sultan's crescent

Chapter 21 Central and Local

"Patriarch Nicholas, why are you here today?" Selim asked the maid lazily, leaning on her legs.After fighting the Russo-Turkish war, for some reason, the industrious Selim seems to have died, replaced by a sultan who attended various banquets all day long.

"Your Majesty, many family patriarchs have approached me recently and asked me to report to you some of Abraham's actions.

Mainly about the opening of a branch of the Imperial Bank, Abraham gave the opportunity to open a bank in the southern part of Anatolia to the Chapan family, to Kara Ottoman in the western part of Anatolia, and to Jalikni in the northern part of Anatolia , Baghdad was also given to the Arabs by him, and even Armenia and Romania got a chance.

But Greece has nothing, not to mention that he still has branches of the Imperial Bank and Rumelia, which is too much, Your Majesty"

Selim turned over and continued to lie on the maid's soft lap, and replied: "Patriarch Nicholas, please pay attention to your words, Abraham is not the owner of the bank, and neither are other families. Sultan, only I am the master of the bank and everything in this country. As for the problems you have reported, I will consider them."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Patriarch Nicholas said nothing more, and then left the Sultan's bedroom.

In fact, Patriarch Nicholas didn't need to care about the life and death of these people. After all, the Sudan's love for Anna was known to almost everyone in the upper echelons of the empire, which was why those people found him as a lobbyist.

You can just talk about it casually. Is it possible that Patriarch Nicholas really expects Patriarch Nicholas to go through fire and water for you for the sake of everyone being a church member?

Patriarch Nicholas is not stupid. With the relationship between his daughter and the Sudan, he will not be a guest wherever he goes.

Humming the leisurely community, Patriarch Nicholas slowly returned to the Cathedral of All Saints. As a devout Orthodox Christian, he was going to serve God and had no time to care about trivial matters in the world.

After sending Patriarch Nicholas away, Selim began to think about the problem just now.In fact, the phenomenon reported by Patriarch Nicholas just now is far from being as simple as the uneven opening of banks on the surface.

Although the Ottoman Empire has a centralized system, its high imitation parallel imports are not as good as a big country in the East at the same stage, or even worse than others 2000 years ago.

The local tax system is not only used in the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, but even in Anatolia, there are tax-containment areas of major families, and each family has a large number of private soldiers on hand, and they also Perennial hereditary local governor.

It can be said that these families are comparable to the Jiedushi in the late Tang Dynasty, but because of the Islamic law and the traditions of the Ottoman Empire, they cannot be as rebellious as the Jiedushi.

But this is still a threat, a huge obstacle. For Selim who wants to revive the Ottoman Empire, such a family is absolutely intolerable.

But these families are not easy to deal with, whether it is the local troops or the central guards, they have their staff.As for pulling one faction against another faction, the only ones capable of dealing with them were themselves, which made Selim look for someone.

As for the solution by force, the guards can also deal with the waste of the Mamluks, and fight against the powerful, let alone whether they can beat it, Selim is worried about defecting.

Thanks to the Russo-Turkish war this time, the famous and powerful families in Romania either fled, or were severely harmed by the Russian army, allowing Selim to open a gap in the stubborn tax-bonding area, otherwise he would want to It will only be more difficult to solve this matter.

Sighing, Selim thought that he still had to expand the new army first, which was still too small.

"No money, damn it, no money, I can't do anything, I can't do it well, why hasn't Ali, this trash, finished his job yet."

After cursing a few words in his heart, Selim left the bedroom. He had to meet the new head of the Chapan family today.

Thanks to the strange ruling mechanism of the Ottoman Empire, although there are a large number of local tyrants on the territory of the empire, every time these people change their owners, they have to come to Constantiniya and the imperial government to pull it off, so as to prevent their wealth from being stolen by the imperial government. Confiscated, seeking inheritance.

Originally, with the size of the Chapan family, or the size of any powerful family, the Sultan would not be able to receive them in person. At most, the Grand Vizier would come forward to meet them.

But this term of Chapan Patriarch is different. The new Patriarch named Suleiman came to power in 1782. He not only successfully persuaded the government at that time to allow him to take over from the former Patriarch Mustafa, but also the Russian-Turkish government. War provides troops and money.

It would be fine if the new patriarch was just like that, but in the original time and space, unlike other powerful families who were stubborn, this Suleiman and the Chapan family behind him were unswerving supporters of Selim's reform.

This provided Selim with an opportunity to fight one another. If the Jalikni family is not dead, the Sudanese officials will have no place to take care of it.

Selim walked quickly into the second courtyard, Suleiman was already waiting for him.

"I am great, wise, noble Sultan, Padisha of the Empire, Caliph of the Islamic world, why did you invite me to Constantiniya today? Your faithful servant Suleiman is ready to listen to your teachings up"

Hearing the other party's flattery, Selim felt very useful, as expected of someone who will do great things in the future, his words are better than others.

Clearing his throat, Selim raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite, Suleiman."

"Do you think the Guards are still suitable for this era?"

"Your Majesty, the achievements of the Guards are obvious to all. They also contributed a lot in this Russo-Turkish war. What do you mean?" The old boy didn't express his opinion directly, but instead asked Selim.

"Okay, dear Suleiman, don't go any further. You should know what I want to say. How many of the titles you mentioned are really attributed to me, the Sultan? Even Istanbul was destroyed by those Christians. Nicknamed the City of the Guards."

Speaking of this, Selim became even more depressed. It is estimated that the only place where Istanbul can stand shoulder to shoulder is Paris in Greater France. He and Louis XVI are almost half-brothers.

"Your Majesty, the guards are not easy to deal with. Although you have weakened them with the help of war, they still possess great strength. Families such as Jalicney and others will not turn a blind eye to your actions. This matter may have to be dealt with." Think long-term."

"Amasya, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Suleiman became excited. After all, his family and the Janikli family were old rivals.

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