Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 76: One Day in Prison (Part 2)
Subtitle of this chapter: PY transaction coming early
"Mr. Roosevelt, John, how are you..."
As soon as Master Yuan asked this question, he was interrupted by Mr. McCall: "Neo, they dropped the charges against you."
"Drop the charges?"
Oh my god, there is actually such an operation? !
"Yes, Mr. Yuan." FDR nodded and shrugged, "The prosecutor said that although you violated the Prohibition Law, the circumstances were minor and extenuating, so..."
"Mr. Yuan, you are free now."
"No..." Yuan Yan shook her head and said, "If they don't accuse me, then I will sue the state of Virginia!"
He looked up at the two lawyers and asked, "What name do you think we should use?"
"This..." Roosevelt and McCall looked at each other and looked embarrassed at the same time.
John stepped forward and whispered, "Neo, my father called me last night..."
His father was also a lawyer specializing in contract law, so he was able to marry the daughter of the owner of New York Life Insurance Company. They set up a law firm, McCall & Sons.
"He asked me to advise you not to be so persistent about some things." Mr. McCall glanced at FDR and said in a lower voice, " I'm afraid Mr. Roosevelt has also received such a call."
There are actually people who don’t let me show off. This is something I can’t tolerate!
Master Yuan, who was furious, stared at his personal lawyer's eyes and said hatefully, "John, tell me the truth. Who stopped me from pretending... um, to carry on with this matter?"
"My father didn't tell me..." John scratched his head and said, "Why don't you ask Mr. Roosevelt?"
Yuan Yan then turned her gaze to FDR, who cleared his throat and said, "Mr. Yuan, Mr. Hughes called me..."
Master Yuan blurted out, "Charles Evans Hughes?"
FDR nodded and said calmly, "Yes, Mr. Secretary of State."
"What does this have to do with him?" Yuan Yan suddenly became confused. He really didn't understand how this matter was related to the Secretary of State.
Roosevelt only said vaguely: "Maybe he is more concerned about Prohibition..."
Then he said in a somewhat unfamiliar and even commanding tone: "Anyway, Mr. Yuan, this matter must end here!"
Yuan Yan realized that the gentleman's tone of voice had become much colder today, and his attitude was even a little distant. Could it be that...
When he realized what was going on, he felt both angry and amused. It was really surprising that this guy Roosevelt and that old guy Hughes had made a PY deal so early.
Why is this matter so surprising?
Because in the original timeline, in 1937, Roosevelt, as the President, would make a PY deal with Hughes, then Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
As we all know, after FDR came to power, he launched the New Deal, which used macro-control measures to overcome the drawbacks of the free market. This naturally violated the liberal principles that the United States has adhered to since its founding.
Therefore, the "New Deal" of Roosevelt was strongly resisted in the Supreme Court. These old guys in their seventies and eighties clung to their beliefs for many years, insisting on the laissez-faire capitalist system, strict restrictions on government power, the inviolability of private property and almost complete freedom of contract.
They were willing to risk their lives and repeatedly ruled that a series of laws enacted by Roosevelt, such as the Agricultural Adjustment Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Industrial Recovery Act, etc., were unconstitutional. However, the president could only watch the nine old men in the Supreme Court kill the national reform plans he strongly advocated one by one.
In 1937, FDR, fed up with the situation, came up with a plan called "Court Packing." Under this plan, the president could nominate another judge to replace any federal judge who was over 70 years old but had not yet retired. The Supreme Court was no exception. At the time, six of the nine Supreme Court justices were over 70 years old.
This was the first and only time in the history of the United States that a president challenged the principle of separation of powers.
If the plan succeeded, and the Democratic majority in the Senate and House cooperated, Roosevelt could decide the six justices and thus completely control the Supreme Court. If the Senate and House were more obedient, he could combine the legislative, judicial and executive powers into one person!
Unfortunately, the American Soviet Federation died before it even took its first step.
So, if our Master Yuan didn't have the "Master Ball" , he could work hard and become a "Master Ball Master". USAS and the Red Blue Star might not be just a fantasy...
"Pika Pika."
However, what Incus heard was that after that, Chief Justice Hughes always agreed with the government's opinion in 27 cases regarding the New Deal's social legislation, and his vote was always a crucial one.
You know, Charles Evans Hughes has always been a moderate conservative. Yuan Yanshu definitely doesn't believe that there is no PY transaction behind this.
His arrival made the PY transaction between these two people happen earlier!
Forget it, let it be a PY transaction, Master Yuan can’t do anything about it.
As for FDR’s “betrayal”… Since you are unkind, then I will be unjust.
I'm going to make you lie in bed for a while longer and bleed more.
"I understand." Having made up her mind, Yuan Yan nodded and asked calmly, "Mr. Roosevelt, do you have anything else to say?"
FDR hesitated for a moment, then said awkwardly, "Mr. Yuan, there are many reporters waiting outside. I personally hope that you will be more restrained in your public statements."
"OK!" Our Master Yuan put on his top hat and walked out the door without looking back.
There was indeed a large group of reporters outside the police station, and they swarmed over him as soon as they saw him coming out.
"Mr. Yuan, as the winner of this duel, what do you want to say to Lieutenant Colonel Alexander ?"
"I want to say, I can't fight, and you can't drink."
"Mr. Yuan, what is your comment on this arrest and release?"
"I want to say..."
"Drink Whiskey, Walk Justy."
"Drink whiskey and do justice" is one of Mr. Yuan Yanshu's famous golden sentences. These four words show his amazing literary attainments. Later, Johnnie Walker & SONS paid a lot of money to buy the copyright of this sentence, which became the company's advertising slogan used to this day.
When Mr. Yuan said this golden sentence, it was the day he was arrested and released for violating the prohibition. He used this phrase not only to express his indignation for being imprisoned for no reason, but also to criticize the stupid behavior of the American judicial authorities in a very subtle way. This kind of use of events to express emotions is extremely clever.
Mr. Yuan Yanshu is not the only writer in history who can write in multiple languages, but he is the only language genius whose works in multiple languages are regarded as classics. He is also the only winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature twice for his literary works in both English and Chinese.
Someone once asked him how to become proficient in multiple languages. His answer was very humorous. The general meaning was that in order to learn these languages well, one must communicate closely with opposite-sex users of these languages.
——Excerpt from "Learning Foreign Languages with Master Yuan"
