1850 American Gold Tycoon

Chapter 590 To add fuel to the fire

"Is there still no one in the abolition state who can provide substantial help to John Brown?" Liang Yao summoned Pinkerton, the director of the California CIA, to Wei Xiuju in Sacramento to inquire about John Brown's situation.

John Brown, 59, was born into a poor white farmer family in Connecticut, northeastern America. Since his father was an abolitionist, Brown was influenced by anti-slavery ideas from an early age. When he grew up, John Brown was unsurprisingly influenced by his family tradition and grew up to be a staunch abolitionist.

John Brown was also one of the main organizers of the "Underground Railroad" movement. He transferred large numbers of escaped black slaves from the South through underground tunnels, successfully bypassing the tight blockade in the South and sending them to the North. Established prestige among blacks and many abolitionists.

In 1850, John Brown established a black armed organization in Springfield, the Gileadite League, to prepare for the armed struggle to liberate black people in the South.

In 1854, the Civil War broke out in Kansas, and John Brown resolutely led his Gileadite alliance to participate in this local civil war.

Because the armed personnel of the Alliance of Gilead were well-trained and had high morale, they truly participated in the Civil War in Kansas with the belief of liberating the black slaves in the South. Therefore, this armed force has thwarted the attacks of southern armed groups several times, causing the southern armed groups a huge headache.

John Brown's Gileadite Alliance is one of the few northern armed forces in the north that can fight head-on against the organized armed groups in the south, and even sometimes achieve victory.

Although the Confederacy of Gilead performed very well in the Kansas Civil War, John Brown lost patience with this local civil war that lasted for five years and failed to end.

John Brown believed that it was impossible to successfully emancipate all the black slaves in the South by just fighting in the frontier area of ​​Kansas.

He decided to do something big and go south directly to lead the armed uprising of black slaves in southern states and overthrow the local slave owners' rule.

It just so happened that Liang Yao now also wanted to use John Brown, a leading figure of the abolitionists, to create a big stir so that the Buchanan government would not be too idle and find something to do for them. Save them from always focusing on the west.

"After John Brown left Kansas, more than 20 die-hard loyalists were willing to follow him. The Yankees believed that it would be difficult for more than 20 of them to achieve anything. In addition, the South hated John Brown deeply, so no one was willing to follow him for the time being. Provide substantial assistance to John Brown," Pinkerton said.

"This kid talks about liberating Virginia all the time and plants the flag of freedom on every inch of the territory of the United States, so many people think he is a drunkard who likes to brag."

A mere twenty people wanted to liberate Virginia, the stronghold of the South and a land of outstanding people, which indeed sounded like drunken gibberish. It's not normal to be considered an alcoholic.

Liang Yao had heard a little about this ruthless man's deeds on the eve of the American Civil War. John Brown was not an alcoholic, but a respectable lunatic, a true abolitionist fighter. Give him a gun and give it to others. He really dared to lead more than 20 people straight to the southern nest of Weegee. Nia.

"Secretly send him a batch of arms." Liang Yao told Pinkerton, "This matter must be done covertly without leaving any trace, and smart people should be sent to do it. Do you understand?"

"Understood, I'll do it now." Pinkerton didn't know why Liang Yao supported an alcoholic, but since Liang Yao had already assigned him a task, he just followed Liang Yao's request. The general naturally had his own considerations in doing this.

After assigning the task to Pinkerton, Liang Yaosui prepared to go out and visit his mentor, former Minister of Finance Corwin, together with him.

Corwin had just settled in Sacramento yesterday and reluctantly accepted the house given to him by Gervin.

As a California senator and California secretary of state, Gervin, who usually has to take care of his own business, is already overwhelmed.

In addition, Gavin himself has mediocre abilities, so Gavin also hopes that Corwin can replace him as Secretary of State, and that he can also relieve himself of the heavy burden of Secretary of State. It happened that Liang Yao also had the idea of ​​setting an example and attracting eastern elites and capital to the west. So he and Gervin hit it off immediately and made an appointment to visit Kerwin together today and invite Kerwin to serve as Secretary of State.

As long as Corwin agrees to nod to be Secretary of State, Liang Yao greets Fremont and asks Fremont to nominate Corwin as Secretary of State. Finally, after going through the process in the State Assembly and Senate, Corwin can take office immediately.

Fremont also gave Ge Wen and Ke Wen face. Hearing that Ge Wen was going to visit Ke Wen with Liang Yao, he also expressed his willingness to visit Ke Wen together.

"In recognition of your outstanding performance in maintaining security in the western region and in the second U.S.-Mexico border conflict. President Buchanan has nominated you as a candidate for lieutenant general, and the nomination has been sent to the Senate for voting." After meeting Liang After Yao Yao, Ge Wen congratulated Liang Yao with joy.

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

Needless to say, Lieutenant General America’s gold content goes without saying.

Once Liang Yao's nomination as lieutenant general is passed by the Senate, Liang Yao will become the third lieutenant general in the United States after Washington, the founding president, and Scott, the current secretary of war.

To be honest, the rank of lieutenant general is indeed very tempting. There are many brigadiers in the United States, but currently there is only one living lieutenant general, Scott.

In other words, once Liang Yao becomes a lieutenant general, he will be the undisputed number two figure in the American military.

Moreover, Scott is 80 years old. I heard that Scott has been ill recently and will be fine soon. Liang Yao is only 30 years old this year. As long as he survives for a few more years, he will be the number one figure in the military in the future.

"Congratulations! Congratulations!" Fremont also expressed his heartfelt congratulations to Liang Yao.

"What a blessing." Liang Yao still maintained a calm attitude and said very calmly, "There will be no cheese in the world. And with my qualifications, I am not qualified for the position of lieutenant general. The President suddenly nominated me as a lieutenant general. , I’m afraid it’s a disaster.”

Liang Yao not only did not think this was a happy event, but a disaster.

George Washington was promoted to lieutenant general in 1799, the last year of his life. George Washington was 67 years old at that time.

Scott was also promoted to nominated lieutenant general when he was 70 years old and in poor health.

The rank of lieutenant general before the Civil War was actually more like an honorary military rank, reserved for dying men who had made outstanding contributions to the construction of the American army.

It was a pure accident for Scott. No one expected that Scott, who was old, had bad living habits, and seemed to be in poor health, lived to die after the Civil War.

Liang Yao believed that his contribution to the United States was not enough to warrant the federal government awarding him the rank of lieutenant general. Not even comparable to Washington and Scott.

Since he was not nominated as a lieutenant general purely on merit, Buchanan's intention in nominating him as a lieutenant general at this time is very intriguing.

"What do you mean, this piece of cheese is a bait placed on the mouse trap?" Freemont thought about it and thought it made sense.

The three of them walked and chatted. When Liang Yao had just stepped out of the gate of Weixiu Residence, his assistant Carnegie caught up with a telegram in his hand and said breathlessly: "Boss, Your Excellency, the President and the War Message from His Excellency the Minister.”

Buchanan and Scott calling at the same time?

Washington has not made a clear stance on his military preparations for war, and did not call until after Christmas, which surprised Liang Yao.

Everyone present was someone Liang Yao could trust, so there was no need for Liang Yao to hide it, so he openly read the message in public.