Both sides of the road are filled with all kinds of vehicles. From the old four-wheeled carriage. From the simplest rickshaws to the more complex bicycles, this street is so wide that only one carriage is left in the middle of the street, and it is for this reason that this street that could have been passed in both directions has now had to be subject to traffic control and has become a one-way street, allowing only vehicles to come from the north side of the street, and not vehicles from the south, as for those coming from the south, they can only detour to other streets. Prevent traffic congestion.

No one dared to disobey the traffic wardens who were standing at the corner of the street directing traffic, because not only did the traffic wardens carry rifles, but there were also many heavily armed militia members standing near the crossing. The two barricades at the corner of the street even set up machine guns, and under the guns of the black holes, the streets were orderly, and both pedestrians and vehicles walked in their own way.

There are still a lot of cars coming from the north side of the street to the south of the traffic control street, and finally stop in front of the Western-style building, and some people get out of the car, both in Western and leather shoes, and in traditional Chinese clothes, these people who look like Zhu Shen are sweating into the Western-style building.

That building was actually the colonial administration of Palembang City, but now it has become the office of the Chinese Autonomous Bureau, and it also serves as a meeting place.

The Chinese Autonomous Bureau in Sumatra was actually organized by the Nanyang Chinese Association, and it was also the body of the organization when it was in public activity, and the composition of the Autonomous Bureau was almost copied from the provincial councils of the Chinese provinces. In the same way, there are conditions for the election of members, an important condition is personal assets, and according to the constitution of the Provincial Assembly, the members of the Chinese Autonomous Bureau should at least be literate, taking into account the characteristics of the Nanyang region, the members of the Autonomous Bureau are generally propertied people elected from the city, and these people's property conditions are not the same, therefore, the vehicles they take when they arrive at the meeting of the Autonomous Bureau are also different, and some members can purchase luxury cars, Some members can only charter a rickshaw, the kind that is on call. However, regardless of the amount of money owned by the commissioners, they all enjoy the same political power in the Autonomous Bureau. The administration of the Director of the Autonomous Directorate is supervised by a committee, which is also elected by the members for a short term of one year.

Originally, according to the articles of association, it would be a few days before Erfeng to elect a new director, but since the incident occurred the day before yesterday, the political atmosphere in Palembang City has suddenly become tense, and considering the special period, the committee decided to hold an early election for the director of the autonomous bureau, so last night, the committee members in the city have received notices. Let them rush to the new office of the Autonomous Bureau this morning to elect a new director and hold a meeting to discuss the aftermath of the incident.

Those invited to participate in the elections and meetings were not only members of the Autonomous Bureau, but also some prominent figures in society or celebrities, and among them, the most conspicuous person was Yang Wang Pengxian

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Yang Wangpeng's status is not ordinary, although he is only a senior adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central Government of China, and has no actual power, but as a senior adviser from the Central Government, his status in the eyes of the Chinese and overseas Chinese in Nanyang is obviously very high, after all, he is considered a "central person." "Chinese pay the most attention to one" nickname. "With the support of the central people, this aftermath meeting is of special significance. Therefore, last evening, the Autonomous Bureau Committee sent several members to the hotel where Yang Wangpeng was staying, and asked Yang Wang's adviser to attend today's Autonomous Bureau aftermath meeting. And preferably able to speak.

Of course, Yang Wangpeng was very interested in the invitation of the Autonomous Bureau, but at the same time, he also knew very well that he could not say anything casually. After all, his identity is relatively special, he is not a cloth cloth, and it is no problem to attend the meeting, but if he wants to speak at the meeting, he must first ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has opinions. Telegraph communications on the island were interrupted for a while after the Sumatra incident, but only yesterday morning. Telegraph communication between Palembang City and Singapore has returned to normal, so after Yang Wangpeng left the hotel early this morning, he first rushed to the telegraph office, and when he arrived at the place, the telegraph office had already lined up for several miles, and many overseas Chinese who had left their hometowns planned to take a telegram to their relatives in China as soon as possible to report their safety, so the telegraph operator of this telegraph office could only work overtime to shoot an telegram, and even so, the queue at the door of the telegraph office was still getting longer and longer.

Fortunately, Yang Wangpeng is not ordinary, and he is a "central person." So, the telegraph office opened the back door for him and cut in line to take an urgent telegram. Shoot directly to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and then there is a long wait.

Yang Wangpeng waited for about two hours, and the last person to reply to his telegram was Foreign Minister Tang Shaoyi, who told Yang Wangpeng that the president was still inspecting the Tianshan Mountains and could not be contacted for a while, so although General Tang did not object to Yang Wangpeng going to the Sumatra Chinese Autonomous Bureau's bureau to take part in the "party book" and the subsequent aftermath meeting, "General Tang also reminded Yang Wangpeng." At present, the Feiru Prefecture has not yet made it clear that it will express its official views on the Sumatra incident, so it is inconvenient for Yang Wangpeng to speak at the meeting of the Autonomous Bureau as a "senior adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs", but at the same time, General Tang also suggested that Yang Wangpeng can use his mediation. As a person, he expressed his views on the situation on the ground to the Chinese commissioners, as long as it does not involve the central government, once the president returns to Beijing. After the official view of the center, Yang Wangpeng can use the capacity of "senior adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs" to publicly act in Sumatra, at that time. The central government may also appoint Mr. Yang to a formal position.

After receiving a call back from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yang Wangpeng was somewhat surprised, it has been several days since the Sumatra incident, but President Zhao Da is still leisurely wandering around the Tianshan Mountains, and he can't miss it. Every time there is a major event in the world, Mr. President will always express his opinion at the first time, for example, when the Balkan war broke out and when the war broke out in Europe. Mr. President is always quick to make his position clear, but now, there is a major incident on the side of Sumatra that affects the situation in the entire South Seas. President Zhao put on a posture that he had nothing to do with himself, what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd. Yang Wangpeng couldn't figure it out.

It is also precisely that there is no official opinion, so. It is impossible for the Chinese consul in Palembang to attend the aftermath meeting of the Autonomous Bureau, and this is also an important reason why the Autonomous Bureau invited Yang Wangpeng, his status is indeed quite special.

Of course, Governor Tang said in the telegram that if the central government expressed its official opinion, Yang Wangpeng might be appointed to a formal post to pay attention to the situation in Sumatra on behalf of the central government of China. This did make Yang Wangpeng a little excited.

Now that Tang Shaoyi had already expressed the attitude of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yang Wangpeng no longer had to worry about attending the meeting of the Chinese Autonomous Bureau, so he hurriedly left the telegraph office, called a rickshaw, and instructed the coachman to pull him straight to the new office of the Autonomous Bureau.

Now, Yang Wangpeng's car has arrived at the street. And stopped in the crowded street.

"Sir, it's time to get to the place, now the Chinese Autonomous Bureau is here, and if you want to have a meeting, it's here. This used to be the place of Dutch devils. It was the Dutch devils who asked us Chinese to pay for the repair, but after the repair, the Chinese were not allowed to do things, and now it has finally been taken over by the Autonomous Bureau, and those Dutch devils are now driven to the port. ”

The driver is a Fujianese, but this Chinese is also good to speak, and he is talkative, after parking the car, while collecting the foot money, he talked a few words with Yang Wangpeng.

Yang Wangpeng smiled and didn't say anything, as a senior adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he also knew some guidelines for international exchanges, in his opinion. The Chinese Autonomous Bureau decisively took over the power of the local Dutch colonial institutions, which can certainly protect the interests of the Chinese to the greatest extent, but at the same time, this move is also very likely to stimulate the Dutch government, so that the contradictions will be further intensified, and now the Dutch colonial authorities have transferred two warships from Borneo, and now they are cruising off the coast of Palembang, which seems to be regarded as the action of the Dutch colonial authorities jumping over the wall in a hurry, after all, it is a matter of the face of the Dutch government. And European countries also value this issue of face.

Walking into the Autonomous Bureau Committee, Yang Wangpeng looked left and right for a moment, and one of the committee members saw him, so he hurriedly greeted him, who was one of the committee members who had gone to the hotel last night to invite Yang Wangpeng to attend the meeting as an observer.

Following this committee member, Yang Wangpeng rushed straight to the conference room, and when he arrived at the place, he saw that the committee members had basically arrived, except for those who were not in the local area, the committee members of Palembang City had arrived. Journalists were there, but there was no meeting yet. Just waiting for Yang Wangpeng to arrive.

Yang Wangpeng was somewhat flattered. However, he was calm, and after a few humble concessions to the members who had given up his seat, he found a seat in an inconspicuous corner, and then the meeting began, first of all, to elect a new director. According to the rules of the Autonomous Bureau, the director can be re-elected, and the current director is a Guangdong businessman, surnamed Qin, whose family has been doing business in Nanyang for 100 years, not to mention the wealth of the family, this popularity is also very good. In addition, he did a good job during his tenure and was quite expected, so there is a great possibility of re-election. And the director himself is interested in running for the next director. There are only five contenders, and none of them are as prestigious as Director Qin, so this election can be said to be basically without suspense.

However, just as the commissioners were preparing to vote. A few people suddenly rushed in from outside the venue. One of them yelled at the commissioner.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Please wait! Please wait! I have something to say! ”

The committee members looked fixedly, and the shouting man, whom most people did not recognize, asked the people around them who that person was.

Yang Wangpeng saw the man's face clearly, and couldn't help but be stunned, because he knew that person, that person's name was Nawang, he used to be his subordinate, and there were several ups and downs in the political circles, and then he simply quit politics and went to the business world, but Yang Wangpeng didn't know when this person came to Nanyang. If you want to know what's next, log in... More chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!