Chapter 787: Mahdi uprising

Time passed quickly, and it entered 1885 in a flash.
The stalled near east development plan was launched again, and the world economy came out of the Great Depression and launched another charge forward.
Everything is developing for the better, and in accordance with the principle of "just asking the big things," the Emperor Franz also idled.
Perhaps older, Franz's hobbies have also changed. I don't know when I got hooked on calligraphy.
The quill pen is obviously not suitable for calligraphy, so a scene of contradiction occurred, and the Emperor Shen Luo holding a brush to practice calligraphy was born.
Personal interests and hobbies, the aristocratic hobbies of European aristocrats are too many, placed in a large group, Franz's hobby is really nothing.
None of the ministers had enough food to support them, and they could not come to interfere in the daily life of the emperor, and it was not the royal history of Daming.
Not to mention another pen to write, even if you live in another palace, no one will come to Blibi.
The emperor's wallet and the treasury have always been separated. In this sacred and inviolable world of private property, no one can toss out any trouble.
Franz, who is free-spirited, has no hesitation when practicing calligraphy, and writes whatever he thinks of.
If you have a traveler, you will find that many famous quotes and poems in later generations appear very abruptly on the paper.
Fortunately, time has passed too long, many of Franz's memories have been obscured, and the content written is often only one or two sentences, otherwise the original author will be aggressive.
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Colonial Minister Stephen: "His Majesty, a rebellion broke out in the French Sudan, and the rebels have occupied the Wadi Halfa region and are marching towards Egypt."
The rebellion in French Sudan has been going on for some days. It's just that this colonial rebellion will happen every 30 minutes, and it will not be news until it is big.
"Are our people not involved?"
Franz asked in a skeptical tone. The colonial empire has stabbed each other too much these years. Even if everyone signed a treaty, they promised not to do anything.
That is also limited to not doing anything on the bright side, and no one knows secretly. As long as it is not caught, it is nothing.
Colonial Minister Stephen thought and replied: "The colonial government did not support the rebels, and the participation of civilian forces was unclear for the time being."
This is a consequence of colonial expansion. There are thousands of large and small colonial forces in Austria, and dozens of them are in the French Sudan.
The government's management of these groups is limited to cities and localized areas. Other places are free for everyone to play.
As long as national interests are not harmed, foreign expansion is legal. The premise is that the colonial team can knock down the site by themselves and be able to hold it.
The African continent has already been divided up. If you want to build your career again, you can only point your gun at other colonial empires.
Everyone has been flexing their muscles for years, but how can the central government not allow it. Without state support, they ran to challenge a colonial empire.
Not directly, it is different to engage in things secretly. For example, now, if the French cannot extinguish the rebellion, everyone's opportunity will come.
Anyway, the African continent is as large as some areas of French Egypt + Sudan, with a total area of ​​over 2 million square kilometers. Cutting a small piece from it is enough to feed a colonial team.
Similar things happen from time to time all over the world. The major colonial empires are trying their best to exercise restraint, and the incidents of colonial conflicts are still endless, mostly caused by civil colonial teams.
Franz said indifferently: "Forget it, as long as the colonial government is not involved. The civilian colonial team wants to go and let them go.
Just try to see what the French are like. The French government has been very busy these days, as long as the evidence is not caught by them. "
This "busy" naturally refers to the first foreign war provoked by France's invasion of Annan and Napoleon IV's succession, and the performance of the French army did not meet expectations.
Now it has caught up with the Mahdi uprising, enough for the Paris government to drink a pot.
If the rebels could not be kept out of Egypt, the French's losses would be too great.
In case the rebels can't figure it out and destroy the cotton plantations in Egypt, the cotton textile industry in France will be hit hard again.
This year, the cotton textile industry is the most important industry in France. One-fifth of the domestic industrial workers depend on this industry chain to live upstream and downstream.
If something goes wrong, the entire French industrial system will be affected. Not only France, but also the textile industry in all industrial countries.
In addition to the cotton origin, there is also a Suez Canal that is related to the lifeline of France. In case the rebels were hit by the river and the river was blown up as a threat, the Paris government would have a headache.
Perhaps before the rebels blow up the river, international interference forces will come to the fore.
In order to get involved in the Suez Canal, the British did not know how much thought was wasted, and they were unsuccessful. Naturally, the opportunity to send the door cannot be missed.
Even the seemingly talkative Austrian government doesn't mind dominating the Suez Canal.
It was the British who worried about these issues in space and time. In order to preserve the cotton production area and the Suez Canal, the British government also compromised with the Egyptian local powers.
Without the support of the Egyptians, the Mahdi rebels persisted for 7 years before they were extinguished by the British. Even the British Governor in Sudan was killed by the insurgents.
The same thing cannot happen in France.
The French government adopted direct administration over the colonies. The local forces, led by the Egyptian king, have long been suppressed.
Even the Egyptian royal family was relocated to Paris to live and received a box lunch during the recent Paris Revolution.
There is no doubt that the French now have to fight the rebellion in person. In addition, the prestige of the French army must be brought out, and if the matter of the Indo-China Peninsula reappears, the French empire will be unstable.
The prestige of the French army is built up from victory to victory. One failure can be an accident, and consecutive failures are not an accident.
Without the strength of the world's first army, how can France compete with Austria when political diplomacy, industrial economy, and resource territory are all behind?
Colonial Minister Stephen: "I'm afraid that's not enough. Unless we or the British do our best to support the rebels, otherwise it will not be possible to rely on the gangs."
Franz nodded. Although the French army's training model and mobilization mechanism are behind the times, they have to admit that they are still the world's best army.
The Mahdi uprising in time and space can persist for so long, mainly because the British have very weak control over the local area, and the British troops stationed in the Sudan have not yet had a regiment.
Changing the French is not the same. French Egypt alone can pull out 50,000 to 60,000 troops, including a French main division.
"It's not necessary, no matter how supportive they are, they are not French opponents. It's not the time to turn their faces and maybe let the British try."
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Paris, after receiving two bad news in succession, poured a pot of cold water on the ambitious Napoleon IV.
An Nanyuan is thousands of miles away, and even if he loses a little, it is only a small problem. But Egypt is different. This is the most important colony in France.
"Check it out, who is behind the ghost?"
The rebels did not stay in the Sudan to rule the hegemony. Instead, the main force went all out to fight in Egypt. If there was no international force behind this scene, Napoleon IV would be killed.
Secretary of the Interior Edison replied cautiously: "According to the information we have gathered, it can be determined that the weapons in the hands of the rebels were imported from the inland areas, respectively from the British and Austrian colonies.
Whether it was planned by the private colonial team or the conspiracy of the two governments, we do not have enough evidence to determine for the time being. "
This is not the answer, but the standard answer. The three countries, Britain, France and Austria, who are capable of doing things in the Sudan, are suspects except for themselves.
You do n’t need evidence, you can directly target, and you do n’t need to worry about wrongdoing.
It is useless to set the target and there is not enough evidence, and the Olympics will certainly not admit it. Apart from wasting time in diplomacy, it has no effect.
After suppressing the anger in his heart, Napoleon IV sighed and said slowly: "Forget it, remember this account first, and then liquidate with them later.
The Egyptian Governor was ordered to send troops to suppress the rebellion immediately, and the rebels must not be allowed to enter the Egyptian hinterland. "
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