Historical calendar – anniversary of the alleged silent Sejm. His name referred to the ban on opposition to resolutions taken under the threat of Russian rifles.
Today, in our calendar, we will look at the arrangements of this parliament.
For respective years, there has been an armed conflict between King August II and the Tarnogrod Confederation. Both parties yet agreed to mediation of the Russian Tsar Peter I. This 1 sent his troops to Warsaw and it was under their wings that the celebrated Sejm took place. On 1 February 1717, the function of the Polish Parliament was brought to the acceptance of the Warsaw settlement developed in November 1716 between the Tarnogrodian Confederates and the royal side.
Contrary to appearances, most of the arrangements adopted were beneficial for the Polish case. First of all, bearing in head the confederations and many looting country piles of unpaid soldier, The parliament has undertaken to improvement the taxation system. For the first time in the past of Poland, permanent taxes have been introduced into an equally permanent army, although it must be admitted that the thought of a regular army was not fresh and reached the beginnings of the quartz branches.
The tallness of the Crown and Lithuanian army was established for 24 1000 soldiers, i.e. horses and portions. So many private soldiers, according to assumptions, had a fresh armed force. Unfortunately, the German Sejm resigned from the innovative reforms of the Warsaw Council of 1710, erstwhile the officer's budget was separately shaped – in this situation the actual number of soldiers decreased to only 12 1000 soldiers in the Crown (instead of 18 thousand). Moreover, not only officers but besides military craftsmen were included in budget formation.
As a consequence of financial reform, the armies were subjected to 2 tribunals – Radom and Grodzień, liable for controlling the number of individuals and paying wages. Initially Bishop Szaniawski designed an army of 36 thousand. He wanted two-thirds of the full to be made up of troops of the abroad authoritarian, due to his loyalism which could support August's fresh rule.
However, both sides of the conflict concluded that the planned peace abroad policy of the Republic does not force it to issue an extended armed force, This established by the power of the Sejm constitution was to be human and easy enlarged in the event of war.
Many Hussar and armored flags were inactive preserved in the army, while horses were eliminated acubusia And I think it's just pro form, pikiniers. The “readyness” of the common decision was confirmed and the lands were obliged to proceed to execute the show. In relation to plans, the number of abroad enlisted soldiers was limited.
The elimination of administrative intermediation in the payment of wages between a soldier and a payer should besides be considered a advantage of systemic solutions. Individual branches were assigned to the applicable goods and leases on a permanent basis.
Unquestionable losers of the adopted solutions were the hetmans, who, through their backroom diplomatic games with the Carat, lost credibility with the nobility and the king himself. As a result, the power of the bullock has been greatly impaired. For the first time, the competence of the hetmans was comprehensively described. Not only have they been stripped of all their fiscal powers (hiberne commissions have been abolished) but they have been obliged to curse allegiance that they will not usage the army for political and private purposes.
For this, the Hetmans retained authority within the Kryxrecht, or military judiciary. They besides continued to collect disproportionately advanced salaries (PLN 120 1000 for the large captain and PLN 80 1000 for the field), which represented 3.7% of all military spending in the Crown, and in Lithuania as much as 10% (!).
The Sejm honored a separate constitution with a Jasna Góra fortress, which was intended to pay outstanding funds to repair the walls. The Pauline Order has besides been granted the goods that have since been its steady income. Interestingly, funds were besides to be allocated to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for fortress purposes.
Finally, which remained only a dead letter due to the deficiency of visibility of this matter, it was prohibited to establish fresh confederations in the future. This standard was derived straight from the laconic mention from the Warsaw Treaty itself.
Previous entry from our calendar is available Here.
