In mid-April 1987, without officially announcing it to the public, Qi Yiming, as the real real power figure of the Southern Liberation Army, led a small delegation to Singapore to hold secret talks with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The talks were given equal weight by both sides, with Singapore seeing the rising Nanyang Republic as both an opportunity and a threat, and there were different discussions about what the new country would mean for Singapore. Qi Yiming, on the other hand, sees Singapore as an important link in complementing the Greater Nanyang Republic, and hopes to use various necessary and non-necessary means to promote at least Singapore to join the Nanyang Republic in the form of limited sovereignty.

Historically, Lee Kuan Yew wanted the Straits Settlements of Singapore to form a Federation of Malaysia with Malaya after they were freed from colonial rule. Such benefits are self-evident, and providing Singapore with greater strategic depth and more and cheaper resource supply is the best guarantee for economic development. It is important to know that Singapore imports even fresh water to Malaysia, which is somewhat similar to Hong Kong. At that time, there was still a rebellious MCP, and Lee Kuan Yew also hoped to use Malaya's strength to sweep away the MCP.

Lee Kuan Yew is an extremely famous **** person, he once said, "The root of the hatred of the Communists is that they adopt the Leninist method (the centralization of power) and not their Marxist ideals." But it turns out that this old man is not really so ideological, and this sentence he once said can be used to ridicule himself in later generations. From 1959 to 1990, he served as the prime minister of Singapore, spanning 31 years. He didn't engage in Lenin's centralization of leadership, who else did he look like him?

In addition, Lee Kuan Yew actually maintained a relatively good personal relationship with Chinese leaders, such as Ping Taizong, and the two could be said to have a very personal relationship, and the two sides also respected and courteous each other. At the same time, Lee Kuan Yew also maintained close contacts with the Taiwan regime for a long time. From this, it follows that this guy is a very realistic and pragmatic politician.

Although there have been many examples of attacks on China, Lee Kuan Yew also shared a similar Eastern political methodology to the Jingshi regime, that is, the rotation of Western political parties and universal democracy should not and cannot be imposed on the Easterners. At that time, he was one of the few who openly believed that repression was a necessary means to ensure political stability. Therefore, it is also considered by many "democrats" to be an accomplice of the Red Bandits.

Qi Yiming himself does not look up to Singapore, he spent a period of time in Singapore for business before the crossing, many people who go to work or travel think that Singapore is very civilized and advanced, but Qi Yiming's perception is not good. This is a country that has remnants of China's feudal patriarchy and Western colonial suzerainty, in fact, the spirit of openness and tolerance is not as good as that of Chinese mainland, and even less so in terms of pattern.

Thinking from another perspective, Qi Yiming can also understand the various political decisions made by Singapore, especially the strategy of cooperating with the United States to contain China in later generations, and it is estimated that there is no other better way in that place. In addition, some advantages of Singapore, Qi Yiming still agrees. Lee Kuan Yew spent 30 years building this region, which was originally not developed, into one of the regions with the highest level of human development in the world. Under the bureaucratic culture, it is also possible to establish a clean and efficient government. These are basically things that Chinese deserve to study and learn from.

In fact, many of the systems and concepts in later generations were introduced by China from Singapore, or they were implemented in Singapore and then copied.

Seeing Lee Kuan Yew, Qi Yiming didn't have the excitement of seeing celebrities. If you can hit a mushroom cloud with a boogini, you probably won't have any excitement and reverence. It was Lee Kuan Yew who should be trembling now.

Obviously surprised by Qi Yiming's youth, but Lee Kuan Yew did not show it particularly obviously, and politely invited Qi Yiming to take a seat, and used Chinese in an inaccurate tone.

Qi Yiming snickered in his heart, just this one action can reflect the dignity and inferiority. Lee Kuan Yew received an English education since he was a child, and he also spoke more English on weekdays, and rarely spoke Chinese with others in official settings. Now speaking Chinese with Qi Yiming is naturally to win favor.

Qi Yiming felt that this person was quite pathetic, obviously the Chinese name was of Chinese origin, but his mother tongue was not Chinese, and Lee Kuan Yew's Chinese was learned later. It was only when I was very old that I began to write Chinese characters, and I didn't realize the importance of Chinese education at first. It wasn't until Qi Yiming crossed the eve that he heard that Li Jiapo had begun to revive Chinese education.

"Singapore has always been sympathetic and understanding in our fight against Malaysia and the United Kingdom, and has maintained solemn neutrality, and SAUC welcomes and appreciates Singapore's gesture of kindness." This time I came to engage in wooing activities, so I will speak politely.

"SAUC has made great contributions to the fight for people's rights and racial equality, which is also compatible with our core values in Singapore. We also support the establishment of an independent country in the future, and hope that the two countries will be able to develop closer diplomatic relations and economic and trade exchanges. ”

So far, it is all official-style diplomatic rhetoric, without much nutrition, just an active and lively atmosphere.

After doing enough greetings and adjusting the atmosphere, Qi Yiming took the lead in throwing out a temptation: "At the beginning, the Federation of Malaysia absurdly expelled the Singapore Autonomous State from the Federation because of racist differences and fearing that the Chinese community would have more political resources. Since then, it has also brought great trouble to Singapore, especially Singapore is facing pressure from both Malaysia and Indonesia, and has to maintain high military spending, and such as water resources, mineral resources and food, etc., have also been held hostage by Malaysia.

Now that Malaysia has been deported to Kelantan and Terengganu, and Malaya and Kyushu are ready to join hands with the two states of North Borneo to re-establish a republic, we will adopt a more open and enterprising spirit, and use the abundant resources at our feet to seek to revitalize the South Seas and seek influence and status in the international arena. The Nanyang Chinese and the Straits Chinese are of the same language and species, and support each other, and if the two sides can stand under the same banner and work hard, they will certainly achieve greater achievements. ”

Lee Kuan Yew listened to Qi Yiming's words, and he didn't seem surprised at all, which made Qi Yiming very puzzled.

"Mr. Qi, before you came to Singapore, in fact, Ping Lao made a special trip to contact me and informed me of your intention."

Qi Yiming suddenly realized that although he was already a "self-reliant door", what he actually did still had to be reported to the Central Committee, and after all, he was a member of the party and was responsible for the whole party. Ping Taizong had a good relationship with Lee Kuan Yew, and it was not impossible to tell him in advance.

Lee Kuan Yew added: "Ping Lao also strongly urged me to accede to the request of the Southern Liberation and to follow the Hong Kong model, to obtain a high degree of autonomy for Singapore within the Nanyang Republic, but to unify the sovereignty so that this new country can gain greater influence and status." ”

Qi Yiming nodded, this was also what he thought in his heart. Although Singapore is a small place, it has a prosperous economy and advantages in the financial services industry, and if it can be combined with the rich resources, more population and larger land of the Nanyang Republic, it can naturally achieve the effect of 1+1 greater than 2. Unlike Malaysia, there are no irreconcilable contradictions between the Nanyang Republic and Singapore, there is no ideological antagonism, and the inter-ethnic exchanges are quite close. It is important to know that Malaya and Kyushu are now in the majority of Chinese, and even if Nanxin does not come together in the future, the two countries will maintain a state of exchange far beyond that of normal neighbors.

Singapore's accession to the Nanyang Republic is undoubtedly a choice with more advantages than disadvantages. For the future of Singapore's economy, expand the depth of economic industry and investment space and market, rely on the Nanyang Chinese to enhance the vitality and development of Singapore's city, expand influence politically, greatly reduce the pressure on defense militarily, etc. The disadvantage is that you lose a certain amount of autonomy and may face a state of being clamped.

Lee Kuan Yew suddenly spoke again: "Ping Lao promised me on the phone that if Singapore agreed to join the Nanyang Republic and the People's Action Party (PAP) merged into the SPD, he would support me as the first president of the Nanyang Republic after the founding of the People's Republic of China. ”

Qi Yiming was stunned for a moment when he boarded, but he could be regarded as having been crawling in the mud pond of politics for a while, and he couldn't show any face. He couldn't tell whether Lee Kuan Yew was scolding him, or whether Ping Taizong really made a wish for such a big official behind his back. I was a little annoyed in my heart, after all, Ping Taizong authorized him to control the affairs of Southeast Asia, but he didn't have the head or brains to intervene.

In order to avoid Lee Kuan Yew seeing any clues, Qi Yiming also immediately said: "****** the results of the new governance are obvious to all in the world, since the founding of our SPD, there is also a lack of such a capable and experienced politician as ******, if you are willing to join the party and join, I also strongly guarantee you as the first general candidate of the SPD." This was said without leakage, and it was impossible to see whether he knew the Tao or did not know the wish of Taizong of the Dao, and Lee Kuan Yew also rated him one point higher.

Lee Kuan Yew smiled and waved his hand: "This is not necessary, I am a Singaporean, and I can't take care of my hometown, and I am afraid that the Nanyang Republic does not have this ability." However, I agree in principle that Singapore should join the newly established Nanyang Republic on the condition that Singapore remains a self-governing state and retains a high degree of autonomy and sovereignty. ”

Qi Yiming smiled, since he agreed, it was easy to say, in fact, he really didn't care about letting Lee Kuan Yew do the president, anyway, he wouldn't do it, someone is better than no one, even if Lee Kuan Yew is disobedient, there is still a big bald head standing behind Qi Yiming.

Although the two countries have confirmed the intention of merging, many details still need to be finalized one by one, including the future status of Singapore, the distribution of the economy, whether there is a national tax collection, the issue of currency unification between the two countries, whether the people can travel freely between Malaya and Singapore, etc., it is estimated that it will take some time to complete.