Edel was very satisfied with this visit to Austria-Hungary. He solved his personal problems and strengthened the defensive capabilities of the Romanian coast. Basically, the purpose of this visit was achieved, and it was considered a successful visit.
After Edel returned to Romania, he was called over by his anxious parents. Just like ordinary parents, they are concerned about their children's spouses.
"How is that girl Edel?" Queen Elizabeth, the anxious mother, asked eagerly after Edel sat down.
"Queen, you are too impatient. Let Edel speak for himself." As a father, Carol I persuaded his wife. From his tone, it seemed that he was also very concerned about his son's spouse.
"I'm just concerned about my son's marriage."
Edel was a little surprised by his mother's rare refutation of his father. In his twenty-one years of experience, his mother had rarely objected to his father. It seemed that his mother was indeed impatient. Seeing this, Edel coughed twice first to relieve himself.
After calming down the atmosphere, let’s talk about Sophie Marie’s situation.
"Mom, Sophie Marie is a good girl, gentle and kind, and she likes riding horses..."
While thinking about Sophie Marie's behavior when she was with him, Edel organized words to talk to his parents.
"Then do you plan to marry her?" Carol I asked the core question that he and his wife valued most.
"Father, I think she is my suitable partner." Edel said his plan.
"Then when do you plan to marry her?"
After hearing what his father said, Edel knew that he couldn't decide when to get married, but according to his parents' current mood, it shouldn't be slow. So he replied, "You make the decision, I have no objection."
After hearing what their son said, the Carrolls both laughed with satisfaction. A week later, the Romanian royal family proposed to Princess Sophie Marie of the Austrian-Hungarian royal family for Crown Prince Edel. Of course, Austria-Hungary would not refuse and agreed on the third day.
After a series of telegram exchanges, Austria-Hungary and Romania finally set their marriage date to September 15th.
While his mother was busy arranging for her marriage, his father, Carol I, called Edel to his room.
"Edel, what do you think of the current election?" Carol I asked Edel about the Romanian parliamentary election.
During this period, in addition to being busy with his own marriage, Edel was also very concerned about this election. It needs to be noted here that Romania is still between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party vying for the Prime Minister's seat. The Liberal Party launched I. Kang Bretianu
They competed for the candidate for the Prime Minister's seat, while the Conservative Party proposed Titu Mayorescu as the candidate to compete with the Liberal Party. Now the two parties are fiercely competing in the parliament, both wanting to take the Prime Minister's seat into their own hands.
Here I would like to mention the outgoing old Prime Minister Stuart. He is the leader of the Liberal Party who is pro-British and French on the surface (the Conservative Party is pro-German). In fact, he is only close to the royal family. He is close to whomever the royal family is close to. In fact, Romanian politics is
A chameleon. However, it was his performance that allowed him to secure the position of Prime Minister for ten years. Moreover, during the period of industrialization in Edel, he suppressed other voices in the country and fully promoted Romania's industrialization process. Therefore, Romania has the current
Half of the results are due to him.
If he hadn't quit this time, he might have been able to work for a few more years. However, this old fox knew that he had occupied the position of prime minister for so long, which had caused a lot of dissatisfaction. If he stayed any longer, he might be greeted by public anger, and the royal family would not be able to do so by then.
Perhaps to protect himself to the death, the old fox retreated for the sake of his family's future and his own reputation.
Now both candidates for prime minister know that if they want to win, they must get the approval of the royal family. The two debate topics ranging from people's livelihood to industry to infrastructure construction. Now even the international situation has become the focus of their confrontation.
Conservative candidate Mayorescu published in the newspaper about the prospect of establishing closer relations with Germany. He hopes to obtain more loans from Germany through closer ties with Germany. Mayorescu's speech was well received by Germany.
The support of the two Austrian ambassadors.
Bretianu expressed a different opinion. He believed that although Romania was developing well, its national strength was still weak. It should not tie itself to a tree. It needed to handle relations well with other countries, which means that he wanted to
Find a balance between the Allies and the Entente. His speech was recognized by the ambassadors of Britain, France and Russia.
Eder thought for a while and replied, "Both Mayorescu of the Conservative Party and Brediano of the Liberal Party are involved in too many external forces. This is not a good time to choose."
There is a reason for Edel's answer, because the old king is closer to Germany and agrees more with Mayorescu. And he knows that Germany is doomed to fail. If he continues to get closer to Germany, he may be drawn into the camp. Before, he was just for
He only pretended to be close to Germany because of German financial aid, but now it's a bit self-defeating. I don't know if his acting skills are too real, but everyone including his father thought he liked Germany more. This made Edel very embarrassed. Now he needs to win over Romania.
Sliding towards Germany.
"Then what do you think we should do?" Carol I asked him.
After thinking for a long time, Edel decided to tell the truth to the old king. "Now our relationship with Germany has attracted the attention of other European powers. If we continue like this, we will join the battle between the Allies and the Entente. This is not in line with our positioning. Romania."
It has developed well in the past few years, but it is still too weak to be too early in the poker table.”
"Edel, I thought you would move closer to Germany. After all, we are all Hohenzollerns." Carol I said to Edel. Although he is now the king of Romania, it seems that Carol I still has feelings for Germany.
Regarding the idea of Carol I, Edel could only give up his idea in advance. "Father, after all, we are the Romanian royal family and need to be responsible for the Romanian people. Joining Germany now is too risky, and we need to make a bet after seeing the situation clearly.
"
"What do you mean?" Carol I asked his son what he thought.
"Our relationship with Germany is good enough, and now we need to strengthen our relationship with the Allies." Edel directly expressed his thoughts to the old king.
While Edel was clarifying his views on the old king, the king's possible support for the Democratic Party was also being discussed at young Bretianu's house. Wentile Bretianu was asking his cousin I. Kang Bu
Letianu, why did you make remarks that moved closer to Britain and France?
"Cousin, you are too impulsive. Now everyone knows the royal family's favorable opinion of Germany. If you speak like this, you will not perform well in front of the royal family."
As the son of the late politician Jan C. Bretianu, Ventile Bretianu’s status in the Liberal Party is not low. It’s just that his cousin Icon Bretianu is performing even better now.
So he was suppressed by his cousin Guang Guang. Now most people think that his cousin is the successor of the founder of the Liberal Party, Jan C. Bratia, and he is just an assistant. He is not without dissatisfaction with this,
It's just that his cousin is indeed much better than him. In addition, the political resources of the Buletiya family can only be concentrated on one person to win the prime ministership, so he can only serve as his cousin's deputy.
After hearing what his cousin said, Yi Kang Bratia explained to him the reason why he did this. "Wendile, you only saw the surface. Have you paid attention to the performance of Crown Prince Edel in the past few years?"
He continued without waiting for his cousin's answer. "I have learned about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince carefully, but my focus is different from yours. You are all paying attention to his political methods and ideas, but I mainly look at whether everything he does is right.
Romania is more advantageous. In the end, I found that he pays more attention to practical interests than the old king, which is a good thing for Romania. After all, a monarch who loves his people and has superb methods is good news for any country. Now that the crown prince has released goodwill to Britain and France, it is good for Romania.
It’s just the right time.”
"Then you are betting that His Majesty the King will give in to the Crown Prince?" His cousin expressed what I. Kon Buletia was thinking.
Yi Kang Buletia looked at his cousin and spoke in a low voice. "After all, the king is 71 years old. Do you see what he has done in recent years to establish prestige for the crown prince?"
Wendile Bretianu recalled the performance of the old king in the past few years. He only took action when the army began to plot a rebellion. In other cases, the crown prince was allowed to play his role. It was almost a semi-retirement stage. Thinking of this, he
Once again, I admire my cousin for his precise vision. It seems that he still has a long way to go before becoming prime minister.
In the palace, Carol I was finally persuaded by Edel and decided to show goodwill to the Allies and prepare to support I. Kon Buletia as prime minister to form a cabinet. In the election on February 15, I. received the support of the royal family.
As expected, Kon Buletia won a resounding victory. He received 95 out of 157 votes in the parliament, which means that the Liberal Party will continue to form an independent cabinet. In the subsequent cabinet formation, he was very smart to promote the crown prince.
None of the people were moved, but other candidates were replaced.
Britain, France, and Russia were all overly surprised by the Romanian election. In their view, Romania was almost becoming a German exclusive territory. They knew very well what a pro-Allied Prime Minister meant. Germany and Austria were very familiar with Romania.
The election was also a huge disappointment, but since the new prime minister has not yet taken action, it is difficult for them to express any opinions.
In this way, the new Romanian government headed by I. Con Buletia began to appear in front of the world.
(Regarding the issue of updates. Due to busy work, Mantou did not save the manuscript and could only post the code now, which disappointed everyone. However, Mantou will work hard to code to satisfy everyone. Thank you for reading Mantou's book. Thank you very much)
