Chapter 184: Roman Situation
Liszt finally has the opportunity to fulfill his promise and direct Wagner's wedding marches for the king and queen. The powerful new Italian emperor married Princess Sissi, who is in a beautiful universe. It is the most perfect match in the world.
Tang Ning was greeting the guests from all over the world with the most handsome smile. A familiar guy came over. His first reaction was that he was confused, blinked and looked closely. Almost everyone looked at the guest, all of whom were inexplicably surprised.
This is the only head of state who was not invited but uninvited, US President Abraham Lincoln.
What a shocking VIP! The Windsor Consortium is in a secret battle with the United States, and the rebellion of the southern states is in full swing. At this critical moment, Lincoln traveled thousands of miles to Rome, which was really surprising. Moreover, he seemed to be on a secret visit, hiding the world and avoiding everyone's eyes and ears until he appeared in St. Paul's Cathedral.
Imagine that Laden is marrying his wife and Obama suddenly visits. What is this scene? The current scene is like this.
Lincoln said in American language that the graduates are very kind: "Are I honored to attend Mr. Windsor's wedding?"
Of course! Even bin Laden was embarrassed to refuse the US president who worked so hard and took precious time out of the world every day. Everyone also noticed that Lincoln called a certain emperor a gentleman in his words to show his contempt for the imperial system.
Some sensitive reporters present heard the heavy news of the five thunderstorm and immediately gathered here. Downing was preparing to arrange a seat for Lincoln, two leaders of the two countries with federal systems like the United States, Switzerland and Japan. Before Lincoln sat down, an American reporter rushed to the scene and asked immediately: "Hello, Mr. President! I am a reporter from the United News Agency of New York. Can I be honored to ask you some questions?"
The elected head of state is a natural sense of moral superiority and confidence, because he truly represents the wishes of the American people, and his legitimacy is greater than any monarch who maintains his military merits, religions, and traditions. He is not afraid of the enemy at all. If there is a problem, the vice president will naturally take over, and the succession sequence of the United States will be clear and clear.
Lincoln confidently asked a reporter from the New York United News Agency to ask questions, and the reporter quickly organized a language to ask questions that everyone was concerned about: "Is the President invited by the Italian official or..."
Lincoln: "No, I came uninvited. Americans admire scientists very much. As a representative of American public opinion, I pay tribute to the greatest scientist in the world and congratulate him and the bride for finally getting married."
Reporter: "Mr. Windsor's wedding is certainly worth congratulating, but you should have a more political mission on this trip, right? Is it a peace talk? Granada withdrew from NATO and has been fully occupied by the East India Army. Does it mean that NATO, led by the United States, has suffered a huge setback?"
The questions from American journalists were indeed quite sharp. He asked three questions in one breath because he had already discovered that reporters from all over the country were gathering around, and the good times that belonged to the New York United News Agency were about to run out soon.
Of course, I suffered a huge setback. Otherwise, could Lincoln go out and go deep into the tiger's den himself? However, Lincoln obviously could not answer this sharp question directly. He organized some ideas and said: "The purpose of my trip can be very simple, just to congratulate Mr. Windsor and Miss Elizabeth on getting the knot together. Of course, if Mr. Windsor is willing to exchange opinions on political issues, then I will be very grateful."
Now, Lincoln has kicked the ball to the chairman's feet. If he doesn't "exchange" his opinions with Lincoln, I'm afraid everyone will be absent-minded about the wedding, even though the bride is so beautiful. Tang Ning has to agree to exchange opinions.
Lincoln's first question was quite particular, almost causing people to breathe. He asked directly: "Thanks to Mr. Windsor for his generosity. I want to ask, if you were allowed to rule the United States, how would you eliminate slavery?" Even if you support slavery, he directly mocked him for being incompatible with the South and having bad intentions.
Tang Ning replied for a moment, "I don't want to eliminate slavery. I support slavery. Slaves are the property of the manor. It is unconstitutional for the northerners to rush to pass the anti-exit federal law. If you want to evaporate the 'property' of the manor, it is against the principle of 'sacred and inviolable' for private property."
Ah? The VIPs were shocked again. Was a certain groom so angry that Lincoln was disturbed by unexpected trouble? The bride was already worried about him.
Lincoln was also shocked. Is the powerhouse Windsor consortium ready to give up? He had to bite the bullet and be an uninvited guest and asked: "But this does not match your previous remarks."
Tang Ning said calmly: "Yes, of course I remember what I said before. But I changed my mind. Let's say it openly that when the US federal government proclaimed that my factory was exploiting global wealth by monopoly, I was ready to change my mind. I had already smelled the scent of the security of capital that was threatened. This made me share the same hatred with the slave owners in the south.
I have to apologize to the black brothers. You should believe that I have never agreed to the theory of racial superiority. Everyone is the winner of the cruel evolution of millions of years, yellow, brown, and black. Human rights are of course important, and property rights are equally important.
One day, the concept of equality for everyone will be implemented by every country, but not now. Even if the southerners are defeated by the Northern Army without external help, they will not be convinced. The south of the country will fall into a deeper black and white opposition. The freedom that despises others is a more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The black brothers are still far away, not just freedom in the legal sense."
Lincoln: "Isn't freedom in the legal sense the first step for everyone to be equal, you agree with?"
Downing: "The law is faithfully enforced, which is the first step for everyone to be equal. Not only does the South have the power to leave the Federation, but I have many accounts that have not been settled with the US federal government! Is it illegal for a large number of steel companies in Pennsylvania to infringe on the patents of British Steel? What is the equality that the oil embargo bill that came into effect a few days ago caused the large number of contracts between BP and Oil Valley to be invalidated?
You and your government represent the interests of northern capital in the United States. This can be seen from the tariff protection policies you have formulated. Our products sell more in the United States than elsewhere, because your tariffs are too high. The industry of the Windsor Consortium represents the interests of transnational capital. We should talk about equality in the international community, and our transnational capital has a more say.
There are better ways to solve human rights problems than war and deprivation of property rights. I don't know what that is. But when the freedom of governance in the Union of America is guaranteed, we can sit down and discuss what means to promote equality for all. When the new Italian cabinet is born, I will advise them to the Italian government to recognize the diplomatic status of the Union of America. This is the biggest gain of your trip, Mr. President."
The frustrated US president raised his glass and paid tribute to the emperor and the queen: "Please forgive my recklessness. Of course, my gains are negative, and my arrival should not remind the groom and the beautiful bride. There are still 4 million people in the world who do not even have the freedom to get married. The children they gave birth to are slaves for generations. They have no property and no life security guarantee, and they live even worse than animals. I will withdraw first, wishing the two newlyweds a happy marriage!"
Alas, the festive atmosphere was destroyed by a certain president, which was a pity. Downing was still worried about Lincoln's safety, and the Southerners were not easy to mess with. He called the people from the Security Committee to let them do their best to ensure the safety of the US president.
However, to be honest, those who really care about the lives of the 4 million black slaves in the south are rare after all, especially these Eurasian and powerful people. After a while, the atmosphere became revived and active. The emperor and the queen danced the first dance at the dance party in Quirinar Palace later. Then, Princess Eugenia of Sweden, the first bold noble woman invited the new emperor to dance. She inspired many beauties who had once longed for the most attractive males in the world, such as the camellia female anchor.
Later, the beautiful girl Alice Fir, who was fortunate to become the first batch of doctoral students at Global Technology University, dared to invite the emperor to dance with her father's strong recommendation. This little witch was very bold in emotional issues when she was a child, but the more she grew up, the more reserved she became. Although she kicked football all over the sky and dared to buy the Old Summer Palace at the auction, Tangning and Faraday could not come to Taiwan, but she never said she wanted to marry someone. Moreover, she drank a lot of wine today, so that the emperor smelled the little alcoholic alcohol while dancing, which made the little witch look even more strange.
She was in love while dancing and looked at His Majesty the Emperor with tears in her eyes, which made Tang Ning feel particularly bad. When the song ended and was about to break up, the little witch actually burst into tears. Oh, it's over! Others might think that a certain emperor was bullying the junior sister. Is it wrong?
This was the first time Princess Louise saw her strong-willed best friend crying so sadly, and looked at her curiously. (http://.).
Everyone in the hall was attracted by the crying around the emperor. Tang Ning was embarrassed and could only ask guiltily: "What's wrong?"
A loud cry made her drink halfway through the wine, and found that she was being watched. Alice Fil secretly called out terrible, but how clever she was, she thought of an excuse and said in public: "I...my daddy is in poor health, I am sad..."
Is that right? Tangning believed it, and this sentence scared him. The most feared thing about old friends in life was that Prince Albert's condition was already very bad. Could it be that Faraday also had to follow the prince's footsteps? He asked Alicefil's father's condition in detail, but the little witch was vague and said that he should go and see Faraday.
No matter what, please recruit Faraday from Singapore first, and Downing has made a decision.
In a bad mood, Tang Ning no longer accepts the invitation to dance.
Chapter completed!