is it, the Declaration of Independence!"

Mo Zhouzhen laughed heartily, "As expected of a fine son of the Mo family, now I no longer worry that you can't control Lafayette and his men."

"That's right, the greatest threat to us is this Declaration of Independence. It is the soul of the Americans, their ancestral temples and state, the foundation they built in blood and fire."

Without this, they wouldn't be Americans, but a bunch of European peasants!

“I understand now, I understand why you tolerated the Duke of Wellington so much, and even somewhat supported his ideas,” Chen Wang Mo Zhoujin said with sudden realization.

"Any action by the Duke of Wellington to force the Americans to surrender, or to try to turn the Americans back into English, would seriously damage the independence of the Americans and their independent spirit."

“Thirteenth Brother isn’t in a hurry now, haha!” Mo Zhouzhen couldn’t help but laugh smugly. “The more Wellington does, the more damage it will do to the Americans.”

We'll play along with him until we've exhausted all the American spirit in this tug-of-war, then everything will be fine.

King Mo Guangzhi of Zhongshan pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "What if Wellington really manages to accomplish this?"

“That is destiny!” Mo Zhouzhen answered decisively: “Man proposes, God disposes. Wellington is just a country bumpkin who got his high position through military achievements. He has never seen how deep the waters of Downing Street are. He even worshipped the wrong temple.”

Besides a naive enthusiasm, he had nothing.

If he can accomplish this so easily, I can't think of any other possibility besides divine intervention.

If that happens, the three of us—uncle and nephew—will rely on the Mississippi River to confront the English across the river!

“That makes sense!” Mo Guangzhi paused for a moment, then nodded. “Fifth Uncle, why don’t we give Wellington a little more support?”

I want to write to Uncle Xia and ask him to have Princess Mary, the Fifth Prince's aunt, find some allies for Wellington in England, and also to give the newspapers a shouting match to make the situation even bigger, so that Wellington and James Madison won't be able to back down!

Boston.

Wellington was alarmed when he heard that the Da Yu Hezhou army was preparing to retreat and had requested transport ships and warships from England for cover.

He looked southwest toward Richmond and murmured, “I would rather he be as angry as Napoleon than have such a calm opponent.”

If I don't complete the unification of Britain and America quickly, the future of Northern Hemisphere will certainly not belong to England, nor to the Europeans.

As someone who rose through the ranks from the bottom, the Duke of Wellington knew that some people who appeared fierce and swift were not necessarily as powerful as they seemed.

Such people's weaknesses are almost always exposed to everyone, and as long as a method is found, they can definitely be dealt with.

Take Napoleon, for example. He was powerful and fierce, but his weaknesses were obvious. From the moment you met him, you knew how to deal with him; the only question was whether you could do it.

However, facing an opponent like Mo Zhouzhen, who was extremely patient and shrouded himself in layers of mist and armor, Wellington could hardly sense any anger from him, leaving him with a painful feeling of not knowing where to begin.

“There’s also the problem of Catholics. If we can’t reconcile Protestants with Catholics, we’ll never truly control Ireland and never be able to unleash our full national power,” Wellington muttered, suppressing his apprehension about Mo Zhouzhen.

Every young English politician who hasn't been beaten down by the stench of Downing Street is so naive, dreaming of changing the country, but after being wounded, they 'come to their senses' and eventually become part of this decay.

Wellington's history is a prime example. He attempted to unite everyone to eradicate England's ills, but in the end, if he hadn't been so militarily accomplished, George IV would have almost targeted him.

End of March 1815.

The 40,000-strong Da Yu Hezhou Army began sweeping through Virginia and North Carolina, and once again defeated the militias of Virginia and North Carolina at the Battle of Lynchburg.

More than 4,000 militiamen from the two prefectures were killed or wounded, and more than 2,000 were captured, completely losing their ability to engage in a direct battle with the Hezhou Army Corps.

Subsequently, the Hezhou Corps looted Thomas Jefferson's house, taking away 400 livestock of various kinds, more than 500 black slaves, and more than 100 guns.

The home of the third president of the United States was near Lynchburg, so this was a huge loss.

Even the president's only surviving child, his eldest daughter Martha Washington Jefferson, would have almost become a spoil of war for the Hezhou Army if she hadn't run away quickly.

After defeating the main militia forces of Virginia and North Carolina, the Hezhou Corps, in units of around a thousand men, began raiding and plundering, at one point penetrating as far as the area around Fort Moriarty in the Appalachian Plateau.

This place, which would later be called Charlton in the United States, was already close to Ohio, and the famous Lexington was nearby.

So General James Jefferson, who was still in Boston negotiating with the Duke of Wellington, was taken aback and quickly accepted some of the Duke's insignificant conditions.

The American Congress subsequently expressed its willingness to send Thomas Jefferson, the third president who had suffered the greatest losses in the Hezhou campaign, to London to discuss the future with the King of England and Parliament.

However, the Americans were still quite resistant to the English. Even at this point, these powerful figures who controlled the thirteen states could only accept the personal union and did not agree to a direct merger.

At the same time, they imposed a host of conditions on England, such as the requirement that American textiles and other industrial products should receive the same treatment as English goods in Europe.

England was required to purchase large quantities of American agricultural products and repeal the anti-slavery trade laws that had already been passed.

After the formation of the Commonwealth, England had to send its navy to aid the United States in the Mississippi River battle between the three vassal states of Da Yu and He Zhou.

In short, with these demands that were essentially impossible for England to agree to, Thomas Jefferson accompanied the Duke of Wellington to London, ready to make exorbitant demands and then negotiate a fair deal.

At this time, because the alliance had not yet ended, the Duke of Wellington had to order the English Navy to assist the three vassal states of Hezhou in withdrawing their troops.

In order to prevent the Hezhou Legion from continuing to plunder Virginia and North Carolina, the Duke of Wellington even sent a large amount of supplies, including grain, cured meat, fruit and rum, to reward the army.

Mo Zhouzhen also had a great time looting. The thirteen states of North America were a good place. In just one and a half months, the Hezhou Legion looted more than 30,000 head of livestock, more than 20,000 black slaves, and took away more than 17,000 farmers who did not have much land.

In addition, the gold, silver and other treasures amounted to at least a million silver dollars. With such a huge haul, the soldiers lost all will to fight and it was time to go back and properly develop Louisiana.

(End of this chapter)