Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 358 The Ming Kingdom Is Really Domineering!

Selim's attitude was very sincere, and his tone was very sincere, but Mustafa did not believe Selim, even though Selim had sworn to the true God.

After a little deliberation, Mustafa put his hand on his chest and said sincerely: "God, I, Mustafa, have no idea about the position of Sultan, and I sincerely think that my brother Se Lim III is a great king, and I am willing to serve my elder brother!"

Selim III waved his hand and sighed: "Mustafa, you don't need to swear, because swearing can't change anything, at least it can't change Ottoman's decline."

"The special envoy sent to the Ming Dynasty has not returned yet, and there are only two possibilities for this. One is that the negotiation is successful, and the other is that the negotiation fails again."

"If the negotiation fails again, then the army of the Ming Dynasty will definitely speed up its advance. The catastrophe of the Ottoman Empire's subjugation is just around the corner. Someone must take this responsibility."

Speaking of this, Selim III's face couldn't help but become a bit bitter: "Even if the negotiation is successful, I'm afraid there will be a huge price to pay, and someone must take responsibility for this."

"The entire Ottoman, apart from the special envoy I sent to the Ming Kingdom, is there anyone better than me to take responsibility for?"

Mustafa was taken aback, and asked, "Whether you succeed or fail, the special envoy..."

Seidm III waved his hand and asked: "Sacrifice a special envoy today, sacrifice another special envoy tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow? Is there anyone willing to pay for Osman?"

Mustafa was speechless.

Selim III sighed, and said: "Our Ottomans have been passed down for 600 years, and now we look like a terminally ill old man, or like an old tree, but there are still many bugs on this tree. It's biting."

"If you don't use strong medicine, or cut off the branches that have grown bugs, then there is no way to save the old man, and the big tree will also die."

"It's a pity that my sultan doctor has not been able to gain the trust of all the Ottoman nobles. They will not let me carry out the reforms I want. They will only try to stop them, even if they change to a new sultan."

"And the best candidate for a new sultan is you, Mustafa—and now, I want you to swear to the true God, the most vicious oath: If you become the new sultan and caliph, then you must follow Do what I just told you, recruit new troops, reform the Ottomans, and sweep those corrupt nobles into the trash!"

Mustafa's face suddenly became cloudy and uncertain.

In Mustafa's view, people still need to know how to be grateful.

Since those old nobles supported me, I shouldn't let them down, let alone attack them in reverse.

More importantly, Mustafa believes that Selim III's reforms violate the teachings and will plunge the entire Ottomans into turmoil.

This is something Mustafa is unwilling to accept anyway.

After being silent for a while, Mustafa raised his head and said firmly to Selim III, "You kill me, kill me, and I won't threaten your position."

Selim III heard Mustafa's subtext—Mustafa believed that his reforms were wrong, he would not support his reforms, and he was not even willing to perfunctory himself.

Looking at Mustafa who closed his eyes and waited to be killed, Selim III sighed slightly and said, "Why did I kill you? Did I also kill Mahmoud after killing you?"

Selim III pursed his lips: "The Ottoman royal family has shed enough blood."

Mahmoud, like Mustafa, was the son of Abdul Hamid I and a cousin of Selim III.

Selim III went on to say: "Moreover, even if you are killed, those old-fashioned aristocratic forces will still rebel, and the throne of Ottoman Sultan may fall into the hands of others."

"So, why should I kill you? Even if you oppose me, you are doing it for the betterment of Osman. Our goals are the same, but our methods are different, that's all."

After sighing again, Selim III simply closed his eyes and stopped looking at Mustafa, and ordered in a subtle voice: "Go back to your own residence and wait for those old-fashioned The day you walk into Topkapi surrounded by nobles."

Mustafa stood up from the blanket in amazement, and looked at Selim III with tangled eyes.

It would be bullshit to say that Mustafa was not touched by Selim III's heartfelt words today, but it would be bullshit to say that Mustafa changed his mind because of this.

Faith, politics, and family affection are intertwined, and expectations and confusion about the future are intertwined, which makes Mustafa feel frustrated.

Mustafa even began to doubt whether his thoughts were right or wrong, whether Selim III's thoughts were right or wrong.

After a long silence, Mustafa shook his head vigorously, trying to expel these "dangerous" thoughts from his mind.

However, just as Mustafa was about to say goodbye to Selim III, a man stumbled in from outside the palace and shouted excitedly as soon as he reached Selim III: "Sultan, you succeeded!"

"This negotiation has succeeded! The Ming Kingdom has allowed us to join Xiaopoguo, and the Ming Kingdom's army will stop advancing immediately!"

Selim III, who had been so decadent just now and was about to give up in despair, suddenly regained his energy, stood up abruptly, grabbed Mekhail's shoulder and asked, "Successful!?"

Mekhail nodded his head and replied: "Yes, great Sultan, we have succeeded!"

Selim III suddenly felt his legs go limp, and he fell to the ground with a plop, as if all his strength had been sucked out of him.

Mekhail succeeded, and Osman successfully joined the small pot. The Ming army was about to stop advancing, and Osman finally got a respite!
It was just that he was not happy for a long time, Selim III forced himself to calm down again, looked at Mekhail and asked, "What kind of conditions did the Ming Dynasty offer?"

Mustafa also looked at Mekhail expectantly.

From an emotional point of view, Mustafa did not want to watch Selim III being deposed by those conservative noble forces.

But from a rational point of view, Mustafa wished that Mekhail had negotiated the conditions of losing power and losing the country, so that those conservative aristocratic forces would have enough reasons to depose Selim III—and that was the only way, Only by yourself can you ascend the throne of Sultan!

Seeing Selim III and Mustafa both staring at him, Mekhail suddenly felt a sense of pressure.

After carefully considering the words, Mekhail said: "Ming has several conditions, the first one is to lease the deserts that have been occupied by the Ming army to Ming for a period of 99 year, and the annual rent is one tael of silver."

Selim III's face darkened, he frowned and said, "Continue talking."

Mekhail bowed slightly in response, and continued: "The second condition of the Ming Dynasty is to set up a concession in Istanbul. The laws of the Ming Dynasty will be implemented in the concession, and the Ming people in the concession will not be under the jurisdiction of Ottoman laws."

"The third condition is to set up an embassy of the Ming Dynasty outside the concession in Istanbul, and it will be stationed by a Ming army of no more than 300 people. All state affairs between Ottoman and the Ming country must be communicated through the embassy. "

After Mekhail finished all the three conditions, the faces of Selim III and Mustafa were too dark to see, and Mustafa shouted angrily: "These greedy Kafi Le! They are despising the majesty of the true God! They are provoking war!"

However, when Mustafa clamored to launch an all-out war for the majesty of the true god, Selim III calmed down unexpectedly, looked at Mekhail and asked: "In addition to these three conditions, the Ming people Are there any other conditions? Do France and England have the same conditions for the Habsburg family?"

Mekhail bowed and touched his chest, and replied: "As wise as you, Sultan! The Ming people did not put forward other conditions. France and England also raised the same conditions for the Habsburg family, and Habsburg The plenipotentiary envoy sent by the Boothsburg family has also agreed to these conditions."

Selim III nodded, hummed and said, "It seems that you also agreed to these conditions from the Ming people?"

Mekhail said: "Yes, Sultan, I agreed to the conditions of the people of the Ming Dynasty - as you can see, unless the emperor of the Ming Dynasty ordered it, otherwise, no matter whether it is a towering mountain or a rushing river, everything will be blocked. Can't stop the march of the Ming army."

Selim III hummed and said, "However, this doesn't seem to be enough for you to agree to the conditions of the Ming people?"

Mekhail said: "As wise as you, Sultan! If only because of this, I would not agree to the conditions of the Ming people."

"The reason why I agreed to the first condition of the Ming people, which is to lease those desert areas to the Ming country, is because the Ming people promised to control the wind and sand in those desert areas and make them gradually livable."

"Moreover, what the people of the Ming Dynasty proposed was not a complete cession, but a lease, but the lease period was a little longer-compared to the insatiable practices of the countries in Europe, the people of the Ming Dynasty are obviously much more civilized."

"In addition, the second condition of the Ming people is not aimed at us Ottomans, but that many countries will have such a concession, but some of the concessions belong to the Ming country, some belong to France or England, or they belong to fools. Eagle or Sand Goose."

"And the third condition of the Ming people is mutual - Ming and other countries will set up embassies in Ottoman, and we Ottoman can also go to other countries to set up embassies."

"The only difference is that Ming's embassies in any other country are guarded by Ming's army, while other countries' embassies in Ming must be guarded by Ming's army."

Selim III snorted coldly and said, "Ming is really domineering!"

Mekhail nodded and said: "Yes, the Ming people are indeed very domineering, even to their ally France - the Ming embassy in France is garrisoned by the Ming army, and the French in Ming The embassy of China is also garrisoned by the Ming army.”

Hearing this, Selim III's face softened somewhat.

However, Mustafa snorted coldly and said, "After all, it's the Ming people who took advantage of it. They don't take other countries seriously at all!"

Mekhail was choked speechless for a moment.

As Mustafa said, Ming people really only care about their own interests and don't care about the feelings of other countries.

But then again, why should the Ming Dynasty care about the feelings of other countries?

Anyway, the strength of other countries is not as strong as Ming Guoqiang!
It's just that Mekhail was choked and had nothing to say, but Selim III was not choked: "Mustafa, we hate the domineering of the Ming people, not because of the dominance of the Ming people, but because we Ottomans don't have anything to say." The method is as overbearing as the Ming people!"

"I believe that if our Ottomans are as powerful as the Ming Dynasty, what we do will only be more extreme than the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

This is true. After all, Ottoman in history has been actively participating in the wars of many countries in Europe, and has done many disgraceful things.

Selim III changed the subject and continued: "Don't think about anything else, Mustafa. If you want to change all of this, you have to change Osman and make Osman as powerful as the Ming Dynasty. Complaining is It doesn't solve any problems."

After Selim III said this, Mustafa once again fell into confusion.

Are you right?Or is Selim right?Should the country be governed according to doctrine?Or drastic reforms?
If it is right to govern the country according to the doctrine, then he should have been killed, right?The parricide order is very consistent with the doctrine!
If drastic reforms are carried out... then Ottoman will inevitably fall into turmoil again.

Moreover, who can guarantee that the reform will be successful?

Just thinking about it, Mustafa suddenly came back to his senses, and eagerly said to Selim III: "Great Sultan, I need to go back and think about it."

Before coming to the Topkapi Palace, Mustafa was also worried that Selim would attack him, so Mustafa had already sent someone to contact the nobles in Istanbul who controlled the Guards.

If he fails to get out of the Topkapi Palace unharmed, the nobles who control the Imperial Guard will attack the Topkapi Palace.

If he was killed in the Topkapi Palace, the nobles in charge of the Imperial Guards would also kill Selim III, and by the way, all his family and children would be sent to reunite with him.

time……

It's almost there.

(End of this chapter)