White house, presidential bedroom.
"I saw it, I really saw it, I saw a great America... She owns two oceans, she owns a vast land from the Pacific to the Atlantic! She has the largest and most hard-working population in the world! She has vast territory, rich resources, developed industry, and a powerful military! She is the chosen country, a city on a mountain, magnificent, ruling the Americas, and leading the world... It is so beautiful, so beautiful..."
US President Jackson, who was already on his deathbed, was talking nonsense. An American traditional Chinese medicine doctor had just checked his pulse. He said nothing and just shook his head. The dignitaries of the Jackson administration were all gathered together, all looking sad and sighing. The one who looked the saddest and saddest was Vice President Martin Van Buren, the former Secretary of State.
The previous Vice President Calhoun was lucky enough to get rid of the position of Vice President of the United States of America during the 1832 presidential election - the situation at that time was already very serious, and President Jackson's health was in terrible condition. Isn’t it the Vice President who takes the blame for the President of the United States? When the time comes, if you are lucky, you will become the defeated president, if you are unlucky, you will be the president of the subjugated country!
The blame left by Calhoun was picked up by Martin Van Buren - he was Jackson's most loyal supporter and became Jackson's successor after the 1832 election.
However, the main reason why he was willing to be Jackson's running mate was because he was not optimistic that Jackson, who always suffered defeats, could be re-elected. So his wishful thinking is to take over the Democratic Party's plate after Jackson's defeat and lay the foundation for the next US presidential election...if there is still America at that time!
But unexpectedly, President Jackson met his most shameless competitor, Henry Clay, in the 1832 election. The founder of the American Whig Party actually secretly sent people to expose dirt on himself when all circumstances were extremely favorable to him, and even arranged for a respected slave owner in Virginia to take him to court - -The crime was that he had intercourse with a male slave owned by the slave owner! This may be a "political correctness" to win black votes two hundred years later, but it was definitely vote poison in 1832!
Although after careful investigation afterwards, it was found that this incident was completely a misunderstanding. It was the black slave who had received black money from the Ming Dynasty agents and carried out a despicable political frame-up against Henry Clark. But this false scandal still helped Henry Clark "narrowly lose" to Jackson...
Therefore, the blame for the defeat of the president or the subjugation of the country must be shouldered by Martin Van Buren!
"Martin!" President Jackson suddenly regained his clarity and shouted Van Buren's name - this was probably about to pass the throne!
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In fact, Martin Van Buren didn't want to take over as the unlucky president at all. But the United States has its own constitution, and he, the vice president, is the one who takes the blame when the president dies or is impeached. He has to take the blame unless he dies!
Death was definitely not possible, so Martin Van Buren could only bite the bullet and walked forward and sat down on a chair next to President Jackson's bed.
"Martin, I saw it, I saw it, I really saw it..."
"President, what did you see?"
"I saw a great and arrogant United States of America... That is what the United States, the chosen country, the city on the hill, should look like! The destiny of the United States is to stand on the top of the world, overlooking the heroes. , the leader of the community... She should become an unattainable existence and the overlord of the world. Because she has the vastest, richest and most fertile land in the world, and the boundless plains can grow enough to feed and clothe all mankind. of food. There are abundant coal, oil, and iron ores under the low mountains. Several inland rivers with abundant water and gentle flow connect farmland, mines, and cities together and run into the sea. We have more arable land than the Ming Dynasty It is more than the entire Europe combined! This means that the land of the United States can support 600 million or even one billion people in the future. Relying on these populations, the United States can build an extremely powerful industry and crush all opponents who dare to challenge her majesty. , can become the eternal overlord of the world...but this is also America's original sin!
Therefore, Britain could choose to surrender after defeat, become the European watchdog of the Ming Empire, and maintain the facade of the empire with the support of the Ming Dynasty. But the United States can never surrender, because the surrender of the United States means destruction... We, the United States, will either become the greatest country in the world, or we will fall apart and perish and disappear forever! "
At this point, the pale and dying President Jackson suddenly regained his energy. He turned to look at Martin Van Buren and said, "Martin...do you now know how to make America great and glorious?"
"President, what are we going to do...?" Martin Van Buren looked at Jackson in confusion.
Jackson sighed, and then asked himself: "Martin, do you know where we lost this time?" Without waiting for Martin Van Buren to answer, he asked and answered: "Population...although we We have the vastest and richest plains in the world. Although we have abundant coal, steel, oil resources and convenient transportation, we only have a population of 20 million, while Ming Dynasty has 400 million!
In this era of industrialization, it is simply impossible for 20 million people to defeat 400 million unless they have overwhelming technological advantages. It is impossible for the United States to overwhelm Ming Dynasty in technology. They are in the lead, always have been! Moreover, a population of 400 million will also provide Ming Dynasty with more scientists, engineers, and technical workers... This determines that we cannot rely on one or two geniuses to catch up from behind. If we want to be a great country, we must have more people in the United States, at least as many as Ming Dynasty. We must also allow as many Americans as possible to receive a truly good education, and distribute America’s wealth more equitably, so that the almost infinite wealth God has given us in the United States can benefit more Americans...”
Jackson seemed to have exhausted his last strength, and his voice became softer and softer. When he spoke of "reaching more" Americans, his voice was already tinny. The little life he had left was passing by at a speed visible to the naked eye. In the blink of an eye, this old man who had fought for the greatness of the United States all his life had stopped breathing... The President of the United States is dead!
But not yet in America!
Because the dying Jackson used his last strength to point out the direction for the greatness of the United States - when the population of the United States exceeds or is close to that of the Ming Dynasty, she may become as great as the Ming Dynasty!
Although the Ming Dynasty could curb the expansion of the United States and try its best to delay the full industrialization of the United States, it could not stop the United States from absorbing immigrants, nor could it prevent Americans from having children.
Of course, increasing the population of the United States from 20 million to 1.8 billion cannot be accomplished overnight. If they were to be born one by one, they might not be able to produce that many in a hundred or two hundred years.
And to attract foreign immigrants... there are many problems. The current United States has not been completely united through the Civil War, and it has also created a "judgment" to withdraw from the Union because the Florida War was on the verge of failure! There are too many people talking and too many ideas, and there is also Ming Dynasty and Great Britain to add fuel to the fire... It is hard to say whether it will fall apart in the end!
