Rise of Australia

Chapter 51 New Zealand

Prime Minister Evan is worthy of being a senior politician who has ruled the colony of New South Wales for more than ten years. His perspective of viewing and thinking about problems is much stronger than that of Henry, who was just an ordinary official of the city government before.

Similar to Arthur's idea, Australia's current development center is still local industrialization and other infrastructure construction.

Incorporating New Guinea into the mainland now will only increase the burden on Australia, and there are not many practical benefits.

Continuing to retain the colony of New Guinea is a more affordable way for Australia. It can not only continue to oppress New Guinea, treat nearly 70 aboriginals as their own free labor, but also concentrate on developing Australia.

But Arthur is the monarch after all, and he can't just jump out to dispel the enthusiasm of his subordinates.Therefore, Arthur's point of view or a more correct point of view needs to be expressed by another official, and Arthur only needs to agree.

Obviously, Prime Minister Evan still has some experience in this area. At least he knows what the most correct choice for Australia is now, and he also knows what Arthur will choose with a high probability.

After Prime Minister Evan expressed his point of view, Arthur did not arbitrarily support someone's point of view, but smiled and said to everyone: "Since everyone only has these two ideas, then let everyone think about this Let’s vote for two ideas. We are a democratic government, and since everyone has differences, let’s decide in a democratic way.”

Having said that, in fact smart people already know which point of view to support.Most people can see the difference in Arthur's attitude towards these two ideas. Even if it is not obvious, they can still feel which idea they are satisfied with.

However, such a voting method still satisfies political rookies like Henry. Everyone feels that their opinions are fully respected. Even if they are not adopted, they are not obviously rejected, right?
Soon, the results of the vote came out smoothly, and everyone agreed to continue New Guinea as an Australian colony and change its name to Australian New Guinea.

All the institutional policies of New Guinea remained unchanged, except that the object of allegiance became Australia.

As for the candidate for the governor of New Guinea, Arthur recommended Anibal Enrique Hernandez, who also got the consent and approval of all the cabinet members.

Anibal Enrique Hernandez is also one of the subordinates left by Duke Arthur to Arthur, and he is a relatively versatile talent.

Although Anibal Enrique Hernandez does not have a relatively good one-way ability, his overall ability is basically maintained above the passing line, and he is more loyal to Arthur and the royal family. He is a good candidate for the governor .

After all, Arthur didn't think about what New Guinea could do under the rule of Anibal Enrique Hernandez. His greatest task was to maintain the stability of Australian New Guinea and transfer the annual The wealth and resources collected by Australia New Guinea can be transported to Australia.

After solving the problems of the administration of the New Guinea colony, Arthur threw the problems of New Zealand to the government.

New Zealand is not the same as British New Guinea. New Zealand is one of the self-governing colonies of the United Kingdom and has a population of close to 100 million.

Like Australia before it, New Zealand is also seeking political and economic independence, and became an autonomous region of the United Kingdom in 1907 in history, completely independent in 1947, and joined the Commonwealth of Nations.

Although New Zealand lags behind Australia in terms of land area and population, it has to be denied that New Zealand is a country that has begun to seek independence, and New Zealand's policies and systems should be treated with caution, otherwise it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among New Zealanders and make New Zealanders feel dissatisfied. New Zealand secedes from Australia.

Furthermore, Arthur did not have any sovereignty over New Zealand, but only served as Governor of New Zealand for 20 years under the order of Queen Victoria.

Although in the past 20 years, Arthur has the right to manage New Zealand and has an advantage in ruling New Zealand.

But this does not mean that New Zealand is firmly in Arthur's hands.Because there is no legal reason, the only thing Arthur can place high hopes on is that in the New Zealand referendum 20 years later, most New Zealanders choose to stay under Arthur's rule and form a united country with Australia.

Such a united country is not without history. One of the major powers today, the Austro-Hungarian Empire is a united country composed of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Austrian Emperor Franz is also the King of Hungary.

However, the Austro-Hungarian Empire has a relatively serious shortcoming, that is, the union of the two countries is not close. Although the Austrian Empire is generally dominated, the Kingdom of Hungary still maintains a high degree of autonomy, which is more like two countries side by side.

Although relying on Franz's excellent talents, this patchwork country can be operated and maintained on the throne of the great powers.

But such a country cannot withstand accidental devastation. After the defeat in the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was split into several small countries, and the prestige of the former powers disappeared.

New Zealand is far away from Australia, and it is impossible to directly annex it as a new state of Australia.

Therefore, a better solution in the future is to jointly establish a new country with New Zealand and merge the two countries into one.

"Everyone, please tell us what we should do about New Zealand. Our rule of New Zealand is only 20 years. If New Zealand's problems cannot be properly resolved within 20 years, then 20 years later, we can only sit back and watch. New Zealand has returned to the embrace of the United Kingdom, or allowed it to become a new independent country." Arthur glanced at the crowd and asked the most complicated problem.

Glancing at the crowd, Arthur found that no one came out to answer the question directly, so Arthur started to roll the roll.

"Prime Minister Evan, as the former prime minister of the colony of New South Wales, you should be able to empathize with the idea of ​​a colony like New Zealand seeking independence. Tell me, how should we deal with the management of New Zealand? Should we continue to treat New Zealand as a colony, Or treat it as a new regional management. Faced with the issue of New Zealand's independence, should we sit idly by and let New Zealand's independent actions go?" Arthur asked.

These questions are not easy to answer. Arthur is currently the governor of New Zealand. If New Zealand is allowed to become independent directly, it will not be of any benefit to Arthur.

But if New Zealand's independence movement is suppressed, will New Zealanders still have good feelings for Arthur?

If Arthur loses the support of the New Zealanders, will Australia still have a chance to merge with New Zealand to form a new country after the New Zealand referendum 20 years later?
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