Chapter 596: Can’t Solve the Problem, Just ……

  Chapter 583 – If you can’t solve the problem, just ……

Despite the disparity between the conditions of the two sides, the negotiations went very smoothly under the mediation of all parties.

Compensation is impossible, even if the Sudanese government is willing to pay, they can’t get the money, this war has crushed their wallets.

The Ottoman Empire is now financially bankrupt, not only is the payment of international debts suspended, but even the salaries of domestic public officials cannot be paid.

Austria launched this war was not intended to blackmail war reparations, although shouting out an astronomical figure, that is only asking for money.

No money to cut off the land, which is also the European continent’s common practice. In this regard, there is actually nothing to talk about, has been eaten can not be spit out again.

Austria’s request is not high, in addition to the occupied area of the more than 100,000 square kilometers of land, but also increased Jerusalem and the Arabian Peninsula.

The Ottoman Empire has long lost the actual control of the Arabian Peninsula, Austria wants only a nominal rule of the Arabian Peninsula legitimacy.

The real headache for the Sultan’s government is also Jerusalem, which is not a strategic, economic problem, the fallen Ottoman Empire is no longer qualified to talk about the Middle East strategy, mainly religious trouble.

The European countries just don’t support them on this issue. Politicians are human beings, also have the same feelings and desires, to contain Austria is important, to put themselves into it is not worth it.

No one can afford the crime of selling out the Holy Land. Support the Ottoman Empire on this issue, the people’s spittle can spray them to death.

Under normal circumstances, such controversial negotiations would have lasted for a long time, but unfortunately, the Ottoman Empire’s internal contradictions continue to intensify, and war refugees are devouring the country.

Austria can afford to stall, but the Sultan’s government can’t hold out. If we don’t end the war quickly and send the refugees back to resume production, next year’s spring planting will be over.

As an agricultural country, the Ottoman Empire’s family base is not thick, this war has already exhausted the family base. Once the spring plowing can not be carried out smoothly, the next year outbreak of famine they can not withstand.

In contrast, the negotiations between the Ottomans and the Russians were at a stalemate. The Tsarist government wanted to take back the Caucasus region lost in the last war, and also wanted to get the Black Sea Straits, and also put forward the demand for reparations.

From the standpoint of the Russians, their demands were in line with practical needs. Alexander II needed to give a big victory to offset the bad effects of losing the last war.

The war had been won, and the Caucasus region that was lost last time had to be taken back. The strategic location of the Black Sea Straits was so important to the Russian Empire that there was no way the Tsarist government could let it go.

The Tsarist government was desperately poor and wanted to demand war reparations to make up for its finances. The demand was too much for the Ottoman Empire to accept naturally.

Austria and the Russians were still allies, and the war was jointly waged. The Russian-Turkish negotiations were not concluded, and the armistice treaty naturally could not be signed.

Franz was also shocked by the Tsarist government’s exorbitant demands, and he finally understood why the Russians were always described as “greedy”.

This is not the usual greed, if the Russians alone to send troops to fight the current results, then the tsarist government’s conditions are barely justified, but the problem is that they do not have such a strong strength.

As long as Austria stops distributing logistical supplies, it won’t take long for the Russian army on the front line to collapse, and the Tsarist government can’t afford to labor on it right now.

Franz does not think Alexander II is a fool, so obvious reasoning tsarist government must be clear, then continue to insist on demanding such excessive conditions, it is a bit intriguing.

“What do the Russians say, do they want to continue this war?”

Now is the best time to destroy the Ottoman Empire, with the hatred between the Russians and the Ottoman Empire, it’s not surprising that the Tsarist government would want to take advantage of the opportunity to finish them off.

Foreign Minister Weissenberg: “Your Majesty, the Tsarist government seems to be wavering. They are worried about international pressure, but they don’t want to just let the Ottoman Empire go.

With the way things are going, every day the war drags on will take a heavy toll on the Ottomans. Despite the armistice treaty, the Russian troops on the frontline still haven’t stopped their sabotage operations.

Deporting people from the neighborhood, pounding farmland, roads, and water projects, destroying urban infrastructure, and blowing up ****temple ……”

These were the usual practices of the Russo-Turkish war, and once it was determined that occupation was not possible, a great deal of sabotage was carried out. Franz chose to partner with the Russians because he needed the Russians to pull the hatchet, in addition to lowering the cost of the war.

International image needs to be set off as well, and after having the Russians’ atrocities, even if the Austrian army is a bit out of line now and then, it doesn’t count for much.

Franz asked suspiciously, “You’re saying that the Russians want to take advantage of the opportunity to weaken the Ottoman Empire, but is that necessary?”

The war had gone on so far that the Ottoman Empire was practically ruined. Hundreds of thousands of young men and women had fallen on the battlefield, millions more refugees had been born, all the coastal areas had been whitened, and civil war had broken out at home.

Franz’s experience estimates that the number of casualties caused by this war is feared to exceed two million. The real death on the battlefield is only slightly more than a quarter, most of them died on the way to escape.

The biggest culprit was hunger, followed by disease and refugees fleeing together. In the face of life and death, human nature is the most untested.

The Ottoman Empire had long been devastated, and there was a civil war to continue next. Now, because of the foreign war, the life and death of the Ottoman Empire is at stake, forcing the reformists and conservatives to join forces for the time being.

Once the war is over, the situation will change, by this wave of stimulation do not know how many revolutionaries produced, the sultan’s government can not get through this is a problem.

Weissenberg: ”Your Majesty, the Ottoman Empire, no matter how weak it is, has such a large volume that no one knows if they will be reborn in fire.

In normal times, the Russians would not fear their threat, but at the juncture where the Russo-Prussian War could break out at any time, the Tsar’s government would have to be careful.”

People grow up, learn from their mistakes, and after having been taught a lesson once, the Russians learned their lesson.

Fighting on multiple fronts, this is something that can’t be helped, and there has been so much hatred over the years that it can’t be dissolved at a moment’s notice. It didn’t matter when the Russian empire was strong, it was very deadly when it was in decline.

Like the Ottoman Empire such a hundred years old enemy, do not even have to consider the dissolution of hatred, directly killed the best.

Nationalism has flourished in the Near East over the years, and the Tsarist government contributed to that. Once the Sultan’s government, which relied on religious rule, collapsed, the multi-ethnic country blew apart.

The Ottoman, after the split, was destined to fall into ethnic and religious feuds and completely lose its strength to threaten the Russians.

After thinking about it, Franz made a decision: “Then let Britain and France put pressure on the Russians, and our symbolic support for them will be enough.”

If you want to drag Austria into the water, there is not even a window, not to mention the door. Franz also want to keep the Ottoman Empire to attract the attention of the European countries, if you can let Britain and France to the Sudanese government blood, it would be better.

History has long proved that decaying final dynasties are never scary, but on the contrary, newborn countries may explode into a stronger fighting force.

Of course this is a very small minority, the vast majority of newborn regimes are limited by internal conflicts and lack of experience in local governance, making a mess of the country.

Like the Ottoman Empire, such as the serious ethnic and religious conflicts in the country, once the split that is a protracted civil war.

The original time and space that is the Chosen Son Kyle end open hanging, only later generations of Turkey, but compared to the Ottoman Empire, or shrunk by half.

Now do not have to consider, this big name of the Turkish founding father still have the opportunity to be born, are an unknown.

It is important to realize that the butterfly effect is horrific, and this Near Eastern War has changed the fate of so many people that there is no chance that the parents of the Chosen One have met the **** ahead of time.

In front of the rolling flood of history, the power of the individual is small. Franz does not think that the Ottoman Empire still has the possibility of revival, this war has actually put an end to this old empire.

……

Prime Minister Felix proposed, “Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Jerusalem has been reclaimed, and now we have to consider the issue of governance.

Because of their religious beliefs, the local populace doesn’t support us, and I suggest that we reach an extradition agreement with the Ottoman Empire to repatriate all the Ottomans.”

There was a precedent for repatriation. In all the previous expansions, the Vienna government repatriated all the Ottomans, which prevented ethno-religious conflicts.

Franz nodded and added, “It’s not enough to repatriate the Ottomans back to their country, the Jerusalem area is turning into a desert, we also need to solve the problem of land sanding.

The previous experts’ proposal to fallow the local land for twenty years is very constructive. Jerusalem is a religious holy place, and there is no need to develop agriculture and industry there; developing the tourism economy is enough.”

The populace is poor in this day and age, and the tourist economy is not yet developed. But there are exceptions to everything, the people are still poor or rich, for example, after Vienna became a city that never sleeps, it attracted a lot of people to come here.

Jerusalem, needless to say, religious special status, there is no fear of no one to go. Not to say that can become rich, but to maintain the local government can still do.

Land fallow that is inevitable, Austria itself is an agricultural exporter, there is no shortage of food production.

(End of chapter)