In May 1902, a piece of news caused a sensation throughout Italy and Europe.

The Italian government had just thwarted an attempted armed rebellion, and the heroic Italian military police arrested 82 people, including Count Peric, Viscount Fiorella, and Baron Carboni, and five of them were at large.

For such a hot news, in addition to the Italian domestic media, foreign media are also vying to report. In the face of the influx of media, the Ministry of the Interior produced a lot of evidence, such as seized guns and other weapons, as well as confessions of the perpetrators. In the face of the evidence presented by the Ministry of the Interior, the domestic media naturally had nothing to say, of course, they praised the courage of the Ministry of the Interior, and in one fell swoop wiped out the local nobles who were ready to launch a rebellion.

As for the foreign media, it is not so easy to speak, and many media claim that this is nothing more than the **** of the Italian government, because the local aristocracy is not satisfied with the seizure of power in Rome.

Okay, that's a lot of speculation, but does it work?

For the Kingdom of Italy, as long as the people recognize their own words, it is good for the media of other countries to directly say that the other party is spreading rumors and causing trouble, because it is impossible for the other party to produce evidence. Since there is no evidence, it is just a dog barking, and it is better to ignore it at all.

And the arrest of these dozens of local forces who resisted Rome's seizure of power had an even greater shock to Italian politics. These officials are quite sensitive to politics, regardless of the charges of these arrested local powermen, just look at the actions of the Roman government, and whoever dares to resist Rome's seizure of power will not end up better than these bigwigs.

So after these bigwigs were arrested, the pace of Italy's redistricting into provinces suddenly accelerated, and the officials who complained before immediately praised the bill, saying that this was the beginning of Italy's strength, the correct way to open a game of chess in the whole country, and so on.

The dramatic change in the attitude of officials is also an indication of the strength of Italy's central government. It is believed that after this experience, the officials will be more flattering to Rome, and at the same time, they will be more diligent in carrying out Roman orders.

In the face of the great change in the attitude of the local officials, it was very comforting to the people of Rome, and it was not in vain to spend so much.

However, after the arrest of these local opposition bigwigs, there is still a problem that needs to be solved, which is of great concern not only to the government, but also to Carlo.

"Your Majesty, this is the property of the criminals who have seized the conspiracy to rebel."

Home Secretary Cruz put a detailed list of his assets in front of Carlo.

Now Cruz can be described as ambitious, as soon as he took office, he led the Ministry of the Interior to handle such a major case, clearing the way for Rome to take power. For him and the National Socialist Party, it was a good start.

For the list handed by Cruz, Carlo read it very carefully, and there were many assets listed on it, such as land, factories, plantations, estates, and a series of other items that could be included in the property. And this list is also very careful, and the prices of each item are also listed behind, which makes people look very regular and standardized.

Of course, at the end of the list, the valuation of assets of 7.1-830 million lira is also the reason why the government has been hesitant to decide on its own.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what you think about the distribution of these assets."

But it is still coming, and Prime Minister Antonio has sounded the clarion call for the distribution of assets.

"Your Majesty, our army has been short of funds over the years, and the total strength of the army has also dropped again and again, please consider our army."

The Chief of the General Staff of the Army, General Simeone, won the first place by virtue of being one step ahead. Field Marshal Cadnar, Minister of War, was not in good health, so only Admiral Simeone was present in the army, but even so, Simeone had to do his best to get his fair share of the army.

Of course, Carlo knew Simeone's words, and he also knew that he had treated the army a little badly over the years, causing the size of the army to decrease again and again, and its scale was already at the bottom of the European powers. This is all a last resort choice for the army's new technology research and development and the application of new equipment.

"Your Majesty, my prime ministers, the navy has also been underinvested in recent years, and the number of the main warships of the navy has dropped to the lowest level in years."

Admiral Yagill, the Minister of the Admiralty, was also not a fuel-efficient lamp, and after seeing that Carlo's face was a little loose, he hastened to add a sentence. Because with his many years of experience in seizing military spending, His Majesty has a proportional share of the military allocated to them, and if there is more army, then it will definitely have to be replenished from the navy, and he can't let such a thing happen.

Besides, he said that it is also true, and the total tonnage of the main warships currently in service and under construction in the Navy is indeed the lowest in these years. The reason is simple, that is, the Navy has just retired its two Durio-class battleships (the Durio and the Dondolo) to free up more funds to build new ships for replacement.

Of course, the three Durio Improvements will also be retired from active service within three years (Lepanto, Morosini and Italia). Although these five 10,000-ton battleships are all old battleships in the 80s and have not experienced much war, they have also contributed to the Italian Navy as the main warships of the navy.

"Your Majesty, the government is also in great need of capital investment, and at present, there is a considerable gap in the funding of public infrastructure construction in China, and infrastructure investment also needs to be increased, so Your Majesty, the government is also in urgent need of funds."

As soon as the prime minister took the lead, several other cabinet ministers followed suit.

"Your Majesty, our health department intends to continue to promote primary medical care."

"Your Majesty, our education department intends to increase investment in higher education."

"Your Majesty........."

"Alright." This nonsense made Carlo feel a little dissatisfied. These guys are still poor and crazy, and they don't care about money when they see it. Well, Italy is not rich financially, it is really poor, but it can't be so disrespectful for the sake of a small proportion of funds.

"As for the distribution of funds after the sale of these properties, I think the government can take 65%, and as for the remaining 35%, the army and navy will split it in half."

Carlo directly did not give them a chance to continue, and directly divided the proportion of funds.

And Carlo's words made the government and the military have nothing to say, after all, the king has already been divided, who dares to make trouble at this time.

"Prime Minister, what are your plans for these confiscated lands?"

After dividing the confiscated property, Carlo inquired about the land.

Antonio naturally knew the king's thoughts, and he replied immediately. "Your Majesty, for those confiscated lands, we give priority to selling them to those tenants. Of course, if the land has been industrially cultivated, it will be sold as an asset first. ”

The Prime Minister's remarks are also the result of comprehensive consideration on the part of the government, and those large farms that have completed industrial cultivation will definitely sell better and sell at a higher price.

As for the land that has not been converted into a large farm, of course, priority is given to tenants who have been working on the land.

In the face of the Prime Minister's answer, Carlo nodded and accepted the government's arrangement, which is not easy to do without money.

This imperial meeting did not last long, and the prime minister and others left after a while, after all, this trip was to discuss the distribution of these confiscated properties, and since the distribution was completed, what else could be worth gathering and discussing with the senior military and political officials?

When everyone else had left, Carlo glanced at the detailed list of properties in front of him and sighed deeply.

Because this time the matter was done a bit ruthlessly, the nobles had a lot of opinions on this, although there were charges of treason and armed rebellion, but so many nobles were confiscated property, which also made other nobles feel frightened. It can be said that before this, the nobles were in awe of the royal family, then only fear remained.

For the sake of the kingdom's centralization of power and financial problems, Carlo is digging his own corner to mend the big tree of Italy.

For Italy, Carlo can be regarded as giving his whole heart.