Reborn South Africa as a police officer

Chapter 601

According to Rock's standards, Henry, as the Minister of Justice of the federal government, must be unqualified in his current somewhat sloppy working state.

But by the standards of the early twentieth century, all high-ranking government officials in this era are basically similar to Henry in terms of work attitude.

Professionalism!

what is that?

There was no such term in the early twentieth century.

Even so, it is not appropriate to say such words from Henry. As the Minister of Justice, not to mention that Henry himself will try his best to promote the improvement of legislation in southern Africa. At least he cannot sing against the Legislative Council and the federal government.

"As a senior official of the federal government, I don't ask you to put the federal government first. At least you must maintain respect for the federal government. After all, you are also a member of the federal government. You enjoy the treatment and rights provided by the federal government. The authority of the federal government should be maintained." Philip's attitude is still very correct, although the new tax law has also touched Philip's interests, but at Philip's age, he no longer values ​​economic interests, but instead seeks higher career pursuits.

To put it bluntly, the biggest purpose of Philip's hard work to make money before was to accumulate a little more family property for Arnold, Owen, Henry, and Phyllis. Even if Brother Henry and the others are prodigal sons in the future, they can still lose for a few more years.

Now there is no need to worry about this. Since Henry came to Southern Africa, the Matilda family has become more and more prosperous. Henry and Owen are now senior officials of the Southern African Federal Government. Henry has been knighted, and Owen is also in sight. , Phyllis is Mrs. Nyasaland, and Felice does not know how much the family property is, so money is really meaningless to Philip.

Philip's current goal is the prime minister of the federal government. Of course, this will have to wait until Adelaide leaves office. As long as Adelaide is still willing to serve as prime minister, then Adelaide is the most suitable candidate for prime minister.

Of course, that doesn't mean Philip doesn't have a chance.

The reason why Philip came to Southern Africa from the Ministry of Colonial Affairs to serve as the mayor of Johannesburg was because of the gold under Johannesburg.

Now Philip has accomplished this task excellently. The gold from southern Africa has effectively helped London maintain its special status as a global financial center. At the moment of the arms race and rising prices, almost all currencies in the world are depreciating, only the pound is still strong. On the one hand, Johannesburg's gold has contributed a lot.

So Philip, who has local support, and Ade, who has a huge local reputation in southern Africa, are also fighting.

Therefore, while Adelaide was successfully elected as the prime minister of the federal government, while Philip served as the governor of the Transvaal state, he also successfully became the speaker of the federal government parliament. This is the local praise for Philip.

As for Philip's attitude towards the new tax law, it goes without saying that the voting results in Congress are the best illustration.

If Philip supports the new tax law, at worst, the vote on the new tax law will not be the one-sided situation it is now.

"Unanimous opposition is the greatest challenge to the authority of the federal government!" Henry said clearly.

Philip didn't explain, he glared at Henry, shook his head and sighed.

No matter how you look at it, this son doesn't look like his own!

"Henry, as the speaker, my father should represent the interests of all members of Congress, instead of giving up his position in order to cater to the prime minister. This is my father's duty." Owen is very smart and understands Philip's choice.

Philip hummed in satisfaction, three sons are fine, even if two of them are useless, at least one of them is salvageable.

Owen is now also a member of the Federal Government Congress, and he is also the leader of the ruling party, the so-called leader of the majority, and he is also powerful in parliament. Therefore, after the new tax law was rejected, Ade did not find Philip and Owen at all, but went to Luo Ke, because Ade also knows very well that it is useless to find Philip and Owen. The two men have a very unified position, and Rock is the biggest variable.

When the federal government was established, Philip seemed to be competing for the prime minister of the federal government. It was only because Adelaide's prestige in southern Africa was too high that Philip failed to do so.

From Owen's standpoint, I definitely hope that Philip will be elected. After all, Adelaide has no kindness to Owen, and Owen has no special feelings for Adelaide.

That's why the Congress voted against the new tax law. Of course, it was for the interests of members of Congress, but it was actually a warning to Prime Minister Adelaide, telling Adelaide not to do whatever he wanted, and to brush up Philip's reputation on the side.

There are a lot of twists and turns here.

No wonder Henry couldn't understand.

Henry is not in a hurry. It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand. Fortunately, Roque is in Pretoria. Henry, as the Minister of Justice, does not need to be consistent with the parliament. Roque's position is Henry's position.

Regarding the new tax law, Rock himself definitely agrees. After all, the Ministry of Defense is a gold-swallowing monster among all departments of the federal government. Only with the ability of the federal government can the Ministry of Defense get more funds and more voice.

So Rock's attitude is very clear: "If the new tax law is to be passed, the specific provisions must be revised. You also know that the people in Bloemfontein are poor ghosts. The new tax law they formulate will definitely affect the old tax law. There are more restrictions on interest groups, which are more beneficial to emerging interest groups, and the new tax law formulated under this premise will definitely be opposed by Congress.”

The political capital of Southern Africa is Pretoria, and the legislative capital is Bloemfontein. The Legislative Council and the National Assembly are two different things. Most members of the Congress are of British descent, while most of the members of the Legislative Council are of Boer descent.

Aside from the racial standpoint, there are many contradictions between the Congress and the Legislative Council. Most of the members of Congress of the federal government have achieved success before the establishment of the federal government. They are either landlords with a large number of farms in their hands, or capitalists who own large companies and large mines. , so Congress represents the old interest groups.

The Legislative Council is composed of lawyers who are proficient in the law. These lawyers themselves serve the capitalists in Congress. Of course, they are very clear about the weaknesses of capitalists, so the new tax law is also very targeted.

In other words, the attack on members of Congress is very strong.

Of course, members of Congress will not show weakness. A unanimous veto is the best statement. Rock is also based on this, so he proposes to amend the new tax law. To a certain extent, at least it will cause chaos in southern Africa.

"The Prime Minister has instructed the Legislative Council to amend the new tax law. Some people in the Legislative Council are indeed whimsical. The Prime Minister also knows that some clauses are inappropriate. The reason why he still submits it to the Congress for a vote is to warn those people in the Legislative Council not to justify it all day long. Considering their own interests, what they enact is the federal government law, not the Orange law, to serve the federal government as a whole.” Sidney Milner looked disdainful, but in fact Sidney Milner’s position was also Part of Congress, after all, Sidney Milner is now a small asset in southern Africa, if the new tax law is not amended, it will also violate the interests of Sidney Milner.

When Ade resigned as the South African Commissioner, Sidney Milner followed Ade back to London, and he had seen what it meant to be a thing and not a person. At that time, if Rock hadn’t paid for Ade’s house, I’m afraid Ade and Sid Nick Milner was staying in a hotel for a long time in London.

After returning to Southern Africa, Sidney Milner and Roque had more interactions, so he also began to learn from Roque to buy property in Southern Africa.

For ordinary people, it is very difficult to buy property in what is now southern Africa.

But for Sidney Milner, the first secretary of the federal government, the simplicity is outrageous.

Sidney Milner only disclosed a little bit of information in this regard, and immediately there will be countless high-quality assets sent to Sidney Milner for Sidney Milner to choose from, and most of them do not need Sidney Milner Milner has worked hard to manage high-quality assets that can generate profits without asking, such as Rock's Crocodile Bay Hydropower Station in the upper Limpopo River, and now Sidney Milner has a stake.

Sidney Milner also participated in the land purchased by the Bechuanaland Agricultural Development Company in Orange. Now there are as many as [-] acres of farms in Sidney Milner's name. When Ni Milner goes to London again, he no longer needs to stay in a hotel.

How can a hotel be as comfortable as living in your own home?

"That's good, among other things, if the property tax does not change, the new tax law will never be passed by Congress. The first article of the Constitution guarantees the sanctity of private property, so why should the new tax law treat private property? Taxation of property? This in itself is in conflict with the Constitution. I really don’t know what those members of the Legislative Council are thinking.” Rock couldn’t help complaining that even the British government must be careful when enacting laws. The Legislative Council Those people really thought that with the establishment of the federal government, the aristocratic capitalists like Roque would be at the mercy of the federal government?

too naive!

"The issue considered by members of the Legislative Council is of course to maintain the authority of the law—"

Perhaps the business that Rock complained about was a bit big, but someone next to him immediately took over.

Rock was simply too surprised. Only a few months after leaving the Transvaal, someone dared to refute Rock in person. Are the freshmen this year so fierce?

However, Rock still had self-restraint, and with a slight smile, he picked up the coffee in front of him and signaled to Sidney Milner that he didn't take this kind of person to heart at all.

In the Transvaal, it was not easy for Rock to deal with anyone, and he didn't even have to express his opinion.

As a result, the attitude of the person who succeeded him immediately became very humble after he came over, but it was not because of Rock, but because of Sidney Milner.

"Mr. Milner, good evening, I didn't expect to meet you here, can I sit down?"

Sidney Milner was very helpless. It took a lot of heart to not see someone as big as Rock by his side.

Not even a hello!

(End of this chapter)