Chapter 356

December 13, 1867.

When the Prussian Prime Minister Bismarck pushed the Germans and Irish in the Commonwealth of Millikin to cooperate in order to suppress the Dutch, and was eagerly waiting to see how the Netherlands would fight back against him, in the Senate of the Commonwealth of America, it was officially opened. The Dutch counterattack is the prelude.

"The Industrial Revolution has brought a second life to the Netherlands. The old self-sufficient production model has been broken, and large trans-regional companies have begun to rise. They have organized the entire country for the first time as an organic whole, running through the whole country. The Dutch railways are the arteries of the country.

The Dutch people's space for activities has been greatly expanded. They are no longer satisfied with living in a small and closed hometown, and they have left to go to the big cities. The people in the city are busy watching with their eyes wide open and listening to the new era with their ears on the side. , the rhythm of daily urban life began to speed up, and school education also changed. Countless newly invented educational methods flooded the streets, and workers selected and discussed them.

The development and progress of Europe also brought new problems, because people could not adapt to this change so quickly, and the management of the government could not keep up with the pace of the times, so the reform movement, the social evangelism movement and the populist movement came one after another. , as if to correct everything that is unreasonable, this is an era of chaos and an era of hope. "

Standing on the seat of the President of the Senate of the United States of America, Andrew Johnson, Vice President and President of the Senate of the United States of America, slowly looked down from the stage.

Ranked in the order of succession of the presidents of the Commonwealth of America.

They are the Vice President and the Speaker of the Senate, the Interim President of the Senate, also known as the Vice President (the deputy of the Vice President and the President of the Senate, and later changed to the third place after 1886, after the Speaker of the House of Representatives), Speaker of the House of Representatives, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War (later Secretary of Defense), Secretary of Justice, Secretary of Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Industry, Secretary of Posts, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Transportation.

The sequence unfolds with President Lincoln at the center, Vice President and Senate President Andrew on the right, and Senate President Interim Benjamin on the left.

All 70 senators were present (the original 50 states had 100 senators, but now Hawaii and Alaska are in the hands of the Netherlands, and the Confederate States of America, ruled by Davis in the south, occupy thirteen states).

Vice President Andrew's eyes fell kindly to President Lincoln, who responded kindly.

"I don't know, I think this is the interaction between the two highest powers of the United States of America, but those who know, all know that this is just the quiet night sky before the sparks."

Seward is sitting next to President Lincoln to the left of President Lincoln, and between him and Lincoln is interim Senate President Benjamin Wade, a Swede, and to his left is Edwin Stanton, the German ally, the Minister of War. .

This was said to the Minister of War Edwin Stanley next to Seward.

The voice is not small, and I don't know if it is because I am afraid that Seward can't hear it.

Below him sits the Minister of Agriculture, Garant, an Irishman like President Lincoln.

Seward reminded seemingly unintentionally: "The United States of America is very united, Edwin, your tone is a bit wrong, but there are disputes everywhere in this world, Europe is in full swing, and we are also in North America. The war has just ended. At this time, everyone needs a stable life. Therefore, less struggle is what everyone hopes for. However, just like Europe, it needs checks and balances to be able to calm down. Lei Benjamin Interim Senate President, you said Right?"

Seward deliberately bit the word "temporary" so hard that even a fool could hear it, which made Benjamin's face a little unnatural.

The Senate President pro tempore of the United States of America is a member of the second draft of the Senate of the United States of America and the highest-ranking senator.

The highest-ranking member of the Senate of the United States of America is the President of the Senate and the Vice President, but the Vice President himself is not a senator elected by the senators. He only serves as the vice president and the president after successful elections. Therefore, all Benjamin senators are elected. When the Vice President is not present, he is the highest-ranking person in the Senate and temporarily performs the duties of the Speaker.

Seward looked at Benjamin and began to ponder in his heart that Edwin was the one who deliberately opened the topic just now.

Obtaining Lincoln's cooperation is not his ultimate goal. He also wants more partners. Among them, interim Senate President Benjamin is second only to Lincoln.

Andrew's home is the Senate, and it is difficult for Germans and Irish to break through. Even President Lincoln invited Andrew as his partner to assist in his successful campaign because of his enormous influence in the Senate. The party is difficult to achieve the first election success in history to defeat the Democratic Party.

Andrew's credit is huge, and it is precisely because Seward saw this that he knew without guessing that Lincoln would definitely be very scruples about the other side, so the two hit it off.

If you want to suppress the other party, you must start from the inside, so the interim Senate President Benjamin has become Seward's fancy because of his political stance.

Benjamin Wade, who became the first senator in 1837 as the Whig Party, later the Democratic Party, was a staunch opponent of slavery and the passage of the Kansas-Nebragas Act of 1854, which opened the door to the expansion of the effort. Eucalyptus".

In 1857 he joined the Communist Party as a senator.

During the Civil War, a radical Communist stance was adopted, advocating an all-out war, liberating slaves, and severely punishing the South. As head of the King's Chambers' Joint Commission of Inquiry into the Conduct of War, he played an outstanding and controversial role in a comprehensive investigation into the federal military effort. In 1864, the "Wade-Davis Act" was jointly proposed, claiming that the post-return reconstruction of the southern states was a legislative issue rather than an administrative one. UU Reading www.uukanshu. com wanted to **** the power of Lincoln's cabinet government, thus creating a direct conflict with President Lincoln.

Therefore, Seward has long been impressed by him and has become a candidate for his inner ally.

To his satisfaction, he also took a harshly critical attitude towards Vice President Andrew Johnson's Reconstruction policy, defeating Lafayette Sabine Foster, who wanted to be re-elected in February 1867, this year. Being elected as the interim president of the Senate made Seward's heart very excited.

67-year-old Benjamin, who has been in the Senate for more than 30 years, was slightly cold when he heard the words, looking at Seward when he was Secretary of State and said with some dissatisfaction: "The Speaker of the Senate is giving a speech above, we as audiences need to listen carefully. Yes, maybe you don't care, but as his deputy, my value is that I need to respect my boss even though I sometimes disagree with his policies"

Seward's face was stunned, and then he was a little stiff, trying to squeeze out a kind smile, and said: "Indeed, we are reckless."

At this time, Lincoln, who was sitting behind Benjamin, shrugged his shoulders with a crooked mouth, as if to say that this old man has such a bad temper.

Siward felt even more embarrassed.

Andrew watched the movements of these people on the stage. Although he couldn't hear what they said, it was enough for him to guess something.