Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 357 Selim's Heart Congestion
As the saying goes, people fight for one breath, and Buddhas fight for one stick of incense. Many things are like sailing against the current. slaughter.

Daming is now ahead of other countries on Xiaopoqiu, but other countries have not completely given up on catching up with Daming.

Even France, known as the most loyal ally of Ming Dynasty, has never given up on industrial research, but the investment in many aspects is less than before, and it is far from the point where it will be impossible to live without Ming Dynasty.

However, other countries did not reduce investment like France, but continued to increase investment in scientific research. When the Habsburg family and Ottoman were sanctioned by Ming's steam engines, guns and artillery, many countries have realized the importance of scientific and technological research and development. importance.

Although the manpower and material resources invested by other countries are far less than that of Da Ming, this is still not a good signal for Da Ming.

In order to continue to maintain Daming's leading edge over other countries, even if Daming does not increase investment, at least it must maintain the current investment scale.

Then there is the consumption of [-] million taels of silver every year, and most of the time it is the kind that can't even be heard.

It's just that Liu Huaiwen also knew in his heart that what Zhu Jinsong said was correct. The competition between Daming and other countries was like a heavy truck going uphill, and there was no chance to stop and take a breath.

Liu Huaiwen was also furious, and gritted his teeth and said: "This time recruit a few more foreign students from the Ottoman and Habsburg families, and see how much oil can be scraped from the Ottoman and Habsburg families. A small whole, all allocated to the Royal Academy!"

Zeng Cheng glanced at Liu Huaiwen quite unexpectedly, and said, "Unexpectedly, you, Mr. Liu, would still be so generous?"

Liu Huaiwen snorted and ignored Zeng Cheng.

However, Zhu Jinsong waved his hands with a smile, and said, "It's true that Daming wants to increase his investment in the Royal Academy, but it's not to this extent—a lot of times, cheaters don't have to spend real money. pit, as long as it can drag them into the quagmire."

Zeng Cheng was taken aback for a moment, and then he stroked his beard and said, "I have to ask my colleagues in the Royal Academy to find time to write more articles on the "Daming Newspaper"."

Liu Huaiwen and the others first looked at Zeng Cheng, and then at Zhu Jinsong who was also nodding and smiling, but they couldn't figure out what kind of riddle these two monarchs and ministers were playing.

Zhu Jinsong smiled slightly, and said to Zeng Cheng: "Zeng Qing can explain it in detail."

Zeng Cheng bowed down and said to Liu Huaiwen and others: "For example, steam engines, we all know now that the sealing performance has a great influence on steam engines, even if all other parts are exactly the same, as long as the sealing is slightly worse A little bit, and the performance of this steam engine will vary by thousands of miles."

"Now all the countries on the small broken ball are working hard to study steam engines, and our Ming Dynasty is the best among them - if our Ming Dynasty doesn't talk about the impact of sealing on the performance of the steam engine, we only talk about the impact of the fuel used on the steam engine, the size of the boiler What is the effect on the steam engine, and what do you think other countries will do?"

"For this kind of thing, as long as nine out of ten articles can really win their trust, that fake article is enough to drag other countries in the wrong direction."

"In this way, their research and development speed will slow down, and their slowing down is actually equivalent to our Daming speeding up."

"Just a few articles can achieve the goal, wouldn't it be easier than frantically investing money in the Royal Academy?"

Hearing what Zeng Cheng said, Liu Huaiwen, who was still looking like he was giving up his life just now, suddenly became happy, and said: "This is good, this is good, it can save money and trick the savages, this is a good move."

Zhu Jinsong also nodded with a smile, and said, "Since you want to cheat people, you have to do all the tricks."

"Your Ministry of Finance will send someone to the Royal Academy later to see how much manpower and material resources the Royal Academy will need to invest in the next few years, so you can take a lenient calculation."

"The Ministry of Industry will also send someone to the Royal Academy to see if there is any place nearby that is more suitable for expanding the academy."

"There's also Osman's side. Those who should be pitted will still be pitted."

"Zeng Qing remembers to send someone to contact the special envoy sent by Ottoman to discuss with him about the concession."

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Selim III has been in a bad mood recently.

Osman has been quite unlucky recently—like an old dog lying obediently on the side of the road, neither biting nor barking, but was kicked inexplicably, and was almost about to be kicked. Peel and eat the meat.

Where is the reasoning behind this?
In fact, Selim also knew in his heart that the main reason why Osman was almost killed was because Osman had already started to go downhill, and his strength was not strong enough, so he would naturally be remembered by others. To be killed by the Ming country, or to be killed by those countries in Europa.

In order not to be skinned and eaten, the only way is to make Osman stronger, and there is no other way.

But everyone understands the truth, but when it comes to implementing it on paper, not everyone can do it.

For example, Selim wanted to change the Ottoman military system, and wanted to create an Ottoman army from scratch based on the Ming army or the English and French armies, but the noble forces in Ottoman, large and small, disagreed. at this point.

Without him, the interests have been affected.

The aristocratic forces whose interests were affected opposed the military reform proposed by Selim III, and then extended their opposition to other reform proposals proposed by Selim III. Later, they probably opposed it simply for the sake of opposition.

Just like the princes of Donglin during the reign of Tianqi and Chongzhen.

Whether it is for Ottoman is not important, it is not important whether it is good or bad for Ottoman, what is important is that Selim III must not be allowed to successfully reform the military system.

And Selim III was not like his ancestors.

Since Ahmed I abolished the "Kisslaughter Order", the princes of the Ottoman Sultans no longer faced bloody battles for succession, and their mentality inevitably relaxed.

However, Ahmed I did not just abolish the "Killing Order", he also established a new sultan succession system: before the death of the old sultan, his children will no longer assume the responsibility of governing the country.

To put it bluntly, in most cases, as long as it is not the turn of the old Sultan's children to inherit the throne, they don't even have the opportunity to go to places other than the Istanbul palace.

This policy had a devastating effect on the Ottoman royal family, which made the children of the old sultans prisoners in the palace. They had neither experience in governing the country, nor did they understand people's livelihood and politics.

In this way, the new Sultan grew up in the hands of a woman in the deep palace since he was a child. Apart from the pleasant life in the palace, he basically didn't care much about everything else.

Selim III was probably similar to Guangxu who wanted to carry out reform in the Qing Dynasty. He wanted to change the world for the Ottoman Empire, but he couldn't deal with the Ottoman nobles, big and small.

And as Ming Dynasty announced the opening of the Ottoman Empire and put it into practical actions, Ottoman has now lost several oil production areas, and the oil production areas are particularly close to the sea.

In other words, although Osman still holds a large number of oil fields, the oil in these oil fields has no channels to sell.

Europa?
The most powerful England and France on Europa are the lackeys of the Ming Empire in Europa!
The Habsburgs?

The Habsburg family is now in a difficult position!

What's more, only the Ming country needs a lot of oil in the whole small broken ball. The demand for oil in other countries is not too big. Even if Osman can sell the oil, he doesn't know who to sell it to. .

Selim III was very upset.

What's more terrible is that the Ottoman Empire is now showing signs of instability - Selim III wants to reform the military system of the Ottoman Empire, which has aroused the dissatisfaction of a large number of nobles, who are now secretly contacting Mustafa .

Mustafa was the son of Abdul Hamid I, uncle of Selim III.

In terms of blood relationship, since Selim III can inherit the title of Sultan of Abdul Hamid I in the form of uncle and nephew, then Abdul Hamid I's own son Moss Tafa naturally also has the qualifications to inherit the position of Sultan.

Selim III also knew very well in his heart that if he offended those traditional nobles, he would definitely attract a crazy counterattack from those nobles later, but he didn't know when they would launch.

The best way to avoid being imprisoned is to kill the nobles before they launch a counterattack.

Then the problem goes back to the original origin.

The Ottoman Empire implemented the Timolius system and the Gulam system. The Timolius system is probably equivalent to the reserve army system, and the Gulam system is probably equivalent to the elite standing army system.

However, the armies under these two systems, especially the Kapkuru guard cavalry under the Gulam system, their main body is those traditional nobles-it happens to be the target of Selim III's reform.

If Selim III wanted to kill the traditional nobles, he had to rely on the Kapkuru Guards Cavalry under the Gulam system, and the members of the Kapkuru Guards Cavalry were all the targets Selim III wanted to kill.

As for Ottoman's Sultan's bodyguard...

Although the name of this army has the word "Guardian", it is indeed loyal to the Ottoman Sultan, but this army also happens to be on the list of troops that Selim III wants to reform.

This is a dead loop.

Of course, there is no other way for Selim III to go - Selim III can first establish a new army that imitates the Ming army or the French and English armies, and then use this army to fight after training to a certain combat effectiveness. Get rid of those nobles who oppose themselves.

The question is how long will those nobles give themselves to prepare?

Comparing your heart to your heart, anyone who wants to have a knife placed on his neck can't wait for someone to sharpen the knife slowly, right?The reason why those traditional aristocrats have not launched yet is mainly because the Ming army is still attacking Ottoman. Once the Ming army stops the offensive...

Therefore, Selim III has a headache.

What made Selim III even more troublesome is that the plenipotentiary envoy sent to the Ming Kingdom has not returned yet—according to the information Selim III learned, before the small broken pot meeting held by the Ming Kingdom, It took only half a month before and after, and the special envoy I sent should have returned long ago.

But luckily now, the special envoy didn't come back, not even a reliable news came back!
If you think about it better, maybe the Ming Dynasty allowed Osman to join the small pot, and they are discussing the process with the special envoy?
But if you think about it worse, is it because the special envoy you sent has been killed by the Ming emperor?

If it's the former, it's better, and it can buy some time for myself, but if it's the latter...

Thinking of failing to join Xiao Poguo again and having to deal with the attack of the Ming army, Selim III wondered whether to think about it any further.

After careful consideration, Selim III simply had Mustafa summoned into the Topkapi Palace.

After Mustafa entered the Topkapi Palace full of anxiety, Selim III said straight to the point: "My dear brother, if I am imprisoned, I hope you can inherit my ambition, Quietly form an army that emulates the military system of the Ming Dynasty, England, or France, train them strictly, and use them to replace the original Ottoman military system."

Mustafa was stunned immediately, and his already uneasy heart almost raised his throat.

Did Selim III say these words out of sincerity, or did Selim III know about the contact with him by those traditional nobles, and he planned to kill himself in advance?
Seeing the changing expression on Mustafa's face, Selim III simply pulled Mustafa and sat down on the blanket, saying: "God is above, my dear Brother, I say these words from the heart."

"The army of the Ming Dynasty is attacking us now, while our Ottoman army is retreating steadily. One city will be lost today, and another city will be lost tomorrow. Where else can we lose the day after tomorrow? Are we going to lose Istanbul?"

"The reason is that our Ottoman army has declined and is no longer as brave and skilled as our ancestors."

"If you want to change this situation, you must start with the Ottoman army, and make changes to the entire Ottoman from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside."

"Since Ming's army is stronger now, why don't we learn from Ming?"

(End of this chapter)