sultan's crescent

Chapter 20 New Journey

The news of the truce between Russia and Turkey quickly spread throughout the European countries, shocking the politicians and monarchs of all countries. The Ottoman Empire, which had been beaten by the Russians for decades, actually won this time!

Although both sides expressed their voluntary truce, politicians from various countries are not blind. It is clear at a glance who is at a disadvantage and who is at an advantage.

"Prime Minister Pete, what do you think of the new sultan of the Ottoman Empire?" London, Buckingham Palace, King George III is having a family dinner, and William Pitt, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, is naturally the invitee.

"Your Majesty, to be honest, this sultan gave the whole of Europe a surprise, of course, including me.

Unlike his father Mustafa and uncle Hamid, the sultan was shrewd and knew how to accept what he saw.

After all, with the current strength of the Ottoman Empire, it is absolutely impossible to take back Ukraine from the Russians, but he did not recognize the sovereignty of the Russians, leaving a retreat for himself.

Secondly, the rise of the Ottoman Empire is beneficial to us. The greed of the Russians is obvious to all European countries. If they get Constantinople, will they want Persia next? Egypt, want India?

A reformed Ottoman Empire can block the expansion of Austria and Russia in the Balkan Peninsula and Asia Minor without threatening us. The development of our country's major colonies.

After all, Britain's fate was at sea. " Prime Minister Pete spoke eloquently.

"Prime Minister Pete, but he is a heretic! Wouldn't it be too much for you to praise him like that..."

The second princess, Auguste-Sophia, said that after hearing Peter's comments, the girl couldn't help but want to test the other party's attitude towards religion.

"Your Highness, I understand what you mean, but he is a monarch first, and then a Muslim. You have to keep this in mind." Pete replied seriously.

George III on the side was also interested at this time, and quickly asked: "Sophia, didn't you receive Selim before. Why are you asking about his religious identity now?"

"Father, I'm a pious person." Seeing George III's question, Princess Sophia quickly pouted her lips and pretended to be angry, which scared George III to rush to coax her precious daughter.

"Selim, Ekaterina actually lost to the new sultan. Coburg's death is not wronged." Inside the Schönbrunn Palace, Joseph II murmured.

"Dear Mary, I knew Selim would win. It's worth the investment, right?"

Palace of Versailles, Louis XVI said to Queen Marie-Antoinette with a smile.

"I'm not going to be happy for him, brother, because he's a total headache." Marie-Antoinette looked dissatisfied.

Regarding the queen's complaints, Louis XVI just pretended not to hear it, and the Austrians were annoyed, it had nothing to do with the King of France.

"This new sultan has caused heavy losses to the Austrians. For Prussia, this may be an opportunity." Berlin, Friedrich William II said to himself while looking at the map.

While a group of bigwigs were discussing the impact of the Russo-Turkish war and its aftermath, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire had returned to Topkapi Palace.

Looking at the sunrise in the sky, the red sun has gradually emerged from the sea.

Selim was lying on the bed bored, thinking about the follow-up series of things, his head was getting dizzy.

"It's time to talk, why don't you just let me choose, Austria next door is no better than this ghost place."

Tucao belongs to Tucao, what should be done has to be done.Selim got up from the bed, took the clothes handed by the maid, finished dressing, and was ready to start today's work.

"Tsk tsk tsk, it's not too expensive, but it's also thanks to my insight into heroes, and I caught Napoleon at a glance."

Selim flipped through the logistics reports given to him by Yusuf Pasha and the Grand Mufti, and calculated that the entire war cost the Ottoman Empire a year and a half of financial revenue.

For Selim, who had searched for wealth in advance and issued bonds, the money was enough for initial industrialization after excluding the consumption of the war.

"However, I still have some money with Ali."

Selim felt happy when he thought that the wealth of the fallen Guards would belong to him for centuries.

As for whether there will be dissatisfaction among the guards, um, isn't it all Ali Pasha who is embezzling the property of the fallen soldiers? The great sultan will uphold justice.

If there is no dissatisfaction from the guards, then create it. After all, creating public opinion and provoking confrontation is simply a matter of course for Selim. There should not be too many cases in a certain blog, a certain book, and a certain music in his previous life.

"Dear Ali Pasha, don't blame me, who let you know too much."

While thinking about how to deal with Ali Pasha, Selim pretended to comfort himself. After all, this is not in line with the teachings of the prophet.

At the Guards Military Bureau, Ali Pasha was busy counting the properties of the guards who died in battle, while Paul was watching him.

Poor Ali Pasha was unaware that he was condemned to death in the Sultan.

Selim walked slowly to the mansion belonging to the Grand Vizier, where Yusuf Pasha was waiting for him, and the two would discuss how to deal with the local powerful faction of the Ottoman Empire.

After all, it is not a good idea to use the tax package system all the time. Moreover, if the local government does not cooperate with the reform and implementation of religious and ethnic policies in the later period, it will be in vain.

"Your Majesty, I think the first thing to solve is Egypt. With the control of the Nile Delta, the food problem will be solved, and it will be easier to deal with those local powerful factions in the future."

"The Mamluks are indeed a group of easier opponents, compared to the cunning Chapan family and the Kara Ottoman family, the brutal Janikli family.

They are arrogant, incompetent, extravagant, and always oppressing the people under their own rule. It is indeed time to solve the cancer of this empire."

Selim continued: "However, my grand vizier, the empire's army has not yet finished its rest, who do you plan to send?"

"Your Majesty must already have the answer in his heart, so why ask me?" Yusuf Pasha smiled slyly, and the old fox's nature was undoubtedly revealed.

"Then let Napoleon be the head coach. As for the soldiers, the Janikli family has been the governor of Trabzon for so many years, so they must have a lot of private soldiers on hand."

"It's best for them to agree. If they don't agree, do they want to be the next David Komnenos?" Selim's voice gradually cooled down. A bunch of moths really thought that your family inherited Terra Governor Bu Zong failed.

　From this chapter on, Selim's road to reform has been on the right track.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)