Chapter 20: The Prime Minister's Reflections
Felimickey's words surprised Carlo greatly.
Felimich understood Carlo's surprised expression, and he was no better at the time than Carlo had received the news. Because this news is a complete storm for the current Roman political circle.
"Is the information reliable?"
"Reliable."
Hearing Felimich's answer, Carlo pondered. If that's the case, it's not what he and many people want to see.
"Can't you change it?"
"It shouldn't be able to change, according to intelligence, Femilette and Earl Perrick visited these two last night, after which they agreed to stop all further operations against each other."
Both of them knew Carlo, and Femilette was a well-known Italian capitalist, whose shipping company accounted for 10% of Italy's sea transportation, which shows its weight. In addition, he opened the largest textile factory in Italy in Milan, employing 1,800 people. If there is a rich list, then this Mr. Femilette should be in the top three.
As for the Count of Peric, he was not as wealthy as Femilette, but he owned a considerable amount of land in southern Italy, and he also had a great influence there.
The reason for all this is that Count Peric was an important minister of the country during the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, and when Italy was unified, in order to reduce the resistance from the local area, the nobles of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies were mainly co-opted.
Although this accelerated the pace of Italian unification, it also left many problems.
But before that, the two gentlemen, Carlo, had seen before, and he still remembered what they had seen when they met their father. Unexpectedly, after the temporary absence of royal power, they quickly adapted to it and found a new position each. Of course, Carlo is not to blame them, who let the current royal power be temporarily lost, they will only follow in the footsteps of power.
But this news is a little bad for him.
Thinking of this, Carlo couldn't help but ask. "Do you know what they agreed?"
"This is not clear, because when they were negotiating, there were no outsiders present, and our secret agents couldn't get in at all."
Felimici's words made Carlo think of a very important question, which he asked directly. "How many people know about this news now?"
"At the moment it should be only a few people who know about it, but in two days the two will appear together in a meeting, and everyone will know about it then."
"Two days...... Two days ......"
Carlo thought about it, but in the end he couldn't think of any good way to reach a situation in his favor in the past two days.
In the final analysis, it is because of one's own age, and it is difficult to gain the trust of others at the age of fifteen or sixteen, unless the other party can know enough about himself. Speaking of understanding, Carlo couldn't help but think of the Garibaldi envoy, Mr. Cosentz.
"Maybe I should write another letter to Garibaldi."
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While Carlo lamented that the turmoil had subsided, there were also people who blamed themselves.
In the Prime Minister's Palace, everyone is doing their own thing carefully, such a busy and quiet picture is extremely strange, but there is a reason for all this, and the reason is simple, the owner of this house needs to be quiet.
In the Prime Minister's office, Kairoli sat quietly on the sofa in deep thought, and there was no sound in the room except the sound of a pendulum.
"Wow"
The match lit the pipe, and the smoke from the pipe obscured Cairoli's uncertain face, and after a long time, he sighed.
"I was a little too aggressive before."
That's right, now Kairoli has some regrets about some of his previous moves. After the regent ignored him, he suddenly found himself the most powerful man in Italy, and he was lost in the face of the sudden immense power. He saw himself as the master of Italy, and this action brought him many advantages and consequences.
The advantage is that he is currently in the government, and he says that it is the same, and the disadvantage is that he has added a lot of enemies for himself. Of course, on the surface, there are only a few people such as former Prime Minister De Pretis, but he believes that like an iceberg on the sea, there are more hidden.
Fortunately, he understood it in time, otherwise what would have been the situation if his feud with Depretis broke out in public.
As for the fact that Femilette and Peric just met at the right time, how could he choose to reconcile because of the persuasion of these two people, it was just his inner vigilance admonishing him.
And he locked himself up alone, but it was just a reflection on his previous actions.
After putting all his moves in order, Cairoli put down his pipe, he already had an idea. He rang the rattle, and Doss, the secretary who had been waiting outside, immediately pushed the door in.
"Your Excellency Prime Minister, what's the matter?"
Looking at the secretary standing in front of him, Kairoli smiled. "What's the matter, Doss, am I terrible?"
With Cairoli's words, Doss felt that the familiar prime minister was back.
"No, my lord has always been fine."
"Okay, I thought a little differently before, so I was a little harsh on you, don't be weird."
Hearing the Prime Minister's apology to himself, Doss felt that the Prime Minister he was familiar with had really returned, which made Doss a little excited.
"Go and prepare for a meeting, I'm going to get the other ministers together for a meeting."
"Yes, Your Excellency, Prime Minister."
The sudden meeting did not make the other ministers busy in the slightest, and for them the meeting was part of the work, so after receiving the notice from the Prime Minister's Office, they quickly rushed over.
When everyone was due, Kairoli arrived as promised.
"Alright, let's have a meeting."
In this unimportant parliament, everyone found that the prime minister had changed, changed back to the prime minister they were familiar with, and both his speech and demeanor and attitude had returned to the way he was before.
The extraordinary success of this unexpected parliament, which no one expected the change of prime minister, whether it was for confidants or potential dissidents, took time to face this new situation, so the meeting went unusually well.
When the meeting was over, Cajroli sat down on the main seat to rest.
"Your Excellency, the rest of this meeting is dumbfounded."
After sending everyone else away, Secretary Dosxing hurriedly walked in and talked about today's performance.
"Alright, don't talk about it."
Cairoli stood up, "We have a lot of work to do. ”
Saying this, Cairoli remembered Carlo. For these fellow ministers, he is sure that they will be controlled. As for His Majesty, I believe that after showing kindness and respect, the young monarch will make a difference in himself.