The Vienna Conference began, and delegations from all over the world were working together to show their talents.

Russia and France attempted to carve up the remaining lands in the Balkan Peninsula, and John Bull, who was set aside, was naturally unwilling to pull the Ottoman Empire into a posture of not hesitating to fight.

The threat of the British, the Russians are fearless. Anyway, they had Constantinople in their hands and could block the Bosphorus, and as soon as the two sides turned their faces, the British naval fleet in the Black Sea was shut down.

The hairy bear with hostages in hand is full of confidence, and if he offends the British as a land power country, he will offend the British.

The French government hesitated first, not because Napoleon III was afraid of war with the British, but in fact, for this little thing, it was impossible for the two sides to break out into war.

If there is a fight, the French Navy is not without the strength to fight, maybe they can't win against the Royal Navy, but they can still do it to make the Royal Navy lose its vitality.

This kind of high-risk gambling is impossible for the London government to bet on. It is too easy to explode the navy in the era of sail warships, and there will be no winners in the result of the bloody struggle between the two great powers.

The main thing is in terms of interests, anyone who is a neighbor with a woolly bear will be afraid of three points, Napoleon III wants to take benefits, but also does not want to take risks.

France's monopoly of Macedonia, Albania, Thrace, Epirus and other regions seems to be lucrative, but in fact the economy of the Balkans has long since collapsed after this great war.

War devastation, refugee flows, plagues, so many things added together, the population of the Balkan Peninsula was directly reduced by one-third, and the young and strong labor force was even rarer.

The Balkans, which were originally a piece of fat, are now de-oiled. In order to restore social order, it is necessary to invest a lot of resources.

Put simply, the gains were not enough to make the French take risks. If it were not for political necessity, Napoleon III would not have been interested in the territories of the Balkans.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's not a way to continue arguing like this, it's better to divide their spheres of influence, and then discuss!" Metternich suggested

After that, he first marked the area of Austrian control on the map with a pen, and then handed the map to the Russian representative Karl Worsel.

There is nothing to hesitate, Karl Vorsel circled his expected goals on the map, Russia and Austria have agreed, and the spheres of influence of the two sides have not met.

The French followed suit and carved out their own spheres of influence, and when it was the turn of the British, Thomas was dumbfounded.

Good guys, as soon as the three countries are divided against the map, the Balkan Peninsula will be divided. Even if there is an island that has slipped through the net, it is in the hands of the Ottoman Empire, and the British can't do it to bully their allies like this.

With an idea, Thomas felt that he still had to do something, and he couldn't let the enemy get his wish so easily.

As for the Ottoman Empire, an ally, it was a pity that it could only be sacrificed, but it was only the will of all the European people, including the British people, and Thomas could not swim against the current.

"Three, the people of the Balkans, who have been enslaved by the Ottoman Empire for so many years, and now return to the bosom of the civilized world, we should help them to establish an independent state, how can we continue to enslave them?

If such an inhumane thing happens, how will the countries of the world view us? How will the international community feel? ”

Metternich rolled his eyes, the four of them could represent the international community. If only one country makes a difference, it may be condemned by European countries, and the four of them will keep it together to shut up obediently.

In this era, the world cannot find an existence that dares to be the enemy of Britain, France, Russia and Austria at the same time, even if the remaining countries are tied together, they are not the opponents of these four countries.

"Mr. Thomas is too worried, how can we enslave the people of the Balkans?

You must know that the people of the Balkans have been under the bloody rule of the Ottoman Empire for a long time, and many people have been poisoned by the barbaric world, and we are helping them to return to civilization.

According to the information we have gathered, the cultural heritage of the Balkans has been severely damaged, and the people of the island are now either complicit in the Ottoman Empire's repression.

Either a bunch of illiterate people, or traitors to the civilized world, isn't it a joke to let them build an independent state?

It is still up to our countries to supervise and guide the local people back to the civilized world to avoid the tragedy from happening again. ”

The Black Ottoman Empire was also politically correct, and over the centuries, even the barbaric pronoun of the Ottoman Empire has been deeply instilled in the hearts of every European.

Of course, the Ottoman Empire's notoriety is well deserved, and they have done a lot of outrageous things in history, and Metternich can find a lot of evidence to prove their barbarism.

If these things are not revealed, then there is nothing, and once they are taken out, whether it happened a hundred years ago or two hundred years ago, it is proof of sin.

In any case, it can't be washed in vain, the discipline of the experts in this era has not been wiped out, and they can't do the thing of washing the floor for the Ottoman Empire.

As a politician, Thomas did not dare to defend the Ottomans on this issue, otherwise the British people would not have spared him.

Now the people who have culture and knowledge in the Balkans are basically dependent on the Ottoman Empire, and even if they are not traitors, their ancestors are traitors.

From this point of view, it is barely plausible to divide these people into the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.

Thomas did not dwell on this, and directly proposed: "Mr. Metternich is right, in that case, then how about international condominium in the Balkans, let us work together to help them return to the civilized world."

and so on to pull them back to the civilized world, looking for a suitable time for the people of the Balkan Peninsula to establish an independent state and do their part for the civilized world. ”

Listening to Thomas's proposal, the French representative Auvergne was clearly moved, but the Russians reacted more violently.

Carl Wassel slapped the table and said angrily, "This can't be! The people of the Balkans were poisoned by the Ottomans' tea and had to be supervised by us before they could return to civilization. ”

Looking at the furious Carl Wasser, Metternich rubbed his forehead, it was obvious that this foreign secretary from a military background had not yet adapted to the role of a diplomat, and he had a posture of doing something if he didn't agree.

Beating people up in the negotiations seems to have been done by the Russians.

In order to avoid the deterioration of the negotiations, Metternich had to open his mouth to relieve the siege, and immediately questioned Thomas: "There are many ethnic groups in the Balkans, and no unified state has been established since the Byzantine Empire. Do you want to rebuild the Byzantine Empire, Mr. Thomas? ”

Rebuilding the Byzantine Empire, what international jokes? The nationalists in Greece just shout slogans stupidly, who can tolerate the rebuilding of the Byzantine Empire?

When questioned, Thomas explained with an unchanging face: "Mr. Metternich misunderstood that allowing the people of the Balkans to establish an independent state was only to help the local people return to civilization."

The Byzantine Empire has long since perished, so how can we think about rebuilding? ”

Metternich sneered and said, "There is no best, otherwise the world will not be peaceful again." I don't think there is any need to discuss the issue of independent statehood for the people of the Balkans.

People in Serbia, Wallachia, Moldavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina have already become Austrian citizens, and they are all people with a homeland! ”

Inspired by the Russian Foreign Minister Karl Vorsale, he immediately spoke: "We have already granted citizenship to the people of Bulgaria and Constantinople, so we will not worry about Mr. Thomas." ”

Regardless of whether there is a nationality or not, this excuse Karl Wassel used it first, and it is a big deal to make up for it.

Anyway, no matter how Thomas uses his means, it is impossible for the Austrians and Russians to come out and establish an independent state, which means that the two sides will tear their faces apart.

Continuing to attack the French turf? This thought flashed away, Thomas didn't want Russia, France and Austria to huddle, as soon as this combination appeared, they couldn't resist even if they pulled the whole world as allies.

Do you want to divide a piece of land in the Balkans? After looking at the map, Thomas decided not to border these land-based countries.

Auvergne, who had been paddling all the time, suddenly changed the subject: "The most important thing in the Balkans is the Black Sea Fleet, and most of the international disputes revolve around it.

For the sake of world peace and stability, I propose that the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus Strait be internationally managed, and that all coastal port cities become free ports, and that no weapons be deployed by any country.

At all times, governments of various countries guarantee the free navigation of the straits, without any restrictions or levies on navigation. ”

After thinking about it, everyone agreed, but Carl Wassel was a little painful, but considering the actual situation, even if they wanted to collect the navigation fee, they couldn't collect it in the end, he still agreed.

They could collect taxes on the Bosphorus, and Britain and France could collect taxes at the gates of the Dardanelles, and then merchant ships would not dare to pass, and this golden waterway would be abandoned.

Solving the problem of shipping lanes, Thomas did not bother to continue to dwell on the issue of the Balkans. Russia, France and Austria share the Balkan Peninsula, isn't it a balance?

As soon as the Russians broke out of the Black Sea, the French bore the brunt, and Austria could not tolerate the Russians' continued expansion.

In the war in the Near East, although they did not get any real benefits, they still succeeded strategically, using the new international order to block the Russians in the Black Sea.

After settling the problem of the war in the Near East, Britain, France, Russia, Austria signed the "Four-Power Pact", which redefined the spheres of influence of each country in the form of a treaty.

After the signing of the treaty, the governments of the four countries jointly issued a statement: the four countries will jointly maintain peace and stability on the European continent and crack down on any behavior that violates the rules.

With the conclusion of the Vienna Peace Conference, a new international order was once again established, with the exception of the free navigation of the Black Sea Straits, all countries had their sphere of interest in areas of de facto control.

The Ottoman Empire became the biggest loser, and because it was unable to maintain its rule in the Balkans, it had to sell Macedonia, Thrace, Albania, and the Gallipoli Peninsula to the French for 200 million francs.

The French and the Ottomans were allies, and they had to pay attention to their appearance, and they had to shell out a sum of money to buy it. Austria and Russia are not welcome, as the old enemies of the Ottomans, they naturally swallowed the territory they occupied.

The Principality of Montenegro estimated that it couldn't figure out whether it was a loss or a gain this time. Although they were eventually driven back to their homeland by the British, with the support of Russia and Austria, they doubled their territory and successfully won the sea outlet.

The doubling of the territory is actually more than 10,000 square kilometers, which is not as big as the later Principality of Montenegro. There is no way, who made them small?

For the additional 5,000 square kilometers, the Principality of Montenegro lost half of its youth, the original total population of the country fell by 23 percent, and after the newly occupied land, the national population only exceeded 200,000.

The Russian Empire, the biggest winner on the bright side, is silently licking its wounds at this time. Despite taking Constantinople, it was only a superficial sight.

Both the Bulgarian region and the Constantinople region were devastated by the war, and the local economy collapsed directly.

In particular, the city of Constantinople was directly reduced to ruins, and more than two-thirds of the buildings in the city were damaged to varying degrees.

Of course, it may also be a good thing, just in time to dismantle and rebuild, remove the traces left by the Ottoman Empire, and shape the glory of the Russian Empire. If you don't think about finances, it should be.

Counting the casualties, then the Russians will not be able to laugh, the Russians in the Balkans alone have paid the price of 600,000 killed, plus the Crimean Peninsula and the Caucasus, the total number of Russian casualties and disabled is approaching 900,000.

If it weren't for the capture of Constantinople, the political gains wiped out all this, and Nicholas I really didn't know how to end up.

The British and French, who also participated in the battle, did not pick up the bargain, the French army lost 210,000 killed and 45,000 wounded, and the British army lost 78,000 killed and 11,000 disabled.

This figure is added to the losses caused by plague and disease, otherwise this figure could be reduced by a third. In any case, non-combat losses did not exceed combat losses.

As for the Ottoman Empire, their losses were a mystery, and the Sultan government itself did not know how to count them, anyway, the million-strong army they had formed before and after was crippled.

The Balkans are lost, many soldiers are captured and strengthened, and if they are scattered, they will really disperse, don't expect these people to come back and return to the team.

The jar is broken, and presumably the Sudanese government will not care anymore. If the capital is lost, and the core area of the rule is lost, why should the casualties be added to the trouble?