Wild North America 1846

Chapter 633 The Chaos in 1876

Author: Portuguese toothless

Chapter 633 The Chaos in 1876

Shortly after entering 1876, the United States of America's criticism of Chinese capital's monopoly on the domestic economy and people's livelihood became louder, involving complicated political struggles, and the popularity continued for a while.

Instigated by thoughtful people, the antagonism between the Chinese and white ethnic groups is like a flame poured with oil, rising upwards and attracting widespread attention.

Spring, the president of New York University, wrote an article in the "New York Daily News" warning: "This is an unhealthy antagonism, and the government's connivance has aggravated this situation, which may tear the current peace and stability.

Cause unpredictable serious consequences."

Only a few people remained calm, while more prestigious upper-class people were involved in this public war of words.

As New York Water Commissioner Moret jumped from a high-rise building, the social hot spot shifted from government corruption to ethnic antagonism, and the public was unknowingly led astray.

The United States of America is a free society that advocates democracy and freedom of speech. Even the president will be ruthlessly ridiculed and reviled, let alone others?

Fortunately, the Second North American War that ended 14 years ago is not that far away. There are many Americans (in the north) who have experienced this unprecedented bloody and tragic war. They still have fresh memories of the ferocity of the Eastern Army, and they have deep feelings in their bones.

Deep fear.

This prevented the war of public opinion between the two sides in the United States of America from turning into a wild horse, and allowed the bottom line to be adhered to;

That is, the name of the Tang Empire must not be clearly pointed out, let alone the royal family of the empire.

However, the negative impact of the increasingly fierce public opinion storm is obvious. After March and April, Chinese people were often verbally abused and attacked by white people in various cities in the United States of America, and were even beaten in the streets.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Tang Empire immediately lodged a strong protest, sent a serious note to the Ambassador of the United States of America, and put forward three requirements to control domestic public opinion and sentiment;

First, we must stop this malicious tendency to create ethnic antagonism, control the direction of public opinion, severely punish the perpetrators, and avoid malicious slander and slander.

Second, we must correctly view the huge contribution of Chinese capital and immigrants in the reconstruction of the United States of America, know how to be grateful, guide social justice, and treat residents of different ethnic groups correctly.

Third, we must severely punish those who stir up trouble and maintain the stability and prosperity of the North American unified market.

Under strong pressure from the Tang Empire, President Benjamin Disraeli of the United States of America spoke in public, calling on people to remain calm and expressing regret for the current war of public opinion.

Then, there is no more...

This was originally an issue of racial antagonism stirred up by senior officials in the White House, which effectively diverted the focus of government corruption. How could we just let it go?

The problem of corruption in the U.S. government has been around for a long time, originating from the British colonial period. The British colonial officials at that time were known for their corruption and incompetence, which was passed down by the Americans.

In the United States in the 19th century, corruption and incompetence flourished at all levels of government and became a traditional part of the officialdom.

Between 1869 and 1871, the taxpayers' money spent on building a New York City Legislative Court was four times that of the British Parliament.

And the courthouse has yet to be built. The Chattel Bank scandal exposed corruption in approximately $20 million in New York City court credit lines and Union Pacific Railroad construction contracts.

Incredibly, the contract was paid for with federal subsidies, and the railroad distributed stock to politicians on both sides of the aisle to ensure support.

In the process of dividing the cake, the powerful "Liberal Party" was excluded, which naturally aroused strong dissatisfaction among the Liberal Party members, who are mainly Chinese-Americans, and became one of the major cases of municipal corruption in the government.

Although New York Water Commissioner Morritt jumped from a tall building, he met God without any surprise.

However, there are too many stains on the U.S. government, there are a lot of loopholes, and the corruption case files can fill more than half a room. Federal prosecutors have not stopped investigating, but the public enthusiasm has dropped a lot.

in this case

The White House does not want public opinion to be directed at itself. Whether it is intentional indulgence or guidance, the hot spot of public opinion is always fermenting on the issue of ethnic conflicts...

This small-scale public opinion storm in North America has not attracted the attention of the world powers, mainly Europe. They now have more troubles to deal with.

In the autumn of 1875, a great famine broke out in the northern and central regions of Asia Minor. The great famine intensified in the new year. The Ottoman Empire was on the verge of financial collapse, and the shadow of intervention by the great powers shrouded the country.

As the Balkan uprisings continued one after another, the Ottoman army carried out brutal suppression.

But when the watermelon was pressed, the gourd rose. The entire Balkans region was in flames with the national awakening movement, which made the Ottoman Empire very anxious.

Under this situation, its domestic political struggle intensified.

May 30, 1876

Sultan Abdul Aziz was overthrown and installed Murad V as sultan. Just three months later, on August 31, Abdul Hamid II overthrew the insane Murad as sultan.

The new Sudan changed its owner three times in one year.

Along with the awakening of national consciousness, large-scale uprisings broke out in Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria, and soon spread to Serbia and Montenegro, two vassal states of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman Empire brutally suppressed the uprising, but failed to control the changes in the situation, and its rule in the Balkans began to waver.

In this turbulent time

The tsarist government sensed the opportunity and lost no time in intervening in the internal affairs of the Ottoman Empire under the banner of "saving the Christians under the oppression of the Turkish Empire" and "protecting the Slavic brothers".

Tsarist Russia first exerted pressure on the Ottoman Empire through diplomatic channels, but the effect was not significant.

Its proposal to collectively protect the Slavs was opposed by Britain, France and the Tang Dynasty. The world powers were surprisingly unified in their stance on the Balkan issue;

That is to prevent Tsarist Russia from taking advantage of this opportunity to try to dismember and greatly annex the Ottoman Empire's land, and extend its black hands into the warm Mediterranean Sea.

Subsequently, Tsarist Russia tried another plan after failing, and proposed the implementation of autonomy in Bosnia, Herzegovina and Bulgaria, which was also flatly rejected by the Ottoman Empire.

But all this

Tsarist Russia was not able to stop its efforts. This great East Slavic empire, which was obsessed with colonial expansion, could hardly restrain its eager impulse to invade.

This makes the world powers such as Britain feel that they are faced with a formidable enemy, but they have to deal with it. Once the 10th Russo-Turkish War breaks out, European powers will have to intervene.

The biggest problem now is that the relationship between Britain and France is no longer as close as it was during Napoleon III, although France is actively moving closer to Britain to resist the pressure of the Three Emperors Alliance.

But the French will never forget that the British sided with the Germans in the Franco-Prussian War.

There is also the Tang State, which colluded with Germany. Although it maintained a neutral position on the surface, it actually sent a large amount of war materials, experienced generals and advanced weapons and equipment to Germany.

And they engaged in large-scale smuggling after the fall of France, which seriously damaged the interests of France and hurt the feelings of the French people. It has only been a few years, how could you be so forgetful?

It is emotionally difficult for France to join forces with these world powers who do one thing on the surface but another behind the scenes.

Without the help of the French army, the British were in trouble. They did not dare to face the powerful Tsarist Russian Empire army alone!

The British Empire is indeed powerful and almost invincible in all parts of the world. It has not faced an opponent for more than 200 years and has always won the final victory in key battles.

But that refers to the British Royal Navy, not the British Army.

objective evaluation

Among the European powers, Germany, France, and Russia are the leaders in terms of army strength. Their size and strength exceed those of other countries, including the United Kingdom.

If the Tang Kingdom is included, it can basically be ranked fourth or fifth, which is probably on par with the British Army.

There is a prerequisite here: large-scale use of troops in Europe.

In view of the extremely high difficulty of projecting troops across oceans and the relatively small overall size of the Tang Imperial Army, even after several colonial expansions after the North American War, the overall size of the Royal Army remained between 350,000 and 360,000 people.

In addition, there are 100,000 Royal Guards.

According to the current strength of the Tang Empire, not even a single soldier of the 100,000 Royal Guards will be mobilized, and their combat scope is limited to North America and even the mainland of the empire.

The 360,000-strong Royal Army is responsible for the heavy task of defending the country. In Yunnan Province and the New Colonial District of Colombia, the continuous clearing operations have not stopped, but are ongoing year after year.

Coupled with the North American garrison, the Royal Army of the Tang Empire will never be able to send more than 60,000 troops overseas, and if it exceeds the limit, it will increase by another 30,000 (note; this refers specifically to the situation without mobilization for war).

This kind of force can be said to be almost non-existent in Europe, known as the world's monster house, and it has no effect at all.

We must know that the standing strength of the Russian Empire in Europe is more than one million, the Ottoman Empire has nearly 500,000 troops, Germany has 700,000, France has more than 600,000, and even the British Army has more than 300,000 troops.

If tens of thousands of troops are thrown in, what can be done?

Nowadays, the Ottoman Empire's confidence in being able to stand up to the Tsarist Empire lies in friendly countries such as Britain, France, and Tang Dynasty. They know that these world powers will definitely hold on to the end.

In the Crimean War (the 9th Russo-Turkish War) from 1853 to 1856, the Russian army lost more than 522,000 people, the Turkish army lost nearly 96,000 people, the French army lost 95,000 people, and the British army lost 102,000 people.

Ten thousand people, the Tang army lost 9,300 people. Russia spent about 800 million rubles on this war, and the Allies spent about 600 million rubles.

From this simple casualty number, we can see how determined the world powers, led by Britain, are to contain the Russian furry bear?

Even at the cost of huge casualties and property losses, Tsarist Russia’s furry bears will never be allowed to take a step beyond the limits.

The key lies in the confidence of the Ottoman Empire, but the British have no confidence?

The huge gap between the military strength of Tsarist Russia and the Ottoman Empire could not be filled by Britain alone. The British Army did not have such strong strength, and the British were not willing to take advantage of it.

European security and stability are related to the interests of the European powers themselves. Why should the British pay alone?

But look around

The British sadly found that they could not find help. France, which had been seriously injured in the Franco-Prussian War, was still complaining about itself and could not be coaxed for a while. This was an unavoidable reality.

The Tang State is far away on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, and the two countries have been at odds with each other in the past few years. They have fought several times overtly and covertly, and the relationship is no longer what it used to be.

Even if the Tang State dispatched troops as scheduled, they would only be in the middle and late stages of the war due to the vastness of the Atlantic Ocean, and the number would not be large.

Looking at the newly rising German Empire, well... forget it.

After the rapid rise of the German Empire in Europe, Britain quickly alienated Germany out of the fundamental interests of the "continental balance policy" and instead continued to approach and support its old enemy France.

The two married families of Britain and Germany are drifting apart. Germany is now an ally of the Russians, as well as the Austrian Empire, known in history as the "Three Emperors Alliance".

Faced with today's critical situation in Europe, the British expressed that they were very panicked and had no idea at all, and they had no time to care about nonsense in North America.

On the other hand, the Russians also have their own problems. They have been beaten out of their psychological shadow by the joint efforts of Britain, France and other world powers. Although their greedy desire for expansion is high, they are very afraid of Britain and other European powers.

Nicholas I, the father of today's Tsar Alexander II, was angered to death in the Crimean War, only 20 years ago.

The Ottoman Empire, the Tsarist Empire and the British Empire formed a chain, and they were all very afraid of each other, thus forming a delicate balance.

June 30, 1876

Serbia and Montenegro formally declared war on the Ottoman Empire one after another, and Romania, Serbia and Montenegro were also eager to join the fight against the Ottoman Empire.

The deterioration of the situation in the Balkans has broken the original delicate balance. Compared with the powerful Ottoman Empire army, these little Balkan Karami are completely inadequate and are at an absolute disadvantage.

If the Tsarist Empire did not intervene, these rebels would be crushed to death one by one like little bugs, and there would be no second way out.

The situation in Europe has taken a turn for the worse and is approaching the moment of final showdown...

In East Asia at this time

In April 1876, Zuo Zongtang's army took the oath of surrender in Suzhou (today's Jiuquan). The Hunan Army general and Premier Liu Jintang conducted camp operations and led his army into Xinjiang in a large scale. Soon they recovered Gumu Land, Urumqi, Manas and other places.

They sang triumphant songs all the way and beat the Agub rebels to the ground, as if they were destroying everything.

Zuo Zongtang's army took advantage of the situation to regain most of the territory in northern Xinjiang, and set up the headquarters of the imperial envoys in Urumqi, encircling the Aguba rebels with an iron wall and killing them all without mercy.

The vigorous war to regain Xinjiang began. From the beginning of the war, the Hunan Army showed a powerful fighting force that was completely reborn. It used sharp guns and artillery to severely attack the Agub rebels, killing heads and blood flowing like rivers.

Among the Han Dynasty ministers who rose to prominence during the Qing Dynasty's campaign to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there was not a single merciful master. No matter Li Hongzhang, Zeng Shatou or Zuo Zongtang, they were all ruthless characters who could kill people but were as ruthless as stone.

If this is the case with the Han people, it is even more impossible to be merciful when it comes to foreigners.

During the war of sending troops into the Yangtze River to regain the lost territory, Zuo Zongtang's Hunan Army went on a killing spree, even killing the old, weak, women and children of the Agub rebels. They killed every one of them cleanly...

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