While fooling the Paris government, the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will naturally not forget the London government. The British Empire was still very awesome in this era.

As the only industrial country in the world today, it is now their moment of awesomeness. Fortunately, the UK's land is small and restricts population growth, otherwise there would be no future generations.

The British also failed to avoid this great revolution in 1848, but compared with countries such as France and Austria, they are all pediatricians.

The revolutionaries with great ambitions and talent were suppressed by the police and uncles before they broke out. Finally, they made several strikes and ended in a hurry.

Franz knew that this Austrian war was actually planned by the British. Long before the Kingdom of Sardinia sent troops, British Foreign Secretary Parmeston began lobbying King Charlie Albert.

Against this background, Austria's diplomatic activities in London are naturally impossible to achieve results.

Moreover, the credibility of the British is really not reassuring, and you can change your position at any time as long as your interests need it.

Fortunately, Franz did not expect to gain support from the British. Ambassador to Britain Humerauer's purpose was very simple, to lobby pro-Austrian members to prevent the London government from providing substantial support to the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Downing Street

Prime Minister John Russell is thinking about the current world situation, first of all, the French issue, and the just-established Provisional Government has expressed goodwill to the British Empire in diplomacy. He is still hesitant to accept it.

The Vienna system has collapsed, how should the future European political landscape be established?

Don’t look at the British’s diplomatic methods that are very awesome. Before the Vienna system collapsed, John Russell didn’t think anything was there, but now it really collapsed, and he felt a headache.

Under the Vienna system, European countries remained evenly matched, and the British could open up overseas with confidence and boldness.

"Prince, according to the current situation, we can continue our previous strategic conception, establish a unified Italian dynasty, weaken Austria's strength, and block the French from expanding to Italy!" Foreign Minister Parmeston proposed

John Russell frowned and said, "Mr. Parmeston, this is the ideal state. In fact, in order to balance the strength of European countries, we still need Austria to exist.

Now there are many internal conflicts in Austria, and it may be disintegrated. Without any restrictions, the Habsburg family will return to the German region.

The German region is now very popular for unification, and with the reputation of the Habsburg family, it is very likely to unify the German region."

In Europe with bloodline theory, John Russell was not worried about anything. Once Austria disintegrated, the return of the remaining Austrian states to Germany was almost inevitable.

In this case, the Habsburgs really have the potential to unify Germany. It is no joke to conquer the world with their lower body.

Even if the Habsburgs were not unified Germany, it would be the same for the Prussians? The emergence of a unified Great German Empire was not a good thing for the British.

Franz also considered whether to give up Hungary and Italy and turn back to form the German Empire. However, after careful analysis, he decisively gave up this temptation.

It is easy to unify the German region, but what should I do if there is internal conflict? At least he cannot suppress the Prussians, and the Catholicism of Southern Germany and the Protestantism of Northern Germany are clearly different.

Historically, the Germans have never been able to solve this problem, and the Second Empire has been full of contradictions since its establishment.

That's just a small German. If the Great German is established, this contradiction will be evenly matched. The North and South Germany can be evenly matched, and internal friction alone can make people collapse.

Look at the map again. The strategic location of the German region is really a huge pit, and there is no danger to defend in the four battles.

Even if Franz is confident, he doesn't think he can punch France, kick Russia, and even slap England to death with constant internal friction.

Without giving up the Austrian Empire, Franz said that it was a dream. For details, please refer to the case of Napoleon fighting against major European powers.

Otherwise, there is no need to wait for him. After the war against France ends, it will be the best time for Austria to unify Germany.

There is no doubt that it was not just Franz, but Metternich resisted the temptation and established the Vienna system, without dying to unify Germany.

A thousand birds are in the forest, but a bird is worse than a bird in hand.

Integrating the current Austrian Empire, the overall national strength is actually not much worse than the unification of the German region. Then, slowly working hard to develop and waiting for the opportunity is the king.

When advancing, he will compete for the European continent and rebuild the Holy Roman Empire; when he retreats, he will roar in southern Europe and become a powerful force.

"The situation in Austria is perhaps not as severe as we imagined. The Vienna Revolution has been suppressed, and although other places are unstable, there has been no chaos.

In order to prevent the European Revolution from affecting Russia, the Tsarist government must support Austria. With our support, even if the Hungarian rebellion breaks out, it will be suppressed soon!

Besides, we don’t need the Kingdom of Sardinia to completely defeat Austria. We can mediate when necessary. As long as the French do not send troops to support the Kingdom of Sardinia, the situation will be under our control." Parmeston thought for a while and said

John Russell asked: "It is not difficult to mediate the Osa War. How are you going to answer the Austrians? If you cannot get support from us, they will ask the Russians for help.

The Russians will not give up this opportunity. Once Russia and Austria reach an agreement, no one in the Near East can check and balance them."

The mainstream contradiction in the world today is the British-Russian contradiction. The Russian Empire has become the biggest enemy of the British with its strong strength, no doubt about it.

Austria is the greatest force for checks and balances in the Near East for Russian expansion. If the Austrians now rescue the Russians, it is inevitable that they will give up some of the interests of the Balkans.

The British did not want the Russians to enter the Mediterranean. The Crimean War broke out in history, and Britain and France joined forces to block the Russians.

"It doesn't matter, we don't need to directly reply to the Austrians, give them some ambiguous hints and make them think we are supporting Austria.

If the Kingdom of Sardinia wants to unify Italy, they have to work hard on their own. We only provide limited support. It is best to succeed, but if we fail, we will not involve us.

Let France and Austria restrain each other is also a good choice. The diplomacy of the British Empire cannot be hanged on a tree!" Parmeston said with a sneer.

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