A few whistling across the undulating sea. The sea conditions are rough. Plus state four is also low. So now there are basically no wooden boats on the sea, only some motorized ships are still sailing, and among them there is a warship, which is the "Narujo class". One of the destroyers, "Guiling".

Now, Shen Honglie is standing on the foredeck of the "Guiling". Look out over the coast not far away. And there is another person standing beside him, who is Huang Xingyi, one of the "Big Three" of the League and now the leader of the Lan Fangxian Party

One of the purposes of Mr. Sun, the leader of the League, who went to Sumatra in person, was to reorganize the Nanyang League into a brand-new political group. But then the situation developed too quickly, and the political bloc that was eventually reorganized was called the "constitutional party", which was Huang Xing's idea, at that time. Although Mr. Sun objected to this, Huang Xing had the support of the Chinese president, and secondly, Huang Xing's status in the League was not low, and he also had the support of Xiong Chengji, so in the end, the party council passed Huang Xing's proposal, and the Nanyang League was officially reorganized into a constitutional party, and Huang Xing was immediately elected as the first party leader. He was appointed as State Adviser by the Second Republic of Lanfang. Subsequently, the public sent abroad for inspection, and the party affairs of the constitutional party were also controlled by Huang Xing.

After Huang Xing reorganized the Nanyang League, he immediately began to organize the Preparatory Committee for the Presidential Election of Lan Phuong to prepare for the presidential election of the Second Republic of Lan Fang. But in the end, the Constitutional Party still lost the presidential election, and it was the Lan Fong National Party, also known as the Nanyang Chinese Association, that won the election.

Although it lost the presidential election, the constitutional party led by Huang Xing still won one-third of the effective seats in the subsequent Lanfang parliamentary election, and it is precisely because of this that the current Lanfang constitutional party is the second largest political party in the Lanfang Second Republic, and it stands on top of the first major party, the Lanfang National Party, as for other small parties, they only play a façade role in the parliament, so the current Lanfang Second Republic has actually begun to form a two-party system.

After the election, the situation on the ground remained unstable, and it was suggested that the central government of China should send troops to help maintain order in Lanfang. Previously, it was also the Chinese Army and the Marine Corps that quelled the indigenous rebellion on the island of Java.

However, this proposal was strongly opposed by Huang Xing, who gave a speech to the parliament, emphasizing that Lan Fang should maintain its own position in domestic affairs, and in the end, the parliament rejected the proposal to ask China to send troops to Lan Fang to maintain order.

Because of this, Huang Xing felt that he owed an explanation to the central government of China, so he decided to go to Beijing to visit Zhao Bei and explain to him Lanfang's position to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. Now, the destroyer on which Huang Xing was traveling had arrived at the port of Dagu in Tianjin, and in a few minutes, the pilot ship would sail to the destroyer.

"Mr. Huang, when do you plan to stay until you go back to Lanfang this time?"

Seeing that the pilot ship had sailed towards the destroyer, Shen Honglie asked Huang Xing.

"After the New Year, I will go back to Lanfang, and my family will also move there, in the future, I will be a national of Lanfang, Huang Xing replied.

"What's the difference between Lanfang and China? Those congressmen in Lanfang are too forgetful. Don't forget, if it weren't for the bloody struggle of the first of us in Nanyang, where would there be your Lanfang's independence? Now the center is concerned with international law. Respect the sovereignty of Lanfang. But you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge.

Shen Honglie complained dissatisfiedly. To tell the truth, as a soldier, he has a lot of opinions about the approach of the Lanfang Congress, although Lanfang did lease the entire Bangka Island to China in perpetuity, but Shen Honglie, like many Chinese ** people, thinks that Lanfang has not done an authentic job in this matter of sending troops to maintain order in Lanfang, and there is a bit of a taste of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

"Commander Shen, you're talking a little heavier. The people of Lanfang are mainly Chinese, and they are always proud of the Chinese, and Lanfang wanted to be directly incorporated into China back then. However, the great powers did not agree, so they had to establish their own state. But in the heart, the Chinese of Lanfang have never considered themselves foreigners. The reason why I oppose the Lanfang Congress's invitation to China to send troops to the capital to maintain order is that order can still be maintained by the Lanfang military and police at that time, and secondly, it is out of prudence that all countries are now staring at Lanfang, if China suddenly sends troops to Lanfangdu, no one can guarantee that Britain and France will not make any moves, and now it is not as good as before, the European war has ended, and the eyes of the great powers have returned to the Far East, at this time. Naturally, more is better than less. Moreover, if the squadron is stationed in Lanfang, it will inevitably clash with the local rebel forces, and the local rebel forces are mainly Nanyang natives, which makes it easier to give the foreign powers the truth and accuse China of not abiding by the original peace agreement. ”

Huang Xing had to explain, but these words still had reservations, in fact, the main reason why he resolutely opposed the invitation of the ** squadron to be stationed in Lanfangxiao was that he was worried that Zhao Bei would take advantage of this to further grasp Lanfang's power.

In that year, China and the Netherlands signed the relevant Treaty of Lanfang. It was clearly stipulated that China would "guide" Lanfang's military and diplomatic affairs, and it was for this reason that the current Lanfang's military department and foreign affairs department all had "inspectors" dispatched by China's central government, which made Lanfang's internal affairs quite constrained. Militarily, as long as the rebellion is suppressed, the inspector does not disagree. But it was much more difficult diplomatically, and the inspector insisted that the Lan Fang government maintain a high degree of consistency in foreign policy with the central Chinese government. Whichever country China is friendly with, Lanfang must be friendly with. Which country is China at loggerheads? Lan Fang

In fact, it is precisely because of the cold relations between China and Britain that the British government has stopped its financial support for the Constitutional Party, which has suddenly fallen into financial constraints and relies on political donations. But it's a drop in the bucket, and even participating in local elections is a problem.

Huang Xing also knows. Relying on the British is not a solution, so I returned to Beijing this time. He also had another task, that is, to ask Zhao Bei to approve the Constitutional Party to expand its members in the country in order to raise funds, and of course, he would also assure Zhao Bei that the Constitutional Party would not expand its grassroots organizations in the country. Members hold events in Nanyang or in Hong Kong. Huang Xing promised Zhao Bei to go out of the mountains and go to Nanyang to rectify the Nanyang Alliance, but he was not addicted to officials. He was going to put into practice his political ideal, which was constitutionalism, real constitutionalism. And before leaving China, Huang Xing also had a gentleman's agreement with Zhao Bei, asking Zhao Bei not to interfere in Lanfang's internal affairs as much as possible, but in Huang Xing's opinion. The issue of law and order is Lan Fang's internal affairs.

As China's de facto protectorate, the Lanfang government does not have much power, and it is also very dependent on China for national defense, which is why Huang Xingcai decided to take advantage of the time to return to his hometown to visit relatives and relatives for the New Year, explain to Zhao Bei face-to-face, and seek the understanding of this military and political strongman.

In Huang Xing's view, Lanfang's greatest value to China is not economic value, but strategic value. It is also because of this that on the issue of the leased land on Bangka Island. Huang Xing is a comprehensive cooperative position, but when it comes to internal affairs, he is not giving an inch, Lan Fang is now the constitutional test field in the eyes of many Chinese constitutionalists, and Huang Xing is the farmer who cultivates this test field, and he hopes not to be interfered with by any external forces before the crops grow in the field.

As for how many years it will take to see the harvest in this experimental field, Huang Xing does not have much bottom in his heart. He only knows one thing, that is, history has not left him much time, although he has been recuperating in the United States for a period of time, and his liver disease has been controlled, but after all, he has not recovered, and he can last as long as he can, Huang Xing hopes that in his lifetime, he can see with his own eyes the emergence of a real constitutional situation in Chinese society, since Lanfang is a Chinese-dominated society, then the experience here is also applicable to China.

Although the current Lan Fang has elected the president and Congress, and has also pretended to learn from the United States, the two parties have taken turns to sit in the village, but in Huang Xing's view. This is not a real constitutionalism, in Lanfang's politics, clan forces and Jianghu forces play a decisive role, and these two things always threaten the sacred status of the law while decentralizing power. Huang Xing had discussed this issue with Song Jiaoren back then, and both of them also believed that the government elected on this basis would probably be a government with a crowd of bigwigs, and no one dared to guarantee whether it would lead the country to a real "rule by the people and by the people".

Huang Xing also knew that under Zhao Bei's command, the Jianghu forces in China had been regulated, some of them had been reorganized into small parties, and some had become urban residents' autonomous organizations or workers' organizations. But this norm is not so much about transformation as it is about utilization, and Zhao Bei used these transformed Jianghu organizations to assist the local government in maintaining order in the lower society, as for the rural clan forces. Although it was divided by the hoe society, in fact, the social situation is too complicated, and often the hoe society itself has the shadow of clan power, and some hoe society leaders are actually local patriarchs.

In a word, the social structure of an imperial agrarian society that has been in place for thousands of years will not be quickly disintegrated by an anti-Qing revolution and the rapid development of industry, which requires time and patience.

Zhao Bei may be able to wait, but Huang Xing doesn't have so much time to wait, he wants to complete Lanfang's social transformation as soon as possible. Through the transformation in the form of "separation of powers", there can be no external forces to exert influence on it.

"Great powers? Can the great powers still eat us? Mr. Huang, you're not very clever at finding this excuse. ”

Of course, Shen Honglie didn't know what Huang Xing really thought in his heart. However, his intuition told him that Huang Xing was wary of the center, and this wariness seemed to be used by some well-intentioned people.

"Believe it or not. If you don't believe me, you can simply send an adjutant to come with me to see that I am guilty of pleading. Huang Xing quipped.

Shen Honglie shook his head. said, "I'm not that idle. This time to the north. I will lead the warship to participate in the military exercise, and by the way, I will bring you with me, and after you go ashore, I will command the warship to go to Qingdao in a few days. It's the day of military exercises, and when the time comes, you can read the newspapers. The naval exercises, the land and land exercises, this exercise was very lively. ”

"The central government's joint military exercise this time is not only for another purpose." Huang Xing guessed.

"You will guess blindly, in your eyes, our President Zhao Da is not a gentleman, and everything he does is a hidden conspiracy." Shen Honglie shook his head disappreciatively.

Huang Xing just smiled faintly and didn't say anything, but he knew very well in his heart that Zhao Bei suddenly decided to hold naval and army exercises on the eve of the Spring Festival, and the scale was quite amazing, but I am afraid that it was not as simple as the newspaper said, according to the news that the British government suddenly announced not long ago that it would deploy several cutting-edge main warships of the Royal Navy to the Singapore Naval Base, Zhao Bei's move is likely to be aimed at the British government. decided, moreover, at the same time that the Chinese Navy was holding exercises in the Yellow Sea. It is probably no coincidence that the Japanese Navy will also conduct a large-scale naval military exercise in the central waters of the Pacific Ocean, and the Far East is still full of gunpowder, which has also added to the uncertainty of the political situation in the South China Sea.