The sudden debt crisis has blinded the Sudanese government. Now that this debt has been transferred to the Austrians, it is not so simple to settle the debt.

To repay the money, there must be money first, and it is clear that after the loss of the Balkans, the finances of the Sudanese government will be exhausted.

More than 28 million Aegis is about 14 million pounds, equivalent to 102.48 tons of gold, and this number will increase even more if you add the messy late fees.

There is no doubt that even if it is smashing the pot and selling iron, the Sudanese government will not be able to come up with such a huge sum of money now.

Unless the Viennese government was willing to accept paper money, even Britain and France would not have been able to lend them so much gold to fill the hole.

Abdul Mejid I said with a gloomy face: "The Austrians are blackmailing, and we must not let their plot succeed!" ”

Everyone lowered their heads one after another, trying to reduce their sense of existence as much as possible, so as not to be harmed by the pond fish. There are lessons to be learned from the past, for example, in the last government, half of the ministers lost their heads.

Don't look at the good evaluation of Abdul Mejid I's reforms by later generations, in essence he was still a feudal emperor, and the responsibility for the defeat of the Near East War and the loss of Constantinople fell on the previous unlucky guy, and then he was exterminated.

This is also one of the triggers for the outbreak of civil war, and in the face of such a monarch, it is impossible to be vigilant. This is the fine tradition of the Ottoman Empire, the barbarism preserved from the ancestors.

Abd al-Majid I reprimanded him dissatisfiedly: "Why don't you speak, don't you hear me?" You're the Foreign Secretary, tell me what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is going to do next? ”

After being named, he knew that he could not hide, and replied stubbornly: "Your Majesty, the Austrians are prepared.

We have just received news that a massive rebellion has broken out in India, and that the British are stranded and powerless to interfere with their actions in the short term.

The French, on the other hand, seemed to have reached a tacit agreement with the Viennese government, with Austria abandoning its ambitions for Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia in exchange for their acquiescence to the Austrian action. ”

It is true that he has just received the news, and this news was reported to him by the British, and it is too far away for the Sudanese government to gather intelligence.

Abdul Mejid I was speechless with a half of anger, thinking that with the support of Britain and France, he could pretend to be forceful, but the reality told him that his supporters no longer existed.

As if realizing that he was in trouble, he hurriedly remedied: "Your Majesty, don't worry. The indigenous rebellion in India was just a rabble, and it would not be long before the British could put down the rebellion.

The government in London will not watch the Austrians expand their power, we just need to wait for a moment until they have put down the rebellion......"

Before he could finish speaking, Abd al-Majid I interrupted: "Don't dream, as long as the Viennese government and the British reach a compromise, we will be betrayed."

The importance of India to the British is self-evident, so why not sacrifice our interests in order to keep the Austrians from doing so?

Open your eyes and look at the map of the world, are the Russians far from India? Whether through Persia or through Afghanistan, the Russians can support the rebels in India.

With the relationship between Britain and Russia, what the tsarist government would do, as long as it is a normal person, knows.

If Austria and the Russians had sided together, the British would have suffered heavy losses if they had been able to suppress the rebellion.

The British have no allies in the Indian question, and if the French don't hold them back, even if they are friends enough, can they still count on the Paris government to support them? ”

Everyone can see this problem, but as a smart person, he must not show off in front of the emperor, and this kind of opportunity must be left to Abdul Mejid I to perform.

After severely criticizing his men, Abdul Majid I was in a much better mood and began to think seriously about what to do next.

The objectives of the Vienna Government are already chicken ribs for the Government of the Sudan. Neither that series of islands, nor Libya can bring value to the Sudanese government.

Economically, the rule of these regions is basically to preserve the capital, and if there is a good year when the wind and rain are good, at most it will be a slight gain.

Strategically, these islands are still very important, but unfortunately the Sudanese government cannot afford to maintain a navy. Without a strong navy, the so-called strategic value, is a joke.

He asked uncertainly, "Your Majesty, then we have continued negotiations with the Austrians?" ”

Abdul Mejid I thought for a moment and said: "Of course, we have to continue the talks, first delay the time, and delay as long as we can."

If we can't drag it on, we will try to preserve our interests as much as possible, even if we want to sell it, then we must strive to sell it at a good price.

At least not less than the price of the Balkans, which we do not recognize, and must be paid in cash by the Austrians! ”

Ard replied apprehensively, "Yes, Your Majesty! ”

This kind of contradictory decision-making is obviously not so easy to implement, or even impossible to implement, and no matter how good it is in the end, it is unlikely to satisfy the Sudan.

He didn't want to lose his land, it was because of face, Abdul Majid I didn't want to bear the reputation of a traitor, not that he valued it much.

At the same time, he wanted to sell some of his land in exchange for a sum of money to alleviate the government's financial crisis and suppress the rebellion in the country.

After all, Austria is only suffering from ringworm, plotting the interests of the Ottoman Empire, and the threat to the Sudanese government is not too great, or their lives, and the domestic chaos party is the one who really wants their lives.

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saint petersburg

When the tsarist government received news of the rebellion in India, its first reaction was that the opportunity had come.

There is no ambitious country in the world that does not look down on the British to dominate India, let alone the greedy woolly bear.

After a war in the Near East, the tsarist government also became cautious, and lack of money was a hard injury.

Now their finances are not very good, the newly occupied Balkan territories have not yet come out of the war, and the financial deficit that they had hoped to be made up for by the rich Constantinople is now in vain.

Post-war reconstruction continues, and it will not be possible to return to pre-war levels in a decade or two.

Because of the war, the tsarist government owed a lot of debts, and Nicholas I still had to face it, and he couldn't do anything about it.

This is the price of the struggle for hegemony, and their international credibility is not good in the first place, and if they rely on it again, then the results of their painstaking management for decades will be ruined.

Without credibility, no one will follow them, and the tsarist government originally did not have a few junior brothers, and if they tossed again, they would not even be able to find the country that waved the flag and shouted.

Nicholas I asked: "The opportunity has come, what do you think we should do now?" ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Arry Stanley Rhodes said: "Your Majesty, if we want to seize India, we must first seize Afghanistan, otherwise it will be easy to be cut off by the enemy.

The strength of the British is not weak, and the indigenous Indians alone will not be able to delay for long. By the time we had raised the funds to take Afghanistan, the British would have already suppressed the rebellion.

It is better to directly support the Indian rebellion, provide the rebels with weapons and equipment, military instructors, and let them consume the strength of the British.

India's population is as high as 300 million, and as long as one percent is mobilized, the British will have to leave the country in disgrace. ”

This is the most money-saving method, the tsarist government really did not lack weapons and equipment, bought and bought during the war in the Near East, and now that the disarmament is recuperating, the warehouses are almost full.

It was in their interest to send all the rags in the warehouses to India and cause chaos to the British, and perhaps they could make a lot of money.

Foreign Secretary Karl Wassel objected: "Duke Aristanley Rhodes, now is the best chance to seize India.

We have already won over the Persians, and as long as we win over the Afghans, we will form a coalition to attack India, and the British will not be able to stop them.

Having missed this opportunity, it would not be so simple to seize India from the British. ”

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Arry Stanley Rhodes, asked rhetorically: "Marquess Karl Wassell, it's not that simple. Even if your Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the ability to convince the Afghans to stand with us, what about the war costs?

If they want to seize India, the British will definitely fight desperately, and then it will turn into a full-scale war between the two countries, and the war funds to be consumed will only be more than the war in the Near East.

We have just won the war in the Near East, and we can run rats in the warehouses of the Ministry of Finance, where do you let us raise so much money for the war? ”

Foreign Secretary Carl Wassel disagreed: "It's a matter for your treasury, whether it's raising taxes, or issuing war bonds, or international loans, there are many ways to raise money.

With the seizure of India, the world hegemony of the Russian Empire was established. At this critical juncture, I'm sure His Excellency Aristanley Rhodes will be able to figure it out. ”

Aristanley Rhodes glared at Carl Wasel with a blue face and said indifferently: "Impossible, even if we use all the methods, we will not be able to raise such a large amount of money in a short period of time!" ”

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Nicholas I angrily scolded: "Enough, you two fools shut up for me!" ”

How could such an obvious singing double reed be hidden from his eyes?

Chancellor of the Exchequer Arry Stanley Rhodes said that there was no money, and Foreign Secretary Carl Wassel said that the method of raising money was ultimately the same thing: now the country has no money, and it can't raise it, and if you want to fight a war, you can solve the financial problem first.

As soon as the thought of Nicholas I wanting to send troops arose, it was extinguished. The expedition to India is not so easy, the lack of money is only one aspect, and the logistics are also a big problem.