Palazzo Saraquirio, Hall of Flowers.

Originally, this was the place where the Ottoman court pastry chef prepared the candied roses, so it was planted with delicate roses, and the sweet aroma filled the entire flower hall.

This time it was not only Ottoman officials who came to listen to the edict, but also foreign envoys and journalists (who are not normally invited to such ceremonies).

Soon the Western envoys and journalists met for the first time, the rumored "weak" Sultan.

Sixteen-year-old McGid appeared slender and unaggressive, which earned him the favor of some people. After all, the Ottomans were once a monster in the middle of the Eurasian continent, and even indirectly led to the arrival of the Age of Geographical Discovery.

It may be a good thing for everyone to lead such a harmless boy who once made the world fearful.

The boy spoke, his voice soft, and every sentence was spoken first in Ottoman and then repeated in English.

This gave many people a glimpse of a learned sultan, and the British ambassador Canning called him a "civilized man" in the Eastern world.

McGid felt that Britain was the most powerful country in the world at this time, and he was dressed in a suit and did not choose to wear a military uniform in order to show goodwill to the West and show that he was different from the rulers of the past.

But his ability to speak English, rather than other languages, has made some officials feel that they have been taken lightly.

In essence, the Imperial Edict of the Flower Hall was a continuation and extension of the reforms of Mahmud II. It carries the various plans and ideas of Mahmoud II, and adds more Western elements and McJid's own understanding.

It was not so much a public edict as it was a constitution, and in fact, it was considered to be the earliest constitution in the East.

Finally, Mejid himself took an oath to the fundamental idea of the Imperial Edict of the Flower Hall and the resolution of the council, which confirmed this view, except that in the end the Witnesses were replaced by God and Allah.

The Imperial Edict established that the life, honour and property, as well as the liberty and safety of the Ottoman people, were protected by law.

Economically, the backward package tax system was replaced by a fixed tax system, which was abolished in most European countries during the French Revolution, and in Austria it was reformed under Empress Teresa and restored in the late Joseph II.

Militarily, the formation and training of the new army was once again proposed, and a normal conscription process was established, the length of service of soldiers was clarified, and a universal conscription system was implemented following the example of Prussia.

Judicial, trials are required to be fair and open, and laws have been enacted to punish those who punish without a lawful trial.

One of the most radical and striking reforms is:

All subjects of the Ottoman Empire, regardless of race and creed, had the same rights.

This sentence can be understood as a policy of national assimilation, and it can also be understood as the elimination of the differences between the Celestial, Orthodox, and Catholic Churches.

Theoretically, the entire Ottoman population had the same rights in law, taxation, property, education, and selection in the army and government.

In fact, the first Armenian massacre will come soon. The massacre was directed against Catholics in Armenia.

The reason is that the Armenian sheep ate the crops of the Turks and polluted the rivers with dung.

Until the complete disintegration of the Ottomans in World War I, the Armenians did not receive so-called equal rights.

So Franz was not at all worried that the Ottoman reforms would really bring it back to the top.

The ambassadors and reporters present praised McJid as a benevolent and enlightened monarch, and for a time the front pages of major European newspapers published the edict of the Flower Hall.

There has been much speculation about whether the Ottoman Empire would become the next Britain, or France, a civilized country.

The name McGide spread across Europe overnight. In this era of reform, a monarch who is determined to reform is indeed more easily accepted by Europeans.

The limelight of the Imperial Edict of the Flower Hall even overshadowed the ongoing Spanish Civil War and the Turkish-Egyptian War, making people forget that the monarch's rule was on the line.

But in the eyes of the Tsar, the Imperial Edict of the Flower Hall was nothing more than a successful performance. The Ottomans would not choose peace, much less fulfill their promises.

Countless Orthodox Christians in the Ottomans were in desperate need of the Tsar's rescue.

For the deal proposed by Austria, the Tsar felt that it was inevitable to sacrifice the interests of a small number of people in order to save more Slavs.

And as long as Russia is strong enough, it can completely save the Slavs trapped in the Austrian Empire in the future.

Judging by Austria's terms of trade, the tsar did not seem to want to get their hands on the Balkans, but wanted to use Serbia as a barrier between Austria and the Ottomans.

Coupled with the Apennine Customs Union, which had just been established by the Austrians not long ago, it is not difficult to judge that Austria's center of gravity at this time is in Italy.

After all, the Habsburgs have ruled Italy for hundreds of years, and it is easier for Italians there to rule.

When Nicholas I was young, he visited Austria. He was so impressed by the army of the Austrians, he had never seen such an unruly force.

The Russian army, which had always been known for its variety, was nothing compared to the Austrian army.

The Austrian soldiers, who spoke a variety of languages, even spoke German with strange accents, had seen a Bohemian chef ask a Saxon volunteer to fetch potatoes.

Then the soldier looked at the chef with some confusion, and finally, at the urging of the other man, climbed up the nearby fruit tree and plucked an apple.

Note: Austria was the first to have no word for potatoes, and they were more accustomed to referring to potatoes as apples from the ground.

During the battle, Austrian soldiers used to watch what the people next to them were doing, rather than listening to orders.

This means that if one soldier makes a mistake, the whole unit will make a mistake. In many cases, Austrian officers had to use sticks, stones, and even leather whips to get their soldiers to obey orders.

Even so, command confusion plagued the Austrians, as their officers often came from different regions and spoke different languages or dialects.

Nicholas I was not afraid of such an army, because they would collapse in front of pure Slavs.

Palmerston and Canning, on the other hand, praised McGid's reforms.

Without the support of the Great Powers, they could only hope for the support of the people at home for the war, after all, Her Majesty was so elusive that if the Queen opposed the war, Britain's Near East strategy would become a mess.

They had to come up with countermeasures before things got worse, or it would be as endless as the Spanish Civil War.

Britain must achieve hegemony in the Near East, and France and Russia are both obstacles.

Historically, the British first united with the French to squeeze out the Russians, and then co-opted the Austrians to squeeze out the French, and finally won an invincible victory in the Sinai Peninsula.

In this battle, Britain not only killed Russia, but also France, completed the double kill of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire in the Near East, and successfully marginalized Austria.

Palmerston's five kills came so easily that he became even more unsightly, until he was dismissed by Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert.

(End of chapter)