Chapter 681

The events that broke out in New Jincheng have already alarmed Congress. A conflict between two groups like this, involving diplomacy, will certainly not be handled simply.

Mayor Williams's stance is very tough. The ambassador of Slader contacted the Secretary of State early in the morning, talking about how one cannot handle problems so crudely.

The friendly relationship between the Federation and Slader should not be broken by some civilian-led orientation, but these things will indeed affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries, at this relatively important critical point—

When the Federation has already made preparations to send troops, once a contradiction arises between the two countries, it is very likely to trigger a series of unpredictable disasters.

What if a soldier's family member ends up in the newspaper in the Federation on the battlefield, and in a fit of rage, he sells intelligence to the enemy?

The Slader ambassador said a lot of things; it cannot be said that it was useless, it was at least a little useful.

Because of the Federation's special system, with high regional autonomy, even if the Secretary of State or the President wants to interfere in "state internal affairs," they have to find people and connections.

Sometimes even when a disagreement arises between the President and a local ruler, the Governor can completely oppose the federal government's resolution and do what they want. This is also the reason why a few states controlled by political families can be so... independent.

As long as their internal finances are healthy and can be maintained, and the federal treasury cannot choke them, then to solve this trouble, the President can only resolve it by holding hearings with the Governor in Congress or filing a lawsuit in the Supreme Court.

Even though he is the "supreme ruler" in every sense, the President is actually very hard to be.

If it's hard to be President, how could the Secretary of State demand that the state of Lukaer cooperate with his work, or directly demand that Mayor Williams cooperate with his work?

If he called directly and the matter was settled, no one would think he was very glorious.

What is there to brag about for a politician ranked high in the federal government to handle a mayor?

But what if Mayor Williams ignored his request?

Then the face he would lose would be more than just a little.

So after inquiring for a while, the Secretary of State let Congress find a way to handle it. The Congress side indeed has a corresponding committee that can intervene in this issue.

The matter reached Congress, just like a thing entering a "coin sorter." As it kept rolling and falling, it finally arrived at the place most suitable for it—in the hands of Senator Cleveland.

So this phone call happened.

Lanse rubbed his forehead, "You should call Mayor Williams. He is the mayor, I am not."

"Come on!"

"Lanse, don't play tricks with me!"

"Williams respects your opinion on many things!"

His words made Lanse unable to help but laugh softly. It looked like he was complaining, or even exposing Lanse's "lies," but isn't this also a higher-level "flattery"?

How many people can influence the mayor's decisions, and such major decisions at that?

Sometimes flattery and bootlicking are very profound knowledge. The higher the position one holds, the more one must know how to achieve the desired effect in a way that is not so blatant and without being too obvious.

After all, the more elite people are, the more they pay attention to decency.

If you don't flatter well, the effect of hard flattery is not even as good as not flattering at all.

Tang Mu has been working with Senator Cleveland, and he is in contact with the high-level rulers who manage this country, so he also has some insights of his own in this regard.

"Your words leave me with no way to refute, Tang Mu!", he emphasized first, indicating that he was very receptive to this, and then said, "For the sake of us being friends."

"What do you want me to do?"

"It's not me, it's the Senator.", Tang Mu's tone also became serious.

"Although I don't want to admit it, I must admit that these refugees are hard to deal with."

"Many cities have big opinions about them, but for the reasons you know, diplomatic and international strategic reasons, we temporarily cannot make them too unhappy, so Congress has been suppressing various places from handling it coldly."

"If Williams takes the lead in expelling these refugees, it is very likely to cause a leading effect, and then other cities will follow."

"It might even cause a confrontation result for the entire Federation, and it might even affect key strategic plans."

If the whole country is opposed to refugees entering their own cities and has had fierce confrontations and conflicts with refugee groups.

Then this sentiment will also spread to the military.

Soldiers are very likely to complain about this in letters written from home, and they will become unwilling to participate in the war.

And if the majority of the Federation people oppose this "just war," under the interference and incitement of external forces, it might really be possible to press the stop button for this war.

There are many things Congress has to consider. In the face of the big direction, everyone must give way.

The will of the country is not necessarily the will of the people, but the will of those who can represent the people, the will of the rulers.

Tang Mu explained it so clearly, also hoping that Lanse would not make a wrong judgment on this matter.

Lanse scratched his head, "Actually, the manufacturers of this conflict are those capitalists in the Bay Area. We ourselves have no discrimination against refugees. You can investigate; I have been constantly providing relief to refugees for the past two years."

"I have also donated quite a bit of money."

During the war warm-up activities, the federal government also held small donation activities, a social one, calling on everyone to oppose the invaders and help the invaded.

This is not an important political activity, but more like a disguised social propaganda, letting people know how brutal the army of the Republic of Dantela is and how much the Slader people need help.

Tang Mu was a little curious, "How much did you donate? On a side note."

"Ten dollars." "Shit!"

"Don't tell me about this kind of thing alone next time. I fucking thought you donated tens of thousands!"

Lanse's laughter let him know he had been played, but behind such harmless little jokes, Lanse's attitude and stance were also indicated.

The two laughed for a while, and Tang Mu continued, "I will report the specific situation to the Senator, but I am curious, why can't you handle those rich people?"

"Is there any special reason?"

This is an opportunity!

Lanse keenly grasped this point!

"They have a lot of money; I don't need to say much about that."

"Secondly, you know, rich people have extensive social connections, and they have close relationships with some people in the state government."

"Behind this conflict, there are also people from the State Socialist Committee supporting them."

Hearing this, Tang Mu roughly understood. Because of some irresistible forces, if Mayor Williams did nothing, he would only have to resign in disgrace.

Otherwise, if the Lukaer State Socialist Party convened an extraordinary representative assembly, they would have a way to dismiss him directly by uniting with the state government and the legislature.

He has made such a big stir now, announcing his intention to expel refugees, which has gained him an amulet.

!

This is all fucking political wisdom, seeking survival in death.

After a sigh, Tang Mu couldn't help but ask, "Is his popularity that bad?"

"Is there no one in the state government and state committee willing to help him?"

This was also just a side note, and Lanse explained, "He sees New Jincheng as his home."

Okay, completely understood!

No one likes others to meddle in their family affairs, let alone intervene. This destined that the political ecology of New Jincheng and the political ecology of the higher-level state are disconnected.

Even if they are not united against Williams, they can stand by and choose to shut up, then those who hate him dominate the whole trend.

"I will talk to the Senator, and you also talk to Williams. What we need now is stability; he cannot set a bad precedent."

"If he can be persuaded, we will find a way to mediate on our side."

He did not promise that he would definitely be able to handle it. After all, Senator Cleveland also had no way to directly demand how those people should act; he could at most communicate with the Socialist Party internally to intervene.

But the party committees of each state are also relatively independent, and this kind of internal communication may not be effective.

Lanse refused this time, "I will talk to him."

Then the two hung up the phone.

Tang Mu organized what Lanse said in his mind, and then quickly went to see Senator Cleveland.

Approaching the war, the documents he had to handle became more. He asked without raising his head, "How is the communication going?"

"The matter is like this...", Tang Mu began to repeat the things Lanse said, and then added his own judgment.

When Senator Cleveland heard the second half, he put down the fountain pen in his hand and looked up at Tang Mu, as focused as if he were listening to a wonderful opera.

After Tang Mu finished speaking, he said with a smile that was not a smile, "This is the reason why Congress is determined to solve all regionalism. They treat the land and people of the federal government as their own!"

He slightly emphasized his tone. They are doing it; part of this war is also being launched for this matter.

But now he, Congress, and the country all need a stable social underclass, and this is just a New Jincheng; he hasn't taken it to heart yet.

What Congress is truly wary of and wants to solve are the local emperors of those few states.

"Arrange for someone to mediate.", he gave the same solution suggestion as Tang Mu.

Tang Mu did not immediately agree and leave, but instead proposed a possibility, "What if the mediation fails?"

"Lanse's time in business is too short, and he does not have much influence in the state government."

"The Williams family has always been just a local prominent family in New Jincheng. Although they have people in the state government, they are not critical."

"Williams's side is easy to talk to; Lanse has already agreed, which shows that he can make Mayor Williams change his mind."

"But if the Bay Area continues to force him, he can only continue to grit his teeth and persist for the sake of self-preservation."

Senator Cleveland frowned, "What do you want to say?"

Tang Mu pursed his lips. For the sake of a friend, he had done his best!

"We need to make an emergency plan that cannot reach the expected result."

(End of chapter)