John Russell's departure was sensible because there really were a lot of people who wanted to kill him.

However, even if he has set foot on the ship to Australia, it does not mean that he will make it to Sydney unharmed, after all, the sea is full of storms, reefs, pirates, and accidents in this era.

Another top Whig party leader was not so lucky, Palmerston was directly deposed by Prince Albert, and his application to work as an adviser in India was denied, and he had to live temporarily in his lover's house in London.

But no one was proposing to take revenge on the disgraced foreign secretary, for Palmerston was no gentleman.

The fall of the Whig cabinet was supposed to be replaced by the Tories, but Robert Peele, the original leader of the Tories, offered two new candidates because the Corn Laws offended too many landed and traditional aristocrats.

Edward Smith-Stanley and George Hamilton Gordon were two brothers who shared weakness and a lack of leadership.

Edward Smith-Stanley is one of the few macho men in British history who has been able to pay homage three times, but the three terms add up to only 3 years and 280 days.

Keep in mind that the average tenure of a prime minister in British history is 3.86 years, which means that Edward Smith-Stanley's three terms together are still not on average.

As for George Hamilton Gordon, he is mostly not remembered, and even historians tend to remember him as the Crimean War.

But what many people don't know is that George Hamilton Gordon himself was anti-war and even more opposed to the Crimean War, but as the weakest prime minister in British history, he was successfully drawn into a war that he hated by Palmerston, a political enemy, and eventually stepped down.

Of course, before they came to power, they all made some achievements in their respective fields, such as George Hamilton Gordon, who led some thorny border disputes between Canadian colonial powers and the United States.

This dude's solution to the problem is to back down all of them, and the Americans are what they say, so they can be called a model of human morality in the historiography dominated by the United States.

Under his manipulation, Britain was defeated without a fight, losing the equivalent of several British mainland areas.

With this pair of sleeping dragons and phoenixes in charge of the political arena of the British Empire, Franz was much more at ease.

However, this was not the opportunity for the pair to perform, and Queen Victoria was directly instructed by Prince Albert to personally restart negotiations with the Austrian Empire.

With the fall of John Russell, more news was revealed, and although there were people in the British government who were dissatisfied with the Queen's barbaric practices, these voices were temporarily suppressed, after all, no one wanted to stand up and bear this black cauldron.

The Austrian Imperial Mission was not surprised, nor surprised, when it received a written notice from the British Government, and did not even change the slightest change in expression, as if everything was taken for granted.

This was all seen by the British secret service, and the news that came later confirmed that nothing had changed in the Austrian mission.

Soon the information was sent to Prince Albert's desk, and he glanced at it casually before handing it over to the upper echelons of the Provisional Government.

"It seems that the Austrians have planned everything long ago .. We shouldn't start a war."

George Hamilton Gordon said with some pessimism.

"Now we should make concessions to avoid war, and solving our internal problems is the first priority. The Irish, the Scots, the Chartists, they are our worst enemies

Maybe we can make the Irish independent to ease our pressure."

Edward Smith-Stanley was also depressed, worrying more about security at home than abroad.

The two people selected by Wolong and Phoenix are also very pessimistic, which makes it seem that the originally conservative Admiral George Aiden is a little radical.

Soon Prince Albert gave up on asking for advice from these people, and he decided to meet the Austrian Imperial Mission first, after all, he would not know until he had talked about it.

Since the Austrian Imperial Mission was staying at the Klaridge Hotel and no key members had left, it took little time for the two sides to decide on a place and time for negotiations.

As soon as the conference began, the Austrian Imperial Mission presented to the British side a list of the expenses of the British Government for the war.

Prince Albert looked at the Chancellor of the Exchequer with some confusion, and Charles Wood, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer, was already sweating on his forehead.

Seeing the Chancellor's performance, Prince Albert sighed helplessly, it seemed that the Austrians had taken the lead in this negotiation.

But what he didn't know was that the reason why the Chancellor of the Exchequer was sweating on his forehead was not because the data provided by the Austrian side was the same as the British government's statistics, but because it matched the original figures, which made Charles Wood break out in a cold sweat.

"Baron Brooke, what do you mean by that?"

Prince Albert asked, feigning ignorance.

"This is the cost that your country has paid in this war so far, and it is two thousand seven hundred and fifty thousand seven thousand one hundred and twenty-one pounds.

If this war continues, this number will continue to rise.

If your country wants to really defeat our country, then you need to send out your army. Considering the size and combat effectiveness of our troops, as well as the size of our country, your country needs to maintain at least a 500,000-strong expeditionary force to be successful.

At that time, your country's annual military expenditure will amount to more than 30 million pounds, and given our special geographical position, your country can only choose to force a landing on the Apennine Peninsula or attack us through Hanover.

But with all due respect, either path is not a wise move. ”

Baron Brooke spoke sincerely, but Prince Albert was unmoved.

"Then there is no loss for Austria?"

"No, Your Excellency. This war is also a huge burden for our country. Without this war, the growth rate of fiscal revenue in China should be close to 20%, but now it is expected to grow by only 8% this year. ”

As soon as these words came out, not only the eyes of the members of the British mission widened, but also some members of the Austrian mission, who were far away from the government, felt incredulous.

At this time, the Austrian Empire could be said to be affected by both the economic crisis and the war, and the Austrian Empire was at war on all sides.

The flames of civil war burned almost every corner of the country, even the imperial capital Vienna had a large-scale rebellion, and there was a large amount of unrecovered lost territory in the Crown of St. Stephen.

In this case, not to mention the increase in fiscal revenue, the financial revenue of the Austrian Empire was directly cut in half, and only a pitiful 78 million florins.

France's finances were also badly damaged, and in 1847 the Orleans dynasty barely managed to earn 1.4 billion francs.

However, in the wake of the economic crisis of 1848, the February Revolution, the rebellions in the colonies, and the unsuccessful fiscal reforms, the revenues of the Second French Republic in the first two quarters were less than 300 million francs, a drop of 58.5% over the same period last year.

Major European countries, with the exception of Britain, Russia, and Austria, have all declined to varying degrees, and Britain mainly has a strong foundation and many sources of fiscal and tax revenues, and in addition, it is also ruthless enough, although the economy is declining, but fiscal revenue has not decreased significantly.

As for Russia, the impact of the economic crisis was negligible, and the war stimulated economic growth in Russia.

The Russians fought hard for more cotton and wool this year, and the Chechens finally couldn't resist the pressure, and Imam Shamir was forced to flee into the mountains with his followers.

Although it was not possible to completely eliminate the resistance in the Caucasus, this was the first time since 1813 that Russia had completely eliminated the apparent resistance in the Caucasus.

Governor Ivan Fedorovich Paskevich immediately after learning of the victory decided to hold a grand banquet for all the heroes.

Unsurprisingly, a remnant of Imam Shamir attacked the venue, killing many Russian supporters.

Many of them had just accepted the land granted by the Russian government, and Governor Paskevich immediately decided to protect the families of the victims, convert their land into cash and send them to live in the Russian hinterland.

Most of the land in the Caucasus is in a state of undeveloped land, and most of them cannot be sold for a few dollars, but some nobles and landlords with vision and strength have long been ready for money and serfs.

As soon as Governor Paskeewicz announced the start of the sale of land in the Caucasus, those people flocked to him and began to use all kinds of connections and means to seize it.

Paskewicz's approach to the occupied territories was also very much in line with the stereotype of Russians, and he ordered reprisals, segregation, and expulsion of the natives who might pose a threat to Russians and Russian-loyal obedient people.

The Russians have always been very crude and primitive in their colonial methods, but surprisingly strong, because they do not look at religious beliefs, nor economic relations, nor do they care about so-called culture.

They believe only in their own people, and carry out bloody massacres of indigenous people while immigrating from their own countries to enrich the local population, and eventually completely eradicate the local culture and heritage.

In fact, when the Russians occupied an area, the local men did not even have the opportunity to become serfs, most of them were physically exterminated, and the women became the wives of the new Russian landlords or serfs.

It only took a few generations for Russia to establish absolute rule over the region

As a close friend of Tsar Nicholas I, Governor Paskevich immediately sent the news back to St. Petersburg.

Historically, in 1848, Russia's fiscal revenue was only 190 million rubles, while Russia's fiscal revenue was as high as 340 million rubles.

All this was due to trade with the Austrian Empire, the most important of which was the cotton trade, and only by solving the Caucasus problem could Russia obtain more cotton.

In addition, it also solved the worries of Russia's southern expedition to the Ottoman Empire, after all, Governor Paskeewicz was well aware of the ultimate goal of Nicholas I.