Chapter 42 Letters from afar
No matter how Americans glorified the Battle of Texas, it could not change its aggressive nature, so Franz planned to help.
The Americans' method of subverting Texas was not clever, which was to use large-scale immigration to dilute the local Mexican population, just like boiling frogs in warm water. When the Mexican government discovered that the number of American immigrants had exceeded the Mexican population.
Due to constant friction between the newly arrived American immigrants and the local indigenous Indians and Mexicans over water sources and land, the Mexican government had to take action and issued a new law prohibiting the entry of American immigrants.
However, due to the vast area of Texas and the sparse population of Texas at the time, and the fact that Americans did not intend to comply, Mexico's "Prohibition of Immigration Decree" was useless.
In 1824, at the strong request of domestic Catholic forces, Mexico announced the abolition of slavery. By 1830, there were no slaves in Mexico except Texas.
American immigrants did not intend to abide by Mexican laws, and they still established plantations everywhere to buy black slaves.
Demanding the freeing of slaves was unacceptable to American immigrants at the time.
You must know that before the end of the Civil War, black slaves were an important economic pillar in the American South.
Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, which destined a war between the Mexicans and these American slave owners.
By 1835, seeing that the time was ripe, the United States simply instigated Texas to become independent directly.
Afterwards, the President of Mexico went on a personal expedition, but lost his troops at the Alamo. He was even captured at the Battle of San Jacinto, and was forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco to recognize Texas' independence.
The Mexicans will be defeated so miserably because the United States is far stronger than Mexico in terms of military power and social organization capabilities, but the Mexicans are not without a chance. They should at least be able to scrape off a piece of the United States.
On January 1, 1836, Mexican President Tasan Anna decided to personally conquer Texas.
"Mr. President! Mr. President! I have your letter!"
Ruvel, the newly appointed vice president of Tasan Anna, shouted anxiously.
"Ruvel, you are the vice president now, not my messenger. As a senior national official, you must act like a senior official."
"Yes, sir!"
Ruvel has been following Tasan Anna since he became a messenger. He is Tasan Anna's most trusted subordinate.
Tasan Anna is essentially a soldier. He is not interested in politics, but he is sensitive to power, which does not prevent him from leaving all political affairs to former Vice President Valias and hiding in the military camp as a general.
After gaining presidential power, the latter wanted to do something. He first launched a series of government projects, then reduced the army, increased taxes, and restricted the power of the church, resulting in a deficit in the treasury and widespread complaints.
Finally, under the joint pressure of the army, the church, and the people, Tasan Anna had to remove Valias and replace him with his adjutant, Lieutenant General Ruvel.
However, Lieutenant General Ruvel was just a messenger, but Ruvel was rarely so excited.
Tasan Anna was a little curious about the origin of the letter.
"Whose letter is it from? Let me guess, is it Andrew Jackson?"
"No, sir, it's a letter from the royal family."
"Royalty?"
"This is a letter from the Imperial Family of the Austrian Empire, sir."
Tasan Anna received the letter with some excitement. The signature on the letter was Archduke Franz Karl.
"You can go, sir."
"Yes, Mr. President!"
After Ruvel left, Tasan Anna was very excited when he looked at the letter, because it said "My dear brother, Tasan Anna."
Tasan Anna joined the army at the age of 16 and joined the Mexican War of Independence. He first joined the Spanish army and later joined the rebel army. In 1829, he was known as national hero.
After Mexico's victory, some people even called him "the savior of Mexico." However, Tasan Anna modestly replied, "I am Napoleon of North America."
At this time, North America, both the United States and Mexico, was regarded as a barbarian land by Europe, and it was very difficult to gain recognition from Europeans.
And now a member of the Austrian royal family actually calls Tasan Anna a brother. You must know that Napoleon III has been unable to be recognized by European countries since he came to power. The Czar even used the title "my friend" to deliberately Humiliate Napoleon.
At this time, Tasang Anna's mood was as exciting as when the Japanese country was granted the title of "Japan".
After Tasan Anna opened the letter, she felt very happy after reading the two paragraphs. In her heart, she regarded Archduke Franz Karl as his half-brother.
For such arrogant people, of course, we must first praise them.
Franz highly praised Mexico's abolition of slavery, affirmed Tasan Anna's recent achievements, and strongly condemned the aggression of American immigrants.
These are what Tasan Anna wants to see most, and he is already preparing to send envoys to Austria to establish diplomatic relations.
Tasang Anna continued reading, and what he said next shocked him beyond measure.
That is the current situation in Mexico. There are many factions in the country and it is divided. The national treasury cannot make ends meet. There is a serious shortage of troops. The weapons are all antiques from the last century. The most important thing is that there is a traitor around him.
It was Franz's own guess that there was an American traitor around Tasan Anna.
After all, the Battle of San Jacinto was too strange, let alone how the Americans cut off the Mexicans' retreat and successfully attacked in broad daylight without the Mexicans noticing.
Tasan Anna's course of action alone should not be so easily grasped by the Americans.
You know, there were no mobile phones at that time, so many messages had to be delivered by people.
The news was spread to the military camp, the troops were assembled, and after the infantry arrived, they cut off the enemy's retreat, and finally launched a sneak attack.
In the end, the Mexican army lost 700 people, and the Texan army lost 11 people and wounded 28 people.
If this is all a coincidence, then the chance is too low.
Franz believed that there must be a spy around Tasan Anna, and regardless of whether there was a date or not, just shoot two shots, just in case he hit.
However, the current situation in Mexico is that there are many factions in the country, it is divided, the national treasury cannot make ends meet, and there is a serious shortage of troops.
Tasan Anna couldn't help but fell into deep thought. Although he trusted his subordinates, a grand duke far away in Europe knew the current situation of his country, so he had to doubt his subordinates' confidentiality work.
In the end, Franz came up with a solution: to win over the Catholics and establish a good relationship with the media. At the same time, Austria planned to sell a batch of arms to Mexico, 20,000 rifles, and send two military observers and a professional tabloid editor.
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I got home late today, I'm afraid it's only two chapters.