After returning to the headquarters of the Liberal Party, a group of senior officials discussed with Prime Minister Bretianu. They did not come up with a solution. They could only act according to the situation and see if the Crown Prince would take any action. The reason for this result is
, everyone had long been warned about the Crown Prince taking over power. It was already obvious from the King's previous performance, but they didn't expect that the Crown Prince would even have the power to approve the cabinet. Now they only need to send to the Crown Prince what should be sent to the King for approval.
Just go and leave everything else as usual.
After discussing with a group of high-level officials to no avail, Prime Minister Bretianu and his cousin Wen Tile came out. After boarding the carriage, Wen Tile quietly said to his cousin. "They said they hope to be here
Come and visit tomorrow night."
"Okay, I will wait for them at home."
Prime Minister Bretianu knows that his cousin is talking about the ambassadors of Britain, France, and Russia. For them now, being able to make Romania tilt toward neutrality is a diplomatic victory. Because they know that Germany's economic and military penetration into Romania is too high.
, they cannot pull it back in the short term. (As of 1910, Germany had invested 36.7 million pounds in Romania, mainly in the manufacturing and mining industries.)
Sure enough, the news that the crown prince approved the cabinet list reached everyone's ears after their discussion. However, the top leaders of each party had been mentally prepared for this, and they just did what they should do. Only the lower-level people were prepared for this.
There was a lot of discussion.
The next day, after Prime Minister Bretianu finished his government work, he returned home in the evening and waited for the arrival of the three ambassadors. At nearly 7 o'clock, the three ambassadors came, and his cousin Wendy took over.
He went out to meet him.
Seeing the three ambassadors after entering the door, Prime Minister Bretianu stood up and said to the three ambassadors respectively. "Hello, Ambassador Richard Mann. Welcome to my humble home."
Richard Mann is the new British ambassador, replacing Lister, the former ambassador who had made no progress in Romania.
"Congratulations to Mr. Bretianu for assuming the post of Prime Minister. Under your leadership, Romania will surely become more prosperous." Ambassador Richardman said to Prime Minister Bretianu.
"Thank you, Mr. Ambassador, for your concern for Romania."
After Bretianu finished speaking, he continued to greet French Ambassador Jean Bard and Russian Ambassador Filalovsky respectively.
Then everyone sat down in the living room. After the servant brought tea, Prime Minister Bretianu opened the topic first. "Three ambassadors, what do you think of Romania?"
Among the three ambassadors sitting across from each other, British Ambassador Richard Mann was still the first to speak. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, Romania has achieved good results in recent years. Many of your products have good sales in Europe. To be honest, Romania has achieved good results in recent years.
You said that before I came to Romania to serve as ambassador, I drove a Volkswagen."
After hearing what Ambassador Richardman said, everyone smiled kindly. Having said that, if Romania had not developed very well in the past few years and had an army that looked pretty good, it would have been the same as it was five years ago.
Romania would not be so concerned. After all, it is now the most powerful country in the Balkans (except Austria-Hungary), and it is worthy of the Allies' efforts to win over it.
"Thank you Ambassador Richard Mann for your love for Romanian products. In recent years, under the leadership of old Prime Minister Stuart, Romania has achieved current results, which are all the result of the help of friends from all sides." Brutianu said politely.
Speaking of which, everyone knows about the role of the crown prince in the economy, but it is impossible to say this to the outside world. After all, the government is the main body of management in the country.
"The Prime Minister is absolutely right. Romania needs help from friends from all sides. However, Romania seems to be a bit unbalanced in its diplomacy in recent years, which is detrimental to the country." Russian Ambassador Filalovsky expressed his opinion.
"Mr. Filalovsky, you are too impatient. Every country has its own moments of inconsideration. We have to believe in Prime Minister Bretianu's vision. And Romania naturally has its own considerations and cannot criticize other countries.
Too much accusation."
The French ambassador asked Bard to advise the Russian ambassador Filalovsky not to be too impatient, and the French ambassador did not blush when he said this.
Filalovsky stood up immediately, and before anyone could react, he bowed his head and apologized. "I'm sorry, Prime Minister, I was too impatient."
Bretianu also stood up to support the Russian ambassador and said with a smile. "It doesn't matter. After all, Mr. Ambassador also thinks about us."
Immediately, a scene of good neighborliness, friendship and harmonious society was staged in the living room. In fact, Prime Minister Bretianu knew that the ambassadors of Russia and France were playing a double act. It just happened that Romania needed to show goodwill to the three countries and also devoted itself to the role it should play.
In fact, Romania has placed half of its army on the border with Russia. Russia also tried to overthrow the Romanian government a few years ago. A few years ago, they wanted each other to die, but now they treat each other as if they were guests. This is politics.
After the Russian ambassador and Prime Minister Bretianu finished the good-neighborly show, British Ambassador Richard Mann said, "Your Excellency Bretianu, although what Ambassador Filalovsky said is a bit unpleasant, it is also true.
I am sincere, Romania’s current diplomatic situation is indeed not good.”
Faced with the words of British Ambassador Richard Mann, Bretianu replied. "Ambassador Richard Mann, our close relationship with Germany is mainly caused by their investment in Romania. As we all know, our country's economy was relatively poor before, and its production was single.
It mainly relies on the export of agricultural products. With the help of Germany's loan six years ago, our country was able to develop from a single exporter of agricultural products to a country that is now initially industrialized. How can such help not make our people grateful to Germany?"
After hearing this, the ambassadors of the three countries knew that this was Prime Minister Bretianu saying that Germany had given loans and was therefore close to Germany. However, Britain, France and Russia did not give them any benefits and could only treat them coldly. The ambassadors of the three countries understood, but
There is still work to be done to win over Romania.
British Ambassador Richard Mann and French Ambassador Jean Bard looked at each other and knew that Romania would not move towards neutrality without spending some money.
It was Ambassador Richard Mann who spoke first. "Our country is also sad about Romania's economic backwardness, especially the poor medical and health conditions, which will lead to poor health of the people. Our country plans to provide assistance to Romania's medical equipment."
After the British Ambassador finished speaking, it was the French Ambassador's turn to speak to Bard. In fact, France had a good influence on Romania before, and many Romanians had studied in France before. Like the current Minister of Industry, Lacaturi, and
Chief of the General Staff Pleshan and others all studied in France, and now some nobles like to send their children to study in France. However, at the national level, France's influence is much worse, worse than Austria-Hungary and Germany, and only less influential than Austria-Hungary and Germany.
Russia is better. This is all the impact of the alliance with Russia. Now it is still for Russia. The French plan to relieve the pressure on their allies.
At this time, I heard Ambassador Jean Bader say, "I will try to apply for a batch of low-interest loans from China to help Romania develop its own economy."
After finishing speaking, the two ambassadors Bader and Richardman glanced at the Russian Ambassador Filalovsky. The Russian ambassador had no choice but to bite the bullet and state his conditions. "I will ask for it from home.
Prices of coal, iron and iron ore imported from Romania have dropped."
After hearing Filalovsky's conditions, the three of them secretly sighed in their hearts, "It's really stingy." However, thinking about Russia's current economic situation, it is indeed difficult for him to let Russia take money. Today's fur bears all rely on France.
The domestic economy is not doing well even if we borrow money to survive. We also need to rectify the economy, expand our military and prepare for war, so it is normal that we cannot come up with money.
"I am very grateful to the three ambassadors for their concern for Romania. I believe that our relations will get better and better in the future." Prime Minister Bretianu also said some more friendly words looking forward to the future. He will not easily give up without seeing assistance.
Give the result.
The three ambassadors did not expect Prime Minister Bretianu to agree to anything immediately. This time, the main purpose was to let Romania feel the goodwill of the three countries. After talking about business and chatting for a while, the three ambassadors left with satisfaction from today's gains.
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After seeing off the three ambassadors, Bretianu asked his confidants to send a note containing the terms of the three countries to the palace. He did not dare to make a private decision on such a major matter of changing diplomatic relations without the approval of the royal family.
Edel looked at the note written by Prime Minister Bretianu in his hand. He had already read the content on it. Unexpectedly, Romania just gave a hint, and these Allied countries immediately came to the door. However, this also meets his needs, but it is not
He knew how much benefit he could get from them. Thinking of this, Edel wrote down a receipt agreeing to continue the conversation, called a guard and asked him to send it to the Prime Minister.
Not long after, Prime Minister Bretianu received a receipt from the bodyguard, which stated that he agreed to continue the conversation.
After obtaining the consent of the Crown Prince, Prime Minister Bretianu negotiated with the three ambassadors who also obtained the consent of the government. After a friendly conversation, the two sides reached an agreement.
On March 4, 1911, both parties unanimously announced the news about the three countries' loans to Romania. France provided Romania with a ten-year low-interest loan of two million pounds, and the United Kingdom provided a loan worth one million pounds for the purchase of medical equipment.
, doctors will also be sent to train Romania’s backward medical technology. Russia will reduce the customs tax on Romania’s imported coal and iron ore by five points, but only for the amount imported in 1910. The excess will be levied according to the original customs tax.
Facing the terms signed by Romania and Britain, France and Russia, I don’t know what Germany’s attitude is.
(Mantou is very happy to ask for a recommendation vote. Everyone actively voted for Mantou, with more than 400 votes. Here I would like to thank the book friends who voted, and the book friends who rewarded the book. The book friends who recommended Mantou before have always
There is no thank you. Here is a unified statement: "Thank you boss for the reward, and thank you all for your love for the steamed buns. I will work harder in the next time to code, so that everyone can see it happily.")
