African Nationhood

On July 7, the battle patrol "Zhongjing" slowly docked at Durban Port.

Cabinet Ouyang Geng, his cabinet ministers, and all senior officers of the National Defense Commission came to greet Chairman Shi and his wife.

A group of trained Chinese and white children lined the street to welcome them. Behind the children were a large number of South Chinese nationals.

People applauded wildly, and everyone followed Chairman Shi's figure with reverence and enthusiasm.

Shi Jintang and Kelly kept waving to the welcoming crowd. After Chairman Shi and his wife disappeared, the crowd slowly dispersed.

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Shi Jintang and his wife did not stay in Durban for long, but took a special train back to Hanking.

As the head of the hundred officials, Ouyang Geng, together with Cai Shaoji, chairman of the Judicial Committee, and Shi Jinyong, deputy secretary-general of the National Committee, sat together and held an impromptu meeting.

"How is the situation in the country now?"

Chairman Shi naturally asked about his proclaiming himself emperor. Ouyang Geng returned to China first. He needed to know the details of how the arrangements were going.

Ouyang Geng thought for a moment and replied cautiously: "9% of the people in the country support you, and we have set up many hints, guidance and encouragement, but those British ethnic groups are resistant to proclaiming themselves emperor.

Germans and other white female ethnic groups mostly acquiesce or go along with it. In their view, this matter is not important. The key is that you are still the head of the country.

As for the East Asian ethnic groups, they are supportive, especially our early immigrants, while the new immigrants are somewhat ambiguous. "

Hearing Ouyang Geng's words, Shi Jintang nodded.

"People have a herd mentality. When an individual blends into a group, his personality is easily overwhelmed by the group's thoughts and emotions."

Ouyang Geng and the other three people nodded in agreement when they heard what the Chairman said.

"Chairman, what you said is insightful!"

Shi Jintang chuckled, "What do you think of my proclaiming the emperor?"

As soon as these words were asked, Ouyang Geng and the other two people immediately panicked.

Deep down, they do not approve of Shi Jintang becoming emperor. After all, they received American education in their youth and have a strong sense of cultural identity with the United States.

But after coming to Nanhua, every bit of Nanhua made them realize that the master of Nanhua was Shi Jintang.

They have also gradually placed themselves in a subordinate position, and have gradually become accustomed to it over the years.

Ouyang Geng said calmly: "Of course we support you."

Shi Jintang heard the insincerity in Ouyang Geng's words.

"Are you afraid that if I become the emperor, I will end up killing a dog in my old age?"

Upon hearing such heart-wrenching questions, Cai Shaoji immediately reacted.

"What did the Chairman say? How could we think that?"

"No one can control people's thoughts. I can only say that I became emperor because of my selfishness, but I am by no means a ruthless person. You and I are all relatives by marriage.

We once studied hard together as classmates. You should all know what I am like. "

Shi Jinyong looked at the scene and felt a little cold. He immediately grinned and said, "At this time, it is too embarrassing to say this.

Of course we know who you are, Chairman, otherwise we wouldn’t be able to follow you for so many years.

The fact that you can say these words to us shows that you have always regarded us as good friends.

To put it bluntly, you conquered this world. We have followed you for so many years and have already considered ourselves subordinates.

Whether you want to be an emperor or an enemy of the entire world.

We all risked our lives to follow you! "

Shi Jinyong's words reminded Ouyang Geng and Cai Shaoji, and they also expressed their loyalty.

"With your order, Chairman, we will fight you to the end with swords and seas of fire!"

Shi Jintang laughed and waved his hands, "Don't talk about these useless things now. Let's help each other achieve success."

This mutual achievement made the three of them couldn't help but feel a little hot in their eyes, "Chairman, with your words, I am willing to die!"

Shi Jinyong said and wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand.

When Shi Jintang saw that his old classmate had real feelings for him, he let go of his guard and laughed.

"At this time, you must have wine."

As soon as he finished speaking, Cai Shaoji stood up and went to the wine cabinet next to him, and quickly took out a bottle of Shijia Laojiao, "This bottle of wine is suitable for drinking at such a time."

Ouyang Geng nodded, "Miaji, I'll go and order the drinks." After saying that, Ouyang Geng got out of the Shijintang carriage. Not long after, he brought over a roast chicken, a plate of preserved eggs, a plate of dry-cut beef, and a plate of dried beef. Fried peanuts.

These are the daily meals of Shi Jintang, and they are always prepared on the special train.

Kelly heard the noise outside and saw four old men gathering together to drink. She smiled and closed the car door without saying anything.

The four of them drank a bottle of white wine along the way, and their faces were all flushed and they were in a good mood.

As the four of them chatted, they turned to national institutions.

Shi Jintang confided some of his thoughts. The name of the dynasty was "Yan", which took the ancient oriental meaning of "the south belongs to fire", and the border of South China was already close to the equator.

The future Dayan Dynasty will establish a Government Affairs Council to be in charge of administration, with the Secretary of State as the head of the Government Affairs Council.

The Government Affairs Council has various ministries, and there are more ministerial-level units than before.

The existing 12 departments need to be further subdivided.

In order to allow the Secretary of State to take charge of the overall situation, there will be another 4 to 5 deputy secretaries of state who will be in charge of subdivided subordinate ministerial agencies.

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The National Defense Command is in charge of military affairs. This department does not have a head and is concurrently held by the emperor.

The department is divided into eleven major departments: the three departments of Army, Navy and Air Force. The responsibilities of the previous commanders of the three services remain unchanged. ;
The Guards Department is responsible for the security of the royal family and the capital.
The responsibilities of the Military Police Department remain unchanged.

Staff Department: Responsible for war staff planning
Training Department: Responsible for the training plans of various military services
Arms Department: Responsible for the manufacturing, research and development and logistics of new equipment
Cultural and Propaganda Department: Military cultural propaganda work.

Intelligence Room: Intelligence organization.

National Guard: The command branch of the National Guard.

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The Judicial Yuan, headed by the President of the Judicial Department, is in charge of judicial supervision.

Mainly responsible for judicial affairs and official corruption supervision, as well as judicial interpretation of various domestic laws, as well as the training and supervision of legal talents.

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Parliament is divided into two chambers:

The House of Honors: It is a place specially designed for meritorious personnel to exert their spare energy. It is modeled after the British House of Lords.

Royal Parliament: Transformed from the previous Central Parliament, it is a civil representative body.

In addition to its previous functions of supervising and legislating governments at all levels, the Royal Parliament also enjoys financial review powers.

The Royal Parliament can review the annual budgets of the Council of Ministers and military agencies.

Members of the House of Honors can submit bills for consideration by the Royal Parliament.

However, the Royal Council does not have a directly subordinate functional team. If it needs to monitor the financial status of a certain department, it will need the cooperation of the Legal Department.

The emperor's orders need to be approved by both the Honors Council and the Royal Council before they can be implemented by the Government Affairs Council.

However, the emperor's order can bypass the two parliaments and issue orders directly, but such exceptions cannot be made too frequently, and are limited to ten times in a year.

If it exceeds ten times, the Royal Council must dissolve itself and hold new elections.

During the re-election of the Royal Assembly, the State Council shall not execute any orders of the Emperor.

Otherwise, the Royal Parliament has the right to impeach the Secretary of State in the Government Affairs Council. Once the two parliaments initiate the impeachment of the Secretary of State, no one, including the emperor, can stop it.

The Secretary of State was impeached and his powers immediately frozen.

The two parliaments also have the right to impeach the heads of institutions. Once the two parliaments pass the impeachment bill, the powers of the impeached person will immediately expire.

In addition, the heads of the government departments (Government Affairs Council and Legal Affairs Council) need to be nominated by the two parliaments and approved by the emperor before they can be appointed.

The emperor has the power to dismiss officials at all levels, and also has the power to dissolve the Royal Parliament and the Institute of Honor.

The military orders of the National Defense Headquarters are decided by the emperor himself.

This kind of institutional setup is very powerful in checking and balancing each other, which shocked Ouyang Geng and others.

No matter who of them wants to do whatever they want, it won't be easy.

Emperor, the restrictions on himself are too severe.

But from an institutional perspective, it's pretty good. Power checks and balances are the norm in state politics in modern society. (End of chapter)