Vol 5 Chapter 4: , Rights balance system

Time passed in a hurry and entered the end of 1917 in a flash, and the time to determine the expenses of various government departments in the coming year has arrived.
Different from the war period, the military will also participate in this budget battle, and Ferdinand also released the news that a new round of state-owned enterprise restructuring will be carried out!
The military-controlled enterprises are likely to be separated from the military. From now on, all their funds will have only one way-financial allocation!
Of course, there are still dividends for operating the colony, but the prerequisite is to wait for the Bulgarian colony to realize profits!
As a representative of the military, the five marshals of Bulgaria now circle Ferdinand every day, and they can find out if nothing happens. The purpose is naturally for military expenses.
Gone are the good days when they were not limited by budget! During the war, in order to win the war, the whole of Bulgaria was going around the army, and the fighting started. Even if the government had no money, it had to get them supplies!
Now that the economy has begun to return to normalization, the army does not have the kind of domineering that it lacked before, and directly reached out to the government!
Everything is done in accordance with the rules. From now on, the army must pay the same for purchasing supplies. If there is no money, please step over.
From the perspective of fiscal revenue, Bulgaria has greatly increased. The budget figure given by the Ministry of Finance in 1918 was 5.2 billion lev (approximately 208 million pounds). If it were before the world war, this figure is estimated to be enough for the cabinet Give it to death, that's what happened now!
The fiscal revenue has increased, and the site has increased even more. The accompanying administrative expenditures have also risen. At least the Balkans should all be used for land governance, and the administrative expenditures in this part of the region have increased by one-third.
The corresponding education, medical and health funding, infrastructure construction funding, post-war reconstruction funding, etc., are indispensable.
As for war indemnities, I am sorry that the amount of indemnity in 1918 has been offset by German and Italian in kind, such as colonies and demolished factories. Aren't these all money?
The factory had long been resold by the government to enterprises, and the money received was almost spent in 1917, so this 5.2 billion lev is the entire government's revenue in 1918.
Then Ferdinand cut a knife again, set aside 80 million pounds for scientific research, and the remaining 200 million pounds is everyone's budget.
Petrov said with a hippie smile: "Your Majesty, you see our navy has just established a foothold in the Persian Gulf, and the construction of this port has just begun. Is it for..."
Ferdinand interrupted directly: "Yes, you are right. The navy needs a lot of input, but you should go to the military committee to talk about this issue. They are responsible for the allocation of the military expenditure ratio of the three services!"
As soon as Ferdinand’s words fell, Petrov’s face collapsed. Now Bulgaria’s military expenditures for the three armed forces are the worst for the Navy.
The 6th Army has always been the boss, and the military committee responsible for the distribution of military expenditures is basically from the 6th Army. Their share is naturally the largest!
Even the up-and-coming air force, their life is more comfortable than the navy, because their cost is cheaper than that of the navy, and Ferdinand issued a special order that the proportion of military expenditures for any service of the navy and air force should not be less than 20%. Fives!
Then the air force was relieved that they had enough to take the minimum standard, and they couldn't get it if they wanted to. Then they watched the 6th Army and the Navy grab military expenses.
The result is undoubtedly that the Navy is certainly not the opponent of the 6th Army in the Military Commission. Although the final result has not yet come out, but if there is no accident, the Navy will be on par with the Air Force this time, so prepare to take the lowest standards!
At present, the total number of the Bulgarian Military Council is as high as 183, of which 165 are from the 6th Army, three are from the Air Force, and only 15 are from the Navy, including him, the Marshal of the Navy.
Don't be surprised. The predecessors of the Bulgarian Navy and Air Force were drawn from the 6th Army. Was he an admiral of the 6th Army before the admiral?
The Air Force is even the 6th Army. From officers to pilots are selected from the 6th Army. After becoming an independent army, they began to recruit people independently.
Of course, the air forces of all countries in this era were born out of the 6th Army, and there is nothing to fuss about! The Navy is also on display from the 6th Army, which is also the Bulgarian freak!
This is also no way. Who is the Bulgarian navy has always been misnamed before? It wasn't until the end of the first Balkan War that it started. Before, it was either the navy or the sea police!
In the World War, after Bulgaria carried out a large army expansion, most of the added generals were also from the 6th Army. The navy’s performance opportunities were too few, and the air force started too late. You can't join the army for two or three years and become a general, right?
If you are not a general, why should you enter the military committee? Even this military committee, which is used to provide for these veterans to provide for the elderly, has to upgrade its specifications and behave very powerfully!
Just like now, when the military expenditure is allocated, it is their turn to call the shots, although Ferdinand has already allocated it, just a cutscene!
In this battle for military expenditures, the military must first unite to compete with various government departments, and then close the door afterwards to fight for themselves!
The Air Force is self-aware, and the ratio of 25% is considered very good. Anyway, a large number of aircraft with good performance were left during the war. In the short term, they should not consider the replacement of weapons, and military expenditures are not large.
But the navy can't do it. Their warships are all gold swallowing beasts. The Bulgarian navy has a total tonnage of 410,000 tons, and the colony needs to be guarded. The port in the Persian Gulf has to be built. Petrov can't come out to fight!
Not only Petrov complained, but Popov, Minister of the Sixth Army, also complained: "Your Majesty, you see our colony is so chaotic now that we need soldiers everywhere..."
Ferdinand smiled slightly and said, "You are one or two. Can't you think of a solution without military spending? The Navy is not spending enough money, so the 6th Army will follow suit?
Anyway, the annual budget hasn't started yet. Go ahead and grab it from the cabinet? Now is the time to test your abilities. As long as you can persuade them, won't you have military expenses? "
After the war is over, military expenditure must be suppressed. This is the consensus of Ferdinand and the cabinet, but it is not suppressed within a year!
This is very unrealistic. It will take time for the army to adjust. Moreover, the newly-occupied colonies are not peaceful now. There are no major battles but minor battles are still indispensable.
But at this point, only Constantine and Ferdinand know about this. The military only knows to reduce the proportion of military expenditure. The proportion of military expenditure in the war period has passed 90% of the fiscal expenditure, while the proportion of military expenditure in the peace period is less. Not more than 25%!
This is still the Balkans. Bulgaria's national defense pressure was very high before the World War, and only this proportion of military expenditures was available, but now I really look around and there are no decent enemies!
If this were cut down with a single knife, it is estimated that the Bulgarian army in 1918 would really not be able to survive, let alone stripping away the small vault in their hands?
Popov smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, shit, how can we big bosses be their opponents?
I have heard that many government departments are now preparing to do a big job? You know that during the war, they were suffocated. Now that they make a big move, the money is not like running water. What else is left to our army in the end? "
Ferdinand just gloated at them. There is no doubt that this is the cabinet beating the military through the distribution of military expenditures, let them know who is the master of this country!
This is also their own self-conceit. During the war, the big men in the army were very arrogant, and they were completely a king. Second, they did not put the cabinet in their eyes at all. Now they naturally want to wake up. Up.
Ferdinand was also happy to see the result. If it really made the military float and suppressed the cabinet, what would it be? How are rights balanced?
In the current Bulgarian political system, the king controls the army and uses the Congress to check and balance the cabinet, the cabinet to check and balance the army, and the army to check and balance the government.
Of course, the actual operation will be more complicated. The king also has the right to dismiss the Congress, nominate or appoint and remove cabinet officials. Simply put, the king has the right to appoint and remove all high-level personnel.
It's just that the prestige of Ferdinand, the king, is a bit too defying. The cabinet that threatened the king's power has directly become a good baby, but it does not mean that he will give up this balance system.
As a traverser, he is very clear that the king must control the army, so Sofia's guards are all directly commanded by the king, and even the military expenditures are separately calculated and drawn directly from the annual finances.
He also has to beat the military to let them know who is their boss! At the same time, he must prevent the cabinet from interfering with the army and weaken the influence of the king in the army!
After the rise of military aristocracy, the balance of power in Bulgaria has been improved. The cabinet controls the country's administrative power, the king controls the army, and the aristocracy represents the king in deep places. In the future, the aristocratic parliamentarians will check and balance with the bourgeois parliamentarians.
It was also for the establishment of this system ~EbookFREE.me~ that Ferdinand suppressed the bourgeoisie before the rise of the aristocracy.
The issue of the balance of power is very complicated. While supporting the aristocratic class, Ferdinand personally dismantled the aristocratic class. There is no such kind of great aristocracy. There are many local aristocrats, but the title is not high. The power is limited to one side.
The king became their only leader and the spokesperson of their interest class! In addition to the nobility, Ferdinand also created a group of rich peasants, their status is less than the nobility, but more economically than ordinary people.
And because of productivity, Bulgaria, which is short of labor, must develop mechanized agriculture, and they will become farmers in the future.
In the face of mechanized agriculture, it will be sooner or later that the small-scale peasant economy will collapse. The peasants are essentially farmers, and the future king of Bulgaria will be the spokesperson of the peasantry and aristocracy.
At the same time, this king has mastered a large number of industries and is the largest consortium in this country, possessing huge economic power and controlling the national economy behind the scenes.
Ferdinand is still working on the layout now. His ideal state is to control the country’s army, control the country’s banks, control the country’s public opinion, and hold a large number of physical industries.
In this case, if he can still be overturned, Ferdinand can only say admiration!
It was almost impossible to achieve this goal, but the situation in Bulgaria just provided him with this condition-that is, the undiscovered oil!
Ferdinand can completely take down these oil fields under the desert at a low price and build more vests. In the future, the industry will explode, and the world's economy will be controlled by the royal family!
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