The Balkans were surging and did not affect Franz's mood. Even the rebellious gang was taken away, but he did not attract his attention.

After being an emperor for so many years, there have been many storms and waves. Some people want to rebel, but they are suppressed before they even started?

Franz was used to this kind of thing. Almost a few years later, there would be a few people who couldn't think of it and were looking for death. Usually, the police suppressed them, and even if they occasionally raised the anti-flag, they would be quickly extinguished by local feudal powers.

Almost all feudal participation was very wary of the revolution, and the situation in Austria has changed since the gunfire in 1848.

Anyone can suppress rebellion. No matter when or what reason, suppressing rebellion is just. Even if it causes accidental injuries, there is no need to worry about being held accountable.

Even the butcher and general can be promoted to marshal, and the state funeral can be held after death. The public opinion in Austria has been reversed.

This change naturally mobilized the enthusiasm of underground people. Suppressing rebellion is a great achievement, and there is no need to worry about being held accountable. There is no need to worry about being retaliated. Since it is a feudal emperor, one person rebelled and the whole family suffered.

Affected by the environment, Austrian revolutionary groups moved to overseas activities one after another, almost making a cut with the domestic ones.

The warriors who dared to return to China to cause trouble donations don’t know where they will contribute to national construction. Maybe they will die without a record of the Vienna government.

The government has no records, and the intelligence organization must have records. As a shameless emperor, Franz doesn't want to see the words recorded in history books: strangling millions of rebels.

This is not a joke. Even if the rebels killed by Franz are not much smaller than a million. Otherwise, how could Austria stabilize?

As a powder keg, there was no explosion in the Balkan Peninsula; the Lombardy and Venetian regions that had always wanted to be independent were no longer in movement; the active and noisy Hungary became the most stable place in the empire.

Behind the stability, there are naturally no need for swords and swords. These dangerous places were cleaned up and killed all the ambitious and idiots who wanted to rebel, and replaced them with a new ruling class, so that the country could truly stabilize.

To some extent, the Great Revolution of 1848 provided Austria with the opportunity to be reborn from the ashes. Only by taking advantage of the opportunity to suppress the rebellion could Franz have been able to transform the ruling class.

The Balkans had not affected Austria, so Franz could naturally read books and newspapers leisurely, and Alexander II, who was far away in St. Petersburg, could no longer sit still.

Alexander II didn't care about the Greek coup, it was Austria's sphere of influence. However, the rebellion in Bulgaria could not help but watch the fun.

Geographically speaking, Bulgaria is far from the heart of the empire and is an optional type. However, Constantinople next door has suddenly improved its status as Bulgaria.

The Tsarist government had a special relationship with Constantinople. Alexander II has invested a lot in this city over the years. To this day, Constantinople has been reborn from the fire of war.

With its geographical advantage, Constantinople once again became the largest and most prosperous city in the Near East and was also a major financial and taxation place for the Tsarist government.

The outbreak of rebellion in Bulgaria will inevitably affect the stability of Constantinople. If it is not extinguished quickly, the war may have burned.

Throwing the battle report in his hand on the table, Alexander II roared: "It's all a group of people, and the troops of a division cannot even attack a group of mobs. It's simply embarrassing..."

There is no doubt that the situation on the front line was very unoptimistic. A Russian infantry division ran past to suppress the rebellion, but was beaten to pieces by the rebels.

Army Secretary Kafokis lowered his head and waited for Alexander II to finish scolding, before explaining: "Your Majesty, this Bulgarian rebel is not simple.

According to the information received by the front line, the enemy was a regular army. Although it was still immature, it was still in order and there was no chaos in the ordinary rebels.

Someone must be supporting this scene, otherwise their weapons and equipment, and officers would not have fallen from the sky."

Kafokis did not lie, and the performance of the Bulgarian rebels was indeed a bit like that of the regular army. It was just that they did not rely on outsiders to support them, but they had it themselves.

There are also the Russians' contributions. During the Near Eastern War, a large number of Bulgarian guerrillas were recruited as cannon fodder. The dead unlucky guys passed away with the wind, and those who survived became veterans. Many senior guerrilla leaders also transformed into qualified officers.

After the war was over, these people naturally left their troops and returned to their fields. The Tsarist government was poor and his own people were not well placed, so the treatment of these second-class privates was even worse. If you give a symbolic bounty, you will be finished.

Except for the benefits gained by a few senior executives, most of the guerrillas did not gain much and naturally had no good impression of the Tsarist government.

After the promised distribution of land and land, most of the land was finally settled into the hands of the Russian nobles stationed in Constantinople, and many Bulgarian people became serfs again.

After the reform of Alexander II, the land problem was solved through land reclamation. If no one caused trouble, the people's hearts would be settled.

Unfortunately, nationalist ideas have spread in Bulgaria, and the revolutionaries have deceived them, which has aroused the dissatisfaction in the hearts of these guerrilla veterans, and many people have turned around in a daze.

The Near East War has only been more than ten years old, and most of these people are only in their thirties and forties, and they are still able to fight with guns. With these backbones and recruiting a group of young and strong people, the Bulgarian uprising army was shocked.

Part of the weapons and equipment are left over from the Russian army that year, and part of them are sponsored by Bulgarian "patriotic merchants".

The combat effectiveness of the rebel army may not be stronger than that of the Russian army, but the morale of the army must be higher than that of the Russian army. The Russian army who went to suppress the rebellion were not lucky and dared to join the peak of the morale of the rebel army.

If you fight a few battles or drag it for a while, the morale that will be almost extinguished by the Tsarist government will be almost extinguished, and the rebels will be the best to deal with.

Of course, the premise is that the rebels cannot continue to win. If they win a few more times and make them believe that victory is right in front of them and that independent Bulgaria can be established immediately, it will probably be even more powerful.

Alexander II glared at him fiercely: "I don't want to listen to these nonsense. No matter what use it is, I must immediately extinguish the rebels.

If someone makes a fuss, I will find the mastermind behind me instead of complaining and complaining to me here. Do you want me to go and find the mastermind behind me in person?”

Army Secretary Kafokis looked helpless. It was not his profession to check the mastermind behind the scenes. If you want to ask, you should ask the intelligence department!

Well, the Tsarist government did not pay enough attention to intelligence work, did not spend much effort to build, the intelligence organization was also very dispersed and more part-time jobs were done.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a team that collects intelligence, the Ministry of Police has an intelligence team, and the Army also has a team that collects intelligence. The division of powers is unclear, and it is often determined by the will of the chief officer.

"Your Majesty, the information we have received is very vague, and there are too many suspicious countries.

The merchants who provided weapons and equipment to the Bulgarians came from the Ottoman Empire. Logically speaking, the Sudanese government was very suspicious. However, the Bulgarians and the Ottoman Empire were as deep as the sea, and it was impossible for both sides to cooperate.

We have inspected the weapons standards and all of them are standard equipment. In addition to us, the countries that are equipped with these weapons also have some of the federal empires of Austria, Greece, Montenegro, and Germany.

These small countries can be ruled out, and they cannot plan this conspiracy. The Austrians are very suspicious. However, we have just joined forces with the Vienna government to attack the Ottoman Empire, and they should not attack at this time.

Later we investigated the source of funds for these merchants and found that it was provided by a French bank. However, the French did not need to provoke trouble and did not have enough interests. They had no reason to support the Bulgarian Revolutionary Party."

After hearing this explanation, Alexander II also felt dizzy. They were all suspects, but they could be overthrown. Who knows who the real black hand is?

Foreign Secretary Chris Basham's Difference Asked: "Why are there no British?"

Chris Basham was surprised. Usually, this kind of thing should be withdrawn from all the major powers, why did the British be missing?

Kafokis explained: "It's not that there is no, but the suspicion is relatively small. The ship responsible for transportation belongs to the British. The ship set off from the Ottoman Port of Carrassu and was sent directly to the Port of Burgas and handed over to the rebels.

Both Britain, France and the Austrians were involved, and the merchants who provided weapons and equipment to the Bulgarians were missing. Our Army Department really did not make a judgment."

This is a confusing account, with key points everywhere and smoke bombs everywhere. However, compared to the first aid, this weapon aid exposed more information.

Alexander II slapped the table and made a decision: "Continue to investigate secretly, and at the same time announce that the Bulgarian rebellion was planned by the Ottoman Empire. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a note to the Sudan government to hold them responsible for it."

The persimmons need to be soft. The current Russian Empire no longer has the domineering spirit of the past. When it is time to pretend to be confused, it must be confused.

The best result is to turn the real murderer into the Ottoman Empire. Otherwise, if you find out the three countries of Britain, France or Austria, what will you do if you ask the Tsarist government?

Of course, it is also important to investigate secretly and figure out who the enemy is, but the cover cannot be uncovered, so as not to end the situation.

Not only the Russians were investigating, but the Austrian intelligence organization was not idle either. Since the blacksmith supported the Bulgarian rebels for the second time, many things have been hidden.

First of all, this large-scale arms could not have left no clues, and it was soon confirmed that it was from the Field Arsenal.

Originally used by the Austrian Army, it was retired more than a month ago and then sold to a Dekras arms dealer, which flowed into Bulgaria through the Ottoman Empire.

In this era, arms exports were not so strict, especially ordinary weapons such as second-hand rifles, which did not require careful review.

However, being able to complete a series of operations in such a short time obviously used some power. After checking these things, many things were exposed.

Looking at the information in his hand, Franz couldn't help but observe a moment of silence for the Russians. It would be fine if the real murderer could not be found. If it was found out, the Tsarist government would probably not be able to sleep.

The British took the lead and were responsible for contacting transportation, the French provided funds, and the Austrian capitalists were responsible for providing arms.

Well, the British are the ones who really contributed their efforts. The total price of this batch of arms is less than 100,000 SHIELD, which is not worth mentioning to the financial tycoons.

Capital has no borders, which is reflected. Franz secretly raised his vigilance and decided to strengthen surveillance of private capital.

It seems that Austrian capitalists participated very little in this operation, but they simply promoted the arms deal. From beginning to end, there was only one cannon fodder arms dealer launched.

But if you investigate in depth, you will find that someone has already hooked up with British and French capital. Although Franz had expected this kind of thing, he still felt uncomfortable.

Austria has insufficient capital and has used British and French capital in the process of development. It is inevitable that the capital world is related.

Now for the sake of interests, they can cooperate with the British quietly without saying a word. If they encounter greater interests in the future, they will probably betray Austria, so they can do it too.

Of course, things are two-sided. The British can buy Austrian capitalists, and Franz can also buy British capitalists. This group's loyalty has always been the lowest.

No matter how vigilant he is, except for increasing surveillance against big capitalists, Franz still has not taken any targeted actions.

In any case, this is still within the scope of the rules. Excellent arms dealers sell their weapons to their enemies. They did not directly provide door-to-door delivery services to the Bulgarian uprising army, which proved that they could still be rescued.
Chapter completed!