At the same time as the Russo-Japanese War broke out, the Ottoman Empire was undergoing a great change. After the Balkan war, the Sudanese government was forced to carry out a top-down military and political reform under pressure from abroad and at home.
This reform includes many aspects such as religious reform, education reform, military reform, political system reform, and economic reform. In the short term, the reform of the Ottoman Empire was successful.
He re-established a modern 6 army and made some progress in the field of education and economy, but the worst ethnic problem was that there was no way to solve it!
Although the Ottoman Empire still has more than 20 million people, the number of his main ethnic groups is too small, and the number of authentic Turks is now less than 7 million!
Obviously, the reform of the Sudanese government has not taken into account the interests of other nationalities, and it has not been able to resolve the ethnic conflicts in the country. National integration is a dream!
At the beginning of 19o6, the Sudanese government had initially completed internal reforms and its overall national strength had increased. Especially in the military, the Sudanese government has learned the lessons of the Balkan defeat, and paid a large price to buy advanced weapons from the Germans and train the new 6th Army.
But before this reform, the main ethnic Turks, Arabs, and Kurds of the Ottoman Empire in the economic field had fallen behind.
The main domestic business activities are occupied by the Greeks and Jews. This cannot be changed by a single policy!
However, after the reform, many regulations of the Ottoman Empire encouraged the Turks to show business and industrial regulations, but this one did not apply to other ethnic groups, which made the Greeks and Jews very dissatisfied!
Oh, that's all Ferdinand learned. He didn't have time to look at the report in more detail!
In his opinion, the reform of the Ottoman Empire was undoubtedly another step towards suicide!
If a country where the dominant nation is not dominant, if the nations in the country cannot be merged, then division is a matter of time!
"Your Majesty, this is intelligence from the Ottoman Empire. The Sudanese government seems unwilling to fail the last war, and is about to move again."
Ferdinand smiled, apparently he didn't look at the Ottoman Empire. After losing the Balkans, the industrial strength of the Ottoman Empire was cut by half!
In terms of overall national strength, at this time Bulgaria is already more than twice the Ottoman Empire; from an industrial point of view, this gap is more than five times!
From a population perspective, the Ottoman Empire has more than 20 million people. Bulgaria now has a population of more than 15 million, and more than 2 million Russian immigrants can be added. The difference between the two sides is not large.
In terms of mobilization, the Ottoman Empire was hard-pressed. At least the independent ethnic minorities in the country could not be mobilized!
On the contrary, it is not comparable to Bulgaria. Perhaps many immigrants do not have deep feelings for this country, but everyone is still very enthusiastic about military rewards!
The impartiality and fairness of the Bulgarian army in military rewards is absolutely impossible for the Ottoman Empire. At least their officers can only be Turks, and justice is even more nonsense!
"Keep staring, leave them alone, I want to see what tricks the Turks can toss!" Ferdinand said confidently
This is not that Ferdinand has swelled. Looking around, the Greeks are still struggling to repay their debts, the Montenegro kingdom is suffering hard farming, and Romania has been tortured by tariffs. Except for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he really has not been taken into account by him!
Even in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the differences in military strength between the two sides are not very different. At least until the Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot unify the language, their military advantages over Bulgaria are limited!
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"Your Majesty, just now our ambassador to Russia heard the news that the Tsarist government intentionally abandoned the Marmara Sea and handed over Constantinople and Dardanelles to us!" Foreign Minister Metev said excitedly
Looking at the foreign minister who was fainted by the stuffing cake, Ferdinand said lightly: "It's not that simple. The Russian Black Sea Fleet has been defeated for so long and I haven't seen them give up. I am afraid that it is conditional to give up suddenly now!
At least the Russians in these two straits have not given up, although now they have been mortgaged to the French! "
Ferdinand's unscrupulous speculation that the Russians now have no money on the eighth floor and plan to cut spending. After all, the reconstruction of Constantinople is also a big expense!
Now that the Black Sea Fleet is gone, it is impossible to rebuild a fleet like this, even if the Russian Empire does not have more than ten years of effort!
Constantinople's political and religious significance is too great, no matter who it is, you have to invest a lot of money for reconstruction!
For the Russian government, now that the Black Sea Fleet is gone, there is no way to safeguard the military significance of Constantinople.
Rather than continuously investing money in this gold swallowing beast, and seeing no return in the short term, it is better to throw it to Bulgaria first. Anyway, after the Russian Navy is rebuilt, they can still come back again!
Unfortunately, even after guessing the purpose of the Russians, Ferdinand had to happily accept it, after all, it foreshadows that the relationship between Russia and Russia has begun to change qualitatively!
Obviously, the Tsarist government also realized that with the decline of the Russian Empire, it was unable to completely suppress the rising Bulgaria, and it was beginning to implement a new foreign policy!
From the relationship between the boss and the younger brother, the two sides are beginning to transform into normal allies. Of course, this requires a long process to allow the two sides to adapt to this new diplomatic relationship.
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The transformation of diplomatic relations is still a thing of the future. Ferdinand knows that it is time to solve the problem of Russian immigration. After all, the Bulgarian government has set a high threshold for naturalization conditions in order to restrict it.
The immigrants from Russia are basically illiterate. The best performers have already completed the assessment and joined the Bulgarian family!
But for most people, it takes too long to complete these requirements! Of course, those who have made a great contribution to this country can make exceptions, but unfortunately fewer people meet this point!
But now Ferdinand has decided to relax the restrictions once and swallow the human resources first. Otherwise, the early immigrants felt that the money was almost saved and ran back to Russia. Then Ferdinand was just busy doing it?
Toilize them for literacy education and brainwash them for so many years, even if only a part of the people are lost, it will be a great loss for Ferdinand!
"Similarly, what do you plan to do with the two million Russian immigrants in the country?" Ferdinand asked at the cabinet meeting.
After thinking about it, Konstantin said in an embarrassment: "Your Majesty, this matter is very troublesome to handle! Most of these Russian immigrants are mainly young, and only a few people are dragging their families.
Moreover, their overall quality is low, most of the work they are engaged in is heavy physical labor. Many people still have no way to guarantee their future lives, and there are many bachelors!
Under the condition that they have not acquired Bulgarian nationality, the government can pretend to be invisible. Once they have been granted nationality, their government's life and personal problems will have to be solved. "
That's right, these problems are also a problem that has long puzzled the Bulgarian government. In fact, the male-female ratio in the Balkans is fairly normal.
Because of the war, in some places there are even more women and more boys! But after taking Russian immigrants into account, this situation has changed.
For enterprises, the introduction of ordinary labor is of course strong and strong. In this regard, young men are definitely more dominant, so immigrants are also mostly young men!
As for the future life of immigrants, Ferdinand is not really worried about this. The reason is simple. The average life expectancy in this era is very low, and there is no aging of the population at all!
The average life expectancy in Bulgaria is just under 5o. This is still under the premise that Ferdinand strictly controls food safety and restricts capitalists from squandering their employees!
Basically, ordinary people have spent their lives dying for their lives. Those who can live to the age of seventy and eighty are basically in good family conditions and do not need the government to consider the issue of old age!
After Ferdinand thought for a while, he proposed: "Alternatively, let them figure it out! The government can discuss with the companies and give them holidays in batches, and let them go back to Russia to marry their wives!"
Well, we can also take part of the tolls for them, and when they return, the returning merchant ship can pick them up in a hurry! "
Oh, Ferdinand's idea is a bit lossy. Now the situation in Russia is turbulent. They will find it difficult to find a job when they go back.
As for whether it will be affected by the Russian revolutionary thoughts, Ferdinand said that it doesn't matter. The current Russian Revolutionary Party cannot guarantee itself, but it has not spread the consciousness of revolutionary thoughts to the world!
What's more, their thoughts are also insufferable in Bulgaria. Now the national policy pursued by Ferdinand is "contribution and income are consistent, and rights and obligations are equal."
At the same time, it also opposes absolute egalitarianism. It is explicitly stated that absolute egalitarianism only exists in theory. As long as the material foundation has not been met and everyone's needs can be met, the so-called egalitarianism is nonsense!
Long-term brainwashing education, many people have accepted this idea. The specific performance is that their work is more work and more, in addition to salary income, most people also have overtime pay!
The most important thing is that the capitalists have been affected by the environment, and they value their reputation! Once Bulgaria has a bad reputation, it is difficult to move.
The specific manifestation is that the door of the high society will confine you, and the government-controlled transportation will automatically row you back. Everyone will reject you during business cooperation!
These are **** lessons learned by countless people in person,
Therefore, in this context, no matter what the capitalists think, but in actual actions, they still retain a human touch, at least when they squeeze employees, they dare not be so dark!
These are not available in Russian society, so there is no popular ideology in Russia, and there is no shadow in Bulgaria. To put it simply, everyone is still living, and the desire for revolution is not strong!
Constantine thought about it and agreed with Ferdinand. At the juncture of the change in Bulgaria-Russia relations, properly handling Russian immigrants is also a top priority for the Bulgarian government!
"Okay, Your Majesty!" Constantine replied
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