To be precise, this is how the original text of the US Declaration of Independence was written.

"We believe that the following truth is self-evident, that people are born equal, and that the Creator has given them several inalienable rights, including the right to life, the right to freedom and the right to pursue happiness..."

Indeed, this is the beginning of the Declaration of Independence, and the document Li Mengyang took out was almost the same at the beginning, and there was also a sentence afterwards, that is, people are born equal...

After reading this thing, Elena cried with joy. She kissed Li Mengyang and ran out like a happy little yellow oriole!

This... has changed too fast, right?

We cannot rule out the factor of "women's heart, sea needle", but the bigger factor is the thing itself and its significance.

Li Mengyang is a time traveler. He is very aware that the Chinese in the era before he traveled through time had confused some things, or even made mistakes.

What did they get wrong?

The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution!

How about "Promotion of Independence"? Is it good?

OK! It's really good, it's very good, and it's polished by Benjamin Franklin, the best writer in the United States at that time, which is indeed a subtle meaning. However, the meaning of the Declaration of Independence itself is called a "constitutional document". To put it bluntly, this thing has something to do with the Constitution, but this thing is not the Constitution!

What is called mistake is to regard the Declaration of Independence as the US Constitution, which is...

What's this? Didn't the US Constitution develop from the Declaration of Independence?

Li Mengyang also admitted that this is indeed the US Constitution has a lot to do with the Declaration of Independence. But!

In many places, the United States' 1787 Constitution is contrary to the Declaration of Independence, or even opposite to the Declaration of Independence, and is regressive!

The most obvious example is, ‘Man is born equal’. The US Constitution now supports slavery. Isn’t this irony? In addition, Article 1 of the US Constitution clearly stipulates that rights belong to Congress. Although there are some later, the members of the House are elected by the people, but the senators are different, and there is no saying that rights belong to the people!

The Declaration of Independence is a true war manifesto on behalf of the people to attack Britain. However, the US Constitution says that the Declaration of Independence does not have legal effects.

In other words, the Declaration of Independence is very famous, but it is actually a piece of waste paper. Of course, it is not easy to use to wipe your butt. After all, it is a cultural relic and it is not easy to throw it around. What should I do if I hit flowers and plants? It is not good to hurt my little friend...

Li Mengyang was also very clear that the 1787 US Constitution was only made in some minor revisions, which means that its fundamental significance did not change much. Of course, Li Mengyang also viewed this constitution fairly, that is, it was the first written constitution of mankind, and it really reflected political philosophy here, which was compromise.

Li Mengyang has read many gzjys in later generations. They worshipped the US Constitution, but in many cases they quoted the Declaration of Independence.

Why is this happening?

There are naturally many reasons here, but Li Mengyang is very clear that one reason is particularly important, that is.

We ordinary people don’t understand the Constitution, so this is a natural thing!

Nowadays, Americans pay so much attention to political life, but there are not many people who can really figure out the current constitution.

Why?

Yes, why?

Because the Constitution is not to deal with ordinary people!

...

In Panama on April 15, 1862, this South American city suddenly had a festive atmosphere, but today seems to be the same?

However, on the streets, buildings, and streets, there are lights and decorations, making them very lively!

There were the most people in the Governor's Mansion in Panama at this time, and the soldiers of the Revolutionary Army all surrounded this not-so-magnificent building, and they were all looking inside.

What are you looking at?

I saw that the windows and doors of this Governor's Mansion were all open, as if they were not afraid of people watching. The most exciting part of the hall was aisle covered with red blankets. On both sides were the revolutionary army soldiers standing tall on one side, and behind them were the revolutionary army non-commissioned officers.

Looking to the end of the red carpet, a yellow face appeared.

Huang San, Huang Rong, Mai Youli, and some other Chinese merchants in Panama stood on the right side of a big chair, while Matthew, the big men Bill, Samuel DuPont, Elena, Erikson, Mark Twain and others were all standing on the left side of the big chair, but Mark Twain's face was very long and he didn't say a word.

It seems that there are still voices of objection to Clint Lee's claim to be emperor, but...

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong!"

The drums sounded, and a man came out and then shouted loudly.

"Comrades!"

Liszt was a little excited, and his voice trembled, because this made his day with a bright future finally come.

Lister continued: "Based on our vote, all the comrades in the Revolutionary Army made a choice! Ninety-five percent of the comrades believed that the great Marshal Clint Li should become the emperor! Our king!"

"Oh rooster!"

"God! This is what everyone hopes for!"

"The people have made a wise choice!"

No matter the officials of the Revolutionary Army are large and small, they cheer warmly, just like they are the ones who are the emperors.

Liszt pressed his hands and signaled quietness, and then he said, "Today, we are here to hold a solemn ceremony! We will crown our king, His Majesty Clint Lee!"

“Oh oh oh!”

“all-hail-lee!”

“all-hail-lee!”

The sound of long live is coming again, and the momentum is extremely huge.

"Now!" Liszt shouted, "Comrades! Let our king sit in his throne!"

“Oh oh oh!”

Li Mengyang appeared in the midst of the crowd. He was still wearing military uniforms at this time. But this time it was not like the school official's clothing like before, but... it should be said that the school official's clothing had a lot of embellishments, such as a little more silk ribbon and a few more medals on his clothes and pants. This... there is no way, time is tight, and there is also the one Lincoln gave him among these medals.

And the most special thing is that there is now a golden dragon on this military uniform!

Hand-embellished. The idea was from Huang Rong, so she decided that her brother Meng Yang became the emperor, so she couldn't be the same as those foreign emperors, right? So just want to highlight that we are Han emperors, just embroider a dragon!

This idea is from Huang Rong, and her handicrafts are not something she can do. She is so popular that she is not good at all. Alas~ She has been busy doing business.

But it's not bad. It's not easy to get this emperor's costume in such a short time, and it's still a five-clawed golden dragon!

Illegal?

"I'm claiming that I'm long alive and I still care about this?" Huang San said this at that time. Anyway, Huang San was willing to do everything this time to be the father-in-law.

"Please crown!" Liszt announced another step.

A golden crown is in Li Mengyang's eyes, just like the one on the head of the eldest brother in Journey to the West...is basically the same, it is impossible to make it temporarily. We are not short of gold, but this craft is, hey~ Besides, it seems that the crowns in Europe are all like this, either on the head of the eldest brother or on the head of the third brother. Anyway, you can do it.

So this is also called a crown, isn't it?

"Please our most devout pastor, Dr. Joshua Chamberlain!" Liszt shouted Chamberlain's name loudly, and then, "Crown our king, Clint Lee!"

That's right, this person needs to be crowned with a religious person. This is true in Europe, but why did this matter be given to Chamberlain?

Most of the revolutionary army are mud legs. Maybe they are all very pious, but their status in religion is very low, which is normal. Generally speaking, Western priests live a good life, so who is stupid and has a revolution with you!

So, it was Chamberlain, who had studied theology. When he studied law these days, he usually had to recite theology with theology, and it was all like this.

But Chamberlain was reluctant because there were many things in it, such as the religion that the Irish believe in was actually different from the new religions of other Americans, because of this, they had killed each other before...

"Wait a minute!" But unexpectedly, Li Mengyang actually spoke at this time.

"..." The audience was quiet, and this king had such great personal charm!

Li Mengyang stood up and said in a very solemn voice: "We are the Revolutionary Army! I am the Emperor of the Revolutionary Army! I am different from the previous emperors! Different from all emperors! So, this crown..."

Li Mengyang walked over, picked up the crown, and smiled slightly, "Why do you need this thing?!"

Bang! The crown was thrown to the ground and got out of the distance!

"Oh oh!" When he saw this situation, Liszt was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat, but then, his mind turned and immediately knelt on the ground and shouted: "Holy Lord! The wise Holy Lord! How wise! I threw away the crown today! It means despising the emperors in the past! They are just a group of lackeys who are obsessed with this golden circle! That's all! How can the human emperor be bound by such things?!all-hail-lee"

The last shout made the scene burst!

Hula, everyone knelt on one knee and shouted.

“all-hail-lee!”

“all-hail-lee!”

Even Chamberlain, who was reluctant, also shouted. To be honest, Mr. Clint's actions just now really shocked him.

But, this is not over yet, Elena knew that Clint Lee must take out that thing.

really!

"Mr. Liszt, please read this document. Although I passed the democratic election, I must pass this document. Otherwise, I will not be the emperor!" Li Mengyang took out a roll of paper and handed it over.

"Document?" Lister really didn't know what Mr. Clint was doing. Because everything was in a hurry before, there was no rehearsal for the entire coronation ceremony. Lister had to stand up and take it, but when he opened the file and looked at it, Lister was excited.

He only heard him recite in a trembling voice: "The following truth is self-evident: people are born equal, and the Creator gives them several inalienable rights, including the right to life, the right to freedom and the right to pursue happiness... and the rights belong to all the people! But in order to ensure the efficiency of the exercise of rights, a representative system is required, that is, the current representative system of democratic countries in the world... and because the state was invented, things were difficult to decide. Therefore, Clint Lee exercised his rights, and the exercise of this right must be supervised by the people's representatives... Now, because the representatives are not sufficient, the representatives elected by the Revolutionary Army are temporarily supervised..."

When he thought of this supervision system, Liszt was already crying!

Why are you so excited?

"Ahhhhh..." Liszt knelt down and cried again, "God! Thank you for giving us such a hero! Mr. Clint. Li will surely become the wise king of all ages! He will surely become the master of the world! all-hail-lee!"

Then Liszt suddenly stood up and shouted to all the revolutionary soldiers watching the ceremony: "Why do I say this? Why do I think so? Comrades! Liszt is a Hungarian, I have seen the Austrian emperor's behavior! That kind of guy even licks Clint. Mr. Li, oh, it's Your Majesty. The Austrian emperor is not worthy of licking His Majesty's toes! Your Majesty will definitely become the hero of all ages! The hero of mankind! The hero of the world! Let's take a look, this document is a constitution! We already have a constitution! And this is the constitution customized by His Majesty Clint. Li himself. In this constitution, he has no selfishness. He is asking us to supervise him! What a noble sentiment?! What a noble character?!"

“Oh oh oh!”
To be continued...