The sun never sets in America

Chapter 100 Domestic Chaos in Mexico

Mexican Congress…

An ancient Roman dome-style building, this is also the center that best represents the rights of the Mexican Republic, besides the presidential palace.

Today, a large number of congressmen came from all directions, but the faces of all of them showed expressions of bewilderment.

They were suddenly notified that President Santa Anna was going to convene a supreme meeting, but they did not know the specific reason for the meeting. They only knew that even Count Mattford had agreed to this approach.

The Earl of Matfort's family is also considered a prominent family in the Mexican Republic, and his son Matfort Jr. also controls the army in the capital. It is definitely not too much to say that it is an aristocratic family.

And with the endorsement of such a prestigious person, President Santa Anna's meeting finally got underway.

squeak……

A carriage stopped in front of the gate of the Congress. Vice President Lester stepped out of the luxurious carriage holding a civilized weapon.

After Lester looked around, when he saw Speaker Shashi Silas who had also just come down, he immediately smiled and went to greet him.

"Sir Speaker, how are you lately?" Lester greeted Speaker Shaxi Silas in a flattering tone, with a flattering smile on his face. Those who didn't know thought Lester was Shaxi. .Same as Silas's lackey.

"Lester, long time no see." Shashi Silas hugged Lester warmly, and then replied enthusiastically, "Remember the last time we met in Congress, it was the vote a few months ago, right? ??" Speaker Shashi Silas asked Lester with a smile. It seemed like a question, but in fact he was reminding Lester of their relationship and the things they did in Congress.

"That's right, it was here last time that we defeated the arrogant President Santa Anna." After listening, Lester pointed to the Congress building in front of him and replied to Speaker Shaci Selas, his tone is full of ridicule of President Santa Anna and pride in that victory.

"But this time I heard that this Santa Anna came prepared and said he wanted to bring down you and your war cabinet." Speaker Chasi Silas said to Lester with some worry, After speaking, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Lester, this time is not as simple as last time." Shashi Silas continued to speak to Lester meaningfully. There was a kind of worry about Lester inside and outside his words. Worry about losing special rights.

After all, the Silas family made too much money during this war. Once this money is found out, the impact will be very bad and even involve the entire family. At first, Sha Speaker Silas still doesn't care, but this time President Santa Anna teamed up with the Count Matfort family, which owns the garrison in the capital, to jointly convene the Congress.

It made him suspicious and even worried that he would be targeted for corruption.

"Sir Speaker, don't forget, the war is about to begin, and we will return to Mexico City with victory." After hearing this, Lester was not worried at all, but confidently told Chasi Silas The speaker advised, "The whole of Mexico will be cheering for us then... Mr. Speaker!!" Lester's face showed a trace of arrogance. In his opinion, this convening of Congress was just Santa Ann. It's nothing more than President Na's death throes.

Since it is a desperate struggle, there is nothing to be afraid of.

"Lester, you are braver than me." Speaker Shashi Silas patted Lester on the shoulder and replied with relief.

"Let's go...see what outdated tricks that President Santa Anna is playing." Lester walked into the Congress with a proud face.

At this time, there was also a large group of congressmen sitting in the Congress, with members coming from all over the country. As for those who did not dare to come, they basically abstained from voting.

"What happened?" A member of Congress who didn't know the truth asked around.

"Maybe it has something to do with the war..." replied a somewhat savvy congressman.

"War, isn't this something that will happen in a few days?" The congressman's face showed doubts, "Besides, Vice President Lester has always been in charge of the war. What does it have to do with Mr. President?" The congressman's words , did not take President Santa Anna seriously at all. In his eyes, a coward like Santa Anna was not worthy of being president at all, and should give up his seat to a highly respected person like Lester. …

"Who knows what happened? Could it be that those Han pagans came over?" Another congressman said sarcastically, "Don't be ridiculous, how can the pagans be the opponents of the white people? In two days, we will destroy those The days of the infidels... We will fight to Los Angeles, take back everything that belongs to us, and then arrest the so-called Han chiefs, try them, and then hang them..." In the words of this congressman, Liu Yan directly heard from the Han king , became a chief somewhere.

It can be seen that at this moment, the Mexicans' contempt for the Han Kingdom is of course derogatory, but the most important and sensitive thing is the shame of losing the California area. In the brain circuits of these Mexicans, If the United States had captured California, they would have felt proud of their defeat and had even organized peace talks. But if the yellow-skinned pagans (Han's Origins of the Americas) who had always looked down on them had influenced the Mexicans, they would have As the same force as the Indians), that would be a huge shame.

When people face humiliation, they either face it calmly and choose revenge, or they vilify the enemy. Even in the process of revenge, they try their best to belittle and humiliate, trying to gain a psychological advantage. This is generally the case for Mexicans today. status.

It is said that I won’t be able to kill you for a while, but I can humiliate you, which is also a spiritual victory! !

"quiet……"

bang... bang...

On the stage, President Santa Anna suppressed the noisy voices below.

Although there were many Leicester supporters among them, most of them kept their mouths shut and sat in their seats seriously, except for a few who were too extravagant and tried to disturb what President Santa Anna said next. , the guy who wants to take credit from Leicester...

President Santa Anna chose to ignore these guys. After all, the more he paid attention to them, the more energetic they became. If he ignored them, they became less noisy.

"Everyone, our country is facing the most dangerous moment..." President Santa Anna shocked everyone in the Congress as soon as he spoke.

There was a lot of discussion below, but many of them were saying that President Santa Anna was being alarmist. After all, in two days, there will be a war with Han. This obviously means that I have the advantage! !

"Just a few days ago, the Han army launched a brazen attack on our country. In just four and a half days, we lost Nevada... Just three days ago, we lost half of Arizona." President Santa Anna's There was a look of sadness on his face. This sadness was not staged, but he was really heartbroken.

The loss of territory, and the loss of so much territory at once, was unprecedented in the entire history of the Mexican Republic.

"what??"

"Nevada is lost, Arizona is also lost??"

"Oh, God……"

"The infidels have made war on us!!"

As soon as President Santa Anna finished speaking, there were panic and even shouts of panic in the parliament.

Even though they just looked down upon Han and even looked down upon them, they were absolutely unwilling to go to the battlefield to fight Han. After all, standing in the rear was the safest. They were really forced to go to the battlefield. Front desk, they'll be scared to death.

But now Han's sudden heavy blow really hit them hard.

In the minds of these Mexican powerful people, Han should be a weak party, waiting for them to fight. They even prepared for this for several months, although many people knew what happened during these months.

But like those Mexicans say, as long as you don’t reveal it, no one knows the truth.

Their army will set off in two days. In the fantasy of these Mexican dignitaries, they will defeat the Han army in a week, take back Los Angeles in two weeks, recapture California that belongs to the Republic of Mexico, and then take away the Han who does not know the heights of heaven and earth. Chief, brought to trial in Mexico City, right here, in the Mexican Congress.

And these people are the best judges.

They are even ready to set up a court to judge evil heretics in front of the whole world, as well as the so-called judgment words, and then give the Han chief a decent hanging. After all, he is a monarch after all! !

He could even be given a decent burial to demonstrate the kindness of the Mexican Republic and its powerful people.

But the reality is that Han's sudden attack was like a loud slap in the face one after another.Tell them...my lord, times have changed! !
"Now the pagan army has reached Nevada, Arizona, and even New Mexico..." President Santa Anna on the stage was detailing the possible threats from the Han army, "The enemies are all attacking our country. , But what did our army do? They did nothing. They just told us over and over again that they were almost ready..." Santa Anna complained on the stage about the slowness, inefficiency and incompetence of the Mexican army.

Leicester and his supporters in the audience immediately changed their expressions after hearing this. They understood the meaning of what he just said.

Isn't this just like pointing at their noses and calling them trash? ?
And the next President Santa Anna directly exceeded their expectations.

"I demand the reorganization of the war cabinet. Our country can no longer be ruled by these incompetent and stupid people!!" As soon as Santa Anna said this, everyone in the parliament became complicated, " I demand the right of the President to dissolve the current war cabinet led by Vice President Lester, and return the power to the true patriots..." President Santa Anna directly stated his true thoughts, and in The word patriot is a very strong word.

It seemed to remind the people in the Congress who the true patriots are.

"I object..." Lester stood up directly. "The Han army's invasion of our Republic of Mexico is completely stupid. Our army is very powerful. We will defeat them. We don't need someone." These people, stand up and make irresponsible remarks!!" Lester retorted loudly with a ferocious face.

Leicester's voice echoed throughout the House.

"Objection is invalid...According to the law, I have the right to vote." President Santa Anna looked at Vice President Lester who had lost his emotional control. He felt as if he had eaten honey, but his face still showed a cold refusal.

"Count Mattford...you can start now." President Santa Anna said politely to the middle-aged curly bearded man below, Count Mattford.

"According to the law, the vote will be held again..." Mattfo took over from President Santa Anna and said solemnly on the stage.

Below, Lester gritted his teeth and looked at everything on the stage, as well as President Santa Anna, who had a winning chance.

"No, there are all my people in the council. They will not win. Lester, you will win, just like last time." Lester kept encouraging himself mentally, as if this was the case. , he would be invincible.

Leicester then stood in the parliament with his head held high, his eyes full of hope, as if he was cheering for his supporters.

"Start counting the votes now..." Count Mattford on the stage began to organize the manual counting of votes.

President Lester and Santa Anna below were quietly waiting for the final voting results just like last time, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that President Santa Anna was more calm.

Vice President Lester, on the surface, looks calm and relaxed, and even shows a little bit of his signature smile, but any smart person can see from the Erlang's legs that are constantly being lifted up and down, that he is not happy in his heart. I don't want him to act so calm.

Even some people with good memories recalled that the vote a few months ago still involved President Santa Anna and Vice President Lester, but this time it was the other way around.

I just don’t know if the result will be the same as last time.

"The total number of votes, 150, including [-] votes in favor of reorganization and [-] votes against..." Earl Mattford slowly reported the voting numbers on the stage. As soon as he reported the voting numbers, Vice President Lester directly said Sitting slumped on the chair, staring at the huge dome with blank eyes...

His hands kept shaking, his chest kept rising and falling, and his whole body felt quite depressed.

"According to the results of the vote, reorganize the war cabinet..." Earl Martford's words were like the final sentence, breaking the hearts of many Leicester supporters.

"No, this is a conspiracy..."

"This is a conspiracy and we cannot accept it."

Several extreme supporters of Leicester roared directly in the parliament.

boom……

A gunshot interrupted all the peace. A supporter of Leicester shot and killed a congressman who had just supported President Santa Anna.

The situation finally got out of control, from a civil fight to a violent fight.

"Quick, go and notify the garrison outside." Count Mattford's face changed on the stage, and he immediately arranged for his entourage to run out of the back door, and then hid under the stage with President Santa Anna.

boom……

In the parliament, there were sounds of firing at each other everywhere. At this time, all countries and parliaments have been forgotten. Since the problem cannot be solved with civilized methods, let's use violence, the best method that humans are good at, to answer this question! !
swoosh...

"Put down your weapons immediately..." A large number of garrison soldiers armed with muskets ran in and aimed their dense guns at the two sides who were shooting at each other wildly.

"Fire..."

bang... bang...

Following the commander's order, intensive gunfire suddenly rang out.

In an instant, a large number of MPs who supported Leicester were killed. Their blood flowed throughout the parliament and dyed the white floor tiles of the parliament red.

White and red are mixed together, just like a red paint splashed on white paper, giving people a messy, complex, and even cruel beauty! !

The corpse lying on the ground became the last chapter of this Mexican century oil painting.

A few years later, a Mexican painter, based on the memories of a surviving congressman, painted this century-old masterpiece... The Scarlet Congress! !

Of course, this painting will have another famous name in later generations...The Decline of Mexico.

At this moment, the entire Mexican Congress is chaotic and bloody, but not romantic.

"Lester, you are under arrest..." President Santa Anna looked at Lester who was being controlled and pressed to the ground, and pronounced the verdict with an indifferent expression, "I didn't expect that you and your supporters were You are so shameless, you don't take Mexico or everyone else seriously..." President Santa Anna looked at Lester on the ground, his eyes full of anger.

He didn't expect that the other party would use such methods after losing the vote. If he hadn't completed an alliance with Count Mattford, the powerful man who controlled the army in Mexico City, he might have died here today.

At this moment, President Santa Anna hates Lester so much that he wants him to die immediately.

"Haha..." Lester, who was lying on the ground, let out a burst of harsh laughter. "Do you think you are the winner at this moment?" Lester looked at President Santa Anna in front of him with mocking eyes. The tone was full of disdain.

"Isn't it?" President Santa Anna replied confidently, "Remember last time, you kicked me out like this, but I can't afford to lose like you..." Santa Anna The president said he couldn't afford to lose very seriously, and his eyes were full of contempt, which was in sharp contrast to the disdain in Lester's eyes.

"You think you can win this war if you take away the rights from me. Let me tell you, it's impossible... Without me, you will only lose worse." Lester told Santa with great certainty. President Anna said that in his opinion, President Santa Anna's indecisive character would make it impossible for him to lead the Mexican Republic to defeat those brutal and cunning infidels.

"I will win, and you will watch my army march into Los Angeles, and we will have a military parade in Los Angeles." President Santa Anna replied through gritted teeth, "And you will only die in humiliation... Don't worry, now You will not die, I will let you see how I won, and I will become the hero of this country when the time comes, and you... are just a joke!!" President Santa Anna continued to talk to Lai with an indifferent expression. Ste said.

(End of this chapter)