On August 13, 1864, the Congress of the United States of America, after a marathon of difficult discussions and votes, finally narrowly passed the "Armistice Reparations of 450 Million Pounds". Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info [

Of course, the current United States of America will not be able to come up with the 450 million pounds in any way. Mexico and the Confederate States of America, on the other hand, refused to withdraw their troops from the Great Lakes region without receiving reparations, and had to levy occupation fees in the occupied territories.

(Mexico can get 360 million pounds, which is of course not owned by Mexico alone, but is divided equally between China, France and Mexico, but the three countries spent no less than this amount on the North American war, so in fact the three countries did not have any cash benefits.) On the contrary, the British Empire sold arms and usury, and made a lot of money. ）

As a last resort, the government of the United States of America gritted its teeth and borrowed a 30-year loan of 500 million pounds from a syndicate of British banks with 7% usury (as well as handling fees, fees for the promotion of the occupation forces, and relief costs for the people in the occupied territories) to settle the war, no, to temporarily stop this war that broke the hearts of every American. For the more than 20 million citizens of the United States of America, this reparations is an unusually heavy burden. Although only £500 million was borrowed, over the next 30 years, the United States would need to repay about £1.08 billion, including various fees and interest, an average of £36 million a year.

In addition, in order to raise military funds in wartime, the Government of the United States of America issued gold bonds worth 500 million pounds — bonds that could not be repaid with federal banknotes, but were repaid in gold or the equivalent in hard currency. These bonds come with interest. And put the people of the United States of America on the back of nearly £40 million a year for the next 20 years.

In addition, the Government of the United States of America lent more than £200 million to banks in Great Britain, Austria and Russia during the war for the purchase of weapons and equipment and grain. These loans will also need to be repaid over many years to come.

In general, even without taking into account the domestic debt that can be repaid in dollars. Since 1865, the United States of America has spent more than £100 million a year in cash to pay off various debts. This figure was almost astronomical in the mid-19th century.

In addition to the reparations, the territory of the United States of America has decreased by more than two-thirds compared to before the war!

According to the tentative agreement reached at the London Peace Conference, the United States of America could only retain Maine, Wimote, New Hamp, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and eastern Montana (still Montana), leaving only nineteen states. Although the industrial areas of the Great Lakes region were recovered, the coal-rich West Virginia region was transferred to the Confederate States in the South.

And on top of the land lost by the United States of America. Now two countries have emerged. One of them, of course, is the Confederate States of America, which includes most of the agricultural areas of the southern and central United States. Almost all of the richest agricultural regions in the world belong to this new country, which bears the same name of America, and its more than 10 million people.

The rest of the West, including the vast expanses of the Rocky Mountains and the Colorado Plateau, became the land of the predominantly Chinese-based Kingdom of California—for this arrangement. Public opinion in the British Empire, the Russian Empire, the Austrian Empire, and the United States of America itself was naturally in an uproar. It is considered a great victory for the yellow race over the white race! The Congress of the United States passed the Chinese Exclusion Act in the highest tone. Forever forbid the Chinese to enter the lands of the United States, including diplomats!

With a soft snap, Zhu Jishi threw the message sent by Wu Chunqiu on the table. The look on his face seemed to be smiling, a little playful, and a little dignified. The farcical Chinese Exclusion Act is simply a joke. There are still more than 100,000 armed Chinese in the United States of America who are still working on the land of the United States of America and collecting occupation fees, and the United States will not retreat until Empress Mathilde receives a huge sum of 360 million pounds, and the United States has passed a thousand Chinese Exclusion Acts.

However, Zhu Jishi doesn't have much schadenfreude now, and now the experience of the United States of America reminds him of the German Empire that was defeated in World War I in history! It is the same land loss, the same huge compensation, and the same industrialized power. Although the industrial infrastructure of the United States suffered heavy losses in the war, the foundation of their rebuilding industry is still there.

Because of the opposition of the Confederates, France, and the United Kingdom, Zhu had no choice but to let the United States of America keep Minnesota—the Confederates did not want to occupy too much federal land, which would make their country potentially another federation. France also did not want the Allied Powers to build strong industries, and Napoleon III had already made them dumping markets for French, German, and Italian industrial goods and a source of agricultural goods. At the same time, both France and the Allied States hoped that a peace treaty could be signed as soon as possible, and both of them were tired of the long war at home...... In particular, the new Japanese coalition with Paraguay had just crushed the Argentine army in South America, giving the Bonaparte family the opportunity to take the Argentine throne. Now Napoleon III needed to transfer his military forces from North America to South America. This will undoubtedly give the United States of America a chance for revival!

In addition, the United States of America, like Germany in history, has a racial enemy that can unite its people - the enemies of the German Empire are the Jews, and the enemies of the United States of America are undoubtedly the Chinese! Maybe at some point in the future, the United States of America will have a figure like Hitler? Emperor Zhu thought uncertainly in his heart. The expression on his face became more and more solemn.

Sitting next to Zhu Jishi after reading the telegram were Zuo Zongtang, Guo Songtao, Miao Peilin, Zeng Guofan, Weng Tongyi, and several others, all of whom had come to discuss with Emperor Zhu how to use to counter the "Chinese Exclusion Act" of the United States. The current Ming Empire is not the Qing Empire in history, whoever wants to exclude China must be prepared to bear the retaliation of the Ming Empire - only revenge without protest, the Ming Empire never protests.

Zhu Jishi was silent for a moment, then turned his head and began to ask Zuo Zongtang: "Prime Minister Zuo, what do you think about the affairs of the Anglo-American dualistic empire?" Now that the situation in the United States of America is very bad, I am afraid that combining with Britain is the best way out, right? ”

Zuo Zongtang has been busy with the integration of Mongolia recently, and Emperor Zhu has moved his mouth, and the courtiers below are about to break their legs. Now Emperor Zhu's more than 1,000 Mongol vassals have expressed their stance and unanimously support Greater China. There are hundreds of thousands of lamas (what a lot!). Under the leadership of the Four Living Buddhas, he has begun to publicize everywhere that the Ming Emperor is the incarnation of Sakyamuni or something. At present, the Mongols believe in lamas very much, and Emperor Zhu's control of the four living Buddhas naturally controls the minds of the Mongols. In fact, if the integration policy is not implemented, there will be no problems in a few decades, but in the future, the Mongolian people will always open up the wisdom of the people, and when they have a national consciousness, it will be difficult to integrate.

Therefore, taking advantage of this favorable opportunity, the Ming court immediately changed the name of the Kazakh Khanate to the Xihua Kingdom, and at the same time approved all the Mongols in the Xihua Kingdom to enter China, and established 15 new counties and 60 towns in one fell swoop as areas for these Mongolians to settle for livestock or cultivate agricultural land. On the basis of these new counties and towns, it is also planned to resettle another million Han Chinese immigrants and Mongolian immigrants who have entered China. There are so many things to die of, and Zuo Zongtang, the head assistant of the Ming cabinet, really doesn't have much spare energy to pay attention to the Anglo-American dual system. However, after thinking about it for a while, he also knew that this matter would definitely be unfavorable to Da Ming. Hearing Zhu Jishi's question, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is very unfavorable to us, and we have to stir up the yellow anyway." (To be continued.) )