Friday, April 19, 1636.

Given that the half-baked Southern Fleet was not enough to exert sufficient military pressure on the Dutch West India Company, the four Republic-class light cruisers, which had completed their temporary maintenance in a hurry, were once again put into battle and sailed directly from the Azores to the Twin Ports naval base on Butterfly Island, ready to join the Southern Fleet. With such a high level of combat readiness deployment, the high quality level of the Republican class when it was first built has been fully verified.

The 2nd Battalion of the Foreign Legion Brown Bear Brigade will also change its itinerary to Brazil, thus increasing the total strength of the Brazilian Dispatch Brigade of the Chinese American Army besieging Recife to 6 battalions, and the brigade commander, Lieutenant Colonel Scott, will be more confident that the Dutch West India Company mercenaries will finally give up resistance.

Maybe they all know that their "political career" is only more than a month left, and maybe it is the scandal that has been handled internally that makes it difficult for the Ministry of Defense and the military to offend at the moment, and the bill to continue to increase the number of troops in Brazil and increase military spending has been passed in the House of Representatives.

However, as the time gets closer to the re-election of the House of Representatives and the Cabinet, various winds and grasses are becoming more and more obvious. Amendments to the State-owned Assets Management Law and the Enterprise Law were passed last week, and rumors about changing "state-owned" to "state-owned" have finally become a reality. In the next six months, the existing state-owned enterprises will usher in a wave of restructuring, and the management of the enterprises will be replaced by professional managers with ordinary national status.

Although the fundamental monopoly of the state's upstream resources and advantageous industries has not been broken in the current reform of state-owned enterprises, at least from now on, there will be a more manageable and operable process for dealing with the loss of state-owned assets in the future. If you want to blame, blame this group for the peculiar state that has to be separated from the state and the national system.

But the subtle shift in the military's stance has left many in Congress on pins and needles. Army Commander Lieutenant General Chen Liwen has made a great deal of angry and even extreme remarks on many occasions in private. In the conservative Navy Command, although Admiral Wang Tiehammer did not express any views, Wang Tiehammer has rejected the Congressional inquiry meeting on the next stage of the Navy construction on several occasions on the grounds of "insufficient preparation." Anyone can see how far Wang Tiehammer's distrust of the Congress has reached.

No matter how cheeky people are, they feel a little scared now. This is because it has only now been discovered that there has always been a loophole in the National Security Law, that is, it is not clear whether the military has the power to intervene and exercise military control when the center of the country is in a special state.

This loophole is probably a "back door" deliberately left by the former Senate Speaker Liu Mingjun and the Supreme Justice Zhong Jinshan, and it is also the biggest political help to promote this internal reform. For the ordinary traversers who sat on the top of national politics at the beginning, it is only now that they suddenly realize.

Judging by the current situation of the army commander, some people are trembling even in their dreams, for fear that the lieutenant in the army who said that "they should all be arrested and shot" will be true. It is said that the military held private private talks with Defense Minister Zheng Quan, Senate Speaker Bao Zitu, President Li Ping, and Supreme Justice Zhong Jinshan a few days ago.

"Patching" legal loopholes now looks like an imperative. Under no circumstances should the army be allowed to germinate any political ambitions or impulses. However, the speakers of the two houses of Congress, the president, and the supreme justice, who are still in office, have all proposed an "exchange" of views, that is, the reform of the functions and powers of the Congress must also be synchronized. In particular, Zhong Jinshan, the supreme judge who has the highest power to interpret the law, made it clear that the current powers of the House of Representatives have been overflowing to the point of being suspected of violating the Constitution.

The exchange is probably a painstaking effort by the old people to do their last bit of political energy to pave the way for the normal development of this country. The fact that Congress has curtailed some of its rampant powers and strengthened its legislative oversight functions, while the Cabinet has more executive autonomy is perhaps the biggest change in the political landscape since the turmoil, and the re-election of the National Assembly is insignificant in comparison.

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Wu Yuanyi, the governor of Nanshan, officially stepped down in mid-April and returned to China, and his replacement was Konstantin Constantine, now the director of the Public Affairs Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Huygens. This small European aristocrat, who has been immigrating for only six years, has a very professional political and family quality in this era. He played a significant role in a series of negotiating contacts with the Colonial Council of Virginia, England, and was named the best public servant of the government that year.

And his son Huygens Jr. (Christian. Huygens), who lived up to his expectations and showed a much brighter mind and desire to learn than his peers. According to the evaluation of the school teacher, the 7-year-old boy already has the level to skip the first grade of primary school to the third grade of primary school. This made the Ministry of Culture and Education, which had been following up in private, ecstatic. According to Huamei's knowledge reserve and education level, this future physicist, astronomer, mathematician, and inventor will surely burst out with far greater achievements than in history, and become an important talent for the continuation of Huamei science.

The old Huygens, a Chinese diplomat with a happy family, a good income, and a stable life, is now on his way to Nanshan Port. He also became the first European-American ministerial-level senior official since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and he can be described as having a successful career and being proud.

Wu Yuanyi, who returned to China, launched a vigorous propaganda campaign at this time. It's not just running around the senators' homes. He also received the "frustrated" ex-nationalists in his beautiful estate in the north of Manchester City. Wu Yuanyi's political purpose is already very obvious, that is, to gain the greatest support in the upcoming elections for the House of Representatives.

However, these actions on the political zhì, under the condition that the basic style has become irrevocable, are actually not the topics that the domestic crossing people are most concerned about. The biggest move is probably that Wu Yuanyi has already led some former state-owned factions with capital and influence to start creating a number of funds.

The "African Development Group", which has been privately premonited by Su Zining, finally surfaced on April 20, although the banner has not yet been torn up in public, but the official registration of the two major financial institutions, the "African Development Bank" and the "Guoxing Fund", immediately attracted the attention of the domestic public.

The African Development Bank will specifically support entrepreneurs in the Governor-General of Nanshan, while the Guoxing Fund will openly operate with a more ambitious purpose and will open all overseas corporate investment businesses.

According to the routine of the Oriental Union Group back then, perhaps the first thing Wu Yuanyi had to deal with after he took office was to establish the "African Development Group" with the approval of the Ministry of Commerce, and a certain group that had completed the equity portfolio in private early would become another overseas capital giant that could compete with the Oriental Union Group.

The situation of OUCC Group's dominance overseas will probably be broken under the "export-oriented expansion national policy" led by Wu Yuanyi. The overall significance has been raised to a higher level, which makes the core shareholders of the Oriental Union Group, who have eaten enough of the profits of overseas monopoly operations, have mixed feelings.

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Late at night, the lights were still bright in the Ren family's manor in Manchester City, and about a dozen people were sitting in the Ren family's big study whispering.

“…… According to internal statistics, we will probably be able to enter about a dozen people in this re-election of the House of Representatives. Although there is a breakthrough in the number of people compared to before, it still cannot account for the majority. Jiang Zhaolong, Lin Youde and You Qi, who had been on our side, had already made it clear that they were neutral after those incidents. Hey, the votes weren't as safe as we expected. How do I feel that Wu Yuanyi is always doing something to sow discord these days? Ren Changle smoked a cigarette worriedly. pinched the statistical table in his hand and muttered a lot of complaints, "If the Congress reforms like this again, even if Zhang Mingcheng can favor us a little bit at that time, it is estimated that the role will not be as great as before." ”

"Lao Wu is very good at choosing timing, and now many people who used to have a good relationship with us have now chosen neutrality. You can't blame Lao Jiang, Lao Lin and You Qi, they have also been implicated a lot this time, and their business is to sell industrial products and equipment, and whoever they sell is selling. The greater the country's overseas expansion, the more they will benefit, and it is estimated that the African group led by Lao Wu behind the scenes can be established as soon as possible. ”

"To be honest, Lao Wu came to talk to me at the beginning. I was almost thrilled too. Zhou Junting, president of Xinhua Chemical Group, crossed his legs, and his speech hit the essence of the problem, but he was also a little helpless, "I have experienced some broken things like chickens flying and dogs jumping." Everyone's mind is harder to guess now than before. ”

"Hmph, do they dare to eat alone? When we established the Oriental Union Group, didn't we also give them a part of the shareholding qualifications? Zhang Li, a strong woman from Standard Oil Group of North America, ended her whispering with Yang Wenwen in the corner at this time. He stood up and let out a disdainful sneer, "Wu Yuanyi was able to lead the Nanshan Governor for so long, and we also supported him with our full support, if he wants to forget his roots, don't blame us for being polite!" ”

Zhang Li's Standard Oil Group of North America was also blacklisted by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) in private, and was fined $200,000 not long ago for helping the state-owned energy and mining group in bidding for coal mines in Shangji Town and the joint development and cooperation project of oil shale. Today's Zhang Li feels that she is very angry when she thinks about it, and she always feels that she has helped others and has been overshadowed.

"The biggest question now is not how much of the African Development Group will give us, but the scope of their business!" Deng Mingquan, president of Huamei Wood Group, who is a core member of the board of directors of the Oriental Union Group, frowned and said a detail that everyone present did not think about, "The Oriental Union Corporation is clearly and exclusively engaged in the Indian Ocean and Far East routes, and the African Development Group seems to be operating in South Africa. What is South Africa? On the left it is close to the Atlantic route, and on the right it is close to the Indian Ocean route. Although Lao Wu has stepped down, he has been in office for so many years, and the people in South Africa are basically influenced by him, and he is basically ironclad as prime minister this time, I am worried that the African Development Group will impact our business in the Caribbean, South Africa and the Indian Ocean! ”

"And from Lao Wu's previous point of view, he has been seeking the lifting of the industrial ban policy led by the governor of Nanshan." Guan Yun, chairman of the board of directors of Merlin Food Group, also nodded slightly, "We have helped him before, but the people in the Congress have always restricted us before, because we are afraid that the tail will not fall." Now that there is a big change of parliament, I am afraid that the policy of lifting the ban on these industries will be implemented, but it may not be that the project will fall on our heads, and it is estimated that the African Development Group will be able to pick up the bargain as soon as it comes. ”

When several business tycoons who still insisted on standing on the same front as the liberals said this, the capitalists present all showed gritted teeth.

The reason is very simple, because the Nanshan Governor's Territory and the Pearl Island Overseas Territory have always been subject to the domestic special industrial prohibition law, and many industrial projects that will affect the development of the local manufacturing industry and strategic security are prohibited from being carried out in the Nanshan Governor's Territory and the Pearl Island Overseas Territory.

Although many of the goods sold to South Africa, the Indian Ocean and the Far East are still manufactured in the large circle of the Oriental Union Group, the business scope of the Oriental Union Group is too far away from the mainland, and the high operating costs have always been the biggest problem in the annual financial statements of the Oriental Union Group.

"We're all that old. I still think about competing with others all day long......" Yang Wenwen, who has liked to play yarn all these years, raised her head in the corner of the sofa, and while pulling the standing Zhang Li back into her position, she lazily pointed to the old men present, "If you have anything wrong, you can exchange with them!" ”

"For what?" Ren Changle was stunned for a moment, looking at his wife's relaxed appearance and a little puzzled.

"The first step, the creation of the African Development Group, is not completely out of use for us, so. We can communicate with Lao Wu and negotiate with Dong Jiunan in advance to discuss the future business scope in South Africa; Second, if South Africa's policy is to be lifted, even if they can get a pass in the House of Representatives, they may not necessarily get the approval of the Senate and the National Security Council. Most of the people who introduced these policies were in the National Security Council or the Senate, and we're now losing in the House of Representatives. But other aspects are not to suffer! ”

Yang Wenwen walked to Ren Changle's side, pulled the statistical list in the other party's hand, and shook it proudly: "I heard that Dong Jiunan and Liu Baidong have resigned as senators because of the scandal of the state-owned group. Su Zining and Zhang Li, the old public security officer Shao Qing, will be replaced after the re-election of the House of Representatives. The two of them used to have a lot of say in the cabinet and the Senate, especially Su Zining, and several old men had good evaluations. And when it comes to the relationship with them, we are still the most iron. ”

That's it. An Shaoqing's wife Zhang Li also nodded quickly, with a hint of pride in her expression.

"The first step is normal, and we are also planning to find time to talk to Lao Wu privately." Deng Mingquan touched his chin and nodded. But I am still a little puzzled, "I don't understand the second step, there are not too many places that we can use when the South African policy lifts the ban." If we bargain with the African Development Group for the lifting of the ban on obstructive policies, I am afraid that the benefits may not be very large, but the contradictions will certainly deepen. ”

"I haven't understood what I just said, it's an exchange, not coercing anyone to make concessions." Yang Wenwen pouted at this big man from an engineering background, and was very optimistic about the other party's emotional intelligence, "South Africa's policy must be changed, and the industrial restrictions on the overseas territory of Pearl Island must also be adjusted, we support them, and they must also support us. Moreover, even if Lin Youde and they are out of the matter now, at least forty percent of the domestic manufacturing industry is still in our circle, and they still have to deal with us if they want to open a project in South Africa. ”

"That's right! Anyway, our focus is not on South Africa, and instead of competing with them for Africa, it is better to make things bigger in Asia! At present, in addition to textiles, building materials and oil processing, Pearl Island is full of agricultural projects, and the Oriental Union Group is still like a large farm in Southeast Asia. ”

Hearing his wife's remarks, Ren Changle suddenly smiled and squinted, feeling that he was really happy to find such a wife.

"Just your pig brain, you think about fighting people all day long, and you can only use silver coins to make a set of body armor when you get rich." After glancing at her husband, Yang Wenwen took her best friend Zhang Li's hand and walked out of the study, no longer with these men who were smoking cigarettes.

"Big Sister Yang really can see it clearly!" Zhou Junting, who has been doing business with Yang Wenwen and Zhang Li for a long time, smiled and picked up the wine that had not moved, and exhaled deeply, "It seems that Lao Wu's coming to power is also a good thing for us, and we should have paid off for supporting him at the beginning." ”

"Well, in two days we'll recommend a representative to talk to him! In addition, go and ask for Su Zining's opinion. Ren Changle slapped his thigh, which was regarded as a relaxing end note for today's meeting.

At this moment, Su Zining, who was sleeping with his wife at home, suddenly woke up with a sneeze, and looked at the clock on the wall illuminated by the moonlight, it was already past two o'clock in the morning. (To be continued......)