Chapter 58: Rectification
Joseph's return has made Nord obviously settled, and in the final analysis, Joseph is the core of Nord, the foundation of everything, and the source of civic trust.
NORD Cabinet Room
Looking at the more than ten high-ranking military and political officials lined up on both sides, Joseph's face was ugly, and he did not shy away from reprimanding these people for their incompetence in the rebellion, especially the Nord Deputy Foreign Minister Claire, who was the only big man who could compete with Robert in Schumann's absence, but he chose to retreat at the critical moment......
Although he has been dealing with the upcoming visit of the US Secretary of State under the pretext that he has been dealing with it, everyone can see that this explanation is not reasonable, at least Claire herself is a little unable to say it.
Looking at the deputy foreign minister sitting at the end, Joseph said very seriously: "Claire, I hope this is the last time, Nord is the Nord of the Ragnar family, and you are Nord's ministers and not ministers. ”
What can Deputy Foreign Minister Clare say? I can only nod my head resignedly, the minister and the minister both mean about the same thing, but if you really look into it, you can find the difference, one is a retainer and the other is a public servant.
"Huaxia lacks an ambassador, you go over!"
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Deputy Foreign Minister Claire looked at Joseph with some surprise, what does it mean that the Duchy of Nord does not have an envoy and is suddenly established now? Especially in China and not in the United States, not only Claire but also other high-ranking officials are also puzzled, the only one who has speculation is James, he sighed secretly, it seems that his Grand Duke wants to go all the way to the dark.
Although she is dissatisfied, can Claire refuse? Dare to refuse? The answer was obvious, and so the matter was settled, and no one knew the true meaning of Joseph.
China is still a relatively backward country at this time, but what is its status in the international community more than ten years later? The economy is close to that of the United States, which ranks second in terms of GDP, and it is also a permanent member of the United Nations, although it is in the majority.
Maybe China is not a developed country, and the quality of the people living in that country is not inferior to that of Europe and the United States, but as an ally, there is no more suitable country than China.
The East pays attention to long-distance friendship and close attack, and the national policy of China does not pose a threat to Nord, so they have no fundamental conflict of interests and are natural partners, at least for the time being.
Huaxia needs Western influence, and as Nord's influence in Europe increases, its position in Huaxia's eyes will undoubtedly become more and more important, and once it becomes a member of the European Union, this status will undoubtedly increase exponentially.
For Nord, in addition to the need to pay attention to maintaining relations between the United States and European countries, the economic alliance is undoubtedly a huge benefit for Nord, which is a large consumer after all.
Although Claire had the slightest background of betrayal in this rebellion, after all, he did not stand up in time to stop Robert, but he did not stand with Robert, plus he was a rare diplomatic talent in the Duchy of Nord, leaving him and putting him in the right position was what Joseph should do.
Claire's matter was settled, and the next thing was the cabinet reshuffle, Robert's rebellion directly reduced the cabinet by 60%, but in contrast to the pure cabinet.
"I propose the establishment of a Ministry of Defence, which has the power to coordinate but not the transfer and assignment of the Royal Janissaries, and the new Minister of Defence will be Mr. Bach Heisenberg, Deputy Minister of Justice and Director of the General Directorate of Police."
Bach Heisenberg was also in the meeting, but he did not expect such a good thing to befall him, and after James said this, he froze in place.
First of all, let's talk about the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Defense is actually only a nominal operational command plus a logistics department, and the real military mobilization power is still in Joseph's hands, and the rebellion gave Joseph a reminder, which is not only to remind him to firmly control the military power, but also to remind him that he should properly give the cabinet a little power, so there is such a thing happening now.
Power has been given to the Cabinet, but this power ...... Don't say it! The most important thing is to add a nanny to the Royal Guard, and to make the military officially enter the cabinet sequence.
This incident of the First National Defense Army made Joseph see the loopholes in the defense of the Duchy of Nord, and now the Royal Janissaries of Nord are incorporated into the Ministry of Defense, the purpose of which is to fundamentally cut off the power of the cabinet to recruit soldiers.
The Nord Law did not state that the Cabinet could recruit troops, but the Royal Guard belonged to the royal family, and the Cabinet had no right to move, and it was on the occasion of the imminent arrival of the US Secretary of State that Robert used this excuse to form the "Honor Guard".
Bach Heisenberg actually didn't behave too well in the rebellion, but fortunately he was captured by the Wehrmacht First Army, which is invisibly a recognition of his loyalty and patriotism, otherwise why did Robert arrest him?
If Bach Heisenberg had known that this was the reason for his promotion, he would have laughed and cried, because it was too coincidental and too lucky.
"Mr. Mark Thomson, congratulations on becoming a member of the Cabinet."
It was completely different from Bach Heisenberg, although it was also a promotion, but the smile on James's face when he was promoted to Minister of Propaganda was made by anyone.
Not to mention James's unkindness, this time Robert's rebellion plan was disrupted by Mark Thomson, and the Royal Janissaries did not count it, because their commander had made the wrong choice from the beginning.
After Mark Thomson accepted the appointment with some trepidation, James announced several new cabinet members and senior officials, including Bonova, former head of the Nord Royal Praetorian Guard and now deputy minister of justice, former president of Audi AG, deputy minister for commerce and current minister for commerce Ruber, former minister for commerce and current secretary of state for the interior Smith.
The Ministry of Home Affairs was changed to the Ministry of the Interior, and its status in the Duchy of Nord became more and more prominent, and the Minister of the Interior was similar to the Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet.
The changes in the military are not very large, the head of the Nord Royal Janissary has become the deputy commander, and Bach Heisenberg is now only the nominal head of the regiment, and I believe that this part-time job will be abolished in the future to be his nanny wholeheartedly.
A series of changes in the Nord cabinet were broadcast on television that night, and ordinary citizens did not see anything, but some other governments were well aware of the end of the political storm in the Nord principality.
The first thing after the political storm is naturally to minimize the impact on tourists, thinking that the news here has not yet been transmitted, only these tourists who are still in Nord are known, I believe that as long as they pay some wealth, most of these people will choose to keep it secret, but it is estimated that they will arrive in Nord in a few years, neither Joseph nor James have any extravagant hopes for this.
Robert's matter is over, but about his wife Nord is still more difficult, the investigation will give people the impression that the Principality of Nord is biting to death, although it is ugly but this is the truth, but it is unwilling to give up Joseph. In fact, there is another thing that also pesters Joseph, the Chinese workers and Eastern European laborers who participated in the First National Defense Army.
The small group of Chinese workers at Nord Royal Television were able to pay a fine of $3,000 each plus a month's worth of volunteers, which was just a year's salary.
As for the group of Chinese workers who were hiding, Joseph's first reaction was to deport, but thinking about it, it was too cheap for them, but because of the Huaxia problem, it was not too much.
It's not that I'm afraid, but that when Audi went public, Huaxia helped Joseph remember it deeply, and it was just a little inappropriate to treat Chinese workers like this at this time, and in the end it was the Huaxia government that helped solve this matter.
All the Chinese workers were extradited back to China, and the Chinese government paid a fine of $30,000 each on their behalf, and sentenced them to at least three years in prison.
The number of Chinese workers who escaped was quite large, and the total number of fines was several million dollars, and they would be punished accordingly, and Joseph was not very satisfied, but finally agreed to this plan.
Compared with the group of Eastern European workers of the Chinese workers, it is even more difficult to deal with, after all, the situation in Eastern Europe at this time is ......
Eventually, under the leadership of the Cabinet government, the hundreds of Eastern European laborers compensated for their guilt with their labor, and five years of hard work in the oil wells was their final punishment.