By Roque's standards, Henry, as the federal attorney general, is certainly not qualified for his current somewhat casual job.

But by the standards of the early twentieth century, all the senior government officials of this era were basically the same as Henry in terms of their work attitudes.

Professionalism!

What's that?

At the beginning of the twentieth century, there was no such term.

Even so, such words are not appropriate to come out of Henry's mouth, as Minister of Justice, not to mention that Henry himself has to vigorously promote the improvement of legislation in southern Africa, at least not against the Legislative Council and the federal government.

"As a senior official of the federal government, I don't require you to put the federal government first, at least you must maintain respect for the federal government, after all, you are also a member of the federal government, and you enjoy the treatment and rights provided by the federal government, so you should maintain the authority of the federal government." Philip's attitude is still very correct, although the new tax law has also touched Philip's interests, but at Philip's age, he no longer pays much attention to economic interests, but turns to seek higher career pursuits.

To put it bluntly, Philip worked hard to make money before, and the biggest purpose was to accumulate a little more family property for Arnold, Owen, Henry, and Phyllis, even if Henry's brother was a loser in the future, he could lose a few more years.

Now there is no such worry, since Henry came to Southern Africa, the Matilda family is now more and more prosperous, Henry and Owen are now high-ranking officials of the Federal Government of Southern Africa, Henry has been knighted, Owen is also knighted in sight, Phyllis is the lady of Nyasaland, and it is not clear how much the family property is estimated Phyllis, so money is really meaningless to Philip.

Philip's current goal is to be the prime minister of the federal government, of course, after Ade leaves office, as long as Ade is still willing to be the prime minister, then Ade is the most suitable candidate for prime minister.

Of course, that doesn't mean Philip doesn't have a chance.

The reason why Philip came to southern Africa from the Colonial Office to become the mayor of Johannesburg was because of the gold under Johannesburg.

Now Philip has done a great job, gold from southern Africa has effectively helped London maintain its special status as a global financial center, and at a time when the arms race is high, almost all currencies in the world are depreciating, only the pound is still strong, and Johannesburg's gold has contributed to this.

So Philip, who has local support, and Ade, who has a huge reputation in southern Africa, also have a fight.

Therefore, when Ade was successfully elected as the Prime Minister of the Federal Government, Philip also successfully became the Speaker of the Federal Government Parliament while serving as the Governor of the Transvaal, which is the local praise for Philip.

As for Philip's attitude towards the new tax law, this is needless to say, and the results of the vote in Congress are the best illustration.

If Philip had supported the new tax law, the vote on the new tax law would not have been the one-sided situation it is now.

"Unanimous opposition is the greatest challenge to the authority of the federal government!" Henry's words broke the ground.

Philip didn't explain, glared at Henry and shook his head and sighed.

No matter how you look at it, this son doesn't look like it's biological!

"Henry, as Speaker, my father has to represent the interests of all MPs, not to give up his position in order to cater to the Prime Minister, which is my father's duty." Owen was very smart and understood Philip's choice.

Philip hummed with satisfaction, three sons are good, even if two are not successful, at least one of them is salvageable.

Owen is also a member of Congress in the federal government now, and he is also the leader of the ruling party, that is, the so-called leader of the majority, and he is also powerful in parliament, so after the new tax law was vetoed, Ade did not look for Philip and Owen at all, but went to Roque, because Ade also knew very well that it was useless to find Philip and Owen, the position of the two was very unified, and Roque was the biggest variable.

When the federal government was formed, Philip was like competing for the prime minister of the federal government, but it was only because Ade's prestige in southern Africa was too high that Philip failed to do so.

From Owen's standpoint, he must hope that Philip will be elected, after all, Ade has no affection for Owen, and Owen has no special feelings for Ade.

That's why Congress voted against the new tax law, which is of course for the benefit of MPs, but also a warning to Prime Minister Ade, warning Ade not to do whatever he wants, and to brush up on Philip's prestige.

There are a lot of twists and turns.

No wonder Henry understands that he can't.

Henry is not in a hurry, it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand, fortunately, Roque is in Pretoria, Henry, as the Minister of Justice, does not need to be consistent with Parliament, Roque's position is Henry's position.

For the new tax law, Roque himself must agree, after all, the Department of Defense is a gold-swallowing monster in all departments of the federal government, and the federal government has the ability to get more money and more say in the Department of Defense.

So Roque's attitude is very clear: "If the new tax law is to be passed, the specific provisions must be amended, and you also know that the Bloemfontein gang are poor ghosts, and the new tax law they formulated will definitely impose more restrictions on the old interest groups and be more beneficial to the new interest groups, and the new tax law formulated under this premise will definitely be unanimously opposed by the parliament." ”

The political capital of Southern Africa is in Pretoria, the legislative capital is in Bloemfontein, and the Legislative Council and the Parliament are two different things, with the majority of the members of the Parliament being of British origin and the majority of the Legislative Council being of Boer origin.

Regardless of the racial position, there are many contradictions between Congress and the Legislative Council, and most of the members of Congress of the federal government have already made a name for themselves before the establishment of the federal government, either landlords with a large number of farms in their hands, or capitalists who own large enterprises and large mines, so the Congress represents the old interest groups.

The Legislative Council, on the other hand, is composed of lawyers who are proficient in the law, and these lawyers themselves serve the capitalists in Congress, and of course they are very clear about the weaknesses of the capitalists, so the new tax law is also very targeted.

In other words, they are very aggressive against members of Congress.

Of course, the MPs will not show weakness, and a unanimous veto is the best statement, and Roque is also based on this, so he suggested that the new tax law be amended, otherwise if Ade forcibly pushes through the new tax law, then even if it does not reach the level of civil war, it will at least cause chaos in southern Africa.

"The Prime Minister has instructed the Legislative Council to amend the new tax law, and some people in the Legislative Council are indeed whimsical, and the Prime Minister knows that some provisions are not suitable, and the reason why they are still submitted to Parliament for a vote is also to warn those people in the Legislative Council not to think about their own interests all day long, they are making federal government laws, not Orange laws, to serve the federal government as a whole." Sidney Milner is disdainful, in fact, Sidney Milner's position is also biased towards Congress, after all, Sidney Milner also has a small asset in southern Africa, and if the new tax law is not amended, it will also infringe on Sidney Milner's interests.

When Ade stepped down as commissioner of South Africa, Sidney Milner followed Ade back to London, and he saw what it means to be a person and a person, and if Roque hadn't paid to buy a house for Ade, I am afraid that Ade and Sidney Milner would have to stay in a hotel in London for a long time.

After returning to Southern Africa, Sidney Milner and Roque had more intersections, so they also began to learn from Roque to buy family property in Southern Africa.

For ordinary people, it is difficult to buy a family property in what is now southern Africa.

But for Sidney Milner, the first secretary of the federal government, it was simply not like that.

Sidney Milner only revealed a little bit of this information, and there were countless high-quality assets that were immediately sent to Sidney Milner for Sidney Milner to choose from, and most of them were the kind of high-quality assets that could generate profits without Sidney Milner's bothering to operate, regardless of asking, such as Roque's Crocodile Bay hydropower plant in the upper reaches of the Limpopo River, which now has Sidney Milner's shares.

The land purchased by the Bechuana Agricultural Development Company in Orange also had Sidney Milner's involvement, and now Sidney Milner has 10,000 acres of land in his name on the farm alone, and now Sidney Milner does not need to stay in a hotel when he goes to London.

How can the hotel have its own home to live comfortably.

"Well, if nothing else, if the property tax is not changed, the new tax law will never be passed by Congress, and the first article of the Constitution guarantees the sanctity of private property, so why should the new tax law tax private property? This in itself contradicts the Constitution, and I really don't know what is going on in the minds of those members of the Legislative Council. Roque couldn't help but complain, even the British government has to be careful when making laws, and the people in the Legislative Council really think that if a federal government is established, Roque and these aristocratic capitalists will be at the mercy of the federal government?

How naïve!

"The issue on the part of the Legislative Council is, of course, to uphold the authority of the law—"

Maybe it was because Roque complained that his business was a bit big, but someone next to him immediately picked it up.

Roque was so surprised, it was only a few months after leaving the Transvaal, and someone dared to refute Roque to his face, is this year's freshman so fierce?

However, Roque still had a sense of self-cultivation, smiled slightly, picked up the coffee in front of him and signaled to Sidney Milner, not taking this kind of person to heart at all.

In the Transvaal, it was not easy for Roque to clean up anyone, and he didn't even have to say anything.

As a result, the attitude of the person who took over immediately became very humble, but not because of Roque, but because of Sidney Milner.

"Good evening, Mr. Milner, I didn't expect to meet you here, can I sit down?"

Sidney Milner is very helpless, this is to be more hearty, so that he can't see such a big person as Roque next to him.

Don't even say hello!