Chapter 51 New Zealand

Prime Minister Evan is worthy of being a senior politician who has ruled the colony of New South Wales for more than ten years. His perspective on viewing and thinking about issues is much better than that of Henry, who was just an ordinary official in the city government.

Similar to Arthur's idea, Australia's current development center is still local industrialization and other infrastructure construction.

Now incorporating New Guinea into the mainland will only increase the burden on Australia and will not bring many practical benefits.

Continuing to retain the colony of New Guinea is a more affordable way for Australia. It can not only continue to oppress New Guinea and use nearly 700,000 indigenous people as its free labor force, but also concentrate on developing the Australian mainland.

But Arthur is a monarch after all, and he can't just jump out and discourage his subordinates. Therefore, Arthur's point of view, or a more correct point of view, needs to be expressed by another official, and Arthur only needs to agree.

Obviously, Prime Minister Evan still has some experience in this area. At least he knows what the most correct choice for Australia is now, and he also knows what Arthur will most likely choose.

After Prime Minister Evan expressed his point of view, Arthur did not arbitrarily support someone's point of view, but smiled and said to everyone: "Since everyone only has these two ideas, let everyone agree on this." Vote for both ideas. We are a democratic government. Since everyone has differences, let's decide in a democratic way."

Although this is said, in fact smart people already know which view to support. Most people can see the difference in Arthur's attitude towards these two ideas. Even if it is not obvious, they can still feel which idea they are satisfied with.

However, this voting method still makes political novices like Henrys quite satisfied. Everyone feels that their opinions are fully respected. Even if they are not adopted, they are not obviously rejected, right?

Soon, the results of the vote came out smoothly, and everyone agreed that New Guinea would continue to be an Australian colony and renamed Australian New Guinea.

All New Guinea's institutional policies remain unchanged, except that its allegiance has changed to Australia.

As for the candidate for Governor of New Guinea, Arthur recommended Anibal Henrique Hernandez, which was agreed and approved by everyone in the cabinet.

Anibal Enrique Hernandez is also one of the men left to Arthur by Duke Arthur. He is a relatively versatile talent.

Although Anibal Enrique Hernandez does not have outstanding one-way abilities, his overall abilities are basically maintained above the qualifying level, and he is relatively loyal to Arthur and the royal family, making him a good candidate for governor. .

After all, Arthur didn't think about what New Guinea could do under the rule of Anibal Henrique Hernandez. His biggest task was to maintain the stability of Australian New Guinea and transfer the funds from Australia to New Guinea on time every year. The wealth and resources collected by Australian New Guinea can be transported to Australia.

After solving the management problems of the New Guinea colony, Arthur threw the New Zealand problem to the government.

New Zealand is different from British New Guinea. New Zealand is one of the self-governing colonies of the United Kingdom and has a population of close to one million.

Like Australia before it, New Zealand was also seeking political and economic independence, and became an autonomous region of the United Kingdom in 1907. It became completely independent in 1947 and joined the British Commonwealth.

Although New Zealand lags behind Australia in terms of land area and population, we have to deny that New Zealand is a country that has begun to seek independence. New Zealand's policies and systems should be treated with caution, otherwise it is likely to lead to New Zealand becoming independent. The dissatisfaction of New Zealanders led to the separation of New Zealand from Australia.

Furthermore, Arthur had no sovereignty over New Zealand and merely served as Governor of New Zealand for twenty years under the orders of Queen Victoria.

Although in the past twenty years, Arthur has gained management rights over New Zealand and has gained advantages in ruling New Zealand.

But this does not mean that New Zealand is firmly in Arthur's hands. Because there is no legal basis, Arthur's only high hope is that in the New Zealand referendum twenty years later, the majority of New Zealanders will choose to remain under Arthur's rule and form a joint country with Australia.

Such a united country is not without history. One of the major powers now, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is a united country composed of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. The Austrian Emperor Franz is also the King of Hungary.

However, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had a serious shortcoming, that is, the two countries were not closely united. Although the Austrian Empire was generally dominated, the Kingdom of Hungary still maintained a high degree of autonomy, and it was more like two countries living side by side.

Although relying on Franz's outstanding talents, this patchwork country can operate and maintain its position as a great power.

But such a country could not withstand unexpected ravages. After the defeat in World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was split into several small countries, and the prestige of the former great powers also disappeared.

New Zealand is far away from Australia, so it is impossible to directly annex it as a new state of Australia.

Therefore, a better solution in the future is to form a new country with New Zealand and merge the two countries into one.

"Everyone, regarding New Zealand, can you tell us what we should do? Our rule over New Zealand is only for twenty years. If we cannot properly solve New Zealand's problems within these twenty years, then Twenty years later, we can only sit back and watch New Zealand return to the embrace of the United Kingdom, or let it become a new independent country." Arthur glanced at the crowd and raised the most complicated problem.

After taking a look at everyone, he found that no one came out to answer the question directly, so Arthur started to name names directly.

"Prime Minister Evan, as the former Prime Minister of the colony of New South Wales, you should be able to sympathize with the idea of ​​​​a colony like New Zealand seeking independence. Tell me, how should we deal with the management issues of New Zealand? Continue Should we regard New Zealand as a colony or as a new regional management? Faced with the issue of New Zealand's independence, should we sit back and do nothing, or should we allow New Zealand's independent actions?" Arthur asked.

These questions are not easy to answer. Arthur is currently the Governor of New Zealand. If New Zealand is allowed to succeed in direct independence, it will not be of any benefit to Arthur.

But if New Zealand's independent actions are suppressed, will New Zealanders still have a good impression of Arthur?

If Arthur loses the hearts and minds of New Zealanders, will there be a chance for Australia to merge with New Zealand to form a new country after New Zealand’s referendum twenty years later?

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