Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1896, there are no more tears to cry
In the royal palace of Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, Selim I, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, sat on his throne with an extremely ugly expression on his face.

The many ministers below were silent, not even daring to breathe, for fear of offending Selim I and causing him to lose his head.

Just now, an unlucky minister clamored to seek peace from the Ming Empire and was ordered to be pulled out and beheaded by Selim I.

Of course, everyone knows that Selim I was already thinking about suing for peace in his heart, but for this kind of thing, he always has to find a way to go down and kill a scapegoat, so this summing up looks better .

"Report!"

"The East Army of the Ming Empire conquered Erzincan City yesterday, and all the 20 elite troops defending the city were wiped out."

"Report, the coalition forces of Persia and Egypt attacked Mesopotamia, and Baghdad fell again!"

"Report!"

"The coalition forces of Hungary and Vienna conquered the city of Varna, and their troops pointed directly at the coastal area of ​​Adria."

"Report! The Spanish fleet is attacking the Greek peninsula, intending to seize the Greek peninsula."

The messenger sent bad news one by one, making Selim I sitting on the throne even more gloomy, holding the saber at his waist tightly, wishing that he could personally go to the battlefield to defeat all enemies.

But now, he already felt deeply powerless, because the West Army of the Ming Empire was heading towards the capital of the Ottoman Empire.

The speed is very fast, attacking the city, invincible, the speed of the autumn wind sweeping the fallen leaves, it is estimated that it will be able to kill the city of Istanbul in two days.

And the Black Sea Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet of the Ming Empire are also heading towards Istanbul, at a very high speed, and it is estimated that they can reach overseas here in another day.

At that time, it will definitely be bombarded by the Ming people.

Istanbul is an extremely strong city, and it is also a city that can be defended by relying on geographical advantages. In order to attack this city, the ancestors of the Ottoman Empire spent several months. The casualties were extremely tragic.

But the people of Ming Dynasty may not be interested in attacking this city, maybe they just used artillery to attack it, turning this place into ruins is more in line with the style of the people of Ming Dynasty.

"Why are you dumb?"

Selim I looked at the ministers with cold eyes.

"In the past, wasn't everyone able to talk about each other?"

"It is said that the strength of the Ming people is actually not strong, and there is no need for our Ottoman Empire to pay compensation to the Ming people."

"Why don't you talk now?"

As soon as Selim I finished speaking, everyone understood that he was looking for a scapegoat, and felt silently sad for those people who advocated war with the Ming people.

These people are estimated to be doomed to death.

The failure this time always requires someone to take the blame. The great sultan will never do anything wrong, and the fault is also on the ministers below.

"Great Sultan~"

At this time, Grand Vigil Ali Pasha stood up and spoke. He was very old and a veteran of the Ottoman Empire. He was deeply trusted and respected by successive sultans.

When he stood up, everyone secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

This old prime minister is a wise man. He has always been opposed to fighting against the Ming Empire and provoking the Ming people. He believes that the Ottoman Empire should maintain a good relationship with the Ming Empire and must not offend the Ming people.

He has been to the Great Ming Empire, seen its vastness, wealth and strength, and he also clearly knows the huge gap between the Ottoman Empire and the Great Ming Empire.

This gap is not only reflected in military power, but in all aspects.

The people of Ming Dynasty were going to completely blow up the Ottoman Empire in terms of economy, military, resources, finance, science and technology, education, etc. The gap between the two sides was beyond everyone's perception.

A factory in Daming produced more cloth than the entire Ottoman Empire, and a steel factory in Daming produced more steel than the entire Ottoman Empire.

A Ming shipyard produced more warships than the entire Ottoman Empire.

An arsenal of the Ming Dynasty produced more guns and cannons in a month than the Ottoman Empire produced in a year, and it was better.

The monthly tax revenue of the Ming people is as high as hundreds of millions of taels of silver, which is two or three times higher than the annual tax revenue of the Ottoman Empire.

What did the Ottoman Empire use to fight the Ming people?
Many people blindly encouraged Selim I to fight against the Ming people, to delay the payment of war indemnity to the Ming people, and not to abide by the agreement signed at the beginning.

Well now, the people of Ming Dynasty sent troops to attack directly. It has only been a long time, and everything has changed.

The Ottoman Empire suffered heavy losses, and the elite army was completely lost. Only 20 people were stationed here in Istanbul. The navy was almost wiped out, and only a few dozen warships were left guarding the outer seas of the imperial capital.

The vitality was seriously injured, and even Persia, Egypt, and European countries began to counterattack. The fertile and fertile Mesopotamia fell into the hands of the Persians and Egyptians again. Europe is also constantly losing cities and territories. Seeing the opportunity to add insult to injury, he was ready to bite hard.

This is the result of provoking the Ming people.

What's more important is how to get the Ming people to cease fighting now. If several armies of the Ming Empire reach the city of Istanbul, the last elite army of the Ottoman Empire may be buried here, and the Ottoman Empire will really be over by then. If not, it will die completely.

"Great sultan, I am willing to go to seek peace again."

Ali Pasha didn't say any nonsense, and directly took up the task of seeking peace.

"Will the people of Ming Dynasty negotiate peace with us?"

Selim I pondered for a while, thought for a while and said.

"They will, because the Ming people need the existence of our Ottoman Empire, we need us to contain the Persians and Egyptians, and we also need our Ottoman Empire to go to Europe to continuously plunder slaves for them, and to contain the development of Europeans."

Ali Pasha said very confidently: "It is nothing more than asking us to pay more compensation and cede land. We just promise them. No matter what, we must pass the current hurdle first."

"The Ming people are greedy. They have always fought wars for money and land. As long as we meet their demands, they will cease the war."

After listening to Ali Pasha's words, Selim I remained silent.

The war indemnity owed to the Ming Empire itself had to be paid, and the war indemnity of 800 million taels of silver a year was a heavy burden, which kept the finances of the Ottoman Empire in a difficult situation.

If it weren't for the slave trade to fill it, the Ottoman Empire would not know how to pay the annual war reparations.

If the treaty of land cession and indemnity is signed again, it is unknown how the Ming people will open their mouths. Maybe the annual compensation for war indemnity will be as high as tens of millions of taels of silver.

What's more, they have to cede land. The land that the people of Daming look at is rich and fertile land. It is not known how much land will be ceded to the people of Ming Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Selim I wanted to cry but had no tears.

Originally, I just wanted to test the reaction of the Ming people, but who knew that the army who directly provoked the Ming people would be beaten up and their teeth would fall out. Even if this is a peace negotiation, how should they face the enemies from all directions in the future?

But if there is no peace talk with the Ming people, then the Ottoman Empire will perish.

Why didn't he dare to send out the 20 elite army in Istanbul, because he was afraid of being wiped out by the Ming people. Once the 20 elite army was gone, Selim I would not be able to control the overall situation of the Ottoman Empire. Not to mention dealing with powerful enemies from all directions.

"Hey~"

Selim I sighed, thought for a while and said, "I'll trouble you to go there. No matter what, we must make the Ming people stop attacking and withdraw their troops."

"The harsher conditions are also agreed, let's get over the difficulties in front of us first."

After Selim I said this, it seemed as if his entire energy had been taken away.

He himself was an ambitious monarch who was keen on external expansion. Now that he was beaten up by the Ming Empire, all his confidence and ambition were lost.

Even if the current difficulties are overcome, after that, it is estimated that he will spend a long period of time amidst internal and external troubles, and he will be able to pay off Daming's indemnity within his lifetime and restore the national strength to a certain level. Even if the level is good.

His infamy in history will definitely not go away.

Originally, he wanted to find an opportunity to avenge his father, but who knew that he would also be humiliated, and he would be infamous for signing a traitorous treaty.

This is not what I want, what I want is to be famous in history, to be a great emperor who has won the title of conqueror.

Originally, everything was fine, but someone urged him to provoke Daming, and as a result, everything is now.

"Come here~"

"Arrest Suk, Basturk, Char and others, and turn the whole family into slaves!"

Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Selim I's eyes, and he also arrested several ministers who had been advocating trouble with the Ming people, and prepared to hand them over to the Ming people to obtain a chance for peace talks.

(End of this chapter)