The Crescent of the Sultan

"Patriarch Nicholas, why did you come to visit today? Selim rested his head on the maid's legs and lazily asked the other party. Since the Russian-Turkish War, for some reason, the hard-working Selim seems to have He died and was replaced by a sultan who attended various banquets all day long.

"Your Majesty, many family patriarchs have approached me recently and asked me to report to you about Abraham's actions.

Mainly regarding the issue of opening branches of the Imperial Bank, Abraham gave the Chapan family the opportunity to open banks in the southern region of Anatolia, Kara Ottoman in the western Anatolia, and Jalikni in the northern Anatolia. , Baghdad was also given to the Arabs by him, and even Armenia and Romania got opportunities.

But Greece has nothing, let alone the branches of the Imperial Bank and Rumelia. This is too much, Your Majesty."

Selim turned over and continued to lie on the soft lap of the maid. He replied: "Patriarch Nicholas, please pay attention to your wording. Abraham is not the owner of the bank. By the same token, neither are other families. Only Sudan, I alone am the master of the bank and everything in this country. As for the issues you have reported, I will consider them."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Patriarch Nicholas left the Sultan's palace without saying any more words.

In fact, Patriarch Nicholas didn't need to care about the life and death of this group of people. After all, the Sultan's love for Anna was known to almost everyone in the upper echelons of the empire. This was why the group of people found him as a lobbyist.

Just say it casually, is it possible that you really expect Patriarch Nicholas to go through fire and water for you for the sake of all of you being a Christian?

Patriarch Nicholas is not stupid. With the relationship between his daughter and the Sultan, he is always a guest wherever he goes.

Humming to the leisurely neighborhood, Patriarch Nicholas slowly returned to the Saints' Cathedral. As a devout Orthodox Christian, he was going to serve God and had no time to care about the trivial matters of the world.

After sending away Patriarch Nicholas, Selim began to think about the problem just now. In fact, the phenomenon just reported by Patriarch Nicholas is far from being as simple as uneven bank opening on the surface.

Although the Ottoman Empire had a centralized power system, its high imitation and parallel imports were not only inferior to a certain big country in the East at the same stage, but were even inferior to others two thousand years ago.

The local tax farming system is not only used in principalities such as Wallachia and Moldavia. Even Anatolia is dotted with tax farming areas of major families, and each family has a large number of private soldiers on hand. The hereditary local governor is hereditary all year round.

It can be said that these families are comparable to the Jiedushi in the late Tang Dynasty, but due to Islamic law and the tradition of the Ottoman Empire, they cannot be as unruly as the Jiedushi.

But this is still a threat and a huge obstacle. For Selim, who wants to revive the Ottoman Empire, such a family is absolutely intolerable.

But these families are not easy to deal with. Whether it is local troops or the central Guards, they have manpower deployed. As for fighting against each other, the only ones who can deal with them are themselves, which leaves Selim where to find people.

As for the solution by force, the Guards can only deal with the Mamluks, the trash among the trash, and fight against the powerful. Not to mention whether they can defeat them, Selim is worried about defecting.

Fortunately, there was a Russian-Turkish war this time. All the famous powerful families in Romania either fled or were seriously harmed by the Russian army, allowing Selim to open a gap in the stubborn tax concession area, otherwise he wanted to Solving the matter will only become more difficult.

Sighing, Selim thought that he had to expand the new army first, as this number was still too small.

"No money, holy shit, no money, I can't do anything, I can't do it well. How come Ali, this loser, hasn't finished his work yet."

Cursing a few words in his mind, Selim left the palace. He had to meet the new head of the Chapan family today.

Thanks to the strange ruling mechanism of the Ottoman Empire, although there were a large number of local powerful people in the empire, every time they changed their family owners, they had to come to Constantinople and the imperial government to prevent their wealth from being used by the imperial government. Confiscate, seek inheritance.

Originally, with the size of the Chapan family, or the size of any powerful family, it would not be possible for the Sultan to receive them personally. At most, the Grand Vizier would be able to come forward to deal with them.

But the current head of the Chapan family was different. The new head of the family named Suleiman came to power in 1782. Not only did he successfully persuade the government at the time to allow him to take over the class of the former head of the family, Mustafa, he also The war provided troops and money.

It would be fine if the new head of the family was just like this, but in the original time and space, unlike the stubbornness of other powerful families, Suleiman and the Chapan family behind him were unswerving supporters of Selim's reforms.

This provided Selim with an opportunity to fight against each other. If the Jalikni family was not dead, how could the Sudanese officials have any place to take care of it.

Selim quickly walked into the second courtyard, where Suleiman was already waiting for him.

"My great, wise, noble Sultan, Padishah of the Empire, Caliph of the Islamic world, why do you invite me to Constantiniya today? Your faithful servant Suleiman is ready to listen to your teachings "

Listening to the other party's flattery, Selim felt very useful. He was worthy of being a person who would do great things in the future. He could speak better than others.

After clearing his throat, Selim raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite, Suleiman."

"Do you think the Guards are still suitable for this era?"

"Your Majesty, the achievements of the Guards are obvious to all. They also contributed a lot in this Russo-Turkish war. What do you mean?" The old boy did not express his position directly, but asked Selim in return.

"Okay, dear Suleiman, don't go around any longer. You should know what I want to say. How many of the titles you mentioned really belong to me, the Sultan, and even Istanbul has been conquered by those gangs? The Christians nicknamed it the city of the Guards.”

At this point, Selim became even more depressed. The only person who could rival Istanbul was Paris in Greater France. He and Louis XVI were simply half-brothers.

"Your Majesty, the Guards are not easy to deal with. Although you have weakened them with the help of war, they still have huge strength. Families such as Jalikni and other families will not turn a blind eye to your actions. This matter may have to be Let’s take a long-term view.”

"Amasya, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?" Suleiman became excited. After all, his family and the Janikli family were old rivals.

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