Prime Minister Bretianu was surprised and asked the king again.
Facing the Prime Minister's inquiry, Eder asked seriously. "Yes."
It’s not that Prime Minister Bretianu doesn’t know anything about the army, on the contrary, he has studied the domestic army very carefully. This Romanian army, which is modeled after Germany and built with Edel’s efforts, is also ranked among the best in Europe. Last year, the militia
In the improvement plan, part of the cost needs to be borne by the government, and he has also carefully understood the cost of the militia.
At that time, the government was responsible for half of the militia subsidies and salaries, which was not too much. The burden was only 13 million lei, and Prime Minister Bretianu believed that it was still within the acceptable range. He had also done some research on the military investment funds, and it was probably
It is between 30 million and 35 million lei.
However, 70% of the total funds for the militia this time, including the cost of equipment and the consumption of weapons and ammunition for training, he felt that there would not even be much left for him as an emergency fund. In the past few years as prime minister, he knew the general well.
This is the habit of the top military leaders led by Chief of Staff General Pullet and Minister of War General Courtois. They will definitely let the militia assume some of the tasks of the army, maybe even the militia heavy artillery regiment, the militia flying team, and the militia ships.
A master who can make formations.
As if he had seen the Prime Minister's thoughts, Edel comforted him. "I have already informed the military leaders that they are not allowed to build expensive establishments such as heavy artillery regiments. So the cost will not be too high. It is just to add some small-caliber units."
Artillery, if you train a little more, it won’t cost much.”
After Edel finished speaking, he touched his nose. He felt that his nose was a little uncomfortable. Someone might be talking about him.
However, Edel's comfort could not reassure the prime minister, who was already in his forties. He still refused to give up and asked, "Your Majesty, can you set a cap on the cost of the militia?"
"Well... you need to discuss this with Admiral Plesan and Courtois."
After Edel finished speaking, his nose felt even more itchy and he wanted to sneeze. He couldn't tell the Prime Minister that this was to hide the strength of six divisions in the militia. Otherwise, the Prime Minister would resign in anger, so he could only continue to hide it.
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"Your Majesty, if the government puts too much pressure on it, it may not invest enough in people's livelihood, which will make the people dissatisfied."
Bretianu intends to make a last-ditch effort. He really wants to complete the canal from Cernavod to Constanta during his term. Romania now hosts more than 300,000 refugees, and he intends to take advantage of this rare opportunity.
Only by starting the construction of this canal can we leave a wonderful mark in Romania's history books, and at the same time bring a rich political legacy to the Bretianu family.
Faced with the prime minister's pleading, Edel planned to analyze the situation for him from a security perspective. "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, you must know that Romania's defense pressure is too great now. We cannot guarantee when we will be attacked. So a strong enough army can guarantee
I believe they will understand the safety of the people. And you also know that our three neighbors now all have strong armies. It would be irresponsible to the people of the kingdom if we do not prepare in advance."
In order to scare the Prime Minister, Edel even brought out the 400,000 troops mobilized by Bulgaria to make an argument. He completely ignored the fact that Romania's standing army already exceeded 400,000, and if the militia was included, the number would exceed 800,000.
No matter how the prime minister explained it, Eder insisted that the government should bear 70% of the militia costs. Prime Minister Bretianu was so angry that he wanted to resign, but he was reluctant to give up this position. However, the result was good, and Edel finally agreed that the prime minister would not let the government
Bear other military expenses. Moreover, in peacetime, military expenses can only be maintained at the proportion of the current total fiscal revenue.
After sending Prime Minister Bretianu away, Edel let out a long sigh. This was the most difficult condition he had ever negotiated with the Prime Minister. Only then did Edel realize that the lights were on, and he and the Prime Minister had been talking about this matter all afternoon.
But finally the Prime Minister agreed.
Edel knew in his heart that even though Prime Minister Bretianu agreed to this condition, it was probably the last time he would make a concession. If there is a next time, this stubborn prime minister will definitely resign. Now Edel can't be found
He will be replaced by an official who is more capable than the current Prime Minister, so he still needs to appease Prime Minister Bretianu. Perhaps a royal knighthood can appease the Prime Minister's mood a little.
After the government agreed to bear 70% of the total cost of the militia, General Preishan and General Courtois acted quickly. It took them three days to come up with a new training plan for the militia, and now they have laid out the plan
On Edel's desk.
The two generals, both over 120 years old together, stood upright in the king's office. Even the 71-year-old gray-haired General Courtois stood like a benchmark. Eder picked up the plan and
Ignore the two admirals who stood straight.
Because Edel got the news, Prime Minister Bretianu and two generals had a big fight at the Ministry of War over this plan. The military's new militia reorganization plan spent all the only two funds in the hands of the Prime Minister.
There was not a penny left, and the angry Prime Minister went to the Army to have a big quarrel. However, only three people were present during the quarrel, and others were not allowed to approach at all, so no one could know what the specific quarrel was. And Edel had Carew.
Stern's intelligence network, so he knew everything about this matter.
He looked at this plan and was speechless to the two generals. This was so obvious. No wonder the Prime Minister ran away angrily and had a big quarrel.
In this plan, the Romanian military sent six active-duty regiments to train the militia. There were also a large number of active-duty deputy officers who were sent to serve as instructors in the militia near these six regiments. Among them, officers at all levels were responsible for training from
The number of people with corresponding positions in the militia will be selected for training, and the rest will remain the same as before.
Moreover, in this plan, they directly equipped the militiamen with the establishment of six artillery regiments, and have already placed orders with the arsenal. The militia artillery units they train will be trained individually for half a year, and jointly with other artillery companies for half a year. The main thing is how to see
, those training together are a complete active artillery regiment, and even the weapons and equipment are the same.
Edel was also quite speechless about the army plan. Didn't this clearly tell the Prime Minister to train six active divisions? This made Edel very sad about this, fearing that the Prime Minister would be angry and really want to resign. So he asked the two senior officials to
The powerful general stood in a military posture in front of him, which was a way of giving vent to the Prime Minister.
However, Edel completely forgot that he was actually the cause of this incident. From the fact that he read the entire plan and didn't change a word, it can be seen that it was just a gesture.
After reading it, Edel said to the two generals in front of him. "This is the plan I think. Next time you have a big argument with the Prime Minister like this, I will definitely ask you to go back and do it three more times."
After speaking, Edel brushed on the plan and signed his name. This represented the beginning of Romania's last military expansion before joining the war.
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