Chapter 420： Qing Jun side (1/2)

The Russia-Australia relationship has undergone a turnaround, which has quickly triggered a chain reaction in politics, and the London government can finally sleep peacefully.

Alliances without conflicts are terrible, but conflicting alliances are not a concern.

Now that the relationship between the two countries is cold, the support of the Vienna government for the Russians will definitely be discounted. This is what the London government wants most.

Other issues can be postponed. Only the Russian threat to India must be resolved immediately.

A few years ago, the British still remembered the Great Indian Uprising. It was because of the secret support of the Russians that the London government paid hundreds of millions of pounds in military expenses.

If this hidden danger is not resolved, who can afford it?

The most important thing in India is people, and social conflicts are also a lot. As long as some people stir up the flames, the outbreak of rebellion is just a common occurrence.

The best way is to separate India from other countries. Small countries do not matter. They have neither the courage nor the strength to do things, and the big countries are different.

In particular, the three countries of Russia, France, and Austria are the focus of the London government's strict prevention of death. At present, neither France nor Austria has extended their claws to India. Only the Russians have expressed interest. The London government naturally wants to cut off the tsarist government.

Independence in Central Asia is the best option, leaving such a buffer zone to protect the enemy from the country. Even if the British-Russian conflict is in Central Asia, it does not hurt the Central Asian London government.

On the current four fronts, the Central Government is the most strongly supported by the London government. Sending mercenaries to battle in person is enough to illustrate the problem.

At 10 Downing Street, Foreign Minister Raslin Hui reported: ”No accidents happened. This time the negotiations failed. The Russians were unwilling to make any concessions. The conditions they gave in the end was to restore pre-war conditions.

This made our friends unacceptable. The Prussians made territorial claims against the Lithuanian region, while also demanding Poland's independence.

The Ottomans wanted to take back Constantinople, and they are said to be negotiating with Austria to redeem part of the Balkans.

The Vienna government did not directly refuse, but now the price has not been negotiated. If Constantinople is withdrawn by the Ottoman Empire, then the redemption of the Dardanelles is not a big issue and Austria seems to lack interest in the Black Sea.

The representatives of the Eastern Empire hoped to recover the Western and Far East. At present they are playing well in the Western Territory. It is said that the old general still carried the coffin to the expedition.

There is some chaos in Central Asia. It is too difficult to coordinate the joint operations of several Khanates, but their hatred of the Russians is worthy of recognition.

Our friends have a fairly firm will to fight. The situation on the battlefield, on the whole, is in our favor.

Not long ago Russia-Olympic relations have changed, it seems that Alexander II had lost his temper. With the encouragement of capitalists, the Tsarist government raised tariffs with Austria and the Cold War broke out on both sides.

The Austrians have sharply increased the prices of export goods by about 50% compared with the previous ones, and some goods have also increased by 100%.

If nothing else, Austria's support for the Russians will be further reduced in the later wars, and the Russians have no chance to retreat this time. ”

These conditions are obviously not acceptable to the Tsarist government. Otherwise, the Russian Empire will have a short lap, especially in Constantinople, where there is no room for negotiation.

Russia-Olympic relations have been cold, which was originally operated by the London government. Any contradictions are accumulated little by little. Some people in the Tsarist government feel that they have lost an alliance with Austria, and there are also such people in the Vienna government.

In this context, the usual small contradictions of the English people who once again provoke alienation were naturally magnified infinitely.

When Franz knows it, there is nothing he can do but just let the relations between the two countries continue to deteriorate. The same was true of Alexander II, and even if it was discovered, it could not be stopped.

In addition to the benefits, everyone has to face. The benefits brought about by the Russian-Australian alliance are no longer sufficient for them to act to suppress contradictions.

The two powerful emperors were unwilling to make concessions, and things gradually got worse. Only after the sequelae broke out, the two sides would re-emphasize the role of the alliance.

Obviously, the British will not give such opportunities. Continued divorce between Russia and Austria has become the most important relationship between the British Foreign Office.

John Russell said with a smile: ”It seems that the means of peace have failed, then the test of strength is next.

The lonely Russians are not so terrible. As long as the war is dragged on to next year, then I am afraid that the tsarist government's wallet will be in a hurry again? ”

John Russell is in a very good mood. If possible, he doesn't mind issuing a medal to Russian capitalists and bureaucrats, which is still the highest grade.

According to the plan, they originally thought that it was the Austrians who caused the deterioration of Russia-Austria relations. After all, now that the Russians are still fighting on all sides, how can we ignore the relationship between the two countries?

It doesn't matter who got the job done first, the end result is the same anyway. The current changes have directly increased the cost of war for the Russians.

War is a swallow of golden beasts, and money really costs nothing. Don't look at the Tsarist government's huge gains, but they can't hold the bureaucracy too greedy, and no matter how much money they have, they will soon be squandered.

This is the common nature of the old empires. Which of the British, French, Russian, Austrian, Western, Dutch, and Portuguese is not a corrupt empire?

It's just that the Tsarist government has to be more powerful. The chaotic system provides a breeding ground for corruption, while Britain, France, and Austria have a system that can curb corruption to a certain extent.

Even Franz has no way to completely solve the problem of corruption, and can only adopt the policy of killing pigs from time to time. After three to five years, a great anti-corruption campaign has been carried out to kill chickens and monkeys to deter bureaucratic groups.

The advantage of doing this is to make the bureaucrats learn smarter, know what money can't be touched, and converge to eat.

At this step, it is already the extreme that can be achieved in this era. It is impossible to put an end to corruption.

The final result is naturally that 7 or 8 yuan of the 10 yuan with constraints are spent; the 10 yuan without the constraints, and finally 4 or 5 yuan can be used in the end, are not easy.

After a few calculations, the Minister of Finance Agarwal replied: ”Not so fast. The tsarist government is still trying to raise funds, and it is not completely empty.

Of course, if the fire in their country ignites, then the wallet of the Tsarist government will really run out.

At that time, the Tsarist government should declare bankruptcy, rely on all its debts, and the Russian-Austrian alliance should almost be broken. ”

The actual situation is even more serious. Because of the war, a large amount of gold and silver flows out of the Russian Empire every year. This outflow rate is far faster than the replenishment rate of mining.