America 1881: Legend of the West

The coup that followed Kamehameha the Great's Day ended with the deaths of Thurston and Kameda Masao.

The queen and princess were saved.

However, Mr. Duer and Mr. Ambassador did not give up. Together with the indigenous nobles who remained silent during the coup, they once again forced the palace.

To this end, Mr. Ambassador made a special visit to Chen Jianqiu.

After all, he is now the most powerful person on the island, both economically and militarily.

After Boss Chen captured Xuanyangshe's stronghold, he collected all the guns sold to the Japanese, maintained them for a while, and put them back into storage, ready to be sold to others.

Surprisingly, Chen Jianqiu did not raise any objection to the ambassador and Duer's plan.

"I'm a businessman and not interested in politics. As long as you don't touch my interests, it'll be fine. You can handle it yourself. But the advice I give you is to make the Queen and the royal family more decent." Chen Jianqiu held the plate in his hand. Holding walnuts, if it is said.

The ambassador was ecstatic.

He gave this information to Duer.

With Chen Jianqiu's acquiescence, Duer became even more arrogant.

He again came to the palace with armed soldiers and civilians.

The Queen had to announce her abdication again.

Doerr got carried away and called himself "the spokesperson of American democracy in Hawaii."

He sat on the throne that originally belonged to the queen and bossed around the queen and the noble councilors.

This was humiliating for the Queen and members of the royal family.

This move also caused dissatisfaction among other members of the Hawaii People's Alliance.

In their words, Doerr was just "another Thurston."

But they dare not speak out when they are angry.

The eldest princess couldn't bear to see her mother who was crying every day, so she told Sean about it.

Ever since Sean rescued her, the princess has been secretly dating the black man.

She always thought that this black guy was actually pretty good. He was a little short and thin, but he was very skilled, honest and humorous.

However, due to her status, she could only secretly express her feelings to Sean.

After all, Sean told her frankly that when he was a child, he lived all over the world, working as a worker and a postman.

The royal family would not allow themselves to tie the knot with a black boy from a poor background.

A week later, Duer died in his home.

Drowned in the bathtub.

No one knew who did it, but no one believed he drowned himself in the tub.

Everyone shuddered, feeling that there was an invisible hand controlling the entire situation in Hawaii.

Eventually, Ambassador Stevenson had to step in again.

He no longer cared about avoiding suspicion.

Because if this continues, both Britain and France may find excuses to intervene.

With his help, following the American political model, the Republic of Hawaii was established and held its first election.

But what no one, including him, expected was that Chinese people actually occupied more than half of the seats in the first parliament!

The reason is very simple.

The royal family stepped down, and the original constitution that prohibited Chinese from participating in politics was abolished. The Japanese were severely restricted from participating in the coup and posed a huge threat to U.S. interests in Hawaii.

The largest number of people on Hawaii Island are Chinese.

According to the election act, the Chinese dominated Hawaii's Legislature.

Many of them are members of the Hawaii Chinese Association. Their families are well-off and they have received a good education since childhood.

And now they all only follow Chen Jianqiu's lead.

As for the newly elected white president, he is just a decoration.

According to the system, any system cannot be passed without the nod of the Chinese people in the parliament.

This result made the white people in the Hawaiian People's Alliance look at each other.

They were very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do.

We can’t have another coup, right?

And facts have proven that you can’t win a coup without external support!

After experiencing a disastrous defeat in the general election, the Hawaii People's Alliance approached Ambassador Stevenson again after internal deliberations.

The ambassador is not in Hawaii.

He was currently in Washington, D.C., seeking recognition by the United States of America and a chance to join the Union for the nascent Republic of Hawaii.

There is precedent for this.

The last one that did this was called the "Lone Star Republic", and now it's called Texas.

However, the confident ambassador ran into a wall in Congress.

President Cleveland did not want Hawaii to be admitted to the Union, as he had feared.

This is the policy of the previous Republican government, which runs counter to its own isolation policy. How can we agree with it?

There was another heated discussion in Congress.

The final conclusion is that the Republic of Hawaii is a certainty. This is the progress of American democracy, and restoration is impossible.

But forget about joining the Federation for the time being.

At least not now.

According to the current situation, if Hawaii is incorporated, it will inevitably need to give Hawaii a seat in the House of Representatives.

No one wants to see one more Chinese in Congress!

As long as it does not affect the interests of the United States in Hawaii, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, the Japanese have no intention of getting involved in Hawaii now, and the same goes for Britain and France.

The ambassador returned to Honolulu in disgrace.

There, he met Chen Jianqiu again.

"Don't be discouraged, Mr. Ambassador, it will be a matter of time before Hawaii is incorporated into the Union. Your efforts will be rewarded. Drink tea, drink tea."

On the second floor of the teahouse, Chen Jianqiu was holding a plate of walnuts and "consoling" him with sincere words.

Ambassador Stevenson didn't know what to say, so he could only drink tea with his head sullenly.

The Queen has also stepped down, the Republic of Hawaii has been established, and even the new president is white. Except for the expected resistance from Washington, there seems to be nothing wrong with it.

But why am I so unhappy?

But you have to hold back your displeasure. Duer died as soon as he said so. God knows if it had anything to do with the smiling Chinese in front of him.

Even if there is a connection, who will investigate him?

While the ambassador was still thinking wildly, a red invitation was handed to him.

There is a big Chinese character "囍" written on it.

"The eldest princess is marrying her younger brother, Sean, and plans to hold a wedding at the palace in Honolulu in one month. According to the customs of our hometown, this is an invitation. I hope the ambassador can come by then."

Chen Jianqiu pointed at the invitation and said.

The ambassador's eyes widened:

"Your little brother Sean? Is he the black man? Why is the eldest princess willing to marry him? Does the queen agree?"

"How about getting married." Chen Jianqiu curled his lips, "My black brother is indeed of a poor background, but now that the Republic of Hawaii has begun to practice democracy, the Queen doesn't have much objection."

How could the Queen have no objection?

When Chen Jianqiu asked someone to propose a marriage contract to the royal family, the queen almost fainted.

Although Chen Jianqiu and Xiao Xiao saved her and the princess' lives;

Although their Hawaiian royal family is not as good as those long-established royal families in Europe;

Although she has stepped down.

But she still couldn't accept her daughter marrying a black man!

You know, black people were slaves on plantations before! It's a farm tool!

At first she flatly refused the offer.

The noble Kasaba came as a mouthpiece to inform Queen Chen Jianqiu of her decision.

This dear man was kicked out of Parliament directly after the Queen stepped down, and now he is living at home and eating royal food.

Chen Jianqiu was not polite either.

According to him, the Hawaiian royal family are also islanders and Polynesians, and their skin is not that white. The discrimination against black people is purely due to the influence of those white people.

Now that the royal family has stepped down, there will be less drama.

To put it bluntly, as long as Sean is still Chen Jianqiu's younger brother, who can dare to say that his background is inferior?

The implication is, you Hawaiian royal family, don’t be so shameless.

Kasaba was so frightened by the heavily armed Chinese soldiers that he almost peed his pants and ran back to the palace without even daring to say harsh words.

The Queen still couldn't accept it.

But soon she had to accept it.

Because the eldest princess shyly told her that she was pregnant with Sean's child.

The Queen is going to be a grandmother.

The Queen almost fainted again.

With guards like the royal family, it is really difficult to stop Sean from dating the eldest princess.

One is willing to fight, the other is willing to suffer, the man is in love with the concubine.

The queen was so heartbroken that she had to agree.

She made another request, whether the marriage could be simplified.

But Chen Jianqiu disagreed.

Sean, his beloved sibling, is getting married for the first time, and is considered "marrying into royalty."

A black man has been an orphan since he was a child, and he is his "husband's family". How can he be so perfunctory?

Besides, even if the Hawaiian royal family steps down, they are still the royal family and the spiritual sustenance of the locals in Hawaii.

manage! Do it harshly! He, Chen Jianqiu, paid for it!

Anyway, I just made a lot of money from the Japanese, so I will treat it as Sean's "dowry".