If the Pacific Company is willing to hand over Sakhalin and Vladivostok to the US government for management, then the US government will definitely develop Sakhalin and Vladivostok to a certain extent next, which is different from Alaska. At that time, the US government bought Alaska from the Russians with real money, but Alaska could not generate benefits. Therefore, Secretary of State Siwald, who came forward to negotiate at the time, became a sinner that thousands of people were criticized.
If Hays can get Sakhalin and Vladivostok without spending a penny, then the evaluation of Hays will definitely be far higher than that of West Ward. At least no one will call Hays a "ium". In this case, Hays can also successfully promote Congress' investment in Sakhalin and Vladivostok. It is normal not to invest in Alaska, but if you do not invest in Sakhalin and Vladivostok, it will definitely make "patriotic businessmen" like Li Mu feel cold.
That’s right, handing over Sakhalin and Vladivostok to the US government to manage will also be beneficial to Pacific Company and Li Mu. To put it bluntly, it will even be beneficial to all Chinese Americans in the United States. The United States now encourages immigration. No matter whether it is Europeans, Africans, or Asians, as long as someone is willing to immigrate to the United States, the US government will openly accept it. Why doesn’t the United States in the 21st century welcome immigration?
Ultimately, it is still a matter of contribution. If illegal immigrants can bring hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars in investment to the United States, the US government in the 21st century will not refuse.
In this era, if the Pacific Company handed over Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok to the US government for management, then even if the Pacific Company and Li Mu have achieved the contribution of expanding territory, Chinese can naturally enjoy the rights that all normal Americans should enjoy. This is very important for improving the social status of Chinese in the United States, and is more effective than the emergence of ten monopoly oligopolies like Li Mu in the United States. After all, this method will not arouse the disgust of ordinary Americans.
If Hayes had not come to Li Mu on his own initiative, Li Mu would have found a way to attract Hayes' attention. As Hayes said, it is not the era of great navigation, nor the 18th century. The stage of the country relying on enterprises to expand territory has passed. Leaving Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok to the US government for management is the best choice.
"My requirements are not high. Mr. President, you also know that in Alaska, there are already many Chinese immigrants. The number I get here is that the number of Chinese immigrants before the opening of the Olympics has exceeded 100,000. If Sakhalin and Vladivostok were handed over to the US government for management, then it can be foreseen that more Chinese immigrants will be immigrated to Sakhalin and Vladivostok, or Alaska. If possible, I hope to establish local governments in Sakhalin and Vladivostok for management. All new immigrants should also enjoy the rights they deserve. I know this was not easy in the past, but now even radio has been invented, so it should not be difficult to do this." Li Mu also spoke out loudly. In history, the US government upgraded Alaska to a state until 1959. At that time, the more important thing was to consider the threat from the Soviet Union. There was no Soviet Union now, so Li Mu's request was still a bit too much.
It is too certain. Mr. Chang Kaishen proposed that "there must be settled before the fight against foreign countries." In fact, the United States also has this idea. Idaho, Utah, Oklahoma and other places in the hinterland of the United States have not yet established a state. It is too early to establish Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok.
Hayes probably thought so, although he looked at the open and bright words of Hayes just now, Li Mu really offered the conditions. Hayes thought for a long time with a frown, and then he still bargained as soon as he spoke, "Reim, I can guarantee the right of new immigrants, but it is not the time to establish a local government."
This is interesting. Another reason why Chinese people in time and space are not popular is that Chinese people do not have much interest in politics, so politicians do not need to please Chinese people, so the United States passed the "Chinese Exclusion Act". In this time and space, Li Mu is most concerned about political rights. If the state government is not established on Sakhalin Island and Vladivostok, then what political rights are there to talk about? It is impossible to achieve.
For example, the election of the president is not very important. The decision that the president belongs to the electoral votes, and the electoral votes are generated in units of states. If Sakhalin and Vladivostok do not serve as separate states as electoral votes for the presidential election, then Hayes’s so-called “political rights” still have meaning?
So Li Mu's attitude was very firm. "No, Mr. President, if Sakhalin and Vladivostok do not establish local governments, then the new immigrants in Sakhalin and Vladivostok cannot realize their rights. Vladivostok is different from Alaska. When the Russians sold Alaska to the US government, there was no immigration site and no fixed residents, so it doesn't matter in Alaska, but Vladivostok is a city. The Russians' East Siberian Governor's Office is in Vladivostok, where there is the best unfreezing port in the Far East, so it is very meaningful to manage Vladivostok as a state. As for the cost,
Mr. President, Vladivostok and Sakhalin are not barren lands. They have abundant forest resources and are the best fur production areas. There are oil and mines. As long as these news is released, Vladivostok can not only be completely self-sufficient, but can even feed back to Washington. This is a very cost-effective way to buy Siwald and buy Alaska. Even if Vladivostok, Sakhalin and Alaska are merged into one state for management, it can also appease new immigrants in Alaska. I can guarantee that it will become a new vote for our Republican Party. In this way, at least the Republican members in Congress will not object."
Li Mu's remarks are still very tempting, especially the last point, which makes Hayes unable to find a reason to object.
"There are no new immigrants in Vladivostok now, and there are only 100,000 people in Alaska, so there are not many electoral votes." Hayes has actually agreed. Electoral votes are not so easy to get. Even if it is a single vote, it may eventually become the key to deciding the election results. Hayes has suffered this. As long as the members of Congress who still have an impression of the last presidential election, most of them will agree with Li Mu's statement.
"It's only 100,000 now, and it will continue to increase in the future, especially Vladivostok. As long as we open up immigration, we can mobilize millions of Chinese to immigrate to Vladivostok in a short period of time. This should be enough, right?" Li Mu was not worried about not having enough people. When bewitching Hayes, Li Mu could also blur the area in Alaska and Vladivostok. If according to Li Mu's vision, Sakhalin, Vladivostok, and Alaska were merged into one state, then the total area of ​​this state will reach nearly 3 million square kilometers. What is this concept? Even if we calculate the land area of ​​the United States in the 21st century, this is nearly 30% of the US territory. With such a large area, coupled with almost endless Chinese immigrants, it is hard to say that the ownership of this land in the future.
Speaking of this, Hayes could not find a reason to refuse. Li Mu still gave Hayes another reassurance and would convince Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan and others to lobby for Congress. This gave Hayes great confidence. With Li Mu, Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan, even without Hayes' support, he would be more than 50% sure in Vladivostok.
Let's start. It's not too easy for Li Mu to convince Rockefeller and J.P. Morgan. Li Mu just gave Rockefeller a small reminder that there seemed to be oil in Vladivostok. Rockefeller immediately went to Washington overnight as if he had enough blood. It's also very easy for him to convince J.P. Morgan to invest. If he found a state in Vladivostok, there would be no too many opportunities to make money.
No one can resist the temptation of the US dollar. Although the federal state is notoriously inefficient, all parties are working together and progressing rapidly. In early August, Hays proposed to Congress to establish Vladivostok in Vladivostok, which has a land near Vladivostok, Sakhalin Island, and Alaska, which is already across the sea.
The senators voted immediately, and even many Democratic lawmakers believed that it was necessary to establish Vladivostok to manage the huge territory located in the Far East and Arctic Circles. Among them, the newly elected Senator Grover Cleveland in New Jersey was the most determined.
Unlike another time and space, Grover Cleveland's political career was completely changed by Li Mu. Without his experience as the chief lawyer in Junma Group, Grover Cleveland probably opened a law firm in Buffalo. It will probably not be until next year that Grover Cleveland will enter politics and become the mayor of Buffalo. Since then, Grover Cleveland began his political career that has risen to the top.
With the help of Li Mu in this time and space, Grover Cleveland began to show his political talent early on, and his political career changed from Buffalo to the Democratic National Committee, which almost made Grover Cleveland reach the top and enter the Democratic Party's power center.
In recent years, in the competition with the Republican Party, the Democratic Party has been really vulnerable. Samuel Tilden has been proven to be unable to compete for the presidential throne, ending the Republican monopoly on the presidential position after the Civil War. The Democratic Party has had to start trying to launch some new faces, and Grover Cleveland has become the biggest beneficiary.
Grover Cleveland has the reason to establish Vladivostok. Although Li Mu promised Hayes that once Vladivostok is established, Vladivostok will become the new vote for the Republican Party, Grover Cleveland does not think so. Compared with all other Democrats, Grover Cleveland has the richest experience in dealing with Chinese people. Grover Cleveland has a good relationship with Li Mu. He did not even hide this from other Democrats, unlike those Democrats who advocate defeating Time and thus causing the Republican Party to lose public opinion advantages. Grover Cleveland
Cleveland proposed a new idea. Since it seems difficult to defeat Time magazine, why not give up this unrealistic idea and instead consider pulling Li Mu into the Democratic camp? This seems easier than defeating Time magazine. Grover Cleveland does not think that Li Mu's loyalty to the Republican Party is so firm, but who gave Li Mu more benefits. This is actually very simple to achieve, because even if Republicans win over Li Mu, the benefits given are not to have Republicans pay for it, but to pay them all by the US government.
As a rising star in the Democratic Party, Grover Cleveland still has a good influence, so when Hays proposed to establish Vladivostok, Grover Cleveland voted in favor without hesitation.
Immediately afterwards, it seemed that for the same reason, the House of Representatives also passed Hayes' proposal, so the establishment of Vladivostok was officially put on the agenda.
Well, this time the presidential election will not be able to catch up, but if everything goes well, then when the United States starts its presidential election next time, Vladivostok will already have its own voting rights. As for how many electoral votes will be in Vladivostok at that time, it depends on the population of Vladivostok at that time.
And population, this is the least worrying issue for Li Mu.
On the night when the House passed Hayes' proposal, Li Mu held a celebration dinner at his home on the banks of Luoying Lake in Washington to celebrate the establishment of Vladivostok and celebrate Li Mu's success as the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The Congressional Medal of Honor is a kind of honor proposed by Hayes a few days ago. It is awarded by the Senate and is specifically used to honor special people who have made significant contributions to the United States.
It seems that the Congressional Medal of Honor was set up specifically to reward Li Mu for giving Vladivostok and Sakhalin to the US government for management. In fact, it is exactly the case. According to the agreement between Li Mu and Hayes, the Pacific Company handed over Vladivostok and Sakhalin to the US government for management. The US government did not spend even a dollar for this, which is in sharp contrast to the fact that Westward spent millions of dollars to buy Alaska. You must know that Alaska is usually considered a barren land, but Vladivostok has been initially developed by the Russians. In terms of value, the two are not of the same magnitude.
Since Li Mu does not seek profit, he can only seek fame. As the president of Junma Group, Li Mu has a social status that is almost unmatched. If Li Mu is just given an ordinary honor, it seems that it is not enough to commend Li Mu's contribution. The Congressional Medal of Honor was set up in this context, and Congress is considering that after awarding the Congressional Medal of Honor to Li Mu, such medals will no longer be awarded. In this way, Li Mu will be the only recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor in American history, and Li Mu will become a part of American history.
It seems that this medal is a standard honor, and Li Mu still gave him enough face to Congress, came to Congress in person to accept the medal, and invited friends to celebrate.
Chapter completed!