Wild North America 1846

After 14 years of rapid development, Chang'an City is now the largest city on the west coast of North America. The total area has expanded 26.5 times to 879 square kilometers. The population has increased from 1.5737 million people at the end of June 1858 to 1.57 million people in a year and a half.

At the end of 1859, there were 1.788 million people, maintaining a good momentum of steady growth.

Compared with New York, the largest city in North America, its total population increased rapidly from 1.8762 million at the end of June 1858 to 2.37 million at the end of 1859. In addition to the influx of a large number of European immigrants, many people from other parts of North America were affected by the war.

The floating population comes to the New York metropolitan area in search of opportunities.

This is the result of violent social unrest. People always feel safer in big cities. It is not a natural growth of New York, but an additional factor.

Correspondingly, Chang'an City does not have the crowded and chaotic slum neighborhoods in New York, where sanitation and living conditions are poor, and crime is rampant.

The Tang Kingdom implemented a block management system. In addition to a small number of paid public officials, it mainly relied on the voluntary services of residents on the street to maintain a clean and tidy living environment in the block, maintain street security, and report and combat criminal activities.

The combination of the neighborhood management system and the household registration system has become the most basic social management system, which has proven to be very effective.

Those highly respected residents who are enthusiastic about public welfare will have a certain quota every year to be awarded the honor of "Justice of the Peace" through residents' selection and street recommendation, and have a certain chance to participate in the monthly grand meeting. This is an incomparable honor.

For example, in the grand occasions of worshiping the ancestors of heaven and earth in the first and fifth months of each year, "justices of the peace" can participate as representatives of the people, demonstrating the holy family's kindness to all people, and making people flock to it.

The horse-drawn carriage shuttled lightly through the streets, sometimes stopping for a while in lively neighborhoods. Riding the horse-drawn carriage to watch the citizens' daily life up close was also a way for Richard to get close to life.

No... three mounted policemen escorted some Japanese people wearing fuso kimonos and wearing wooden clogs as they walked along the street. These short Japanese people attracted the surrounding people to point at them and stop to watch curiously.

I don't know what he said, but suddenly there was a burst of laughter.

In front of the Japanese, the Chinese showed pride and confidence.

"Your Majesty, these should be a large number of young envoys sent by Fusang Kingdom recently, with the intention of learning our country's advanced culture and technology. They call them "envoys to the Tang Dynasty". Because there are too many people, they are not treated as diplomatic envoys."

"Um……"

Richard responded noncommittally and sighed secretly in his heart;

Countries such as Britain, France, and Germany have sent a large number of young students and diplomats, including some experts and scholars, for exchanges. Now Fuso people have also come, but unfortunately, the Manchus and Qing Dynasties are not visible.

China has been corrupted for a long time, wars have been frequent, and the people of the mainland are living in dire straits. It would be fine if such a backward feudal dynasty was overthrown.

"Your Majesty, the diplomatic envoys of Fusang Kingdom have also made a request to go to the front line to observe and learn, and they also hope to send young students to study in the Chang'an Lecture Hall and enter some factories..."

"Absolutely not allowed." Before Viscount Dong Jie finished speaking, Richard interrupted him, directly denied it, and said, "It is strictly prohibited to study abroad and observe in the military and scientific and technological fields, and it is prohibited to leak sensitive information, and no reception is allowed.

Do not spread rumors that the military industry only sells products, not technology, and implement this as a principle. Oh... the Prussians are an exception and implement the project application system."

"We understand that we will formulate a system in accordance with His Majesty's wishes."

"Fuso people only need to understand the power of the kingdom. They need to be taught respect and obedience instead of teaching them to pick up knives and swords step by step. This point must be made clear."

"Wei Chen understands and must consider it carefully."

Viscount Dong Jie responded with a respectful expression. His Majesty, this is an obvious double standard. The secret behind it needs to be understood carefully after returning. This is the basic awareness of a close minister.

Your Majesty will not explain. If Viscount Dong Jie cannot understand His Majesty's profound meaning, then this position will be over.

In fact, Richard's starting point is also very simple.

Regardless of whether the Fusang people are self-reliant or not, at least military and technological knowledge cannot flow out of the Tang Dynasty, regardless of "sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty", even calling them daddy is useless.

The Prussians were different. As the biggest unstable factor in Europe's future, they deserved the full help of the Tang Kingdom, selflessly imparting knowledge based on advanced military concepts and technology, and supporting them to thrive.

The close friendship between Tang and De will last for many years and is one of the pillars of the Tang Kingdom's diplomacy with Europe. Another pillar of the Tang Kingdom's diplomacy with Europe is the British Empire. There is no doubt about this.

to this day

With the rapid growth of the Tang Kingdom's economic and military strength and the substantial increase in national power, Richard felt that it was time to propose the Datang Kingdom's own "Monroe Policy."

This policy demarcates the entire Americas as its own back garden, advocates that Americans solve their problems, strongly opposes the interference of foreign countries, including Europe, in American affairs, and creates its own circle of friends.

Just like the "Pound Trade Circle" and the "Franc Trade Circle", the Tang Kingdom needs a "Tang Yuan Trade Circle" of its own as its basic base, which will be the next key issue of foreign policy.

If you want to grow into a world-class power, relying solely on your own market and national strength is not enough and immature.

The old powers, Britain and France, relied on their colonies and satellite countries around the world to create their own raw material supply bases and sources of cheap labor. When war broke out, they had a large number of cannon fodder troops.

The British once proudly declared: "Unless the blood of the Indian subcontinent is shed dry, the British Empire will not fail."

This is the foundation of an old world power. Based on a vast colony, it has accumulated the towers of the world's top powers. The foundation is solid and difficult to shake.

A negative example is the North and South sides in today's American Civil War. They shed white blood in the war and damaged the country's foundation. Without the supplement of tens of millions of immigrants from Europe, no matter whether the war is won or lost, it will inevitably decline.

The Kingdom of the Tang Dynasty took a clever trick, relying on the mainland of China with almost endless labor resources. On the one hand, it replenished its army and on the other hand, it replenished its labor force population, and achieved dazzling achievements in military expansion and economic construction.

In the long term

The Tang Kingdom should bring all the southern United States, Central America, and South America into its own market scope, and integrate all these younger brothers through military, political, and economic penetration.

After a while

In a lively teahouse, King Richard, Viscount Dong Jie, and Lieutenant General Liu were all dressed in casual clothes. They were sitting in a screen-style seating area, drinking tea leisurely and listening to the discussions of the tea guests.

The discussions among the tea drinkers can be clearly heard. Most of the hot topics discussed are the current war against the United States, especially the siege of Chicago, which is the highlight of the masses. It is also the hottest hot topic today. Whether you understand it or not, you must comment on it.

A few sentences.

Between what he said, he was confident that the kingdom's army would capture this North American metropolis.

King Richard had an attitude of listening and having fun. This was a way for him to relax and get out of the palace to feel the sentiments of the people and hear the most authentic voices.

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Viscount Dong Jie's expression was not so leisurely, but he could feel the ubiquitous pressure.

The people's true evaluation is an invisible spur to the royal government. It is impossible to deceive the royal government. We can only make the government work more solid and truly meet the needs of the people.

His Majesty has always encouraged high-level officials and nobles to listen to the voices of the people, address people's livelihood needs, and formulate policies that are in line with public opinion. They do not forcibly interfere with the development of the market economy, but only play a guiding and normative role through policies to encourage healthy competition in the market.

On this point, the Gu Yan Cabinet, which has been re-elected for two terms, has done quite well. In fact, many policies are inspired by His Majesty, such as municipal construction regulations, complete sewer supporting facilities, driving on the right, urban green spaces and public toilets, etc.

Nowadays, it is becoming more and more perfect in execution and ranks among the top urban planning in the world.

Even the always proud French Emperor Napoleon III sent a large number of municipal managers to study in order to improve the poor sanitary environment and living conditions in slum neighborhoods in cities such as Paris, Lyon, and Frankfurt. The results were quite remarkable.

Viscount Dong Jie knows that a cabinet reelection will be held after June this year. The new prime minister is likely to be the current senior California official Ryu Hyun-jun, who will change the government.

Ryu Hyun-jun is the former head of the Royal Secretariat. After receiving His Majesty's instructions, he left the palace to form a new political party called the "Justice and Liberal Democratic Party", referred to as the "Public Liberal Party" and appointed himself as the party leader.

The "Public Liberal Party" is an important newly emerging force in the political arena of the Tang Dynasty. It covers the interests of new white immigrants, Mexicans and the working class. It is similar in nature to the Democratic Party in the United States and emphasizes the development of a diverse, fair and just multi-ethnic integrated society.

Corresponding to it is the "National Power Party". The leader of the party is the current Prime Minister Earl Guyan. He has been elected as the Prime Minister of the Cabinet for two consecutive terms, each term is for five years, and the second term ends at the end of June this year.

The "National Power Party" is an out-and-out royalist party. It is the current ruling party with Chinese and aristocratic classes as well as the majority of small and medium-sized farmers and ranchers as die-hard members. It has conservative and xenophobic policies and strictly prohibits black people from entering the Tang Dynasty. This party is

There are numerous similar examples of iron-fisted measures.

Most Chinese immigrants regard the "National Power Party" as their own political party. The backbone of the party from top to bottom is almost all Chinese, and there are only a few white nobles, such as Earl Kahn and Earl Harry Fletcher. The policy

Conservative and xenophobic.

If it were a normal election, the "Force National Party" would definitely win the final election, but it would not be able to prevent His Majesty the King from trying to sidetrack him. He secretly said that heavyweights such as Foreign Minister Juan Carlos, Colonial Minister Zheng Bencheng, and Economic Minister Chen Cailiang were rebelling.

, led a large number of current MPs to join the "Public Liberal Party", which immediately boosted the momentum of the "Public Liberal Party".

Say something from your heart

None of these government officials are willing to join the "Public Liberal Party". Wouldn't it be good to stay in the "Partang Prasat Rakyat", the largest heavyweight political party in the Kingdom?

If grass-roots elections are implemented, the "National Power Party" will crush the "Liberal Party" to rubble in minutes, because the "National Power Party" is backed by the ethnic Chinese who account for nearly 90% of the population of the Tang Dynasty. Who would you like to ask?

Can it compete?

However, His Majesty the King couldn't stand his desire to establish checks and balances among political parties and engage in political party rotation. The so-called arms could not twist the thighs. His Majesty the King looked down and these heavyweight ministers had no choice but to obey orders obediently.

Resistance does not exist.

Everyone's political life depends on His Majesty's grace. Thunder, rain and dew are all His grace. Where can real democracy come from?

This kind of political situation is purely a testing ground for His Majesty the King. It is just a matter of following orders, and there is no price to pay.

Viscount Dong Jie has been serving His Majesty for several years. It is estimated that he may be released as a senior official in the next two years.

His future destination may be to be a high-ranking official in California, or it may be to the Great Lakes region, led by Chicago, which is now the focus of the war. As long as he makes achievements, becoming the Prime Minister in the future is not a dream.

Therefore, His Majesty's incognito private visit still put considerable pressure on Viscount Dong Jie, forcing him to consider future governance and the direction of public opinion, which are all very important aspects.

How can these tea drinkers keep their mouth shut?

Sure enough it didn't take long

Someone mentioned the delicious Galapagos tortoise, and his tone was full of infinite nostalgia, attracting everyone to join in;

"The provincial government has issued a special ban. It is probably impossible to eat delicious Galapagos giant tortoises in the future. Just think about it, it is really mouth-watering!"

"What this man said is true. Turtle liver is especially delicious and leaves a fragrant aroma on your lips and teeth. It is one of the best ingredients in the world today!"

"The five-spice braised turtle meat is no less generous. It turns out that there are several restaurants on Kai Tak Mun Street, and their turtle meat is famous far and wide. I was lucky enough to taste it once with Sir Alex Lu, and it is still unforgettable to this day!"

"We old people have tasted it at least, but the new immigrants in the past few years can only swallow their saliva. At the beginning of the year, a restaurant violated the government ban and privately slaughtered Galapagos giant tortoises and sold them at high prices. After being caught, the boss and

All the guys were punished and ruined. I heard they were sent to hard labor camps. They are now mining in the east. They probably won't be able to come back in this life."

"You must not do anything the government does not allow you to do. This is the bottom line. Recently, several Taoyuan Ginseng, Antler and Pigeon Restaurants have opened on Chongwenmen Street. I heard that the taste is quite good. I hope you guys can go and check it out when you have time..."

"Oh... I know this is a Taoyuan specialty, but we don't have any passenger pigeons here!"

"You still don't know that those are fresh wild pigeons caught on the Colorado Plateau and sent to our Chang'an City via the Nevada Railway. They are killed and stewed now. They are so fresh! The business of those pigeon houses is very good.

A dime a bowl, and a pigeon stewed in each bowl, you are so innocent!"

"Well, it's not expensive, so you have to try it..."

The topics of the tea guests went off and on. They could talk about anything from all over the world. Fortunately, there were no taboo topics. This made Viscount Dong Jie secretly grateful for the people in the Royal Government...

It's your luck that you didn't touch His Majesty's evil scale!