New Ming Empire mixed in America

Chapter 297 Riot and Repression

Lin, who had just gained a large number of die-hard black fans through Mrs. Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and "The Emancipation Proclamation". (See clearly, this is not the 'Emancipation Proclamation' as some people say.

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He never expected that under his wise leadership, someone would actually launch a riot, and it would be a large-scale premeditated riot!

"You mean New York, Boston, New Jersey, Toledo, Ohio, Illinois, Massachusetts..."

At this point, he couldn't go on because it was so amazing!

"What do the local military and police do? Why didn't they disperse the mob in time?"

Lin has reason to be angry. Because of state autonomy, each state has its own armed forces.

The large-scale riots now were like a slap in the face.

"Soldiers and some police officers everywhere sympathized with the mob because they also had some complaints about the compulsory conscription bill."

There was also some grievance in the secretary's voice. After all, she was the target of Lin's anger.

"Why do I let black people join the army? Or because they don't actively participate in mixed teams?"

Lin continued to roar: "How come the consciousness of those Irish people is still so low now?"

Although the Irish are a large white immigrant group, they enjoy very low treatment in the United States.

Now that the original black slaves have climbed on top of these people, how can they not make these Irish immigrants angry?

Coupled with the mandatory conscription bill, this riot is bound to happen.

And what Mr. Lin said is very correct. After black people joined the army, the deaths of white people were reduced a lot.

Throughout the Civil War, there were as many as 3.5 million participants, the vast majority of whom were black volunteers. The number of deaths in the armies of both sides was 625,000. The mortality rate of white men aged 20-45 in the Southern Confederacy was as high as 30%, while that in the North was only 10%.

All are black.

It can be said that Lin's declaration is a very meaningful declaration for the white people in the Northern Federation.

But now his painstaking efforts are not understood by others, and the riots occur within his own territory.

"How are Major General Joseph Hooker's preparations going?"

Major General Joseph Hooker, whom Lin mentioned, is the current commander of the Army of the Potomac.

Because Li Mingqi had a hand in causing the riot to occur in advance, the leader of this regiment that suppressed the riot in July was not Major General George Meade who took office in July.

"His legion has been reorganized, but do you really want the federal army to fight against the civilians as if they were enemies?"

The secretary's voice was filled with disbelief, and she couldn't help but ask.

"Those who launched the riots do not deserve to be called civilians. They did not abide by federal laws and did not fight for the federation, so they are the enemy!"

Lin said the above words resolutely, leaving the secretary a little dazed.

Lin has been in a bad mood recently. The reason why Joseph Hooker came back to repair is because they were defeated by Robert E. Lee with a small number in the Battle of Chancellorsville.

An army of 130,000 people was defeated by a mere 60,000 people!

And with both sides having similar weapons, only a few Northern Federation soldiers escaped from the battlefield.

The number of casualties more than tripled in history to more than 5,000.

More than 30,000 people were injured, and nearly 10,000 people were missing.

But it was not without gain, that is, the famous northern general Stonewall Jackson was injured by his own troops and retreated to the rear to recuperate.

This is also the reason why Joseph Hooker has not been dismissed yet. Although this guy lost a battle, the Confederacy lost a strong general.

"I really hope that the stone wall collapses completely, so that the Federation can be more certain of victory."

After muttering something, Lin kicked the secretary out.

One day later, the reorganized Army of the Potomac entered Manhattan and began to quell the chaos.

Although this army is a bit weak on the battlefield, it is still very brave when facing civilians.

Under the attack of artillery, cavalry and warship cannon, the Irish-based federal mob opposing the conscription bill was defeated in less than a week.

This army then sent reinforcements to other areas, preparing to completely wipe out those rebels who tried to shake the foundation of the federation.

Walking on the streets full of traces of battle, Edie felt a little emotional.

Is this the so-called federal rule of the country?

Compared with the Xinming Empire, this is simply bullshit!

Because the Xinming Empire occupied the west coast and threatened and actually obstructed the implementation of the Homestead Law.

The federal newspapers were full of reports on all kinds of "dirty information" about the Xinming Empire, which made the members of the Umbrella Youth League a little confused for a period of time.

But within a few days, these people gave up their confusion because they discovered that what the newspapers said was completely fabricated.

Reports that Li Mingqi is a violent and murderous devil are all nonsense in the eyes of Umbrella Youth members.

Look at what kind of life these people are living now. They didn't even have enough to eat before, but after joining the Xinming Empire, not to mention them, even the Ming Xiejun can feed and clothe their families.

President Li came to the Umbrella School from time to time to give speeches, which convinced them that everything President Li did was just and fair.

Is it wrong for President Lee to go to Peru for the sake of his compatriots?

Why does it turn into murder when it comes to these people’s mouths?

And why did these newspapers turn a blind eye to the atrocities that the evil country of Peru committed against the people of the empire?

This simply made them, the loyal subjects of the Xin Ming Empire, angry.

This time, their campaign to fight for the freedom of the Irish immigrants failed. I hope President Lee can understand them.

Sighing, Edie felt particularly angry that the Federation actually allowed the army to point their guns at civilians.

Because President Li said that only an incompetent government would let soldiers massacre civilians!

What's more, naval guns were used to bomb civilian strongholds.

He casually took down a newspaper from the door of a store that had resumed business.

Looking at the death toll counted above, Edie couldn't believe her eyes.

"119 people died and more than 300 were injured? Do you think we are all fools?"

As soon as Edie finished speaking, the store owner also echoed.

"If we didn't think we were fools, we wouldn't have issued that kind of conscription bill. Rich people would be exempted from military service, but civilians who couldn't afford $300 would have to go to the front line."

After spitting on the ground, the boss looked around and said quietly to Edie:

"The original statistics have exceeded 1,200 people, but the federation believes that some people cannot be counted as federal citizens, so they are not eligible to be included in the civilian casualties number. You have seen the result..." (This is true)

In fact, these civilians were very sympathetic to what the federal government called the mob, because those people only burned down the recruiting offices.

And he seemed a little more emotional when facing the police and the black volunteers who helped suppress the riots.

Otherwise, how could these mobs with muzzle-loading guns provided by the umbrella youth league not take further action?

As for why the riot with a few hundred people at the beginning grew to a riot of several thousand people.

Does the federal government really not know?

The store owner also sighed. When the war first started, they New Yorkers actively supported Mr. Lin.

In just ten days, more than 8,000 New York residents joined the Union army.

But what happened later chilled the hearts of these people. The New York residents who had joined the army in the past two years fell on the battlefield when the Northern Federation's attacks were frustrated again and again.

Now the federal government has issued a compulsory military conscription bill, which makes New York residents completely disappointed in the federal government.

In addition, the factory owners chose to fire white workers and replace them with black workers in order to reduce costs, which made these residents even more dissatisfied, so the riots intensified.

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