Rome, the capital of Italy, is not as prosperous as Paris, but it is not far behind.

In addition, a large number of relics from the Roman Empire era in the city echo the modern neighborhoods, both the historical and modern sunrises, adding a few different styles to it.

Therefore, even the members of the French delegation, who have seen many of the world, praised it.

This time, the French delegation came to visit, led by the President of Parliament, Ribes, and to see the functioning of the Italian Conference.

In fact, what is there to visit in the Italian parliament, its role is similar to that of the German parliament, which is a parliament under a dual constitutional monarchy.

Of course, according to the speaker of the Parliament of Ribes, every parliamentary model has its own role, and France, as a parliamentary country, needs to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, absorb the democratic political experience of any country, and provide sufficient experience for France's political activities.

Look, the speaker of the Ribes Council is at a high level, and he said that this visit is so noble.

Since the noble French delegation has come to Rome, in addition to the normal visit and visit, it is also necessary to walk around and appreciate the folk customs of Rome. Therefore, in the past two days, the French delegation, led by the Italian parliament, had a good sightseeing.

This kind of sightseeing without spending money is indeed enjoyable for the body and mind, but the pleasure should not be forgotten.

No, President Ribes, who had just returned to his lodgings to rest, received a happy news. Italian Prime Minister Cruz has agreed to meet him in secret at the prime minister's home tomorrow evening.

Since the secret meeting was agreed, it shows that Italy does have its own ideas, and as long as it is not an Italian who is not dead-eyed, then this matter is operational enough.

Speaking of which, he Ribes is the No. 3 person in French politics, and he actually needs to meet with the Italian Prime Minister in secret, and the reason for this makes people cry when you think about it.

The next day, the president of the Parliament of Ribes announced that he was not feeling well and needed to recuperate for two days on the advice of his doctor. As a result, the French delegation's sightseeing tour was missing a big person.

"Hello, Speaker of the Ribes Council."

"Hello, Prime Minister Cruz."

In the study of the Prime Minister's house, President Ribes, dressed in disguise, met with Prime Minister Cruz. There was no one else at the scene except these two, and the Prime Minister's butler was standing guard at the door, staring at any possible daredevils.

When there were only two people left, Prime Minister Cruz asked as he took out a bottle of red wine and two glasses from the cabinet next to him. "Speaker Ribes, how about some red wine?"

"Very happy to taste it."

Then two glasses of red wine appeared in their hands.

Prime Minister Cruz raised his glass and looked at the not-so-pure red wine inside. "This is my favorite red wine, from my hometown town, although it is not a good red wine, but it has the taste of my hometown, but also with my childhood memories, and I invite the president of the Ribbes Council to taste it."

Faced with Prime Minister Cruz's invitation, President Ribes raised his glass and tasted it. "On the palate, it is mellow and long, although there is a hint of sweetness. Prime Minister Cruz, you're right, it's not a great wine, but it's a unique wine. ”

"Understandably, I just love the imperfections of this wine. No one or anything will go on smoothly all the time, and there are twists and turns and hard work to appear real. ”

"Your Excellency the Prime Minister is right, nothing is set in stone. It's like the relationship between our two countries, there are good times and sometimes disputes, but as long as our two countries work hard, then they can still get on the normal track. ”

The two saw that it was a topic of small talk, and on the initiative of President Ribes, they slipped in the direction of negotiation.

"You're right, as long as both parties work hard, you can get back to normal, but that's under normal circumstances. If there is a boulder in the track, then the effort may not be fruitful, so if you want to get back to the normal track, you must remove the boulder. ”

In the face of Prime Minister Cruz's words, President Ribes smiled and spoke. "There is some truth in what Your Excellency the Prime Minister said, and the boulder needs to be moved before the track can be restored."

Speaking of which, the Speaker of the Ribbes Council is no longer hiding. "In fact, the serious differences between your two countries have arisen because our country has occupied Tunisia without consulting your country. For the sake of this Tunisia, you and China have been in constant dispute for the past 30 years, which has caused many losses to your two countries. The purpose of my visit is to resolve the grievances between the two countries, to reconcile our two countries, and to set a good example for easing tensions in Europe. ”

Prime Minister Cruz scoffed at the Ribbes Parliament Speaker's claim for peace in Europe, and the tense situation in Europe was not created by you and Germany. Now I want to dissolve it in the empty vernacular, what do I think.

"Mr. Ribes, in fact, both of us and you have a small grudge, it will be good to wait for a while, and you don't need Your Excellency to make such a special trip."

Cruz was ostensibly dissuading, but in fact he was saying that if you only came with words, then the meeting could be over.

As a veteran who has been up and down in the political arena for many years, how could he not understand Cruz's words, so he spoke directly. "Your Excellency Cruz, I have come with enough sincerity to make peace between our two countries and our country, and we have decided to withdraw from the whole of Tunisia and let your country take over. I think this will allow your country to put aside the disputes that have existed for many years and restore the relationship between the two countries. ”

Ribes' words made Cruz look surprised and looked at the other party. "What you said is true?"

"Yes, we do have that idea."

Ribes's words are clearly conditional. Anyway, there are no conditions, France will be so kind, what do you think.

As for the conditions of France, Cruz can guess a little, but he intends to hear what the other party is talking about first.

"If you have any conditions, just say it."

In the face of Prime Minister Cruz's questioning, Ribers smiled and spoke. "Actually, we don't want much, as long as your country can dissolve its alliance with Germany, and the northern region of Tunisia will be offered with both hands."

"Let's change the condition, my country can't do it."

Prime Minister Cruz saw at a glance that France's condition was no different from drawing Italy into the Entente, and directly rejected it.

Because the dissolution of the alliance with Germany is undoubtedly offending Germany and Austria, Italy and Germany have so many cooperation projects, it is not a great loss. It is even said that after being hated by Germany and Austria, Italy can only rely on the Entente in terms of diplomatic strategy.

So a Tunisia is not worth changing the door of Italy at all, the loss is too great to pass the king's hurdle, and Cruz himself refused.

In the face of Cruz's refusal, Ribes, as the representative of France, was not angry, because this condition was not favored by Paris, and now he put forward the idea of just giving it a try.

"Since your country is unwilling to dissolve its alliance with Germany, it does not matter. As long as your country agrees not to join our war with Germany, Tunisia is equally willing to offer it with both hands. ”

Faced with Ribes's words, Cruz spoke. "This should be the last condition of your country."

"Yes, this is already the greatest sincerity that our country can show, and there will never be such good sincerity in the future."

"To be honest, this condition is indeed not bad, if you look for 20 years ago, the first condition can be accepted by our country. Ten years ago, the second condition would have been acceptable. Now, however, these two conditions are unacceptable to our country. ”

The truth that Cruz said was that the alliance relations over the years had brought Italy closer to Germany and even Austria-Hungary, not only diplomatically, but also militarily, economically, culturally, and so on.

So this can only be blamed on the fact that the French came too late.

In fact, it is not a question of whether it is too late, but the reason why France did not pay attention to Italy before. When I finally face it, it's too late.

Not to mention, Germany still has a trump card in hand.

These Frenchmen, don't talk about it.

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