The Cape Liberal Party branch was the first branch of the Liberal Party outside the Transvaal, even before Nyasaland and Rhodesia, which shows how much importance the Liberal Party attaches to the Cape.

Prior to this, the Liberal Party did perform well, and in the face of the old party Progressives, the Cape Liberal Party won the Cape state in its third year of existence, and has maintained its advantage until now.

After taking power in the Cape State, the Liberal Party inevitably fell into a vicious circle of infighting, and a large number of speculators joined in, causing the Cape Liberal Party to deviate more and more from the original intention of Roque and Xiao Si to establish the Liberal Party, and became a tool for some people to seek personal interests, and was even infiltrated by certain external forces, resulting in the deterioration of the relationship between the Cape State and the federal government.

"Yes, outside forces, such as Edmund Law, who just resigned, suddenly got a lot of campaign money when he was campaigning, and thus won the election in one fell swoop." Chen Yan didn't say it too clearly, if Owen wanted to investigate, it would not be difficult for Owen to investigate, most of the Liberal Party's capital flows were through the RAND Bank, even if they were remitted to the RAND Bank from other banks, there were clues to follow.

"So it's also necessary for us to have a thorough clean-up like the Progressive Party." Owen realized afterwards that the situation of the Liberal Party had also become serious to the point of not breaking or standing.

Chen Yan couldn't answer this question, whether he wanted to come to a clean-up operation or not depends on how determined Owen is.

Owen is indeed not as bold as Xiao Si on this issue.

In other words, Owen's influence in the Liberal Party is indeed inferior to that of Xiao Si's influence on the Progressive Party.

So that night, Owen called Roque and asked for Roque's opinion.

"If you think it's necessary, just do it, you're the leader of the Liberal Party." Roque calmly relinquished power, and the Cape Liberal Party has indeed reached the point where it must be rectified.

"Okay, but we might lose this election." Owen was slightly depressed, and losing the election would definitely have an impact on Owen personally.

"If you lose, you lose, it's not terrible to lose once, just win back next time, not to mention that if you lose to Cecil, it's not unacceptable." Roque can think of it, whether Xiao Si wins or Owen wins, the federal government is the ultimate winner.

Owen did not dwell on this issue, in the case of a two-party system, the ruling party has the benefits of the ruling party, and the opposition party is actually not lonely, even if Xiao Si wins the election, if Xiao Si makes a mistake in the process of governing, then the Liberal Party still has a chance.

Unlike Xiao Si's resoluteness, Owen is still more cautious in doing things, although he has been promised by Roque, but Owen is not in a hurry, but keeps meeting and communicating with the bigwigs in the Cape Liberal Party.

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the second vote in the Cape State Assembly, this time there is no suspense, Xiao Si got 80 of the 125 votes, defeated Owen without suspense, and was successfully elected as the governor of Cape State.

In addition to the Progressive Party and the Liberal Party, there are a number of other political parties and independents in the Cape State Council, who have significantly more trust in the "traditional Cape" than Owen.

After the death of Cecil Rhodes Sr., the Rhodes family did not decline as many people imagined, Rhodesia was still under the control of the Rhodes family, although Xiao Si personally dissolved the South African company, the reputation of the Rhodes family was renewed.

The members of the Cape State Assembly wanted to see if Xiao Si could create a miracle similar to Rhodesia in the Cape like Cecil Rhodes Sr.

As for whether there were other factors in the miracle of Rhodesia, it doesn't matter.

Xiao Si is indeed resolute, and the first thing he did after taking office was to target the civil society in Cape State.

To illustrate, not only in the Cape, but in all the states of Southern Africa, there are a wide range of civil society groups, such as the most famous Rifle Association and the Johannesburg Mining Union, and the powerful Cape Farm Federation in the Cape.

The Cape Farm Federation also has a long history, as early as the Boer colonization of the Cape era, the Cape Farm Federation has existed, after the British took Cape Town from the Boers, the Cape Farm Federation once became the largest civil society in the Cape, and its influence on the farmers in the Cape State, even more than the colonial government, partially replaced the role of the colonial government.

The civil society in the colonial era did play an important role in that special historical period, but with the establishment of the federal government of southern Africa, various civil society groups in the Cape became more and more conservative, and even became the main body of confrontation with the federal government, which made Xiao Si deeply hate.

"I would like to dissolve most of the Cape civil society organizations, which are independent of the federal government at all levels, and whose interests conflict with the federal government, and whose existence has seriously affected the economic development of the Cape State." Still, he asked Dr. Starr Jameson for advice.

One of the first things that Smalls did after taking office was to appoint Dr. Starr Jameson as a senior adviser to the Cape State government, and Dr. Starr Jameson had a better understanding of the situation in the Cape than Smalls.

"It's still a matter of caution—" Dr. Starr Jameson said with a grim expression, knowing the negative role played by these civil society organizations in the Cape and trying to address them, before Dr. Starr Jameson was forced to resign.

"It is indeed necessary to be cautious, but the problem has reached the point where it cannot be delayed, if these civil society organizations are not disbanded, then many of the policies of the state government will not be able to be implemented smoothly, and the current situation in the Cape State has a lot to do with the widespread existence of civil organizations, and civil organizations have even replaced the role of government departments to a large extent, and the previous rebellion in Port St. John's has a lot to do with the Cape Farm Federation." Xiao Si was not idle during this time, and through communication with the bigwigs in the Progressive Party, Xiao Si also knew the current situation of Cape very well.

"It is not appropriate to dissolve it outright, and the best thing to do is to transform it and allow these civil society organizations to play a positive role, as they did in Rhodesia and Nyasaland." Dr. Starr Jameson has lost the sharpness of his youth, and he thinks that Dr. Starr Jameson led 500 Rhodesian police officers to dare to launch an attack on the Transvaal Republic.

Then there was no then, and the five hundred Rhodesian police, after entering the Transvaal Republic, fell into the sea of Transvaal Pur farmers, which also led directly to the outbreak of the Second Boer War.

It can be said that Dr. Starr Jameson has also fully learned his lessons over the years, and in some cases, it is certainly right to learn more from Rhodesia and Nyasaland in times of uncertainty, which is Dr. Starr Jameson's version of crossing the river by feeling the stones.

"The civil society organizations in Rhodesia and Nyasaland are different from the civil society organizations in the Cape State, and it is very difficult to reform, so it is better to dissolve them directly." Xiao Si doesn't have much hope for the civil society organizations in Cape, and the current Cape State can't do it without drastic medicine.

For example, the Nyasaland Association of Building Engineers was led by the Nyasaland government to train more excellent construction engineers, rather than to unite construction engineers, raise the bar for the profession and strive for greater benefits for building engineers.

For example, the Cape Farm Federation, which was founded to unite farmers against the colonial government, fight for the right to pay less or even no taxes, and also hope to get more financial subsidies and unite to bargain with the government.

Such a civil society, Xiao Si will definitely not be able to tolerate it.

"If it were to be disbanded, then the farmers of the Cape—" Dr. Starr Jameson said, his expression suddenly strange.

Dr. Starr Jameson probably overlooked the fact that the biggest farmer in the Cape was none other than Dr. Starr Jameson.

and Roque, as far away as Pretoria.

It's not just about farms, Xiao Si is not only the biggest farmer, but also the largest miner, the richest businessman, and the highest-ranking governor.

It was only then that Dr. Starr Jameson realized that the governor in front of him was a special governor, and he was fundamentally different from all the previous governors in the Cape.

"If you think you can, then you can!" Dr. Starr Jameson immediately changed his tune, and what the previous governors couldn't do, it was really possible for Smalls to do.

"In a few days, a national defense force will be stationed in Cape Town, and we will repair the military camp in Cape Town-" Xiao Si sneered, he was ready to face all the consequences, those civil society groups were obedient, and if they were not obedient, then Xiao Si would use violent means to force them to obey.

"Wehrmacht—" Dr. Starr Jameson was astonished, and looked at Xiao Si with more awe.

Whether or not to accept the stationing of the Wehrmacht is also within the power of the governor.

The previous governors did not accept the Wehrmacht very well, either for their own rights or for the interests of the Cape, which is why the previous mayor of Port St. John dared to refuse the Edward fleet.

Now that Xiao Si is the governor, there is no taboo in this regard, and the arrival of the National Defense Force will not only not affect Xiao Si's power, but will become a bargaining chip in Xiao Si's hands.

"That's right, the Wehrmacht, the Cape is the Cape of the Cape, and it is also the Cape of the federal government, why can't the Wehrmacht be stationed?" Xiao Si has a lot of chips in his hands, and Cape lawmakers may regret it in a few days, they don't know what kind of governor they have chosen.

ps:This chapter is very difficult to write.,Write, delete and write.,The 3000-word chapter has at least 6,000 words.,It took more than half of the code to find out that there were insinuations throughout the whole article - I feel distressed when I deleted it-

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