Reborn as King of South America

Chapter 247 Developments in Brazil

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Royal Palace in Rio de Janeiro,
Pedro II sat in the upper seat and listened quietly to the conditions relayed by Duke Frodo, without speaking for a long time.

"The transfer of senior military officers is arranged by the General Staff. It is not his turn as a small captain to interfere."

Marshal Mitchell, with gray hair, puffed up his beard angrily and shouted, "Your Majesty, Captain Eberle is of a low rank. It is impossible for them to be in touch with the orders and arrangements of the upper echelons of the imperial army. Someone must be secretly instructing them to cause trouble. I suggest sending troops to control Captain Eberle and his group, and then interrogate the person behind them."

"Your Majesty, this is not possible. The 'Knights of Brasilia' organized by Eberle has a wide range of ties. Once they are arrested, it is likely to cause chaos in the imperial army, which is not conducive to the overall situation. To be safe, we should adopt appeasement measures against Eberle and others. After all, their starting point is good, but because of their youth and vigor, they acted a little extreme. I hope Your Highness will spare them this time because of their loyalty to the empire."

Inciting troops and threatening superiors have always been intolerable crimes in the eyes of rulers. For Robert was unable to persuade Eber and others to follow his advice, so he could only try his best to suggest that Pedro II adopt a policy of tolerance and appeasement to temporarily suppress the matter.

"The lower-level officers are young and don't understand the difficulties faced by the empire. Garcia has served in the imperial army for decades. The soldiers below are complaining about him. Why doesn't he come out to appease them? Is he dissatisfied with the arrangements made by the General Staff?"

Pedro II ignored the lower-level soldiers who were making trouble, and instead directed his anger at Garcia, who did not come to the meeting.

"Garcia is old and has suffered many injuries. His physical condition has not been very good. Marshal Mitchell cares about his health and specially transferred him from the front line to the logistics unit for recuperation. These arrangements have been approved by me. If Marshal Mitchell is a treacherous minister who abuses his power in the eyes of Garcia and the lower-level soldiers who are making trouble, then do I become a foolish monarch? Do they also want to overthrow me and support the wise general they think is the emperor?"

Pedro II was exhausted by the endless chaos in the country and repeated defeats in external wars. Salvador, the third largest city in the north of the country, was occupied by black rebels. There were complex factions within the imperial army. The young soldiers of Garcia's faction were aggressive and made many demands that he could not agree to at all.

With all these things on the table, Pedro II couldn't help but wonder whether it was worth it for the Pedro family to pay so much for the Brazilian Empire.

Pedro II's father, Pedro I, the founding emperor of the Brazilian Empire, was considered a wise emperor in Western history. He rejected the request of the Portuguese Parliament, led the native white people of Brazil to quell rebellions in various places, and established the most powerful Brazilian Empire in South America. However, even though Pedro I tried his best to safeguard the interests of various factions in the country, he was eventually expelled from Brazil by the country he founded. He had no choice but to pass the throne to Pedro II, who was only five years old, and handed over the administrative power of the country to the regent officials of various factions.

Pedro II grew up under the supervision of domestic officials. After he came of age and took power, he had to consult ministers and officials on all government affairs. Deep down, he had had enough of this kind of life. Therefore, facing the old-school Garcia, Duke Frobert and others, Pedro II maintained respect and trust on the surface, but in fact, he was more inclined to Michel and others who took the initiative to approach him. Although Garcia was good at fighting, he was not one of Pedro II's own people, so he transferred Garcia to the logistics department and let Michel take charge of the real power of the troops. In his opinion, there was nothing wrong with the arrangements made by Pedro II. However, both Garcia and Frobert always opposed his arrangements, as if they still treated him as a little emperor who had just taken power and was not familiar with government affairs.

Pedro II was fifty-three years old and had been the Emperor of Brazil for forty-eight years. He wanted to govern the country according to his own ideas, but found that there were always people who opposed him. Pedro II was really fed up at this time. He was afraid that he would work hard for the country all his life and end up like his father. However, the Brazilian Empire was the territory that Pedro's family had exchanged for hundreds of years of hard work. He was reluctant to give up the throne of Brazil. It was precisely because of the complex and indescribable mentality in his heart that Pedro II would vent his dissatisfaction with Garcia and others today by taking advantage of the incident of the grassroots soldiers inciting riots.

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. General Garcia went to Curitiba yesterday to inspect the logistics and supply of the troops. He has not returned yet, otherwise he would have persuaded the soldiers who were causing the trouble to stop."

Duke Fu Robert explained for Garcia, then turned to Marshal Michel and lowered his status to ask, "The Imperial Army cannot be in turmoil anymore. Marshal Michel, for the sake of the safety of the Empire, I beg you to persuade His Majesty!"

"Duke Furobert is too polite. Mitchell has served in the Imperial Army for decades and will not argue with a group of hot-headed low-level soldiers. When it comes to the overall situation of the Empire, I can still distinguish between public and private affairs."

Marshal Mitchell responded with a pretentious tone, then took two steps forward and immediately changed his words, "Your Majesty, the soldiers are ignorant and arresting them by force may affect the domestic rebellion. So I think we should temporarily agree to some of their demands, appease them first, and then send the soldiers and officers who are making trouble to the Bahia region to participate in the combat operations to suppress the black rebels. In this way, the instability factors within the imperial army can be reduced by half."

"Marshal Mitchell is generous and does not care about their slander against him. He is a rare commander in the empire."

Pedro II did not want to have a direct quarrel with Forobert and Garcia, so after they bowed their heads and took a step back, he compromised and said, "Let's do as Marshal Michel said. Duke Forobert, tell the rioting officers and soldiers that I agree to their conditions, but their conditions are very important. Let them go to Bahia to quell the rebellion according to the order of the National Defense Forces Headquarters, and then solve the problems they raised when they come back."

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Majesty."

It was the most appropriate way to resolve the matter. After getting the promise from Pedro II, Duke For Robert rushed back to the military camp without stopping. On the way, he received a telegram sent by Garcia. With the explanation in Garcia's telegram and the guarantee conveyed by Duke For Robert, the soldiers who were making trouble were disbanded under the leadership of Eber and others. Then two days later, they took a warship to Bahia to join the local garrison.

(End of this chapter)