Chapter 322 Dirty Transaction
The words "Parliament" and "Parliament" are a bit novel to David, but they are actually not unfamiliar with it.
Nobles have a parliament of nobles, churches have a parliament of churches, and cities have a parliament of cities.
These parliaments all represent the group power of a class and are representatives of all levels of the country.
But how did these members of parliament be born?
The parliament of the nobles is hereditary, originated from its bloodline and ancient traditions, and is a continuation of national rule.
The parliament of the church is essentially a united bishop, and the birth of bishops does not depend on elections, and there are always various reasons.
As for the city's parliament, if Venice is used as an example, the birth of a parliamentarian requires an extremely complicated process, but it is not elected by the citizens, but nominated by the original parliamentary vote.
In a sense, compared to members of parliament, popular elections are a novel concept.
Because for most countries in this era, they do not have the so-called sovereignty in the people.
Of course, it does not mean that sovereignty lies in the king. In this ignorant and wild generation, many concepts are not absolute in themselves.
Many times, they just follow the past traditions in a vague way, and then today people repair and repair them according to various reasons.
Therefore, for David, there is nothing wrong with weakening the rights of foreign monarchs. It is more appropriate to use the power of representatives of various nations to help his country obtain benefits.
Of course, it is far more than that. David also tried to hope that this newly established country could directly pay compensation to Georgia to make up for the huge amount of gold coins spent in this war.
You should know that Georgia mobilized tens of thousands of people to participate in the war this time. Even if a large amount of supplies came from the enemy country, for Georgia, just a large amount of coins given to the nobles and soldiers can be said to be a trauma.
If the reward is adjourned, it will be harmful but not beneficial to Tamara's rule.
After hearing David's words, Gerris thought for a moment and replied, "It is inappropriate to let this Bey country separated from the Sultanate to directly pay Georgia for compensation."
"After all, whether it is Aladdinbey, or the Turkic tribes, they are on our side. As victors, if they still have to pay compensation for Georgia, this will undoubtedly arouse the resistance of the locals."
Before David wanted to express his dissatisfaction, Gerris continued:
"But I think Aladdinbey, it is necessary for him to show his gratitude to us, after all, we rescued him from the mortal state of death."
"This thank you would be more appropriate to set it to be 300 pounds of gold."
This price is actually not much, but this is Gerris' estimate of Aladdin's personal existing funds. In other words, it is the limit number that Aladdin Bey can take out without plundering the people in the city.
There were a lot of gold in this three hundred pounds, but David's face turned a little dark. After all, there were so many people under his command who ate, drink, defecate, and send money to beggars, right?
"Of course, not just that. After the establishment of the new country, I think the troops directly under Aladdin Bey should be abolished, otherwise it will not be conducive to the independence of the Turkic Parliament or the Grand Parliament."
"At the same time, in order to deal with the military threat from the Sultanate of Roma, this country does need standing troops for national defense."
"To this end, I think it is necessary for Georgia to accept the invitation of the State of Bei to send a force of about 3,000 people stationed here to assist the State of Bei to complete its national defense."
"Obviously, all expenses of these three thousand troops should be borne by the State of Bey."
David was naturally not a fool, he understood the meaning of Garys's operation.
If a large amount of compensation is directly imposed on a vassal or allied state, it is actually a bit difficult for a country with the right dominated by parliament.
Almost inevitable, once the internal contradictions in this country are intensified.
Then the rulers of this country will directly tell the people that the reason they have to pay so much extra tax is because a suzerain state collects tribute there.
In other words, it is because of the act of collecting compensation or tribute, the internal conflicts in Bey will be directly transferred to the sect leader.
Once Georgia shows some weakness, the rulers of Bey will easily break free from the shackles of the sect leader through the anger and strength of their ordinary people.
But if you spend money on the military spending model, it will be relatively easy for residents of Bey to accept it.
After all, this is a "protection fee", and it also exempts a considerable number of people in the Bei State from military service, and does not directly increase the living burden of the Bei State's residents.
For Georgia, the benefits are actually more.
First, use foreign taxes to support your own army and reduce the pressure on your own army's spending.
Second, when Erzurum has garrisons, the political situation here can be more straightforward.
Even more than that, Gerris continued to speak, "Of course, as a common ally of Jerusalem and Georgia, the State of Bey also needs to assume its own military obligations."
"In addition to the three thousand Georgian troops, the Bey State needs to establish its own new army. For this reason, it should pay instructor fees to Jerusalem and hire military instructors to provide guidance, so as to rebuild an army that did not obey the original Aladdin Bey."
"Then, I think the weapons and armor built by Erzurum City are obviously somewhat unable to keep up with the times. In order to deal with the counterattack of the Sultanate of Rom, the soldiers of the Bei Kingdom have the right to use the best weapons, that is, to purchase ordnance from our Jerusalem or you Georgia."
When he heard this, David was a little dizzy, and then he realized that his original attempt to collect tribute from Bey was too sketchy.
There is no benefit to Georgia except for charging one extra sum.
With this combination of Garys, the only name of Bey is still Bey.
This not only requires the military expenditure of Bei to raise a standing army for Georgia, but also requires the country of Bei to contribute money to establish a new army influenced by Jerusalem, and also to make the money repeatedly by exporting armies.
It is controlled by both Georgia and Jerusalem in military terms, and the Turkic parliament is in charge of the economy.
Is this Aladdinbey still necessary to exist?
If you think about it carefully, maybe in the future, even if you stamp it, you might have a dedicated secretary to do it for Aladdin Bey.
By then, Aladdinbey himself wanted to oppose any decision, and he might be told: "Sir, why are you rebelling?"
But so what?
Not only did David not care, but he was happy to see it happen.
After all, for feudal rulers, any agreement can actually be easily abandoned. Only by firmer control can we ensure that this Bei country can become a barrier for Georgia to block the Rom Sultanate.
Of course, for Jerusalem, this is not completely fruitless.
Although due to the competition between Jerusalem and Egypt, it is not advisable to draw troops to go north.
But Gerris got the power to send instructors reasonably, which was enough to allow Jerusalem to convey his Gerris's thoughts in the new army of Bey.
The transformation of the country of Bei will go deep into all aspects of this country.
It can be said that David Southland got the present, while Gerrys planned to grasp the future. In this way, Gerris and David reached a preliminary consensus under the gaze of Rom Sultan Suleiman II.
When Gerris left the military tent, he specially left the head and gave it to David as a gift.
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The autumn rain stops, and with the arrival of the morning light, the morning mist dissipates.
After this night of bloody battle, Ottoman seemed to be a different world.
There are only a few hundred people on their side, and it is still acceptable to create panic while the night is haunting. Once they enter the situation of each other's consumption, they will undoubtedly lose.
If Gerris had not been to the entire military camps in Erzurum in time, the enemy's counterattack would not have stopped so quickly.
After all, the Sultan is dead, so is there any need for these soldiers to resist?
They are fighting to the death. Can anyone reward them for fighting bravely?
If they can't get the reward and the other party is willing to let them live, how can they have any reason to resist?
This is often the case in a feudal era that emphasized personal dependence.
The army did not know why it was fighting, and the concept of the country was illusory, and only the exact feudal lord was real.
Once the feudal lord cannot allocate resources to the army, there is no need for even the feudal lord to exist.
The troops on the Ottoman side were slightly different.
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On the one hand, they are actually gathered together by fear and suspicion, and have reasons to resist.
On the other hand, Gerris showed them the future.
Not only can you reach heaven after death, but you can also control the country after success.
Therefore, the party that must win, even if the number is small, will fight to the death.
The more numerous parties surrender easily because they could not find a reason to fight.
All of this is something that ordinary people cannot understand.
But Garys can see.
This made Ottoman and others unconsciously respect Gerris and then go to a higher level.
Just as Ottoman and his soldiers were taking away the bodies discarded everywhere in the chaos last night, the man in a robe returned alone outside the city.
The dawn light seemed to bring out a halo behind him, and the light became his embellishment.
As he passed through the many soldiers, the soldiers who followed him could not help but lower their heads and show their respect.
After Gerris came to Ottoman, he patted the other person on the shoulder, but said nothing more.
Nowadays, Erzurum's side is actually almost the same.
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There are five Patriarchal districts in the Christian world from the Roman Empire era, namely Jerusalem, Rome, Antioch, Constantinople and Alexander.
These five patriarchal districts were the seats of the five major patriarchs during the Roman Empire, but with the decline of the Roman Empire and the rise of pagan forces, Jerusalem, Alexander and Antioch were successively seized by non-Christian countries.
Now, with the rise of the Crusaders, Antioch, Jerusalem, and even Alexander have returned to the Christian world.
Putting aside the fact that the Kingdom of Jerusalem has become the greatest heresy of Catholicism, the current Christian world can be said to be a revival of its heyday.
In the entire Mediterranean region, Christianity has an absolute advantage over Islam.
But for Catholicism, this is hard to say.
Without Islam as an external enemy, the sectarian struggle within Christianity also reached a crossroads of destiny under the influence of Gerris.
Egypt is confronting the Cold War, and Constantine is also besieged by the crusaders.
Perhaps Antioch is still stable now.
The city of Antioch may be quite prosperous nowadays, but it is far from the most prosperous generation in history.
This ancient city, founded in the 4th century BC, had a population of only tens of thousands of people left in the Crusader era.
If Gerris had not led the army to reconquer Antioch and incorporated it into the Jerusalem system, the economy here might have been even more depressed.
At the beginning, in addition to Gerris, there was another person who had a profound influence on Antioch, and that person was actually Lance.
Since the establishment of the Antioch Governor's District, Lance has been serving as the Antioch Governor.
Compared with other regions affected by Gerris, Lance showed a very strong attitude.
Taking the case of Gerris' assassination as a reason, Lance forcibly cleared out almost all lords in the Antioch region.
Try to establish a bureaucratic system that directly manages the local area with the Governor's Office.
In this regard, Gerris showed a tacit attitude.
In fact, Gerris did not interfere too much with many specific technical details. Many times, he is willing to respect the choices of people in this era.
After all, it is not up to Garys to decide what the future should be.
The behavior of the Governor Antioch is actually not a bad idea as a pilot.
And as a result, Lance's behavior has both pros and cons.
Due to the lack of bureaucrats to manage local governments, the Governor's Office has, for a long time, apart from its ability to operate conscription, has essentially lacked the ability to govern, and it is difficult to convey orders to the grassroots level, and it is not enough to organize the construction of water conservancy projects.
Even financially, for a considerable period of time, payment transfers are required from the land of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.
However, with the opening of schools in various parts of the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the completion of academic graduation in batches of students over the past decade, the situation in Antioch began to gradually improve.
Economic development has also entered the fast lane.
When Yusuf came to Antioch with Gerris' letter, the city was also holding a celebration of autumn harvest.
The faces of the people are filled with happiness and health that are different from those of the Anatolians.
(This chapter ends)