Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 364 The farce should end!

Mustafa has never been an indecisive person. He did not hesitate to usurp the throne when he was surrounded by Aliti and Ozgul. Now he has decided to kill Aliti and continue to promote the unfinished innovation of Selim III There was also no hesitation.

After all, traditional aristocrats such as Aliti and Ozgul have proved that the traditional conservative aristocrats are unreliable with practical actions, and also proved that the model of the integration of religion and government is far less effective than the innovative system promoted by Selim III. hit.

It’s just that the true god obviously didn’t bless Mustafa——Mustafa just decided to sell Aliti and continue to promote Selim III’s unfinished reforms. As a young vizier, Evrim has led Alem Dahl came to the Topkapi Palace, and a large number of guards had been taken away by Aliti to search for Mahmud. The guards guarding the palace where the Sultan lived were in an unprecedented state of emptiness.

This is a very painful situation.

If Aliti had already found Mahmoud, then Alemdar could only pinch his nose and recognize Mustafa as the new sultan, and the rest would at best satisfy Alemdar's conditions.

However, Aliti did not find Mahmud, which means that Alemdar has another option-kill Mustafa, and then support Mahmud, who is inclined to the reformist, as the new sultan and caliph.

In desperation, Mustafa could only force himself to calm down. First, he asked someone to bring Selim III's body, and then the hypocritical Alemdar said, "It's really good of you to come. Alti launched a rebellion and not only killed Selim Sultan, but he also killed poor little Mahmud."

Alemdar frowned suddenly, and called his cronies to order: "Immediately lead people to search the entire Topkapi Palace, and no matter what, we must rush to find His Highness Mahmoud before Aliti."

After his cronies left the palace in a hurry, Alemdar looked at Mustafa again and said, "No matter what the cause of Aliti's rebellion, the final result is the death of Selim Sultan, and your Highness But you have become the new sultan, so even to avoid suspicion, you should pass on the sultan position to Mahmud?"

Mustafa did not directly respond to Alemdar, but frowned and said: "Little Mahmoud is still young after all, I am afraid that Little Mahmoud will not be able to continue to implement the innovation system set by Selim Sultan. go down?"

Seeing that Alemdar was unmoved, Mustafa also simply picked up the topic: "Didn't I already ask the little vizier to tell you that you are allowed to continue experimenting with Selim III's reforms in your fief? , we can slowly promote it to the entire Ottomans and make Osmanias great again!"

After being told by Mustafa, Alemdar didn't bother to pretend anymore, and asked, "What about you? Why did you rebel with Aliti and the others?"

Asked by Alemdar, Mustafa suddenly felt speechless, and endless remorse arose in his heart.

If Mekhail came back a few days earlier, if I hadn't informed Aliti and Ozgul at that time, if I had stopped them at that time, if I hadn't acquiesced that they attacked Alamdar, if...

It's a pity that there are apples, candies, melons, and fruits in this world, but there are no ifs.

Things have reached the current situation, not only Mustafa has no room to turn back, but also Alemdar, Aliti, and Ozgul have no room to turn back.

Or, recognize Mustafa as Sultan, and Alemdar leaves Istanbul with a lot of conditions favorable to him, which in fact forms the split situation of Ottoman,
Or, embrace Mahmud as the new sultan, plunge Ottoman into another period of turmoil, and then start a new revolution that Selim III failed to accomplish.

After being silent for a long time, Mustafa raised his head, looked at Alemdar sincerely and said: "Although Selim Sultan's innovation has not yet seen results, Aliti and the others have used practical Actions proved them wrong, so I decided to continue with Selim III's reforms."

Alemdar glanced at Mustafa unexpectedly.

A person's mouth can tell lies, and a person's body can make false movements, but a person's eyes cannot lie, let alone falsify.

Alemdar could tell that Mustafa was telling the truth.

But Alemdar was unwilling to give Mustafa the chance to continue to promote innovation.

In other words, Alemdar was not willing to let Mustafa go so easily.

As a staunch reformist, Alemdar already hated Mustafa and Aliti.

If Aliti hadn't suddenly surrounded Mustafa to usurp the throne, Selim III would have had enough time to promote reforms after signing an armistice agreement with Ming and Sand Goose.

If the reforms promoted by Selim III were successful, even if Ottoman could not become Europa's nightmare again, at least it would be able to become stronger, and he would not be beaten to the point of ceding land for compensation at every turn.

However, it was precisely because Aliti suddenly surrounded Mustafa to usurp the throne and seize power that the reforms that had already achieved initial results failed completely.

What's even more hateful is that Mustafa didn't even have the slightest hesitation after becoming the new Sultan. He directly abolished all the reform policies of Selim III and killed the reform nobles.

Under such circumstances, how could Alemdar be willing to hold his nose and admit that Mustafa is a pseudo-sultan?
Therefore, facing Mustafa's statement, Alemdar just smiled lightly, closed his eyes casually, and planned to wait for his cronies to come back.

Alemdar has already thought about it, if his cronies bring back Mahmud, then send Mustafa to Hell, let him repent his actions in Hell, if his confidants The cronies brought back only Mahmoud's body...

The crux of the problem once again fell on Mahmoud.

And Mahmoud, who has been paid attention to by several parties and even affects the future of the entire Ottomans, is hiding in the chimney at this time—in any case, Aguli, as the commander of the Ottoman Guards, led people in Topka It is not difficult to find someone in Pa Palace, especially for a prince like Mahmoud.

What Mahmoud, who was already prepared to face death, did not expect was that after Aguli found him, he did not immediately kill him according to the orders of Mustafa and Aliti, but let him hide in the chimney. And told him: "Be sure to hide it firmly, unless Aguli brings someone back to find him again, or the army under Alemdar comes to look for him, otherwise, don't show up, so as not to be caught by Alitia." Find."

Although it is not clear why Aguli did not follow the orders of Mustafa and Aliti to kill himself, Mahmoud also knew in his heart that this is the moment of his life and death, and everything will be fine in the past. On the throne of the Sultan, if you can't pass this hurdle, it will naturally be a situation where everything is closed.

Fortunately, Aliti was unable to find Mahmud's hiding place—when Aliti was about to reach the chimney where Mahmoud was buried, Aguli said that Mahmud might have already got the news And hid it, not in the palace where he lived.

It wasn't until Alemdar's personal soldiers found the palace where Mahmoud lived, and took a shot with Aliti who had bumped into him head-on, and Mahmud did not show up according to Ahguli's instructions until he completely killed Aliti , and was taken to the palace where the Sultan was discussing politics by Alemdar's personal soldiers.

The appearance of Mahmoud basically means that Mustafa's life has begun to count down.

Alemdar said directly to Mustafa: "His Royal Highness Mahmoud has appeared, I think you should give up the throne of Sultan and Caliph to His Highness Mahmoud, and this is exactly what Selim what the third generation wished for."

Mustafa ignored Alemdar, but looked Mahmoud up and down, and sighed after a while: "You have grown up, little Mahmoud, and you are no longer following me. That little brat."

However, Mahmoud was not moved by Mustafa's family card. Instead, he looked at Mustafa with hatred and said, "Just because I have grown up, you will kill me, lest I threaten you. To your sultan's throne?"

Mustafa shook his head and said: "Whether you believe it or not, in short, I never thought of killing you, nor did I think of killing Selim. What Liti did—in fact, my sultan is more like a decoration, and all the power is controlled by Aliti.”

When Mustafa said this, Mahmoud couldn't help hesitating.

Needless to say, since the abolishment of the kinkilling order, the relationship between the Ottoman royal family is still good, especially Selim III has always taken care of Mustafa and Mahmud, which made Mahmud mistakenly think that Mu Staffa is also a good brother like Selim III.

However, when Mahmud was hesitating and Mustafa was secretly happy, Aguli, the commander of the Imperial Guard who was the first to turn his back on Mahmud and protect Mahmud, suddenly said: "You asked me to kill Sely That’s not what he said when Musultan and His Highness Mahmoud.”

Suddenly stabbed in the back by Aguli, Mustafa's face turned livid, looked at Aguli and shouted: "You traitor! You will go to Hell!"

But Aguli shook his head and said: "Actually, Selim Sultan asked me to protect His Highness Mahmud, but he himself drank the deadly poisonous wine, and Selim Sultan was drinking Before drinking poisoned wine, I was asked a question - is my allegiance to the Sultan or Othman?"

"That's the question that reminded me."

"My allegiance is to the Ottoman Empire, not you, a sultan who usurped the throne and murdered his brother!"

"In addition, I can also tell you clearly that Selim Sultan once said that he would pass on Sultan's position to Mahmud."

Mustafa's face suddenly became even more ugly, while Alemdar shook his head, looked at Selim and said, "I think the throne of Sultan should belong to Mahmud Sultan."

After finishing speaking, Alemdar ignored the ashen-faced Mustafa, and instead bowed slightly to Mahmoud, stroked his chest and asked, "Sultan, how do you think the usurper Mustafa should be dealt with?" Taffa?"

Mahmud first glanced at Selim III's body, then looked at Mustafa with hatred, and said through gritted teeth: "He killed Selim Sultan, and he also usurped the Sultan, the caliph. Throne, he is Othman's sinner!"

After finishing speaking, Mahmoud turned his attention to Aguli again and asked, "How did he kill Selim Sultan?"

Aguli said: "He prepared poisoned wine and a dagger and asked Selim Sultan to choose, and Selim Sultan finally chose poisoned wine."

Mahmoud looked at Mustafa bitterly again, and said word by word: "Prepare him the poisoned wine and the dagger, let him choose, this farce should be completely over!"

After Aguli bowed and responded, Mahmoud turned his attention to Grand Vizier Ozgul: "There is also Grand Vizier, you can also go on the road with Mustafa, just like Selim It was as if the Grand Vizier of the Sultan accompanied him on his journey."

With a plop, Grand Vizier Ozgul collapsed to the ground and cried out in despair: "It has nothing to do with me! All this is led by Aliti, and Mustafa Sultan and I are both I was wronged by Aliti's coercion!"

Mahmud was about to speak, but Ozgul suddenly shouted frantically: "I have shed blood for Osman, I have been wounded for Osman, you can't treat me like this!"

Alem Dalton suddenly laughed and asked, "Where were you when we fought against the Sand Goose on the front line? Did you shed blood for Osman? Did you get wounded for Osman? Then I want to ask." You, where did you get hurt? Where did you bleed?"

Ozgul was asked for a while, because Ozgul had never been to the front line. Ozgul, who was not a grand vizier at the time, once said that Guo: "When other nobles went to the front line, it means I went too."

Ozgul also said: "The nobles of the innovative faction should go to the front first, and the nobles of the traditional conservative faction should not be bullied!"

"The armies of the Sand Goose and the Ming Army are not scary at all. At best, they are a little bit stronger than Europa's army. It's no big deal."

"As long as we completely return to the traditional and conservative line, Ottoman will soon become great again. It is not a dream to punch Sand Goose and kick Ming Kingdom!"

"Ottoman's decline is about to usher in a new turning point!"

(End of this chapter)