America 1881: They Call Me Legend

"Damn it, don't these soldiers even have a sense of honor?"

McKinley felt a little broken inside.

He had expected that the army would be infiltrated very badly, but he never expected it to reach this point.

Doesn't this mean that Chen Jianqiu is close to controlling the regular army?
McKinley stood up and closed the office door.

"Root, tell me the truth, are you also on the side of Chen?" the president asked.

The Minister of War was taken aback.

That's not McKinley's style.

Being so frank, it seems that Mr. President is also forced to a showdown.

"No, I am a member of your cabinet." Root stood still and shook his head, "If you don't trust me, I can resign."

"Although Chen and I are friends, I don't agree with your approach on this matter. You have been deceived by some extreme militant factions."

"Uh, Root, you have to understand one thing. It's not that I don't support your military reform plan, it's just that it takes time to settle, understand?"

McKinley said, gesturing with his hands, explaining to the Secretary of War.

Root didn't move.

He just thought that the person in front of him was going to confide in him, so he also planned to play something real with the president.

But who would have thought that the person in front of him didn't say a few words from his heart, and then he started to play tricks again.

Root was a little bored.

"If you really want to stop Chen and his army, either declare the country a state of war now, do an emergency general mobilization, or count on the state National Guard to figure things out."

Look, if you don't reform the military, you won't even have any troops that can be used at critical moments.

"Wait a minute, I'll have people call all the cabinet members over, and we'll have an emergency meeting." McKinley thought for a moment and said.

Two hours later, the Secretary of State, Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury and others were all called to the White House conference hall for a meeting to discuss how to deal with the Chinese riots on the southwest border.

Everyone started a heated discussion in the conference room.

The first is the issue of sanctions against Chen Jianqiu and other Chinese companies.

The finance minister said it wouldn't work.

After many years of operation by Chen Jianqiu, most companies, including Sanjiang Bank, have become the pillars of their industries.

The interest relationship inside is intricate but checks and balances each other, so Chen Jianqiu always holds the right to speak.

Not to mention that he is also a big creditor to the federal government.

Wars can be fought, sanctions?nonexistent.

The president's fraudulent behavior in Fort Stockton has already been criticized on Wall Street. If another blow brings about an economic crisis, then the president's position will really be lost.

As for the war.

If they are really mobilized on a large scale, no matter how hard Chen Jianqiu and his Chinese troops fight, they will eventually lose.

But these all take time.

"Mr. Hanna, may I bother you to go to New York, find Chen, and tell him what he wants, so we can sit down and talk." Mr. President asked the Republican leader beside him for help.

Hannah spread his hands: "I really don't know where he is."

"Let's look for it." The Secretary of State chimed in.

"Don't worry about it, I went to see him." Roosevelt spoke suddenly.

He didn't bother to hide anything.

Anyway, everyone present here knows that the relationship between him and Chen Jianqiu is unusual, so it is better to be straightforward than to hide it.

He recounted to the president and others in the cabinet what Chen Jianqiu had said to him.

"He demanded that the Chinese X-China Act be immediately abolished, the murderers at Fort Stockton be severely punished, the living habits and beliefs of the Chinese be respected, and the legal status of Chinese immigrants be resolved in batches."

Everyone fell silent.

These requirements may not sound like much.

But McKinley understood what it all meant.

Each state in the United States of America is a self-governing state and an independent state.

They have their own constitution.

Powers of the federal government, delegated by the state governments.Powers not delegated to the federal government, still held by the states themselves.

In the past more than ten years, although Chen Jianqiu bypassed the "X-China Act" in various ways and allowed some Chinese to obtain citizenship, the number was still limited.

Most of the Chinese immigrants had gathered in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, waiting their turn to obtain citizenship.

If it is solved in batches and the green light is given, once immigrants flood into states like New Mexico and Oklahoma, it will quickly cause demographic changes.

Chinese-dominated state governments will soon come to power, and these states will basically be no different from Chinese autonomous states.

"I'm afraid it doesn't matter what I said, it needs to be discussed in Congress." McKinley still didn't let go.

"Leaving these aside, we need to characterize the behavior of these Chinese." The Secretary of State said.

"Then in the afternoon." The Speaker of the House of Representatives took out his pocket watch and looked at McKinley. "You are ready to go to the House of Representatives in the afternoon, and then to the Senate."

After everyone finished their deliberations, they had a quick lunch and then set off towards the Capitol Hill.

The time came to 01:30 pm.

The House of Representatives was packed.

Usually, if the meeting is held at this time, the participating congressmen are all groggy and look like they are not awake.

Especially the older ones, who can't stand the sleepiness in the afternoon.

But today is different.

Representatives were told that today the president will be here to say something very important.

They guessed it might have something to do with Fort Stockton.

Sure enough, Mr. President walked in through the gate with a serious face and a big belly.

He came in together with a group of cabinet leaders.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives returned to his own chair, and without talking too much nonsense, he directly let McKinley take the stage.

Mr. President began his speech.

"An unprecedented, serious and appalling riot is taking place on our nation's southwestern border."

"The Chinese community is using extremely bad, violent, and unacceptable methods to shake the foundation of this country."

McKinley has never been good at eloquence.

His speech used too many attributives.

The advantage is that it looks very rigorous, but the disadvantage is that it is lengthy and has a very poor listening experience.

The members of the House of Representatives below have different expressions.

Some of them agreed with the president.

Most of these people voted against the repeal of the previous X-China Act.

Others disagree.

What the militiamen in Texas have done has long been reported in the media.

Although the reports of the American media have always been known for their spring and autumn style of writing, avoiding the trivial and focusing on the important.

Politicians aren't much better off, though.

Basically, they are exactly the same, each other.

Roosevelt glanced at several positions in the third row.

Usually, Wang Qingfu and those Chinese congressmen would sit here.

But today these positions are vacant.

Roosevelt sighed.

"I propose that the mobilization of combat readiness be carried out immediately, together with the National Guard of surrounding states to quell the rebellion, I"

Before McKinley finished speaking, the door of the House of Representatives was suddenly opened.

A group of people dressed in black rushed in.

These people include Chinese and Caucasians, and their expressions are very serious.

And walking in front of this group of people were Wang Qingfu and several Chinese congressmen.

There was commotion in the House of Representatives.

Wang Qingfu led the people straight to the podium:

They didn't say a word, just looked at Mr. President coldly.

Before McKinley could speak, the Speaker of the House of Representatives was the first to get angry.

Since the founding of the United States, we have seen people swearing, whistling, fighting, and even dueling in the House of Representatives, but there is absolutely no group of people rushing in to control the House of Representatives.

What's more, most of them are not MPs.

"Guard! Where are the guards?" shouted the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

"They went to listen to the speech under the Washington Monument." Wang Qingfu said.

The MPs were dumbfounded.

The Washington Monument is a landmark building in Washington, DC and the entire United States. It is located less than two streets away from the Capitol Building.

speech?No one has heard that there are speeches there?
"Please get out! You are disrupting the order of the House of Representatives!" The Speaker of the House of Representatives waved his arms, expressing his anger.

After all, McKinley had seen the world.

His face remained calm, and he calmly finished his speech under the gaze of the Chinese congressmen and the men in black.

"Mr. Speaker, we have asked for the floor."

After the president's speech, Wang Qingfu made a request to the speaker.

The Speaker of the House of Representatives did not want this Chinese congressman to take office.

However, preventing members of the House of Representatives from speaking is against the original intention of freedom of speech, and he has no reason to object.

Wang Qingfu didn't wait for the speaker's reply, he turned around and bowed to the other members of the House of Representatives.

He stepped onto the podium.

However, the Chinese congressmen did not start talking.

He waved at one of the men in black.

The man nodded and walked out of the House of Representatives quickly.

After a while, a group of people came in carrying an iron box and pulling wires.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, they opened the box and began to assemble it.

The Speaker suddenly understood what these people were trying to do.

Chen Jianqiu!You, who are not even a member of the House of Representatives, want to give a speech in the House of Representatives, but you don’t even want to come!Also play remotely!

"You guys are too much!" The speaker jumped up from his seat again, pointing to the long wire.

"Um, sorry, Mr. Speaker, the receiver antenna is too big, it's outside, and the power supply is also outside." Wang Qingfu apologized.

"You are trampling on freedom and democracy!" the speaker almost roared.

However, no one paid any attention to him, and most people were more curious about the strange device on the stage.

After the assembly was completed, Wang Qingfu turned on the switch, and a familiar voice came out from the speaker.

".More than 100 years ago" (end of this chapter)