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The following day, Franz received mixed news.Prime Minister Felix woke up last night, but the cause of his coma has not yet been found.

No way, the medical level 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, there is only one doctor to receive it, naturally there is not so much trouble, just rely on God to bless it.

If you are wrong, you will take the right medicine; if you are wrong, you will ask for luck.

Prime Minister Felix is ​​different. After his old man fell ill, the top wave of doctors in Austria came.

Then, different conclusions were drawn.Professionals are unable to unify their opinions, and others are even more trapped.

In this case, Franz was helpless.As a medical white, he can only choose to wait.

Before the diagnosis of Prime Minister Felix's condition was confirmed, something went wrong internationally.

Affected by the demise of the Ottoman Empire, the British government began to speed up the invasion of Persia.

On February 16, 1885, under the threat of British force, he obtained the telegraph right from British India to Boschelman and Tehran to Bushehr.

It's enough to force the laying of telegraph lines in Persia. The key is that these erection costs require the Persian government to pay for them.

The Persian Empire, which had been reduced to a semi-colonial colony, was naturally a poor ghost. In order to pay for the costly construction of telegrams, it was natural to only borrow from the British.

Foreign Minister Weissenberg submitted a document to Franz, saying: "Your Majesty, the British are so 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, involving many fields such as tariffs, minerals, railways, factories, water conservancy projects and so on.

Once the above content becomes a reality, Persia will become a British reserve, and we will basically throw away the commercial market in the Persian region."

After receiving the document, Franz flipped it over, and the frown grew tighter as he looked at it.

The butterfly effect still failed to change the history of Persia becoming a British colony.

Promises such as minerals, resources, and factories have little effect on Austria, regardless of them.According to the provisions of the treaty: The British obtained the Persian customs rights for 25 years for only 20,000 pounds.

No wonder Weisenberg said that the British are excessive. This is more than excessive. It is clear that they want to eat single food.

In the last British-Polish war, because the Russians intervened, the British failed to meet their strategic expectations.

Persia also has a more relaxed international environment than the same period in history. After the war, the forces of the three countries of Britain, Russia, and Austria all penetrated into the Persian region, forming a new balance.

The Vienna government was not prepared to expand into the Persian region, and its investment in the local area was not large. It was only a part of commercial interests. The main disputes were between Britain and Russia.

Because of the Russian-Russian war, the Russians were busy licking the wounds, reducing their investment in resources in the Persian region. The British took advantage of this and increased their investment in strength.

The emergence of this all-encompassing lease agreement is the result of the balance being broken.

After reading it, Franz took a deep breath: "The British want to repair the railway to the Caspian Sea, maybe the Russians will not watch it?"

The British took control of the Persian railway, and the railway extended to the Caspian Sea, which also meant that the British forces penetrated into the Caspian Sea, which seriously affected the interests of the Russians.

Weissenberg replied: "Of course! But the most angry of the Tsarist government at the moment should not be the railway.

The Russians controlled nearly 30% of the Persian tobacco trade, and the British also won the Persian tobacco franchise at a price of 15,000 pounds, which would directly reduce the Tsarist government's financial 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 the tariff right 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 this year have already been revealed.

Persia is rich in tobacco leaves. Before the discovery of oil, tobacco leaves have been the largest export commodities.

In his reforms, Alexander II emulated Austria's monopoly on tobacco and alcohol, and the Tsarist government imported a large amount of tobacco leaves from Persia every year.

After the processing is completed, part of it remains in domestic sales and part of it is sold back to the Persian Empire.

The tsarist government can earn a lot of income every year, accounting for 1 to 2 percentage points of the government's fiscal revenue.

In contrast, the export of industrial and commercial products is nothing.After all, Russian industrial and commercial products are like that. Except for the fact that things are relatively solid, everything else is useless.

Even if such a product can be sold, the sales volume cannot be high.But it ’s better than nothing. Even if there are fewer exports, it is also an export, which means different things to the Russians.

As the so-called "broken people's money, such as killing parents".With the British style of ecstasy, Franz can already imagine how the tsarist government will react when it knows.

After pondering for a while, Franz asked doubtfully: "Do you know why the British did this?"

The more you think about it, the more Franz feels weird about the British.It is good to eat solitary food, but the consequences should also be considered.

Russia and Austria are not soft persimmons. They are so anxious that they can overturn the table. No one should think better.

It is impossible for the British government not to know this, but they did.Can't we deliberately create contradictions and lure Russia and Austria to attack Persia?

Foreign Minister Weisenberg explained: "It may have something to do with the conflict in Central Asia. The British government has repeatedly protested to the Russians to no avail, and has taken countermeasures.

As for the damage to us, it is mostly the British government who thinks that we are instigating the Russians to provoke the conflict in Central Asia and wants to teach us a lesson."

After listening to this answer, Franz only felt speechless.

What about trust between people?

Even if it were pure innocence, 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 not warlike, but others are not stupid.Now at a critical moment of recovery, how could it be possible to provoke war at this time?

The explanation is to cover up. Even if he knew he was wronged, Franz couldn't explain it.

No evidence is needed in international politics, as long as it is, then targeted action can be taken.

"How is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepared to respond?" Franz asked

Foreign Minister Weisenberg: "British and Polish countries are only close agreements, and there is still a certain distance before it becomes a reality. It is not worthy of our direct shot against the British.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to poke the British-British covenant out first, inciting the Persian people to oppose the treaty of betrayal, and then jointly with the Russians to put pressure on Persia to force them to give up the covenant."

Austria can't help the British, the Russians can also help the British, but this does not mean that the two countries can't help the Persian Empire.

Frankly speaking, Franz really did not understand the Sao operation of the Persian government.Whether it is "the ignorant is fearless" or the Persian government's bureaucrats have flooded their heads.

The forces of Britain, Russia, and Austria have all penetrated deeply. Anyone who wants to dominate here will be boycotted by the other two.

With such a stable structure, as long as the Persian government does not toss and use contradictions among the powers, maintaining sovereignty is not a problem at all.

Such a good card actually played a lousy game.It is still silly to sign a treaty with the British.

The threat of British power?

The big deal is a fight, and it's not that you haven't fought.With Russian and Austrian backing behind it, you can never die.

In case of good 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 perfectly missed.From the moment the treaty was signed, the Persian government was not far from the betrayal.

The people cannot tolerate such a betrayal government, and even if there is no rebellion, the popularity of the Persian government among the people will fall to the bottom.

Affected by the follow-up of the compact, relations between Persia and Russia and Austria will also drop to freezing point.

As for the British, just by looking at the content of that treaty, they know that this is to annex Persia, and normal people know that they are enemies.

Sure enough, the decay of an empire is not without reason.Putting aside the objective factors of chaos, the ruler alone knows that there is no stupidity, only stupidity.

All kinds of ridiculous policies are not due to accidents, but they are really only at this level.

Deep in his heart, after scornful of the decadent Persian government, Franz made a decision: "Just follow the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' plan!"

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