Paris, which exudes a romantic atmosphere, is so charming. As the largest city in the world, the people of Paris have enough reasons to be proud of it.
Not to mention other places, there are too many places of interest in Paris to count, such as Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, etc. (The Eiffel Tower has not yet been built, and the banks of the Seine are comparable to the Ganges.
Counting scenery)
However, although the scenery of Paris is so charming, there are still many people looking sad on the streets. It seems that they are all dragged down by the economic situation, which makes life in France difficult. The current high unemployment rate in France is very difficult for the newly elected Rupee.
It is a huge challenge for the Fernando government.
This French figure, who is well-known to many Chinese, has also formed a cabinet for the first time. The Prime Minister, who has just taken office, naturally needs a new government and a new atmosphere. First of all, he needs to provide solutions to the current economic situation.
This Jouferry belongs to the republican left and once served as the French Minister of Education and Foreign Minister. In terms of education, he first eliminated the influence of clergy in universities, and then he established a new education system. Jouferry also
Reorganized the Committee on Public Education and proposed a bill to change the university's governing charter.
This was a huge impetus for the establishment of free, secular and compulsory primary education in France. In addition, he designated French as the teaching language, which brought some dialects to the verge of extinction, and was later criticized by some people. However, Juffelli's decision also
It united people from all over France and consolidated the status of the French nation-state.
If Ruferi had an outstanding record as Minister of Education, he disgusted many people as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
It seems that this has a lot to do with his unusual diplomacy. He does not advocate direct confrontation with Germany, but is extremely interested in expanding colonies.
This is completely contrary to the views of his political enemy Clemenceau. You must know that this man had an unusual dislike for Germany and wanted to push France to regain Alsace-Lorraine. He was considered a radical in France. The two of them not only fought against Germany.
The opinions are to the left, and the same is true externally.
He believed that the use of violence to conquer "uncivilized" peoples would only reduce the moral prestige of the French nation. The government should not use France's massive manpower and material resources for colonial expeditions, but for various urgently needed domestic reforms. In his view, colonialism
The cause only helps a few people get rich and is not in the interest of France.
However, no matter how Clemenceau objects, it is Juffelli who is now the prime minister. The first task before him now is to find a way to make France satisfied with him. Among them, the ideas of the capitalists are easy to solve, which is the needs of ordinary people.
It's a bit difficult, but of course it needs to be done no matter how difficult it is. Who makes him the Prime Minister of France?
Rufeili has his own way to do this, but he needs to hold a meeting to discuss it before doing so.
Looking at the cabinet members in the meeting who were attentively waiting for his speech, Ruferi began his speech. "Everyone, we all know the purpose of convening a meeting. This is the first meeting of our cabinet. You all deserve it."
I believe that the people in power, without me having to say more, understand the importance. So no matter who they are, they need to remember that France is above all else."
Following Rufeli's far-sighted speech, there was a round of applause. Although the Prime Minister did not say any methods or measures, it is necessary to give priority to his stance and set the tone.
Rufeili looked at the cabinet members he selected with satisfaction. These people were basically in line with his preferences. Of course, many positions were given to support his own party. Basically, he was quite satisfied.
In the next meeting, they focused on the development of industrial production, people's livelihood projects and other major domestic issues. The meeting lasted for more than two hours.
After the parliament was over and everyone was about to stand up, he spoke again. "Foreign Minister Gambetta, wait a moment."
Rufeli's words made Gambetta stop. The others were not fools and knew that the two of them had important matters to discuss, so the entire conference room vacated after a while.
After everyone else had left, Rufeli said, "Come and sit in my office."
"As you wish, Your Excellency Prime Minister."
Faced with Rufeili's invitation, Gambetta, as the foreign minister, would certainly not refuse.
After the two arrived at the Prime Minister's Office, Rufeli picked up the phone and ordered to go down. "Simon, let General Laurent come over." Rufeli's words moved Gambetta's heart, and he remembered what the prime minister had said to him before.
, is this what you are doing?
Without letting Gambetta think much, the door opened in less than two minutes, and General Laurent, the Minister of War, appeared in front of them, and this also confirmed Gambetta's thoughts.
He didn't let him think too much. After the door was closed, Ruferi immediately expressed his thoughts. "You two, I hope to bring Tunisia under the protection of France."
Faced with the Prime Minister's shocking words, General Laurent, who is Minister of Foreign Affairs Gambetta and Minister of War, still showed a somewhat surprised expression.
The two people were able to show surprised expressions, thanks to Ru Feili, who was the Prime Minister, giving them hints before this. They had thought about it, but they didn't expect it to happen so soon.
Faced with the surprised expressions of the two men, Ruferi, as the Prime Minister, saw it and was very satisfied with his method. Before he had just won the election and had not ascended to the position of Prime Minister, he had a comprehensive plan for his future.
considerations.
He first needs to let everyone in France see the difference between himself and other prime ministers. Speaking of the republican government, it has been ten years, but there are countless people who have served as prime ministers. In the past ten years, there have been ten prime ministers alone.
One person, on average, there is one more person per year.
Frequent changes of prime ministers are not good for France. He came to power with one idea, and I came to power with another idea. This has also led to the French government often changing orders overnight, which will have a very bad impact on the French economy, diplomacy and other aspects.
, and Rufeili is determined to change this situation.
However, it is very difficult to change. Not to mention, he still lacks some qualifications. However, he already has some plans for this, and Tunisia is the breakthrough he is preparing for, so he is determined to win it. Since Tunisia
The matter is of great importance, so it is necessary to make thorough preparations, the most important of which is not to let the Italians know.
Speaking of which, Italy's operation of Tunisia would not be much later than France's invasion of Algeria. When it was still the Kingdom of Sardinia, Italy began to operate Tunisia on the other side. Of course, this was just the behavior of private individuals or companies. But then, the Kingdom of Sardinia took over
After that, he ended up personally. Even though he was busy with the war to unify Italy, he did not reduce his penetration into Tunisia.
What makes Italy attach so much importance to Tunisia is not only the distance (Tunisia is less than 500 kilometers from Sicily), but also the fertile land of Tunisia.
Tunisia only has a territory of more than 160,000 square kilometers, but its arable land reaches 9 million hectares (90,000 square kilometers). This is an irresistible temptation for Italy, which has less land and more people.
In addition, although this area belongs to the Ottoman Empire, it is only a vassal. Its people are mainly semi-nomadic and semi-cultivating, and its population exceeds 700,000, which is very suitable for Italian annexation. Therefore, Italy selected it as its first colony in Africa early on.
However, Italy has a long way to go if it wants to conquer Tunisia, because to the west of Tunisia is Algeria, which belongs to France, and Tunisia is also favored by France.
As early as France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, Italy made an attempt to send an armed force to take advantage of France's defeat to capture Tunisia first. However, the operation failed, and the pressure from Britain and France made it unsuccessful.
In fact, just look at the map and you will know how wary Britain and France are about Italy occupying Tunisia. As long as Italy captures Tunisia, it can basically divide the Mediterranean Sea into two halves, which is unacceptable to Britain and France. Of course it is not unacceptable, but Italy needs
A sufficient price has been paid. But now Italy is not aware of this, or cannot afford it.
Of course, I'm strong enough, so I can't accept it, but with Italy's stature, I might as well forget it after thinking about it.
Therefore, Tunisia has been delayed in such an environment, and no one has yet taken it into their pocket.
Of course, Rufeli now plans to make changes, and the reason that gives him the confidence is that France is stronger than Italy, and France also has the support of Britain and Germany.
At the Berlin Conference in 1878, in order to mediate the dispute between France and Britain on the island of Cyprus, the two countries made France give up Cyprus on the condition that Britain supported France in seizing Tunisia.
In addition, in Germany, Prime Minister Bismarck also gave a supportive attitude in order to divert France's attention.
In addition, after Germany formed a defensive alliance with Austria, it further began to save the "Three Emperors Alliance" of Germany, Austria, and Russia against France that had long existed in name only.
Germany and Austria claimed that their alliance was only to prevent Russia's attack and had no additional ill will towards Russia. Therefore, they were willing to continue their rapprochement with Russia. As a result, Russia was first surprised and then relieved, and hurriedly negotiated with Germany and Austria.
The goodwill "Three Emperors Alliance" was revived for a while.
At the same time, in order to appease France, Germany expressed its firm support for France's acquisition of Tunisia, which temporarily eased the conflict between Germany and France. (The iron-blooded prime minister has great tricks)
As for Italy’s opinions, Italian representatives achieved nothing at the Berlin Conference on behalf of the carving up of Africa. The diplomatic consequences of not relying on France and being at odds with Austria were vividly demonstrated. (Book friends who want to rob Congo, now you know why Italy did this
Not even there yet)
As the representative of Italy, Count Courti left Berlin in anger, completely unaware that his money had been traded.
After that, France has been preparing step by step to seize Tunisia. However, something happened last year that made France wary. That was Italy's purchase of the railway from Tunis City to Goletai from the British. This made Italy
Tunisia's influence has greatly increased, which forced France to compete for Tunisia's footsteps as soon as possible.
Under such circumstances, Rufeili really planned to take Tunisia first with a preemptive strike. Besides, due to its strength, France was not afraid of Italy at all, and it would offend if it offended them.
Faced with Juffelli's idea, Gambetta, who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and General Laurent, who is the Minister of War, were a little surprised, but of course they were willing to do things that would bring sufficient benefits to France.
Rufeli's plan was just a quick word, creating an established fact and leaving Italy nowhere to vent.
So after he expressed his thoughts, he specifically mentioned that it needed to be kept secret. The two ministers were not three-year-olds, so they naturally knew how to keep it secret. It was up to them to prepare separately.
