sultan's crescent

Chapter 55

"Small, too small."

Looking at the map hanging on the wall, Frederick William II sighed regretfully.

Prussia was not a great power, at least not until Frederick II, King of Prussia.

With reforms in the economy, military, internal affairs, judiciary and education, Frederick II successfully shaped Prussia into a war machine.

This war machine demonstrated its power in the War of Austrian Succession, the Silesian War, and the Seven Years' War, and made European countries understand that Prussia had also half-stepped into the threshold of the great powers.

In terms of territory, Frederick II cleverly transformed the Austro-Prussian contradiction and the Prussian-Prussian contradiction into interference in Poland. The three countries divided Poland for the first time in 1772, and Frederick brought the West Prussian region to the kingdom.

But even if the predecessor almost doubled the national power of Prussia, in the view of Frederick William II, this is still not enough to support his ideal-unified Germany.

"Perhaps, it's time to start the second time. Neither Leopold nor Ekaterina will refuse."

In the palace, the voice of Frederick William II echoed, as if the death sentence had been given to Poland.

St. Petersburg, in the Winter Palace, the empress who was reading Rousseau's works listened to the minister's report, her face gradually turned cold.

"So, the sultan who succeeded to the throne for less than three years issued such an edict in Jinmen?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Ottoman government may have been dazzled by the last peace, so that they acted so disrespectfully."

The minister replied tremblingly.

"Golden Gate! Golden Gate! This sultan is really courageous, how dare he, how dare he question the blood of Russia?

This is the blood of Ivan III and Paleoleg. Why would a pagan dare to claim the title of Rome?
Doesn't he feel like a clown? "

Ekaterina's voice was getting colder and colder, as if it had merged with the cold wind outside the window. The fireplace in the room was still burning, but it was difficult to make people feel warm.

"Your Majesty, do we want it?"

The minister asked tentatively.

"No, no, just bear with him for a while longer.

Poland is the priority now, Austria and Prussia will be interested, especially Austria, which has been fighting the Ottoman Empire for hundreds of years.

Austria has to hurry up, it doesn't have such a large body, especially after the 30 Years War.

The signing of the "Westphalian Peace Treaty" made the Holy Roman Emperor a joke.

Also, where is that Aladdin Pasha who escaped from Ottoman, bring him here, I want to see him. "

Not long after, Aladdin Pasha was brought before Catherine II.

His legs were trembling a little, the empress in front of him was different from the previous sultan, the sultan would at least put on a smile when talking with you, but this, Aladdin Pasha could only feel the endless majesty.

"Stand still, heathen, I'll give you 3 minutes to show your worth, or go to Siberia."

Aladdin Pasha suppressed the fear in his heart, he replied tremblingly.

"Your Majesty, I have contacts with many people in the Ottoman Empire. I can help you obtain information, complete assassinations, and bribe officials."

Aladdin Pasha almost finished speaking with his eyes closed, but when he opened his eyes, he found that the Empress was looking at him with a half-smile.

For some reason, Aladdin Pasha always had a feeling that Catherine II in front of him seemed to be no different from the Sultan in Topkapi Palace. These two people seemed to be a kind of person.

"Not enough, not enough, you know? Aladdin Pasha. The guards are dead, and the Greeks are being raised as dogs by that sultan. Your relationship doesn't seem to be of any use. Give me a little more chips.

After all, life is still very valuable. "

Ekaterina closed the "Social Contract Theory" in her hand, and turned her attention to Aladdin Pasha.

In Aladdin Pasha's feeling, the image of that sultan increasingly overlapped with the Catherine II in front of him, and both of them just wanted to squeeze out the value of others.

Aladdin Pasha swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said with difficulty.

"Your Majesty, I have a sum of money, a huge amount of money, which is placed in..."

The cold wind outside the window became more violent, the windows were crackled, and the heavy snow hit the road, the roof, and the eaves, making a crisp sound.

The snowstorm in St. Petersburg provided a good reference for Aladdin Pasha's mood.

Topkapi Palace, in the conference hall, a group of important ministers of the Ottoman Empire are discussing specific measures with the Sultan.

At this time, Selim is expressing his reform plan for the empire.

"Pashas, ​​if I can sit in this position for a meeting, I don't want to beat around the bush anymore.

As we all know, for a long time, the empire has outsourced Timar (the basic administrative unit of the Ottoman Empire) to the tyrants of the provinces, and everyone here must have been engaged in this business.

But the backward tax system is no longer applicable to the empire, it will not tell me, your sultan.

How many people are there on this land, what is the development potential of this land, and how is the construction of this land? Isn't this a challenge to Sudan's authority?
It is imperative to carry out administrative reform, and the central organization will take the lead in carrying out reform.

I will set up the administration of the Premier of the State Council, with the Grand Vizier as the Prime Minister and the Deputy Grand Vizier as the Deputy Prime Minister.

It consists of the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of the Army, the Ministry of the Navy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Supervision, and the Ministry of Culture and Education, and set up corresponding offices.

As for the specific candidates, Ulema, the military, the former tax-paying officials of the empire, and some officials I want to arrange will be in charge of these departments.

The second is the reform of the administrative division of the empire. I will divide the empire into various regions.

They are Anatolia, Armenia, New Mesopotamia, Peninsula (Note [-]), and Syria in Asia.

Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria in Africa.

The Thessalonica (Note [-]) Region, Greece Region, Adrianople (Note [-]) Region, Albania Region, Bulgaria Region, Serbia Region, and Bosnia Region in the European part.

And the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.

Regions and duchies will establish local government bodies.

As for the candidates for officials, all major groups in the empire can take the exam, but you need to pay attention to one thing when publicizing to the outside world. The exam papers are written in Ottoman.

If not, please teach yourself. "

Seeing that everyone seemed to have no desire to speak, Sudan immediately announced with a smile that all members agreed, and the meeting entered the next part.

　Note [-]: The Arabian Peninsula

　　Note [-]: That is Thessaloniki, in charge of Western Thrace, Macedonia, Thessaly, and Skopia regions

　　Note [-]: Edirne is now in charge of East Thrace and North Thrace.

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