Faced with the Prime Minister's inquiry, Churchill replied seriously. "Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister, I know what I'm doing."

Winston Churchill certainly knew what he was talking about. As a cabinet minister at the age of 34 and a naval secretary at the age of 37, the most important position in the British Empire, this shows that he has a prosperous official fortune.

But it all makes sense if he comes from the Churchill family. His father, Randolph Churchill, was known for his lack of ambition in politics, but this was relative. He served as Minister of Indian Affairs and became Chancellor of the Exchequer at the age of 37, but Randolph Churchill, who was bent on becoming Prime Minister, was depressed and died at the age of 46.

Look at this experience that made Churchill's father unhappy, which speaks volumes about the Churchill family's position in Britain. This was also the main help for Winston Churchill to remain in the cabinet after the disastrous defeat at the Battle of the Dardanelles.

But as for Balfour, the foreign secretary who has already served as prime minister and is almost 70 years old, the old man is not at all suppressed by the prominence of the Churchill family, even if he is only the nephew of the marquis, I saw him slowly wipe his reading glasses and preach.

"Please note that Mr. Churchill is meeting to decide on the course and strategy of the Empire, not your quartermaster office. Please state the reasons you think are appropriate. ”

In the face of Balfour's cross-examination, Churchill would not be polite when he was the Lord of the Navy, knowing that Marshal Fisher, who pioneered the era of dreadnoughts, but he resigned because he was squeezed by him on the issue of the direction of attack at one stop. However, Churchill did not end well, because the defeat in the Battle of the Dardanelles was pushed out of the decision-making circle. But fortunately, with the help of the family's connections, he quickly recovered and served as the quartermaster.

During his tenure as Quartermaster, he promoted a number of new inventions that had a profound impact, including tanks, airplanes, and chemical gases. At Churchill's proposal, Britain rapidly expanded the production of tanks and promoted the use of aircraft in warfare. Had it not been for his outstanding performance in the position of Quartermaster, his speech at this meeting would not have received so much attention.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Churchill gave his reasons. "Guys, I don't know how much you know about Romania?"

Seeing that everyone was looking at him blankly, Churchill took out a bunch of Romanian materials from his briefcase and distributed them to everyone. "This is the information I found from the government about Romania over the years, and some of it I compiled myself, so you will take a look at it."

Everyone picked up the materials prepared by Churchill and looked at them, and from this information, we can see Churchill's intentions. He analyzed Romania's industry, population, resources, geography, diplomatic transformation, and other aspects, and commented on several key Romanian high-level officials.

Among them, the Chief of the General Staff, Prishan, was evaluated by Churchill as a rare military genius because he completely changed the Romanian army, as can be seen in the Balkan Wars. Moreover, in the field of new military technology, Priosan is also planning to develop new weapons, so that the Romanian army does not lag behind any of the powers in terms of equipment. (Apparently he didn't know Eder's role in this.) ）

And Romanian Prime Minister Blettianu was also evaluated by him as an excellent domestic genius. During his tenure as Prime Minister, Romania's economic development has been at a rapid pace.

And the king of Romania, Eder, of course, was also evaluated by him. In his assessment of Eder, Churchill praised his performance in Romania with his shrewd mind, brilliant vision, and genius vision. Whether it was the early rush to draw Romania closer to Germany and Austria for the development of Romania, or the transition to neutrality before the outbreak of World War I, it is now clear that the choice of an excellent time for London and Paris to rely on him and meet his demands is a manifestation of his ability.

Churchill's information gave everyone a deeper understanding of Romania, and Chancellor of the Exchequer Andrew Law couldn't help but talk about it after reading it. "I didn't expect tiny Romania to have an income of 60 million pounds, which is really unexpected."

The Chancellor of the Exchequer's Jean and the other cabinet members present were also very emotional, before the war, the British Empire was only close to 300 million pounds in the world, and I did not expect that now a small Balkan country can reach one-fifth of its own. Although it is unfair to compare the pre-war and the present, it also makes the cabinet ministers present sigh that the main thing is that Romania's pre-war income of only 20 million pounds has now tripled.

Churchill saw that everyone was almost there, so he spoke. "The opportunity to expand Romania's territory was also obtained through this information."

Churchill pointed to the map that the Foreign Secretary had asked him to hang up. "Look, everyone, this is Romania."

He nodded at the Romanian location, then pointed to the Hungarian part east of the Tisza River. "This is the territory claimed by Romania. I don't think it's time to dwell on these Hungarian territories. ”

He made a stroke in Ukraine, and he said that he would draw everything east of the South Bug River. "We can also give him the territory of Ukraine. If we don't think it's enough, we can also give them all east of the Dnieper. ”

Those present were all senior politicians, and immediately understood Churchill's intentions. "You want Russia and Romania to die in the future."

Hearing someone say what he meant, Churchill nodded in acknowledgement. "Yes, I don't think it's worth it for us to personally hold a country with potential hostage now, which will consume our precious national strength. Then finding him an opponent is what we need to prepare. ”

It was clear that Russia was the opponent Churchill was looking for for Romania.

Churchill paused here so that the rest of the cabinet could digest what they had said and then move on to their own thoughts on making such a decision. "We've been fighting this big battle for three years now and at the moment we have an absolute advantage. I believe that it will not be long before Germany and Austria will not be able to play, so we need to prepare in advance. If Germany and Austria surrender, then the biggest gain will be our allies, the French, who will dominate the continent, which is a very bad thing. ”

Hearing Churchill's concern about his ally France, none of those present showed surprise. Don't look at the fact that Britain and France are fighting in a trench now, but on other occasions there are many times when the two do not deal with each other.

Churchill was not alone in the post-war situation of France's dominance on the continent. They believe in Prime Minister Palmerston's words: There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests.