Chapter 793: British counterattack

The next day, Franz received mixed news. Prime Minister Felix woke up last night, but the cause of his coma has not been found.
No way, the level of medical care in the 19th century was only so high. In the absence of instrument testing, doctors can only make judgments based on past experience.
If it is an ordinary person and there is only one doctor to receive it, naturally there are not so many worries, just rely on God for blessing.
If you get it right, you'll find the right medicine; if you get wrong, you will ask for blessing.
Prime Minister Felix is ​​different. After his old man fell ill, the top wave of doctors in Austria came.
Then, different conclusions were reached. Professionals cannot agree, others are more confused.
In this case, Franz was powerless. As a medical doctor, he could only choose to wait.
After the diagnosis of Prime Minister Felix's condition was confirmed, another international incident occurred.
Affected by the demise of the Ottoman Empire, the British government began to accelerate the pace of invasion of Persia.
On February 16, 1885, under the threat of British force, he obtained the right to telegraph from British India through Persian Kerman, Tehran to Bushehr.
It is only necessary to lay a telegraph line in Persia. The key is that these erection costs must be paid by the Persian government.
The Persian Empire, which was reduced to a semi-colonial nature, was naturally a poor ghost. In order to pay for the expensive construction of the telegraph, it was natural that it could only borrow from the British.
Foreign Minister Weissenberg submitted a document to Franz, saying, "Your Majesty, the British are too ugly.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has just received news that the British secretly signed a loan deduction lease agreement with the Persian government three days ago.
This agreement can be described as all-encompassing, covering many fields such as tariffs, minerals, railways, factories, water conservancy projects and so on.
Once the above content becomes reality, Persia will become a reserved place for the British, and we will basically lose the commercial market in Persia. "
After receiving the file, Franz looked up directly, the more he frowned as he saw it.
The butterfly effect still failed to change Persian history as a British colony.
Agreements such as minerals, resources, and factories have little impact on Austria, let alone. According to the treaty, the British have been granted Persian tariffs for 25 years for just 20,000 pounds.
No wonder Weissenberg said that the British are too much. This is not just excessive. It is clearly to eat alone.
In the last British-Polish war, because of the Russian intervention, the British failed to meet their strategic expectations.
Persia also has a more relaxed international environment than in the same period in history. After the war, the forces of Britain, Russia, and Austria have penetrated into the Persian region and formed a new balance.
The Vienna government was not prepared to expand into the Persian region, and the local investment was not great, it was only a part of the commercial interests, and the fighting was mainly between Britain and Russia.
Because of the Russian-Prussian war, the Russians were busy licking their wounds, reducing their investment in resources in the Persian region, and the British took advantage of the situation to increase their investment in strength.
The emergence of this all-inclusive lease agreement is the product of a balance that has been broken.
After watching it, Franz took a deep breath: "The British want to repair the railroad to the Caspian Sea, presumably the Russians won't watch it?"
The British took control of the Persian railway, and the railway extended to the Caspian Sea. At the same time, it meant that the British's power had penetrated the Caspian Sea, which seriously affected the interests of the Russians.
Weissenberg replied: "Of course! But the most angry of the Tsarist government right now is probably not the railway.
The Russians controlled nearly 30% of the tobacco trade in Persia, and the British also won the tobacco franchise of Persia for 15,000 pounds, which will directly reduce the treasury's fiscal revenue.
In addition, there are tariffs. Persia is also one of the few countries that imports Russian industrial and commercial products. The British have obtained tariff rights and can basically declare Russian industrial and commercial products to withdraw from the Persian market. "
Without mentioning tobacco, Franz almost forgot. The huge profits of the tobacco industry these years have been revealed.
Persia is rich in tobacco, and until the discovery of oil, tobacco has been the largest export commodity.
During the reform, Alexander II emulated Austria and implemented the tobacco and alcohol monopoly. The Tsarist government imports a large amount of tobacco leaves from Persia every year.
After the processing is completed, part of it remains for domestic sale and part of it is sold back to the Persian Empire.
The Tsarist government can get a lot of income from it every year, accounting for 1-2% of the government's fiscal revenue.
In contrast, exports of industrial and commercial products are nothing. After all, Russian industrial and commercial products are just like that, except for things that are more skinny, everything else is useless.
Even if such products can be sold, the sales volume is unlikely to be high. But it is better than nothing. Exporting less is also exporting, which means different things to the Russians.
The so-called "broken money, such as killing parents". In the British style of eating alone, Franz can already imagine how the Tsar government would react when it knew it.
After pondering for a while, Franz asked puzzled, "Do you know why the British do this?"
The more he thought about it, the more Franz felt that the British were acting strangely. Eating alone is good, but there are consequences to consider.
Russia and Austria are not soft persimmons. They can turn the table over when they are in a hurry.
The British government cannot fail to know this, but they did. Can't it be to deliberately create contradictions and lure Russia and Austria to attack Persia?
Foreign Minister Weissenberg explained: "It may have something to do with the conflict in Central Asia. The British government has repeatedly protested to the Russians without countermeasures.
As far as we are concerned, most of the British government thinks that we are inspiring the Russians to provoke the conflict in Central Asia and wants to teach us a lesson. "
After hearing this answer, Franz just felt speechless.
What about trust between people?
The pure blameless disaster, even if he wanted to encourage the Russians to do things in Central Asia, he would not choose to do it now!
The Russians are warlike, but they are not stupid. It is now at a critical time for recovery. How can it be possible to provoke war at this time?
The explanation is to cover up, and even if he knew he was wronged, Franz couldn't argue.
Evidence is not needed in international politics, as long as it is considered to be, then targeted action can be taken.
"What is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs going to do?" Franz asked
Minister of Foreign Affairs Weissenberg: "Britain and Britain are only a close treaty, and there is still a long way to go before it becomes real. It is not worth our direct shot against the British.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to ban the British and Pomeranian treaty first, urge the Persian people to rise up against this traitorous treaty, and then join the Russians to put pressure on Persia to force them to abandon the treaty. "
Austria can't help the British, nor can the Russians help the British, but this does not mean that neither country can help the Persian Empire.
Frankly, Franz really didn't understand the riotous operation of the Persian government. Is it "the fearless" or the bureaucracy of the Persian government?
The forces of Britain, Russia, and Austria have stepped in. Anyone who wants to dominate the country will be boycotted by the other two.
With such a stable structure, as long as the Persian government does not toss and make use of the contradictions between the powers, maintaining sovereignty is not a problem at all.
Such a good card is actually sparse. It's silly to sign a treaty with the British.
Threat of British power?
The big deal is a fight, not a fight. Behind the support of Russia and Austria, no matter how difficult it is to die.
In case of luck, you can also use this opportunity to train an elite army to rebirth the Persian Empire.
There is no doubt that the opportunity for revival has been missed perfectly. From the moment the treaty was signed, the Persian government was not far from the betrayal.
The people cannot tolerate such a traitorous government, and even if they do not rebel, the reputation of the Persian government among the people will fall to the bottom.
Affected by the follow-up treaty, Persia's relations with Russia and Austria will also drop to freezing point.
As for the British, just looking at the content of that treaty, they knew that it was about to annex Persia, and normal people knew that they were enemies.
Sure enough, the decay of an empire is not without reason. Leaving aside the messy objective factors, just looking at the ruler knows: there is no stupidest, only more stupid.
Various ridiculous policies are not due to accidents, but they are really only at this level.
Deep down, after scorning the decaying Persian government, Franz made a decision: "Just do as planned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs!"
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