Chapter 7 Act 5 The Trial of Monroe

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Li: (Stands up, knocks the gavel) Now announce the opening of the fifth court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography of the defendant James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. (Monro stands up.) God Lee: You are Monroe, born in 1758, you Washington Jr. is 26 years old, Jefferson Jr. is 15 years old, and Madison is 7 years old. You are the fifth president of the United States. Monroe: Yes. God Lee: Your predecessor, President Madison, died in 1836, and you died 5 years before him.He lived 85, you lived 73, he kept more records than you.

Monroe: Longevity must have its advantages. God Lee: You are the last president of the United States who participated in the Revolutionary War, the last Founding Father who was president, aren't you?You fought with Washington. Monroe: I was a major then. God Lee: You later became a lieutenant colonel, but it was not appointed by Washington, it was Jefferson. Monroe: Looks like God Lee is very clear to me. God Li: Of course, I don't know you, how to judge you? Monroe: I wonder how much God Lee knows about me? God Lee: I know your wife married you when she was 17. Monroe: God Lee knows too much.

God Lee: Your wife had an unfortunate fall and fell into the fireplace. Monroe: Oh, what a strange thing. God Lee: After 28 years as president in Washington, you also became president. What is your greatest sense of accomplishment? Monroe: The greatest sense of accomplishment is that the United States is our America, and the Americas are the Americas of the Americans. God Lee: I can recite what you said in the U.S. Congress on December 2, 1823: The American continents... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers. , should not be regarded as the topic of future colonies.) This is the "Monroe Doctrine" that has been handed down, isn't it?

Monroe: (nodding) Yes. God Lee: The "Monroe Doctrine" was a product of 1823, but 180 years later, the United States used force against Iraq by imposing an American-style democratic system.One style is to fuck Monroe!When you wrote a 407-page report, criticizing Washington for not understanding diplomacy, the conclusion was tantamount to fucking Washington, but now it’s better, you are more popular in the United States, fuck Monroe!Back in the United States, you still knew how to demarcate your land and limit yourself. Although the demarcation was very domineering and covered the whole of America, now, the Neo-Monroe Doctrine actually covers the whole world.

Monroe: (surprised) I didn't expect the Chinese God to be so familiar with me, Monroe. God Li: Familiar, because you remind me of it.The Monroe in your name is translated as "Monroe" in Chinese, but it is translated like this for male Monroe, and it is not translated like this for female Monroe, but it is translated as "Monroe".Your American sexy star Marilyn Monroe is translated into "Marilyn Monroe". Monroe: Who is Marilyn Monroe? God Lee: An American movie star who is 168 years younger than you. Monroe: Does she have a Doctrine? God Li: She should have it too.She said that in that hellish place in Hollywood, daughters buy kisses, and fifty cents buy spirits, but she, the little pony who committed suicide, always treats fifty cents the same. Hollywood's a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss, and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty cents. For one's soul, this is "Monroe Doctrine"?

Monroe: (nods) Seems like she's as principled as I am. God Lee: I admit that you have principles sometimes.You were sent by Washington to be the ambassador to France, and you didn't buy Washington's account in rescuing Paine and in opposing the Jay Treaty.You know, the former is Washington's ungratefulness, and the latter is Washington's loss of power and humiliation of the country. You have shown that you have principles.On the eve of announcing the "Monroe Doctrine", you refused to jointly publish with the British, you don't want "a cockboat in the wake of the British man-of-war", that would be "truer and more glorious" ( more candid, as well as more dignified), no?

Monroe: Yeah, God Lee knows my heart. God Lee: The problem is that all your true and glorious performances cannot cover up your persecution of blacks and Indians.For blacks, you, as president, made the "Missouri Compromise" (Missouri Compromise), allowing Missouri to be a slave state (a slave state) and Maine to be a free state (a free state) to join the Union at the same time: for Indians, You never dared to say that America is the America of the Indians. Monroe: (He bows his head in silence.) God Lee: Aren't you talking? Monroe: (looks up) At least I bring dignity to America as a whole.

God Li: Do you know that the overall dignity has long been ruined by you in the United States?You left this world in 1831, 8 years after you declared the "Monroe Doctrine".Do you know how your descendants bully Americans under the name of the "Monroe Doctrine"?Of course it's not just Indians.During your time as governor of Virginia, the biggest problem you encountered was the Gabriel incident.This was the first major slave rebellion in your United States during the 19th century, and it was a precursor to the 1831 rebellion spearheaded by Nat Turner.How do you explain this event?What you call Gabriel's Insurrection?

Monroe: Gabriel was a 24-year-old black slave who was very attentive to the world outside the farm where he worked.He believed that the principles of liberty and equality that resounded for white people in America and France had the same meaning for black people.At this time, on the island of Saint-Domingue, a black man named Toussaint L'Ouverture led an insurrection against their French masters.Gabriel hopes to emulate Tucson.However, on the night of August 30, 1800, the night of their rebellion, a storm derailed their plan, which, despite the participation of thousands of armed slaves, also failed.

God Li: You took the lead in pacifying it? Monroe: Yes.I went to see Gabriel in prison myself, but he was determined to die and didn't bother to talk to me. God Lee: In the end, you killed Gabriel and the lead. Monroe: Yes.They were hanged on October 7th, 1800. God Lee: Thirty-one years later, there was another slave uprising in the same Virginia, this time led by Turner, and both Turner and the leaders were hanged. Monroe: That's not clear to me. God Li: Actually, you should be clear.Because the day when Turner and his rebels revolted was originally scheduled to be July 4, 1831. What does this day mean to you?

Monroe: (confused) I failed the test.Isn't today the fifty-fifth anniversary of American independence? God Lee: Exactly, the day you died. Monroe: Oh. God Lee: Turner's uprising was originally scheduled for July 4, 1831, but it actually broke out on the night of August 21.They killed Turner's slave master, Joseph Travis, and his family, and marched across the field with a party of up to 70 men.By the morning of August 23, at least 57 whites had been killed, including men, women, and children.Whites finally quelled the uprising, and Turner was arrested six weeks after his escape and was hanged in Jerusalem, Virginia, on November 11, 1831.Of the 28 rebels caught, 16 were executed and 12 were sent out of the state.In addition, a large number of black people, including many innocent black people, also died at the hands of angry white people.The Turner incident is a warning sign, Turner is a black slave who strives for the upper hand, and finally becomes a missionary.This uprising incident proved that the slavery system of your white people cannot be covered.Although your noose is getting tighter and tighter, the black problem is a serious problem after all. Monroe: I know that the longer the slave problem is dragged on, the more troublesome it will be. From Jefferson, to Madison, to me, we all feel that we need to adopt a "diffusion" theory, that is, to disperse slaves over larger areas. Population creates a dilution effect.At this time, on the one hand, the fear among white people can be reduced, and on the other hand, it is easier to deal with a small number of emancipated blacks. In this way, the liberation movement will eventually form a trend, and slavery will eventually disappear naturally. God Lee: That's why Liberia in West Africa appeared. The goal is to invite black slaves back to Africa. Monroe: The capital of Liberia is still called Monrovia (Note: The mainland is translated as Monrovia, if it is translated as Monrovia, it has nothing to do with Monroe.), because of me, This title reminds people of something. God Lee: Some what?Some failures, failures of white attitudes towards black people.In the end, it was confirmed that it was not a rope, not an exile, but an on-the-spot acknowledgment of the conscience of blacks becoming whites.That is a black measuring stick. If the black problem is not solved, it proves that your white people’s morality, justice, equality, human rights, democracy, equal wealth, etc., are all fake. Out of you America will always be a land of hypocrites.In fact, there are many such measuring rulers, ranging from the "Indian measuring ruler" to the "Negro measuring ruler"... Each measuring ruler can measure what you are in the United States, and each of them can be used You white people show up... Monroe: (shaking hand) Please let me call it quits, God Lee, stop talking about Gabriel and Turner.Americans, even I, the founding father, have almost forgotten.I was heavily in debt in my later years, but the compensation I received was haggling. I finally got 68,500 US dollars. God Lee must know how boring the ending is. The revolutionary father actually counted small accounts with his people, and vice versa. God Li: You Americans are basically a nation of petty accounts, and pettyness comes from both sides. Monroe: Even for me Monroe, why forget Gabriel and Turner? God Lee: 106 years after Turner's death, in 1937, there was a movie in the United States called "They Won't Forget" (They Won't Forget), which was played by a female Turner—Lana Turner (Lana Turner). Now, 70 years later, even Lana Turner has been forgotten. Monroe: That's an interesting association. God Lee: I also think of the female Monroe, and Marilyn Monroe, Marilyn "Monroe", I have almost forgotten.Well, there is no need to say any more.Retire from the court (The curtain falls.)