Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 450 North and South Independence

  Every wizard must abide by a rule, wizards cannot participate in Muggle wars, otherwise it will bring unimaginable curses.

Not everyone in the British Parliament in the Victorian era was an extreme imperialist like Palmerston. In fact, he did not put the royal couple in his eyes at all. He was so arrogant and messed up that he was just like the Japanese government after the Meiji Restoration. A virtue.

After Priscilla Dupont was sacked for abuse of magic, Dug McPhail became the new Minister of Magic. During this time, nothing major happened in the magical world, but the Muggle Parliament experienced violent turmoil because of the outbreak of the American Civil War. .

During the period of Justinian I, because of the war with Persia, silk could not be imported and the supply of raw materials ceased. The domestic handicraft industry around silk ceased, and civilian strikes could not solve the problem.

Due to the Nika riot, the emperor is no longer the Augustus in the hearts of the common people, but a tyrant. If it were not for the Indians to bring the silkworm eggs to Syria in time, the Eastern Roman Empire would be overthrown by the angry people and lost this barrier. The divided Western Rome and the church cannot resist the invasion of the Persians, the whip of God, and the Arab empire.

In the 1850s, one-fifth of the British population directly or indirectly depended on the manufacturing of cotton products for their livelihoods. Cotton replaced silk and became the main economic pillar of the textile industry, and 80% of the raw material for the manufacturing industry was cotton. Supply from the South of the United States. Once the supply of cotton in the South is cut off, Britain’s main industrial sector will be paralyzed, causing massive unemployment.

  In the eyes of the imperialists, the United States is a British colony, but the Americans have declared independence, and many British people regard the United States as a potential enemy.

The outbreak of the American Civil War is an opportunity for the United Kingdom. A divided United States is easier to deal with than a unified United States. Coupled with the chain of interests, the British support the Southerners and the Yankees against each other, and they pursue a neutral policy on the surface, but in fact secretly provide funds and funds to the South. Weapon assistance.

In 1860, the British and French forces looted the Old Summer Palace. At the same time, there was a big cotton harvest in the south. By the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, the cotton harvested had been shipped to Britain. At that time, there was a surplus of cotton on the market. In addition, Egypt and India had found new cotton supplies. In the market, Britain’s support for the South is actually not strong.

The slaves in the north were determined to long for freedom. The battlefield was a casino where men changed their destiny. The goddess of fate preferred people with courage. In the end, the South lost. The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 formally won European civilians’ support to the North. Support, the North-South civil war industry has thus become a "jihad" in the North to eliminate slavery in the South. The international environment in the North has been greatly improved. Britain, France, and Spain have lost their excuses for interference. At the same time, the military victory of the North has been added. The general trend of the South is gone, and the plan of the South and interference in the American Civil War has to be finally abandoned.

The book describing the American Civil War is not only a history book written by men, but also a book called "Gone with the Wind", which is about the growth of a Heskard Southern girl from a girl to a woman. The once aristocracy lost power. , In order to survive, you must do everything possible.

  In the UK, people who have had close contacts with American southerners have suffered huge losses. Parliamentary seats are obtained by votes, and elections require funds. In addition to funds, they also need voters.

In 1832, the British Parliament held a reform. The Tory Party is the land aristocracy, while the Whig Party represents the financial sector and the business class. Among them, because cotton and the industry surrounding cotton formed a new industrial bourgeoisie, industry needs population. The migration of the population will increase the population of some industrial cities, while the decline in the population of rural areas will turn into declining electoral districts. The seats of the Tory Party will decrease, the seats of the Whig Party will increase, and the qualifications for election will also be expanded, reducing the voters’ Property and status requirements, the industrial bourgeoisie and the wealthy peasants in the rural areas were given the right to vote.

The reform in 1867 further expanded the candidate list. As long as you have a house in the city, own a house and live for more than one year, you can participate in the election with a net annual income of more than 10 pounds, so that there are high-paid skilled workers. Workers also had the right to vote, thus completing the struggle of the industrial bourgeoisie to participate in politics, and the power of the House of Nobility was further reduced.

British democracy means that if you have no money, you have no power. The capital is arrogant and there is no scruples. The rich don’t have to worry even if they break the law. You can get acquitted by finding a good lawyer. James Porter said that the laws and rules are for It was established by a person with no power and influence, and he was right at all.

In addition to cotton, industry also has artillery shells. After the Civil War, the United States needed to rebuild its damaged cities after the Civil War. At this time, the military supplies during the Civil War became idle items, especially those belonging to the Southern Army, which happened to be Japan. The curtain down movement began. The Changshu and Satsuma clan in the south launched a civil war under the banner of exalting the king and fighting the barbarians, and hired ronin to assassinate important political figures in Kyoto, leaving Kyoto shrouded in a **** storm.

At this time, Britain and France saw the market again. After two rounds of plunder, China’s wealth was almost taken away, while Japan has never been rich, but they worked very hard, worked hard, and wanted to become stronger. During the Tang Dynasty, they After sending Tang ambassadors to China to study, the American black ship opened their country after sailing into Edo, and they began to study Europe.

The Aizu clan who protected the emperor bought the supplies of the Southern Army, but it was the French who supported them, while the Choshu clan bought the British Armstrong guns. Due to the technical blockade, the artillery power of the British sold to Changshu was not used in the country. The Japanese began to guard against this amazingly powerful cannon. After the successful collapse, the restoration government invested a lot of money in the development of domestic industry and sent overseas students to learn British shipbuilding technology. Finally, in 1890 Victory was achieved in the Sino-Japanese naval battle of Jiawu.

During the Restoration, Emperor Meiji was very frugal. However, there are rumors that he is not a child of Emperor Meiji from the north.

Emperor Xiao Ming is a firm anti-barbarian faction and is on the same line with the shogunate. It is impossible for Japan, which is still in the cold weapon era, to defeat the countries that have completed the industrial revolution, such as Britain and France. The Changzhou people were very "wise" to assassinate. To this emperor, he buried the 36-year-old emperor with noble etiquette and elected Emperor Meiji to the throne.

Holding the emperor to the princes is not unique to the Chinese. Long, long ago, when the Tang Dynasty was going to be followed, the emperor was divided into the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Because of the marriage of close relatives, the emperor’s children were basically weak, while the Southern imperial lineage was Married with a foreign surname, the body is relatively strong.

After Emperor Meiji ascended the throne, he fully lived a Western life, drinking milk and eating bread steak like foreigners, and no longer lived the Japanese life. The East Asian civilization gradually began to Westernize, and even the most closed China began to learn from Europe and the United States, but the East Wizards still maintain the Eastern traditions, not only benevolence, filial piety, righteousness, but also loyalty and responsibility. This is different from the Muggle, who can run wild with money.

Qiu Zhang is a girl, so he looks docile and harmless. The Chinese wizard who used the name of the poet as his alias and got into the Tibetan Snowman Camp at first tried to wipe out the group of people, and then blamed the Tibetan Snowman. His plan was that he stood alone in the snow, holding the sword into concentration meditation, making his heart empty, and finally decided not to do it.

  As for why, maybe only he knows.

   "Your food is here." Just when the two of them were so tired, the waiter brought the Peking duck to the table. The duck was sliced ​​into thin slices and placed on a plate. It looked delicious.

  I heard that Chinese ducks are all fed in, and I don’t know if this British duck was also raised by the stuffing method.

  Pomona felt very sympathetic to the poor duck, but the guilt was only temporary. She was hungry now and could eat a eagle-headed horse with wings.

  (End of this chapter)