Neighboring countries like Mexico are a huge trouble in the eyes of slave owners, just like India next to the Republic. Now that there is war within Mexico, this is a perfect opportunity.

A neighbor like this that is not weak can only hope that it will have internal problems, and now this opportunity has come.

Comparing the relationship between Mexico and the United States to the relationship between India and the Republic is because Sheffield knows that if the number of immigrants increases, the population growth of the United States will not be advantageous to Mexico. Since he knows that the long-term situation is not good for himself, the current population is still

There is not much chaos in Mexico, and we must intervene when this opportunity arises.

The result of self-confidence will only fall into the trap. Many people in the Republic of later generations believe that if there were no Himalayas, the land of India would have been owned by the Republic. An example is Wang Xuance. Maybe they thought that the Tibetan soldiers led by Wang Xuance were not considered human beings, but were

Wang Xuance defeated Zhongyin with his bare hands.

And does the starting point of history begin with the Tang Dynasty? If Sheffield remembers correctly, the history of early civilization in South Asia is longer than that of East Asia. This kind of self-confidence is that comparing Qin to Macedonia, but

You don't need to compare the Western Zhou Dynasty with the Persian Empire, because you know that the latter cannot be compared, so you only choose to compare when you are stronger.

But all this is not a problem for an old double standard. It happens that the slave owner is an old double standard. He only knows that now the United States has the right population and stronger national power than Mexico. If the neighbor is burning down the house, the United States should immediately help pour two barrels of oil.

Not long after, the Secretary of War of the United States, Daniel Peake, came to Sheffield's door again. He expressed his satisfaction with the election results as usual. The slave owner did not beat around the bush, "I didn't know that Mr. Secretary knew what happened in Mexico."

Well, what is the attitude of the White House?"

"Everything is unclear now! Why is William paying attention to this issue again?" Daniel Peake was a little surprised. The last time they met, they talked about invading Haiti, and now the other party has come to visit? Could it be that he wants to invade Mexico?

He said dumbfounded, "You don't want to get involved, do you?"

"Of course, Manifest Destiny, Democrats are born to know how to fight a war." Sheffield admitted simply, twirling his fingers and said to himself, "Now that the neighbor's house is on fire, there are two ways. The first is

To help put out the fire, the second method is to let the neighbor's house burn down as soon as possible. The second method is to have another method of operation. In the name of helping to put out the fire, let his house burn down as soon as possible. If the neighbor's house is burned down, mine

The house will be safe."

Listening to the slave owner's logic is like a tongue twister, even Daniel Peake took a long time to understand it. It doesn't matter if you don't understand the latter, just understand the slogan of Manifest Destiny.

Hearing this slogan, Daniel Peake became even more uneasy. Is this going to annex Mexico?

"Mr. Minister, what are you thinking? I just said that a weak neighbor is a good thing." Sheffield lit a cigarette and said leisurely, "If they become stronger, they will inevitably not remember that a lot of territory in the United States originally belonged to them.

So having weak neighbors is an unspoken rule of the federal government. Taking advantage of this civil unrest, we should not even discuss it, but get involved. Especially for me, this is what I should do."

"What a great war. It can reduce the population. Arizona and New Mexico, which rely on Mexico, have very sparse populations and cannot be changed in a short time. Now the opportunity has come. Mexico wants to reduce its population. It is a good thing for us."

Putting out the cigarette butt, Sheffield narrated in a tone of voice, "There is no way to shirk responsibility for the civil war. In any case, this responsibility must be borne by the Mexicans themselves, so why should we be polite?"

Although it was too straightforward, Daniel Peake also knew that what Sheffield said was true in theory, but it was not easy to spread publicly. But how many facts in this world can be spread openly? In fact, even the former Navy and Army

When the team landed in Haiti, there was a lot of criticism against the United States in local public opinion in Europe. Even if the international public opinion was hegemonic, the United States was still an important part.

The hegemony of international public opinion has been established for forty years today. France's Havas News Agency, Britain's Reuters, Germany's Wolf News and the United States' Associated Press have signed the Alliance to divide the interviewing and publishing of world news into four major spheres of influence.

, international public opinion came into being, and Europe and the United States’ monopoly on international public opinion was established.

The final establishment of the monopoly system of dividing the world news market between the four news agencies and subsequent provisions established the free development of the United States in Canada, Mexico, Central America and the Antilles. At this stage, the hegemony of the United States is actually in North America, and it cannot intervene in other countries.

The spheres of influence of the three major news agencies.

After the establishment of the Ring Alliance, it was not broken until the 1930s. After that, the Soviet Union briefly broke through the hegemony of European and American public opinion. In terms of soft power, it was also one of the two poles of the Cold War. Since then, there has never been a challenger.

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Later, the Ring Alliance existed in name only because challengers kept appearing. The first challenger to appear was none other than Hearst Media, which was eliminated by Sheffield's advantage in the Democratic Party and the assassination of William McKinley.

Of course, for now, the hegemony of public opinion belonging to the United States is more symbolic. The hegemony of public opinion in the world today belongs to the three European countries of Britain, France, and Germany. The United States is actually in the range of...

But establishing public opinion hegemony in North America is enough at this time. Domestically, now that Sheffield has established its advantage over the Associated Press, it can go a step further and arouse domestic citizens' concern about the interior of Mexico.

After discussing this issue with Secretary of War Daniel Peake, Sheffield got on the train again to go home. Texas is across the river from Mexico. Only in the base camp can he understand the real situation and discuss this issue with his hometown people.

, discussing with people here in Washington is different, even if it is a Democratic federal government.

This is just like the whole country supports war with Russia, but Heilongjiang people are unwilling. The whole country supports war with Vietnam, but Guangxi people feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, these two places support war next to each other. This is like a joke, an old man has two

Two sons, the eldest son has a house in the imperial capital, and the second son has a house in the devil's capital. The eldest son said he would go to the devil's capital, and the second son said he would go to the imperial capital. It is so true.

Two days later, Sheffield arrived in Austin, the capital of Texas, and met with Texas Governor Trust Campbell, an old-school Democrat. The reason why he said this was because Trust Campbell had a trademark beard.

Like many conservatives at the beginning of the century.

The tendencies of politicians in this era can actually be seen from their appearance. Is it possible that it was also popular in Europe and the United States for a while to be influenced by their parents? Of course this is not a problem.

"I didn't expect that such a big thing would happen to me not long after I left home." Sheffield went straight to the point when they met and said with a long sigh, "Madero actually went to Texas to call on the people to overthrow the current president.

To be honest, I am a person who is very afraid of trouble, and this makes me very uncomfortable."

Sheffield is not sure whether Madero's arrival in Texas is related to some politicians in the state. Although the slave-owning family is the largest commercial company in Texas, theoretically it should be related to Texas.

Politicians are close to each other. But this is an illusion. Politicians and people who make money can never be close to each other. Even if they are both vested interests, the interests of both parties are not exactly the same.

Of course, asking this question now seemed like a challenge, so Sheffield just said it casually.

Texas Governor Trust Campbell took the initiative to explain this issue, "Madero once studied in the United States. Maybe he felt that Texas was friendly and easy to avoid Diaz's pursuit. This matter may be a

coincide."

"Okay, I'll just treat it as a coincidence." Sheffield accepted this explanation and immediately asked, "Now there is chaos in Mexico. As Mexico's neighbors, we cannot be unaffected at all. I mean we should

We should make some preparations early, so that if there is a serious attack, we can take precautions early. I am definitely not being alarmist, we should have made some preparations early."

This concern received a positive response. Sheffield did not make a mistake in judgment. When it comes to issues involving Mexico, the natives of Texas are more trustworthy. Washington is too far away. The federal government over there is worried, and Austin is worried.

It's not the same thing at all. There is a saying that is right: whose baby is the one who feels the same pain.

For example, border control, ordering the state guard to be on alert, and then waiting to see what happens. To be honest, Sheffield is not very satisfied with this, but Trust Campbell is a politician and has a lot to think about, which is understandable.

Sheffield doesn't really have an in-depth understanding of Mexico. He just knows that Mexico is a country with great cultural exports. In the field of movies, the United States is the only country in the world. But in the field of TV series, the world is so powerful that the cultural export is nothing more than a few

In this field, Mexico has long been the world's largest TV drama exporter, followed by Turkey. Within Asia, let alone the Republic, Japanese and Korean dramas cannot reach far.

A few decades later, Latin America began to form a tradition of TV series called "television novels". The characteristic of "television novels" is that each episode is no longer than one hour, and rarely shorter than half an hour, with dozens of episodes

The content is completed.

This production model was later accepted by Asian countries and became the basic process for producing TV series in Asia. However, few people know that the process of Asian TV series was promoted to the world by Mexico.

"William, what do you think?" Trust Campbell looked at Sheffield's silence and asked proactively.
Chapter completed!