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

Chapter 1405: Moving the Capital? (Part )
In fact, Queen Mother Shefkefza was worrying too much. After all, it was already the 19th century, and the possibility of a large-scale massacre of the royal family was no longer great.

Of course, this only applies within Europe. According to convention, Russia is not considered Europe.

As the biological mother of Sultan Murad V, Queen Mother Shefkefza would never support the plan to move the capital.

If she wavered, then the situation would only get more chaotic. So she had to make her position clear:
“The Ottoman Empire is not dead yet!

I will never tolerate cowardly acts!

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After an impassioned speech, Queen Mother Shefkefza announced that the court discussion was over and kept all her confidants behind.

"I need a detailed plan for moving the capital.
Don’t let the news leak out!"

"As ordered."

There were two options within the Ottoman Empire regarding the relocation of the capital. One was to move to Ankara in the northwest, which was the second largest city in the Ottoman Empire at the time.

Ankara’s biggest advantage is that it is surrounded by mountains, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, and can effectively resist foreign attacks. It was this area that knocked out the Russians’ front teeth in the previous war.

However, Ankara's shortcomings are also very obvious. It has inconvenient transportation and it is difficult to effectively coordinate the overall situation. Once it is surrounded, it is almost impossible to break out.

Another option is Bursa, which was once the birthplace of the Ottoman Empire. As the earliest capital of the Ottoman Empire, it has a good popular base.

Surrounded by mountains on three sides, it is also easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is close to the ocean and not directly facing the sea, which reduces the risk of being attacked by sea and increases the convenience of transportation.

Therefore, Bursa is superior to Ankara in terms of transportation, but its city size is limited and lacks strategic depth, which will inevitably affect its future development as the capital.

(Please comment and make your choice here. The capital may not be moved this time, but if it is moved, this vote will be the first reference.)
The news that the Ottomans were going to move their capital soon reached the British, causing George Villiers, who had just got off the ship, to almost fall to the ground.

If the Ottomans really moved their capital, all the British efforts would be in vain. Especially after Russia controlled the Black Sea Strait, the consequences would be disastrous.

First, Britain will completely lose control of the Black Sea, and at the same time, Britain will also lose all trade shares with countries around the Black Sea.

Secondly, after the Black Sea becomes Russia's inland sea, the Russians will no longer have to worry about their own supplies, and will speed up their southward advance, allowing them to invade the Ottoman Empire without restraint.

Third, Russia will rush out of the bathtub and into the tub, thus seriously threatening British interests in the Mediterranean.

For Britain, this will be the biggest challenge it has faced since the Napoleonic Wars.

George Villiers immediately sent someone to contact the Ottoman high-ranking officials, and at the same time prepared to meet with Queen Mother Shefkefza in person to explain the pros and cons.

But before that he had to write to Prime Minister John Russell. Perhaps Viscount Stratford was right.

Britain could not lose its interests in the Middle East, and the Ottoman Empire had to keep Istanbul.

Therefore, it was really necessary to defend Istanbul before the negotiation was reached, at least to make the Ottomans feel that it could be defended, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous. Later, George Villiers personally met with Queen Mother Shefkefza, who was very moved on the surface, but she knew that this was just superficial work.

After leaving the palace, George Villiers boarded a ship in person to go to Dobruja to meet the Tsar who had turned the entire Near East upside down.

Across the ocean, Washington.

In the White House, Zachary Taylor was rubbing his hands in anti-North America. Due to the poor performance in the previous anti-French war and the weakness at the negotiation table for the division of spoils after the war, all forces in the United States were very dissatisfied.

Especially supporters of Manifest Destiny, who called Zachary Taylor "the biggest piece of shit in America."

The slave owners in the South believed that he was not worthy of being called a "redneck", and the capitalists in the North claimed that Zachary Taylor was the culprit who caused Wall Street to hit its limit down.

In the days that followed, Zachary Taylor received countless letters calling for his resignation, and the newspapers were full of negative news about him.

Zachary Taylor knew well that if he continued like this, he would become the first president in American history to be impeached.

Fortunately, at this time a frustrated politician from Europe found him, and after the two met, they felt a sense of mutual appreciation.

The politician also brought a piece of news, that is, the European powers are fighting in the Middle East, and now is the best time for America to show its power. As long as a fait accompli is created, it is possible for America to dominate North America.
However, Zachary Taylor, who had participated in the Mexican-American War, was not so optimistic. The Mexicans might be vulnerable, but the Austrians were definitely not that easy to deal with.

So this time he set the direction of expansion to the north. The British military forces in North America were quite scattered, especially in the northwest.

This was undoubtedly a military adventure, but it was the safest way compared to going south to fight Mexico and Austria and going north to face the main force of the Governorate of Canada.

Palmerston's expression did not look good. It seemed that this rugged-looking redneck was not as stupid as he appeared.

But such a clever person is more likely to be self-righteous. Palmerston came to seek a partner, not a boss.

After drinking all the wine on the table, Palmerston chose to leave. In fact, if he could choose, he would not want to come to the United States to try his luck, but he had no choice but to let his reputation in the British diplomatic community be ruined.

As the only outlet to the Pacific Ocean for the United States at that time, Oregon received much more attention and resources than in history.

Although at this time the local militia in Oregon and even the local Chinese workers were enough to eliminate two companies of British troops stationed in northern Columbia (now Washington State).

But Zachary Taylor could no longer afford failure, so he sent out 8000 army soldiers, which was equivalent to one-fifth of the total strength of the US Army at that time.

At this time, the defense pressure on the United States is much greater than in history. It is impossible to have an army of less than 10,000 people. However, due to American tradition, no one wants to pay taxes, so the scale cannot be like that on the European continent, with hundreds of thousands of vehicles.

In addition to this expedition, Zachary Taylor secretly planned another expedition targeting Cuba.

Historically, Zachary Taylor was strongly opposed to the Cuban expedition, but due to the political crisis and in order to show goodwill to the southern slave-owning groups, Zachary Taylor became the biggest supporter of the Cuban expedition.

But he did not dare to support it openly, so the army soldiers fought under the banner of helping Cuba to gain independence.