Fox of France

Sultan Selim III was killed and his cousin, Mustafa became the new Sultan, which became Sultan Mustafa IV. In the original history, Sultan Selim III angered the domestic feudal lords because of his reforms, and was also deposed by the Sudanese soldiers through a coup. Also Sultan Mustafa IV succeeded to the throne.

It's just that in the original history, the army loyal to Sultan Selim III was not wiped out. As the saying goes, "The monk can touch it, but I can't touch it"? Could it be that only the Sudanese soldiers will carry out a coup? So the new army that was originally loyal to Selim III came back directly. Everyone thought that there would be a civil war in Turkey. However, I didn't expect, I didn't expect that the Sudanese soldiers were so peace-loving (Fira couldn't bear it), and they broke up immediately after a short battle. Then Mustafa IV was naturally over, and his younger brother Mahmed II became Sultan.

But in this time and space, because the army originally loyal to Sultan Selim III was more and stronger than in history, Sultan Selim III lived a few years longer than in the original history. But in the original history, when he was deposed in a coup, the 40,000 new-style troops loyal to him were still there, but they were transferred to the Balkans to confront the Austrians. So at that time, these troops could still make a cry and come back to Istanbul.

But in this time and space, most of Turkey's new army was killed by the Russians in the war, and the rest was thrown away to suppress the Greek uprising. What's worse, after the coup d'état in Istanbul, the new group of people who came to power had long seen these guys who were not pleasing to the eyes of the new army, and immediately sent personnel to arrest the officers in charge of the army, and at the same time stopped the army's supply, including food. supply of materials.

Then, Asad Pasha, who led the army, rebelled without hesitation. It's just that he has few soldiers in his hands, Jing Nan is impossible to Jing Nan, so Asad Pasha chose to occupy the mountain as king, ah, no, it is the way of occupying the island as king. He raided a port with his army, forcibly requisitioned dozens of large and small ships in the port, and then brought his army to Crete.

The Turkish army in Crete, the assistant, was taken down by them without bloodshed, and then Asad Pasha established himself as the governor of Crete. And sent people to contact other countries, as well as Sultan Mustafa IV, hoping that everyone would recognize his status.

In short, Mustafa IV's current position is more stable than in the original history, at least from a domestic point of view, because there is no new Turkish army of 40,000 people to kill him. Of course, there are more troublesome things, that is, although no Jingnan army came to kill, but a Russian army of 50,000 people came to kill. In the original history, the Sudanese soldiers could not stop the Jingnan army. Could the current Sudanese soldiers be able to stop the Russian army?

Therefore, after the coup d'état, Sultan Mustafa IV immediately contacted European countries, including Russia. He assured the European countries that any agreement initialed by Selim III Sultan and other countries was legal and would be fully implemented-although one of the reasons for the coup was that Selim III Sultan betrayed the country.

The envoys sent to Russia even expressed to the Russians that Sultan Selim III perverted, provoked border quarrels, and offended the country, which is really a crime that cannot be punished. Now that the new Turkish monarch is on the throne, he is willing to reconcile with Russia...

As for the Russians, let the envoy go to Petersburg to meet the tsar, and then naturally do whatever he should.

When news of the Istanbul coup came, Napoleon was pouring a glass of red wine into his mouth.

"Pfft!" Napoleon couldn't control himself all of a sudden, sprayed a mouthful of wine all over the table, and coughed uncontrollably. Laura got up quickly and patted his chest.

After a long while, Napoleon gasped: "Is the news accurate?"

"Nonsense, if I'm not sure, I'll come here myself?" Lucien said.

"Has Joseph been notified?" Napoleon asked again.

"Of course, I hung up on him before I came. Fanny answered. She said that Joseph was discussing something with the students. But she agreed to tell him immediately, and he should be here soon."

"That's unheard of. Discussing things with his students can't be solved immediately." Napoleon shook his head. "However, he should come soon. After all, this matter involves money!"

Just as Napoleon estimated, Joseph arrived soon.

"What's going on? What happened? I knew that those Turks lost mud that couldn't support the wall!" Joseph cursed as soon as he entered the door.

"You are right, Joseph." Napoleon had already lost his temper at this time, but his mood calmed down. "But to be honest, the reason why we supported Turkey at the beginning was not because they were bad enough?"

Joseph was furious at first, but after hearing this sentence, he was stunned for a while, and couldn't help laughing after a while.

"Napoleon, what you say is... so true!"

Since ancient times, supporting foreign agents, or keeping dogs, has been a very contradictory thing. Dogs are not too good at hitting, they are too useful. If you are too good at fighting and too useful, you will not be willing to be a dog, and always want to be a human being on an equal footing with you. But a dog is too useless and not good, because once something happens, not only can he not help, but he will always hold you back. However, considering that most of the time dogs are raised not for biting people, but for eating meat, so when choosing a dog, most of the time, I would rather choose a dog that can’t do it, dragging my feet, and never choose a dog that can bite.

After laughing for a while, Joseph said again: "But these Turks, really... the Russians are about to hit Constantinople, and they are still playing this game. However, we can't completely control these idiots from being stupid .The question now is, how do we deal with this state of affairs?"

"Constantinople must not be given to Russia," said Joseph.

If Constantinople falls into the hands of the Russians, the Russians will control the junction of the Eurasian continent and have access to the Mediterranean Sea. And in the Middle East, he has a decisive geographical advantage. Joseph didn't want to have just spent a lot of effort to settle the British in the west, and before he had time to take a breath, an unprecedentedly powerful Russia suddenly appeared from the east.

"Although those Turks have changed a sultan. But the treaty signed between the previous sultan and us, what is the name of the new sultan?" Napoleon asked suddenly.

"Mustafa IV." Lucien replied.

"Oh, Mustafa IV, a rotten ear of corn that hurt his stalwart brother, a murderer, a villain, a slave, a buffoon pretending to be a king, a kleptocrat Pickpockets, steal that precious crown from the shelf and stuff it in your pocket! Why do you think they would play such a trick at this time?" Napoleon said.

"Isn't this very normal, a very common thing? Look at the performances of Philip Equality in the Great Revolution, in a sense, aren't they all the same?" Joseph laughed, "But for us Well, such a dishonest king may be more usable. His position is unprecedentedly weak, and he would never dare to violate the agreement we signed with them before, even if it was only initialed. Therefore, our plan can still be carried out according to the original plan. No , the plan should be accelerated so that the Holy See’s volunteer army can arrive faster and build fortifications outside Constantinople.”

Philippe Equality, the Duke of Orleans. During the Great Revolution, he has always been very revolutionary, very radical, even among the leftmost Mountain faction, he was on the far left. He even changed his surname to "Equality" in order to show how much he loved the republic, and took the lead in making the death sentence in the trial of Louis XVI. However, everyone knows that these actions of the Duke of Orleans are all to give himself a chance to become the king of France. To this end he did not hesitate to form an alliance with the most sinister enemy of the Crown. Compared with the Duke of Orleans, Mustafa IV and the Turkish conservatives are really not particularly weird.

"You are right, but there is one point, I think we can first put on the posture of condemning them and denying their legitimacy, and wait for them to quote a higher price." Napoleon said.

So Foreign Minister Talleyrand immediately summoned the Turkish ambassador urgently, and made this statement about the internal affairs of Turkey:

"Sultan Selim III of your country is an old friend of the French people. France is very concerned about the current situation in your country and firmly opposes any use of illegal means to overthrow such a legal monarch who is deeply loved by the Turkish people and the people of the world. "

Seeing Talleyrand's upright expression, Turkish Ambassador Ahmadi couldn't help but think in his heart: "You guys from France, who sent the orthodox king to the guillotine for public execution, have the nerve to say something. Besides, I have my own national conditions in Turkey, and it is the traditional virtue of my Turkey to fight between brothers..."

However, he didn't dare to say that directly. It's hard to say what will happen to the relationship between the two countries, but he himself will definitely not have a good result. So he explained: "Your Excellency, Foreign Minister, I know that there are many rumors that there was a coup in my past, and that the current Sudan of our country usurped the throne by killing the previous Sudan. But these rumors are not true. They are all ours. The enemy was fabricated by the Russians to provoke the relationship between our two countries. In fact, our former king, His Majesty the Sultan Selim III has been in poor health. Because of worrying about state affairs, his health became worse and worse. In the end, he became sick from overwork and fell ill suddenly, so he returned to the embrace of the true God. Before his death, His Majesty left a will and left the throne to his cousin. Now the new leader of our country Sultan, His Majesty Mustafa IV. All this was done under the witness of Allah."

"Is that true?" asked Talleyrand.

"Of course it is." Ambassador Ahmadi replied with certainty.

"In this way, some rumors about your country, such as your country's patriarch, and the legend that the new sultan condemned His Majesty Selim III's policies and intends to completely negate his policies, are also false? During the time of His Majesty Lim III, the various agreements reached with your country are still valid?"

"Of course, our country has always kept its promises. Of course, our country will abide by the agreement reached between your country and our country..."

After hearing this, Talleyrand laughed: "In this case, some misunderstandings between our two countries should be resolved. Well, your country has just suffered losses on the battlefield, and now it has lost Sely The current situation in your country is very bad for an outstanding king like Sultan Mu III. I heard that your country plans to seek peace from the Russians? Even plans to cede the land in the Balkans to the Russians? My friend, as a Friends, I would like to advise you. You must know that dealing with the Russians by ceding land is like using firewood to put out a fire. The fire will not be extinguished until the firewood is burned. Although your country is large, the land The number is always limited, but the Russians' greed for land is unlimited. So I suggest that you should speed up the hiring of those "South Italian Volunteers" in Italy, pay the remaining money quickly, and drag the troops Go back, otherwise, it will be too late. In addition, because of the recent changes in your country, bankers in our country generally believe that the risk of lending to your country has increased significantly. Therefore, if you provide loans to your country, Then interest rates have to go up a little bit. And we need more collateral at the same time."

After the talks with Talleyrand, Ambassador Ahmadi immediately used wired telegrams to report the relevant situation to the country. Soon he got a reply that Mustafa IV fully agreed to the French request. So soon, a large number of South Italian volunteers boarded the ship.

In order to solve the crisis, Mustafa IV was much more straightforward than his elder brother when he sold his national interests, and the asking price was much lower. For example, he completely mortgaged the mining rights in the Persian Gulf to the French so that The French borrowed money to hire Italians and to buy arms and ammunition from France.

Considering that the French raised the loan interest rate, the repayment ability of the Turks is actually very problematic. Of course, the Turks tightened their belts up and down, not to pay back. But it is really not the habit of the Turks to do so. The Turks are still more used to reneging on their debts, but the French are not so reckless. Fortunately, the French took a fancy to the barren land near the Persian Gulf, and even proposed to use the minerals in this area as collateral. And demand the right to garrison troops here. The Turks feel that it is not bad to sell all the minerals here to the French to survive this crisis.