The War Court and Lap Pillow, Austria's Mandate of Heaven

Chapter 1437 Human joys and sorrows are not the same

With the signing of the Treaty of Constanta, Queen Mother Shefkefza and all the high-ranking officials of the Ottoman Empire breathed a sigh of relief.

They finally got rid of the Russians' entanglement temporarily. Istanbul was brightly lit at night. There were countless grand dinners, people were partying, and some people even set off fireworks as if they had won a great victory.

Unlike the celebrations in the upper class, the families at the bottom of society who had lost their fathers, husbands, and sons were in despair.

The sound of chanting in the temple continued for a long time, and countless soul lamps and celebratory fireworks lit up the entire city.

No one paid attention to the cries of women, the elderly and the weak, but some people were eyeing their property.

According to Ottoman tradition and law, a wife could only inherit one-eighth of the family's property.

If there is an adult male heir, it's fine. If not, the daughter can only get half of the male heir's property, and the rest will be inherited by the male heir among the relatives.

Generally speaking, daughters and wives can only get one-third or even less of the property.

If the heir is underage, the situation will be even worse. The property that the underage heir deserves will be managed by the family until he reaches adulthood.

The Ottoman Empire was a polygamous society, so the wealth of widows would be further diluted.

According to the Quran:
The estate disposed of according to the will shall not exceed 1/3 of the deceased's total net assets (i.e. the assets after paying off the deceased's debts and deducting burial expenses). This part of the estate is used to help the deceased's neighbors, friends, etc. who have helped the deceased in various ways. The remaining 2/3 is distributed among the legal heirs according to their respective shares.

As a result, many people became eligible to inherit the estate. In this era, money is a good thing, especially when it can be obtained without any effort. Who wouldn’t want to get involved?

Neighbors, clans, and even parents and brothers of the fallen are all eyeing the property in the hands of these war widows.

Unless the woman has a strong family background or brothers to back her up, they will inevitably be eaten up.

What’s even more frightening is that religious sects and local gangs are also targeting these people, and even the top leaders of the Ottoman Empire are preparing to introduce relevant policies.

This time, the Ottoman Empire was completely defeated, and at least five to six million Ottoman Muslims were still stranded in the occupied areas.

The Holy Alliance countries will not show mercy to these people. Even if they can treat them equally, they will be reduced from first-class people to second-class or even third-class people.

So these people used all their abilities to escape to Eastern Thrace. Together with the refugees who had already fled there before, the population of Eastern Thrace had exceeded the local limit.

Therefore, the Ottoman Empire's approach was completely opposite to the last time. Instead of actively accepting these refugees who came to seek refuge with them, they sent troops to block the border and prohibit large numbers of refugees from entering the country.

But not everyone was banned from entering the country, such as Ottoman officials, religious figures, and anyone who could prove their worth.

In order to make room for valuable newcomers, some useless old people should be eliminated.

With this idea in mind, a large number of war widows from the Ottoman Empire were sent to Anatolia.

Some were considered lucky to be sent to Anatolia, while some boarded the black ships that carried slaves.

Although the abolition agreement has been signed for many years, the human trafficking industry chain has never disappeared, but it has only changed into a more covert way.

These things were naturally condoned by the Ottoman Empire, which was able to make huge profits to repay the war debt owed to the British.

Some people watched all this silently, while others gathered together and beat their chests and stamped their feet.

In a luxurious Arabian-style villa, several young people were drunk. "It's so funny. People who don't know would think we are the winners!"

"Nadir, you are wrong. In their eyes, they really have won."

"Bullshit! Hanim, how did they win? How much land was lost, how many people were displaced? They turned a blind eye to the Russian massacre!
We still turn a blind eye to the descendants of slaves (referring to the Greeks) shitting on our heads.

Our enemies (the Austrians) will sooner or later trap us in the city, but they will not show mercy and will raze our city to the ground."

Ottoman historians have their own opinions on the two sieges of Vienna. They believe that the Ottoman Empire was fully capable of fighting again when it retreated, but because it did not want to sacrifice too many soldiers, it chose to let the enemy go.

After all, both battles of Vienna forced the emperors of the Austrian Empire to flee in panic, so from the professional perspective of Ottoman historians, the war had actually been won and the outcome was not important.

The Austrian emperor's escape from Vienna was nothing new; after all, the Habsburgs had done it again in 1848.

However, due to the special nature of the Austrian Empire itself, even if the capital was lost, the country could still maintain its basic functions and the emperor could still issue orders.

This is simply unimaginable for other countries.

The young man named Hanim sighed.

"What can we do? The British have given up. If the Ottoman Empire continues to fight, it will really be destroyed."

Nadir threw the bottle to the ground. Due to religious reasons, this was his second time drinking, so he was very drunk.

"The British can't be relied upon, so let's rely on ourselves!"

"well said!"

Ahmed Yilmaz shouted.

He was the only person who was still sober in the room at that moment. Ahmed Yilmaz had studied in France, so this was not his first time drinking.

"The Russians are nothing special! I personally executed two Russian officers, and they were both so scared that they shit and pissed before they died.

They begged for mercy frantically, shouting "For Allah's sake" in broken Persian. I would not be fooled by their sweet talk, I would just kill them with a knife!"

Ahmed Yilmaz came from a prominent family and joined the Ottoman New Army after returning from studying in France.

With his outstanding abilities and profound background, he quickly came to the fore. His performance in this war was also excellent, and he was promoted to major general as an exception.

Ahmed Yilmaz's words lifted the spirits of the young people in the room.

"Well done!"

"Ahmed, if I had known earlier, I would have gone to the battlefield with you to kill more Russians. Cheers!"

"cheers!"

"What about the British? I heard they lost only over 10,000 men. Can the British really defeat ten of their opponents with one?"

The young man named Hanim suddenly became excited. He had always wanted to study in the UK, but he had no choice but to inherit the family business. However, spiritually he was already half British.