Chapter 12 Act 10 Trial of Taylor

The scene is the same as Act 1. God Lee: (Stands up, knocks the gavel) Now announce the opening of the 10th court of the "Last Judgment" (sit down).Biography accused the 10th President of the United States John Tyler (John Tyler). (Taylor stands up.) God Lee: You are Tyler, born in 1790, the 10th President of the United States. Taylor: Yes. God Lee: President Taylor, in 1840, during the Opium War between China and Britain, in 1842, the United States sent Commodore Laurence Kearny to China to demonstrate along the border of China.The rationale was to protect American merchant ships and prevent Americans from smuggling opium.But at that time, the United States was clearly engaged in large-scale smuggling, and Brigadier General Ghani clearly opened his eyes and closed his eyes.What the U.S. fleet did was obviously taking advantage of the Sino-British war to take advantage of it. In August 1842, after China and Britain signed the "Nanjing Treaty", the United States sent Caleb Cushing as a commissioner to sign the treaty on a warship, demanding the same trading treatment as the British. In July 1844, Gu Sheng signed the first unequal treaty between China and the U.S. with Qiying, the imperial envoy of the Qing government.In addition to obtaining all the privileges of the Sino-British treaty based on the principle of "equity of interests", the United States also obtained some privileges that were not in the Sino-British treaty or that had not been clearly stipulated.How good at playing, when other people fight, you share the spoils, this is your America!

Taylor: Was it me who sent Gu Sheng to China? God Li: Could it be that Gu Sheng appointed him?In Chinese records, we still have your Chinese translation name. In the records, your Chinese translation name is "Yuhan Tailu" (Baidu Encyclopedia currently translates it as Taylor), and later Chinese people changed "Yuhan" into "John ", that is John.What Gu Sheng brought with him was your letter of credence to the Emperor of China dated December 7, 1843. Taylor: Oh, I remember.After listening to God Lee's criticism of our United States, I can understand that, in fact, this is a matter of patriotism, a matter of us Americans loving our United States.

God Lee: Love America?You are the only president of the United States who supports the secession of the South from the Union. After your president stepped down and during the Civil War, you actually participated in the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States and was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives in November 1861. Members of the Southern Pseudo-Congress, do you love America? Taylor: I was elected, but not in office. God Lee: Of course you didn't, because you died on January 18, 1861, wearing the title of traitor. Traitor Tyler, that's your posthumous nickname, stop talking patriotic to me.

Taylor: Although the North didn't forgive me at the time, Congress put a monument on my grave 50 years after my death, didn't it? God Lee: What has 50 years proven? Taylor: 50 years proved my country reclaimed me. God Lee: Recovered your remains? Taylor: The remains are also part of the history of the United States. If I am a traitor, the history of the United States will be disgraced. God Li: In fact, the disgrace is not limited to the United States. Don’t forget the Treaty of Wangxia. 50 years after your death, China broke away from its own empire, but it cannot break away from your American imperialism. ", China has not forgotten.This treaty not only shows that you, the United States, are imperialists who invaded China, but also show that you are still opportunists who follow the British to pick up spoils. Why can you use imperialism and opportunism so skillfully and complement each other so well?It is really worth studying and studying, this kind of use, you are the culprit, but it has been ignored by people.

Taylor: Our crime in the United States is that we followed the United Kingdom to take advantage of it, but we did not follow the United Kingdom in doing bad things. The United Kingdom sold opium to you, and we did not in the United States. God Lee: Do you have any in the United States?You bullshit!Before the Opium War, the opium you sold to China accounted for one-tenth of your total trade with China.In addition to the direct sales of opium shipped from Turkey, you also consigned the opium shipped from India by the United Kingdom. In addition to the 3% commission for consignment sales, an additional 1% of net profit was added.It can be seen that you have used opium to harm China on a larger scale than Britain, both directly and indirectly.What's even worse is that after Lin Zexu of the Qing Dynasty blocked the opium pipeline of the British, you Americans secretly established the American pipeline on behalf of the British. From December 6, 1839 until June 26, 1840, the United Kingdom announced the blockade of China You have been British accomplices up to Haikou, Guangzhou.I even told you the date.President Taylor, do you still dare to rely on it?

Taylor: I respect the evidence. God Lee: When China and the UK were hostile, your ambassador to the UK, Edward Everett, secretly reported to US President Harrison that the rights China gave to the UK could also be obtained by other countries.This has formed your national policy in the United States: stay safe and wait for a bargain.After the Opium War, you, the President of the United States, really took action. You sent Gu Sheng to China and forced China to sign the "Treaty of Wangxia". This treaty is much more delicate than the treaty between China and the United Kingdom. Lah, one-sided most-favored-nation treatment, and missionary rights, all of which are available. The day of the contract is July 3, 1844, when you are President Taylor.The unequal treaties of the imperialist aggression against China, in fact, the United Kingdom is not as seamless as you and the United States. Compared with the United Kingdom, you are the real imperialists who kill without blood.President Taylor, your "credit" has been overlooked.

Taylor: Although God Lee has provided many evidences, it is undeniable that Britain was stronger than the United States at that time, so the United States was not the culprit. God Lee: Do you admit to being an accomplice? Taylor: (He bows his head in silence.) God Li: As for who is the culprit and who is the accomplice, there are traces of its historical evolution.Henry Jr. Morgenthau, President Roosevelt's Secretary of the Treasury, wrote in his diary (takes out a piece of paper): The trouble is that when you sit around a table with a Britisher he usually gets 80 percent of the deal and you get what's left. 80%, and you only get the rest.)

In fact, there is historical reason for the UK to take its share of the lion's share, and it is not bad for the US to get 20%.It's just that the United Kingdom couldn't get enough of you later on. It seems that British imperialism is too outdated, and it was eventually overtaken by you, the United States. Taylor: Oh. God Lee: Two days before you stepped down, you signed the document for the merger of Texas and the United States - the "Texas Annexation Treaty" (Texas Annexation Treaty), a year and a half before you signed this document, August 1843 On the 23rd, the President of Mexico warned that Texas is the original territory of Mexico. If you are so domineering, the United States will be regarded as declaring war on Mexico. You are too unfriendly. What kind of neighbor is this?

Taylor: We don't care, Mexico can't beat America. God Lee: It is true that Mexico cannot defeat the United States, but one day, it will surpass the United States, and its population will "eat" you.It doesn't take 200 years, that is, from 1845 to 2045, if the retribution is not good, you will suffer. They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. (An evil is rewarded, and the effect is greater than the cause.) You are an Anglican, and you will remember this sentence in your Bible. Taylor: (nods) I don't want history to testify against me. God Lee: Neither do I.But I want history to bear witness for Mexico.All right, back out of court (beat the gavel and stand up).

(The curtain falls.)