Chapter 1036： The enemy is in Congress (2/2)

This is the inevitable result. Suddenly one day, the enemy suddenly came to help you repair the railway, and you would suspect a conspiracy if you put it on anyone.

From the standpoint of the Tsarist government, the British offered to help build the Siberian Railway. It is estimated that the Russians’ first reaction was: This is for destruction.

After all, the construction of the Central Asia Railway has reached a critical moment, and it will be opened to traffic in a few years. It is normal for the British to feel pressure.

For the safety of India, Britain took the initiative to destroy the construction of the Central Asia Railway without any problems.

Although the Russian Empire is huge, the Tsarist government's ability to mobilize materials is limited. The construction of the Central Asia Railway has already mobilized a lot of manpower and material resources. If the construction of the Siberian Railway is restarted, it will obviously increase logistical pressure.

The explanation is to cover up. No matter what the British government says, the Russians will think this is a conspiracy by the British, trying to use the Siberian Railway plan to delay the construction of the Central Asia Railway.

Help with prospecting design and construction, not to mention. The railway that the British helped build, who knows if it will work in the end?

As Flora said, unless it's just giving money and leaving everything to the Russians to toss about, otherwise the tsarist government won't be at ease.

The problem is that the British government is still worried about just giving money. Who can guarantee that after the Russians get the money, they will spend it on the construction of the Siberian Railway, rather than on the military expenditures for the south to India?

The British government doesn't have such a thing as morality, nor does the Tsarist government. It is too difficult for the two countries that lack the most basic trust to cooperate.

Foreign Secretary Cameron: ”The issue of trust is actually not difficult to solve. It is inconvenient for us to come forward. A third country can come forward and communicate with the Russians.

It is not difficult to persuade the Russian military industry to agree to the construction of the Siberian Railway. The current Tsar is Nicholas II. The unpleasant trip to Tokyo has always made Nicholas II feel good.

From the standpoint of Nicholas II, going east to seek revenge from the Japanese is probably more attractive than going south to India.

After all, we are not soft persimmons either. Even if the Central Asian Railway is opened to traffic, the Russians' odds of winning are still not high.

Compared with going south, Dongjin has a significantly higher success rate and will bring greater benefits.

If the Russians can realize the Yellow Russia plan before the end of the battle for hegemony, then it will be a three-legged pattern.

Being able to be the boss by himself, no one wants to be a little brother, let alone an arrogant bear.

Despite the fact that Russia-Austria relations seem to be very good, in fact, many Russians are not convinced of the position of the European hegemony of the Holy Roman Empire.

This bait is enough to make the Russians hooked. As long as the tsarist government takes this step, the Russian-Austrian alliance will end.

Vienna can tolerate a powerful Russian empire, but it absolutely cannot tolerate a Russian empire that can threaten itself.

In a sense, the Russians pose a much greater threat to the Holy Roman Empire than we do.

After all, they are all land-powered countries, and they happen to be neighbors. Although the European continent is vast, it cannot accommodate two hegemons.

In contrast, the problem of funding is difficult to solve. The congressmen would not agree to subsidize the Russians, even if it is strategically necessary. ”

”The enemy is in Parliament”, this is the emotion that every British government will have. If you don't talk about it, you can't black, the British Parliament is indeed more troublesome to the government than any enemy.

If there is no Congress and opposition parties dragging their feet, the international situation will not evolve to the present situation.

As early as the middle of the European War, the last British government wanted to send troops to intervene, but a lot of time was wasted in parliament quarrels and gambling with opposition parties.

Before discussing a result, the French are gone. Needless to say, the dust has settled, naturally only selling teammates. It can be considered to be an ally with Britain, but it is impossible to share suffering.

Similar incidents have not only happened once, and going back further, there are also a series of international events such as the previous Ottoman Wars, the invasion of Italy by France, and the annexation of South Germany by Austria.

Britain in 1895 could not help the Holy Roman Empire, but forty years ago, Britain was absolutely capable of preventing Austria’s expansion.

Not to mention preventing Austria’s annexation of South Germany, at least to destroy Austria’s colonial plan, the absolute superiority of the Royal Navy continued until the early 1980s.

Before that, the Austrian Navy was a little brother. It was not until the advent of the former Dreadnought that the gap was narrowed to the point where it had the ability to lose-lose.

Of course, because of the times, the two big bosses of France and Russia attracted firepower in the front, so that politicians at that time underestimated the threat of Austria.

When the British government began to pay attention, the Holy Roman Empire was about to come out, and it was too late to do anything.

There are everything in this world, but there is no regret medicine. The most serious challenge is encountered when one is not paying attention to British hegemony.

The problems encountered by the predecessors have now fallen to the British government again.

If the Congress cannot be settled, the funds for the construction of the Siberian Railway will not be available; without this railway, there will be no way to talk about disasters; if the tsarist government does not look east, then the ultimate plan to divide the Russian-Austrian alliance will eventually become ”underwater”. Moon, flowers in the mirror”.

After hesitating for a while, Robert Cecil nodded: ”The Ministry of Foreign Affairs first finds a third party to contact the Russians. There is a gap between them. We can at least avoid the anger of the people.

As for the issue of Congress, you first communicate with the members of the party in private. I will visit the Queen. ”

There was no way, Prime Minister Robert Cecil had to seek more help when facing the pressure of Congress alone.

In the Victorian era, the British royal family was not a rubber stamp. Although the elderly Queen Victoria has rarely been involved in politics, no one can ignore her existence.

To suppress opposition in Congress, the strength of the Conservative Party is not enough. For the sake of the overall situation, Robert Cecil had to turn to Queen Victoria for help.