My Italian

In the summer of Rome, the population is much less than before, but there are still no figures.

And the reason for all this, the French have contributed a lot.

Even in the Quirinale Palace, where the royal family is located, you can still see crowds carrying Italian flags.

On an open-air balcony of the palace, Carlo looked at the crowd outside who had been reluctant to leave for a long time, and asked.

"What is the Prime Minister doing now?"

Behind Carlo stood the captain of the bodyguard. Of course, His Excellency the Baron knew what Carlo wanted to ask.

"Prime Minister De Pretis is currently negotiating with France."

Of course, Carlo knew what the captain of the guard said, and of course it wasn't just him. There were so many people up and down in Rome, who wouldn't be watching the every move of Depretis, the newly-appointed prime minister.

Not to mention, how to restore the Italian interests in Tunisia, which deserves attention.

But Carlo doesn't care about other things, he cares more about the situation on the other side.

"How is Mr. Garibaldi in Palermo now?"

Hearing that Carlo cared about him, Baron Filimic, the captain of the guard, showed an inexplicable smile.

"Mr. Garibaldi may not be too happy in Palermo at the moment."

Hearing the chief guard's answer, Carlo asked curiously. "What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty, it's like this..."

In the narration of the captain of the guard, Carlo finally learned about the current situation of the national hero. Indeed, as he said, Garibaldi was not at all happy in Palermo.

If you want to divide by time, then the resignation of former Prime Minister Cairoli is the standard. Before that, everything went very well in Palermo for Garibaldi. The government not only strongly supported his rally speech, but also provided funds to prepare him to form a new red shirt army.

But all this came to an abrupt end after the resignation of Prime Minister Cairoli. After that, the national hero could not get any support from the Palermo government, whether it was funds or other aspects, it was all excuses. If you really can't find an excuse, just like squeezing toothpaste, give a small amount.

This made Garibaldi's work in forming the red shirts extremely slow. Before Cairoli stepped down, he had formed a team of more than 1500 people, and it has only been more than 1600 people until now, which can be seen Efforts of the Palermo government.

However, Garibaldi is worthy of being the national hero of Italy. Relying on his unique personality charm, he still guarantees that the fighting spirit of the red-shirted army, which lacks food and clothing, is unabated and high.

After listening to what the captain of the guard said, Carlo pondered for a while and then ordered. "In the name of the royal family, donate 1 million lire to Garibaldi."

After hearing Carlo's order, the captain of the guard did not do it immediately as before, but said after hesitating. "Your Majesty, is it appropriate to do so?"

Facing the head guard's dissuasion, Carlo stretched out his hand to stop what he wanted to say.

"Captain of the Guard, I know what you want to say. Such behavior against the government will bring the government's unhappiness to me, but I have an idea of ​​my own, so go ahead and do it."

Seeing that His Majesty knew the consequences of what he had done, His Excellency the Baron stopped talking because he had fulfilled his duty as a minister.

Carlo didn't look back at the departing captain, but still looked at the crowd gathering in the square against the law. Of course, he didn't know the consequences of going against the government, but he didn't always go against the grain, but he didn't have many opportunities to befriend Garibaldi, and he was unwilling to give up such an opportunity.

While Carlo was doing everything he could to befriend Garibaldi, DePretis also walked out of the French embassy exhausted.

The French ambassador, Danny Dyer, has a good relationship with him, but this time he is not just here to promote their personal friendship.

Yes, this time he came to discuss the protection of Italy's interests in Tunisia. Don't look at the fact that France didn't take action against Italy's industry in Tunisia before, it was just a tactic to appease Italy and reduce its resistance to the inclusion of Tunisia as a French colony.

When the limelight of the crisis in Tunisia is over, then the interests of Italy in Tunisia are not at the mercy of the French. Although everyone is a European country, this can only make France pay attention to the appearance, but it will not change France's desire to expel Italy from Tunisia. idea.

Of course Depretis also knows this, so he hopes to preserve Italy's interests in Tunisia as much as possible. After all, the investment of hundreds of millions of liras can be recovered a little bit more.

It's just that the negotiation with the French ambassador, Danny Dyer, did not go well.

With the help of his servants, Depretis got into the carriage.

"Prime Minister, should we go to the Prime Minister's Office now or go home."

DePretis thought about it and replied, "Go to the Prime Minister's Office."

The carriage carrying him started slowly and ran towards the Prime Minister's Office.

Depretis looked out the window, thinking about the future of Italy.

Although diplomatic isolation can allow Italy to reduce its external focus and focus more on domestic construction. But after the Tunisian crisis, Italy's foreign policy of isolation can no longer go on. Whether passively or actively, Italy must find allies in Europe.

So who is the most suitable candidate to find allies?

If you were to ask De Pretis, he would tell you that the UK was the best candidate for Italy. But unfortunately, everyone knows how difficult it is to be an ally of the United Kingdom. UUkanshu www.uukanshu.com relies on the British Isles and the mainland separated by a strait and strong national strength, and has always believed in diplomatic isolation. In addition to looking for allies everywhere during the Napoleonic period in order to hold France's hegemony in Europe, you can see when the British have found allies at other times. Even during the Crimean War, Britain and France jointly dealt with Russia, which was only short-lived. The interests were allied, and when the peace treaty was signed after the war, they separated immediately.

Moreover, the British mainland policy is not ignorant. It ensures that there is no hegemon in the European continent, and anyone who takes this position will be suppressed.

Therefore, it is not difficult for the UK to become an ally, but it requires timing and luck, but at present, the UK does not have any interest in Italy becoming an ally.

Besides the United Kingdom, Italy also has another option, Germany. Unlike the United Kingdom, Germany under the leadership of Pismai is different from the United Kingdom in terms of alliances. As long as it is beneficial to Germany, then it is easy to talk about alliances.

However, for Italy, there is one country that cannot be avoided in its alliance with Germany, and that is Austria.

Needless to say about the relationship between Italy and Austria, the unification of Italy was achieved only by war with Austria. In addition, Italy and Austria still have territorial disputes so far, so the relationship between the two countries has always been tense.

And Italy wants to form an alliance with Germany, and Austria is a topic that cannot be avoided. For this reason, De Pretis intends to test Germany's attitude first. If given the chance, Depretis wouldn't mind turning a feud with Austria.

Of course, for him, it is still necessary to negotiate with the French at present, otherwise the Italian government will not be able to devote its energy to the country, and the drought situation in the south has reached the point of urgency.

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