War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

USA, Illinois.

Lincoln had become famous in Springfield due to his victory over James Shields in a previous duel.

Springfield is located on the Sangamon River and is better known as the City of Springfield.

However, because Lincoln caused the gangsters to lose money, although this reputation is famous, it is not very good. Such as Scarface, the despicable sneak attacker, the man who kneels to win, the murderer

But no matter what, he did receive more attention and had more say.

Of course, this was also due to Lincoln's gift of speech. He could always arouse people's emotions on stage and make everyone listen to him.

Some people are born politicians. It is said that Lincoln once stuttered, but by this time he had already learned to incite the people and promote himself. Everyone was deeply impressed by his speeches.

In fact, there have always been discussions about slavery in the United States, but Lincoln's views were not very popular because no matter what he said, the interests of the American South would never change.

Because no matter how lofty the views are, it is the interests of Southerners that are ultimately violated, and these views violate the spirit of the U.S. Constitution to a certain extent.

Lincoln knew he was asking for trouble no matter what he said, so he would keep his distance from these people. He would return to his office in the courthouse and listen through the windows in the courthouse wall.

After all, Lincoln was a politician and he needed to know what people were talking about and what people were interested in

One time, Lincoln was taking a nap in his office when he suddenly heard a noise outside. He got up and went out to see his friend Baker being besieged.

In fact, it was Mr. Baker who was exposing the bribery scandal of Democrats, but he did not have any evidence, but it was not actually a false accusation, because bribery was very common at that time.

But it is a bit shameful for someone like Mr. Baker to directly attack his opponent for accepting bribes without any evidence. After all, almost every official in the halls of the Springfield Courthouse has been bribed.

There was a loud noise as someone jumped from the second-floor window and landed steadily on the marble floor in the hall. Then the man came to the podium in three steps and two steps at a time. The person who came was none other than Lincoln, who had just been taking a nap on the second floor.

"Please be quiet, citizens. We in the United States support freedom of speech! Mr. Baker has the right to speak here, please do not interrupt his speech!"

Lincoln was tall and majestic, and what he said was reasonable and reasonable. Naturally, no one had the heart to argue. In addition, he was scanning the crowd in the hall with unkind eyes at this time, and these people did not even have the courage to look at him.

After all, he was not called "Scarface" for nothing. In this way, Lincoln stood up for his friend and showed his face in the Republican Party.

Of course, what really allowed him to establish his prestige within the Republican Party was another thing. Not only could Lincoln save others, he could also easily obliterate the achievements of others.

Once when the Democrats were exposing the abuse of power in the Republican Party, Lincoln imitated the other party, and for a while the voices of ridicule and booing were endless. The former could not continue at all, but no matter how many times the person reiterated that this was his speech, no one paid attention. In the end, he just Ability to angrily leave the venue in protest.

Compared with his responsiveness when he was away from home, Lincoln seemed submissive at home.

Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd, came from a distinguished family. Her ancestors participated in the American Revolutionary War, and the family also produced generals and governors. Even now, her father is the president of the Bank of Kentucky.

Mary Todd is elegant, elegant, elegant, and well-educated. However, due to her birth and childhood experience, she is very impulsive and irritable, so she does not get along well with the people around her.

In addition, she always said to her sister: "I want to be the president's wife."

This made many people think she was crazy, but Mary Todd didn't think so and still went her own way.

Even after Lincoln married, Mary Todd still made no secret of her ambitions.

There was a lady teasing Mary Todd at a tea party.

“Dear Mary, could your husband Abraham become president?”

"Of course!" the latter replied without hesitation.

Answering so quickly and decisively made the ladies who were ready to watch the show a little embarrassed.

Mary Todd was very strict with Lincoln, even to the point of being picky. No matter what the latter does, it will always arouse the dissatisfaction of the former.

Fortunately, Lincoln himself was relatively open-minded in this regard, and family matters did not involve him too much energy.

Lincoln had little interest in his beautiful young wife, nor in delicious food, nor in his children.

Lincoln's children often crawled on him, pulled his hair, and yelled at him, but he rarely paid attention.

As a lawyer, Lincoln would strictly require others to abide by the law, but he was too indulgent with his own family.

Once, Lincoln was playing chess with a judge. Perhaps because his wife asked him to eat on a whim, he just responded casually twice.

"Just come, just come."

Later, the children came to Lincoln and said that they were starving, but the latter remained indifferent.

The third time, the children came to call Lincoln again, but the latter still responded simply.

So his eldest son Robert kicked the chessboard away, and the chess pieces flew everywhere, even almost hitting the judge's face.

Lincoln just smiled and said to the guest.

"Mr. Judge, I guess we'll just have to find another time."

Lincoln had no intention of teaching the child a lesson, so the judge naturally did not dare to say anything to the congressman's son, so he could only have a hasty meal and leave.

Both Lincoln and Mary Todd were very lax about the discipline of their children, which made those children become lawless. They liked to hide behind their fences and attack passers-by's hats with long wooden bars.

However, Lincoln did not lecture these naughty children, but simply told them to be careful because they might make people angry.

This kind of doting also destined his children to achieve nothing.

Naturally, no one in history would dare to do anything to Congressman Lincoln's family, but in this life, he offended three of the largest local gangsters due to a duel.

One hundred thousand dollars at that time was not a small figure. Although it was just a dispensable income for Franz, for the three major gangster families in Springfield City, it was their hard work.

And this account will not be recorded on the head of Franz, nor will it be recorded on the head of John Taylor, then it can only be recorded on the head of Lincoln.

Meanwhile, the discussion of slavery was overshadowed by something else.

That is the threat from Texas. The French military strength in North America is actually greater than that of Mexico, especially in terms of threat.

The strength of the French army is fresh in the memory of every American who participated in the Battle of Texas.

The French infantry can withstand the charge of the US cavalry, and the French cavalry can easily scatter the US infantry. Especially when the cavalry from both sides clash, it is a massacre.