Wild North America 1846

After the National Day, when the whole nation reveled, the July Palace was held the next day. Because it coincided with the celebration after the victory of the North American War, the July Palace was particularly grand and grand, with hundreds of officials present, distinguished guests, and thousands of other people.

Eminent social figures and country squires watched the ceremony.

Early next morning

After taking a bath and burning incense, Emperor Richard of the Tang Dynasty led hundreds of officials to the altar to solemnly pay homage to the heaven and earth and ancestors. The whole set of complicated rituals lasted for more than three hours and was not completed until after nine o'clock.

Then came the drama

The emperor and his ministers moved to the grand Xuanzheng Palace. One after another, military generals who had made outstanding contributions in the North American War came out to receive the conferment. The emperor conferred 5 first-class dukes and 9 marquises in one breath.

There were 18 earls, more than 42 viscounts, and 108 barons. It was a scene of laughter in the court and endless joy among the ministers.

The five first-class ministers are;

General Harry Fletcher, deputy chief of staff of the Army, was awarded the title of First-Class Lord Protector, a fief of 10,000 hectares, the Order of the Diamond and the Cauldron, a Duke's Palace in Chang'an City, and a bounty of 100,000.

General Chen Chuan, deputy chief of staff of the Army and commander-in-chief of the Northern Military Region, was awarded the title of First-class Honorary Duke, a fief of 10,000 hectares, the Diamond Tripod Medal, a Duke's Palace in Chang'an City, and a bounty of 100,000.

General Tian Mantun, deputy chief of staff of the Army and commander-in-chief of the Southern Military Region, was awarded the title of First-class Duke of Courage. He was awarded a fief of 10,000 hectares of land, the Diamond Tripod Medal, a Duke's Palace in Chang'an City, and a bounty of 100,000.

General Fan Pengju, deputy chief of staff of the Army and commander of the headquarters in the United States, was awarded the title of first-class Fuguo Duke. He was awarded a fief of 10,000 hectares, the Diamond Tripod Medal, a Duke's Palace in Chang'an City, and a bounty of 100,000.

Admiral Pan Hengchen, the commander-in-chief of the Navy, was promoted to marshal of the navy, and was awarded the title of first-class Duke of Wei. He was awarded a fief of 10,000 hectares, the Diamond Tripod Medal, a ducal palace in Chang'an City, and a bounty of 100,000.

In addition to the five first-class ministers, including Gu Yan, the Duke of Anguo, Liu Xianjun, the Duke of Pingguo, Gonzalez, the Duke of Shunguo, Bella Rodriguez, the Duke of Ningguo, and Dai Changfu, the Duke of Zhenguo, there are 10 first-class ministers in total.

Duke (note, first-class Duke is one level lower than the Grand Duke title awarded to a prince, and is the highest title that non-royal persons can obtain).

10,000 hectares of land sounds like a lot, but it is actually 100 square kilometers. It also includes forests, lakes and mountains. It is almost the area of ​​a rural town. This amount of land cannot support many soldiers, nor can it produce any huge sums.

Wealth can only be considered better than nothing.

The total number of noble fiefs awarded by the empire so far totals 12,000 square kilometers, which is almost 1/15 of the total area of ​​the Province of Colorado. It is shared by a total of 267 nobles ranging from first-class ministers to barons (many nobles are repeatedly awarded higher

title), fell into the hands of each nobleman.

For those without fiefdoms, there were 762 baron life-long nobility awards, and almost 70 out of 10 officers above the lieutenant colonel level were able to obtain them. It was truly a celebration for the whole world.

This time, taking advantage of the great victory in North America, Emperor Richard generously granted a large number of lords, almost doubling the size of the group of fiefdom aristocrats, with the intention of consolidating the basic base of the aristocracy.

After all

The imperial power and the nobility are in a symbiotic relationship with two sides. One is prosperous and the other is destructive. The royal family is the central brain, the nobility is the skeleton and pillar of the entire empire, and the 1.3 million meritorious retired veterans (several battles) who enjoy the glory and rewards of the imperial power

Accumulation) is full flesh and blood and meridians. These three are in a close symbiotic relationship.

Expanding the aristocratic group means consolidating imperial power.

Given the boundless vastness of the Tang Empire, the tens of thousands of hectares of fiefs and fiefs owned by the first-class dukes were just a drop in the ocean.

Relying on the output of fiefdoms, the upper class nobles could maintain a decent life, but it was impossible to raise an army of more than a thousand people, let alone pose a threat to the central authority. That was pure fantasy.

After the National Day meeting on July 8, the whole country had a three-day holiday to celebrate the most glorious victory in the North American War so far. Various provinces and cities also held a variety of celebration activities such as poetry, garden tours, boating, lantern riddles, and dragon boat racing.

I spent the National Day holiday lively.

Just two days into the working day, the whole country is preparing to enter the busy summer harvest season. The northern province has taken the lead in harvesting, and the reported output of agricultural products is very gratifying. It is looking like another bumper harvest.

At this time, the "Lieutenant Incident" suddenly broke out, which made Emperor Richard very angry, and only issued a one-word edict: "Check."

Not to mention that His Majesty is very displeased, even the military bosses who are in high spirits feel as if they have been fed shit by human beings. Not to mention the anger that the military honor has been stained, as if they are no longer chaste, seriously.

I wish I could tear this Japanese lieutenant alive.

Why did it take so long for this to come out?

In fact, it didn't take long. When the tavern owner went to the neighborhood police station to report the crime that night, because it was already very late and it was not an emergency, the police officer on duty only asked him to make a statement and wait until work tomorrow to deal with it.

This drags on to the second day. Fortunately, the director of the police station in this neighborhood is a retired military officer. He is very sensitive to this kind of case of pretending to be a military commander, let alone a humble Japanese slave. It is really like eating.

It's as uncomfortable as a fly.

The police chief immediately took people to the tavern, recorded everything in detail and took a new confession, confirming that the lieutenant officer among the guests spoke Japanese, which was correct.

Since the case involved the military, the neighborhood police station did not have the authority to file the case for review and could only report it to the higher-level police station again, from the district-level police station to the city-level police headquarters, which took a lot of time.

As a super metropolis with a population of more than 2 million, Chang'an City has more than 5,700 police officers of various types in the municipal police headquarters. There are more police officers in one city than in many remote provinces and the entire province.

If you add in the security force of tens of thousands of Royal Guards, it will be really heavily guarded. Even a bird can't fly out when mobilized.

At the National Day Ceremony held by the military on July 8, the generals and school officers from top to bottom were almost caught up in crazy celebrations.

Many people have to attend more than 10 drinking parties a day.

This also led to the fact that no one paid attention to the investigation notification letter that was forwarded to the Army General Staff Headquarters on July 10. It sat on the table for three days before being opened and read. At this time, it was obvious that something bad was going on.

Several big bosses from the Army General Staff Headquarters were summoned to the imperial court by His Majesty. They cursed each other and then only issued a one-word edict: Cha.

After Marshal Dai Changfu, Chief of Army Staff, returned to his one-third of an acre of land, he was furious and said through gritted teeth;

"The audacious Japanese pirates dare to smear the honor of the Royal Army. I will make them regret coming to this world. Check it out for me. All officers and sergeants in the army will be sieved by me several times.

, don’t miss any suspicious elements. In addition, report the relevant information to the Navy Department and let them check it out as well.”

There is no need for soldiers to check, because the scope of the investigation is too wide and it is meaningless.

In the past two years, the imperial army will drastically streamline its ranks. In the end, it will retain no more than 360,000 troops and 80,000 royal guards, with a total strength of about 440,000.

All redundant positions must be cut, soldiers who have overserved their service must be retired, and about 60% of officers must be demobilized and returned to their fields, thus bringing a perfect end to their military careers.

If it were not for the long-term military garrison mission of occupying the United States of America (North), the Tang Empire would not need to retain such a large army.

Because the military of the United States of America (North) has been completely disbanded, less than 10,000 people remain in the name of the National Masturbation Corps, most of whom still belong to the Coast Guard. After all, so many ships must be manned by someone.

The Confederate Army of America (Southern) was basically disbanded, with only 12,000 people remaining in the Richmond area. The rest were all disarmed and returned to their fields to enjoy a quiet and leisurely life in peace.

Even Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate Army, officially retired and announced his candidacy for the next president amid rising national support. Now it seems almost certain, because the vast majority of male voters with the right to vote are his subordinates.

this era

Even women in the United States, who are known as the pioneers of democracy, do not have the right to vote or be elected. Generally, only white men aged 18 to 20 years old who have independent residences and pay more than $5 to $15 in taxes per year (standards vary from state to state) have the right to vote.

Black people and people of other skin colors should not think about this good thing.

In North America, Chinese are considered white by default.

The logic on the part of the Confederate States of America (South) was also simple;

The war that lasted for six years was successful. The Yankees were defeated and completely disarmed. In fact, it was no longer possible to threaten the independence and autonomy of the South, and there was no need to retain so many troops.

If the Tang Empire had ulterior motives, it would be useless to retain so many troops.

In addition, after the war, we were burdened with huge debts, and our finances were suffocating. All the customs taxes recovered and the domestic messy taxes were not spent even one dollar. They were all given to the Tang Empire, which was not enough for the principal and interest of the loan.

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We still have to tear down new walls to repair old ones, and we have to borrow money from here and there to pay off loans. How can we still have the money to maintain a huge army?

It’s really called: Borrowing money makes you happy for a while, but paying it back makes you feel heartbroken.

Back to topic

As soon as the military bosses started to get angry, the entire Army General Staff Headquarters and the military and U.S. headquarters were in a state of panic and began to conduct comprehensive self-examination and self-rectification.

The lieutenant whose pseudonym was Takayama quickly surfaced. Fortunately, the hotel owner, after hearing the Japanese that Lieutenant Takayama spoke smoothly, looked at him in surprise and noticed the word "106" on Lieutenant Takayama's armband.

That's right, it must be the 106th Field Division belonging to the Central Military Region.

Give an order

More than 530 lieutenant-level officers of the 106th Field Division were all assembled, and the number of people counted was three less. Two of them were drunk and fell unconscious in the hospital, and one of them, the lieutenant named "Gao Shan", disappeared.

, military dormitories and permanent residences are also nowhere to be found.

After digging deeper, a Japanese element hidden in the Royal Army suddenly emerged, which made the generals of the 106th Division furious, but there was nothing they could do.

Now that the man has escaped, he has not even received the military merit reward in such a hurry. Where can he find it in the huge sea of ​​people?

In fact, it is not difficult to find a Japanese element hidden in the military or other people with evil intentions. After all, they are not strictly trained spies. They will more or less reveal some clues, but the people around them don't care.

That’s all.

If you dig deeper, the women this person has slept with, the neighbors he often interacts with, and the close friends and subordinates in the military who often interact with him will reveal something unusual.

The reason why he was discovered by the tavern owner this time was firstly because the tavern owner was well-informed and secondly because he was highly vigilant. There was nothing special about him.

The main culprit of the "Lieutenant Incident" has been traced to this point, and the clues have been cut off.

Soon, the identity of another second lieutenant officer who was drinking at the same table was also verified. He was a second lieutenant officer affiliated with the 305th Division of the Southern Army. His name was Polyton. This man was actually a graduate of the Los Angeles Junior Infantry School. It was also confirmed that he was a second lieutenant officer.

ethnic identity.

Some classmates and military colleagues who were close to this person would occasionally hear Polytong speak some strange words that they could not understand. However, everyone was not familiar with Japanese and did not think about it. They all thought that what he was talking about was...

What about obscure dialects?

Subsequently, in the army-wide screening, up to 27 Japanese officers, 4 Korean officers, and even two Vietnamese officers were screened out. In addition, 67 Canadian officers and 35 officers who had served the United States were screened out.

The vast majority of military officers in the United States are of Chinese descent.

In particular, these 35 Chinese officers who had served the United States of America had been lurking for the longest time and had climbed to the highest positions. The three highest-ranking officers had even reached the rank of Army colonel, received the title of baronet in the military merit division, and enjoyed fiefdoms.

They lay down on the spot after the Yankees were defeated. They originally thought they could get away with it, but who knew that a "lieutenant incident" struck and all of them were pulled out. It was really an unexpected surprise.

For military bosses, this is not good news.

Every time a case in the military is caught, a large number of cases are implicated. How can a military boss who has just received a commendation for meritorious service keep it on his face?

As a result, more than 270 officers were deposed and 179 people were jailed and severely punished. Among them were Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and 35 Chinese officers who worked for the Yankees. I am afraid they will not escape death. There are also more than a dozen insiders.

Buried with him.

As for these 67 Canadian-Chinese officers recruited by the British, they can be spared the death penalty but cannot escape the crime of living. Not only will they be deprived of all military honors and honors, but their property will be confiscated, they will be sent to hard labor camps to perform hard labor, and their wives, children, and dependents will all be reduced to humble labor.

There is a high probability that you will end up in a brothel.

The British are pretty good to their own people, and they will definitely put pressure on them and exchange benefits under the table, and they will eventually win them away.

But while the two sides were negotiating and wrangling, these Chinese officers working for the British were in bad luck. Even if they could escape the dark life of the hard labor camp, they would leave a deep psychological shadow for the rest of their lives.

If the military boss doesn't let out his bad temper, this matter will never end.