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

This depends on the specific situation. Anyway, Palmerston will not naively think that Austrian teachers will slay the people to the Kingdom of Sardinia. For the so-called world peace, they will easily let go of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Then only one party is allowed to fall, one slap does not sound, the enemy falls, and the contradiction naturally disappears.

There is no doubt that the kingdom of Sardinia is now falling down. Palmerston does not believe that the Sardinians can make a comeback.

Even if the remaining Sardinian soldiers were transformed into Spartan warriors, they could not change the outcome of the defeat.

Palmerston 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 Osage 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 the Italian region, and because of their European strategic needs, they did not want to turn their backs with Austria. They only had this trip to Vienna in Palmerston. Means to resolve disputes between the two countries.

It should be understood that after the anti-French war, Europe entered the era of Britain and Russia.The Austrian-led Vienna system, although isolating the British Empire from the European continent, also curbed the expansion of the Russians.

For the British, isolation is isolated. As long as the European continent maintains its balance, their hegemonic status will not be shaken, and the Vienna system also defends their core interests.

Now that the Vienna system has collapsed and the situation on the European continent is about to change dramatically, containing Russian expansion has become the top priority of the British.

As Austria, which is on the way to the westward expansion of the Russians, is the ally most needed by the London government. The British-Austrian relationship cannot be broken unless necessary.

Such a complex diplomatic strategy of the British naturally cannot hide from Metternich, and Austria also needs to cooperate with the British.

Do n’t look at Russia-Austria as an alliance, Austria does not need to contain Russia ’s continued expansion. In fact, it is the Austrian government that least wants Russia ’s external expansion.

Of course, Franz is not included.

In fact, the Russians have little road left to expand westwards. Both countries are not soft persimmons. It is impossible for the tsarist government to look here.

Sweden in the Nordic region is also a hard bone. The Russians will not touch the nails. The Europeans can allow the Russians to expand and the Balkans will be left.

People in this era felt that Russia entered the Balkans, occupied Constantinople, and burst into the Mediterranean Sea.

Franz's judgment is quite the opposite. The Russian talents who remain in the ice country are the most terrifying. After entering the Mediterranean, the British will teach the bear to be a new person.

Powerful on land is equal to power on the sea.It's not that Franz despised the Russians, the army can rely on the sea to tactics, and the navy is really a rookie.

If it comes to the development of the navy, Austria has an advantage over the Russians. At least Venice used to be a naval power, and now there are enough sailors.

If there is no sea, the navy must be strong.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 dry ducks, and the pocket version of the navy cannot develop at all within a few decades.

Even when the Russians expanded in the Balkans, Austria could still share a slice of the soup, perhaps not the most delicious part.

But Franz's attitude is: Thousands of birds are in the forest, not as good as one bird.

As long as it can enhance the strength of Austria, as for the question of curbing the expansion of the Russians, anyone who loves to do it, anyway, he does not have this spirit of internationalism.

If the Russians were misled, they ran to develop the navy vigorously.He didn't mind supporting the Russians with all his strength and let them go further on this path of death.

Franz ’s attitude has also affected Austria ’s diplomacy to a certain extent. For many international affairs, it is not as active as the participation of the Metternich era.

Metternich shook his head and said, "Mr. Palmerston, there is always a price to be paid for doing the wrong thing. The Kingdom of Sardinia dares to invade Austria, and it will naturally bear the corresponding price.

The dignity of the Austrian Empire cannot be blasphemy, and the evil kingdom of Sardinia has to pay a price for the aggressive war against the Vienna system."

Palmerston breathed a sigh of relief, Austria did not have to bite to annex the Kingdom of Sardinia, then there is room for relaxation, nothing more than a matter of interests.

He is also credited with encouraging the Kingdom of Sardinia to wage 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.

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

For world peace, the British Empire is prepared to mediate this war. We hope that your country can temporarily suspend military operations."

Metternich smiled slightly and said, "It's a pity, Mr. Palmerston, you came too late.

Now at this time, the Kingdom of Sardinia has been occupied by the Austrian army, and King Charles-Albert of Sardinia has been exiled overseas, and may arrive in London soon.

If your country can restrain the Sardinian guerrillas from continuing to make trouble, we can stop the military operations that follow."

Has the Austrian army occupied the Kingdom of Sardinia?

If it refers only to the main 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 Metternich's bragging. The military occupation of this era mostly refers to the main cities, and the vast rural areas are often ignored.

At this point, Palmerston is too lazy to continue to fight, the chips in the hands of the Kingdom of Sardinia have been lost, and it is impossible to think without heavy bleeding.

Palmerston quickly entered the role and asked: "Mr. Metternich, to end this war, what are the conditions of your government that we can pass on."

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

After glancing at the content above, Palmerston's face changed, and if it was done according to the requirements of Austria, the Kingdom of Sardinia was not far from history.

"Mr. Metternich, these terms are too harsh, right?" Palmerston said, frowning.

More than harsh, it is very harsh.This is to put the political, military, financial, and territories of the Kingdom of Sardinia under the control of Austria, which is not much different from the annexation of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

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

For another example: the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot retain the army, only the police with no more than 10,000 people, and use 50% of the financial revenue to hire the Austrian army to protect their territorial security;

The currency distribution rights of the Kingdom of Sardinia are managed by the Austrian government;

The tax rate of the Kingdom of Sardinia is determined by the Austrian government;

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

The diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Sardinia and any country or region are entirely exercised by the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs;

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There is no requirement for compensation for land severance, but compared with the requirement above, it is estimated that the Sardinians would prefer to pay compensation for land severance rather than become an Austrian colony.

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

It also caused hundreds of thousands of Austrian casualties, and millions of Austrians were homeless. How could such a serious loss be counted?

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

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