Mediterranean Hegemony Road

At the same time as the Russo-Japanese War broke out, the Ottoman Empire was also undergoing great changes. After the Balkan War, the Sudanese government was forced to carry out a top-down military and political reform due to domestic and international pressure.

This reform included religious reform, education reform, military reform, political system reform, economic reform, etc. In the short term, the reform of the Ottoman Empire was successful.

He has re-established a modernized 6th Army, and has made some progress in the field of education and economy, but the worst ethnic problem has been delayed for a long time!

Although the Ottoman Empire still has a population of more than 20 million, the number of its main ethnic groups is too small. Now the number of authentic Turks is less than seven million!

Obviously, the reform of the Sudanese government has failed to take into account the interests of other domestic ethnic groups, let alone resolve domestic ethnic conflicts. Ethnic integration is completely a dream!

At the beginning of 19o6, the Sudanese government had initially completed internal reforms, and its comprehensive national strength had grown. Especially in the military, the Sudanese government learned the lessons of the defeat in the Balkans, and spent a lot of money to buy advanced weapons from the Germans at all costs to train the new 6th Army.

But before this reform, the main ethnic groups of the Ottoman Empire, the Turks, Arabs, and Kurds, had fallen behind in the economic field.

The main commercial activities in the country are occupied by Greeks and Jews, which cannot be changed by a single policy!

However, after the reform, many regulations of the Ottoman Empire encouraged the Turks to develop industry and commerce, but this did not apply to other ethnic groups, which made the Greeks and Jews very dissatisfied!

Oh, that's all Ferdinand has learned. He didn't have time to read the more detailed report!

In his opinion, the reform of the Ottoman Empire is undoubtedly a step forward on the road to suicide!

In a country where the dominant ethnic group is not dominant,

If the various ethnic groups in the country cannot be integrated, then the division will be a matter of time!

Your Majesty, this is information from the Ottoman Empire. The Sudanese government seems to be unwilling to lose the last war, and is about to move again. Fuhu handed over a piece of information and said

Ferdinand smiled slightly, obviously he didn't take the Ottoman Empire in his eyes. After losing the Balkans, the industrial power of the Ottoman Empire was cut in half!

In terms of comprehensive national strength, Bulgaria was already more than twice that of the Ottoman Empire at this time; in terms of industry, the gap was more than five times that of the Ottoman Empire!

In terms of population, the Ottoman Empire is more than 20 million, and Bulgaria's current population is more than 15 million, plus more than 2 million Russian immigrants. The gap between the two is not big.

In terms of mobilization, the Ottoman Empire is struggling. At least the ethnic minorities who are fighting for independence in the country cannot be mobilized!

In this aspect, it is not as good as Bulgaria. Perhaps many immigrants do not have deep feelings for this country, but everyone is still very keen on military awards!

The Bulgarian army's fairness and fairness in military awards is absolutely impossible for the Ottoman Empire. At least their officers can only be Turks. As for fairness, it is nonsense!

Keep staring, don't worry about them, I just want to see what tricks the Turks can do! Ferdinand said confidently

This is not because Ferdinand has swelled. Looking around, the Greeks are still trying to repay their debts, the Kingdom of Montenegro is struggling to farm, and Romania is half-hearted by the tariffs. Except for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, he is really not in his eyes!

Even in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the military strength of the two sides is not too far apart. At least until the Austro-Hungarian Empire cannot unify the language, their military advantage over Bulgaria is very limited!

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Your Majesty, we just heard from our ambassador to Russia that the Tsarist government intends to give up the Sea of ​​Marmara and hand over Constantinople and the Dardanelles to us! Foreign Minister Metev said excitedly.

Looking at the foreign minister who was stunned by the pie, Ferdinand said lightly: It's not that simple, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been defeated for so long, and they haven't seen them give up, and now suddenly giving up is probably conditional!

At least the tariffs on these two straits are not relinquished by the Russians, although now they are mortgaged to the French!

Ferdinand's unscrupulous guess is that the Russians are now out of money on the eighth floor and plan to cut expenses. After all, the reconstruction project of Constantinople is also a large expenditure!

Now that the Black Sea Fleet is gone, to rebuild such a fleet, even if the Russian Empire does not have more than ten years of effort, it is impossible to complete it!

However, the political and religious significance of Constantinople is too great. No matter who it is in the hands, it has to invest a lot of money to rebuild it!

For the Russian government, now that the Black Sea Fleet is gone, the military significance of Constantinople can no longer be guaranteed.

Rather than pouring financial resources into the mouth of this gold-swallowing beast, and seeing no return in the short term, it is better to throw it to Bulgaria first. Anyway, when the Russian Navy is rebuilt, they can come back again!

It is a pity that even if he guessed the purpose of the Russians, Ferdinand had to accept it happily. After all, it also indicates that the relationship between Bulgaria and Russia has begun to undergo a qualitative change!

Obviously the tsarist government has also realized that with the decline of the Russian Empire, it is no longer able to completely suppress the rising Bulgaria, and it is starting to implement a new foreign policy!

The relationship between the two sides from the relationship between the eldest and the younger brother is beginning to transform into a normal ally relationship. Of course, this will take a long process to allow the two sides to adapt to this new diplomatic relationship.

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The transformation of foreign relations is still a matter of the future. Ferdinand knew that it was time to solve the problem of Russian immigration. After all, the Bulgarian government set a high threshold for naturalization in order to restrict ~~.

The immigrants from Russia are basically illiterate, and the best performers have already completed the assessment and joined the big family of Bulgaria!

But for the vast majority of people, the time required to complete these requirements is simply too long! Of course, there are exceptions to those who have made great contributions to this country, but unfortunately there are fewer people who 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 they had almost saved their money and ran back to Russia, so Ferdinand would have been busy working in vain?

Having worked so hard to educate them in literacy and brainwashing them for so many years, even if only a part of them was lost, it would be a big loss for Ferdinand!

Sir, what do you plan to do with the more than two million Russian immigrants in the country? Ferdinand asked at the cabinet meeting

After thinking about it, Xiang Constantine said embarrassedly: Your Majesty, this matter is very troublesome to deal with! Most of these Russian immigrants are young and strong, and only a small number of them are dragged from their families.

Moreover, their overall quality is low, and most of the jobs they are engaged in are heavy manual labor. Many people still have no way to guarantee their future lives, and there are many bachelors!

On the condition that they have not obtained Bulgarian nationality, the government can pretend to be invisible. Once they are granted nationality, our government will have to find a way to solve their living problems and personal problems!

Yes, these are the problems that have plagued the Bulgarian government for a long time. In fact, the ratio of men to women in the Balkans is fairly normal.

Due to the war, in some places there are even more women than men! But that changed when Russian immigrants were included.

For enterprises, of course, it is better to bring in ordinary laborers if they are physically strong. In this regard, young men are definitely more dominant. Therefore, most of the immigrants are young men!

As for the life of immigrants in the future, Ferdinand is really not worried about this. The reason is very simple. The average life expectancy in this era is very low, and there is no aging population at all!

The average life expectancy in Bulgaria is just over 50 years old. This is under the premise that Ferdinand strictly controls food safety and restricts capitalists from unscrupulously squeezing employees!

Basically, ordinary people spend their whole lives rushing to make a living, and those who can live to their 70s and 80s are basically in good family conditions, and there is no need for the government to consider pension issues!

After thinking about it, Ferdinand suggested: Otherwise, let them figure out a solution for themselves! The government can discuss with the enterprises, give them vacations in batches, and let them go back to Russia to marry wives!

Well, we can also bear part of the travel expenses for them, and when they come back, the returning merchant ship can pick them up by the way!

Oh, Ferdinand's idea is a bit bad. Now that the situation in Russia is turbulent, it is difficult for them to find jobs after they go back. They are not afraid of running away!

As for whether or not it will be influenced by Russian revolutionary ideas, Ferdinand said that it doesn't matter. The current Russian revolutionary party is unable to protect itself, but it has no consciousness to spread revolutionary ideas to the world!

Moreover, their ideas can't be eaten in Bulgaria. Now Ferdinand's national policy is contribution is in line with benefits, rights and obligations are equal.

At the same time, it also opposes absolute egalitarianism, clearly stating that absolute egalitarianism only exists in theory. As long as the material basis has not been reached and everyone's needs can be met, the so-called egalitarianism is nonsense!

After a long period of brainwashing education, many people have accepted this idea. The specific performance is that their work is more hard work and more reward, in addition to salary income, most of them also have overtime pay!

The most important thing is that the capitalists have been influenced by the general environment and put more emphasis on their reputation! Once Bulgaria is now infamous, it will be impossible to move.

The specific manifestation is that the gate of the upper class will be closed to you, and the transportation controlled by the government will automatically put you in the back row, and everyone will exclude you together during business cooperation!

These are the bloody lessons learned by countless people who have tried the law by themselves!

Therefore, under this background, no matter what the capitalists think in their hearts, they still retain a touch of humanity in their actual actions. At least when they squeeze employees, they don't dare to be so black!

These are all things that Russian society does not have, so there is no popular ideology in Russia, and there is no shadow in Bulgaria. To put it simply, everyone can live a good life, and the revolutionary desire is not strong!

After thinking about it, Constantine agreed with Ferdinand's opinion. At the moment when the relationship between Bulgaria and Russia is changing, properly handling Russian immigrants is also the top priority of the Bulgarian government!

Yes, Your Majesty! Constantine replied

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