In 1864: In the first year of his reign, Carlos made his first act to create the "Gerdameria Emperial" the military police of Mexico, it was established to keep order, mostly on the countryside. The first elections were made and the results were overwhelming Conservative victories with the number of Liberals in the Chamber of Nobles being counted on fingers. The new government also instituted a small "land reform" by seizing the lands of the Republicans and instead distributing it to the middle class and small farmers. Mexico also used the destruction of the USA and the Reconstruction to attract thousands of immigrants that were deluded by the USA.
In 1865: Gold was discovered in California after the government started to finally settle it. The result was a massive migration of Mexicans and an influx of foreign Immigrants, including some Yankee refugees from the Reconstruction. The golden rush started to finally grow cities in California and the North of Mexico was getting settled, but that also caused conflict with the natives. The Emperor started to slowly drift away from French influence, the Gold was used to expand the Imperial Army to 100,000 men to reduce his reliance of French troops. While the Emperor started to speak only Spanish in his speeches, many titles were created and distributed to the Aristocratic Creolles. Using the money of California, the Emperor started bringing the first industries to Mexico, starting simple with basic goods. But most the industrial investiment went to railroads, planning to expand from the 1,000 miles to over 10,000 by the end of the decade.
In 1866: Economic prosperity was rising in Mexico, the Emperor continued to split the Mexican people: While he was a foreign puppet, Mexico was growing under his rule. But majority were just relieved that that the civil war and chaos were finally behind, especially foreign investors from France that started to see Mexico as a whole new world of opportunity to get money, the influx of foreign capital, the economical growth, the railroad boom, and Immigrant wave brought an new era for Mexico. French troops start to leave Mexico due to the Germanic War.
In 1867: The government started focusing on improving the health and literacy of the people, recruiting foreign doctors and tutors and sending them over all the country, while doing vaccination campaigns in Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Veracruz, San Salvador, and most of the major cities of Mexico.
In 1868: Mexico started making bilateral trade deals with the USA, the idea was reduce the dependence from France by getting an alternative investor. Carlos Luíz also facilitated the investiments from British companies also to reduce dependence from the French.
In 1869: It was a mostly quiet year, the first Imperial census was made and a question was asked "What do you think about Emperor Carlos Luíz I ?" The answers showed that 40% of the population was either Neutral or didn't care, 35% was Positive, and 25% was Negative.
In 1870: With the war in Europe, Carlos uses the opportunity to push the French for better terms, reducing the French influence in Mexico considerably and pursuing an more Autonomic policy.