"The emperor said that the condition he gave was that slavery must be abolished, but he gave a method, which was to let these slaves redeem themselves. After the redemption, the slavery would be abolished! What we are doing now is not adding new black slaves.↗, this method is good!"

Don’t care about this detail, but just talking about this method may sound like a problem, but in fact, it has been mentioned in the previous discussion.

Redeem yourself, you need to make money. How to make money?

It’s very simple. Black slaves become workers first. Then the industrial foundation in the south is very poor at this time, and the employment situation is simply collapsed. If you become a worker, you need a foundation, that is, building a factory!

In other words, in fact, Li Mengyang's plan is a construction plan, a reconstruction plan for the Southern America with the abolition of slavery as the starting point!

Therefore, this issue is so old. Otherwise, with Li Mengyang's major premise of only recognizing southern autonomy, it is almost unnecessary to say.

That’s right, the reason why this closed-door meeting is so difficult to draw a conclusion was that everyone discussed for a long time was because this matter was too difficult and everyone was hesitant!

You know, the Southern government had already been established at this time, which was earlier than the American Empire, right?

Now, this country that was established later than you, is considered a younger brother level. I told you, come here to be my younger brother, I will give you autonomy. How about it?

It would be very uncomfortable if this matter falls upon anyone. And in the south, they originally advocated freedom when they were established!

Since you are free, how can you listen to that empire? What autonomy is?

To be honest, this is why we need to open and close the meetings!

Yes, if this matter is known by the general public in the south, there is almost no need to discuss it!

Thirty years later, there will be a Frenchman named Le Pen who wrote a book called "The Mob". In fact, it is to say that when ordinary people form a community of consciousness, the rationality of this group will plummet, and the sentiment will soar quickly... In the saying goes, it means that the IQ will drop, and the blood will burn.

Le Pen's theory is somewhat correct, that is, the general public will definitely not discuss this way. They will definitely advocate fighting against that evil empire to the end, but!

At this time, the conference room was full of the elites from the south. There were no idiots among them. They felt that this matter could be discussed, which itself explained a lot of problems.

At this time, the south was full of holes and the entire economy was on the verge of collapse. This was all because of the civil war, and now we can stop fighting. Isn’t that good?

Besides, in order to support the civil war, the South has received a lot of supplies from "Cuba". To be honest, everyone knows what's going on, when will Cuba produce rifles and Gatling machine guns?

Are these supplies given for free? Is it possible?

At first, it was replacing cotton, but because the south was caused by Sherman's three-light policy, it was so hurt. Cotton requires a lot of land. This is why the conflict between the north and the south was so sharp at the beginning, and some of us were competing for land rights!

So soon, the cotton was not enough to support it. The stock of Laozi had just been gone soon. Then everything was given. As long as it could be given, as long as it was favored by people there, we would give it, just to support the war on the front line and the supply of supplies from the south.

Then, you will also be in debt!

Don’t forget that the south has also made banknotes like the north, and the banknotes at this time are national debts, so let’s just do it, anyway, you don’t have to worry about too much debt!

It can be said that today's south is not only a simple matter of economic collapse, but it should be said that everyone knows who the owners behind many industries are, but they just don't say it clearly, and the government owes them a lot of huge debts!

Now, the imperial emperor has given you a discount, giving you southern autonomy, and I have a reconstruction plan here!

How to see the autonomy? Some people think that the national qualities have been reduced, while others think that they have taken advantage of it. You can ignore this for now, and this reconstruction plan is the real key!

Let’s put it this way, there is no specific plan, but now it is only the empire to carry out this reconstruction, because basically the main industries in the south are now in the hands of the empire!

This is reality. In fact, this meeting is mainly about discussing a problem, which is to be realistic or ideal.

The reality is that it has to be relied on the empire, and it’s quite good now. Robert Lee’s daughter has a special relationship with that emperor, which is very good.

Ideal, that is the independence of the south!

This matter is very difficult, very difficult. Maybe outsiders should obviously choose reality, but people in it, especially those who gather together because of this ideal, are really difficult for them to reach an agreed choice now.

"I didn't misinterpret anything! Isn't that emperor just going to interfere with us? Autonomy and other things are simply bullshit!"

"General Forrest! This is a completely different thing! Doesn't our South need to be rebuilt?"

"Don't quarrel, two! Let's go back to the fundamentals! I think it's very serious to give up the national character!"

"What national character! Those bastards in Europe don't recognize us at all!"

I said it wasn't arguing, but it started again!

Such a scenario has happened many times in this closed-door meeting, otherwise the meeting would not have been held for so long. So, can these elites in the south discuss the results?

Maybe it's difficult, but, Robert Lee and South President Jefferson Davis have seen some lights, such as...

"Gentlemen! Slavery is like a spell! This spell is entangling our south! If this spell can be solved, then some things seem to be discussed..." This...

The key is the person who said this, his name is John C. Kahon, and this old man is an extremely firm advocate of slavery!

Then it seems that we can reach an agreement. This is a good thing. Whether it is the South or the Empire, the South seems to be heading in a good direction. So what about New York?

"Sir?! What can we do now?"

"Yes! I'm so scared, sir!"

"The whole of New York seems to be in chaos. What should we do? I saw someone running away outside!"

In a very dilapidated building in Manhattan, New York, there are so many children, who are not old anyway. The biggest feature of these children is that they have yellow skin and braids!

Chinese people! They must have come from the current Qing Dynasty!

This is absolutely certain, and now Manhattan is in a mess. These children all show fear, but not only the children, but also a few adults.

"Brother Chunfu, what do we do now?"

"That's right, Chunfu. Among the three of us, you are the most determined. You still have to decide here!"

There are three adults, needless to say, with braids on their heads, and two of them are waiting for one named Chunfu to make an idea.

"This..." Brother Chunfu hesitated, but he said something, "I heard that a giant ship in New York Harbor came. It was very terrifying, but it was the New Tang!"

New Tang, the name of this country was originally decided to make it easier for Chinese people to accept. Now it seems that Li Mengyang, a patient with naming disorder, is still a bit proud.

"New Tang?" But what is this country doing?

"Brother Pingfu, Brother Jiechen, what do you two think of the New Tang Kingdom?" Chunfu asked.

"Brother Chunfu, you're asking too much. We've talked about it before. I've also heard a lot of this New Tang Dynasty. But no matter how you look at it, I don't think it's the orthodox Central Plains. Although there are many Han people in this country, there are also many foreigners. How can this be? The emperor used the banner to drive out the Tartars and restore China. But now he's gotten along with foreigners. Isn't this selling dog meat under the guise of sheep?"

Brother Jiechen spoke first, and this was really amazing.

It's okay, the view of this brother Jiechen represents the views of many intellectuals from the Qing Dynasty. Even if Jiechen was in the United States at this time, he actually came to study in the United States for a long time, but he still had the same view.

"I also feel that the country is not upright, and it is indeed as Brother Jie said. But it is so strange that the New Tang Dynasty has developed so rapidly. In just a few years, it has reached this place! It's simply unbelievable!" Brother Pingfu also said, but it seems that it's more emotional.

"The two brothers have their own opinions, which is correct in themselves, but in the current situation, I have always been thinking in my heart, if this New Tang Kingdom can win the entire United States, how should we deal with it?"

Hum? What's going on with this?

In fact, these children and these three people have some origins!

Among these three adults, Brother Chunfu is named Yung Wing, Brother Pingfu is Huang Sheng, and Brother Jie is named Huang Kuan!

If you don’t know these three people, you should have heard of these children, because these children are actually ‘tung children studying in the United States’!

It is now 1869, that is, the 8th year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty. In fact, as early as the 4th year of Tongzhi, Yung Wing told the Qing court that some students would be organized to study in the United States.

If it is based on the original history, then the first batch of young children studying in the United States should have arrived in the United States in 1872, but many things have changed now.

Because of the establishment of the New Tang Empire, the Qing court itself felt the crisis, and they were more eager to learn advanced Western technology. Later, the New Tang Empire won victory on many battlefields, which made the Qing court even more unable to sit still!

Orthodoxy is challenged!

There are people who can't beat foreigners now that you can deal with them. Look, where do you put your Aisin Jueluo family's face?

Therefore, the matter of young children studying in the United States was advanced, and there was another prerequisite for this advance, that is, the Qing court's attitude towards the New Tang Empire was consistent with the United States of America.

The United States was very happy, but Yung Wing was troublesome to operate this matter alone, so he found two of his classmates, Huang Sheng and Huang Kuan came with him in the United States.

Now, with the sound of gunfire in New York Harbor and the turmoil in Manhattan, how would these young children and Yung Wing and others choose? (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!