Interlude: Choosing the Prime minister
You looked at the men who were on the list, and honestly couldn't help but feel… a sense of silence and quiet. "Why are you not putting your name in, you are a member of the senate Master?"
Machieveli laughed in his bed before he leaned up. "I have already given much for our people and institution, and I believe that much of the matter would require me elsewhere. I had hoped that since you became a man, you would not need my input."
"Yet you have always been the one who has been needed when the nation calls?" You replied. "I am just the one who gave his face and his life so that you could succeed."
Your master smiled. "A Courageous sacrifice that all in this country will remember when history comes to write on your canvas."
"Or be forged in Iron." You stated.
There was a cough from your master before you handed over a glass of water. "Do not mistake my weakness and lack of…" He paused as he drank the water. "Strength."
"Then stay."
That earned you a laugh. "And yet I am going to refuse. You see my condition. I'll die, and then we will have a crisis that I will not be able to fix."
"I give you my absolute and unwavering trust Luciano, to make the right choice in who you chose. Because it cannot be any worse than doing nothing." He replied.
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The list of men who were available was hand chosen by Macheveli… though that was after his heart attack, and you were not sure if the men were truly capable.
They were all young though, older than you of course, but young.
They were not among the old guard that slowly build around the elder statesmen that were growing in the Senate. They were young, and inexperienced, but had grand ideas and dispositions that seemed to think were going to work well.
The fact Cosmo did not wish to serve another term as Prime minister, said everything about his situation.
It was no longer a crisis, and there may be things that you could relax.
Maybe.
Who do you Choose as your Prime minister?:
[]Senator Octavian Ottorus of Milan: A Republican who gained this position because everyone couldn't stand him in the Senate, chosen for his eccentricities and because the rest of his parties and the Senate believe he is putting far too much stock on radical ideas that would see the nation bankrupt. He is eccentric, yes, but no one ever doubted his oratory skills, his keen mind for detail… now if only he could see that he needs to remain focused on his duties, instead of flights of fancy and ideas that… irritate you to no end. You have never seen a genius like him so interested in politics though, and that counts for something.
[]Senator Randio Travioli of Venice: A Moderate whose idea of not only maintaining the status of Italy but of trying to bring it, slowly, into a new modern world that has been created with the founding and unification. He is a man after your own heart in a sense, his eyes focused firmly on the future, if only for his own interests rather than others. You cannot say that he would be your first pick, but he was chosen by members of the party because they believe he would be a firm pick.
[]Senator Bertolfo Antinori of Palermo: A monarchist who formed a coalition government with the moderates to achieve his place. You know next to nothing about him save for his love of the Navy, and his very strange scheme, a scheme that would make you the pariah of Europe if not careful. He wants to use the navy to force open all the ports of Europe to Italian traders and merchants… by force if necessary. He believes, that in any event where profit could be made, if not by treaty, then by force of arms, they must be taken.
AN: enjoy.
Sadly, Luciano can't see this, and it's a reasonable flaw for him to have.
