The turmoil in the Balkans did not affect Franz's mood. Even the rebel gang was terminated, but it did not attract his attention.

After being an emperor for so many years, I have seen a lot of winds and waves. Someone wanted to rebel, but wasn't it suppressed before it even began?

Franz is used to this kind of thing, and almost every few years, there will be a few people who can't think of it and want to die. Usually they are suppressed by the police, and even if they occasionally raise anti-flags, they will be quickly extinguished by local feudal forces.

Almost all feudal participants were very wary of revolution, and the situation in Austria had changed since the gunfire of 1848.

Anyone can suppress a rebellion, and it is just to suppress it, regardless of the time and reason. Even if you cause accidental injury, you don't have to worry about being held responsible.

Butcher generals could be promoted to marshals and state funerals after their deaths, and public opinion in Austria had been reversed.

This change naturally mobilized the enthusiasm of the underground people, and the suppression of the rebellion was a great achievement, and there was no need to worry about being held accountable. Don't worry about retaliation, since you are a feudal emperor, it is natural for a person to rebel against the whole family.

Due to the environmental influence, Austrian revolutionary groups moved overseas and almost cut off from China.

The warriors who dare to return to China to do things, I don't know where they go to contribute to the construction of the country, maybe they die, and the Vienna government will not have a record.

The government didn't record it, and the intelligence organizations certainly did. As a face-saving emperor, Franz also didn't want to see the words recorded in the history books: strangling millions of rebels.

This is not a joke, after so many years of imperial career, the chaotic party that was killed by Franz is not much worse, if not a million. Otherwise, how could Austria have stabilized?

In the Balkans, as a powder keg, there were no explosions; Lombardy and Venezia, which had always wanted independence, had no movement; Lively, noisy Hungary became the most stable place in the empire.

Behind the stability, there is naturally a sword and a sword. After purging these dangerous places again and again, killing all the careerists and fools who wanted to rebel, and replacing a new ruling class, the country was truly stabilized.

In some ways, the Revolution of 1848 gave Austria the opportunity to regain from the ashes. Taking advantage of the suppression of the rebellion, Franz was able to bring about a major change of blood for the ruling class.

The turmoil in the Balkans did not affect Austria, and Franz could naturally read books and newspapers leisurely, but Alexander II, who was far away in St. Petersburg, could not sit still.

The Greek coup d'état, Alexander II did not care, that was the Austrian sphere of influence. But the Bulgarian rebellion was unbearable.

Geographically, Bulgaria was far from the heart of the empire and was dispensable. But there was Constantinople next door, which raised the status of Bulgaria at once.

The Tsarist government had a special affection for Constantinople, and Alexander II invested in the city over the years, and Constantinople has been reborn from the flames of war today.

With its geographical advantage, Constantinople once again became the largest and most prosperous city in the Near East, and it was also the financial and tax center of the tsarist government.

The outbreak of a rebellion in Bulgaria would inevitably affect the stability of Constantinople, and if it was not extinguished quickly, the flames of war might have been over.

Throwing the battle report in his hand on the table, Alexander II roared: "It's all a bunch of rice buckets, and the troops of a division can't beat a bunch of rabble, it's a shame......"

There is no doubt that the situation at the front is very unoptimistic. A Russian infantry division ran past to suppress the rebellion, only to be beaten to the ground by the rebels.

War Minister Kafukis lowered his head and waited for Alexander II to finish scolding before explaining: "Your Majesty, this Bulgarian rebel army is not simple.

Judging by the information received at the front, the enemy was a regular army, albeit immature, but still in good order, without the slightest confusion of ordinary rebels.

There must be someone behind this scene, otherwise their weapons and equipment, as well as officers, would not have fallen from the sky. ”

Kafukis did not lie, the Bulgarian rebels did behave somewhat like a regular army. It's just that it's not supported by outsiders, it's that they have it themselves.

There is also the credit of the Russians, who recruited a large number of Bulgarian partisans as cannon fodder during the Near Eastern War. The unlucky ones who died passed away with the wind, and those who survived became veterans, and many high-ranking guerrillas were transformed into qualified officers.

After the battle was over, these people naturally returned to the field with their armor unloaded. The tsarist government was poor, and its own people were not well settled, and the treatment of these privates was even worse, and a symbolic bounty was all over the place.

Except for a few high-ranking people, who received benefits, most of the partisans did not gain much, and naturally did not have a favorable opinion of the tsarist government.

In the end, most of the land fell into the hands of the Russian nobles stationed in Constantinople, and many Bulgarians became serfs again.

After Alexander II's reforms, the land problem was solved through land reclamation, and if no one did anything, the people's hearts were settled.

Unfortunately, nationalist ideas were already rampant in Bulgaria, and the flickering of the revolutionaries aroused discontent in the hearts of these partisan veterans, and many of them went to the revolution in a daze.

Only a dozen years have passed since the war in the Near East, and most of these people are only thirty or forty years old, and they can still resist fighting with guns. With these backbones and the recruitment of a group of young men, the Bulgarian rebel army was shocked.

Weapons and equipment, partly left over from the Russian army, partly sponsored by Bulgarian "patriotic businessmen".

The combat effectiveness of the rebel army may not be stronger than that of the Russian army, but the morale of the army must be higher than that of the Russian army. The Russian troops who went to quell the rebellion were unlucky and dared to go to the wave of the peak morale of the rebel army.

If there were a few battles, or if they dragged on for a while, because they were dissatisfied with the tsarist government, and the morale was almost exhausted, then the rebels would be the best to deal with.

Of course, the premise is that the rebels are not allowed to win. If they win a few more times and convince them that victory is at hand, and that an independent Bulgaria can be established immediately, it will probably be even stronger.

Alexander II glared at him fiercely: "I don't want to listen to this nonsense, no matter what use there is, I must immediately extinguish the rebels."

If someone is a ghost and finds out the mastermind behind me, instead of complaining and complaining to me here, do you want me to find the mastermind myself? ”

War Minister Kafukis looked helpless, investigating the mastermind behind the scenes is not his specialty, if you want to ask, you should also ask the intelligence department!

Well, the tsarist government did not pay enough attention to intelligence work, did not put much effort into building it, and the intelligence organization was scattered and part-time.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has an intelligence team, the Ministry of Police has an intelligence team, and the War Department also has an intelligence team.

"Your Majesty, the information we have received is very vague, and there are too many countries that are suspicious.

The merchants who supplied the Bulgarians with weapons and equipment came from the Ottoman Empire, and it stands to reason that the Sultan government was very suspicious. However, the Bulgarians and the Ottoman Empire were as deep as the sea, and it was impossible for the two sides to cooperate.

We have inspected the standard equipment of weapons, all of which are equipped with standard equipment of Austria, Greece, Montenegro, and the Federal Reich of Germany, which are currently equipped with these weapons in addition to us.

These small countries can be ruled out, they could not have planned this conspiracy, and the Austrians are not small in suspicion. However, we have just joined forces with the Viennese government to attack the Ottoman Empire, and they should not be in the dark at this time.

Later, we investigated the source of the funds for these merchants and found that it was provided by a French bank. But there was no need for the French to stir up trouble, there were not enough interests, and they had no reason to support the Bulgarian Revolutionary Party. ”

Listening to this explanation, Alexander II also felt dizzy. They are all suspects, but they can all be overthrown, who knows who the real black hand is?

Foreign Secretary Chris Basham asked differently: "Why are there no British?" ”

Chris Basham couldn't help but be surprised, usually this kind of thing, shouldn't all the big powers be withdrawn into it, why are there fewer British?

"It's not that it's nothing, it's just that the suspicion is relatively small, and the ship in charge of the transport is British," Kafukis explained. The ship departed from the Ottoman port of Karasu and was delivered directly to the port of Burgas to be handed over to the rebels.

Britain, France and Austria were all involved, the merchants who supplied weapons and equipment to the Bulgarians had disappeared, and our War Department really did not make a judgment. ”

It's a muddle of accounts, full of highlights, and full of smoke bombs. It's just that this arms aid reveals more information than the first aid.

Alexander II slapped the table and made a decision: "Continue the secret investigation, and at the same time announce to the public that this Bulgarian rebellion was planned by the Ottoman Empire, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send a note to the Sultan government to hold them accountable." ”

Persimmon to find a soft pinch, the current Russian Empire no longer has the domineering of the past, when it is time to pretend to be confused, it is necessary to pretend to be confused.

The best result is to make the real culprit become the Ottoman Empire, otherwise find out the three countries of Britain, France or Austria, what do you let the tsarist government do?

Of course, it is also important to investigate secretly and find out who the enemy is, but it is impossible to lift the lid so as not to make the situation unfinishable.

Not only the Russians were investigating, but the Austrian intelligence organizations were not idle. Since the second time the Black Hand supported the Bulgarian rebels, a lot of things have not been hidden.

First of all, it is impossible for this large batch of munitions to go untraced, and it was quickly determined that it came from the Field Arsenal.

Originally used by the Austrian Army, it was decommissioned more than a month ago, then sold to a Deklaas arms dealer and flowed into Bulgaria through the Ottoman Empire.

In this era, arms exports are not so strict, especially ordinary weapons such as second-hand rifles, which do not need to be carefully audited at all.

However, to be able to complete a series of operations in such a short period of time obviously used some strength. When these things are checked, many things are exposed.

Looking at the information in his hand, Franz couldn't help but mourn in silence for the Russians. It's good that the real culprit can't be found, but if it does, it is estimated that the tsarist government will not be able to sleep.

The British took the lead and were responsible for the transport, the French provided the funds, and the Austrian capitalists provided the arms.

Well, it is the British who really contribute, and the total price of this batch of arms is less than 100,000 Aegis, which is not worth mentioning at all for the financial predators.

This is reflected in the fact that capital has no borders, and Franz secretly raised his vigilance and decided to strengthen the surveillance of private capital.

It seems that in this operation, the Austrian capitalists participated very little, nothing more than to promote this arms deal, from the beginning to the end there was only one cannon fodder arms dealer.

But if you dig deeper, you will find that someone has hooked up with British and French capital. Even though Franz had expected this, he still felt uncomfortable.

Austria is undercapitalized, and in the process of development Anglo-French capital is used, and it is inevitable that there will be connections in the capital community.

Now for the sake of interests, they can quietly cooperate with the British, then in the future, they will encounter a greater betrayal of Austria, and it is estimated that they can do it.

Of course, things are two-sided, the British can buy the Austrian capitalists, Franz can also buy the British capitalists, and this group has always had the lowest loyalty.

Vigilance goes vigilance, and apart from increased surveillance of big capitalists, Franz still did not take any targeted action.

Anyway, it's still within the rules. The good arms dealers sold their weapons to their enemies, and the fact that they did not directly provide home delivery services to the Bulgarian rebels proved to be salvageable.