Chapter 296: Each has his own plans
Chapter 286: Each has their own plans
The sudden debt crisis blindsided the Sudanese government. Since this debt was transferred to the Austrians, reneging on the debt was not so simple.
To pay back the money must first have money, obviously after the loss of the Balkans, the Sudanese government’s finances will be all over.
More than 28 million guilders is about £ 14 million, equivalent to 102.48 tons of gold, if you add the messy late fees, this figure will increase.
There is no need to doubt that even if they were to sell their iron, the Sudanese government would not be able to come up with such a large sum of money.
Unless the government in Vienna was willing to accept paper money, even Britain and France could not lend them that much gold to fill the hole.
Abdul Mejid I said grimly, “The Austrians are blackmailing, we absolutely cannot let their plot succeed!”
The people kept their heads down, minimizing their presence as much as possible, lest they be caught in the crossfire. There was a lesson to be learned from the past, for example, in the last government, half of the ministers lost their heads.
Do not look at the later generations of Abdul Mejid I reform evaluation is good, in essence, he is still a feudal emperor, the Near East war failure, Constantinople lost the responsibility for the last unlucky person fell on, and then was copied and destroyed.
This was one of the triggers for the outbreak of the civil war, and in the face of such a monarch, it was not possible not to be careful and vigilant. It was a fine Ottoman tradition, a savagery preserved from the ancestors.
Abdul Mejid I was dissatisfied and reprimanded, “Why don’t you say anything, didn’t you hear me? Amit Ade you are the Foreign Minister, tell me what the Foreign Ministry is going to do next?”
Being named, Banner Ade knew there was no way to hide, and replied stiffly, “Your Majesty, the Austrians have come prepared.
We have just received news that a large-scale rebellion has broken out in India, and the British have their energies tied down and are unable to intervene in their actions in the short term.
And the French seem to have reached a tacit agreement with the government in Vienna, with Austria abandoning its ambitions for Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia in exchange for their acquiescence to this Austrian action.”
It is true that the news had just come to him, and this information was still communicated to him by the British; the gathering of intelligence was too remote for the Sultan’s government.
Abdul Mejid I was exasperated half speech, had thought that with the support of Britain and France, he could be tough a pretend a time, the reality is very cruel to tell him, and then pretend to become a fool.
Seems to realize that the intrusion of trouble, amplitude Ader hastened to remedy: “Your Majesty, do not worry. India’s indigenous rebellion is just a bunch of rabble, it won’t take long for the British to pacify the rebellion.
The London government is not going to watch the Austrians keep expanding their power, we just need to stall for a bit of time and wait for them to suppress the rebellion ……”
Without waiting for him to finish his sentence, Abdul Mejid I interrupted, “Don’t dream of it, as soon as the Vienna government and the British reach a compromise, we will be sold out.
The importance of India to the British is self-evident, and what is wrong with sacrificing our interests in order to keep the Austrians out of mischief?
Open your eyes and look at the map of the world. Are the Russians very far from India? Whether it’s through Persia, or through Afghanistan, the Russians can support the rebel parties in India.
Given the relationship between Britain and Russia, what the Czarist government would do is known to anyone in his right mind.
If Austria sided with the Russians, the British would have suffered heavy losses even if they were able to suppress this rebellion.
On the question of India, the British have no allies, and if the French don’t pull their leg, even if they are friends enough, can they expect the Paris government to support them?”
This problem everyone can see, but as a smart person, surely can not show off in front of the emperor ah, this opportunity must be left to Abdul Mejid I performance.
The men criticized severely, Abdul Mejid I mood a lot better, began to seriously think about what to do next.
The targets of the Vienna government were already chicken feed for the Sudanese government. Neither that series of islands, nor Libya could bring value to the Sudanese government.
Economically, the rule of these areas is basically capital preservation, if you encounter a good year of good weather, at most a slight harvest.
Strategically, these islands are still very important, but unfortunately, the Sudanese government can not afford to raise a navy. Without a strong navy, the so-called strategic value is a joke.
Amplitude Ade asked uncertainly, “Your Majesty, so we continue negotiations with the Austrians?”
Abdul Mejid I thought for a moment and said, “Of course we should continue to talk, first delay for as long as we can.
If we really can’t drag it out, then we should save our interests as much as possible, even if we have to sell them, then we should try to sell them at a good price.
At least not below the price of the Balkans, and we will not recognize any of these claims, they must be paid in cash by the Austrians!”
Amplitude Ade replied apprehensively, “Yes, Your Majesty!”
This kind of self-contradictory decision-making was obviously not that well executed, or even possible to execute, and no matter how well it was done in the end, it could never satisfy the Sultan.
Not wanting to lose the lands, it was because of face, Abdul Mejid I didn’t want to carry the reputation of a traitor, not that he valued the lands much.
At the same time, he wanted to sell some of the land in exchange for a sum of money to alleviate the government’s financial crisis so that he could suppress the rebellious parties in the country.
After all, Austria is just scabby, scheming only the interests of the Ottoman Empire, can not take their lives, the domestic chaos party is the real want their lives of the Lord.
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St. Petersburg.
When the Tsar’s government received the news of the Indian rebellion, its first reaction was that an opportunity had arisen.
There was not an ambitious country in the world, let alone a greedy woolly bear, that did not envy the British monopoly of India.
After the war in the Near East, the Tsar’s government became cautious, and the lack of money was a hard problem.
Now their finances are not very good, the newly occupied Balkan territories, has not yet come out of the war, originally expected to rely on the rich Constantinople to make up for the shortfall in finances, now become a bubble.
Post-war reconstruction work is still continuing, want to return to the pre-war level, no ten or twenty years time is impossible.
Because of the war, the tsarist government owed another butt of debt, Nicholas I or face, reneging on things he can not do.
This is the price of the struggle for hegemony, originally their international credibility is not good, if they renege once again, then they have been working hard for decades the results will be ruined.
No credibility, there will be no one to follow them to mix, originally the tsarist government did not have a few little brother, if another toss, even waving the flag of the country can not be found.
Nicholas I asked, “The opportunity has come, what do you all think we should do now?”
The Minister of Finance, Aristotle Rhodes, said, “Your Majesty, if we want to capture India, we must first capture the Afghan region, or else we will easily be cut off by the enemy’s back roads.
The British are not weak, and relying on the Indian natives alone will not delay it for long. By the time we have raised funds and then captured the Afghan region, the British are afraid that they would have suppressed the rebellion long ago.
Why don’t we, directly support the Indian insurgency and provide the rebels with weapons, equipment, and military instructors, so that they can consume the strength of the British.
India has a population of up to three hundred million, so as long as one percent of it is mobilized, the British will have no choice but to leave from the region in disgrace.”
This is the most cost-effective approach, the Tsarist government really does not lack weaponry, the Near East war time to buy buy buy, now the disarmament recuperation, the warehouse inside the almost full.
It was in their interest to channel all the rags in the warehouses to India, and it was in their interest to cause trouble for the British, and maybe they could even make a killing.
Foreign Minister Carl Worcel objected, “Duke Aristotle Rhodes, now is the best opportunity to seize India.
We’ve already pulled in the Persians, and as long as we pull in the Afghans again, and we all form a coalition to attack India, the British won’t be able to stop it.
If we miss this opportunity, it won’t be so simple to capture the British India again.”
The Minister of Finance, Arystanlirod, asked rhetorically, “Marquis Karl Worcel, things are not that simple. Even if your Foreign Office has the ability to convince the Afghans and stand with us, what about the war funding?
To seize India, the British will definitely fight for their lives, and then it will turn into an all-out war between the two countries, and the war funds to be consumed will only be more, not less, than the war in the Near East.
Having just won the Near Eastern War, we can run rats inside the Treasury’s warehouses, where do you expect us to raise so much war funding to come from?”
Foreign Minister Carl Worcel said without buying it, “This is your Ministry of Finance’s problem, whether it’s raising taxes, issuing war bonds, or international loans, there are many ways to raise money.
With the capture of India, the Russian Empire’s world hegemony is established. At this critical juncture, I’m sure His Excellency Aristoteli Rod will be able to come up with something.”
Arrestanlilord glared at Karl Worcel with a grimace and said indifferently, “Impossible, even if we use all the methods, it is impossible for us to raise such a large sum of money out in a short period of time!”
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Nicholas I angrily scolded, “Enough, both of you idiots shut up!”
How could such an obvious singing double act be hidden from his eyes?
The finance minister Aristotelian Rhodes said that there was no money, and the foreign minister Carl Worcel said out of the way to raise money, in the end, they all meant the same thing: now the country has no money, and can’t raise it, and if you want to go to war, you can, first solve the financial problems before saying so.
Nicholas I wanted to go to war just rose the idea, but was snuffed out. It is not so easy to conquer India, no money is only one aspect, logistics is also a big problem.
(End of chapter)