Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 362 Talk?Talk about your sister!
Mustafa sat on the chair with a gloomy expression, his face showed no trace of joy or anger, and his eyes wandered in the sky outside the palace. The commander of the Ottoman Kapkuru cavalry regiment, Aliti, and the grand vizier Neither of Ozgul said a word, and each remained silent.

It was not until after a long while that Mustafa withdrew his gaze from outside the palace, turned to Aliti and Ozgul and said, "Alemdar's army is about to reach the city of Istanbul, what do you think? What should I do?"

The response to Mustafa was still silence.

When attacking the innovative nobles, the traditional conservative nobles headed by Aliti and Ozgul did not show mercy at all, and a large number of innovative nobles fell under the butcher knife of the traditional conservative nobles .

Now that Alemdar gathered the reformed nobles who had survived by chance and returned to Istanbul, and wanted to re-establish Selim III as Sultan, any fool could imagine how Alemdar would deal with the traditional conservative nobles.

It's not that Aliti didn't think about defeating Alemdar head-on on the battlefield, thus proving that the revolutionary nobles were wrong to support Selim III's reforms, but the consecutive defeats have proved that the traditional conservative army did fight But the revolutionary army.

Compared with the two, it seems that Selim III's reform is correct, and they are the traditional conservative nobles who are the sinners who hinder the progress of the wheel of history.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the palace fell into silence again, Mustafa couldn't help shaking his head in disappointment, and his doubts about the traditional conservatives in his heart increased a bit.

Perhaps, Selim III was right, and he was the one who was wrong?

After being silent again, Mustafa simply turned his attention to Aguli, the commander of the Imperial Guard: "What about you? It was you who led the people to clean up the city. If Alemdar broke through Istanbul, you think Will he let you go?"

Without waiting for Aguli to answer, Mustafa turned his attention to Aliti and Ozgul: "And you, do you think that you can avoid Alemdar's revenge without saying a word? "

Seeing that Mustafa had torn off all the fig leafs, Aliti and Ozgul could only look at each other helplessly.

Ozgul bowed slightly and said: "Sultan, Alemdar wants to re-establish Selim as Sultan, if..."

Mustafa's face immediately darkened.

Ozgul's meaning is very simple - if there is no Selim III who can be re-established as Sultan, then Alemdar can only helplessly recognize Mustafa as Sultan.

In Ottoman, who pays attention to the inheritance of the sultan and the caliph, this kind of operation is indeed feasible to a certain extent.

The problem is that in this way, wouldn’t Mustafa’s behavior of breaking Selim III’s wine glass repeatedly to prevent Selim III committing suicide by drinking poison become meaningless?
After all, the living Selim III is more valuable and can better reflect Mustafa's "benevolence".

What's more, if you want to force Alemdar to recognize Mustafa as the only sultan and caliph, it is not just about killing Selim III who has abdicated.

There is another Mahmoud who also needs to be killed-Mahmoud is the younger brother of Mustafa, who is also qualified to inherit the position of Sultan and Caliph, and Mahmud is still biased towards the reformist.

If it is true that what Ozgul said is true, Selim III and Mahmoud will be killed directly...

Well, this is the direct execution of the "Killing Order" that had been abolished?
However, if you don't kill Selim III and Mahmud the youngest, if you really let Alemdar invade the city of Istanbul, then you...

Seeing Mustafa's face was cloudy and uncertain, Aliti also bowed to persuade him: "Sultan, if you want Alamdar to stop attacking, you must cut off all his illusions!"

"We know that you care about your brotherhood with Selim and Mahmoud, but if Alemdar invades Istanbul, we don't know if they will care about your brotherhood?"

"Especially Selim III who has turned his back on the true God. His most valued Mekhail died in front of your eyes. If he becomes the sultan again, I am afraid that the entire Ottomans will be taken away from the true god by him!"

"..."

Just as Aliti was chattering and persuading Mustafa, Mustafa suddenly said angrily: "Enough!"

Mustafa stood up, glared at Aliti and Ozgul, and shouted: "Let you think of a way, you just come up with this kind of method? Or, this kind of method still needs you to think about it." ?Um?"

But after reprimanding Aliti and Ozgul, Mustafa slumped on a chair as if he had been drained of all his strength, and told Aguli, the commander of the Imperial Guard: "Go , Although Selim and Mahmud betrayed the true God, the true God is merciful, and he will always open his arms to the lost lamb."

After Aguli left the palace with the imperial guards, Mustafa turned his attention to Aliti and Ozgul again, and said, "What's next? What else do you think?"

Seeing that Selim III and Mahmoud were about to be executed, Aliti and Ozguldon, who had been mainly silent just now, became active.

Ozgul even bowed directly and said: "Sultan, the reason why Alemdar led troops to attack Istanbul does not necessarily mean that he wanted to re-establish Selim III as Sultan. More Or because what happened to the reformers earlier frightened him."

Mustafa chuckled, and thought to himself, isn’t this so obvious? You two bastards are so ruthless in attacking those reformist nobles. not afraid?
Ozgul went on to say: "So, I think we can send someone to contact Alemdar, tell him the news that Selim III and Mahmud have returned to the embrace of the true God, and at the same time release our goodwill to him, so that Persuade him to retreat."

But Aliti shook his head and said, "Persuasion alone may not be enough to make Alemdal retreat—if you were Alemdal, would you be willing to retreat?"

Ozgul was choked for a moment and had nothing to say. After a while, he asked back: "Then what do you think should be done?"

Aliti bowed to Mustafa: "If you want Alemdar to retreat willingly, you must find a way to convince him that we will not target him again."

Mustafa laughed, looked at Aliti and said, "What about your opinion? How can we make him trust us?"

Aliti bowed and said: "I think we can confer him the governorship of China, confer the land next to Ming and Sha'e to Alemdar, let him have certain military power, and give him the power to collect taxes. To ensure the logistics of the army."

Hearing Aliti's words, Mustafa was even more disappointed.

Can Aliti's conditions impress Alemdal?

Theoretically speaking, having a fief and the power of taxation is enough to impress any Ottoman, especially the power of tax collection, which gave Alemdar the capital to become a country within a country.

However, this is only theoretically able to impress Alemdal.

Anyone knows in his heart that once the army of the Ming Dynasty knows that Alemdal dared to accept the provocative title of Governor of China, then Alemdal's life will have to enter the countdown.

Therefore, as long as Alemdal's brain is not broken, he will never accept the title of Governor of China anyway.

More importantly, if the Ming army knew that the Ottoman sultan had appointed a Chinese governor, would they directly tear up the signed armistice agreement and attack Ottoman again?

In other words, the method proposed by Aliti is simply nonsense among nonsense. In addition to possibly angering Alemdar, it may also bring even greater disasters to Osman.

After shaking his head slightly, Mustafa simply stopped counting on the two crouching dragons and phoenixes, Aliti and Ozgul, to come up with any reliable solutions, but directly confronted the little Vizier Efrim He ordered: "Send someone out of the city to see Alemdal, tell him that Selim and Mahmoud have returned to the embrace of the true God, and let him retreat and return to the Rhine to station."

"As long as he agrees to withdraw troops, I will give him the power to collect taxes and recruit soldiers in towns along the Rhine River. If he can conquer the territory of Europa, then I will canonize him as Governor of Europa."

"In addition, I allow him to continue experimenting with Selim III's reform plan in the towns on the Rhine. If he can prove that Selim III's reform plan is feasible, then I will promote it to the entire Ottomans."

Hearing what Mustafa said, Aliti and Ozgul became anxious, and Ozgul even shouted directly: "Sultan! The reason why we overthrew Selim III is because of him Why did you allow Alemdal to continue experimenting with Selim's wrong reforms on the banks of the Rhine?"

Mustafa glanced at Ozgul and Aliti, sneered and asked: "Then do you have a better way to make Alamdar retreat? Or, do you have any better way?" Can you temporarily appease Alemdal? If you were Alemdal, if you didn’t have enough conditions, would you be willing to retreat?”

Ozgul was choked speechless again.

As Mustafa said, Alemdar's army has almost reached the city of Istanbul. Facing the already crumbling Ottoman court, it is a good time for the Alemdar lion to open its mouth. If there are not enough conditions , who would be willing to retreat?
Mustafa went on to say: "The true God taught us that if Kafir who betrayed the true God is stronger than us, the true God allows us to deceive Kafir with lies and gain their trust first to ensure our survival."

"This is clearly recorded in the scriptures. As the Grand Vizier of Ottoman, you don't know the teachings of the true God, right?"

Hearing this, Ozgul probably understood what Mustafa meant.

Scripture (3:28): Believers should not abandon their fellow-teachers for their allies; whoever violates this prohibition will not be blessed by the true God, unless you fear them (and pretend to entertain).

If Mustafa accuses Alemdar of betraying the true God Kafiel, then according to the scriptures, it is indeed possible to use lies to deceive Alemdar, so that it will not violate the teaching of the true God about not being able to lie.

The key point is that Mustafa’s actions are completely justified—since the reformist nobles in Istanbul who supported Selim III’s reforms were labeled as Kafir who betrayed the true God, they must support Selim III again. Alemdal naturally betrayed the true god Kafir.

Ozgul and Aliti looked at each other, bowed to Mustafa and praised: "Wise Sultan!"

Mustafa turned his attention to the young Vizier Efrim again, and asked, "What are you waiting for here?"

The young vizier Evrim quietly glanced at Ozgul and Aliti, and seeing that neither of them expressed anything, he bowed slightly to Mustafa and stroked his chest, saying: "As you wish , esteemed Sultan, I am going to contact Alemdar."

……

When the little vizier went out of the city to look for Alemdar, the commander of the Imperial Guard, Aguli, also rushed to the palace where Selim III was imprisoned, with a group of Imperial Guards under him.

Regarding the arrival of Aguli and the soldiers of the Guards, Selim III didn't seem to have any surprises, and he was even in the mood to say hello to Aguli: "Long time no see, Aguli, you must have paid for your visit this time." Mustafa or Aliti's orders?"

Aguli bowed slightly, and greeted Selim III: "As wise as you are, Alemdar's army is almost approaching the city of Istanbul, and I have indeed come to send you back to the true God under the order of Sultan. Embracing."

Selim III chuckled, shook his head lightly and said: "It's a pity, it's a pity that I can't watch Aliti and Ozgul get their due end with my own eyes, so I have to return to the embrace of the true God first." gone."

After thinking about it, Selim III suddenly looked at Aguli and asked, "By the way, are you loyal to Ottoman? Or are you loyal to Aliti and Ozgul?"

Aguli was stunned for a moment, and then replied firmly: "Of course I am loyal to Osman, but I am even more loyal to the true god!"

Selim III laughed again, and after nodding, he picked up the wine glass on the table again, and said while shaking it slightly: "Mustafa is an idiot, he always thought that Aliti and Ozgul It's correct, but he doesn't know that Aliti and Ozgul are the ones who betrayed the true god Kafir!"

"You're so stupid that you still want to talk to me about Ottoman's future? Talk about your sister!"

Speaking of this, Selim III looked at Aguli again and said: "I will return to the embrace of the true God, but you can no longer deal with the little Mahmoud - Osman became what he is now because of Mustafa This idiot also has Aliti and Ozgul and Kafir."

(End of this chapter)