Wild North America 1846

The French were justified in their insouciance;

As a veteran colonizer, France has launched not a hundred, but also seventy or eighty colonial wars around the world for the purpose of expansion and trade since the Age of Discovery.

Generally speaking, there are two characteristics; one is that it is profitable, and the other is that the persimmons are soft.

It was precisely because of France's unique colonial wisdom that the French became the world's largest colonizer in the mid-18th century, with colonies all over the world.

If it had not been defeated in several consecutive wars with Britain, losing large French colonies such as the United States, Canada, and the Indian subcontinent, and completely shattering the dream of world hegemony that was just around the corner, France would now be living a worse life than England.

Moisturize.

It's not a good idea to follow the British and meddle in North American affairs.

The Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty is obviously not a soft persimmon. Its expeditionary force fought side by side with France in the Crimean War and received high praise. The soldiers are well-trained, obedient, and have world-class weapons and equipment. It is generally believed that it can reach the level of the army of the Kingdom of Prussia.

level.

It is very difficult for such a regional military power to deal with it, and the vast distance of the Atlantic Ocean and long land transportation make military options almost impossible.

Therefore, France is unwilling to wade into this muddy water.

As for the huge franc debt lent by French loan sharks to the United States of America, the French have never been worried. No matter whether the war is won or not, no one can want to rely on the French (except Russia). They are so confident.

Those old ministers who had experienced Emperor Napoleon's glorious moment were not all dead yet, and they were full of hatred towards the British.

Now that France has experienced several major war victories, the proud Gallic rooster has raised its head and feels that it can do it again...

After leaving the Elysée Palace, the British envoy Marquis Franson-Bowman got into the carriage with a gloomy expression. He did not get any promises from the French, and this diplomatic trip ended in failure.

"Your Excellency, the attitude shown by the French is worrying. It is completely different from before." Attachment Owen Spacey, who was sitting side by side in the carriage, said with some worry.

Did Marquis François Bowman know what Owen Spacey was referring to?

He looked at the gorgeous palace that was quickly retreating outside the carriage. He was silent for a while, and then exhaled a long depressed breath and said;

"At that time, the French needed us, and now the growing ambition has made Napoleon III want to dominate the European continent. The French have had such a dream for hundreds of years. All we have to do is to give the French a comparable opponent, such as Prussia

Or the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The continental balance policy has always been the core of British diplomacy, and now it is even more important."

"Without France, this joint pressure operation will lack momentum!"

"This is not the problem. After all, it is a North American affair. The Prime Minister is obsessed with showing tough tactics. It is just his personal political tendency. There are many opponents in the House of Lords and the trade unions. Even Prince Albert is not satisfied with his actions.

"Marquis Franson-Baumann sighed faintly, turned his expensive cane in his hand in boredom, and continued; "The important thing is that the French are no longer so obedient. It will become more difficult for us to implement European policies in the future.

Including the Greek, Balkan and Bulgarian issues."

"I very much agree with your point of view, noble Lord, it is time to support an opponent that can rival France."

"Yes, that's it."

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Downing Street Prime Minister's Official Residence

"These damn conservative aristocrats and rentier classes are simply blood-sucking maggots lying on the British Empire, like barking dogs biting madly. They don't even care who the enemy is?"

Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple roared to vent his anger and threw a thick stack of newspapers on the table. The coffee cup shook a few times and almost tipped over.

His anger stems from today's report. The Southampton Herald used "Spokesperson of American Interests ~ Prime Minister Temple" as the front page headline, reporting on the changes in Britain's North American policy and making various malicious speculations. This is an article

Articles smearing Prime Minister Temple will never stop until they are shocking.

Not only that

The influential "Times" also published a front-page column titled "Puzzling Policy Change", questioning whether Temple's cabinet made the wrong political decision?

The article also broke a big news;

That is, the Tang Kingdom and the Confederate States of America concluded an all-round alliance treaty, maintaining close communication in all aspects of military, diplomacy, and economics, and coordinating their stance to jointly confront the enemy.

Thus

The Tang Kingdom did not unilaterally invade the Confederate States of America (North), but fulfilled its alliance and opened a new battlefield on the Western Front to reduce the war pressure on the Confederate States of America (South) and form a substantial two-on-one situation in North America.

This is not the "conquest of the white race by the Orientals" as claimed by the Prime Minister, but a "civil war among the whites."

When the Grand Duchy of Poland and Lithuania launched a war against Tsarist Russia, they would often offer large sums of money to invite the Tatars on the Crimean Peninsula to participate. The two were almost of the same nature.

London had just learned of this latest situation, and it had been reported by The Times before it had time to convene a cabinet meeting to discuss countermeasures. This made Downing Street very passive.

To say that there is nothing fishy in it, the Prime Minister, Lord Henry John Temple, is 100% unconvinced.

In today's critical situation, the federal government of the United States (Northern United States) has sent a sincere and urgent request for help, and is willing to make substantial concessions in trade, customs, finance, industry and foreign policy in exchange for the strong support of the United Kingdom to save today's North America.

Crisis.

in foreign policy concessions;

U.S. President James Buchanan has made it clear that he is willing to abandon the "Monroe Doctrine" that previous U.S. governments regarded as national policy, welcomes the intervention of world powers such as Britain and France in American affairs, and hints that he will turn a blind eye to the colonization of weak countries in Central and South America by European powers.

If you don't listen, you can even take tacit cooperation actions, including providing port supplies, logistics materials and a series of substantial help.

Prime Minister Temple was really moved by the various preferential conditions offered by the federal government of the United States (North), including other ministers in the cabinet. This is the bottom line of the foreign policy that the United States has adhered to for more than 100 years!

Therefore, under the temptation of major interests, the London gentlemen, who had always been slow to act, rarely achieved a high efficiency. In just over 10 days, they launched a new North American policy aimed at "limited intervention". Unexpectedly, they were severely beaten.

Face it.

The envoys sent by London to coordinate the diplomatic positions of various countries sent back good news one after another. The Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Kingdom of Portugal, the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Prussia all agreed to participate in the British-led diplomatic pressure operation. Only the French refused.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was not interested, and Emperor Joseph was brooding over the failure of the Italian Peninsula War. How could he be in the mood to flatter the British?

Now comes the latest news from North America;

The Kingdom of Tang Dynasty and the Confederate States of America concluded a formal alliance treaty. Negotiations on the alliance treaty between the two parties lasted for four years. The negotiations began when the South was seeking independence, and now they have finally come to fruition.

Prime Minister Temple was caught off guard by this latest news. The so-called joint European pressure diplomatic campaign cannot continue. Is it to pressure the Confederate States of America (South) to give up resistance and just surrender?

This was a war of unprecedented scale in North America with more than 4 million troops (the North and South sides totaled about 3.5 million people, and the Tang Kingdom had more than 500,000 people). The North and South sides of the civil war suffered more than a million casualties. How shameless did the British have to be to let the war

Just stop?

The European joint pressure diplomatic campaign actively organized by London has failed and will inevitably be ridiculed by the French. This is not the most embarrassing thing.

The biggest crisis comes from the turbulent storm in British politics. From just a few words in the newspaper, Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple can feel that a political storm is brewing against him, which makes him deeply anxious.

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If he loses the support of the majority of the party, he can only dissolve the cabinet and resign, and the party will elect a new leader, or Queen Victoria personally appoints a respected political boss to clean up the mess. This latter option is less likely.

In this situation

The wisest thing for Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple to do is to be like a hedgehog, spread its spikes and adopt a defensive posture, say less and do less, try not to implement bills that are likely to cause great controversy, and save his own political life first.

As for the Yankees, we can't worry about that for the time being...

In February 1860, the British political arena was turbulent. The sudden political storm in the country was aimed directly at Prime Minister Temple. There were constant sharp criticisms from the political and academic circles, accusing him of biased policies, arbitrary and radical policies, and arbitrarily changing the direction of North American policy based on personal likes and dislikes.

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This caused serious harm to the two traditional allies of North America, the Tang Kingdom and the South, greatly affected Britain's influence in North America and harmed British interests.

Newspaper opinion described Downing Street's move to unite European countries to exert diplomatic pressure as "a stupid and impulsive diplomatic adventure launched to implement Prime Minister Temple's personal will." This triggered heated discussions from both the government and the opposition.

Downing Street caused huge pressure.

Prime Minister Temple had to put out fires everywhere and frequently met with party heavyweights to discuss North American policy in order to gain support by making concessions and keep the shaky cabinet functioning.

Externally, he made speeches everywhere, expounding the core essence of North American policy, with the purpose of implementing the "North American version of the continental balance policy." He personally had deep respect for "Devil King Richard" and had no intention of directly intervening in today's chaotic North American situation.

Instead, we hope that all parties to the war will use great wisdom, great perseverance, and great determination to end this unprecedented disaster that can be called a human tragedy and bring lasting peace to North America...

The mouth of a politician is a liar.

In order to maintain his political life, Prime Minister Lord Henry John Temple did not hesitate to choose to retreat significantly from his original position, from "limited intervention" to "active appeal", showing the perspective of a peace-loving person.

When the war in North America was filled with blood, I felt painful and anxious, trying to help but unable to do so.

Don't worry about it, just take it out first.

At this time, after Prime Minister Temple tasted the sharp counterattack from the Tang Kingdom, he realized that the Demon King Richard was not an easy master, and he became increasingly fearful.