The purpose of Louis Botha coming to Roque was not just to plead for Laurent Bakker. In October, the Ministry of Justice continued to take action. A number of senior Boer officials were successively examined by the Ministry of Justice and were implicated.
With the number of people increasing, everyone in several key departments of the federal government is in danger. Many people have already submitted their resignations to Louis Botha, which has seriously affected the normal work.
To put it bluntly, there are really not many officials these days who can withstand investigation. What's more, before the establishment of the federal government, the economic situation of most Boer officials was not very good. They almost lost their money in the Boer War.
Everything, whether economically or politically, is completely different from before the Boer War.
Therefore, after these people took power, their appearance was really ugly. No matter how good the British officials were, they would still be a little restrained, but the Boer officials were simply unscrupulous.
For example, the Legislative Council Building in Bloemfontein had serious fictitious costs and corner-cutting. The Legislative Council Building, which originally only cost 400,000 yuan to build, ended up with a total expenditure of 1.1 million yuan, and many places indicated that marble must be used.
The structure was secretly replaced with reinforced concrete. In the end, it was estimated that even 400,000 yuan would not be used up.
This situation is actually a big blow to the image of the federal government.
Before the establishment of the federal government, most of the officials in Southern Africa were appointed by the British, such as Adelaide, Philip, and the Earl of Selborne. They were all appointed by London and parachuted into Southern Africa to take charge of the management of Southern Africa.
During the British colonial period, the chaos in southern Africa was understandable. After all, southern Africa had no autonomy and had to consult London for instructions on all matters large and small. The communication situation at that time was extremely poor, so the management chaos was understandable.
Now that the federal government has been established, officials are elected locally, and most officials are native Afrikaners. Under such circumstances, if a large-scale scandal breaks out in the federal government, the impact on the image of the federal government can be imagined.
Now there are people in Cape Town advocating that during the British colonial era, at least during the colonial era, the colonial government's expenditures mainly relied on financial support from the British mainland, but the current federal government is wasting all the hard-earned hard-earned hard work of southern Africans.
money.
Louis Botha came to Roque because he hoped that the Ministry of Justice would just let it go. Even if the investigation was to continue, it would be best to handle it internally and not make everything public.
"Louis, it is the duty of the Ministry of Justice to crack down on crime. As long as there are still people committing crimes, the Ministry of Justice will definitely investigate to the end, and it is their duty - as for the news media, they have the right to speak out freely. In fact, in my opinion, the media
If they can fully exercise their supervisory power, it will at least be a deterrent to those criminals." Roque decisively refused. In troubled times, heavy codes are used to cut through the mess with a sharp knife, and blindly covering up will not have the effect at all.
Have some effect.
To put it bluntly, if some officials are afraid of the review of the Ministry of Justice, then they can resign or simply go abroad to seek refuge. There are so many people queuing up behind them waiting to be promoted. It is difficult to find a three-legged toad, and it is difficult to find a two-legged toad.
There are so many people with one leg.
Regarding the current situation in southern Africa, Henry and Rock had a private discussion during a meal. For some positions, even tying a dog in the office actually has the same effect.
Sometimes it's even better.
"Locke, of course we have to crack down on various criminal activities, but the method is questionable. The Legislative Council is formulating relevant laws to regulate the behavior of government employees. I believe that after the relevant legal provisions are promulgated, similar situations will be much better. The main thing now is
The problem is that there are too many problems left over from the colonial era, and federal government officials also need an adaptation process before they can really get into work -" Louis Botha certainly did not want Roque to bend the law for personal gain. Louis Botha still has some problems in this regard.
Bottom line.
In another time and space, after Ade left southern Africa, he never returned to southern Africa. The first prime minister of the southern African federal government was Louis Botha.
Counting from his time as Prime Minister of the Transvaal, Louis Botha in another time and space served as Prime Minister for thirteen years. Until his death, Louis Botha was the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Southern Africa.
During this period, Louis Botha integrated southern Africa internally, participated in the First World War, sent troops to occupy German Southwest Africa at the request of the British, and also attended the Versailles Conference.
In southern Africa in this time and space, because of the appearance of Roque, Louis Botha did not get the stage he deserved, but Louis Botha still has the ability, but compared with Ade, Louis Botha still has little reputation, so
Louis Botha could only settle for the next best thing.
After all, no one knows how long Adelaide can serve as prime minister. Philippe is preparing to compete for the prime ministership after Adelaide leaves office. Of course, Louis Botha also has his own political ambitions.
Therefore, compared with the Ministry of Education, the problem of the Ministry of Agriculture is not big. Louis Botha also considered the overall image of Boer officials, so he came to Roque.
Compared with Philip, Louis Botha obviously does not have enough weight in Roque's heart, so Roque does not care about the image of Boer officials. If he can use the Ministry of Justice to crack down on more and more Boer officials, this will affect the
Roque was delighted to hear about Louis Botta's reputation.
However, the development of the situation was obviously beyond Roque's expectations.
At the end of October, the Ministry of Justice sent a group of officials, including Laurent Bakker, to Cape Town for trial. As a result, the train transporting these officials was attacked by bandits on the way. The bandits recklessly destroyed the railway and forced the train to stop.
The train was then strafed with heavy machine guns and set on fire.
Nearly twenty police officers escorting these officials were killed on the spot, some of the officials under trial were kidnapped, and Laurent Buckle was executed on the spot, leaving a note with the word "traitor" written on his body.
When the news reached Pretoria, Ade was furious and immediately called Henry and Rock to the Palace of Justice to reprimand them and asked Henry and Rock to solve the case within a time limit.
The circumstances of the case were so bad that Henry and Rock did not expect that the gangsters actually possessed heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns. This was beyond the scope of ordinary gangsters, so it was not difficult to investigate.
The difficulty is how to bring these gangsters to justice. The location where the train was attacked was in Western Victoria in Cape Territory, which is more than 750 kilometers away from Johannesburg in a straight line. It is not easy to investigate. When Pretoria got the news,
, it was already the third day after the incident, and the gangsters had enough time to escape.
"Look, this is the bad thing about three capitals. The criminal commits the crime in Bloemfontein, is investigated in Pretoria, and is finally sent to Cape Town for trial, and maybe even sent back to Preto in the end.
Leah is serving her sentence, what's the benefit of going through all this trouble?" Henry was also very worried. Not only wasting resources like this, the key was that it was inefficient.
"It's meaningless to say this now. We only have one month, so let's take action immediately." Roark didn't complain. The situation was like this. Complaining couldn't solve any problems. It was more serious to solve the case as soon as possible. Ade only gave Henry
One month with Rock.
Considering that the territory of Southern Africa is too large, we only gave him one month. Otherwise, given Ade's character and the seriousness of the case, giving him three days would be a great kindness.
"How to check?" Henry is indeed suffering from Rock dependency syndrome.
"How else can we investigate? The gangsters used heavy machine guns, so let's start from this aspect." Roark already had a case, but he couldn't tell Henry in too much detail.
To investigate this kind of thing, we must call on the power of Umbrella and Brad, but Umbrella and Brad are secrets belonging to Nyasaland and cannot be told to Henry directly, so it is enough to just tell Henry the result.
"Why can gangsters get heavy weapons like heavy machine guns?" Henry also has a big problem. The gangsters have heavy machine guns, which will bring greater danger to the military and police. Ordinary police stations probably cannot deal with such gangsters.
Considering the specific situation in Southern Africa, guns are not banned in Southern Africa. After the establishment of the federal government, the military and police in Southern Africa also tried every means to reduce the number of guns owned by civilians. Now in Southern Africa, ordinary people cannot even own rifles.
Highly powerful weapons, even farmers in remote areas can only possess conventional weapons such as hunting rifles, shotguns, and pistols.
So Henry really couldn't figure it out.
"It's normal. During the Boer War, there were too many guns left by civilians. Although guns were confiscated and registered in various places after the war, there were inevitably omissions. However, this is also a good opportunity. We can take the opportunity to conduct another large-scale investigation. This time
To completely eliminate these hidden dangers, anyone who wants to keep these heavy weapons will be treated as a criminal act." Roque will be ruthless, and it is indeed impossible not to be ruthless.
Southern Africa is vast and sparsely populated, with an area of more than 3 million square kilometers and only more than 2 million people. Therefore, many farmers in remote areas face a very complicated situation. It is not just bandits with ulterior motives who pose a threat to the farms.
There are also wild animals everywhere.
Therefore, it is common for ordinary people in southern Africa to carry guns. It is not easy to confiscate guns and weapons. After all, compared with the huge land area, the power of the military and police is still insufficient. If something happens, it is impossible to count on the military.
The police are unreliable, and farmers still need to take up arms to protect their own interests.
It is precisely for this reason that the registration of firearms in southern Africa has not been going smoothly. Roque is also cruel this time and must solve this problem no matter what.
