Chapter 45 Open a Separate Chapter to Explain

Some readers may not understand what the protagonist said he wanted to reform, but they didn't seem to see it at all.

In fact, this is due to the subject matter itself. Foreign history is a niche in the entire history channel, and the Ottoman Empire is a niche among the niches.

For example, if I write about the Ming Dynasty, everyone can guess how to write it, because it is nothing more than the three tricks, which have been written to death.

But the Ottoman Empire is different. First, readers' understanding of him is definitely not as good as that of our country's history. Secondly, the time period I chose is not a highlight moment.

These two things add up to less understanding, so everyone doesn't quite understand what the protagonist is like, and why he keeps calling for reform but nothing happens.

Then let's make it clear that the premise of reform is power. Does Selim have it? No!

I said in the 43rd chapter of the writer's words that the power of the Ottoman Sultan has actually been greatly divided, and this is only the central power (everyone must make it clear here that centralization and monarchy are not centralization or monarchy. These are two different concepts and cannot be confused).

What was Selim's situation like? The power of the central government was divided, while the power of the local governments was too great (this was actually due to the problem of the Ottoman Empire's national system. When I wrote about why the Ottoman Empire did not annex Wallachia and Moldavia, I actually did not mention that the wealth that the Ottoman Empire extracted from the two principalities through the tax farming system was far greater than its direct rule, and the former was four times the latter.

This led to the Ottoman Empire's preference for the tax farming system, which nurtured a large number of local tyrants, including the Anatolian region.

But these tyrants were different from the feudal lords of the late Tang Dynasty. They were not as large as the feudal lords, so they did not dare to directly confront the central government. The central government can basically make the decision to appoint the governor.

But the central government cannot do too much. If it does, everyone can imagine what will happen.

The problem is that there are many local tyrants, and the central government has people who share power. Centuries of malpractices have formed a unified interest group, and Austria and Russia are eyeing them covetously.

In this situation, if we reform directly, we will be courting death.

So we must first centralize power (here it means that power is concentrated in the hands of the monarch), reduce the vassal states, win over, suppress, and divide and disintegrate opponents.

What is needed to achieve these goals? For example, force is indispensable, so everyone will see a situation, Local reforms while centralizing power and reducing vassal states.

This makes you feel that why the protagonist does this and that, as if there is no plan.

Another book friend asked why the protagonist's base is not obvious, and I answered directly that he has no base.

Because the current vested interest groups, their needs are basically in conflict with Sudan's reform direction. In this case, where is the base? It is normal that there is no base.

Finally, a book friend asked me to talk about the reform plan. A multi-ethnic and multi-religious country plus the examples I mentioned above, how can it be reformed?

In fact, everyone who reads historical texts should understand that the base is very It is important to know who is the Sultan's base

This has to go back to the Ottoman Empire's national system that I mentioned before. Its grassroots communities are basically controlled by local tyrants.

For example, the central government once directly appointed a governor of a province, but the original governor was unwilling and won the general election directly, refusing to step down. The central government had no way to deal with it.

Finally, I would like to ask for follow-up reading and collection. The collection ratio is almost halved compared to before, and the new collection is also like this.

If you book friends still have questions in the future, you can leave a message and I will answer them.

Niche themes are not easy, let alone niches among niches. I hope everyone can support it.