sultan's crescent

Chapter 84
The guards opened the door, and a middle-aged man entered from the outside. This man was Izet Mohamed, the head of the Imperial Finance Department.

"Now that you're here, sit down and listen carefully, about the post-war reconstruction plan for the duchies of Moldavia and Wallachia.

See what the government is planning. "

Selim raised his hand as a gesture.

"Based on the amount of funding this time, the Imperial Government is mainly responsible for areas suitable for agricultural production.

We made a field trip to the Secha River Plain, the Potomac Hills and the Transylvania Basin here,

It was decided to further expand pastures and develop animal husbandry while keeping the planting scale of the original main food crops (corn, wheat) unchanged.

At the same time to carry out food processing industry.

The remaining areas were contracted by Greeks, Jews, imperial nobles and Anatolian nobles. "

Selim asked after hearing this.

"What happened to the returning Romanians?"

Yusuf Pasha replied calmly.

"In order to strengthen the safety awareness of the Romanians, we have followed your Majesty's instructions to vigorously publicize the atrocities committed by the Russians in major cities and regions of the empire, arousing their hatred of the Russians.

And in order for the Romanians to defend their homeland, we deliberately placed the returning Romanians in the Moldavia region. Once the war starts, the Romanians need to take the lead and give the Russian army a head-on blow. "

Selim listened to Yusuf Pasha's answer, and glanced at him approvingly. The old man is indeed a Grand Vizier for so many years. His adaptability is really good, and he is more and more in line with the Sultan's preferred speaking style. up.

Seeing Sultan's satisfied expression, Yusuf Pasha continued to explain the relevant policies.

"The whole of Moldavia and the greater part of Wallachia were severely devastated by the atrocities of the Russian troops.

In order to ensure the property rights of the original owners of the fields, we deliberately collected the statistics of the fields, and designed a set of simple and convenient procedures for the owner's claim.

As citizens of the Empire, these Romanians only needed to come to Constantinier once.

Then, at the imperial government office, you can show your proof of living in the area for four consecutive generations and the corresponding land property certificate. At the same time, you need to have the signature guarantee of the fellow imperial people.

After all these conditions are met, we will let them wait for [-] to [-] days, and after receiving the notification from the government, we will immediately enter the next process. "

Selim felt that the whole process was very familiar at this time, and he couldn't help looking at Yousuf Pasha.

A simple and honest smile appeared on the old face of the latter, which reminded Selim of his fear of being dominated in the past.

He shook his head, then asked.

"Is there a dedicated passage for Muslims? By the way, a mosque will be built to facilitate on-site conversion."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, we have arranged this matter throughout the reconstruction area.

Each small town will arrange to build a mosque, and Muslim-only passages will also be set up inside to facilitate subsequent land distribution.

At the same time, we have set up preferential policies for Muslims, which can divide more fields. "

When Yusuf Pasha finally finished, Selim motioned for Izet to start announcing the new, reformed tax code.

As for why only Izet and Ishak came here, Sai Dadi still had to be on guard against Kuchuk and Haji, after all, it was not in the interests of the Sudan to rashly participate in politics.

As for the tax law this time, it is a dignified and elegant government. Since you want to learn the industrialization with English, you can't just learn from the other side to develop technology and build factories.

After looking around, Izzet took out a stack of materials and started his explanation.

"Your Majesty, Ishak Pasha and Grand Vizier, I won't say much about the financial situation of the empire.

Although we ended the war as quickly as possible under your Majesty's leadership, although we issued national debts and paid less due to the death of Louis XVI, although your Majesty led us to deal with the Guards, Fana The people of Seoul and the disobedient Greek tyrants, even though the empire has issued a batch of new currencies, indirectly collected a seigniorage.

But what I want to say is that our finances are still quite difficult. Hadji Pasha's new army training in Egypt is a considerable expenditure, and it needs subsidies from the imperial government every year.

Since it was the first year, I deliberately found the data of the French. I have to say that if your Majesty's vision of building a new army of 20 is followed, the empire may be another Prussia.

Let me explain the military expenditure of the French below. "

Seeing Izet Pasha's expression that only he understands and everyone else is an idiot, Selim can only say that it is amazing that this guy can form a school of his own, and probably the empire does have a practical school.

Izzet continued his analysis.

"First of all, the salary of the army: the salary expenditure of the French army occupies a considerable proportion of the entire military expenditure.

The second is weapons and military equipment: the procurement and maintenance of military equipment is also a large part of the French military expenditure.

They invested a lot of money in buying weapons like artillery, muskets and other military equipment.

Then there is the construction of military fortifications and facilities, and the maintenance of the border defense line is also an important part of military expenditure.

Finally, there is military logistics support: maintaining the daily operation of the military requires funds, including food, ordnance supplies, military supplies, and military logistics and logistics support, etc., which also consume a lot of money.

Your Majesty, according to the exchange rate of the empire’s two Ottoman gold coins equivalent to one pound, according to my calculations, it needs at least 300 million pounds, and the empire’s fiscal revenue last year was 460 million pounds, which is not even as good as at the end of the last century, except for inflation, etc. factor, there were still £600 million at the time.

By the way, the fiscal revenue of the British last year was 720 million pounds, which is only nearly four times that of the empire.

And this is just military spending, Your Majesty, your industrialization, post-war reconstruction plan, and Muslim migration plan are also big money burners.

With all due respect, you might as well go on with the Guards, at least it's cheaper than this one.

Of course, I'm joking. Your Majesty, you can do whatever you want. After all, we haven't reformed the tax system yet. "

After Izet Pasha finished speaking, he looked at the reactions of everyone present. Selim did not choose to look at him, but lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly.

He has no doubt that he will have the idea of ​​punching the other party in the next moment, even though this person is indeed a master of financial management.

As for what Yizet thought, seeing that everyone was silent, he continued.

"However, Your Majesty, after you use me, all these problems will be solved, because I have designed a perfect financial reform plan."

　Ask for a subscription, and my data may be a bit inaccurate, because the statistics of different countries are also different. For example, France actually made Ottoman 18 million people at the end of the 5000th century. . . .Third in Europe in fiscal revenue

　　
　
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