My Italian: Chapter 331 Prime Minister Crisis

Although the war in the Far East was far away, it still had a huge impact on Italy.

After all, the army of your own country is fighting thousands of miles away, so who doesn't care?

However, unlike ordinary people who are concerned with the war and the safety of the soldiers and soldiers involved in the war, Italian capitalists can open champagne to celebrate. The war that broke out in the Far East was initially against them. After all, wars cause business to drop, unless you're in the arms business.

However, with the involvement of Italy, these capitalists suddenly found that business was easy to do. Those Qing people were very happy to buy their goods, as long as they were not outrageous, especially those officials, which made the Italians' business not good. Affected, but more prosperous. As for whether the order was grabbed from merchants in other countries, it has nothing to do with them, who can control where others buy.

Even the people are paying attention to the war situation in the Far East, and the Italian government is naturally more concerned. As a war to relieve Italy's financial pressure and benefit the military. In this Sino-Japanese war, the Italian government still paid more attention to fighting Ethiopia.

No, Prime Minister Depretis, as the head of the government, is very busy, because in addition to paying attention to government work, he also needs to cooperate with the military in the deployment of materials and personnel for the war in the Far East. You must pay attention to this kind of thing. If you are not careful, you may be swindled by the military, and you are all poor and fearful. If you can get more for your own side, who can not know who.

"The Prime Minister, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent a message that the British have finally released the K fleet, which is now passing through the Suez Canal."

"Tell the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, let them send someone to guard in Suez, and the incident of being stopped by the British for inspection cannot happen again, and be tough if necessary."

"Okay, Prime Minister."

"Is there anything else?"

"In addition, the Admiralty sent a message that they hope the government will help them organize another fleet. Lieutenant General Alvaro's fleet urgently needs a batch of maintenance facilities and equipment, and we hope we can reply within three days."

"Well, send this message to the Ministry of Transportation and ask them to recruit another batch of ships. Also inform the Navy Department that they will need to pay for the cost."

"Also, the Ministry of Education sent a message that they want to be in..."

For the next two hours, Prime Minister DePretis kept giving orders to various departments. Although there are some things that require a short thought, it still does not affect the old man who has been in power for more than ten years. That's right, if Prime Minister De Pretis, who is 81 years old, is not an old man, then there are few in Italy who can be called an old man.

As an elderly prime minister, DePretis has felt less and less energetic in the past two years.

Therefore, after dealing with the urgent matters that need to be solved, the Prime Minister, who feels exhausted, needs to rest and take a nap to recover his energy.

"Prime Minister, Mr. Neil Naper has arrived."

Secretary Usopp whispered in the Prime Minister's ear, and when he heard the secretary's words, Depretis' turbid eyes flashed a gleam.

"Understood, invite Mr. Naper in."

After Prime Minister Depretis finished speaking, he got up and went to his desk.

"Prime Minister, Mr. Naper has arrived."

Following the secretary Usopp, Naper, who was short and bald, appeared in front of him.

"Naper, long time no see!"

Prime Minister Depretis opened his arms and stepped forward to hug the person who came. Seeing the Prime Minister's expression of encountering a friend, the clever Usopp naturally left the room and closed the door when he left. .

And after his secretary left, Prime Minister Depretis suddenly put on a serious expression.

"How's the situation?"

"It's not too smooth. Cavalotti accepts the Prime Minister's proposal and is willing to push it in parliament, while Bertani is a little hesitant. He thinks it is not easy to push the proposal through. In addition, Crispi said that this kind of proposal is the best It is better to vote after discussing with others to avoid misjudgment."

The three Napel mentioned are all three who have enough weight in the parliament to influence the outcome of the parliamentary vote. Among them, Cavalotti is the leader of the Republican Party. The Republican Party, as its name implies, is the most republican system, so he is very interested in the proposal of Prime Minister Depretis, while Bertani is a moderate from the same party as the Prime Minister, although the two are the same. It belongs to the Social Democratic Party, but the two have a lot of differences, but it is not difficult for Prime Minister De Pretis to convince the other party. The only hard part is Crispi, the centrist faction in Parliament. Although they don't have too many parliamentary seats, they can't be without them if they want to succeed. After all, DePretis is more willing to deal with centrists than right-wingers who are too involved in the royal family. Especially the proposal he prepared this time needs the support of the centrists.

What kind of proposal makes DePretis, who has been serving as the prime minister for more than ten years, still find it difficult?

Of course it's a big thing, a big thing about the interests of the party. Is it a big deal to amend the conditions for voting rights?

For all of you who play politics, yes.

There is no major event that appeals to a party more than this.

And DePretis, who has been Prime Minister for more than ten years, wants to revise some of these rules. However, the core of this revision is to relax the conditions for Italy to obtain the right to vote. He intends to relax the conditions for obtaining the right to vote from 25 years old to 21 years old, and more importantly, reduce the conditions for obtaining voting rights from 40 lire per year to 18 lire.

Apparently not, the prime minister is also ambitious and wants to gradually change the political foundation of Italy.

That's right, although Depretis got along well with Carlo I, and he also admitted that King Carlo was a very visionary ruler. But it still cannot change the fact that De Pretis is a politician, and what a politician is, he needs to be responsible for the overall political decision-making. And Italy's current political system, De Pretis thinks it is very unreasonable.

It appears that the Kingdom of Italy implements a responsible cabinet system, where the Prime Minister is accountable to the King and Parliament. But in fact parliament is currently an eraser, and the king is the one who actually holds the power. In the long run, the enthusiasm of the people to participate in politics under this system will be suppressed, which is not conducive to the development of Italy.

The best way to change this is to change the kingdom into a republic. However, this condition is not feasible in Italy at present, and the king is still enthusiastically supported.

Since this road does not work, we need to change our thinking. Expanding the people who have the right to vote is the best way.

Speaking of which, thanks to the rapid development of the Italian economy in recent years, citizens who have obtained the right to vote have more than doubled from 2.89% of the total population when he came to power to 6.27%.

Although it has doubled, what is the use of a low base, but it has risen from more than 900,000 to more than 2 million, which is still unrepresentative in the face of a total population of more than 32 million. Too little role or too little power in parliament has a lot to do with the size of the population it represents.

De Pretis's revised election conditions, according to estimates, may have more than doubled the electoral population from 6.27 to about 13 percent in one fell swoop. If you add their family members, at least one-third of Italians can be represented in parliament, and the importance is immediately reflected.

However, although this kind of thing is good for all political parties, it is not easy to implement, because it will encroach on the rights of many people. Such as nobles and kings, this is what Depretis worries most.

Having been with the young king for more than ten years, Depretis may understand the young man's fascination with power better than the king himself. It is not that he has not tried the king to increase the proportion of the people's participation in politics, but all of them are rejected by the young man. The king fooled the past.

This time he plans to do it differently.

"Cavalotti agreed that as I expected, Bertani was a little hesitant and I would find a time to talk to him. As for Crispi, you can give him a word for me, and let him open the conditions, as long as he is willing to A yes vote when the parliament votes."

Listening to the method given by Depretis, Naper bury his head and write it down.

"Okay, I'll go find Crispy tonight."

After speaking, Naper got up and was about to leave.

"Naper!"

At this time ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Prime Minister De Pretis suddenly stopped him.

"Anything else to explain, old man."

"Remember to be careful, this matter must be hidden, our young people have a few hunting dogs with a good sense of smell."

"Don't worry, I know the importance of this kind of thing."

Naper made a knowing gesture.

After his old friend and comrade-in-arms left, DePretis was also ready to get up to work. With so many things going on in the government, he didn't have much free time.

But the moment he just got up, there was a severe pain in his heart, and he hurriedly reached out to find a support point. At this time, a strong feeling of dizziness came up, and then his eyes went black and he fell heavily on the ground. on the ground.

Before he fell into a coma, he heard his secretary shout in horror: "Call the doctor! Call the doctor!"