Chapter 109: The Unexpected Governor of Lanfang
After thinking about it for two or three days, Carlo has never been a suitable candidate, which makes him want to pick the tallest one from the short.
But thinking of the importance of the colony of Borneo to Italy, he resisted the thought.
However, the question of the selection of the governor has not been carried out for a long time, so that the reception of Italy has not been carried out, so the Prime Minister's Office has sent someone to urge.
"Your Majesty, I heard that you are worried about the selection of the governor of Lanfang?"
Manager Alejad, who had not been seen for a long time, suddenly appeared in front of Carlo.
How did he forget this, and he patted his head before he remembered that this old man who had gone through three generations of kings, he would definitely have a way.
"Yes, I'm worried about it."
Carlo then told the old man what he wanted of the governor of Lanfang, and took his own considerations out of it.
After listening to Carlo's story, Arlejad touched his gray bearded chin and spoke. "In this way, it is really difficult to choose this candidate, and there are not many people who are qualified for the position of governor at the moment."
"Yes, there are no more than five people in the government who have this ability, but none of them can be the governor."
In the face of Governor Alejad's words, Carlo also made his own complaints.
"If you don't have it in the government, you can only find it outside the government, and if Your Majesty doesn't have other requirements for this position, then you can still find it."
"Who can I get this for?"
The words of the head of Alejad made Carlo very curious?
"In fact, Your Majesty's choice of Governor Lanfang is completely a trumpet prime minister, so why not choose from those who have really been prime ministers?"
Administrator Alejad's words opened Carlo's thoughts.
Indeed, if you don't have to worry about the faction of the candidate, there is no better choice than those who have been prime ministers before when no one is available.
Seeing that Carlo had already figured it out, Chief Alejad bowed slightly. "Your Majesty, I'll retire first."
"Thank you, Your Excellency, Steward, for your help."
Carlo took the old man's hand and said words of thanks, his expression sincere as never before.
"For Your Majesty's worries, this is just what I should do."
After sending off the old man in politics, Carlo finally breathed a sigh of relief, at least there was a candidate. Of course, his understanding of this Alejad chief is also on a higher level, no wonder he can still get enough trust after being the chief butler of the royal family for so many years, and he really has a set of skills.
Of course, the head of the palace gave the idea, so Carlo needed to pick a candidate. The first thing that came to his mind was the stern face, former Prime Minister Kairoli.
Needless to say, if he hadn't been unlucky enough to encounter a Tunisian crisis, neither he nor De Pretis would have wanted to overthrow him. Being a little Governor of Lanfang is not easy to capture, even if he needs to do a lot of things.
And there is another advantage to choosing the former prime minister, Prime Minister de Pretis will definitely agree, although both are members of the left-wing party, De Pretis is absolutely willing to play far away.
Born in 1826, he is only 59 years old and can withstand the bumps in the road to Lan Fong.
Although Cairoli ruthlessly picked Carlo's face at that time, what is a political creature, that is, there is a grudge against killing his father, as long as there are enough interests, he can also make a long live friendship move.
Although Carlo can't reach this level, but the trivial matter of picking up face, Carlo has long been out of his heart, how much is face worth, first two catties.
The more he thought about it, the more satisfied Carlo became, and immediately called the chief of the guard.
"Felimich, what is the former prime minister doing at the moment?"
Faced with Carlo's sudden question about the former prime minister, the chief of guard was slightly stunned before speaking. "At present, His Excellency Cairoli lives in his hometown of Piacenza, and in addition to planting flowers, he fishes or gathers with friends."
"It seems that the former prime minister is living a comfortable life."
Listening to the words of the chief of the guard, Felimic, Carlo couldn't help but say.
"By the way, Chief Guard, I need you to come and invite the former Prime Minister to Rome."
"Ah......h
Faced with Carlo's words, Felimich was very surprised.
But he'll react quickly. "Okay, Your Majesty, I'll send someone, don't I personally invite you."
I am very satisfied with the answer of the chief of guard, and the question of the candidate that Carlo has been entangled in can be put aside for the time being, and wait for the former prime minister to come over.
Although the chief of guard did not know the purpose of Carlo's request for the former prime minister to come to Rome, he felt that it must not be easy, so he personally invited him.
Two days later, he rushed back to Rome with the former prime minister.
"I really didn't expect to go back to Rome and go back to one day."
Looking at the scene outside the carriage, the former prime minister couldn't help but sigh.
"Where, it's just that Your Excellency doesn't care about it on weekdays."
The chief of the guard, who was in the same carriage, opened his mouth to meet it.
"Don't compliment me anymore, I know my situation. But I'm just a little curious, why Carlo, the young monarch, suddenly remembered to meet him. ”
In the end, he was a person who had been the prime minister, and he didn't care about the compliments of the chief of the guard. And he himself knows that he lost Tunisia during his tenure, and he will not be able to return to politics at all.
Soon the carriage arrived at the palace, and after disembarking, the chief of guard led the prime minister through a series of familiar scenes, all the way to the outside of Carlo's office.
After a brief briefing, Kairoli met the young man, no, the young monarch.
"I've seen Your Majesty."
Cairoli bent slightly, showing his respect for the royal family.
"Hello, Lord Kairoli."
This is the first time the two have met in the past few years, compared with before, Carlo is like the rising sun, and it is irresistible to begin to emit the rising sun, while the former prime minister, like the sun that has ended, can only emit the last ray of sunset.
Now the identities of the two have changed, which is embarrassing.
Carlo finally began to speak first. "Your Excellency Kairoli, how are you doing in your hometown?"
"It's not bad, grow flowers and raise fish, and then chat with friends, it's very good."
Faced with Cairoli's answer, Carlo decided to go straight to the point. "This kind of life is enviable, but maybe Your Excellency can't continue to live like this."
"Oh, why?"
Carlo explained why. "For I would like to ask Your Excellency to be the Governor of the first colony of Italy."
"Okay."
"Because of Your Excellency, ah!"
Carlo was a little surprised, he didn't expect the former prime minister to agree so quickly, which made him feel a little caught off guard.
Looking at the young monarch with a surprised expression, Kairoli explained with a smile. "Although I live comfortably in my hometown, I'm more used to being busy. So no matter what His Majesty wants me to do this time, I'm going to give it a try. ”
Well, Carlo can see that the former prime minister has now let go of his inner baggage and has done whatever he wants, but he has nothing to say about this state except envy.
Since the former prime minister had agreed to become the governor of Lanfang, Carlo informed him of his request.
And the former prime minister listened to Carlo's many requests, smiling the whole time without showing a trace of other expressions, and it seemed that he thought Carlo's demands were within his ability.
Now that the candidate has been decided, of course, it must be reported to the prime minister, because it can no longer be delayed. So later that day, the Prime Minister received the appointment.
"This guy Kairoli is going to be the governor of Lanfang?"
Looking at the documents sent from the palace, the prime minister had a surprised expression on his face. Although he didn't know why the young monarch had appointed this guy as the governor of Lanfang, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity and kicked it away.
So after some consideration, Prime Minister De Pretis signed his name.
Of course, this news inevitably spread in Rome. But rather than the surprise of lower- and middle-level officials, politicians at the top will not pay much attention to the appointment. Although somewhat unexpected, everyone knows that the former prime minister's political life is over, and his becoming the governor of the Italian colony is already the limit.