Chapter Ninety-Three: A New Plan for Governance
In the Crown Prince's office at the palace, the newly appointed Prime Minister Brettianu is handing over the Crown Prince the list of cabinets for this government. He had already been to the old King Carol I, and although the old king was no longer in charge, it was customary for the prime minister to submit a list of cabinet members to the king before it could take effect. However, this time the old king directly asked him to ask the crown prince to sign, which made him more sure of his thoughts.
"This is the list of the Cabinet. Ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take a look at what is not suitable. "In front of the crown prince, Prime Minister Bretianu lowered his posture, because this is the result of his learning from former Prime Minister Sturl, the greatest advantage of the old prime minister who has been in charge of the Romanian government for ten years, and Prime Minister Bretianu does not mind studying hard.
Eder took the list from Prime Minister Brettianu and looked at it. The new prime minister was smart enough to keep all the people Eder valued and promoted, and put them right after his name, giving the impression that he would still listen to the crown prince.
After reading the cabinet list, Eder bowed his head and signed it, and then handed it to Brettianu and said. "Your Excellency Prime Minister, I hope that under your leadership, Romania will become stronger."
"Your Highness, our government's work still needs your guidance to do better." In the face of the crown prince's words, Bretianu was very sober and knew that he had to listen in reverse, and he really had to make his own decisions, and it was estimated that he would not be able to sit down as prime minister for a year.
Eder sat behind his desk, looked at Brettianu in front of him, and asked thoughtfully. "Mr. Prime Minister, what do you think is the most important job in Romania right now?"
When Bretianu heard the Crown Prince's words, he knew it was time to show his abilities. He sorted out his thoughts and spoke.
"Your Highness, I think that in Romania, the most important thing now is to strengthen the advantageous industries, such as our domestic automobile manufacturing, internal combustion engines, petrochemical industries, etc., which are all very good performing industries, and our government's focus in recent years is to ensure the operation of these good enterprises. In terms of agriculture, Romania is a big producer of agricultural products, but there is still a big gap with other countries in terms of the yield per mu of fields, which is also the direction we should strive for. ”
Prime Minister Bretianu continued to talk about foreign affairs after talking about his country. "Your Highness, the situation in Europe is very tense right now, and we can't take too much sides, otherwise we risk being drawn into the camp. I think we need to show kindness to every country that can help us. ”
Eder understood what the Prime Minister meant, and he believed that the current close relations with Germany had affected Romania's national interests. It was now necessary to focus diplomacy on improving relations with the Entente countries, which he had taken into account with the Prime Minister.
Eder looked at Prime Minister Bretianu who expressed his governing philosophy, and thought to himself that this prime minister is still a very smart person, but he still doesn't know more about Eder than Eder, a person from later generations.
"I am satisfied with your answer, Your Excellency, but there are a few points that I need to add. First, in agriculture, it is necessary not only to increase production, but also to expand the planting area. This requires upgrading our agricultural practices, which are now stretched to the limit and can change this paradigm. Mechanization as a new breakthrough point. Edel made his first request.
"Your Highness, I will organize personnel to study this issue after returning to the government and come up with a plan as soon as possible. However, in terms of machinery, he needs the help of His Highness. Prime Minister Brettianu replied. He knew that the crown prince had built a new machinery factory, and the agricultural machinery produced was now selling well. If the crown prince could lean a little more towards Romania, his job would be much better.
"I will give instructions to the Ploiesti Machinery Factory to keep more agricultural machinery for the country." Eder said to the Prime Minister.
"Thank you to the crown prince for his love for the people of the kingdom." Bretianu patted the crown prince's ass a little.
Seeing that the prime minister had no objection to the crown prince's demands on agriculture, Eder continued. "Second, the prime minister also needs to pay more attention to the health care and education of the people."
"Your Highness, I will pay more attention to this problem, but the government's finances are not too rich now, and I can only try to improve this problem." Even Brettianu, as prime minister, did not dare to easily agree to increase the amount of money spent on education and health. You must know that the sum of these two expenses is higher than the military expenditure, and adding a little is not a small amount.
Seeing that Prime Minister Brettianu did not dare to agree easily, Eder had to lower his demands. "Then improve the medical and health aspects first, so that the people of the kingdom can feel the benefits of Romania's development."
"It's about making people feel that Romania has changed." Prime Minister Brettianu knew that this was the crown prince's last condition, and he could only agree. Fortunately, the medical and health expenses are not so exaggerated, and I can still cope with the past.
The crown prince is no longer persecuting the prime minister after gaining control of the government. This time it was just to test the attitude of the Prime Minister of Brettianu towards himself, and he felt that he could still control it.
Prime Minister Brettianu got the approval list from the crown prince and walked out of the palace, and he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he came out. It seems that the rumors are indeed true, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is quite shrewd and not easy to fool at all. Fortunately, I had thought about it before, otherwise there would be no way to pass the test. Of course, what he said to the crown prince was not a fool, and he did not dare to fool. These are all the governing policies he had in mind, and now the crown prince has added two more to him, which has doubled the pressure on the new prime minister.
When he saw Bretianu come out, a large group of high-ranking Liberal Party members surrounded him, and his cousin Wendiler stepped forward to ask. "How about the Prime Minister's visit to the King this time?"
In front of the Liberal Party leadership, he is not good at showing too closeness.
"His Highness has approved the cabinet list."
A group of high-ranking Liberal Party members were also very happy to hear that the list had been approved, and there had been a prime minister who had been beaten back by the king with a list of cabinet formations and changed again. Wendiler asked, noticing that his cousin was using the word "His Highness", and that only the crown prince could approve the cabinet list if he was qualified for his status as a highness. "Prime Minister, did the crown prince approve it?"
"Yes, His Majesty the King asked me to submit the Cabinet list to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for approval."
Hearing the words of Prime Minister Brettianu, everyone came back to their senses from the excitement. Faced with this new situation, everyone is thinking about the changes. Prime Minister Brettianu glanced at Kalituri, who was also greeting the crowd, and thought to himself that this Sturl nephew was really lucky. When he entered the political arena, he was escorted by the old fox, and he was valued by the crown prince for some achievements, and I heard that the crown prince took the initiative to pull him as a confidant, who is better than him in such an opportunity? In the Kalituri of the crowd. I didn't know that I had just been jealous of the prime minister.
That's what Wendiller said. "This situation should come out soon, let's go back and discuss it first, it's not too good to stay at the gate of the palace."
When everyone heard that this was indeed the case, they boarded their own cars and prepared to discuss it when they returned. Wendyler looked at the people who were all in the car, and got into the car with the prime minister.
"What's the matter with Wendyler?" Prime Minister Brettianu waited a while for his cousin to get into the car with him, and he knew that his cousin should have something to say to himself.
Sure enough, Wendieler said something more important. "Cousin, the ambassadors of Britain, France, and Russia would like to visit you."
Prime Minister Bretianu said after a moment of contemplation. "When I went back, I told them that I would welcome their visit."