1890 King of Southeast Asia

The main supporters of the Democratic Party are small and medium-sized businessmen, workers, etc. Under party politics, the Democratic Party needs to fight for the interests of these people, at least on the surface.

After the outbreak of World War I, even with the diversion of the Huaxia Empire, the United States' huge production capacity also won a lot of orders, mainly for industrial and war raw materials.

Coupled with the continuous participation of financial capital in the war - providing loans or purchasing bonds, the United States changed from a debtor country to a creditor country in a very short period of time.

Due to the investment restrictions of the Huaxia Empire and the recognition of traditional white society, a large amount of European funds left Europe because of the war and chose to go to the United States for development, which promoted the accelerated prosperity of the United States.

The huge demand and the huge supply of funds have rapidly expanded the scale of industrial production, increased employment opportunities, increased demand for employment, increased workers' income, and further prosperous business.

In theory, after the increase in civilian income, the Democratic Party should usher in a golden period of development. If nothing else, it should have an overwhelming advantage before the economic collapse.

But in fact it is not the case.

The essence of capitalism is to exploit the surplus value of workers. Even if capitalists have made huge profits under huge production demand, no capitalist will dislike the high profits. They will only seek to reduce costs and increase profits.

Under this trend of values, the huge influx of capital has increased, and capitalists have begun to artificially increase commodity prices.

The Wilson government not only failed to regulate in time, but also began to indulge inflation to a certain extent because it needed the support of big capital.

Therefore, in this special era of rapid increase in social wealth and huge foreign trade surplus, wealth has been further concentrated in the hands of capitalists, and the voice of capitalists has increased.

When the United States participated in World War I, many Americans have summarized the United States of financial capital and arms dealers during this period.

Financial capital represented by Rockefeller, Morgan and other representatives and arms dealers headed by DuPont worked together, and the wealth continued to grow, and they mastered a large number of means of production, which also controlled a large number of votes.

For capitalists, the democratic votes of this era were very "free". Rockefeller and Morgan organized armed forces to bloodily suppress workers' strikes more than once, and let workers vote, simple.

Therefore, the era of industrial mass production, which should have belonged to the strengthening of workers' power, was seized by capitalists and elite politicians represented by the Republican Party.

Wilson needed to help the Democratic Party win the midterm elections in order to safely survive the two years after the midterm elections and transfer power to his successors.

Wilson was the president of the Democrats. Helping the Democratic Party was helping himself. If the next president was still a Democrat, or even Lansing, Wilson could learn from Theodore and maintain a strong influence.

If not...

In the Trump era (Republican president), Obama's (Democratic president) influence was almost completely eliminated.

And Wilson believed that long-term isolation was not in the interests of the United States. In this war that affected the whole world, the United States must choose the right time and join the war in the right capacity.

"Just do it, Lansing."

"Start war propaganda."

Wilson put his pipe on the table and crossed his hands.

"This war has threatened the security of the entire world. As a responsible major country, the United States cannot stay out of it."

"For justice, the United States will join and end this war at the right time. This will be a war to end all wars."

"That's about it."

This is what Wilson thought of, the public opinion preparation for joining the war.

As for the excuse? The American merchant ships that sank on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean are enough.

"As you wish, Mr. President."

"If we want to join the war, I suggest passing the proposal for the expansion of the navy in advance. The development of the navy takes time. The current first-line warships are almost all warships launched before the war."

"And the United States is surrounded by oceans on both sides. In any case, if you want to maintain influence, you need a strong navy."

Lansing nodded. He is like this. He will try his best to implement the president's decision, and he has done well.

However, Lansing is not clear about Wilson's diplomatic wisdom. This is their future separation and an important reason for the failure of the Democratic Party in the mid-term elections.

After all, Wilson is an American politician who has been under the influence of isolationism for a long time, and he is also a philosopher with a bit of idealism.

For example, "the war to end all wars", for example, he really believed in the 14-point peace principle.

…………

St. Petersburg, Winter Palace.

Tsar Nicholas II received letters of help from Britain and France, in which the King of England, the Emperor of the British Empire, George V, his cousin, wrote to him personally, asking for his help in the letter.

Perhaps the letter written by George V was too emotional. Nicholas II was very moved after reading the letter and urgently summoned Mikhail Vasilyevich Alexeev, the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Empire Armed Forces, who was at the base camp.

"Alexeev, how is the army?" Nicholas II did not ask for an attack right away, but asked about the army's situation first - to show his kindness.

"Your Majesty, I am very happy to tell you here that because of the efforts of the imperial government, we are fully prepared, and your army will spend this winter very warmly."

"Because of the advance preparations for the cold and the impact of winter on road traffic conditions, each army group has stored enough supplies to last until the arrival of spring."

"In addition, some supplies can be transported by train and car in winter. This winter, no soldier in the Russian Empire's armed forces will die of cold and hunger!"

Alexeyev was very proud and answered the question raised by Nicholas II with confidence.

This is indeed worthy of pride. Since the era of the Principality of Moscow, for hundreds of years, there have been soldiers who have frozen to death in any war of the Slavs.

And this history will end in his hands. Isn't this enough to be proud of?

Even if his record in the future may not be good, he can also leave a strong and colorful mark in the future history, and it is not a bad word.

After all, no soldier wants to be frozen to death or starved to death, and the Slavs are aggressive and only want to die gloriously on the battlefield.

"Alexeyev, letting you take over the post of Chief of the General Staff and be in charge of the entire imperial armed forces is the wisest decision I have ever made." Nicholas II praised in surprise.

Even though he was called the little father of the Slavs, Nicholas II could not solve the problem of his "children" being frozen to death in the cold winter of the Russian Empire.

In St. Petersburg, it was actually not bad. Going further north or east to the Ural Mountains, the winter temperature is normally below 0 degrees Celsius. With a slight change in the weather, 0 to 20 or even 34 degrees Celsius is normal.

"It is a great honor to receive your praise, Your Majesty, but this credit belongs not only to me, but also to many officials of the imperial government, and most importantly, to you, Your Majesty."

"It was you who allowed us to conduct comprehensive trade with the Huaxia Empire, allowing us to get supplies from the Middle East and the Far East, and it was the navy under your leadership..."

Alexeyev began to flatter. Nicholas II was not a tyrant in the traditional sense, but who doesn't like to hear good words?

"Okay, Alexeyev, the main credit for this matter belongs to you." Nicholas II couldn't help but raise his mouth, and waved his hand to signal him to stop, otherwise he would laugh out loud.

"Alexeyev, can we organize a small-scale attack on the front line? I mean, on the German front, launch an attack against the Germans." Nicholas II asked with a smile.

Alexeyev's preparations made Nicholas II relax his vigilance.

"Excuse me, Your Majesty, it is very difficult to launch an attack in winter, but Your Majesty's will will be implemented. May I ask how large the scale of the attack you want to organize and to what extent?"

Seeing Nicholas II's face change, Alexeyev, who wanted to explain the difficulty of the attack to Nicholas II, changed his voice.

"The scale does not need to be large, mainly to attract the Germans. You know, the Germans won a victory on the Western Front, and the British and French were in trouble."

Nicholas II couldn't help but curl his mouth up.

The British were unlucky because they lost both face and substance, while the French were unlucky because they suddenly became a salient, and the British lost French land, which was directly connected to the English Channel!

After that, the materials shipped from Britain to France will have to stop at the southern port of the English Channel, and then make a big detour to be transported to the French front.

"Let's just use three armies and launch a limited offensive. This should be able to attract some of the Germans' attention and prevent them from launching an offensive on the Western Front."

"Winter is coming, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire's actions will be inconvenient. We can devote more energy to solving the German threat, so that we can focus on dealing with the Austro-Hungarian Empire next year."

"I know it's difficult, but the war situation is like this. If the French withdraw from the war, we can't win the war."

Nicholas II expressed his considerations, which didn't sound completely unreasonable...

"I will come up with an offensive plan as soon as possible. I think Brusilov can be the commander of this battle. He has achieved excellent results." In order to stabilize the Tsar, Alexeev took out Brusilov.

In order to stabilize the Tsar, Alexeev was ready to drag it out instead of launching a serious offensive.

No one knew better than him why he was confident that the Russian army would not freeze to death this year, because of the Brusilov Offensive.

Not only did he obtain a large amount of spoils - there were many cold-resistant supplies.

Moreover, more than 500,000 elite soldiers were consumed. The sufficient supplies originally prepared for these guards could be provided to more people.

This is just to keep the Russians from freezing to death. As for the attack?

Again, no one knows the current situation of the Russian army better than Alekseyev.

"I hope to see the offensive plan before Christmas."

"... As you wish, Your Majesty..."

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