After an afternoon of secret talks, Contini finally returned to Rome at the beginning of the day, and the first thing he did was to report to Mussolini, who was impatient.

"Calais, how are the talks?"

"I feel good about myself, and I think that the contradictions between the Pope and the government will be resolved soon, and of course, today's meeting with Pius XI is a preliminary framework, and the specific terms will need to be communicated and confirmed by the Holy See again."

"What are the general terms?"

Contini blinked: "The talks are based on one principle: render to God what is God's, render to Caesar what is Caesar's, render to the pope what is pope, and government to government ......"

This sycophant made Mussolini very comfortable: God of course meant Patronus Eleven, and Caesar was vaguely referring to him Mussolini.

Historically, the Pope and the Italian government finally agreed on the settlement of the Roman question in the "Lateran Agreement" of February 11, 1929, and Contini was fully aware of this, so his plan revolved around this core:

First, the Holy See renounces its claims to the rest of Italy's territory and does not expand its territory, and Italy recognizes the Vatican's independent and permanently neutral status;

Second, the Pope recognizes Fascist as the legitimate ruler of Italy, Rome as the capital of Italy, Italy recognizes the Holy See as the jurisdiction of the secular power of the Vatican, and the Pope does not participate in international conferences, but can participate in non-political meetings;

Thirdly, the Italian government promised to establish Catholicism as the "sole religion of the state" (but not to oppose or persecute other religions, and not to interfere with freedom of belief), and the choice of the archbishop and bishop was left to the pope, but first with the consent of the government, the government allowed religious activities without political connotations, and the church forbade its members of the church to participate in any political party activities - which was tantamount to supporting the incorporation of the Catholic Party into the fascist party;

Fourth, the Holy See has jurisdiction over religious matters, and the Italian government allows the civil law to be amended so that the provisions of ecclesiastical law are extended to the level of marriage;

Fifthly, the Italian government compensates the Holy See for its financial losses and associated interest since 1870, and the churches, villas, palaces, annexes and immovable property owned by the Holy See are exempt from taxation.

Compared with the historical agreement, the memorandum reached by Contini is slightly different: regarding the amount of reparations, the total amount of the historical amount is about 90 million US dollars, and the price given by Contini is 120 million US dollars; Because the target audience is mature, these ideas and creationist perspectives can be put forward together for students to freely draw on.

"Very good, very good......," Mussolini was very pleased with this, and then changed his conversation and asked, "You said you just donated a sum of money to the Pope?" ”

"Pius XI was present at my baptism, and my father had a friendship with some of the papal see, so I donated 2 million lire......" Contini smiled, "In return, the Holy See gave me a little prestige and instructed me to issue motorcycles that have been publicly and seriously signed by the Pope, the Cardinal Signature Limited Edition and the Pope Signature Limited Edition, of which 24 are the Twelve Apostles, 12 are the Cardinal Limited Edition, and only 1 is signed by the Pope." ”

Mussolini laughed: "You have to sell this car signed by the Pope more expensively, otherwise how can you show his face?" ”

"The price is 99,999 lira, and the proceeds from the auction are intended to be donated to the United Group scholarship program."

In fact, the economic cooperation between Contini and the Holy See is much more than that, the Pope is not a group that lives in a vacuum, and he has heard a lot about the development of the United Group, the Holy See has great wealth, most of the time these wealth are hidden in the palace or sleeping in the bank, the Holy See also hopes to find a way out of investment, but because of the special status of the Holy See, they cannot clearly meddle in business, so they must find a "white glove" that has the strength and can ensure that it is beneficial, and the famous consortiums in Europe will not cooperate with the Pope, The Pope was afraid that the investment would be wasted, but the two sides hit it off with Contini.

Pius XI originally hoped that the Pope could invest $20 million in the United Group to own the shares, but Contini clearly told him that the current regular shares are all loss-making, and he doesn't know when he wants to pay dividends, so it is better to convert them to preferred shares with an annual interest rate of 6%, and the Pope agreed after thinking about it - after all, they are mainly interested in obtaining returns, and have no purpose of controlling the United Group.

Later, the Pope said that he could pay $40 million for preferred shares, but he wanted to give them an additional convenience: a half-hour religious program on the radio to spread the "Gospel of the Lord". Contini thought for a moment and agreed, and the time was between 9 and 9:30 p.m., which is equivalent to extending the normal broadcast time by half an hour, and promised to extend it to an hour at the right time. Of course, the program will have to be approved by the Italian government after the agreement between the two sides is reached, but he believes that it is not a big problem, and the reason is simple - since the Vatican is recognized as an independent and sovereign state, the Pope can of course also set up a radio station to broadcast, and if the Italian government does not agree to open a program in the IBC, the Holy See will have to open it himself.

And if the IBC had officially authorized religious programs, Contini regretted that the popularization of radio in Italy would be faster, and at the same time, the influence and coverage of the IBC would continue to expand, and he could set up a transit station in the Alps and let the radio broadcast to Central Europe and expand its influence, of course he would not give up this good opportunity. Besides, there is nothing to be afraid of religious programs, he has listened to a lot in later generations, religion has lost its powerful position in history in this era, and it has become less harmful in state-to-state exchanges, but for Italy, which has a profound tradition of religious belief, whether or not the Roman problem can be properly resolved is a guarantee related to the long-term peace and stability of the country, especially the people of southern Italy have always had views on the north, and religious attention must be done well.

Mussolini was very satisfied with these terms, basically meeting his expectations, he patted Contini on the shoulder to express his satisfaction, but soon deliberately put on a straight face and said: "Calais, you have done a good job, but there is only one thing I want to criticize you......"

"You say, Leader, what's wrong with me?"

"Two days ago we had a preparatory meeting for the Fascist Congress, and at the meeting I asked, why didn't Calais come? Guess what they say? Calais is not yet a member of the Fascist Party! Mussolini feigned anger and said, "Look at you, I've been in Rome for almost 10 months, and you're not a party member!" Do you have an opinion about the party? ”

Contini hurriedly shouted: "Leader, you have wronged me, no one has come to organize and mobilize me to join the party, besides, I consciously maintain a high degree of consistency with the party and the leader in terms of ideological history and action, I have long been a member of my own party, how can I care if I have that party card?" ”

"Okay, no kidding you." Mussolini put away his smile, "After discussion, we agreed that the Alliance of Young Italy is an organization of outstanding Italian youth, a reserve army and a new force urgently needed by the party, and we hope to bring the entire Alliance of Young Italy into fascism, better reflect the leadership of the party, and better implement the party's line and program of action among the youth, I wonder what do you think?" ”

Contini thought to himself: This is to prepare for the annexation of the Young Italian League, although he had expected it, but he didn't expect it to move so quickly, but he couldn't say anything yet, so he had to squeeze out a happy expression and said: "Of course I have no problem, I will immediately go back and communicate with the backbone of the alliance and tell them about this decision." ”

Mussolini nodded: "The party will not treat you badly, the party will set up a youth department, and you will be the youth minister and youth leader of the party in the future, and the party will also help you get as many seats as possible in this year's parliamentary by-election, and the 20-year-old parliamentarian is unique in Italy." ”

"Thank you for the leadership training." Contini had a grateful expression on his face, but he was secretly thinking in his heart: No, there are a lot of cats here, and when you go home, you have to discuss with the old man and ask who is putting the cold arrow!