Romanian Eagle

Eder is very satisfied with this visit to Austria-Hungary, which has solved personal problems and strengthened the defense capability of Romanian coast. Basically, the purpose of this time has been achieved, and it can be regarded as a successful visit.

Eder was called by his anxious parents after returning to Romania. Just like ordinary parents, they are concerned about their children's spouses.

"How is that girl Edel?" the anxious mother, Queen Elizabeth, asked eagerly after Edel sat down.

"Queen, you are too impatient, wait for Edel to say it herself." As a father, Carol I persuaded his wife, and it seemed from his tone that he was also very concerned about his son's spouse.

"I'm just concerned about my son's marriage."

The mother rarely refuted the father, which surprised Edel a little. In his 21 years of experience, his mother had basically never opposed his father, and it seemed that his mother was really anxious. Seeing this situation, Edel coughed twice to ease the atmosphere, and then told Sophie Marie's situation.

"Mother, Sophie Marie is a good girl, gentle and kind, and prefers to ride horses..."

As Edel recalled her performance with Sophie Marie, she organized the language to speak to her parents.

"Then are you planning to marry her?" Carol I asked the core question that he and his wife valued most.

"Father, I think she is my suitable other half." Edel said his plan.

"Then when are you going to marry her?"

After hearing his father's words, Edel knew that it was not up to him to decide when to get married, but according to his parents' current mood, he should not be slow. So he answered. "You call the shots, I have no opinion."

After hearing their son's words, the Carrolls laughed with satisfaction. A week later, the Romanian royal family proposed to Princess Sophie Marie of the Austro-Hungarian royal family, Crown Prince Eder. Of course, Austria-Hungary would not refuse to agree on the third day. Following a telegram exchange, Austria-Hungary and Romania finally set their marriage to September 15.

When his mother was busy with her own marriage, her father, Carol I, called Edel to his room.

"Eder, what do you think of the current election?" Carol I asked Eder this Romanian parliamentary election.

In addition to being busy with his own marriage during this time, Edel is also very concerned about this election. It needs to be explained here that Romania is still fighting for the Prime Minister seat between the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party. The Liberal Party introduced Icon Bretianu as a candidate for the prime minister's seat, while the Conservatives introduced Titu Maiorescu as the candidate to compete with the Liberal Party. Now the two sides are fighting fiercely in Parliament, and both want to take the Prime Minister's throne into their own hands.

Here I want to mention the outgoing old Prime Minister Stulier. He is the leader of the Liberal Party (the Conservative Party is pro-German) who is pro-British and French on the surface. In fact, he is only a prince. Whoever the royal family is close to, he is also close to whom, which is really a chameleon in Romanian politics. However, it was his performance like this that allowed him to secure the throne of Prime Minister for ten years. Moreover, during the period of Eder's industrialization, he could suppress other voices in the country and fully promote the industrialization process of Romania, so half of Romania's current achievements are his credit.

If he hadn't retreated bravely this time, it is estimated that he would have been able to do it for a few years. However, this old fox knows that he has been occupying the prime minister's seat for so long, which has caused a lot of dissatisfaction. If he stayed any longer, he might be greeted with public anger. At that time, the royal family would not be able to protect himself, and the old fox would retire for the sake of the family's future and his own reputation.

Now the two prime minister candidates know that to win, they must be approved by the royal family. The two debated topics ranging from people's livelihood to industry to infrastructure construction. Now even the international situation has become the focus of their confrontation.

Conservative Party candidate Maiorescu has published in the newspapers, on the prospect of further close relations with Germany,

He hopes to get more German loans through closer ties with Germany. Maiorescu's remarks were supported by the two ambassadors from Germany and Austria.

Bredianu disagreed. He believes that although Romania is developing well, its national strength is still weak. You shouldn't tie yourself to a tree. He needs to deal with other countries as well, which means he wants to find a balance between the Allies and the Entente. His speech was recognized by the ambassadors of Britain, France and Russia.

Edel thought about it and replied. "Now the Conservatives Maiorescu and the Liberal Bredianu have too many outside influences. This is not a good time to choose."

There is also a reason for Eder to answer this sentence, because the old king is closer to Germany and agrees with Maiorescu. He knew that Germany was doomed to fail, and if he continued to be close to Germany, he might be drawn into the camp. Before, he pretended to be close to Germany only for German economic aid, but now it is a bit self-defeating. I don't know if his acting is too real, everyone including his father thinks he prefers Germany. This made Eder very embarrassed, and now he needs to hold the pace of Romania's slide to Germany.

"Then what do you think we should do," Carol I asked him.

After thinking for a long time, Edel decided to tell the truth to the old king. "Now our relationship with Germany has attracted the attention of other major powers in Europe. If this continues, we will join the battle between the Allies and the Allies, which is not in line with our positioning. Romania has developed well in recent years, but it is still too weak to be too early. card table."

"Edel, I thought you would move closer to Germany, after all we are the Hohenzollern family." Carol I said to Edel. Although now the king of Romania, it seems that Carol I still has feelings for Germany.

As for Carol I's thoughts, Edel can only dispel his thoughts in advance. "Father, we are the Romanian royal family after all, and we need to be responsible to the Romanian people. It is too risky to join Germany now, and we need to bet when we see the situation clearly."

"Then what do you mean?" Carol I asked his son's thoughts.

"Our relationship with Germany is good enough, and now we need to strengthen our relationship with the Entente." Eder pointed out his ideas directly to the old king.

When Edel made his point of view to the old king, the possibility of the king's support for the Democratic Party was also being discussed at the little Bretianu's house. Wendyle Bretianu is asking his cousin, Ikon Bretianu, why he made remarks that are closer to Britain and France.

"Cousin, you are too impulsive. Now everyone knows that the royal family has a favorable impression of Germany. If you talk like this, you will not perform well in front of the royal family."

As the son of the late politician Jan C. Bretianu, Wendyle Bretianu is also not a low-ranking member of the Liberal Party. It's just that now his cousin Icon Bretianu is doing better, so he is suppressed by his cousin Ray. Most people now think that his cousin is the successor to the Liberal Party founder Jan C. Breitia, and he is only an assistant. He is not without dissatisfaction with this, but his cousin is indeed much better than him. In addition, the political resources of the Bretia family can only be concentrated on one person to seize the prime minister's post, so he can only be his cousin as a deputy.

After hearing the words of his cousin, E. Con Bretia explained to him why he did this. "Wentiller, you only see the surface. Have you paid attention to the performance of Crown Prince Eder in recent years?"

He continued without waiting for his cousin to answer. "I have known the Crown Prince carefully, but the focus is different from yours. You are all concerned about his political methods and ideas, and I mainly see whether everything he does is more beneficial to Romania. In the end I found that he is more than the old man. The king pays more attention to practical interests, which is a good thing for Romania. After all, a monarch who loves his people and is skilled is good news for any country. Now it is the right time for Romania to show the goodwill of the crown prince to Britain and France.”

"Then you are betting that His Majesty will make concessions to the Crown Prince?" his cousin said what Icon Bretia thought.

E. Kon Bretia watched his cousin speak in a low voice. "After all, the king is 71 years old. Do you see what he has done in the past few years to establish prestige for the crown prince?"

Wendyle Bretianu recalled the performance of the old king in the past few years. He only took action when the army began to conspire to rebel. The rest were left to the crown prince to play his role, which was almost a semi-retirement stage. Thinking of this, he once again admired his cousin's precise vision. It seems that he still has a long way to go from being the prime minister.

In the palace, Carol I was finally persuaded by Edel and decided to release goodwill to the Entente, ready to support Ikon Bretia as prime minister to form a cabinet. In the February 15 election, Icon Bretia, who has the backing of the royal family, was unsurprisingly won by a large margin. He got 95 out of 157 votes in Parliament, which means the Liberals will continue to form a cabinet independently. In the subsequent cabinet formation, he was very smart and did not move the person whom the crown prince wanted to promote, but changed other candidates.

Britain, France, and Russia were all surprised by the Romanian election. In their opinion, when Romania is almost on the verge of becoming a German private land, they know what it means to be a prime minister of a pro-Entente country. Germany and Austria are also very disappointed with the Romanian election, but since the new prime minister has not yet acted, they are not easy to express their views.

In this way, the new Romanian government headed by Ikon Bretia began to appear in front of the world.

(About the update. Due to the busy work, Mantou has not saved the manuscript and can only find it now, which disappoints everyone. However, Mantou will try to code words to make everyone satisfied. Thank you for reading Mantou's book. Thank you very much)