America 1869: A Doppelganger Every Day

1871 1 Month 3 Day.

The Little Days World and the Chinese American Daily both published an explosive news story at the same time.

The Russian Far East General consolidated the army and navy fleets, designated the entire Far East as an autonomous region, and also recruited 200 million immigrants from China to form an army of 10.

Currently, in addition to maintaining internal stability, the 10-strong army has also deployed tens of thousands of troops on both the borders between the Qing Dynasty and the Soviet Union. Whether the Far East can achieve autonomy or even independence remains to be seen, but the prediction of the Five Ones has come true.

The prediction of the Five Ones has come true; does this mean Prussia is about to defeat France?

Last year, Napoleon III became the world's biggest joke and was arrested. Could it be that the newly established Third French Republic is also going to be defeated?

Following the reports in these two newspapers, other newspapers quickly followed suit, reprinting what they didn't know and disclosing what they did know little by little.

In just a few days, the situation in the Far East has been thoroughly analyzed by various international newspapers.

The final conclusion was that the Far East General had long wanted to make the Far East independent.

So I started immigrating to the Far East almost a year ago.

Currently, the Far East has well-developed infrastructure, and there is no shortage of food after the autumn harvest. In addition, the Far East region has purchased a large amount of food from China and South Korea, so there is no shortage of food in the short term.

Finally, the Far East region has its own arsenals, although they are in cooperation with others, they are still able to provide weapons and equipment to the Far East region.

Finally, there's the figure of 100,000 troops, which might be an exaggeration, but it should still be around 50,000 to 60,000.

With these 50,000 to 60,000 troops, they could completely withstand the Russian attack. As for the Qing Empire, no one believed that the Qing Empire would take action against the Far East.

The Russians even immediately relayed the message to their consul in the Qing Empire.

The Russian consul immediately met with Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty.

"The Far East belongs to our Russian country. We hope that the Qing Empire can immediately stop sending immigrants to the Far East."

"Otherwise, we, the Russian bear, would not mind continuing to wage war against the Qing Empire after we have regained the Far East."

After Empress Dowager Cixi politely saw the person off, her face darkened.

She summoned Prince Gong and several of her confidants, and said with a dark face.

"Tell me, everyone, what are we going to do next?"

"If I remember correctly, in just one year, just by immigrating people to the Far East, the immigration bureau earned tens of millions of taels of silver for the national treasury."

"If this immigration program ends, we'll lose a significant amount of government revenue."

"You should know that our annual fiscal revenue is only 80 million taels now, but last year, due to immigration, our fiscal revenue approached 100 million taels."

"No more than 50 of these were shipped to America; the rest all went to the Far East."

"Their Great Qing Empire may not have much else, but it has a large population."

"Those useless people who can't survive are better off becoming income for the national treasury of my Great Qing Empire."

"Moreover, since this person went to the Far East, they might still remember Daqing's kindness. If something happens to the Russians one day, we might be able to take back the Far East."

"The most important thing is the Far East. We have a lot of immigrants there. Even if the Russians take it back later, it will take them a long time to manage that area."

"In this way, they won't have time to deal with their Great Qing Empire."

"So I think the immigration process should continue. What do you think?"

Prince Gong nodded.

"Not only should we continue, we can even help our Far East general."

"However, we must sign an agreement with him before we help him."

"We can support him, but he must guarantee a strategic alliance with us and ensure that he will never again seize an inch of land from the Qing Empire in the Far East."

"If this Far East general can do it, then we will support him with all our might and provide him with people and supplies to the best of our ability."

"With enough supplies and an increased population, his army will grow. With a larger army, he can defend against the Russians. And if he defends against the Russians, our Northeast will be safe."

One of them had a sudden thought and said...

"If that's the case, can we also subdue this Far East General? Doesn't he want to establish an autonomous region? He can become an autonomous region of our Great Qing Empire."

He was met with a barrage of eye-rolls, and Prince Gong even said directly.

"If we really accept him, then we'll be completely at odds with the Russians."

"By then, we won't be able to control the Far East; it will be in their hands. And the Russians probably won't be able to retaliate against the Far East either, since it's far away and they don't have that much power yet."

"In the end, if the conflict continues, they will only be able to target us, sending troops to our northwest region, where we will suffer considerable losses."

"So we can help the Far East region. If it wants independence, we can support it secretly. But we absolutely cannot take the Far East."

Empress Dowager Cixi also said.

"Prince Gong is right, we can no longer take this land."

"First, contact the Far East General and see if he is willing to cooperate with us. If he is willing to cooperate, then from now on, our Northeast region will be completely safe."

New questions have been raised.

"What if this Far East general really declares independence and then tries to attack us again?"

After he finished speaking, he gave an awkward smile.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me. It was I who did not understand."

"If the Far East really becomes independent, the Russians will definitely not give up. They might fight each other for many years, and they simply won't be able to attack us."

"And if he does not declare independence, then this land in the Far East will become the autonomous region of the Far East General."

"In order to prevent the Russians from regaining control of this land, this Far Eastern general is even less likely to take action against us, and may even want to cooperate deeply with us."

While they were discussing this, the voice of a young eunuch came from outside.

Upon hearing that it was an envoy from the Far East General, everyone in the room's eyes lit up.

Empress Dowager Cixi smiled and looked at everyone as she spoke.

"What should we do next? That depends on this envoy."

Not long after, envoys from the Far East arrived.

The envoy representing the Far East was naturally an alter ego of Li Changsheng.

After bowing to Empress Dowager Cixi again, the clone spoke directly.

"Our Far East region has now become an autonomous region."

"The entire autonomous region is under the full authority of the Far East General. General, I came to the Great Qing Empire because I admire the culture of the Celestial Empire and want to return the Far East Autonomous Region to the Great Qing Empire. All I need to do is allow the Far East Autonomous Region to continue to be under your rule."