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Chapter 109, Anglo-Austrian Negotiations

Under what circumstances will the conflict between Austria and the Kingdom of Sardinia disappear?

It depends on the specific situation. Anyway, Parmeston would not naively think that Austria mobilized troops to kill the Kingdom of Sardinia and easily let the Kingdom of Sardinia go for the so-called world peace.

Then one side will have to fall down, and one slap will not sound, and the enemy will fall down, and the contradiction will naturally no longer exist.

There is no doubt that the kingdom of Sardinia must be the one who fell down now, and Parmeston did not believe that the Sardinians could turn the tables.

Even if the remaining Sardinian soldiers turned into Spartan warriors, they would not change the end of the war.

Parmeston thought for a while and said: "Mr. Metternich, for the sake of world peace and stability, the British government recommends that your country end the Olympic War as soon as possible and return to its pre-war state."

The relationship between the British and Austria was very complicated. They opposed Austria's expansion in Italy. Because of their European strategy, they did not want to turn against Austria, which led to this trip to Vienna in Parmeston. They tried to resolve the dispute between Osa and the two countries through diplomatic means.

You should know that after the Anti-French War, Europe entered the era of Britain and Russia. Although the Vienna system dominated by Austria isolated the British Empire from the European continent, it also curbed the expansion of the Russians.

For the British, isolation is isolated. As long as the continent of Europe is balanced, their hegemony will not be shaken, and the Vienna system also defends their core interests.

Now that the Vienna system has collapsed, the situation on the European continent is about to undergo earth-shaking changes, curbing the expansion of the Russians has become the top priority for the British.

Austria, which is blocking the Russians' path to expanding the west, is the ally that the London government needs to strive for the most. The relationship between Britain and Austria cannot be shattered until necessary.

The British's complex diplomatic strategy can naturally be hidden from Metternich, and Austria also needs to cooperate with the British.

Don’t think that Russia and Austria are allies. Austria does not need to curb Russia’s continued expansion of its power. In fact, the Austrian government is the least expected of Russia to expand abroad.

Of course, Franz does not include this.

The Russians' path to expand westward is actually very little left. Neither Pu nor Austria is a soft persimmon, and the Tsarist government cannot focus on this.

Sweden in Nordic regions is also a tough guy, and the Russians will not hit hard. The only thing that can allow Russians to expand is the Balkans.

People of this era think that after Russia entered the Balkans and occupied Constantinople, it was out of control after rushing into the Mediterranean.

Franz's judgment was just the opposite. The Russians who stayed in the ice and snow country were the most terrifying. After entering the Mediterranean, the British would be re-incarnated.

It is powerful on land, and it is also powerful on sea. It is not that Franz despises the Russians, but the army can rely on human-sea tactics, and the navy is really a rookie.

If we really want to develop the naval force, Austria has an advantage over the Russians. At least Venice was once a naval power, and now there are enough sailors.

If there is no sea, the navy must be awesome. Russia's sea area is indeed large, but it is not very suitable for the development of the navy.

Even now, the Russians are still a group of landslides, and the pocket-sized navy cannot develop in less than a few decades.

Even when the Russians expanded in the Balkans, Austria could still get a piece of the pie, perhaps not having the most delicious part.

But Franz's attitude is: A bird is worse than a bird in his hand.

As long as it can strengthen Austria's strength, as for the issue of curbing Russian expansion, if you like to do it, do it, anyway, he does not have this internationalist spirit.

If the Russians were led to a deviant position and went to vigorously develop the navy, he would not mind fully supporting the Russians and let them go further on this path of dying.

Franz's attitude also affected Austrian diplomacy to a certain extent, and he was not as active as Metternier's era in many international affairs.

Metternik shook his head and said, "Mr. Parmeston, you always have to pay the price when doing something wrong. If the Kingdom of Sardinia dares to invade Austria, it will naturally have to bear the corresponding price.

The dignity of the Austrian Empire cannot be blasphemed. If the evil kingdom of Sardinia dares to launch an aggressive war of violation of the Vienna system, it must pay the price for it."

Parmeston breathed a sigh of relief. Austria did not insist on annexing the Kingdom of Sardinia, so there was still room for ease of ease, and it was nothing more than a matter of interests.

He also made a contribution to inciting the Kingdom of Sardinia to launch a war and providing loans to the Kingdom of Sardinia. If the Kingdom of Sardinia is really over, these loans will become bad debts, and British bankers will not be able to spare him.

Parmeston thought for a while and said, "Of course, the Kingdom of Sardinia launched this war of aggression, and naturally it should pay the price for it.

For world peace, the British Empire is ready to mediate this war, and we hope that your country can temporarily stop its military operations."

Metternich smiled slightly and said, "Sorry, Mr. Parmeston, you're here too late.

At this time, the Kingdom of Sardinia has been occupied by Austrian troops, and King Charles Albert of Sardinia has been in exile overseas and may not be long before they arrive in London.

If your country can restrain the Sardinian guerrillas from continuing to make trouble, we can stop the next military action."

Have the Austrian army occupied the Kingdom of Sardinia?

If it only refers to the major cities, Austria has indeed occupied the Kingdom of Sardinia; if it refers to the whole country, Austria has only occupied half of the territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

This does not prevent Metternik from bragging. The military occupation in this era mostly refers to major cities, and the vast rural areas are often overlooked.

At this point, Parmeston was too lazy to continue to fight for it. The chips in the Kingdom of Sardinia were lost, and it was impossible to bleed much.

Parmeston soon got into the role and asked, "Mr. Metternich, to end this war, what conditions do your government have to convey to you?"

Metternich did not answer, but handed over a prepared armistice treaty.

After glanced at the content above, Parmeston's face changed. If it were done according to Austria's requirements, the Kingdom of Sardinia would be not far from history.

"Mr. Metternich, the terms above are too harsh, right?" Parmeston said with a frown

It is not just harsh, it is clearly very harsh. This is to place the politics, military, finance, and territory of the Kingdom of Sardinia under the control of Austria, and there is no difference between it and the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

For example: the appointment of government ministers and above officials must be approved by the Austrian government;

For example, the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot retain troops, but can only retain police officers of no more than 10,000 people, and use fifty percent of their fiscal revenue to hire Austrian troops to protect their territorial security;

The right to issue currency in the Kingdom of Sardinia is custodian by the Austrian government;

The tax rates for the Kingdom of Sardinia are determined by the Austrian government;

The Kingdom of Sardinia must not produce weapons and equipment, and all weapons must be imported from Austria;

The diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Sardinia and any country and region shall be exercised by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

...

There is no requirement for cede land compensation, but compared with the requirements above, the Sardinians would rather cede land compensation than become an Austrian colony.

Metternich said very kindly: "This is just a draft negotiation. The invasion of the Kingdom of Sardinia caused very heavy losses to Austria, and Lombardy and Venice were almost beaten to white land.

It also caused hundreds of thousands of Austrians to be injured and injured, and millions of Austrians were homeless. How to calculate such a serious loss?

If the Sardinians cannot accept our conditions, it is not impossible, as long as they can fully compensate us for all our losses at once."
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