Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2495 Establishing a New Monarch ([-])

In fact, Helabry was also a little apprehensive.This time the Koprulu family is putting all their eggs in one basket. Cheng is secretly controlling a country. Needless to say, if he loses, he will be able to escape to the east bank successfully by fighting for the background of the No. [-] wealthy family for decades.

Of course, there is one thing in Helabry's heart that scares him the most, and he is the least willing to speak to outsiders, that is, even if he succeeds, how many years can he live in peace?In the history of the empire, it is not that there have been powerful ministers, not to mention far away, during the "Aga Sultan" period decades ago, who would dare to provoke those powerful eunuchs in the country?As strong as the people on the east coast, you have to keep giving them bribes to do business with peace of mind.But what happened?However, in the past few years, none of the eunuchs Ajia escaped, they were caught and executed, and the astonishing wealth was divided up by the sultan and the guard officers.

This is the end!The powerful ministers in history may be able to suppress the Ottoman family for a while, but in the long run, all of them have been cleaned up, and the Ottoman family is still the sultan.Can the Koprulu family really break out of this vicious circle?Hellaberry dared not think so.

But now there is no other way.Although the Sudan ignores political affairs, it has already shown hostility towards the No. [-] wealthy family. This may be due to the Sudan's imperial mind at work, or it may be the bewitching of the old magician Effendi, but no matter what the reason is, the result is the same De: People want to fight!

This generation of the Koprulu family has no talents, really, otherwise the son-in-law Hrabery would not have come out to represent the interests of the family.With the lack of talent and the external crisis, this No. [-] giant is really in a precarious state.It's no wonder that people want to plot a mutiny. To put it bluntly, it's self-help, otherwise such a big family will become fat in other people's bowls.

Before Wu Yifei came here, he had read the materials written to him by the intelligence department, and had a relatively deep understanding of the situation in the Ottoman Empire and the crisis facing the Koprulu family.In fact, he still appreciates Helabry's courageous plan. At the same time, he appreciates the Koprulu family's deposit of 400 million yuan in French currency in the East Coast Agricultural Bank of Haji County. He thinks it's a bit funny to have a richest man. For example, it's as funny as the world's richest man in Mexico, the third world in the later generations.

It should be said that the luck of the Coprulu family is still good.At present, the energy of the Ottoman Empire is greatly involved in Hungary, where more than [-] troops are fighting fiercely with the German coalition led by the Austrians. As an aside, the Poles have also sent thousands of reinforcements. Amazing, right?The country is in chaos, facing the invasion of foreign enemies, the nobles in the south actually lead troops to help Austria fight the war, regardless of the life and death of the people in the country, it is really incomprehensible.

Grand Vizier Effendi is currently on the front line, and the Sultan himself lives in the royal estate in Edirne all year round to hunt. The prey includes various wild animals and —— women.Such a state has indeed objectively reduced the pressure faced by the Koprulu family.Although the enemy is cutting off the wings of their family, so that officials or generals who are inclined to their family often step down, but the speed is not the same as before.Of course, the Koprulu family will not let go of such a good opportunity. In the past year, they have secretly contacted many senior officials and generals to conspire against the Sultan and Effendi.

I have to say, it really is a wealthy family with a deep foundation, and it is very reliable when doing this kind of thing.The news is only known to a very small number of people who participated, unlike some street vendors who rebelled against people.In addition, their family has a huge influence among intellectuals and businessmen. If they send people down to instigate a prairie fire, a single spark can start a prairie fire, and the masses have a foundation. Improving memory, I like to turn my face and deny people the most, but now I can take advantage of it.

The only problem is that the factor of foreign interference is beyond the control range and needs to be resolved urgently.To put it bluntly, there is actually only one family that can profoundly affect the internal affairs of the Ottoman Empire.Yes, that's right, it's you, East Coaster!

Many large-scale projects in the Ottoman Empire were designed and supervised by people on the east bank—the actual construction was done by the Turks themselves. Well, it’s no wonder that Turkey is also a big player in the international construction market in later generations—many officials of the Ottoman Empire were trained on the east bank, and the Ottoman Empire More than half of the army's weapons are supplied by the east bank, and the Ottoman Empire owes a huge debt to the east bank...

There are times when Hellaberry is horrified.He even wondered if there were spies from the east coast among his most trusted generals or officials?His personal servant, Trudeau, is very fond of books and culture on the East Coast. Is this a double-faced person?

Therefore, the people on the east bank may not have enough ability to launch a coup in the Ottoman Empire, but they are definitely capable of sabotaging a coup. It is fatal to secretly influence the choice of a group of people, so their support must be obtained in advance.

What is gratifying is that the people on the east coast are very unhappy with the religious madman Effendi, and have always wanted the Ottoman Empire to change to a big steward.Helpless, the Sudan trusted that magic stick so much that even the "pillar of the country" Koprulu family had to be alienated and suppressed, so there was no way.Therefore, you can see how the two sides hit it off when Helabry secretly hooked up with the people on the east coast and revealed his plan.

However, the support belongs to the support, and the benefits that should be desired will definitely not be lost.For this reason, Wu Yifei and Helabry had five days of secret talks in Georgia before finally reaching an agreement.The demands put forward by the people on the east coast cover political reform, financial opening, business cooperation, military exchanges and many other aspects. Many of them touch on deep-seated things. Helabry was shocked when he saw it. He finally bargained and reluctantly bit the bullet. accepted.

Political reform mainly requires them to establish a modern political system, and it is important to use officials who have studied on the east coast.The current system of the Ottoman Empire can be said to be a strange mixture.In cities with prosperous coastal businesses, such as Istanbul, Smyrna, Athens, Thessaloniki, etc., they established many government agencies that imitated those of Western Europe and the East Coast.Then in the hinterland cities with a large population, it is a standard feudal regime. The lords in Sheikh, Bayi and other places control the countryside, and the pashas and governors control the cities. Both sides rule together, which is a bit like the ruling mode of ancient Chinese dynasties ——In fact, any centralized dynasty basically follows this routine.

In the west and north, a large number of vassal lords ruled the place. The Ottoman central government stationed officials and troops in core cities or strategic locations, but they would not participate in too many affairs, and basically did nothing except collect tribute.This is actually the ruling mode of kings and vassals in the Middle Ages in Europe. The sultans who supported the Ottomans went one step further than those kings, and could station troops in their fiefs.

In the central and eastern part of the Anatolian Plateau and the Arabian Peninsula, it was still an ignorant tribal era.The rule of the Ottomans was limited to big cities like Baghdad. The nomads in the desert lived in no fixed place, often did not pay taxes, and resisted the central government from time to time.The Turks (Kurds) in the mountains are also very similar, ignorant and barbaric, they have no national and ethnic concepts, only tribal concepts.

In such a complex and huge country, it is really not easy for the Ottomans to tinker and maintain it until now.Religious disputes, ethnic discrimination, tribal vendettas, unbalanced regional development, and unequal political rights. Oh, why hasn't the Ottoman Empire exploded yet?

People on the east coast did not expect to carry out political reforms throughout the Ottoman Empire. That would be unrealistic and prone to chaos.Their idea is to carry out reforms in the economically developed coastal cities of the White Sea (Aegean Sea), eliminate mediocre old officials, establish brand-new institutions, improve governance efficiency, and increase government revenue (this is very important).And new-style government agencies naturally need a large number of new-style officials, where do they come from?The answer is correct, of course it was the East Bank who came to train them. For this reason, the East Bank government is willing to hold a special crash training course for officials of the Ottoman Empire, and those who study outstandingly can get generous scholarships.

Financial opening is to acquire the traditional banks of the Ottoman Empire and develop them.Those financial institutions have long been tossed to death by the imperial government because of the war, and many have even closed down. It is not a bad thing that people from the east coast are willing to take over.The merchants of the Ottoman Empire can get a sale fee, these financial institutions can also be brought back to life, and the depositors’ funds can be preserved more or less. It’s great to win more!

In addition, because the teachings of the Green Church do not allow making money from interest, the Ottoman Empire needs to grant special exemptions to East-funded financial institutions so that they can provide financial services throughout Ottoman and contribute to the economic development of the Ottoman Empire.

The scope of commercial cooperation is even broader, including tariff reduction, franchising, etc. In short, the central idea is to expand the market share of goods on the east coast in the Ottoman Empire (Su Ri’an’s share is already very large), and vigorously exclude people from the Ottoman Empire. Commodities from Western European countries.

The Ottoman Empire was not allowed to impose quota restrictions on goods from the east coast for reasons such as the need to protect domestic handicrafts, nor was it allowed to apportion all kinds of messy fees to companies or merchants on the east coast.In order to protect this situation, the Ottoman Empire needed to set up a special arbitration institution to do its best to maintain good commercial order.If the arbitration institution makes a judgment unfavorable to the East Bank Company, the East Bank government has the right to punish, including but not limited to suspension of loans, etc., and the Ottoman Empire government shall not take any retaliation.

Cooperation in the military sphere is similar to officer training and has been practiced in the Ottoman army for many years.This group of people is commonly known as the "Study Abroad Department". Like the officers from the Ganishari Army and the Spasi Army, they are a faction in the army, but the current strength is still relatively weak, limited to middle and low-level officers, and they cannot form a climate.

In the future, the Ottoman Empire will need to send more young officers and even teenagers to study military affairs on the east coast, and it is best to triple the number of places.The East Coast government promised not to charge any fees, and to give them full scholarships to create the best environment for them to study, so that they can be reimbursed in the future—typos, crossed out, and served—the motherland.

Of course, Wu Yifei once suggested that Helabry form a new army after his success, and send its officers to the East Bank to study in batches, which will greatly consolidate his power.After all, the warlords who currently support him have their own plans. Are they allies now, or will they still be allies when they fight for power in the future?It's hard to say.However, Helabry blindly evaded this matter, obviously unwilling to hand over military power to others. This is the instinct of a warlord, and Wu Yifei can understand it.

There are many other conditions, but they are not painful or itchy, and there is not much controversy.Only these four clauses, Helabry saw the veins on his forehead, and his hands trembled when he signed the secret agreement.But there is no way, I have already boarded the thief ship, and it is too late to think about it, so I can only go to the dark one by one.

I just hope I can succeed in this fight.The secret agreement signed with the people on the east coast will not be known to too many people in a short period of time, and we will find a way to bargain slowly in the future.

There must be a way to solve it!Hrabery firmly believes.

(End of this chapter)