Chapter 189

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Time flies by, and after several days of fermentation, the news of the party ban has spread throughout Portugal, and everyone is discussing it intensely.

They have just loosened control over the media in name only, but with the push of thoughtful people, the media industry seems to have been driven crazy and breathed a sigh of relief, and now it is biting the liberal Republican Party to criticize and whip the corpse.

At the same time, intellectuals in Portugal's political, economic and educational circles responded and launched a major criticism of the so-called liberal republic theory.

Thanks to the terrifying and corrupt rule of the republican government, many ordinary people are quite satisfied with the current imperial government.

The Portuguese people disdain the so-called liberal republic. Today, the people just want to live a stable life.

The chaos in Portugal has subsided, and His Majesty Emperor Pedro III has brought about a stable and vibrant society, for which the people are very grateful.

During the purification, some republican cabinet members remained. The empire was still in the process of imprisoning them, but now there are still high calls across the country for them to be sentenced to death.

The reason for this situation is that the people discovered that although they were still being examined for their participation in the coup, the corruption and embezzlement of these people had been exposed during the examination process.

This group of Republican cabinet members are all major corrupt criminals who violate laws and disciplines.

The people originally thought that the people they elected were highly respected people, but they did not expect that these Republican lords were all hypocrites.

Seeing that public opinion had aroused, Tang Ning acted decisively and directly charged them with corruption and coup charges, and then quickly let them eat peanuts.

As time passed, on March 21, 1911, the empire officially announced Portugal's second cabinet, truly identifying the five cabinet ministers and ministers to the outside world.

The second prime minister was served by Toni, the former Brazilian Foreign Minister.

The second deputy prime minister is served by the original interim prime minister Silvador.

The leader of the Second House of Lords and the Chancellor of the Seal are Count Antonio.

The Second Minister of Affairs (that is, the Chief of the Civil Service) is served by the former Minister of Education Andre.

The second chief judge and minister of justice was appointed by the young lawyer Salazar after Tang Ning's inspection.

After the establishment of the new cabinet government, it immediately abolished the imposition of tithes in kind and also abolished the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed during the Republican cabinet period.

Subsequently, Tang Ning sent Antonio, the president of the Senate, to lead the Portuguese delegation to visit various European countries for exchanges.

After doing this, Tang Ning breathed a deep sigh of relief. After more than half a year of hard work, the domestic political situation in Portugal was finally stabilized.

During these days, Tang Ning mainly focused on dealing with the mess left by the Republican Cabinet. He had to sort out the chaotic government service system with difficulty. At the same time, he also had to supervise the implementation of the five-year plan that was launched at the beginning of the year.

As time went by, with the efforts of the emperor and the cabinet, Portuguese society slowly moved towards order.

During this process, the cabinet members demonstrated their ability to act well and lived up to Tang Ning's important mission.

Tony, the distinguished and loyal former Foreign Secretary, sat well in the position of Prime Minister and shared a lot of his worries.

Silvado, the former interim prime minister and now deputy prime minister, cooperates with the Ministry of Education to conscientiously implement national education.

After passing Tang Ning's test, Andre was appointed minister of affairs and began to take charge of the management of civil servants across the country and did a pretty good job.

Although Salazar is young, he has solid legal knowledge and is upright. After being appointed as justice, he slowly sorted out Portugal's laws and did a good job in anti-corruption.

After the Great Purification, it is urgent to reshape Portuguese law. After all, normal state operations still have to follow legal procedures.

In the current legal profession, after the introduction and implementation of Brazilian laws to stabilize Portugal, the most important thing is to fight corruption and build national credibility.

Salazar mobilized a group of young and energetic legal talents to form the Judicial Anti-Corruption Bureau, and he did a very good job.

With the cooperation of the Security Bureau, the Ministry of Justice began to purge the government of corrupt officials, including the families of former cabinet members who were also included in the investigation.

After the operation was launched, a large number of unqualified officials were punished, fined, imprisoned, and executed.

The first one to bear the brunt was the police department. As an accomplice of the former Republican cabinet, the outside world called for beatings and killings. Taking this opportunity, Tang Ning quietly completed control of the police system.

After Downing and the second cabinet were busy for several months, in June, the government officially got back on track.

After the establishment of the cabinet, Downing used the name of anti-corruption to eliminate dissidents, vigorously cultivated cronies, and eliminated the remaining influence of the Republican Party. Salazar played a major role in this!

As a great hero, Salazar is now busy every day, happy and painful. His ideal of participating in governing the country has been realized, but his original leisurely life as a lawyer is gone forever.

Salazar is now the blue sky in the eyes of the people and the butcher in the eyes of officials.

Tangning gave Salazar full trust. Once he targeted him, few could escape.

With Tang Ning's support, Salazar was unselfish and would not lose face no matter who asked for mercy.

Among the intelligence agents of the Golden Sword Bureau, there were several unlucky guys with very dirty hands and feet, who were directly imprisoned for their crimes.

However, these unlucky guys also have merit. At Tang Ning's suggestion, the Security Bureau arranged for them to go to the prison and infiltrate the criminals, and lurk and monitor the criminals in order to avoid crimes and meritorious deeds.

Since the establishment of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, people have been sent to court every now and then. The efficiency has been astonishing. In the end, Salazar had to organize a separate temporary court to try corrupt officials.

Salazar was fair and impartial, and the media gave him the reputation of "official massacre". Now he has become the most popular person in Portugal.

Salazar's efforts were not in vain. After a large number of corrupt officials were arrested, the people gained great trust in the credibility of the empire's government.



June 31, 1911, at the second quarter ministerial meeting of the Cabinet.

At the meeting, the second Prime Minister Tony said with a bright face: "With respect to His Majesty the Emperor, the domestic economic development is now very good, with new investment of up to 50 million joint dollars in half a year!"

Tangning smiled and nodded, indicating for him to continue.

Although she was smiling on the surface, Tang Ning knew why the situation was so good.

What a big fart!

Most of the growth in industrial investment is due to investment from the royal family and the government, with very little real private capital.

For the sake of local development in Portugal, but not wanting to be affected by the intervention of European capital, Tang Ning could only ask the Braganza family business to make great efforts and cooperate with the government in the five-year plan.

Portugal is not Brazil. It is too close to Europe. Regarding foreign investment capital here, Tang Ning will restrict it as much as possible.

After receiving the affirmation from His Majesty the Emperor, Tony continued.

"Since the five-year plan began in January, up to now, there have been 1,035 new large and small factories across the country. Among them, there are 12 large factories with capital exceeding one million and employing more than 1,000 people!"

"The government has invested a total of 12.85 million yuan, mainly for the large-scale railway plan, supporting highway construction, and some infrastructure construction! So far, the overall progress is going smoothly!"

"Next year, we will continue to promote industrialization and prepare to continue to increase government investment in infrastructure projects. The main project is to continue to complete the railway plan and urban supporting construction to create favorable conditions for industrial and commercial development!"

Tangning knew that Tony had said so much to pave the way for more government budgets.

But he doesn't care about this. Portugal still has capital now, especially after the corruption was investigated, the capital has increased a lot.

In order to encourage the cabinet's fierce fighting spirit, Tang Ning smiled and said.

"Okay, good job. Tony, regarding the government budget, the Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Finance will cooperate seriously!"


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