For the sake of the long-term peace and stability of Austria's eastern frontier, Franz deliberately created a division between east and west in Bosnia, and thought that the ingenious design kept the three-legged situation inside.

Of course, he never overlooked the importance of the Ottoman and Russian powers in the Near East in maintaining the fragile balance in the Balkans, which is why Austria made concessions and compromises to the two countries at the Five-Power Conference and in the Istanbul talks that preceded it.

But the direction of history is always so elusive and fascinating, for example, Miloš Obrenović I, who should have retired from the stage of history, with the help of the British, completed the difficult task of punching the seventeen-member parliament, kicking the Russian puppet Vučić, and successfully suppressed the Ottoman-backed Bosnian uprising to reunite Serbia.

In fact, after careful analysis, it is not difficult to understand that although the Serbian region continued the excellent matching mechanism of the Balkans, its political situation was relatively stable, and the seventeen-member parliament was also very thorough in dealing with the Miloš faction, so that he was not restored until 1859.

However, due to Franz's policy of dividing the east and west, coupled with the relocation of the Serbian capital from Belgrade to Sarajevo, and the previous fighting, the strength and influence of the seventeen-member parliament were greatly weakened.

And the new Grand Duke Mikhail whom they elected to power was the son of Miloš, so the former, who thought he had the last laugh, became the weakest link.

Vučić, who was supported by the Russians, was supposed to be the biggest winner of the reshuffle, but given the exacerbation of tensions between Britain and Russia over the strait issue, coupled with the sharp increase in internal and external pressure from the tsarist government, it was difficult for Britain and Russia to provide effective support.

As for the Bosnians, who were supported by the Ottoman Empire, their interests were even less cared about. Canning left Istanbul on the front foot, but then the British sent a new emperor, Count Mariel Taylor.

Count Taylor did not like his work, and even less the Ottomans, and his request was simple, everything was based on British strategy. Although Su Danjide was unwilling and helpless, he could only do it.

Bosniaks have also become the biggest losers in this game, directly from being a first-class person who oppresses all beings to being trampled on at will. And how can the grievances accumulated over hundreds of years be settled in one or two sentences?

Unwilling to be lonely, Miloš Obrenovi seems to have been born to be born for troubled times. This chaotic and intricate back-the-scenes situation made him a fish in water, and it took him only two years to return to his loyal Belgrade, oh disloyal Sarajevo.

Of course, Britain, which has exchanged experiences with a wide variety of ruling classes and leaders around the world, is all too clear about Miloš's personal situation.

His so-called Greater Serbia was completely whimsical, but even with the help of the British, neither Austria, nor the Ottomans, nor Russia, which had made it their mission to "save the Slavic brothers," could not accommodate a single Balkan power.

But the experience of the British taught them that this Great Serbist was a man who could be exploited.

The British Prime Minister now sees Austria's actions in Italy as disrupting the so-called "continental balance of power", and like his predecessors, the Viscount of Melbourne does not allow any sign of upsetting the balance of power on the continent.

While the Stitch Monster is far from being strong enough to shake Europe, its recovering economy is enough to wary London.

Of course, the politicians in Whitehall did not think that Serbia would be a rival to the Austrian Empire, and that it would not be wise for Britain to fight on land in the quagmire of the Balkans, surrounded by powerful neighbours, and that its proud Royal Navy would hardly be able to play an effective role.

(WhiteHall is a street in the city of London, England.) It connects the Houses of Parliament to Downing Street. In and around this street there are a number of British government offices such as the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign Office, the Home Office, and the Admiralty. Hence the use of Whitehall as a synonym for the British executive branch. ）

Unless they choose to take a desperate gamble and assemble a fleet of convoys to seize control of the Adriatic Sea with the cooperation of warships with superior numbers and qualitative superiority, and bring a beach-grabbing landing on a weak coast, there may be a slight chance of victory.

But this is completely worth the cost, and the British taxpayers will never agree that the government is wasting all its money on this senseless war.

However, the Austrians' newly expanded colonies overseas were an easier breakthrough for the British. After all, the other side is not a maritime power at all, and it is extremely dependent on important strategic materials such as cotton overseas.

As long as the occupation brings benefits and meets the needs of feeding the war with war, there will be people who will support the war.

But after all, war is still about so-called rationality. Even before Japan and Prussia went to war, they had to find a "reasonable" excuse, so a "reasonable" fig leaf was necessary.

This time, the "fig leaf" chosen by Canning was precisely the pretext of supporting the Serbian independence movement. But when he made this crazy suggestion, it was unsurprisingly immediately opposed by his cabinet colleagues.

"Idiot! Are you trying to give up the entire Balkans to the greedy Russians? Support the independence of the Serbs, think carefully with your head, what an unrealistic fantasy.

Then the Russians will logically 'liberate' the entire Balkan Peninsula in the name of God for all the Slavs, and you will still be the Minister of Foreign Affairs. ”

The Marquis of Normandy, the colonial minister, said angrily. Since Britain had been involved in so many wars in the world, not to mention the elongation of the front, and the steady stream of urgent letters about logistics and personnel attrition were sent to London, it was not wise to go to war with Austria, one of the five great powers.

Moreover, a declaration of war on the Austrian Empire, as the leader of the Holy Alliance and the chairman of the German Confederation, would be tantamount to war with all of Germany and Russia, and even France would probably stand against Britain for its own interests.

This was a war for the British, and it was an act that violated the policy of the continental balance of power.

"Marquis, please open your eyes. If you have read the confidential reports sent by our ambassadors in Vienna and in Germany, you should be aware of what the Austrians have done in recent years.

Their aggressive promotion of the German Customs Union in the north and the establishment of an Apennine Customs Union in the south is a shameless challenge to the great norms of free trade!

So I can't imagine what happened next. If they create another Balkan customs union in the east, how will we deal with it? ”

(End of chapter)