Back in Sofia, Ferdinand has a grand ceremony waiting for him to preside over in person!

A large number of heroes emerged in the Bulgarian War, and some of them had enough credit and needed to be knighted, and this work could only be presided over by Ferdinand himself!

In addition, in order to commemorate the officers and soldiers who died in this war, the Bulgarian government held a national memorial, and in order to show the importance of the martyrs, Ferdinand decided to attend in person.

It should have started a long time ago, but with the death of Alexander III, Ferdinand went to St. Petersburg, so everyone had to wait.

Material rewards have already begun, and everyone can receive cash in various amounts according to the merit or convert it into newly acquired land in the territory.

Ferdinand's decision was quickly and warmly welcomed by the soldiers. For soldiers from rural backgrounds, there is nothing more attractive than land!

Unfortunately, for most people, even if the price of the land offered by the government this time is much lower than the market price, they still can't get much land.

After all, this war went too smoothly, basically it was a good fight, and hard battles were rarely fought, and the achievements of everyone were not obvious!

After the military applied for a reward for the accumulation of military exploits, Ferdinand agreed.

Anyway, the Balkans lack everything, except for war, and in order to get more land, the military will also actively promote war, which is exactly the same as Ferdinand's next strategy!

So an embarrassing scene appeared, and almost no one claimed the pensions and war bonuses prepared by the government in advance.

On the other side, there was a long queue of people at the window for land rewards, and everyone was willing to join in the fun, regardless of whether they could exchange enough land.

Of course, Ferdinand knew the reason, in addition to the low price, the military merit field also had one of the biggest advantages, that is, the tax was low, and only half of the normal tax payment was required!

This is the fundamental reason why the people are flocking to it, after all, with such a big interest in front of them, it is not unacceptable to move to the newly acquired territory.

In order to prevent it from being swallowed up by the capitalists or nobles, Ferdinand also made a special provision that once these military fields were traded, they lost the privilege of half tax!

Moreover, in order to restrict land annexation, the government has been imposing a heavy tax of 30 percent on land transactions.

Under normal circumstances, there are so many restrictions, if the new military landlord can still operate and go bankrupt, Ferdinand can only express admiration.

The maid Alice sent over a stack of documents and said, "Grand Duke, this is the list submitted by the military, the first page is the one that needs to be knighted, and the second one is according to your request, you need to personally award the military merit medal." ”

Ferdinand casually took the list and looked at it. There is not much content on it, and even less on the first page, only eight people, all of whom have their respective achievements and merits, and there is no doubt.

The list on the next few pages is mostly marked with red lines, Ferdinand knew that these people were either killed in battle, or seriously injured and retired, and the military gave preferential treatment in terms of honor, so he naturally had no intention of delving into it.

After all, the living cannot fight with the dead, it is common all over the world, and it is understandable that others will make some concessions.

Ferdinand nodded in satisfaction, finally nothing bad happened, if someone really made up the numbers, then his show would become a farce.

On the other hand, the Cabinet government is now busy. Although the Baosai war was carried out for a short time, it was still a national mobilization, and it did not matter in wartime, everything was in the service of the war, and many issues could be postponed.

Now that the war is over, we have to give an explanation!

The mobilized reserve must always pay a severance pay for the discharge; The people who take the initiative to participate must also be rewarded, at least there must be honorable rewards!!

It is one thing to give monetary compensation to the requisitioned factory, but it should always be explained; The materials that are called, now you have to pay, you can't always owe it, right, how to calculate the price of giving money?

The newly acquired territory must be divided into administrative districts; The rewarded military merit field also needs to send someone to preside over the division; If you want to recruit immigrants, you have to be prepared!

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Anyway, there are a lot of messy things, and all the bigwigs are busy and dizzy, which can be regarded as pain and happiness.

The ceremony took place after Christmas, on January 3, 1895, when Ferdinand himself presided over the knighthood at the Royal Palace in Sofia.

Considering the war that followed, this time the knighthood Ferdinand showed stinginess, and took out a total of two viscounts and six barons as a reward, and it was not a hereditary title!

Of course, his reasons are also very sufficient, this time the opponent is Serbia, whoever takes command can win, and the performance of the army can only be decent, and the reward is naturally low if the difficulty is low.

This will naturally not cause dissatisfaction in the army, after all, this war is basically pressed all the way by strength, and there are not many opportunities for officers to perform.

For example, if you want to be in the middle of the army, sending troops deep behind enemy lines and cutting off supply lines is a very good tactic; But the main Serbian force slipped ahead of time, had to do useless work, and wasted time.

As the main force, the record is smaller than the other two partial divisions, and I feel ashamed, where do I still have the face to mention the merits.

The Left Route Army undertook the main decisive battle this time, and it was very good to fight, but the problem was that the casualties paid were too great, and the officers' combat exploits were naturally greatly reduced.

There's nothing else to say about this, you can't just look at the results and ignore the casualties, right? Bulgaria is a country with a small population and cannot afford to be tossed around.

Not to mention the right army, it was completely cheap all the way, it didn't fight a single battle, and it seems to be good in terms of record, but the opponents are a bunch of scum, and their exploits are not convincing.

Dealing with the rabble that had just joined the army and couldn't even get together a gun, the Bulgarian Army let it go, "A Bulgarian main battalion can deal with a new division of Serbia!" ”

Regardless of whether it is accurate or not, anyway, in the Bulgarian war, in the case of the main Serbian army pressing the formation, the example of a Bulgarian battalion defeating a division did happen.

As for the later awards, Ferdinand didn't suppress them anymore, he came as he wanted, and everything was done according to the rules!

Even if he didn't like to put on a show, Ferdinand smiled and personally put each medal on the officers and soldiers, patting him on the shoulder to show encouragement.

Those who have died can only be collected by their families. All that appeared at the scene was their remains for the world to admire.

Taking into account the differences between Chinese and Western cultures, Ferdinand did not create a monument to the heroes, and according to Bulgarian tradition, a farewell ceremony was held for the fallen soldiers in the Sofia Cathedral.