Wild North America 1846

Chapter 372 "North American Peace Treaty"

"No, the U.S. federal government must surrender unconditionally and bear all serious consequences caused by taking the lead in provoking the war. The coalition will not accept any surrender with preconditions, but will win an unquestionable and complete war victory."

Emperor Richard of the Tang Dynasty refused with an extremely strong attitude.

He still had some regrets in his heart;

A rough estimate is that the population of the U.S. federal government (in the north) has been reduced to less than 10 million, probably just over 9 million. If there is another severe spring famine, at least hundreds of thousands of people will die from a large-scale outbreak of hunger.

people.

This is something that needs to be said less, because the United States of America now has old people and young people. Women hold up half of the sky, and they are themselves a vulnerable group that is relatively vulnerable and easy to die young.

Why can't I hold on anymore?

The war must continue. The United States of America (in the North) has megacities like New York and Philadelphia, and the foundation for its development is still very solid. In addition, this is a typical white immigrant country, with dozens and hundreds of people acquired in one year after the war.

Thousands of European immigrants came easily.

There are also American refugees who have fled to Canada. Many of them are not used to Canada's severe cold season that lasts for half a year, and a considerable number of them may return.

With the labor force, the overall U.S. economy will recover quickly. This is an important issue that must be considered.

After establishing a strong stance that unconditional surrender was necessary, Emperor Richard handed over the relevant negotiations to the cabinet. In this stance, the Confederate States of America undoubtedly fully supported it.

With the American South, which has the same culture and race, at the front, the international community mediation led by the United Kingdom will not show a biased tendency. Everything must be based on the will and strength of the warring parties.

In this world where the weak eat the strong, we only respect the strong and never sympathize with the weak.

Richard instructed Director Zheng Yuan of the Royal Secretariat to take "deeply controlling and suppressing the overall economy of the United States (North) after the war" as a major topic, convening experts and scholars to conduct discussions and formulate an effective overall strategy.

Following the changes in the war situation in North America, the highest level of the empire issued an imperial edict;

From now on, the recruitment and training of new recruits from mainland China will be suspended.

The relevant training camp was changed into a reception camp, which mainly accommodates young mainland refugees. It implements centralized living in schools, centralized education, and centralized closed military management. It mainly caters to healthy young Chinese refugees aged 9 to 15 years old.

The corresponding appropriation was spent by the Imperial Household Office, and the purpose was changed from military to charity education. Most of the relevant military instructors were withdrawn, and some school teachers and nursery staff were increased.

The existing 47 training camps were reduced to 15, and their names were changed to "Renji Schools". The scale of assistance was determined to be about 100,000 people per year, that is, each school has a scale of 6 to 7,000 people, with coastal cities with convenient transportation as the target.

host.

Due to the low cost of raising Chinese orphans in the mainland, coupled with the risks of ocean migration, it is basically certain that the orphaned children from the mainland who have been taken into custody can only board immigration ships and be transported to North America after several years of education after reaching the age of 15.

About 48,000 recruits currently in mainland training camps will be gradually transported to North America after training, and subsequent corresponding funding will be suspended to reduce the pressure on the royal family's military expenditures.

This is a large net investment in military expenditure, and it is time to reduce it.

new year

Currently, the high-speed military industry in the Tang Empire will gradually slow down. Some military product orders will enter the strategic reserve. Subsequent orders for chemical explosives, tents and clothing, military products and gun manufacturing plants will be significantly reduced, and related companies will also carry out operations.

Staff cuts were made and production capacity was significantly reduced.

Fortunately, the Tang Empire was in a period of in-depth development of industrialization. The Chang'an and Los Angeles fertilizer plants were successively completed, and the Taoyuan Fertilizer Plant and Jinling Fertilizer Plant were also under construction. The new year will usher in an explosion of agricultural production, which will have a great impact on the labor force.

Demand remains strong, and unemployed workers have no worries about finding new jobs.

After a total of nearly 180,000 new soldiers were gradually replenished, at the beginning of 1862, a new round of large-scale disability and honorary veterans' rehabilitation work was officially launched.

Approximately 200,000 retired veterans will return to their hometowns with honor, be assigned fields, houses, and white women, and start a new life with the help of preferential bank loans, filling the gaps in the vast occupied towns and cities of the central Great Plains of the United States.

Generally speaking

With the preferential treatment given by the Tang Empire and the army to retired veterans who have made meritorious deeds, most people can maintain a prosperous life as small and medium-sized farmers. If they have the financial conditions, they can marry a Chinese wife to expand their family and live a peaceful and prosperous life.

Life.

After the North American Peace Agreement is officially signed, the Tang Empire no longer needs to maintain an army of 730,000, and will inevitably experience a large-scale wave of retirement of officers and soldiers. The destinations will naturally be the eight provinces in the south, mainly Monterey and Mexico, and the north in the north.

Seven provinces, including Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, and Indiana.

Now the land exchange plan between the Tang Empire and the Confederate States of America (South) has been officially finalized; that is, Monterey will be exchanged for Kentucky.

Kentucky was originally a neutral state. After the massive invasion by the Northern Army, Kentucky changed its stance and declared war on the South. After being captured by the Tang Empire, it became a pawn and was sent to the Confederate States of America (South) in exchange for Texas.

Monterey state (province) south of the state.

After more than a month of stalemate

On March 7, 1862, the United States of America finally laid down its arrogant head, acknowledged its unconditional defeat, and recognized the legitimacy of the independence of the Confederate States of America. From that day on, the entire country gave up armed resistance and launched peace negotiations with the victorious powers under international mediation.

The so-called peace negotiations are just a fig leaf.

The Tang Empire and the Confederate States of America have sharpened their knives and are preparing to ruthlessly dismember the defeated countries. The defeat treaty is extremely harsh.

As the victor of the war, the defeated United States of America was given a peace treaty that could only be signed but not modified. Among them, the cession of territory and war reparations were the most ruthless, and even the loss of much national sovereignty.

Article 1: The United States of America (North) clearly assumes full responsibility for taking the lead in provoking the North American war and solemnly promises to assume all serious consequences and economic responsibilities arising therefrom and try its best to make up for the losses of the coalition forces.

Article 2, that is, the United States of America (North) ceded Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Wisconsin and Tijuana to the Tang Empire to compensate for the Tang Empire

Some losses in the war.

The United States of America (North) ceded Kentucky and West Virginia to the Confederate States of America (South) to compensate for some of the Confederate States of America (South)'s losses in the war.

Article 3: Division of war compensation.

The United States of America (the North) bears a total of 500 million in compensation for the Tang and Yuan wars. Among them, given that the South suffered more serious war damage, the Confederate States of America received 75% of the compensation share, and the Tang Empire received 25% of the compensation share.

Article 4: Guarantees for the implementation of the war compensation plan.

The war compensation costs totaling 500 million Tang Yuan will be paid off by the United States of America (North) within 25 years, with an annual interest of 5.5%, and will be mortgaged with customs tax revenue.

During the 25-year mortgage period, the Customs of the United States of America (Northern) will be hosted by the International Customs Commission jointly composed of the Tang Empire, the Confederate States of America, the United Kingdom and France, and the Northern Government shall not interfere without justifiable reasons.

Article 5, International Debt and Solutions.

During the war, the United States of America (North) borrowed a total of 1.375 billion Tang Yuan from international finance (including loans of equivalent value in pounds, francs, and marks), and then will form an "International Creditor's Rights Committee" to renegotiate the amortization of the debt.

Article 6: Post-war garrison and other related issues.

In order to reshape peace in North America, eliminate the hatred between the North and the South and the distrust between the East and the West caused by the war, and reshape the financial, production, and security order, the coalition will form an international intervention force with Britain, France and other countries, stationing troops in important cities such as New York, Philadelphia, and Boston.

Until the United States of America (North) earnestly fulfills its international debt repayment obligations and war reparations obligations.

Article 7: The United States of America reforms its domestic political situation and laws, adopts the "American Peace Constitution" that voluntarily gives up its armed forces, weakens the presidential dictatorship, and increases the power of parliamentary checks and balances, which is also in line with the expectations of the North American people for peace,

Article 8. The Tang Empire, the United States of America (North) and the Confederate States of America (South) signed the "North American Unified Market Treaty", granting each other the most preferential trade treatment of exemption from tariffs, and achieving the greatest degree of economic, industrial and financial integration.

Close exchanges and cooperation among the three parties to jointly expand and strengthen the North American market.

Article 9: The United States of America (North) shall grant the diplomatic envoys, businessmen, exchange scholars, overseas students and their families of the Tang Empire and the Confederate States of America (South) the right to consular protection to protect their persons within the scope of the United States of America (North)

Safety and property security should be treated with due respect.

Article 10: According to the provisions of the American Peace Constitution, the United States voluntarily gave up the construction of a formal navy, and promised not to develop warships with a gun caliber above 12 pounds and a displacement of more than 1,000 tons, and only maintained a coast guard to maintain the security of its own waters.

The Imperial Navy of the Tang Dynasty leased the Norfolk base and the New York Harbor base for a period of 99 years. It will work with the Confederate States of America (South) and the United Kingdom to jointly safeguard the security of the maritime areas of the United States of America (North) from foreign enemies.

Article 11, regarding relief for disaster victims and arrangements for a unified market for North American agriculture.

The Tang Empire, the United States of America (North), and the Confederate States of America (South) signed an agricultural cooperation agreement to provide each other with maximum tariff preferences for the import of agricultural products. The total tax rate shall not exceed 5% to promote the circulation of low-value agricultural products in large quantities and alleviate famine.

the disaster caused.

Article 12, regarding arrangements for reshaping the financial system.

In view of the current situation of the complete collapse of the financial system of the United States of America (North), the Tang Empire and the International Consortium formed the "Financial Crisis International Syndicate" to issue American Tang Yuan at a ratio of 1:1, and the currency value was jointly reserved by the "Financial Crisis International Syndicate".

The joint guarantee is to stabilize the staggering annual inflation of tens of thousands percent in the United States of America.

Article 13. Garrison camps and expense arrangements

The garrison camps are allocated free of charge by the United States of America (North), and every effort is made to provide all conveniences and tax exemptions for military personnel. The military expenses are temporarily paid by the garrison country and will be negotiated later.

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Article 21: For matters not mentioned above, while taking into account the necessary concerns of the United States of America (North), the final decision made by the international mediation team shall be the criterion, and all parties shall not violate it.

The "North American Peace Treaty" with a total of 21 articles was drafted by the victorious countries. The United States of America (North) was not allowed to change a word. It only had two choices: accept or not. The attitude was extremely tough.

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