Paris exudes romance and is so charming that the people of Paris, the world's largest metropolis, have plenty of reasons to be proud of.

Not to mention the number of places of interest in Paris alone, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Arc de Triomphe, the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, etc., are completely impossible to count. (The Eiffel Tower has not yet been built, and the Seine is comparable to the Ganges, which is not a view)

But despite the beauty of Paris, there are still many people on the streets who are sad. Speaking of which, it is all dragged down by the economic situation, which makes life in France not easy at present. The current high unemployment rate in France is a huge challenge for the new Joffelli government.

This French bigwig, who is famous to many Chinese, is also the first time to form a cabinet. Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, who has just taken office, naturally needs a new government and a new atmosphere, and first of all, he needs to give a solution to the current economic situation.

This Jouferi belonged to the republican left, having served as Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs of France, and in education, he first eliminated the influence of the clergy in universities, and then, he established a new educational system. Jouferi also reorganized the Committee on Public Education and proposed a bill to change the university's governing charter.

This was a huge impetus for the establishment of free, secular and compulsory primary education in France. In addition, he made French the language of instruction, which brought some dialects to the brink of extinction, which was later criticized by some. However, Joufferi's decision also united the people of France and strengthened the position of the French nation-state.

If Jouffrey was a great minister of education, he was disgusted by many people when he was a foreign minister.

Speaking of which, this also has a lot to do with his relatively unusual diplomacy, he does not advocate a head-on confrontation with Germany, but is unusually interested in expanding the colonies abroad.

This is the exact opposite of what his political rival Clemenceau claimed. You must know that this person who is unusually disgusted with Germany and is bent on pushing France to recover Alsace-Lorraine can be regarded as a French radical. The two men were not only on the left on the German issue, but also on the outside world.

He believed that the violent subjugation of "uncivilized" peoples would only reduce the moral prestige of the French nation. The government should not devote the vast amount of French human and material resources to the colonial expeditions, but to the reforms that were urgently needed at home. In his view, the colonial cause only benefited a few people and did not serve the interests of France.

But despite Clemenceau's opposition, it is Jouferi who is now prime minister. And now the first task before him is to find a way to satisfy the whole of France. Among them, the idea of the capitalists is easy to solve, that is, the needs of ordinary people are somewhat difficult, of course, no matter how difficult it is, it needs to be done, who made him the prime minister of France.

Ruferi had his own way of doing this, but he needed to have a meeting to discuss it before that.

Looking at the cabinet members who were intently waiting for their speeches in the meeting, Jouferi began his speech. "Ladies and gentlemen, convening a meeting, we all know the intentions clearly, this is the first meeting of our cabinet, and you are all powerful figures, I believe that I don't need to say more, but you also know the importance. So whoever you are, you need to remember that France is above all else. ”

With Ruferry's far-sighted speech, the scene burst into applause. Although the prime minister did not say anything about the ways or measures, it is also necessary to give priority to the attitude and set the tone.

And Ru Feili looked at the cabinet members he selected with satisfaction, these people are basically in line with their own preferences, of course, many positions are also given to support their own political parties, basically quite satisfied.

Next, in the meeting, they focused on the development of industrial production, people's livelihood projects and other major domestic affairs, and the meeting lasted for more than two hours.

It wasn't until the council was over, and everyone was ready to get up, that he spoke again. "Foreign Minister Gambetta, wait a minute."

Ruferi's words made Gambetta stop, and the others were not stupid, and they knew that the two had important matters to discuss, so the entire conference room was empty after a while.

When everyone else was done, Jouferi spoke. "Go and sit in my office."

"As you wish, Your Excellency, Prime Minister."

In the face of Jouferi's invitation, Gambetta, as the foreign minister, of course, would not refuse.

After the two arrived at the prime minister's office, Joferi picked up the phone and ordered to go down. "Simon, let Admiral Laurent come over." Jouferi's words made Gambetta's heart move, and he remembered what the prime minister had said to himself before, was he doing this?

Without giving Gambetta much thought, the door opened in less than two minutes, and Admiral Laurent, who was the Minister of the Army, appeared in front of them, which made Gambetta confirm his thoughts.

He didn't think much about it, and when the door closed, Ruferi immediately said what he thought. "Both, I hope that Tunisia will be included in the protection of France next."

In the face of His Excellency the Prime Minister's shocking words, General Laurent, who is the Minister of Foreign Affairs Gambetta and the Minister of the Army, still showed some surprise.

The two of them could show surprised expressions, thanks to the fact that before that, Joferi, as the prime minister, hinted at them. They had thought about it, but they didn't expect it to be so soon.

Facing the surprised expressions of the two, Ru Feili, as the prime minister, saw it in his eyes and was very satisfied with his own method in his heart. Even before he won the election and had not yet ascended to the premiership, he had a big picture of his future.

First of all, he needs to show the whole of France that he is different from other prime ministers, who have been in government for ten years, but there are too many people to hold the prime minister's office. In the past ten years, there have been eleven prime ministers alone, and on average, there is one more one in a year.

The frequent change of prime minister is not good for France, he came to power with one idea, and I came to power with another proposition, which also led to the French government often changing the situation, which will have a very bad impact on the French economy, diplomacy and other aspects, and Jouferi has the intention to change this situation.

However, it is very difficult to change, not to mention that he still lacks some qualifications. However, he already has some plans for this, and Tunisia is the breakthrough he is preparing for, so he is determined to achieve this. Since the stakes are high in Tunisia, it is inevitable that everything must be prepared, the most important of which is not to let the Italians know.

Speaking of which, Italy will run Tunisia not much later than France will attack Algeria. When it was still the Kingdom of Sardinia, it began to operate in Tunisia, Italy. Of course, this is not a private or corporate activity. But then, the Kingdom of Sardinia took over and went down in person. At that time, even the war to unify Italy did not curtail the penetration into Tunisia.

In addition to the distance (Tunisia is less than 500 kilometers from Sicily), what makes Italy attach so much importance to Tunisia is the fertile land of Tunisia.

With just over 160,000 square kilometres of territory and 9 million hectares (90,000 square kilometres) of arable land, Tunisia is an irresistible temptation for Italy, which has little land and many people.

In addition, although the region belonged to the Ottoman Empire, it was only a vassal. Its population is only about 700,000 people, which is mainly semi-nomadic and semi-agrarian, which is very suitable for Italian annexation. So Italy chose it as its first colony in Africa early on.

However, Italy has a long way to go to attack Tunisia, because to the west of Tunisia is Algeria, which belongs to France, and Tunisia is also favored by France.

As early as the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War, Italy made an attempt. Sending an armed force was intended to take advantage of the defeat of France and take Tunisia first. However, the operation was unsuccessful, and pressure from Britain and France made it fruitless.

In fact, one only needs to look at the map to see how wary Britain and France were of Italy's occupation of Tunisia. As long as Italy took Tunisia, it could basically divide the Mediterranean into two halves, which was unacceptable to Britain and France. Of course, it is not unacceptable, but Italy needs to pay a sufficient price. And now Italy is still unaware of this, or it can't take it.

Of course, the strength is enough, and it can't be accepted if you don't accept it, but Italy's body, think about it, forget it,

So Tunisia is in such an environment, delayed, and no one is pulling it into their pockets at the moment.

Of course, now Jouferi intends to make a change, and the reason for his confidence is that France is stronger than Italy, and France also has the support of Britain and Germany.

At the Berlin Conference of 1878, in order to mediate the dispute between France and Britain on the island of Cyprus, France gave up Cyprus on the condition that Britain would support France's seizure of Tunisia.

On the German side, Prime Minister Bismarck also supported France in order to divert France's attention.

In addition, after Germany and Austria formed an alliance, they further began to save the "Three Emperors' Alliance" of Germany, Austria, and Russia against France, which had long existed in name only.

Germany and Austria declared that their alliance was only to prevent a Russian attack, and that there was no additional malice towards Russia, and therefore they were willing to continue to reconcile with Russia. As a result, Russia was first taken aback and then relieved, and hastened to make peace with Germany and Austria, and the "Three Emperors Alliance" was revived for a while.

At the same time, in order to appease France, Germany expressed its firm support for France's acquisition of Tunisia, so that the contradictions between Germany and France tended to ease for the time being. (The iron-blooded prime minister has a good job)

As for the opinion of the Italian side, the Italian delegates at that time achieved nothing at the Berlin Conference, which represented the partition of Africa, and the diplomatic consequences of not relying on France and at the same time as Austria were vividly demonstrated. (Book friends who want to grab the Congo, now know why Italy can't do it)

Count Coti, who was the representative of Italy, left Berlin in a fit of rage, completely unaware that what he had in his pocket had been traded.

After that, the hair has been preparing to seize Tunisia step by step. However, one incident that made France wary last year was that Italy bought the railway from Tunis City to Golethai from the British, which greatly increased Italy's influence in Tunisia, and France had to compete for Tunisia as soon as possible. (The-stirring stick lives up to its name)

And Jouferi really planned to preemptively take Tunisia under such circumstances. Besides, with its strength, France is not afraid of Italy at all, and if it is offended, it will be offended.

Although Gambetta, who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and General Laurent, the Minister of War, were a little surprised by the idea of Jouferry, they were certainly willing to do what could give France enough benefits.

Jouferi's plan was a one-word quick, creating an established fact that Italy had nowhere to vent.

So after he said his thoughts, he deliberately proposed to keep it secret. The two ministers are not three-year-olds, so they naturally know how to keep it secret, and then it is up to them to prepare their own preparations.