In London, after the news of the coup d'état in Ankara, Prime Minister Gelston knew that things were going bad.

The problems of the Ottoman Empire were simply not solved by a change of government, and whoever came to power would face the first problem of resolving the refugee crisis and suppressing the rebellion.

The Government of the Sudan has failed to accomplish these two tasks, not just because they are corrupt and incompetent, but because they are really unable to do so. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice. It's the same for whoever goes up.

Prime Minister Gelston asked: "What is the minimum amount of money that the Ottoman Empire needs to invest in the initial resumption of agricultural production?" ”

The Foreign Secretary, Marquis Maclean, shook his head: "Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I'm afraid no one will be able to answer your question. The Russians did too much, destroying everything that could be destroyed before withdrawing their troops.

According to the information from the embassy, in all the areas occupied by the Russian army, there was hardly a single intact building to be found, and they blew up all the buildings except the church.

Even the countryside has not spared, houses, farmland, bridges, dams have been blown up, and even they have artificially blocked the river, so that the farmland downstream has become a country.

It is said that in order to carry out sabotage, the Russians have consumed tens of thousands of tons of explosives alone, and almost all the areas occupied by the Russian army have been reduced to white ground.

The Ottoman government resumed the spring ploughing program, which was completely defeated by the destruction of the Russians. As it stands, even by 1876, the Ottomans were able to restore at most half of their local agricultural production.

The Government of the Sudan did not have the financial resources to hold out for so long, and in order to provide relief to the refugees, the Government of the Sudan appropriated most of the Government's funds, including education.

The coup d'état was triggered by the misappropriation of education funds by the Sudanese government. Now the issue is for the Ottoman al-Shabaab. ”

Prime Minister Gelston nodded, he was not surprised that the Russians had a long-standing hatred between Russia and Turkey, and that the Russians had taken drastic measures to retaliate.

The previous Russian-Turkish war was bloodier than this, and it is not surprising that tens of thousands of people were slaughtered at one time.

The fact that there was no bombing of farmland and rivers in front of us was not because the Russians were soft-minded, but mainly because industrial technology had not developed to the point where it is now.

This time, the logistics were provided by Austria, and the Russians did not need to save them. Now that they are going to evacuate, the ship is still provided by Austria, and the large comprehensive materials hidden in front of it cannot be hidden at this time.

Grain and other daily necessities can also be said to be captured trophies, and the ammunition produced by the Austrian arsenal cannot be explained in any way.

The Russians were ruthless enough to vent all this ammunition on the peninsula of Asia Minor. In addition to giving God face and not bombing the church, they blew up everything they could.

After the brain was filled, Prime Minister Gelston had a headache. The Russians are having fun this time, and now what should the Ottoman Empire do?

The price to pay is too great; If it is not saved, the Ottoman Empire will definitely be dragged down by the refugees, and it will inevitably be annexed by Austria at that time.

"What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs going to do?"

Marquis McLean's brows furrowed, and he replied with a look of embarrassment: "This problem is not difficult to solve, at least for the Ottoman Empire. As long as they're ruthless enough, they can ......."

The faces of the people changed drastically, the number of refugees in the Ottoman Empire was quite large, even if hundreds of thousands died this winter, there were at least more than two million people.

According to Marquis McLean's plan, although the refugee crisis was solved once and for all, the damage to the Ottoman Empire was also catastrophic.

However, everyone has no objection, and everyone is able to climb to this position, everyone is strong-willed, and it is not so easy to be swayed by personal feelings.

What does the life or death of the Ottomans have to do with them? At a time when millions of people around the world die of hunger every year, everyone's compassion has long since run out.

After wandering for two steps, Prime Minister Gelston: "This matter has nothing to do with us, everything is the choice of the Ottomans themselves."

Now what we have to do is to provide them with a counterinsurgency fund to stabilize the situation in the Ottoman Empire as soon as possible, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to supervise their use.

At the same time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should be prepared that once the Ottoman government acts, it will definitely be pointed at by a thousand people. It didn't matter if the international public opinion scolded them, but the Austrians should not be allowed to seize the opportunity to interfere in the internal affairs of the Ottomans. ”

In this regard, Prime Minister Gelston is still very relieved, and the intelligence shows that Austria is encroaching on the Arabian Peninsula, and it will not be possible to do it without a few years of effort.

With the cautious style of the Vienna government, it will not do anything in a short time until the Arabian Peninsula has been digested.

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Ankara, the Ottoman al-Shabaab, which had just come to power, fell into confusion before they had time to enjoy the pleasure of power.

The script opens in the wrong way, after the overthrow of the rotten government under normal circumstances, under their leadership, shouldn't the Ottoman Empire immediately achieve a revival?

However, the reality is the opposite, and after the overthrow of Abdulaziz I, they are at a loss.

It was only a coup d'état, not a revolution, so Al-Shabaab soon took over state power. Of course, it is inevitable that there will be a bunch of conservatives and religious people in the government.

Politics always needs to be compromised, and if you don't want to share power, how can you win everyone's support?

Once they got the power, the al-Shabaab were confused. This is not a prosperous and powerful empire, but a decaying empire that is riddled with holes and could disintegrate at any moment.

As the leader of Al-Shabaab, Midhart, who had just taken over power, was soon dumbfounded. The issue of the struggle for power has been put on hold for the first time, and the issue of financial bankruptcy has become imminent.

The corrupt government that has been overthrown is not rich, and many of its officials may be fat, but it is still too insignificant for a country.

After this did not release the administrative funds owed by the government, the wallet dried up again. The most expensive relief for refugees, and there is still no money to suppress the rebellion.

If you don't know the price of firewood and rice, now Midhat finally understands the suffering of the Sudanese government. The government doesn't have enough money, so it can't do whatever it wants.

"What do the British and French say, are they willing to give us a loan?"

Borrowing when you don't have money is the most common practice in the Ottoman Empire. Britain and France were the most popular people to issue loans in this era, and more than 80% of the world's international loans were issued by them.

"Prime Minister, the French refused our loan, and the British, although they did not refuse, but they also made the condition that the loan could only be used to suppress the rebellion.

And they also said that we should solve the refugee crisis as soon as possible and prove the government's ability to govern. Foreign Secretary Hade Fao said bitterly

The refugee crisis is easy to solve, as long as there is money. If you don't have enough food, you can buy it from two neighbors, as much as you want.

Unfortunately, the most important thing in the Ottoman Empire was money, and now even if they wanted to take out a loan, it was difficult to find collateral.

This is the pot of the previous government, and the Sudanese government did its best to raise money for the war, and the previous government would not have had the money to help the refugees if it were not for international loans.

Midhart was unlucky, and it happened that the previous government ran out of money to come to power, and he ended up with a mess.

Of course, if the previous government had not run out of ammunition and food, the coup would not have succeeded, and naturally it would not have been his turn to take office.

Midhart slapped the table: "How to solve it?" Millions of people are reaching out to us for food, and the government holds on to food for a maximum of two months.

In such a short time, even if you make up for spring ploughing, you can't wait for the harvest. In addition, our farmland has been severely damaged, and most of it will not be able to be restored to cultivation within the year.

This year, we have a food deficit of more than 3.16 million tons, and we need at least 5 million tons of food to completely solve the refugee crisis before we can get out of this predicament. ”

The British figures are not accurate, and the Ottoman refugees were not only the original more than three million, but also those who were later deported back by Austria.

This number is increasing every day, and the Vienna government has implemented the repatriation of the Ottomans very well.

In addition to this, the civil war is also the main reason for the increase in refugees. In the process of suppressing the rebellion, the warring parties created another batch of refugees.

Against this backdrop, the total number of refugees has increased, even after a single winter, with many deaths.

If someone counts, they will be surprised to find that the number of refugees in the Ottoman Empire has approached 30% of the total population, far more than a normal country can afford.

"The British suggested that we should deport people who had lost their livelihoods to Persia to alleviate the food crisis in the country.

Or create quarantine zones to divide refugees and leave them to fend for themselves. ”

Midhart was stunned, he had no idea that he could do this. Deportation, or the establishment of refugee settling areas to fend for themselves, means millions of people will die as a result.

There is no essential difference between the two practices compared to outright slaughter, and the only difference is probably that they do not need to be charged as a butcher.

This was beyond Midhart's mental acceptance, and he still had a trace of conscience when he had just ascended to the throne of prime minister.

It is still very challenging for him, who has always called himself the savior of the Ottoman Empire, to make up his mind to sacrifice millions of people.

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