The Crescent of the Sultan

In the camp, Justinian almost ran into the tent. Seeing the eager look of the other party, Emperor Sai immediately waved away the people around him and led Justinian into the depths of the tent.

"What happened? The Russians finally moved?"

Justinian took out a copy of the secret and said.

"It should be that our spies in Russia have sent some news, and the changes in the Russian army on the border have become obvious. It is estimated that Yekaterina will take action soon."

"Undeclared war?" Emperor Sai asked with some uncertainty. Tsarist Russia was shameless, but it was not shameless to this extent.

Justinian shook his head and said.

"It's hard to say that since Catherine II can do things like tear up the peace treaty and provoke a war, it's hard to guarantee that she won't go to war without declaring it.

After all, for Tsarist Russia, credit is like waste paper.

If an undeclared war can give the Russian army an advantage, with Yekaterina's character, there is a high probability that she will do so. "

"Alas." Emperor Sai sighed softly. He didn't care much about this attack by the Russian army. After all, Napoleon had already captured Burgundy and was about to cross the Alps and march into Italy. I guess The Russian army had to enter Western Europe to fight earlier than the original time and space.

As we all know, when the Manchus conquered China, they always followed the fourth-class army system in fighting.

Emperor Sai also had a fourth-class military system, with the Orthodox Christians at the forefront. The empire still had many Orthodox local troops, and these were private soldiers of major wealthy families.

Now that Emperor Sai had gotten a fairly suitable excuse, he immediately began to use logic and self-consistency. This can be regarded as an instinct he honed after becoming the Sultan.

Emperor Sai knew very well whether the last reduction was completed. This time, by protecting his family and country, he immediately took advantage of the righteousness of fame and fortune to drain the firepower of these wealthy families.

Now there is no tax-free area that can be used as a bargaining chip with these wealthy families. As for directly naming the other party as a rebel. Damn it, this eating scene is still too ugly.

Justinian on the side said at this time.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria are at the end, urging Mongolia, Mongolia urging the Green Camp, and the Green Camp urging the troops to surrender.

Emperor Sai thought over and over again and finally decided to learn from the Manchus again.

The question now is whether the imperial government, which has almost no extra financial support, can fight a war of attrition with the Russians until France completely angers the major European monarchies.

The number of the Polish Legion is certainly sufficient. August Kazimierzki recruited many family members of the Legion from Poland, as well as many Poles who could not stand the oppression of Tsarist Russia (Habbo said to the Polish peasants, I have nothing to say, But Tsarist Russia understands everything).

Now that his subordinates have found all the reasons for him, it will be unreasonable for Emperor Sai to refuse to agree.

After all, it was not a day or two for the Ottoman Empire government to negotiate with the wealthy families to borrow money. But the problem is that that era was the era when tax concession areas were prevalent. The wealthy families could get a good place by lending money to the government, and within a few years they would be Can scrape the oil and water back.

Satisfied, Emperor Sai wrote down his thoughts with a pen, and then gave it to Justinian, asking him to send spies to Haji Pasha. People who do big things must prepare in advance. After all, this is a big thing. Although Emperor Sai didn't plan to spend too much effort.

"That being the case, perhaps Kurds, Circassian ex-militants, some less obedient Bedouin prisoners of war and a small number of Orthodox Christians could also form a force."

After solving the military problem, the next step is to solve the military expenditure problem.

Emperor Sai felt a little depressed. He didn't want to have to provide both people and money.

Then came the Bedouin prisoners of war and Kurdish prisoners, then the troops composed of Circassians and Kurds, and finally the new army trained by Emperor Sai.

In this case, maybe using some other troops would be a better option? "

The same was true for the last early ceasefire. With the economic strength of the Ottoman Empire, if the war lasted for another half a year, it would cause huge difficulties for many subsequent reforms.

Second, start collecting seigniorage on a small scale.

Therefore, Emperor Sai had to find troops to fill the line and enough supplies to support the army within this month. It was really troublesome.

Both the monarch and the minister laughed at the same time, and the air was filled with a happy atmosphere. As for the life and death of these soldiers, who cares? A group of mountain Turks, desert Turks, and hilly Turks will die if they die. It has nothing to do with the Sultan.

Defending the country is what every citizen of the Ottoman Empire should do. This is the obligation they should fulfill while living on this land.

"Your Majesty, maybe we can use some other troops. After all, part of the empire's regular army will participate in this great expedition, part will guard Egypt, part will defend the Caucasus, and part will guard the major towns in the Balkans. As for the rest of the elite Troops are to guard Constantiniya.

If the army can further squeeze the wealthy families and use these rebel prisoners and foreigners as waste, in terms of military expenses, Emperor Sai really has not found any good place to make money.

Emperor Sai thought over and over again and finally came up with three plans that he thought were brilliant.

"However, our own troops also need training. After all, an army that has not experienced actual combat is not convincing enough."

First, start a small-scale issuance of banknotes and call on the people to use banknotes. At the same time, the royal family takes the lead in exchanging them. This behavior is like buying white deer coins when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asked the princes and kings to offer sacrifices. You have to pay for it no matter what the hell. .

These people and the subsequent Romanians who returned home have restored the vitality of the almost shattered Moldavia. If the Russian army invades, the Polish Army should still be able to hold on for a few months.

Fiscal reform is simply impossible to succeed. Once it fails here, subsequent industrialization will be difficult to advance. This is why Emperor Said could actually occupy southern Ukraine militarily but did not. He did not have the extra financial resources to spend with the Russians here.

He is not Li Zicheng, so there is really no way he can learn how to pay the king. As for imitating Chongzhen to raise donations, he can do this.

But the problem was that he really didn't want to waste any money and food on fighting the Russians, so he didn't make too many preparations for this matter.

"Of course, Your Majesty, we just have to separate these troops, otherwise they may start fighting among themselves."

Third, with the convenience brought by Plan 1, a small amount of the reserves of the Royal Bank of the Ottoman Empire should be appropriated within a certain limit.

There is nothing that can be done about it. Emperor Sai comforts himself. After all, looking forward, this may be the time when his bottom line is the lowest, but looking back, this may be the time when Emperor Sai's bottom line is the highest.

Emperor Sai once again handed Justinian a letter. When the letter was delivered to Justinian's hand, for some reason, Emperor Sai felt relaxed all over. He felt as if he had broken the shackles of something. This thing My son seems to be called Conscience.