Wild North America 1846

Chapter 329
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 by 26.5 times to 879 square kilometers. The population has grown from 1858 million at the end of June 6 to At the end of 157.37, there were 1859 million people, maintaining a good momentum of steady growth.

Compared with New York, the largest city in North America, its total population grew rapidly from 1858 million at the end of June 6 to 187.62 million at the end of 1859. In addition to the influx of European immigrants, there are also many people from other parts of North America who were affected by the war. The migrant population came to the New York metropolis to seek opportunities.

This is the result of violent social turmoil. People always feel that big cities are more secure. It is not the natural growth of New York, which is an additional factor.

Correspondingly, Chang'an City does not have the crowded and chaotic slum neighborhoods of New York, where the sanitation and living conditions are poor, and where crimes abound.

Datang Kingdom implements a block management system. Except for a small number of salaried public officials, it mainly relies on the voluntary services of street residents to maintain a clean and tidy living environment in the block, maintain street law and order, and report and combat crimes.

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

Those virtuous and respected residents who are enthusiastic about public welfare, through the selection of residents and the recommendation of the street, have a certain number of places to be awarded the honor of "JP" each year, and have a certain chance to participate in the monthly court meeting. This is an incomparable honor.

For example, in the grand occasion of offering sacrifices to the ancestors of heaven and earth in the first month and May of each year, "justices of the peace" can participate as civil representatives, showing the blessings of the holy family and making people flock to them.

The carriage shuttles lightly through the streets, and sometimes stops for a while in the lively neighborhoods. Taking the carriage to watch the life of the citizens at close range is also a way for Li Cha to stay close to life.

No... Three mounted police escorted some Dongying people in Fuso kimonos and wooden clogs and walked along the street. These small Dongying people attracted the surrounding crowd to point and watch curiously. I don't know what he said, which suddenly caused a burst of laughter.

In front of the Dongying people, the Chinese are full of pride and self-confidence.

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

"Um……"

Li Cha 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 to exchange ideas, including some experts and scholars. Now Fusang people are also here, but unfortunately, there is no sign of the Qing Dynasty.

China has been decadent and depraved for a long time, wars are still frequent, and the people of the mainland are living in dire straits. It doesn't matter if such a backward feudal dynasty is overthrown.

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

"Not at all." Before Viscount Dong Jie finished his sentence, Li Cha interrupted him, directly denied it, and said; "In the field of military and science and technology, it is strictly forbidden to study and observe abroad, and it is forbidden to leak sensitive information. It is not rumored that the military industry only sells products and does not sell technology, and implement this as a principle. Oh... Prussians are an exception, and implement the project application system."

"I understand that the system will be formulated according to His Majesty's will."

"The Fusang people only need to appreciate the power of the kingdom. They need to be taught to respect and obey, instead of teaching them to pick up knives and swords. This must be clearly distinguished."

"Wei Chen understands, and must carefully consider it."

Viscount Dong Jie responded with a respectful expression, His Majesty, this is an obvious double standard, and the mystery inside needs to be carefully understood after going back. This is the basic awareness of a close courtier.

His Majesty will not explain. If Viscount Dong Jie cannot understand His Majesty's deep meaning, then this position will come to an end.

In fact, Li Cha'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 Kingdom. No matter what "sending Tang envoys", it is useless to call their fathers.

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

The close friendship between Tang De will last for many years, and it is also one of the pillars of Datang Kingdom's foreign policy towards Europe. The other pillar of foreign policy towards Europe is the British Empire. This is beyond doubt.

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

This policy regards the entire Americas as its own back garden, advocates solving the problems of Americans, strongly opposes foreign countries including Europe interfering in American affairs, and builds its own circle of friends.

Just like the "sterling trade circle" and the "French trade circle", Datang Kingdom needs its own "Tang Yuan trade circle" as a basic disk, which will be the key topic of the next foreign policy.

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

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

Britain once proudly declared; "The British Empire will not fail until the blood of the Indian subcontinent is shed."

This is the background of an old world power. Based on a vast colony, towers of the world's top powers have been piled up, and the foundation is solid and difficult to shake.

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

The Datang Kingdom took a trick, relying on the mainland of China with almost unlimited labor resources, on the one hand to supplement the army, on the other hand to supplement the labor force population, and achieved dazzling achievements in military expansion and economic construction.

In the long term

Datang Kingdom should include the southern United States, Central America and South America into its own market scope, and incorporate all these younger brothers through military, political and economic penetration.

after half an hour
In a bustling tea house, King Li Cha, Viscount Dong Jie, and Lieutenant General Liu Wu were all dressed in casual clothes, sitting in an elegant seat behind the screen and drinking tea leisurely, listening to the discussions of the tea guests.

The discussions of the tea drinkers can be clearly heard. Most of the hot topics are the current war against the United States, especially the siege of Chicago. A few words.

Inside the words, he is full of confidence in the kingdom's army's capture of this North American metropolis.

King Richard has an attitude of listening and entertaining, which is a way for him to relax and get out of the palace and forbidden courtyard to feel the people's feelings, and he can hear the most authentic voice.

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

The true evaluation of the people is an invisible spur to the Kingdom government. It is impossible to deceive the public. The only way is to make the government work more solidly 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 the needs of the people, and formulate policies that conform to public opinion. They do not intervene in the development of the market economy forcibly, but only guide and regulate them through policies to encourage healthy competition in the market.

On this point, Gu Yan’s 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 facilities, driving on the right, urban green spaces and public toilets, etc. Now it is becoming more and more perfect in execution, and it is in the ranks of the world's top urban planning.

Even Napoleon III, the always proud French emperor, sent a large number of municipal managers to study in order to improve the poor sanitation and poor neighborhood living conditions in Paris, Lyon, and Frankfurt, and the effect was quite remarkable.

Viscount Dong Jie knew that the reelection of the cabinet will be held after June this year, and the new prime minister is likely to be the current senior official from California, Liu Xianjun, to realize the change of government.

Ryu Hyun-jun is the former head of the Royal Secretariat. After receiving His Majesty's instruction, he left the court to form a new political party called the "Justice and Liberal Democratic Party", or "Public Self-Party" for short, and appointed himself the party leader.

The "Public Liberal Party" is an important force emerging in the political arena of the Tang Kingdom, covering the interests of new white immigrants, Mexicans, and the working class. It is similar in nature to the Democratic Party in the United States, emphasizing the development of a diversified, fair and just multi-ethnic integration society.

Corresponding to it is the "National Power Party". The party leader is the current Prime Minister Earl Gu Yan. He has been re-elected as Prime Minister for two terms.

The "National Power Party" is an out-and-out royalist party. It is the current ruling party with Chinese, aristocratic, and small and medium-sized farmers and ranchers as its hard-core members. Its policy is conservative and xenophobic. There are too many similar examples.

Most Chinese immigrants regard the "National Power Party" as their own political party. The party is almost all Chinese from top to bottom. There are only a few white nobles, such as Earl Kahn and Earl Harry Frech. Conservative and exclusive.

If it is a normal election, the "National Power Party" will win the final election with a high probability, but it cannot keep His Majesty the King's sidelines. He secretly said that it was Juan Carlos, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Zheng Chengcheng, the Minister of the Colonial Department, and Chen Cailiang, the Minister of the Ministry of Economy. , leading a large number of current MPs to join the "Communist Party", which immediately made the "Commonist Party" gain momentum.

tell the truth

None of these government officials are willing to join the "Communist Party". Isn't it good to stay in the "National Power Party", the largest heavyweight political party in the kingdom?

If grass-roots elections are implemented, the "National Power Party" will crush the "Gongzi Party" into scum in minutes, because the "National Power Party" is backed by Chinese forces who account for nearly [-]% of the population of the Tang Dynasty. Who is it? Can compete?
However, His Majesty the King couldn't stand the fact that his Majesty the King wanted to engage in political party checks and balances, and the rotation of the political parties. The so-called arms could not twist his thighs.

Revolt, that doesn't exist.

Everyone's political life depends on His Majesty's grace. Thunder, rain and dew are all grace from the King. Where does true democracy come from?
This kind of political structure is purely His Majesty's experimental field. It's just a matter of arranging and obeying orders, and there is no price to talk about.

Viscount Dong Jie has been serving His Majesty for several years, and it is estimated that in the past two years, he may be released to serve as a senior official.

The future destination may be a senior official in California, or it may be the Great Lakes region headed by Chicago, which is the focus of the current war. As long as achievements are made, it is not a dream to become a minister in the future.

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

How can these tea drinkers have a gatekeeper?

Sure enough, not long

Someone mentioned the delicious Galapagos tortoise, and the tone was full of infinite memories, which attracted everyone to join in;

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

"What this man said is true, especially the tortoise liver is delicious, and it tastes delicious on the lips and teeth. It is the first-class food in the world today!"

"Five-spice stewed turtle meat is not bad. It turns out that there are several restaurants on Qidemen Street. The turtle meat is well-known. I was lucky enough to taste it once with Lord Lu. It is still unforgettable!"

"We old people have tasted it anyway, but the new immigrants in the past few years can only swallow their mouths. At the beginning of the year, a restaurant violated the government's ban and slaughtered Galapagos giant tortoises without permission and sold them at high prices. After being caught, the boss and The guys were all fined and ruined, I heard that they were sent to a hard labor camp, and now they are mining in the east, and they probably won’t come back in this life.”

"You must not do what the government does not allow. This is the bottom line. Recently, several Taoyuan ginseng and pigeon restaurants have opened on Chongwenmen Street. I heard that the taste is quite good. The old ones have time to go and have a look..."

"Oh... I know this is a special dish in Taoyuan, but we don't have much passenger pigeons here!"

"You don't know, those are fresh wild pigeons caught on the Colorado Plateau, and they are sent to Chang'an City by the Nevada Railway. They are freshly killed and stewed! The business of those pigeon houses is very good. A dime for a bowl, each bowl stewed with a pigeon, no kidding!"

"Well, the price is not expensive, so I have to try it..."

The topics of the tea drinkers were off topic, and they could talk about everything from all over the world, but fortunately, there were no taboo topics. This made Viscount Dong Jie secretly rejoice for the people of the Kingdom Government...

It's my luck that I didn't touch His Majesty's Ni Lin!

(End of this chapter)