At the same time as the Russo-Japanese War broke out, the Ottoman Empire was also undergoing a sea change. In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, the Sudanese government was forced to carry out a top-down military-political reform under pressure from home and abroad.

This reform included religious reform, educational reform, military reform, political system reform, economic reform and other aspects, and in the short term, the reform of the Ottoman Empire was successful.

He has re-established a modern army and made certain progress in the fields of education and economy, but the worst national problem has not been solved for a long time!

Although the Ottoman Empire still had a population of more than 20 million, the number of its main ethnic groups was too small, and the number of authentic Turks was now less than 7 million!

Obviously, the reform of the Sudanese government has not been able to take into account the interests of other ethnic groups in the country, let alone solve the ethnic contradictions in the country, and national integration is completely a dream!

At the beginning of 1906, the Sudanese government had completed the initial internal reforms, and the overall national strength had increased. Militarily in particular, the Sudanese government learned the lessons of its defeat in the Balkans and spent a lot of money to buy advanced weapons from the Germans and train a new type of army.

But before this reform, the Turks, Arabs and Kurds, the main ethnic groups of the Ottoman Empire in the economic sphere, were already lagging behind.

The fact that the main commercial activity in the country is occupied by the Greeks and Jews cannot be changed by a single policy!

However, after the reform, many of the regulations of the Ottoman Empire encouraged the Turks to develop industry and commerce, but this did not apply to other peoples, much to the displeasure of the Greeks and Jews!

Oh, that's all Ferdinand learned, and he didn't even have time to look at the more detailed report!

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

If a country where the main ethnic group does not have a dominant position cannot integrate all the ethnic groups in the country, then it will be a matter of time before it splits!

"Your Majesty, this is information from the Ottoman Empire, and the Sultan government seems to be unwilling to accept the defeat in the last war, and is about to move again," Fuhu said, handing over a piece of information

Ferdinand smiled slightly, apparently he didn't have the Ottomans in mind. After the loss of the Balkans, the industrial strength of the Ottoman Empire was cut by half!

In terms of comprehensive national strength, Bulgaria was already more than twice the size of the Ottoman Empire at this time; From an industrial point of view, this gap has reached more than five times!

In terms of population, the Ottoman Empire is more than 20 million, and Bulgaria's current population is more than 15 million, and you can add more than 2 million Russian immigrants, and the gap between the two sides is not large.

In terms of mobilization, the Ottoman Empire was forced to do so, at least it was impossible to mobilize the ethnic minorities who were making independent minorities in the country!

In this regard, it is not as good as Bulgaria, perhaps many immigrants do not have deep feelings for this country, but everyone is still very enthusiastic about military merit awards!

The fairness and fairness of the Bulgarian army in terms of the rewards of war exploits was absolutely impossible for the Ottoman Empire to do, at least their officers were only Turks, and as for justice, it was nonsense!

"Keep staring, leave them alone for now, I'm here to see what tricks the Turks can toss!" Ferdinand said confidently

It's not that Ferdinand has swelled, look around, the Greeks are still trying to pay off their debts, the Kingdom of Montenegro is struggling to farm, Romania is being tossed by tariffs, except for Austria-Hungary, he really hasn't taken it seriously!

Even the Austro-Hungarian Empire did not have a huge gap in military strength between the two sides, at least until the Austro-Hungarian Empire was unable to unify the spoken and written languages, their military superiority over Bulgaria was limited!

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"Your Majesty, just now news came from our ambassador to Russia that the tsarist government intends to abandon the Sea of Marmara and hand over Constantinople and the Dardanelles to us!" Foreign Minister Metev said excitedly

Looking at the foreign secretary who was stunned by the pie, Ferdinand said lightly: "Things are not so simple, the Russian Black Sea Fleet has been defeated for so long, and I haven't seen them give up, and now I am afraid that it is also conditional to give up suddenly!"

At least the tariffs on both straits the Russians have not given up, although now they have mortgaged to the French! ”

Ferdinand unscrupulously guessed that the Russians were now out of money on the eighth floor and planned to cut expenses. After all, the reconstruction of Constantinople is also a big expense!

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

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

For the Russian government, now that the Black Sea Fleet is gone, there is no way to guarantee the military significance of Constantinople.

Rather than constantly pouring financial resources into the mouth of this gold-eating 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 still come back again!

It's a pity that even if he guessed the purpose of the Russians, Ferdinand had to happily accept it, after all, it also indicates that the relationship between Bulgaria and Russia has begun to change qualitatively!

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

The relationship between the two sides, from the eldest brother to the younger brother, is beginning to transform into a normal alliance, and of course it will take a long time for both sides to adapt to this new diplomatic relationship.

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The transformation of diplomatic 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 ~~.

And the immigrants from Russia are basically illiterate, and the best performers among them have already completed the assessment and joined the Bulgarian family!

But for the vast majority of people, it takes too long to complete these requirements! Of course, people who have made a great contribution to this country can be an exception, but unfortunately there are fewer people who meet this point!

But now Ferdinand has decided to ease the restrictions once and swallow the human resources first. Otherwise, the early immigrants, thinking that the money was almost saved, ran back to Russia, so wouldn't Ferdinand be busy in vain?

After so many years of hard work to give them literacy education and brainwashing them, even if it is only a loss of some people, it is a big loss for Ferdinand!

"Prime Minister, what are you going to do with the more than two million Russian immigrants in the country?" Ferdinand asked at the cabinet meeting

After thinking about it, Prime Minister Konstantin said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, this matter is very troublesome to deal with!" Most of these Russian immigrants were young and strong, and only a small number of them were dragged with their families.

Moreover, their comprehensive quality is low, and most of the jobs they engage in are heavy manual labor, and many people's future lives are still not guaranteed, and there are many bachelors!

Under the condition that they have not obtained Bulgarian citizenship, the government can still pretend not to see it, and once they are granted citizenship, then their life problems, personal problems, our government will have to find a way to solve them! ”

Yes, these are also problems that have long plagued the Bulgarian government, but the ratio of men and women in the Balkans is quite normal.

Due to the war, in some places, there are even more women than men! But with the addition of Russian immigrants, the situation changed.

For enterprises, the introduction of ordinary labor is of course a good physical strength, and young men must be more dominant in this regard, so most of the immigrants are mainly young men!

As for the future life of immigrants, Ferdinand is really not very 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, and this is under the premise that Ferdinand strictly controls food safety and restricts the capitalists from exploiting their employees unscrupulously!

Basically, ordinary people are running around for life all their lives, and those who can live to seventy or eighty are basically in good family conditions, and they don't need the government to consider the issue of pension!

Ferdinand thought for a moment and proposed, "Or, let them figure it out themselves!" The government can negotiate with companies to give them holidays in batches and let them go back to Russia to marry their daughters-in-law!

Well, we can also cover some of the cost of the journey for them, and when they come back, the returning merchant ship can pick them up! ”

Oh, Ferdinand's idea is a bit of a loss, now that the situation in Russia is turbulent, it will be difficult for them to find a job when they go back, and they are not afraid that they will run away!

As for whether it will be influenced by the Russian revolutionary ideas, Ferdinand said that it does not matter, the current Russian Revolutionary Party is difficult to protect itself, but it does not have the consciousness to spread revolutionary ideas to the world!

Moreover, their ideas could not be eaten in Bulgaria, and now Ferdinand's national policy is "the contribution is commensurate with the benefit, and the rights and obligations are equal".

At the same time, it also opposes absolute egalitarianism, making it clear that absolute egalitarianism only exists in theory, and as long as the material basis has not yet been reached and can meet everyone's needs, 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 work and more rewards, in addition to salary income, most of them also have overtime pay!

The main thing is that the capitalists have been affected by the general environment and attach more importance to their reputation! Once the current Bulgaria has a bad reputation, it will be difficult to move an inch.

Specifically, the door of the upper class will be closed to you, and the government-controlled transportation will automatically put you in the back row, and everyone will reject you together when it comes to business cooperation!

These are the bloody lessons that countless people have learned by defying the law!

Therefore, in this context, no matter what the capitalists think in their hearts, but in actual action, they still retain a bit of human touch, at least when squeezing employees, they dare not be so black!

These are not available in Russian society, so there is no popular ~~ism in Russia, and there is no shadow in Bulgaria. To put it simply, everyone can still get by, and the revolutionary desire is not strong!

Konstantin thought about it and agreed with Ferdinand's opinion. At a time when Bulgarian relations are changing, the proper handling of Russian immigrants is also a top priority for the Bulgarian government!

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Konstantin replied