With the painful lesson of the last failure, Kuza no longer has any hope in Britain or God, because only when you are in the most dangerous time can you find that the only ones you can rely on are yourself and your compatriots.
Moreover, Cuza also discovered that the enemy was not as terrifying as he imagined. Whether in Moldavia or Austria, he found that the enemy was not that strong. In Hungary, ordinary citizens relied on simple weapons and barricades to defeat the Habsburgs.
The army at Fort was disgraced, but in Moldavia he continued to fight for a long time with only a few insurgents.
This shows that the enemy is not invincible, and the enemy's combat effectiveness is really overestimated. If they were more prepared for the uprising, less dependent on Britain and France, and more proactive, maybe things would be different.
Kuza believes that if Wallachia is fully armed, it is fully capable of defeating the Russians. Even if the Russians want to win, they will have to pay a very heavy price. This is better than kneeling now and begging the British and French fathers for some support, even verbal support.
Is it better to look miserable? At least look like a human being. Even if you lose in the future, it will be heard by the whole world, so you won’t be ashamed, right?
Therefore, Cuza was quite disappointed and quite angry that his good suggestions were ruthlessly rejected, because he had previously had hope for the radicals of the National Party headed by Jan Constantine, and felt that they could still do things, otherwise
Nor would he advise his good friend Constantinescu to cooperate with Ion Constantine.
But now? He is really frustrated.
"My friend, don't be discouraged!" Constantinescu also noticed that his friend was in a low mood and quickly comforted him: "I personally appreciate your suggestion very much. It is indeed necessary for Wallachia to establish a military force that can guarantee our
Only with the backing of a safe army and strong force can we gain true independence and freedom!"
"However, you must also see that at present, we do not have so much time, and we should focus mainly on winning international support... Moreover, the hastily organized armies are a mixed bag, and we do not rule out the possibility of some unstable elements with ulterior motives.
If we sneak in, then we may not only face the military threat from Russia, but also the trouble and destruction of these unstable elements..."
There was no expression on Cuza's face, but the disappointment in his heart almost overflowed. He was not stupid and could understand the subtext of Constantinescu's words: What is an instable element?
I am afraid that Jan Constantine was worried that the army was out of control. Once they could not ensure that the provisional government was completely on the side of the public will of Wallachia, the army would be the first to rebel against them, and they would be more wary of the people than of foreign enemies. This is
This is their truest thought!
However, this was not the right thing to say. No matter how disappointed Cuza was, he did not lose his mind, because he could hear that Constantinescu was more in agreement with Jan Constantine's opinions and did not agree with completely mobilizing the people. This was also
It's understandable, after all, the National Party is composed of landlord elites from top to bottom and all have conservative tendencies, but it's just a matter of degree.
And now Cuza still wants to beg Constantinescu. He is really not suitable to make the relationship stalemate, so he suppressed his disappointment and unhappiness and continued to ask: "Then what are we going to do for Mr. Bretianu next?"
What to do?"
Constantinescu replied: "Mr. Jan Constantine is ready to do his best to persuade international friends and strive for international support..."
He talked a lot, but what was more interesting was that he only mentioned the work of making international friends, but stopped talking about his previous suggestion to Jan. Constantine to conceal information from ordinary people.
This is more interesting, but the reason is also very simple, because Kuza is opposed to this article. Kuza is more supportive of mobilizing the masses and more pro-democracy. He dislikes the upper-class elites making decisions for the lower-class people, and believes that the job of the elites is to guide them.
Instead of making decisions on behalf of the people. Their differences on this issue are quite large and they cannot talk together at all.
If Cuza knew that he suggested that Jan Constantine conceal the information from the people and make choices for the people, then the boat of friendship might capsize.
Constantinescu still attaches great importance to Cuza as a friend, because Cuza is very popular and popular among the small coalition faction of the National Party where he belongs, and is even more supported than him as a leader.
Moreover, these small forces are very disgusted with the conservatives, radicals, and independent liberals who are the masters of the country and support democracy. If his supporters know that he is on the opposite side, he will probably be regarded as a leader.
head.
Cuza must be disappointed with what Constantinescu said, because it is far from what he wants. He is not opposed to winning the support of international friends, but he is opposed to having no bottom line in order to win support.
Kuza believes that Wallachia and Moldavia's struggle for national independence and freedom cannot be just a formal thing, nor can it only take care of the interests of the nobility, landowners and clergy, but should benefit all social strata. Otherwise, even if they are formally independent,
Wallachia and Moldavia remained essentially shackled slaves.
Constantinescu also knew that Cuza was disappointed with this, and now he still needed Cuza's support, and it was impossible not to give Cuza any good news. So he said to Cuza "sorry":
"My friend, I know you are disappointed with this, and I very much support your suggestion. We do need to prepare for war, but at the moment, it is difficult and unlikely to gain widespread support. The only thing I can do is
What you are fighting for is a position in the National Guard..."
Constantinescu glanced at Cuza, and saw that he was indeed a little interested. He felt a little relieved and continued: "I tried my best to recommend you to Mr. Jan Constantine, and he promised to nominate you as the Bucharest National Guard.
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, in charge of military training and military planning..."
"I think you can try the National Guard first and try to train a group of truly qualified soldiers. I believe you have also seen that our National Guard lacks professional officers and its quality is very worrying. I believe you can make them
Become a truly outstanding soldier capable of defending Wallachia!"
After Constantinescu finished speaking, he looked at Cuza sincerely, as if he relied on you to save the world.
To be honest, Kuza was really worried because the position the other party sought for him was really a bit... how should I put it? It was a bit tasteless!