Chapter 172 The Tsar and the Sultan Have No Conscience

In the camp, Justinian almost ran into the tent. Seeing the other party's anxious look, Emperor Sai immediately waved his hand to dismiss the people around him and took Justinian into the depths of the tent.

"What's wrong, the Russians finally moved?"

Justinian took out a secret and said.

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

"War without declaration?" Emperor Sai asked uncertainly. The Tsarist Russia is shameless, but it is not shameless to this extent.

Justinian shook his head.

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

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

If fighting without declaring war can give the Russian army an advantage, with Catherine's character, she is likely to do so."

"Alas." Emperor Sai sighed softly. He didn't care much about the Russian attack this time. After all, Napoleon had already taken Burgundy and was about to cross the Alps and march into Italy. It was estimated that the Russian army would have to enter Western Europe to fight earlier than in the original time and space.

As we all know, when the Qing Dynasty conquered China, it always followed the four-class military system.

Emperor Sai also had a four-class military system, with Orthodox Christians at the forefront. The empire still had many Orthodox local troops, which were all private soldiers of major nobles.

Since Emperor Sai got a fairly suitable excuse, he immediately began to make logical self-consistency, which was also an instinct he had honed after becoming Sultan.

The Great of See knew very well whether the last reduction was done thoroughly. This time, he used the righteousness of defending the country and immediately taking the name of fame to cut off the firewood of these nobles.

Now there is no tax-farming area to use as bargaining chips with these nobles, as for directly labeling them as traitors. Robbing his mother, this is too ugly.

Justinian said at this time.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria were at the end, urging Mongolia, Mongolia urging the Green Camp, and the Green Camp urging the surrendered army.

After thinking again and again, the Great of See finally decided to learn from the Qing Dynasty 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 monarchies in Europe.

The number of the Polish Legion must be sufficient. August Kazimierzski recruited many family members of the Legion from Poland, as well as many Poles who could not stand the oppression of the Tsarist Russia (I have nothing to say about Ha Bao to Polish peasants, but the Tsarist Russia knows everything).

Since his subordinates have already found all the reasons for him, it would be unreasonable for Emperor Sai to refuse.

After all, it has been a long time since the Ottoman government has been negotiating with the nobles to borrow money, but the problem is that the tax-farming area was popular at that time. The nobles could get a good place by lending money to the government, and they could get the money back in a few years.

Emperor Sai wrote down his thoughts with satisfaction, and then handed them to Justinian, asking him to send a spy to Haji Pasha. People who do big things have to prepare in advance. After all, this is a big thing, although Emperor Sai does not intend to spend too much effort.

"In this case, perhaps the Kurds, former armed personnel of the Circassians, some Bedouin prisoners of war who are not very obedient, and a small number of Orthodox Christians can also become a force."

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

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

Then there are Bedouin prisoners and Kurdish captives, followed by Circassians and Kurds, and finally the new army trained by Sayyid.

In this case, perhaps some other troops would be a better choice? ”

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

Second, start collecting seigniorage on a small scale.

So the Great of Sai had to find troops to fill the line and enough supplies to support the army within this month or so. It was really a headache.

The monarch and his minister laughed at the same time, and the air was full of a happy atmosphere. As for the life and death of these soldiers, who would care? A group of mountain Turks, desert Turks, and hilly Turks, if they died, they died. What did the Sultan have to do?

Defending the country is what every citizen of the Ottoman Empire should do. This is their obligation to live on this land.

"Your Majesty, perhaps we can use some other troops. After all, part of the regular army of the empire will participate in this great expedition, part will guard Egypt, part will defend the Caucasus, and part will guard the major cities in the Balkans. As for the rest of the elite troops, they will guard Constantinieh.

If the army could squeeze the nobles and make use of the prisoners of the rebels and the foreigners, Emperor Sai really couldn't find a good place to get money for the military expenses.

Emperor Sai thought about it again and 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 issuing paper money on a small scale, calling on the public to use paper money, and the royal family will take the lead in exchanging it. This behavior is the same as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty asking the princes to buy white deer coins when offering sacrifices. You have to pay this money no matter what.

These people and the Romanians who returned to their homes later made Moldavia, which was almost destroyed, regain its vitality again. If the Russian army invades, the Polish army should still be able to hold on for a month.

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

He is not Li Zicheng, and he really can't learn from King Chuang to collect salaries. As for learning from Chongzhen to raise funds, this is possible.

But the problem is that he really doesn't want to waste any money and food on fighting the Russians, so he didn't prepare too much for this matter.

"Of course, Your Majesty, we just have to separate these troops, otherwise they might fight each other first."

Third, with the convenience brought by Plan 1, within a certain limit, a small amount of the reserve of the Royal Bank of the Ottoman Empire can be embezzled.

This is also unavoidable, Emperor Sai comforted 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 handed Justinian another letter. When the letter was delivered to Justinian, for some reason, Emperor Sai felt a sense of relief all over his body. He felt as if he had broken the shackles of something, which seemed to be called conscience.