Bury the Qing Dynasty

After Dang Nitz's voice fell, all the Ottoman officers present fell into a state of confusion.

I have to admit that Deniz's proposal is really too bold - there are not only merchants from Ming Dynasty in the whole city of Mukalla, there are also many merchants from other countries like France, England, Sand Goose, Silly Eagle, etc. If you catch them all...

It's hard to say whether it can stop the attack of the Ming army, but it will definitely offend a lot of countries.

Looking at the officers with different expressions, the expression on Deniz's face became more and more gloomy: "I know what you are worried about, but is your worry useful? Anyway, it has come to the current situation, offending a There seems to be no difference between the Ming Dynasty and offending the whole little broken ball?"

After pondering for a while, Alta, who was sitting at the bottom of Deniz, said, "What if France, the Silly Eagle, England, the Sand Goose, and the Habsburgs also send troops to attack us?"

After Aitaqi said this, the Ottoman officers who had just raised a glimmer of hope suddenly fell silent again.

Offending a Ming country is already terrible enough. If you add France and the Silly Eagle, then Osman still has a chance to stand up?

Just when Deniz was about to say something, Aitaqi went on to say, "And what happened in Benghazi before, you probably haven't forgotten it, either?"

Deniz's face darkened immediately.

No matter how hard Deniz thinks about it, he still can't figure it out. Is there something serious wrong with those merchants from the Ming Dynasty?
Well, usually one by one can do business honestly, acting harmless to humans and animals, but once something related to the Ming country happens, or violates their interests, those Ming businessmen seem to have changed Personal as strange.

For example, the previous Benghazi incident.

Judging from the strength of Khamis and his son's rule over Benghazi at that time and the number of Ming businessmen in Benghazi at that time, it should be Benghazi people rather than Ming businessmen who had the greatest advantage.

But the final result was precisely that the businessmen of the Ming Dynasty successfully messed up the city of Benghazi, and even defeated the Benghazi army controlled by Khamis and his son.

So much so that there are rumors in the rivers and lakes that the commander of the Chinese military base in Benghazi has been cursing behind his back, saying that those businessmen have robbed him of the military merits that should have belonged to him.

If Mukalla's army is allowed to arrest those Ming merchants...

Just thinking about it, Deniz said again in a deep voice: "If we don't arrest those merchants from the Ming Kingdom, won't they make trouble in Mukalla City?"

"You all know that the merchants of Ming Kingdom have always liked to mess with Ming's army. Whether we arrest them or not, they will make trouble in Mukalla City."

"As for France and the Silly Eagle, will they attack Ottoman together?"

Deniz laughed and said mockingly: "Just the army of the Ming country is enough to completely destroy Ottoman, so what if there are more troops from several countries?"

"Perhaps there is another possibility - the Ming people will definitely not give up on Ottoman, which is about to be acquired, and other countries that send troops over also need to gain enough benefits from Ottoman. If there is a conflict between them, it does not happen to be our front line. vitality?"

Hearing what Deniz said, all the Ottoman officers present also nodded.

As a degenerate literati Mr. Zhou Shuren said, if there are too many lice, it doesn't itch, and if you have too many debts, you don't worry. The matter of provoking the Ming country is a foregone conclusion, so naturally it doesn't matter to provoke a few more countries.

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When the news that Mahmud II Sultan and the Ottoman Janissaries had died together came back to Istanbul, Mustafa Pasha was still thinking about how Ottoman should go next.

According to the plan of Mustafa Pasha and Mahmud II Sultan, Mahmud II Sultan will use this opportunity to hold a joint military exercise with the Ming Dynasty to completely eliminate the Ottoman guards who specialize in Sultan. Then express loyalty to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so as to gain time for reform.

If the plan is successful, then Osman will carry out vigorous reforms next, and where to start will naturally become something that Mustafa Pasha needs to consider.

As for the possibility of the plan failing, Mustafa Pasha has never thought about it. After all, the Ming army is famous for its ability to recruit and fight well. Nature is no problem.

In other words, Mustafa Pasha even hoped that the Ming army would fail—if the Emperor Ming’s Tianzi fleet failed to completely kill the Ottoman Guards, it would be enough to show that the Ming army’s invincible record was After being touted by others, Osman can also deal with the Ming country slowly.

However, the development of things is just like what a degenerate literati said: the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.

The plan of Mahmud II Sultan and Mustafa Pasha was indeed successful, but the success was a bit too much. Not only the Ottoman Janissaries were completely abolished, but even Mahmud II, the Ottoman Sultan It was also sent to the bottom of the sea.

Mustafa Pasha held on to the messenger's clothes tightly, and shouted with red eyes: "Where are the guards protecting the Sultan? Where were they when the Guards rebelled? Also, did the Sultan not Tell those damned Imperial Guard rebels that we Ottomans can't afford to provoke the Ming Kingdom at all?"

The messenger sent back by Deniz to deliver the message was a little dizzy, and after barely calming down, he whispered: "At that time, the Sultan and the Guards were both at sea. No one knows what happened. Now the only one who can What is certain is that the flagship where Sultan is located fired the first shell at the warship of the Ming Dynasty Navy."

Mustafa Pasha's eyes immediately turned scarlet, and his tone of voice became even more angry: "Why, firing the first cannonball is something to be proud of? These damn bastards, they can indeed be proud, Because they successfully got the whole Ottoman to be buried with them!"

After slowly calming down, Mustafa Pasha said again in a deep voice: "It's meaningless to find out who fired the first shell now. I need to know the specific situation of Mukalla?"

However, what Mustafa Pasha did not expect was that the messenger sent by Deniz shook his head in a dazed expression: "I don't know what's going on with Mukalla now, because I set off from Mukalla At that time, Deniz had just been elected as the commander, and the Ming army had just launched an attack on Mukalla Port."

After thinking for a while, the messenger added: "At that time, merchants from the Ming Kingdom had already set fire to the port of Mukalla, and the fleet of the Ming people began to gather at the port of Mukalla after sinking the fleet brought by Sultan. If so, Mukalla Port must have fallen now, and it’s hard to say how long Mukalla City can last.”

Mustafa Pasha pushed away the courier sent by Deniz with a slumped face, and he slumped on the chair as if his muscles had been pulled out.

How long can it last is hard to say?
No, this question is actually very easy to answer, because as long as there is a slight chance of surrender, the defenders of Mukalla City will not wait to surrender to the Ming army.

As the commander in charge of all the Ottoman troops, Mustafa Pasha really knew the urine of the Ottoman troops.

Of course, another possibility is not ruled out, that is, the behavior of the Ottoman Imperial Guards shelling the Ming emperor's fleet will completely anger the Ming army and refuse to accept the surrender of Mukalla City, and this possibility is still very high.

Just thinking about it again, Mustafa Pasha couldn't help shaking his head slightly.

Because even if the army of the Ming Dynasty refused to surrender the defenders of Mukalla City, those useless defenders in Mukalla City would not last long.

Like Mustafa Pasha, who fell into despair, there were also a group of ministers and innovative nobles who were loyal to Mahmud II in the Ottoman court.

Even some conservative nobles who survived fell into despair—Selim III was killed by Mustafa IV, and Mustafa IV was killed by Mahmud II. Hamud II is also completely dead, which means that the lineage of the Ottoman Empire that has been passed down for hundreds of years is completely extinct, and the thrones of both the Sultan and the Caliph will be vacant.

Pick a new sultan and caliph from a collateral line?
It would be normal if this kind of operation were placed at the entrance of the Central Plains, because the emperors at the entrance of the Central Plains, except Ming Xiaozong Zhu Youtang and his son Zhu Houzhao and his son, who are too weird, the emperors of all dynasties in history have always paid attention to Many sons, many blessings, even if an extinct heir can at most choose an heir from the collateral line.

It was so in the Han Dynasty, in the Song Dynasty, in the Ming Dynasty, and even in the Qing Dynasty.

But Osman can’t, because Osman has always followed the order of killing relatives before Selim III, that is, after the sultan has established an heir, he must kill other sons and daughters except the heir. The first time I have to kill my own brothers and sisters.

This kind of operation does guarantee the competitiveness of the Sudan inheritance system. After all, the competition of failure or benevolence cannot be sloppy, and the weak are usually eliminated in the first place.

But this kind of operation also turned the sultan system into a single lineage. In case any sultan died suddenly without heirs, Ottoman's sultan inheritance would have to face the situation of extinction.

As for the fact that the kinslaughter order has been abolished... When Ahmed I ordered the abolition of the kinslaughter order, his father had already dealt with all other sons and daughters in advance. Apart from picking up a good reputation, there are no other brothers and sisters. Although the Sultan family gradually expanded later, there was another battle for the throne with Mustafa IV. The abolished killing The order was picked up again by Mahmud II...

Then there is nothing then.

With Mahmud II completely cool, the entire Ottoman Sultan inheritance can be regarded as completely over.

A group of people stared at each other for a long time, and finally Grand Vizier Suleiman stood up and said: "There are many problems we are facing now, but the problem before us is the inheritance of the Sultan, and How to deal with the Ming army attacking Mukalla."

Mustafa Pasha glanced at Grand Vizier Suleiman slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Is there any good way for Grand Vizier?"

Suleiman did not answer Mustafa Pasha's question directly, but asked after careful consideration: "Pasha, I want to know, how confident are you that you can repel the Ming army? "

Asked by Suleiman, Mustafa Pasha was stunned.

Repel the Ming army?

How much fake wine did this horse drink to dare to say this?

Shaking his head slightly, Mustafa Pasha simply said in a low voice: "Grand Vizier, you don't have to think about repelling the Ming army—maybe it can be said that only the Ming army can defeat the Ming army." Another Ming army, the entire small broken ball, and all other countries are impossible to defeat the Ming army, and our Ottomans are no exception."

After getting this expected answer, Sulaiman nodded slightly and said, "Then, we can only find a way to make peace with the people of Ming, so that the army of Ming can stop attacking, right?"

Mustafa Pasha hummed and said, "That's right, we can only find a way to discuss the truce with the Ming people. Even if we want to take revenge on the Ming people, we can only wait for Ottoman's reforms to be completed."

Sulaiman nodded again, and then sighed again: "Let's negotiate a peace—whether the Imperial Guards took Sultan hostage and fired at the Ming fleet, or the Imperial Guards fired privately and hurt Su Dan. Dan, it doesn't matter now, the important thing is how to give Ming people an explanation."

Mustafa Pasha's heart sank, and he asked, "What does the Grand Vizier mean?"

Sulaiman shook his head slightly, sighed again, and said, "Send someone to contact the Ming people and tell them that it was the Janissaries who deliberately rebelled who held Sultan hostage, and that's why those things happened later. Misunderstood, Osman is willing to bear all the losses of the Ming Dynasty, and is willing to accept the emperor's disposal."

"In addition, the Ottoman Sultan has become extinct. We hope that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty can choose a new Sultan for Ottoman, whether it is to choose one from the Ottoman Sultan lineage, or to appoint a Ming person to be the Ottoman Sultan. Either way, we all accepted it without complaint.”

When Suleiman's words fell, the entire Ottoman court exploded.

If it is said that surrendering to the Ming people and compensating for the losses of the Ming people are still within the acceptable range of the Ottoman ministers and nobles, then the proposal of letting the Ming emperor decide the Ottoman sultan candidate is really too much.

This is no longer putting Osman in a lower position than Ming, but completely selling Osman to Ming!