Struggle in Russia

This is what Constantinescu was waiting for. There was only one reason why he spoke up for Jan Constantine against Barbu Qatar for a long time: to express his goodwill to Jan Constantine, and then catch up with him. This big ship.

For Constantinescu, the loose coalition of small forces he led was a little stronger than a mess of loose sand. With such a group of small partners who were neither powerful nor united, they wanted to make a name for themselves in Bucharest. It's simply impossible to do business.

So if he wants to get ahead, he can only sugar daddy, so who can he get? The first to be excluded was the National Party conservative faction headed by Barbu Katarjiu. These guys are too tall, he can't climb high, and he is looked down upon, he doesn't want to run around on the pole to make himself uncomfortable.

Apart from the Conservatives, there are not many options left within the National Party, either the Moderates of Jan Chica, the Independent Liberals of Nikola Ionescu and finally Jan Constant Ding's Radicals.

Among the first to be excluded are the moderates. There is really nothing to say about Jan Zika's personal charm and connections, but apart from Jan Zika, there is nothing left for the moderates. Moreover, what this faction is best at is to have both sides. In fact, it is not keen or good at doing practical things.

And Constantinescu wants to do some facts, what's the point of retreat? Can you gain real power? He doesn't want to be just the second child of ten thousand years forever, and he can only hide behind the scenes as the minister of external relations forever.

The independent liberals are not bad, they want to flex their muscles the most besides the radicals, but Constantinescu doesn't like Nicola Ionescu's style of doing things very much, it's too maverick, too willful and too reckless up. Such a person can be the captain of the Stormtrooper or the Death Squad, but he will never live to enjoy the fruits of victory.

Constantinescu doesn't want to be a martyr. His fundamental purpose of wanting to control power is not really to serve the people. He is not that noble.

In other words, after looking around in the party, the only people who liked him were Jan Constantine and the Radicals. This faction does a lot and looks radical. But the leader, Jan Constantine, is very resourceful and skillful. He will not blindly use force, nor will he blindly risk his life. His political program is not particularly radical, and he is particularly good at packaging and disguising himself.

Such a smart person is the best partner, but the only thing that is not good for Constantinescu is that Jan Constantine is already very successful. As long as you are not blind, you can see that he has great control over the provisional government, and he is a powerful figure who keeps his word.

It is precisely because Jan Constantine is so successful that he really doesn't want to have another little partner—I'm already so awesome, what do I need a little partner for? Are you raising you for nothing?

Konstantinescu knew that when Jan Konstantin was in a good mood, he went to talk about cooperation,

The other party is sure that no bird will bird him, so what to do? Bring shame on yourself? He has no self-abuse tendency and is willing to be a small one.

However, Constantinescu also knew that Jan Constantine's success would not last for too long, because his previous success was based on a sudden coup, not only the Russian and Bibescu were beaten Caught off guard, even the big brothers with many hilltops in Wallachia were unprepared, and could only watch helplessly as he, who was not the strongest, took the first step.

But as time progresses, as everyone gradually comes to their senses, everyone will find that Jan Constantine and the radicals of the National Party are actually not that strong, so why are they willing to let Jan Constantine be the leader? To trouble him and force him to hand over his power.

At that time, Constantinescu's opportunity came, because Jan Constantine didn't have many partners to cooperate with, and he must not be too strong, otherwise whoever will be the top leader will be the second leader. It's not about finding a parent to take care of yourself.

Constantinescu has been waiting patiently. As expected, Jan Constantine's political opponents began to attack one after another. At this time, it was his turn to play, and then it was a matter of course, and then it was his turn to Konstantinescu to shine.

"Mr. Bretianu, I think we have two most important tasks at the moment!"

After the cooperation intention was reached, Constantinescu straightforwardly began to clarify his point of view: "The first item is what you have been trying to do before, to win the sympathy and support of the international community, especially Britain, France, Austria and Turkey."

"Walachia's power is too weak. We alone cannot contend against Russia. Only with the support of international powers can we resist Russia's ambitions and maintain national security."

Jan Constantine nodded. On this point, almost all Wallachia elites have the same cognition. No one thinks that Wallachia alone can handle the Russians. That is true for the irritated polar bear. Can eat people!

So it is not surprising that Constantinescu has such a cognition, it is too ordinary, nothing special! Of course, Jan Constantine also knew that the other party must be more than that, and he was looking forward to the next thing.

Sure enough, Constantinescu immediately continued: "But please forgive me, although you have a clear direction and put in a lot of effort before, the effect is really not ideal. The British have changed from being active and enthusiastic. It’s vague, the French have always paid lip service, and even paid very little lip service, why are they so passive?”

Now Jan Konstantin came to his senses, pricked up his ears and began to listen, because he had been wondering about it all the time, and he didn't know why it was such a result.

"I think there are two reasons! First, we overestimated the international community's importance to Wallachia and the fear of Russia, especially in the current chaotic situation in Europe, the big countries are too busy dealing with domestic affairs Gu, I don’t have the energy to take care of foreign affairs at all!”

"Secondly, we can't offer a particularly attractive price. If we can come up with something that makes Britain and France feel excited, will they still be so vague and refuse to act?"

Jan Constantine's eyes lit up immediately. He knew what the problem was. Let's put it this way, there has never been a free lunch in this world. For old hooligans like Britain and France, talking about ideals is definitely not worth giving real money. If you want them to speak up for Wallachia, then you have to give them dry goods!