Perhaps getting psychological comfort from Nanhua, the Americans soon sent stronger diplomatic words to Spain.

War was inevitable, but Liu Yiming did not bother with the army's preparations for the time being. After conversing with other countries, he returned to Surabaya.

On March 10, 1898, there were only two people in the Prime Minister's Office, Xu Hui and Liu Yiming.

Xu Hui is "persuading":

"Why go to all this trouble? It's natural for you to raise your arms and wear the yellow robe. In the past few years, you could use the excuse that Nanhua was just established and the domestic situation was complicated to preserve national strength.

Later, it was possible to say that the relationship was tense and to appease people, but you are not even willing to take on the position of president...why go to such trouble?"

Xu Hui talked a bit too much today, but Liu Yiming never thought that he was not the emperor.

"The limitations of the times, do we slowly transform the Chinese people's concept of imperial power? We don't have that much time.

The feudal monarchy obviously cannot continue. The will of the king should obey the country, but are we still envious of it? The initial training for immigrants lasts for three months, and we have to spend one month teaching them to kneel down without having to meet anyone..." Liu Yiming shook his head.

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If he were the original Liu Yiming, it would not matter, but he is not. Nine years of compulsory education taught him dialectical thinking.

If he was born in the imperial system, or in the north, he would also continue the imperial system (next book), because time, for the Chinese, time is the most important, and the era of barbaric expansion will not last long.

"That's it. In seven days, I will take office as the president, and then merge the positions of president and prime minister, and take office as the head of state, and you will be the deputy head of state." Liu Yiming made the decision, ignoring Xu Hui's desire to continue speaking.

Liu Yiming is a bit shameless. He wants to be a democratically elected president. Even if it is a so-called drug crackdown, this kind of thing is normal anyway. If the term of office of the head of state is not stipulated, it does not count.

(There are many countries without term limits, such as Germany and Japan, and no one calls them poisonous...)

March 17, South China Parliament.

The staff was nervously sorting out the ballots in their hands and opened the first one: "Yes!"

Then came the second one, the third one...

"Agree!"

"Agree!"

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"488 votes were in favor, 0 were against, and 42 abstained. More than 80 voters voted and the vote rate was more than 50. The vote was valid. Liu Yiming, the former Prime Minister of South China, was elected as the president of the country."

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Liu Yiming stood up and announced "Bill No. 1080."

The more they listened, the more excited the members became, and then a new round of voting began.

The counter took a look at the figure sitting high up and reported the final result:

"Proposition 1080, with 530 votes in favor and 0 against, the proposal was unanimously passed and will be submitted to the government tomorrow!" This was almost shouted by the counter.

The scene burst into wild applause, and many people jumped up in cheers.

Liu Yiming won, even though Feilongqiu couldn't lose, but he still breathed a sigh of relief.

The imperial party won. Although Liu Yiming did not proclaim himself emperor, taking over the power was already a huge progress and he regarded it as his own victory.

Only Xu Hui knew that this was just what Liu Yiming had planned long ago...

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On March 19, the government held a plenary meeting, and the control areas in South China voted unanimously to pass Proposition 1080 with an overwhelming majority of 9882 in favor and 118 abstentions. (Zhang You, Zhang Wentao, Liu Wanhua, etc.)

On March 20, the majestic Sishui Municipal Square was crowded with people. At eight o'clock in the morning, facing the first ray of sunshine, Liu Yiming appeared on the high podium.

The national anthem is played, the sun, moon, stars and flags are flying,

"According to South China Assembly Proposal No. 1080, the position of the president and the prime minister are merged and called the head of state, with President Liu Yiming as the head of state and Prime Minister Xu Hui as the deputy head of state..."

The gun salute was fired. According to later generations' memories, the police who maintained order that day were more excited than the onlookers...

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"What an irony! What kind of trouble is this?" Valemiaro Weiler, the then Spanish Governor in Luzon, said angrily. (This was not found in 1894-1896 and 1898, but it can also be explained.

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Weiler was not born into a noble family and had no aristocratic title. His father was German and his mother was Spanish. He only received primary education, and then he joined the soldier school and went to serve in Cuba with the first grade in his grade.

In 1890, the Surabaya Revolution occurred, and Nanhua was established the following year. Weiler, who was serving in Luzon, took the opportunity to blackmail the Chinese (some official in Manila) and put them in jail. If they did not pay, they would be tortured to death.

It was not until 1893, when Nanhua won two naval battles, that Weiler restrained himself. In 1894, Nanhua made a serious protest to Spain, but Spain ignored it...

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However, as Nanhua's power became stronger and stronger, Spain was unable to do what it wanted, so Weiler was left behind as a tough executioner.

"You can't say that, His Majesty Napoleon is also an elected emperor." The Frenchman raised his eyebrows.

Weiler stopped talking. He now asked the French for help: "I don't know about negotiations with the United States..."

The French twitched the corner of his mouth, but finally said: "It failed. The Americans said they had no plan to attack the Luzon Islands." Then he remained silent.

Weiler suddenly lost his motivation...

The Frenchman stood up and patted Weiler on the shoulder, and was silent for a while: "Although the matter has not been completed, as usual, the balance must be settled!"

This sentence is sonorous and powerful, and it is more energetic than when Napoleon was mentioned.

"I understand, could you please contact Nanhua again..." Weiler said with difficulty.

The Frenchman said enthusiastically: "Of course, but this is another business, and you have to think carefully. Do you really want to surrender to Nanhua? Your country's colors are quite ruthless..."

What can Weiler do? There is no reason for the Americans to let Luzon go. Since the Americans are not fighting, and Nanhua has just held military exercises in Borneo and has immediately concentrated its power across the country. Isn't this clear?

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You must know that the core of South China is Java, not Borneo.

After so many years of being a governor, accepting bribes and plundering land, he had accumulated a fortune of more than one million pounds, not counting the fixed assets in Luzon. He did not want to die, let alone become a sinner - that would be more uncomfortable than death.

Then, we can only play one scene with Nan Hua, but can Nan Hua...

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"The Americans have come to a conclusion. All the voices in the country are pointing the finger at Spain. Moreover, the official conclusion is that the Spanish attacked the Maine with water mines..." Xu Hui took a newspaper and handed it to Liu Yiming.

Liu Yiming didn't even look at it. This was what he expected: "The war will start soon. I want to contact other countries. I will leave the internal affairs to you first. The Governor of Luzon wants to surrender, but I refuse...

The war will end soon, and the situation will not be so good after that..."

In the past few years, South China's diplomatic relations have been very simple, because it does not involve too many interests. If this continues, South China will have a tendency to dominate the Southwest Pacific. Fortunately (the British will soon have too much to take care of themselves!)

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