It is so shameless for a private company to do such a thing for the country. The United States is a capitalist country, and these military personnel are just hired to protect the company. Now they want to reverse the situation. It is really unreasonable.

, Sheffield would never agree.

In this era, military generals would actually have such thoughts? In his view, this is a very serious problem. Do they regard themselves as the military-industrial complex in a few decades? Even if it is a military-industrial complex, it is based on military-industrial enterprises.

Lord, the navy and army are still cannon fodder. What qualifications do you have to bargain with yourself? Once the situation in the Philippines is stable, why don't you go back to your country to farm?

"Do you really want to turn the United Company into the East India Company?" Sheffield asked bluntly. He was just making a suggestion. If the military can do it, do it. If you can't do it, you won't do it yourself. "Also,

At present, there have been protests against the war in the country, and the matter in the Philippines still needs to be resolved as soon as possible."

Regardless of the nature of the United States, as a country of immigrants, the federal government has packaged its country in a bright and beautiful way, and the living pressure is indeed much lower than that of many European countries. Therefore, there are really a group of people in the United States who feel that the country is a country under this kind of propaganda.

Perfect people exist.

In every war in the United States, there has been no shortage of anti-war demonstrations by protesters, and this time the U.S.-Philippine War is no exception. Demonstrations have already appeared to protest against the federal government and the war in the Philippines.

Before the expeditionary force attacked, an anti-war organization had already appeared in the country. This organization was called the Anti-Imperialist League. The condition for membership was to oppose the United States of America possessing any overseas territories in the form of colonies. The Filipinos resisted Spanish colonization and fought.

It has the same nature as when the United States used force to drive away the British. If the resistance of the Filipino people is suppressed, the founding concept of the United States will be shaken.

To be honest, in Sheffield's eyes, this is similar to the idea of ​​a group of civil servants guarding the Great Wall in the Central Plains Dynasty after the Tang Dynasty, preparing to have no contact with each other until death outside the Great Wall.

As for the members of another group of anti-imperialist alliances, there is some truth in their statement. As a worker representative, Salbos opposed the annexation of the Philippines on the grounds that it would allow another non-white group to flood into the United States on a large scale and rob the country.

The reason for taking white people's jobs is similar to the background of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and it has won the support of many people.

At the same time, some people are worried that the war will last too long and the military's power may increase, which may threaten the current republican system. This idea is to worry about the emergence of the military-industrial complex.

Because Sheffield was involved in the newspaper and media industry, he understood this trend earlier than these generals. He said helplessly, "Some people are worried that the war will last too long and the military will become stronger. Generals,

Your enemies are not only Filipinos, but also domestic newspapers. I believe you should know something about the dung diggers. Once the war continues, the dung diggers will fabricate rumors and guide public opinion to withdraw the troops."

In this era, the media industry in the United States has not yet undergone thorough rectification. In fact, the anti-war protests are much stronger than they would be a hundred years later. If the problem cannot be solved as soon as possible, the problem will be magnified.

"There are always some people who are very ignorant. It was the Filipinos who attacked our soldiers first, so that our soldiers would fight back. The Filipinos brought this on themselves." MacArthur spoke angrily, accusing the unscrupulous domestic media of letting the Filipinos fight back.

The soldiers who defended their country died in vain.

"So the recent anti-war wave has calmed down somewhat, but citizens are forgetful. Once time passes and citizens forget about this matter, the anti-war wave will still rise." Sheffield reminded insinuating that it must be done as soon as possible.

Make a decision.

"I hope this facility will not work in the end." General Merritt also knew that Sheffield did not dare to risk the company's reputation by doing this, so the military could only be responsible for this matter.

Even if the United Company is the contractor for this war, it cannot be expected to do more. After all, it is a private enterprise and cannot do everything. Now is the time to shoulder the responsibility. Ultimately, those in the command headquarters

The navy and army generals approved Sheffield's suggestion and established an open-air camp that was managed by the military and directly supervised by the Philippine puppet troops. All management plans were implemented in accordance with Sheffield's suggestion and construction began immediately.

Originally, Sheffield was about to leave after achieving his goal, but at this time, an officer came to the headquarters and brought a very surprising news. The interim president of the Philippines, Aguinaldo, sent someone to sue for peace in the form of a letter.

, hoping to find a feasible way to exchange for peace.

This not only surprised Sheffield, but also surprised the generals including George Dewey. After all, they were ready to find a feasible way to exchange for peace?

"What a joke. Now it is up to the Filipinos to decide whether there is peace or not?" MacArthur said disdainfully, "With the strength of our expeditionary force, we can completely solve all problems."

"No, if part of the enemy can be neutralized, it will also be beneficial to the expeditionary force. Arthur!" As the top army officer of the expeditionary force, General Merritt had a different view and said, "Listen to him first.

Something."

George Dewey also nodded, because Aguinaldo was escorted back by the U.S. Navy to cause trouble for the Spaniards, but no one expected that things would turn out like this so quickly. The two sides who were fighting together at the beginning,

They turned against each other so quickly.

However, George Dewey still knew something about Aguinaldo. He was not a very determined person. Such an enemy was considered a relatively good choice among enemies.

"Is there any information about this person? I want to see it. It's best to have photos!" Sheffield was also full of curiosity, and soon a naval officer brought Aguinaldo's information and photos. Aguinaldo

I was escorted back by the Navy Fleet Hu. We had exchanges with each other on the warship and took photos.

Emilio Aguinaldo was born in the family of a wealthy farmer and mayor of Elbie Town, Cavite Province, Luzon Island. He lost his father when he was young, dropped out of junior high school and returned home to help his widowed mother manage the farm. Later, he lost his father.

Graduated from Santo Tomas University in Manila.

Following his father, he was elected mayor of Cavite Elbe, gaining autonomy for the city and becoming the first mayor after its establishment. The following year, he refused to marry Ilaria de Rosario Quinado.

Disobedience to his leadership resulted in the confrontation between the two resistance groups in Cavite. Because Aguinaldo was afraid of the further development of the revolution, especially the fear that the peasant agrarian revolution would endanger the interests of the landlords and bourgeoisie, he rallied the local forces in Cavite.

, usurping the leadership of the revolution on the pretext that Bonifacio did not have the education to be a leader, then wounded and captured Bonifacio in the attack, and killed him on the fabricated charge of "treason."

Why does this man look so similar to a Chinese? When he finally saw Aguinaldo’s photo, Sheffield grinned secretly. He was not an ordinary white man who was blind to Asians. He could tell that Aguinaldo was different from the average Filipino.

The indigenous people look different, obviously Chinese. But their names have been changed, so they should no longer be considered Chinese.

Sheffield extracted several interesting points from Aguinaldo's information. He was born into vested interests under the Spanish colonial government. At the same time, he was more afraid of the loss of his private industry than the so-called Philippine independence.

.Among the two choices between national stance and class stance, this person obviously pays attention to the class stance.

Not to mention that Aguinaldo himself compromised once with the Spanish colonial government, once went into exile, and left the Philippines to live overseas with the severance package provided by Spain.

Isn't this just like the Philippine version of Mr. Chang? Sheffield put down Aguinaldo's information and vowed, "This man can be won over. Since he can surrender to the Spaniards once, he can surrender to us once. This

This so-called local national capitalist is the easiest person to deal with. As long as you give him a small profit, he can sell everything."

Sheffield is not boasting about capital. He is not very powerful, but he is definitely more professional than these military generals, not to mention that he can look at problems using the theory summarized by the opposite of capitalism. These little bourgeois, in his case

In the face of monopoly imperialism, it really can't be considered an enemy.

He conducted an analysis of Aguinaldo from the perspective of capital, allowing the navy and army generals to experience a lesson in the analysis of the comprador bourgeoisie by a capital tycoon. Both George Dewey and General Merritt deeply agreed. Look, we

The big companies in the United States are different. This is called professionalism, and they understand the weaknesses of this interim president.

"It seems that we still have to win over the people of Aguinaldo's group, and we have to pursue and attack the resistance faction that is blocking them." Several generals quickly formulated a policy of fighting and negotiating at the same time.

"Then send out negotiators to have a good talk with the Philippine Provisional Government. During this period of time, we also need to have a deeper understanding of who are the enemies of the United States and who, like Aguinaldo, can be won over.

As for Aguinaldo himself, we don't mind giving him some benefits, as long as he can occupy the entire Philippines, this is not a problem." General Merritt made a concluding speech.

"Actually, why can't we ask William to come forward and send someone to contact Aguinaldo?" MacArthur blurted out, "William is a businessman, and he knows people like Aguinaldo better than any of us."

As soon as MacArthur opened his mouth, he immediately aroused the agreement of the generals, which seemed to make sense! MacArthur then nodded to Sheffield and said you're welcome!
Chapter completed!