The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1315: Different times, different circumstances.

Franz himself did not expect that his cousin would be so bold as to do such tricks under the noses of the Russians.

Greece, with a population of only 1.7 million, actually had to conscript 150,000 soldiers, and Otto I thought he was doing it very covertly.

Franz wanted to say.

“The Ottomans know it!”

However, Franz did not know at this time that it was the British who were behind this. He just thought that his cousin's middle school syndrome had come back again.

However, Russia is too big, and passion alone is not enough.

This was the first thing that shocked Franz since the end of the Hungarian Rebellion. Even when facing Britain, France and Spain in Spain, he was able to handle it with ease and even found time to get married.

But now Franz felt his scalp tingling. Whether the Russians attacked the Ottoman Empire or not, it would have little impact on the Austrian Empire.

However, if Russia took the opportunity to plunder the Austrian Empire, Franz would be unable to cope with it, and it would completely disrupt the strategic plan that Franz had already formulated.

In fact, the Russians' reaction was far less quick than Franz had imagined. On the contrary, the Ottomans were scared to death by the news.

Sultan Murad V, who had just turned ten, was wearing a French cavalry uniform and slashing the eunuchs and maids in the palace with an unsharpened steel knife.

Although the steel knife was not sharpened, the person who was hit still screamed in pain.

After "killing everyone in his way", Murad V ascended the throne with great pride and in high spirits. However, Queen Mother Shefkefza beside him was full of worries as she had never expected such a sudden disaster.

The garrison on the Turkish-Austrian border only increased by fifty or so people, but the Russians actually said that the Ottoman Empire was going to attack Austria. How could they be so unreasonable?
The Greek king recruited soldiers and purchased weapons on a large scale. The Greeks in the Ottoman Empire were also restless. Under the instigation of the Greeks, many ethnic groups in the Ottoman Empire began to seek independence or autonomy.

Especially the Serbs, although they had just been defeated, their independent status still existed, which was also the main reason why the Ottoman Empire increased its border troops.

It’s a pity that no one was willing to listen to the Ottoman Empire’s explanation, so they could only swallow their anger.

"Queen, Orma Pasha requests an audience."

"Let him in quickly!"

Queen Mother Shefkefza was also a little out of control, because this time was different from the past. Whenever Russia invaded the Ottoman Empire, Britain always intervened.

Although the Ottoman Empire suffered humiliation each time, the overall losses were not great.

However, at this time Britain was blocked outside the Mediterranean by the Austrian Empire, and even Russia was still under the banner of helping its allies. Would the Russians also let the Austrians have a share of the pie?
"Dear Queen Mother, may Allah bless you and keep you healthy forever."

At this time, Olma Pasha had already walked in, but as soon as he entered the room, Queen Mother Shefkefza felt that something was wrong. Olma Pasha's eye sockets were sunken and his eye circles were dark. If you took off his turban, you would find that his hair had turned white overnight.

"Orma Pasha, what's wrong with you?"

Olma hung his head.

"Your Highness, we no longer have the money to recruit more soldiers. Domestic reforms and new fortresses on the border have emptied the treasury."

What Orma Pasha said was true. With the end of the war, the Ottoman Empire felt that it had gained a few years of breathing space and shifted its main attention to domestic reforms.

The top leaders of the Ottoman Empire were well aware that their country was in a bad state and must be reformed, but the ice is not formed overnight, and Orma Pasha's reforms encountered strong resistance from the very beginning.

Only then did he realize that it was not that Mejid I was incompetent, but that the resistance in the Ottoman Empire was too strong. However, the Ottoman Empire had reached a time when change was necessary, so Orma Pasha began to forcibly implement reforms.

His reforms were supported by the Sultan and Queen Mother Shefkefza, but at this critical moment of the struggle between the two sides, Russia suddenly declared war on the Ottoman Empire.

At one point, Orma Pasha thought that it was the opposition factions in the country who called the Russians, but he soon discovered that he had overestimated those guys. Upon hearing the news of the Russian attack, the opposition factions in the Ottoman Empire were in a state of panic, and some even said that Orma Pasha's reforms were a retribution.

In any case, this new policy could not be implemented. Nicholas I said that he would personally lead an army of 300,000 to conquer the Ottoman Empire. Olma Pasha had no doubt at all. After all, with Russia's national strength, it was not a problem to raise an army of 300,000.

Orma Pasha found it a bit unrealistic that the Greeks could gather an army of 150,000, after all, the entire Ottoman Empire only had an army of about 200,000 at that time.

By then, if Russia and Greece attacked from both sides, the Ottoman Empire would lose a lot of land. If those ethnic minorities took the opportunity to rebel, then this empire that had lasted for more than 500 years might be driven back to Asia.

Orma Pasha's pessimism also mainly came from the British defeat. After all, they once thought that the British were invincible.

But successive failures shattered this legend of invincibility, and the fact that the British fleet was blocked outside the Mediterranean by the Austrian Imperial Navy made them feel even more desperate.

"Pasha, can't we borrow money from the merchant?"

Queen Mother Shefkefza was not completely ignorant of politics, and she was also aware of the financial situation of the Ottoman Empire. The country's fiscal revenue could not be collected, but it could borrow money to solve the urgent problem first, after all, it had done so before.

"Respected Queen Mother, we already owe a lot of money to merchants, and now we can barely pay back the interest. Merchants are unwilling to lend us more money.

And those Armenians and Greeks are just waiting for our demise so they can take a bite out of us.”

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At this time, the main groups of merchants in the Ottoman Empire were Armenians, Jews, and Greeks. Both Armenians and Greeks had demands for independence, so their relations with the government were very poor.

"What about foreigners?"

Queen Mother Shefkefuza asked.

"Now Britain and France are at war with Austria, and we can't give the Russians what they want."

The emperor and his minister both lowered their heads at the same time. With the strength of the Ottoman Empire at that time, it was simply a pipe dream to defeat the combined army of Russia and Greece of nearly 500,000.

Is the Ottoman Empire going to perish here?

Queen Mother Shefkefuza raised her head again.

“What about the Jews?”

Orma Pasha also raised his head.

“They want a country.”

In fact, Queen Mother Shefkefza had come into contact with Zionists before, and she knew what those people meant by a country.

But before that, Mejid I did not want to submit to a group of merchants, so he rejected them.

Thinking back now, it seems that it was after that that Mejid I's reforms began to go wrong, and he eventually became depressed under the constant blows of failure.

The situation has changed. Now Queen Mother Shefkefza only wants to protect the legacy of Mejid I. Besides, she is just a woman and doesn't care about the so-called dignity.

"Okay, I'll give them a country."

Queen Mother Shefkefza squeezed out a few words from between her teeth.

"The Queen Mother is sage!"

Orma Pasha bowed his head, and the palace maids and ministers around him also bowed down, but Orma Pasha showed a barely noticeable smile at the corner of his mouth.