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Chapter 112 The Ottoman version of "Taking Deer as Horse"

At this point, the entire process of issuing letters of appointment was actually almost over, and the white eunuchs placed the gifts one by one in the clergy residence of the Saints Cathedral.

The leader congratulated.

"Congratulations to Miss Anna and Patriarch Nicholas. This shows how much His Majesty attaches importance to you. I hope Miss Anna will take good care of us after you enter the palace."

Patriarch Nicholas went up and pulled again. Before leaving, the white eunuch took out a letter from his sleeve.

"Miss Anna, His Majesty gave this to you. Before leaving, His Majesty specifically asked us to open it only for you."

The girl blushed, grabbed the envelope handed over by Eunuch Bai, ignored everyone's mocking eyes, rushed into the small room on the side, and started admiring it by herself.

"The throne of my lonely alcove,

my love,

my moonlight.

my most sincere friend,

Anna, Sultana of the future empire, my confidant,

the reason for my existence,

my sultana,

My only love.

The most beautiful of beauties...

my spring,

My face is full of joyful love,

my day,

my sweetheart,

Laughing leaves...

my green tree,

my fragrance,

my rose,

The only person in this world who won't make me sad...

my constantinian,

my Karaman,

My land of Anatolia, my Badakhshan,

My Baghdad and my beautiful wife in Khorasan,

crooked my love
My love with mischievous eyes...

I will sing your praises forever,

my heartbroken love,

Muhibi with tears in his eyes,

I am very happy.

I chose you, and you happen to love me too.

Selim Osmanoglu

Anna took the letter and read it again and again, and finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"So, your Majesty, what father said is not entirely correct.

At least in terms of emotions, he is really clumsy. Even this poem was copied from Suleiman the Great. "

Anna picked up the pen and decided to write a letter to Sudan. As for how to write it?

Since Lord Sultan copied Suleiman the Great, then as Sultana, she would copy Sultan Xurem's, and it would be considered as a couple singing against each other.

"Separation burns me like a fire and breaks my heart.

With tears in my eyes, I seem to be submerged in the deep sea, from morning to night, no longer separated from you.

Since parting from you, my Sultan, I no longer hear the nightingale's song.

God, please give to my enemies the pain of this thought. "

The girl looked at the poem she had written, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She blushed and put it in an envelope, and then went outside.

Eunuch Bai and a group of court servants were still waiting outside at this moment, which made the girl's face even redder, and she muttered in a low voice.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

The leader of the white eunuch at the side also said something at this time.

"Miss Anna, do you have a reply letter to give to His Majesty? Your Majesty said that according to your personality, you will definitely give him a reply letter."

The girl didn't answer, but just handed the envelope to Eunuch Bai, who greeted him with a smile and left.

Although there is no telegraph, no railway, and no means of quickly disseminating information in this era, people's gossip will always be the most powerful in the world.

After all, this sultan is considered an innovation. Apart from him, no sultan has done this in the nearly 600-year history of the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, there are some who are as bold as him. For example, Suleiman the Great directly ignored the system of four wives handed down from the Prophet Muhammad. fathered his eldest son Mustafa.

Suleiman's behavior can indeed be said to be out of love, but Selim's behavior today is mixed with more political factors.

According to common sense, no matter what, Selim has to convert the other party first, and then he will be hired.

After all, you, a Muslim, send someone to hire an Orthodox Christian, and the place of the hire is still in a place like the Saints Cathedral. No matter which side it is, looking at this matter, it seems to be quite offensive.

However, if you look at it in combination with the actual situation of the Ottoman Empire, you will find that Selim's behavior is actually probing and soothing at the same time.

After the Orthodox elite in the Balkans wiped out the Guards in Selim, their lives can be said to have suffered a major blow compared to before.

For a long time, although the effect of the work was the same, the Fanars who were still working for the Balkan Orthodox lords were almost taken up in the last big purge. After the He nobles were hustled by the Russian army in the last Russo-Turkish war, they were purged again, and they were basically gone.

The Greeks cringed, and the Serbs and Bulgarians were also made miserable by Selim's conversion policy, although the group of miserable people were mainly Orthodox lords.

So, by first recruiting and then converting, it is easy to give these Orthodox lords some confidence, and at the same time test their reactions.

As for the rest of the empire, Egypt no longer needs to think about it. The Mamluks have not left even a single ashes, and Algeria, Libya, and several countries in Tunisia don’t even need to worry about it.

However, the Asian part of the empire needs to be treated with caution. For these local tyrants, Selim only really uprooted the Janikli family. The others were willing to cooperate with the Sudan and disbanded their private soldiers.

As for why they didn't make a sudden together, this kind of thing is done once at most, and others are not fools, so they really didn't know how to hide when they were hacked.

Once the two sides start a civil war, regardless of whether they can win or not, at least the Anatolia region will definitely be smashed.

This place is broken, and Sai Dadi doesn't have to play anymore, just reopen it, maybe he can enter the Traversing University and change his major.

And what is the current temptation based on? Selim has a new army loyal to him, a useful dog - the Polish Legion in exile, and a good dog - the Circassians.

This kind of temptation made after occupying an absolute advantage, if you have to find an example, can be roughly regarded as the Ottoman Empire version of pointing a deer into a horse.

Overseas, Emperor Sai has nothing to do with it. At home, you don’t sing praises, and Emperor Sai doesn’t force you, it’s just that you can’t be reused.

But if he doesn't even know how to keep silent, if he sprays directly, Emperor Sai will use his head to test the sharpness of his sword.

As for whether the person who sings praises is sincere or not, it doesn't matter, at least the other party has expressed his attitude and asked Sai Dadi to re-screen.

There is a saying, how to put it, I like the way you can't understand me but you have to obey me.

Take your time, there are many such things, and the country will get used to it, and the mind will gradually open up, and more policies will be implemented later.

　Thanks to the monthly tickets of the three book friends
　　
　
(End of this chapter)