Chapter 263 - Disposal of the New Territories

Carlo's words were very problematic, because he didn't ask about resettlement or pacification, but directly used the plan.

In the face of Carlo's question, Prime Minister De Pretis has communicated with His Majesty before, but he is not satisfied.

Because His Majesty Karlo's request was to drive out all these natives, a practice that had not been used by any country except Russia, which had always been known for its barbarians. To be more precise, it has not been used in this way in European countries for nearly a hundred years.

Of course, Depretis, who regarded himself as a civilized man, disagreed, this is nearly a million people, and it would be a big project for Italy to get rid of them all. Moreover, the international public opinion that drove these people away was not mentioned, and the time and energy spent alone hurt Italy very much. Not to mention the possibility of various revolts in it, which will drag down Italy's economic development.

In the face of the various reasons given by De Pretis, Carlo, as a king, also has his own understanding.

The vast majority of the inhabitants of these new territories were of the Green religion, which was a factor of instability for Italy. Although in this era, Green Green is far less arrogant than later generations, but for Carlo, who is bent on localizing it, it is a diehard. Although Carlo did not have the iron fist of communism, he did have the iron fist of the kingdom, and for the sake of the long-term peace and stability of Italy in these regions, it was better to spend a little more now than the events that might arise in the future.

And De Pretis and others failed to understand their hard work at all, and only saw the small profits in front of them, which made him equally dissatisfied.

In that case, he intends to make the issue public and let Italy's top officials make their own choices.

Faced with Carlo's sudden question, Prime Minister De Pretis immediately spoke. "In this regard, the government has already made a plan, and the believers in the area who are willing to relocate and leave can be allowed to go, and those who are not willing to relocate can be accepted after swearing allegiance to the kingdom. In addition, the clergy in the region must be recognized by our country, otherwise it is forbidden to preach the doctrine. In addition......"

The methods mentioned by De Pretis are basically the methods that are currently in Europe, mainly Austria-Hungary. In many places, the government's measures for green education have been borrowed from neighboring countries.

After listening to De Pretis's story, Carlo shook his head and said. "It's a good idea, but it's too slow, and it will take at least a hundred years to change the religious beliefs of the locals. This is even more of a headache if you encounter a diehard. If you want me to say, it is better to do it once and for all, and drive them out directly, and a large number of immigrants from the mainland is the way to achieve long-term peace and stability. ”

"But Your Majesty, this will delay the development of the local area, and the energy required, the time and cost will be not low, which will make the government debt even heavier, Your Majesty will not be unaware of the current difficulties of the government, right?"

Prime Minister De Pretis also hit the nail on the head, although Italy won the war and gained a large amount of territory, but at present, Italy has enough debt, and if it continues to borrow, the interest alone will weigh everyone every year.

Faced with the difficult questions raised by the prime minister, Carlo had an idea early on. "I actually have an idea of funding issues. If you want to reduce the cost, you may want to look at the local residents. For example, those fields, plantations, mines, factories, etc., which cannot be taken away, can reduce our financial burden. ”

This is almost a clear indication that the government will find a way to get rid of these evicted local residents. If you don't take into account the external influence, it is actually very beneficial for Italy.

First of all, it can make room for the Italian people, and Albania and Kosovo can accommodate at least 600,000 people, and if you add the government's industrial construction in the local area, the resettlement of one million people is also a problem. This has a great cushioning effect on relieving the pressure of more people and less land in Italy.

In addition, the vacated area is also good for Carlo, those minerals, factories, plantations, etc., the government cannot distribute them for free, so the people who can buy these industries must be rich and powerful elites or propertied classes. These people built Carlo's basic plate, yes, Carlo, the king of Italy, is the spokesperson of these people, this is the truth that he has understood since he came to this world for ten years, and the memory of his previous life can at most allow him to see the situation of Italian civilians a few more times. Don't forget about the benefits when distributing them.

And after talking about the financial aspects, Carlo looked at Admiral Saragate and said. "I think the army should have enough to deal with these locals who don't cooperate with our policies."

Seeing that the question attracted him, Admiral Saragatet, who had been watching the play, immediately replied with a straight face. "The local population has nothing to worry about this, our military has already collected weapons in the area several times before, and for those who lack weapons, we have a way to make them obedient."

Admiral Saragate's words represent the Army, and he has enough confidence in this matter. In this era when hands and feet are not restricted, the war of law and order is much easier to fight than in the era when a little news is all over the world in later generations. Afghanistan is known as the grave of empires, which is the only way to be constrained by various rules in modern times, but in ancient times it was not at all, it was trampled by various invaders.

Not to mention this kind of total expulsion operation, as long as the net is searched a few times, there will basically not be a few fish that slip through the net.

In terms of security and funding, Carlo has come up with a solution, and as for diplomacy, there is really no way to solve this problem by Carlo alone.

But then again, everything ends up with King Carlo, so what should the high-ranking officials of the government do?

So after saying two things, Carlo stopped talking.

However, although Carlo stopped speaking, DePretis, as prime minister, clearly felt the power of the king's words. Before Carlo gave a solution, it was obvious that everyone in the room did not agree, but now most of them are moved.

This approach of sacrificing the newly occupied territories to the benefit of most of the Italians is really tempting.

No, Foreign Minister Bakona took over. "In fact, the diplomatic influence on our country is not very large, you must know that these are heretics, how much sympathy can be for them. At the government level, with the exception of the Ottomans, no other country should have an impact on the government's actions. The only thing that can affect us is the influence of expulsion time, will it delay the next construction too much? ”

In response to the Foreign Secretary's concerns, Admiral Saragate spoke immediately. "As for the expulsion operation, according to our military's method, everything can be completed in three months at the earliest, and half a year at the latest."

The Minister of War made such a statement because such an action would benefit the military a lot. First of all, this kind of action can increase the influence of the military among the people, in addition, this kind of action has a lot of oil and water, although it will turn over most of it, but it can also collect a lot of money to subsidize the army's expenses.

And after the Secretary of War finished speaking, the Secretary of State Sabot immediately spoke. "If we follow the time given by the military, then we will transport the migrants and the construction task will not be delayed too long, at most three or four months, which is an acceptable result."

Well, in the face of interests, Prime Minister de Pretis was ruthlessly abandoned.

Faced with such a situation, De Pretis is certainly not invisible, and since everyone thinks that it is profitable to do so, and it is beneficial to everyone in Italy, he will certainly not continue to insist.

With De Pretis's change of attitude, the meeting was also declared closed, and Italy's policy towards the new territories was released, but it is not known how the local residents would react when they learned of this result.