In the face of Italy's submission to French pressure, European countries had different attitudes, some gloating, such as Austria, which had almost declared war on Austria two years earlier, but for France's concerns, the war would have begun.

And seeing the dog-eat-dog inside the former enemy, there is nothing more enjoyable than this.

As for other countries, they are all about themselves, hanging high, with a warm mentality.

Although there is more international attention to Italy's predicament, there is more attention in domestic politics about the choice of the new prime minister. Although the wave of opposition to the French occupation of Tunisia reached a new high, it was well known in political circles that the matter was over the moment former Prime Minister Cairoli signed the withdrawal order.

Although there is a follow-up, it is no longer important. Anyway, the pot will be borne by the former Prime Minister Cairoli, and all the losses of Italy in Tunisia will be credited to him at that time.

For the next new prime minister, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is still confusing, several have announced that they will compete for the post of prime minister, they are all familiar to everyone, but in the hearts of the discerning people, the prime minister has long been determined, that is, former Prime Minister De Pretis will be the new prime minister. Everyone else is here to highlight his presence.

However, although De Preetis is already a candidate for the future prime minister, what needs to be done is still to be done, at least to make ordinary people feel that the prime minister is still chosen by them.

Therefore, the former prime minister frequently appeared in front of the people to show himself, and the newspapers were reporting on him, talking about his great achievements, and at the same time introducing his life, of course, it is not without newspapers reporting his stains, the biggest stain is his pro-French attitude, but these newspapers are basically third-rate tabloids, and no one reports them in the mainstream media.

Such a large-scale propaganda is of course very effective, whether you are located in a bustling city or a remote mountainous area, you basically know the person of Depretis.

Of course, very few of these people had an impact on the election of De Pretis.

It should be noted here that it is not easy for Italy to be eligible to vote in elections at present, first of all, you need to be Italian, and you also need to pay more than 25 lira a year to be eligible to vote. So how many people can this be, and the number of qualified people in Italy is currently in the early 400,000s, which is a few percent of the total population.

This shows the weakness of the Italian capitalist class, which still needs government support.

Such a small base means that the election of the prime minister has a lot of control, of course, this is not unique to Italy, it is basically the case in all European countries at present, regardless of whether it is a republic or an empire or a kingdom, it is the same, politics is a sport that can only be participated in by a few people. Of course, the same will be true in later generations, but with an extra layer of camouflage, so that ordinary people feel that they can also decide and pay more attention to their appearance. Now, everyone looks the same ugly, don't talk about the second brother.

In addition, De Pretis did not patronize his face in front of the public, and for him to become the new prime minister, the exchange of interests is the key. During this time, His Excellency De Pretis was also unusually busy, negotiating with various political groups.

Among them, there are only three that he attaches the most importance to, and the House of Savoy, which represents the royal power, is one of the key to it. There were also centrists represented by Leslie, represented by the Speaker, and right-wing moderates, represented by the rebel trio.

De Pretis has also learned the lessons of his predecessor, Prime Minister Cairoli, and in his opinion, whether there is a sudden Tunisian crisis or not, he will not be in power for long. Its attitude of forcefully suppressing various factions in the country will plant a big bomb for it. Although Kairoli's attitude has improved a lot later, his thinking of suppressing other voices has not changed, and he will still let him sit in the crater, and if he has a chance, this result will not be changed.

And De Pretis will not use such brutal means to make himself countless enemies.

Of course, the exchange of interests is not a warm vein, after all, everyone wants to maximize their own interests, so how to make reasonable arrangements has become the key, for this, De Pretis believes that in Italy, no one is better than himself.

"Tell Brewer that his United Party is not eligible for a cabinet seat and let him consider his position."

"Yes, sir, I'll tell you when Mr. Brewer comes to me."

In his study, Depretise was talking to the old butler. They were talking about a small Italian party, a party that was well-known in northern Italy, and whose unification ideas were fairly good, with three seats in parliament.

DePretius rubbed his temples and continued to speak, squeezing his tiredness. "Has Baron Felimich come back at the moment?"

"Not yet."

"Then contact His Excellency the Baron as soon as possible, I need to meet with him."

The reason for De Pretis's urgency is that the difference between the two is not small.

In the previous secret discussions between De Pretis and Carlo, because Cairoli was still the prime minister at the time, it was more about dealing with the former prime minister. After he steps down, then it will involve the issue of power distribution, and there is still a certain gap between the two in this regard.

De Pretis gave the condition that Carlo could arrange two people to join the cabinet, and Carlo's request was also for two cabinet positions. It seems that the conditions are very suitable, but in fact there is a big difference. Because Depreetis gave the Minister of Health, Education and the Secretary of the Interior. Carlo, on the other hand, asked for either the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of the Navy and Army, and the difference in weight was very large.

That's right, Carlo wants to reach out to the military, and at this point, Depretise is a little reluctant.

Although Carlo will automatically gain the support of the military when he becomes an adult, it is not in De Pretis's interest to let Carlo get the support of the military too early, which makes the negotiations deadlocked.

Although Depretis can form a cabinet without the support of the royal family, after all, Italy is a kingdom, and it is impossible to bypass the royal family. And when Carlo comes of age, it's going to be hard to deal with it.

Through the observation during this time, De Pretis believes that this His Majesty Carlo is very young and old, and it is not suitable to stiffen the relationship.

So he has the intention of making concessions, of course, after he gives concessions, this young majesty also needs to give reciprocal concessions, otherwise it will be quite difficult to talk about.

De Pretis's orders were done quite quickly, and the word reached Carlo on the same day.

For the kindness that De Pretis came, of course, Carlo would not refuse. In fact, for Carlo, his real purpose is to get close to the military, of course, whether it is the army or the navy, that only he knows.

However, this will not be an obstacle to his negotiations with DePretis, as long as the other side can accept him reaching out to the army, then he does not care how many cabinet seats he has.

So after several contacts, the two reached a consensus, as for the specific content of others is unknown.

Finally, in the election of a new prime minister on June 15, De Pretis became the 16th prime minister of Italy by a wide margin.

There is a lot to do for the new prime minister, but it should not be difficult for him.