It's easy to make a plan, but when it comes to implementation, it's not so easy to control.

Although Carmona was a dictator, he was also a successful dictator, and later generations had a good evaluation of him, and it was obviously not an easy one.

In 1927, the military junta of Carmona, which had just entered the stage of history, had no experience in governing and these generals were able to inspire and give fiery speeches.

But they don't know how to govern the country, how to solve the difficulties facing the current government, especially how to solve the financial problems that are about to go bankrupt.

Thanks to Ferdinand's butterfly effect, the Bulgarian system became the object of imitation all over the world, and in Portugal it was softened along with the idea of (Fa Xi died).

The Portuguese found that aggressive nationalism was not entirely suitable for them, because they could not win against Spain next door, and expanding their territory was a pipe dream, and there were no successful cases of this kind of doctrine, but it was a Bulgarian way of rising that was worth emulating.

Then a four-like appeared, none of this mattered, no matter what the system, when they arrived in Portugal, they could only open the farming mode, and the struggle for hegemony was not suitable for them.

Carmona has nine out of ten knacks about financial issues, and he is close to the last one.

In order to solve the financial crisis, they have no concrete plan, only a vague idea: to distribute donations to the public, and if that fails, to borrow from international banks.

Portugal's finance minister, Signel de Cordes, recently applied for a loan of £12 million from the League of Nations to bring about Portugal's fiscal recovery.

At present, the bill is still under consideration, and the Carmona government is so poor that even the salaries of government officials cannot be paid normally.

The Portuguese government's financial problems have been around for a long time, and soon after the Republicans came to power, they exploded in full force, and in order to alleviate the financial crisis, successive governments were printing money, and sooner or later in 1915 the amount of money in circulation exceeded the actual demand.

But this is only the beginning, the Portuguese government is still putting banknotes on the market at an average rate of 1,000 cantos per day, which affects the lives of the people in Portugal very hard.

Inflation has increased, but incomes have not increased, and from 1915 to the present day, prices in Portugal have tripled, and wages have remained virtually unchanged.

That is, Manuel II is incompetent, otherwise he would have used this opportunity to crush the Republican Party a long time ago, and there would be no need to touch the dark at all, they would already be very dark.

The combined government of the underworld and the capitalists unscrupulously oppressed the people, and in the end even the army was not spared, which created an opportunity for the coup.

This is also the reason why Ferdinand thought Carmona would cooperate with him, he also needs political allies in the face of political opponents, and the royalists are a good choice.

As soon as Manuel II was restored, the dictator's hat on his head could be removed, and with the appointment of the king, it was much more legitimate than the vote of the parliamentarians with a bayonet.

There are also international precedents, whether Bismarck or Constantine, both are prime ministers who have been in charge of the government for decades, but no one says that they are dictators.

Carmona can follow suit, and even because of Manuel's ability, he can easily override him and then take control of the country.

Anyway, the constitutional monarchy is the mainstream of this era, and supporting the king cannot be regarded as a rebellion, and it is much more recognized by the people than the government established through a military coup.

London

At Buckingham Palace, Portuguese Chancellor of the Exchequer Signel is having a great conversation with Manuel II.

Of course, this is only on the surface, and no one knows the actual idea.

This time it was George V who invited them over, and in any case, Sinel had to give the British king a face.

Here, Manuel II is still treated like a Portuguese king, and Sinel's political talents, even if they are not bright, know what today's meeting means.

The attendees were all members of the Gotha family, with the exception of Prince William of Bulgaria, Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium, and Duke Carl Edward of the Duchy of Gotha Saxony-Coburg-Gotha......

At the banquet, everyone was talking, but Signel was on the edge of his seat, except for Manuel II who said a few words to him, he had no say at all, which was obviously an invisible political pressure.

Don't talk about Sinel, even if Carmona came in person, it wouldn't be much better.

This is also the bad problem of the European aristocracy - arrogance, which was originally played by everyone working together to play restoration, but they just didn't say it directly, just showed their attitude.

In turn, this is also a kind of political wisdom, they did nothing, they achieved their goal with just one banquet, and they did not need to take responsibility for success or failure.

The specific details, naturally, there are people under the bottom who are responsible for going out, and you can't expect George V and Signel to conspire together, which is too damaging to the identity.

"Mr. Signell, Foreign Secretary Sir Attlee, please!" After the banquet, the attendant reminded

Signel nodded helplessly, he knew that he couldn't hide, he originally came to London to seek a loan to solve the financial crisis, but he didn't do anything, and was first involved in the restoration.

If you want to get out, you can't let so many big people appear in vain, right?

He followed the attendant and turned left and right, and entered a side hall, where only two people were waiting for him.

British Foreign Secretary Attlee, Bulgarian Ambassador to London Lawrence.

Without greetings, Attlee said directly: "Mr. Sinel, the purpose of inviting you here today must be clear to you, and I hope you will clearly convey our meaning to General Carmona!" ”

Signel breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, the situation was not too bad, since he let him pass the word, it means that everyone still has room for cooperation, and they don't have to tear their faces.

"No problem, Mr. Edlee, I will convey your intentions back!" Signel replied

"Mr. Signel, I think you also know that the current international situation is very unfavorable for you, everyone is very enthusiastic about your colonies, and I think you need allies!" Lawrence said calmly

This is a naked threat, if it is said that the mobilization of the forces of the two governments to interfere in the internal affairs of Portugal and help Manuel II to restore will consume a lot of political resources.

Then it will not be necessary for the royal families of the two countries to pay any price for dividing up the Portuguese colonies, which is in the national interest, but it is just necessary to secretly push it.

After the end of the First World War, there was talk of the partition of the Portuguese colonies, and if it were not for the uneven distribution of the spoils, the Portuguese colonies would no longer exist by this time.

"Of course!" Signel de Cordes replied immediately

Whether he can cooperate or not is not something he can decide, but he decides that he cannot be considered the culprit in sabotaging cooperation, otherwise his political life will be over.

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There is no doubt that this operation is not directly related to the two governments, and even the cabinets of the two countries are not necessarily aware of it.

The Portuguese could never have dreamed that neither the British Foreign Secretary Attlee nor the Bulgarian Ambassador to London Lawrence would act on their own.

It's not a private act, it's just a little private matter for the king, and this little thing doesn't need the approval of the government.

From beginning to end, they did not say that this was the meaning of the two governments, and this little loophole was naturally ignored by Sinel, and it was the royal families of the two countries and the officials of the two governments, so this still did not indicate the position of the governments?

Want to verify? I'm sorry, but only a few people know about such a secret, and these big people don't have time to pay attention to you.

Even if it is passed out, there is no written document, how can a one-sided statement be evidence?

Even if there is evidence, in the end, it is nothing more than two diplomats who are behind the blame, and it is impossible to involve other people. Everyone is very skillful in playing these political methods.

In any case, if the restoration fails, these threats will become a reality, Portugal's overseas colonies will be lost, and it will face economic sanctions, and the Carmona government will be overthrown by the people without direct action.

This is a conspiracy and a conspiracy, and even if it sees through this plan, the Carmona government has little choice.

Because he refused, his successor would still choose to cooperate, otherwise the financial crisis would not be overcome.

Since the republic, Portugal's domestic finances have rotten, and if they are left to the ground, they will have to play the Soviet model, which is not acceptable to them.

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