Bulgarian Empire

Back to Ferdinand in Sofia, there is still a grand ceremony waiting for him to preside over it himself!

A large number of heroes emerged during the Baosai War, and some of them deserved enough credit and needed to be awarded titles. This work can 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. In order to show the importance to the fallen martyrs, Ferdinand decided to attend in person.

It should have started long ago, but Alexander III died and Ferdinand went to St. Petersburg, so everyone had to wait.

The material rewards have already started. Everyone can receive different amounts of cash according to the size of the credit, or it can be converted into land in the newly acquired territory.

Ferdinand's decision was soon warmly welcomed by the soldiers. For soldiers from the countryside, there is nothing more attractive than land!

It is a pity that for most people, even if the converted land price given by the government this time is much lower than the market price, they still cannot get much land.

After all, the battle went so smoothly this time, it was basically a downwind battle, hard battles were rarely fought, and everyone's military exploits were not obvious!

After the military submitted an application for accumulative merit awards, Ferdinand readily agreed.

Anyway, the Balkans lack everything except war. In order to gain more land, the military will actively promote war, which happens to be the same as Ferdinand's next strategy!

Then an embarrassing scene appeared. Almost no one claimed the pensions and military merit bonuses prepared by the government in advance.

On the other side, there was a long queue of people at the window for distributing land rewards. No matter whether they could exchange enough land or not, everyone was willing to join in the fun.

Of course Ferdinand knew the reason. Apart from the low price, the Military Merit Field also had one of the biggest advantages, that is, the low tax, which only required to pay half of the normal tax!

This is the fundamental reason why the people flock to it. After all, with such a huge benefit in sight, it is not unacceptable to move to a newly acquired territory.

In order to prevent being annexed by capitalists or nobles, Ferdinand also specially stipulated that once these military meritorious fields are traded, they will lose the privilege of half taxation!

Moreover, in order to limit land mergers, the government has been levying a heavy tax of 30% on land transactions before.

Under normal circumstances, with so many restrictions, Ferdinand could only express his admiration if the newly minted military landlord could still go bankrupt.

The maid Alice brought over a stack of documents and said, "Grand Duke, this is the list submitted by the military. The first page is for conferring knighthoods, and the latter is for you to personally award military medals according to your request. "

Ferdinand took the list casually and read it. There is not much content on it, and even less on the first page. There are only eight people, all of whom have noted their achievements and achievements, without any doubts.

Most of the lists on the following pages were marked with red lines. Ferdinand knew that these people were either killed or seriously injured and retired.

After all, the living cannot compete with the dead. This is common throughout the world, and it is understandable for others to make some concessions.

Ferdinand nodded in satisfaction. After all, nothing bad happened. If someone really made a fool of himself, his show would turn into a farce.

On the other hand, the cabinet government is already busy. Although the Baosai War lasted for a short period of time, it still carried out national mobilization. It didn't matter during the war. Everything was in the service of the war, and many problems could be postponed.

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

The mobilized reserves must be given a severance pay when they are dismissed; the people who take the initiative to participate must also be rewarded, at least in terms of honor! !

It is one thing to give monetary compensation to expropriated factories,

But there should be an explanation; the materials that are transferred must be paid for now, and it is impossible to owe them all the time, so how to calculate the price of the money?

The newly acquired territory must be divided into administrative regions; the rewarded military merit field also needs to be divided by someone; the recruitment of immigrants must be prepared!

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Anyway, there are a lot of messy things, and all the bosses are so busy that they are dizzy, it can be regarded as pain and happiness together.

The celebration was after Christmas, that is, on January 3, 1895, Ferdinand personally presided over the awarding ceremony at the Sofia Palace.

Taking into account the subsequent war, Ferdinand was very stingy when conferring the title this time. He took out a total of two viscounts and six barons as rewards, and they were not hereditary titles!

Of course, his reasons are also very good. This time the opponent is Serbia, whoever takes the command can win, and the performance of the army can only be quite satisfactory.

Of course, this will not cause dissatisfaction in the army. After all, this war is basically overwhelmed by strength, and there are not many opportunities for officers to perform.

For example, thinking about the Central Route Army, sending troops deep behind the enemy lines to cut off the supply line is a very good tactic; but the main force of Serbia slipped ahead of time, so it had to do useless work and wasted time.

As the main force, its record is smaller than that of the other two side divisions, and I feel ashamed, so I don't have the face to mention my military exploits.

The Left Route Army undertook the main decisive battle this time, and they were able to fight very well. The problem was that the casualties they paid were too high, and the military exploits of the officers were naturally greatly reduced.

There is nothing to say about this. You can't let everyone only look at the record and ignore the casualties, right? Bulgaria is a country with a small population and cannot stand the toss.

Not to mention the Right Route Army, they were just picking up cheap all the way, they had never fought a tough battle, and their records seemed to be good, but their opponents were a bunch of scumbags, and their exploits could not be convincing.

To deal with the mob who had just joined the army and didn't even have a gun, the Bulgarian Army let it go, "A Bulgarian main battalion can deal with a new Serbian division!"

Regardless of whether it is accurate or not, the example of a Bulgarian battalion defeating a division in the Bulgarian War without the main force of Serbia did happen.

As for the subsequent awarding of titles, Ferdinand no longer suppressed them, he did what he wanted, and everything was done according to the rules!

Even though he didn't like to put on a show, Ferdinand still smiled and put each medal on the officers and soldiers himself, and patted his shoulders as a sign of encouragement.

Those who have died can only be taken by their family members. What appeared on the scene were only their portraits for the world to admire.

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