Chapter 84 Weird

The guard opened the door and a middle-aged man came in. This man was Izzet-Mohammed, the head of the Imperial Finance Department.

"Since you are here, sit down and listen carefully to the post-war reconstruction plan for the two principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia.

See how the government plans."

Selim raised his hand to signal.

"According to the amount of funds this time, the imperial government is mainly responsible for areas suitable for agricultural production.

We have conducted field surveys on the Secha River Plain, Potomac Hills and Transylvania Basin here,

and decided to further expand the grassland and develop animal husbandry while retaining the original planting scale of major grain crops (corn and wheat).

At the same time, the food processing industry will be developed.

The rest of the areas are contracted by Greeks, Jews, imperial nobles and Anatolian nobles."

Selim heard this and asked immediately.

"What happened to the Romanians who returned home?"

Yusuf Pasha replied calmly.

"In order to strengthen the safety awareness of Romanians, we have followed your instructions and vigorously publicized the atrocities of the Russians in major cities and regions of the empire, arousing their hatred for the Russians.

And in order for Romanians to defend their homes, we deliberately settled the Romanians who returned home in the Moldavia region. Once the war begins, Romanians need to take the lead and give the Russian army a head-on blow."

Selim listened to Yusuf Pasha's answer and looked at him approvingly. The old guy deserves to be the Grand Vizier for so many years. His adaptability is really good, and he is more and more in line with the Sultan's favorite speaking style.

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

"Due to the atrocities of the Russian army, the entire Moldavia and most of Wallachia were severely destroyed.

In order to ensure the property rights of the original land owners, we have specially counted the land and designed a simple and convenient procedure for the owners to claim it.

As citizens of the empire, these Romanians only need to come to Constantinie.

Then go to the imperial government office to show their proof of living in the local area for four consecutive generations and the corresponding land property certificate, and at the same time, they need to have the signatures of fellow imperial citizens to guarantee.

After all these conditions are met, we will let them wait for thirty to sixty days, and after receiving the government's notification, they will immediately enter the next process."

Selim felt that the whole process was particularly familiar at this time, and he couldn't help but look at Yusuf Pasha.

The latter's old face showed a simple smile, which reminded Selim of his fear of being dominated in the past.

He shook his head and asked.

"Have you arranged a special passage for Muslims? By the way, build a mosque to facilitate on-site conversion."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that we have arranged this in the entire reconstruction area.

Every town will arrange to build a mosque, and a special passage for Muslims will also be set up inside to facilitate the subsequent land allocation.

At the same time, we have set up preferential policies for Muslims, so they can get more land."

When Yusuf Pasha finally finished, Selim signaled Izzet to start announcing the new tax law after the reform.

As for why only Izzet and Ishak came here, Selim still had to be wary of Kuchuk and Haji. After all, it is not in the interests of the Sultan for the army to rashly participate in politics.

As for the tax law this time, the new dynasty has elegant politics. Since it wants to learn from the British industrialization, it cannot only learn from the other side to develop technology and build factories, but also learn well and learn all the British tax laws. It is worth having.

After looking around, Izzet took out a stack of information and began his explanation.

"Your Majesty, Ishak Pasha and Grand Vizier, I will not say much about the financial situation of the empire.

Although we ended the war as quickly as possible under your leadership, although we issued national debt and repaid less because of the death of Louis XVI, although your Majesty led us to deal with the Guards, the Phanaars and the disobedient Greek tyrants, and although the empire has issued a batch of new currencies and indirectly levied a seigniorage.

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

Since it is the first year, I deliberately found the data of the French. I have to say that if your majesty had followed your idea of ​​building a new army of 200,000, the empire might be another Prussia.

I will explain the military expenditure of the French below."

Looking at Izzet Pasha's expression that only he understood and everyone else was a fool, Selim could only say that it was strange that this guy could form his own school. Perhaps the empire does have a practical school.

Izzet continued his analysis.

"First, military salaries: the French military's salary expenditure accounts for a considerable proportion of the entire military expenditure.

The second is weapons and military equipment: the purchase and maintenance of military equipment also accounts for a large proportion of the French military expenditure.

They have invested a lot of money in purchasing weapons such as artillery and muskets and other military equipment.

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

Finally, there is military logistics support: maintaining the daily operation of the army requires funds, including food, military equipment, military supplies, and military logistics and logistics support, which is also a huge consumption.

Your Majesty, according to the exchange rate of two Ottoman gold coins in the Empire equaling one pound, according to my calculation, this will require at least three million pounds, while the Empire's fiscal revenue last year was 4.6 million pounds, which is even less than the end of the last century, when there were still 6 million pounds, excluding factors such as inflation.

By the way, the British fiscal revenue last year was 17.2 million pounds, which is only nearly four times that of the Empire.

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

With all due respect, you might as well continue to use the Guards, which is at least cheaper than this.

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

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

He had no doubt that he would punch the other person in the next moment, even though this person was indeed a financial expert.

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

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

Please subscribe, and my data may be a little inaccurate, because the statistics of different countries are also different. For example, France actually made 50 million people in the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 18th century... The fiscal revenue ranked third in Europe