Chapter 113: War compensation

Vienna International Hotel
Palmerston fought: "Mr. Metternich, your asking price is too high, which has exceeded the capacity of the Kingdom of Sardinia!"
Metternich said unhurriedly: "Mr. Palmerston, we can count a battle. This time the Austrian War, Austria spent 100 million shields of war funding, and also paid 12,000 officers and men casualties, even if No one pays 1,000 dongs, which is 12 million dongs.
The death toll of civilians was as high as 586,000, the death of nobles was 26,000, the highest rank was the Marquis, and millions were homeless.
Calculated according to the payment of 500 shields of casualties for each civilian and 3,000 shields for each noble, a total of 371 million dongs. The homeless people are less, and at least 150 million dongs are required for resettlement?
Nearly half of the cities in Lombardy and Venice were destroyed by war, the local economy completely collapsed, and the cost of post-war reconstruction will not be less than 300 million dongs.
There is also the arrogant arrogance of the Sardinian army, which plundered a large amount of wealth from the people, at least 180 million shields. These must also be returned.
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According to the Austrian algorithm, the Kingdom of Sardinia is estimated to be unclear by the next century. Before Metternich finishes speaking, Palmerston begins to say:
"Mr. Metternich, the account cannot be counted like this. Most of the casualties and economic losses are caused by the revolutionaries, and the losses caused by the Sardinian army to your country are only a small part of them."
Yes, these losses are the result of the collective action of the rebels, the Austrian army, and the Sardinian army, but the losses must be borne by the Kingdom of Sardinia.
Metternich said, "Mr. Palmerston, we have enough evidence to show that the rebellions in Lombardy and Venice were all planned by the Sardinian government.
The losses caused by the rebels naturally need to be borne by the Kingdom of Sardinia. We are only asking for compensation of 1.66 billion dong, which is actually very small. "
Palmerston naturally would not buy it, one by one, and Metternich went down.
For example, civilian casualties: The Sardinian army did not engage in massacres, how could it be possible to kill so many civilians in such a short period of time?
Natural disasters, human calamities, and natural deaths are recorded in the head of the Sardinian government. They reluctantly said that in the past, they could have a little relationship.
But the war caused an outflow of population, and this person is still alive, and he must pay compensation according to the dead population. Isn't it too nonsense?
What rebel members also need compensation for their casualties? Isn't this nonsense? They are all sinners, and the Austrian government needs to pay pensions to their families?
No, this must be discounted.
Another example: the Sardinian army plundered the place, they are all in the prisoner of war camp, are your belongings your trophies? It costs a little at most, how can there be so much?
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After half a month of rumbling, Palmerston finally reached an agreement with Metternich. The Kingdom of Sardinia paid 338 million rupiah war compensation for Austria and ransom of 62 million dong prisoners of war to end the war. (About silver 92.52 million)
This is already the limit. The Kingdom of Sardinia has not undergone Gafur reform. Now their financial income has been converted to only over 10 million silver.
Faced with this huge compensation, they must not be able to get it. The existence of the Fao Mieu has broken their possibility of seeking help from the French financial community. They have no choice but to borrow from the British.
With John Bull's feces, why isn't it possible to rob him at this time?
It can be said that after borrowing this huge debt, the politics and economy of the future Sardinian kingdom must be fully attached to the British.
As for the opinions of the Sardinian government in exile, it is no longer important. They have lost their right to speak and only accept the arrangements of fate.
It is enough to change the government without obedience. The British paid a big price to keep them, hoping to support an obedient in the Italian region and enhance their speaking power in the Italian region.
Of course, there is also a reason that the British bank consortium was loaned to lock in. The Sardinian government still owes the British people a lot of debt. If they don't want to keep them, these loans will all be drained.
This huge indemnity is not so much the limit that the Kingdom of Sardinia will bear, but the limit that the British are willing to continue to invest.
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On July 7, 1848, the Austrian ambassador to London and the Sardinian government in exile in the UK signed a truce treaty, which was a reprint of the British-October Vienna secret talks, just a different version.
The British Banking Consortium provided a loan to the Sardinian government and paid a one-time payment of 200 million guilders for the war in Austria.
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Franz made the decision to ask for money or not. If the pig teammates in France do not have problems, then everyone will join together to divide the Kingdom of Sardinia, Austria can get rich Genoa and Turin, it is really worth the shot.
But now that the French are too busy taking care of themselves, Austria can only play alone. Unfortunately, Austria has a bad appetite and cannot swallow the Kingdom of Sardinia.
If the Kingdom of Sardinia cannot be destroyed and only some of their territories are occupied, then the threat of national uprising will be faced for a long time, and it will be difficult to turn these areas into national power.
Moreover, there are enough Italian nationals in Austria, and Franz does not want to continue to increase them, which is not conducive to his national integration policy.
Austria made concessions on the Kingdom of Sardinia and was naturally compensated.
For example: The British will support Austria's expansion in the Balkans and acquiesce to Austria's expansion into overseas colonies.
Compared with the complicated situation in Italy, with the support of the British, Austria's expansion in the Balkans only needs to communicate with the Russians.
Overseas colonial expansion is even simpler, as long as Austria opens up the direction of the colony and does not conflict with the core interests of Britain and France, everything else is a minor issue.
I have to say that Palmerston's judgment is accurate, and Austria's strategic focus is no longer in Italy.
Now dominating is the German faction, headed by Prime Minister Felix, who advocates expansion in the German region.
Followed closely by the Secretary of the Army, Prince Wendy Schgrez, led by the Near East, who advocated expansion into the Balkans.
The colonial faction, led by Grand Duke Louis, advocated the opening of overseas colonies.
The impact of the butterfly effect is huge. At this time in history, the Austrian government was busy suppressing the rebellion. Absolutely not so many people wanted to expand abroad.
There is one behind these strategies, or multiple interest groups are promoting it. On the surface, everyone has good reasons. In practice, there are a series of problems.
Franz is not in a hurry to state his position. In many cases, politics cannot only consider right and wrong, but also depends on the interest groups involved and the changes that may be triggered.
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Palmerston's visit is not only for the Italian issue, but also for mediating the Putin war. Austria also has a strong voice in this issue.
"Mr. Metternich, I think it is necessary for our two countries to communicate more in depth on the issue of the Putin war.
The actions of the Kingdom of Prussia to provoke war without authorization should be condemned by the international community. As a peace-loving country, we need to take more positive measures. Said Palmerston
"Of course, Mr. Palmerston. The Austrian Government has long stated its position:
The two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein were traditional German states, and Austria wanted them to return to the Union.
However, they must return as independent states rather than becoming part of the Kingdom of Prussia. "Mettne answered tentatively.
Palmerston solemnly said: "Mr. Metternich, the two principalities of Schleswig and Holstein have already belonged to the Kingdom of Denmark. This is a matter of history.
The German region is just a place name, not a country. The Federal Republic of Germany is just an alliance, so there is no so-called sovereignty! "
There is no doubt that the British were opposed to German unity. Once a unified great empire emerges in the Central European continent, the hegemonic position of the British Empire will be impacted again.
Palmerston directly stated his position in order to break the illusion that Austria may exist to unite the German region.
Metternich is opposed to the establishment of the Great Germany. He believes that it is impossible to unify the German region. After testing the attitude of the British, naturally there will not be any radical reactions.
"Mr. Palmerston, this question is not what we think, but the public opinion guided by the Prussians. Now the Austrian government has been abducted by public opinion.
Just after a domestic rebellion, we had to take into account the feelings of the people. In this war, we had to support the Prussians diplomatically. "
Metternich bit the word diplomacy very seriously, and Palmerston naturally listened to the implied meaning. Austria did not want Prussia to continue to grow. Support for them was limited to diplomacy and no actual action was taken.
This answer did not satisfy him, but it was not unacceptable. It was just that during the Putin war, Austria was preparing to fight soy sauce.
Seeking the Austrian government to join forces to pressure Prussia failed. Palmerston did not continue in Vienna and went straight to Berlin.
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