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Chapter 1350 The Fury of the Ottoman Emperor
Constantinople, where the emperor of the Ottoman Empire is located, is the capital of the Ottoman Empire that makes European countries invincible.In Constantinople, the kings of Vienna, Paris, Madrid, and London were regarded as inferior to the Ottoman emperors, and even Vienna of the Habsburg dynasty paid tribute to the Ottoman Empire.

Yet this winter Constantinople was filled with weeping.

Many soldiers, sailors, cannon fodder, and slaves died, disappeared, and were captured in the sea battle in the Tunis Strait. When the defeated soldiers fled back to Constantinople, less than half of the number of people who set out remained.The whole of Constantinople seemed to have been hit by a major earthquake, and fell into an atmosphere of extreme shock and sadness.

The Ottoman Empire has not had such a big defeat for decades!

This time the Imperial Fleet was destroyed again, just like the nightmare that the Imperial Fleet was defeated by the combined fleet of Spain, Venice, the Papal State, and Genoa in the Battle of Lepanto more than 60 years ago.

The chancellor of the empire, Grand Vizier Bar-Ilan Pasha, escaped back to Constantinople with a fractured forehead from hitting the mainmast during the naval battle.

But he fled back to Constantinople, and what faced him was not the rest of his life, but his doom.

He was like a lost dog, being escorted to the guillotine by the new Turkish army.

Not far away is the emperor Murad IV, who is much younger than Chu Yun, but also holds great power.

He was looking coldly at the Grand Vizier who was being guillotined, but he turned a blind eye.The empire has changed several grand viziers in the past few years, and changing to a new grand vizier will not affect the normal operation of the empire.

Now, someone needs to quell the dissatisfaction of the nobles and common people of Constantinople with blood.

This time the fleet is not only for civilians, but also for many powerful children who want to gain military merit by participating in sea battles and defeating heretics.As a result, more than [-] people were lost in a sea battle. Even a large empire with a population of tens of millions could hardly bear such a heavy loss.

Under the watchful eyes of the dignitaries and common people in Constantinople, Barjlan Pasha was ruthlessly executed, which attracted the cheers of many common people.At least someone took the blame for the failure of the Imperial fleet.

"The Golden Horn Bay must launch [-] warships before June. The shipyards in Rhodes Island and Cyprus Island are working at full capacity, and Pasha of Rhodes Island will command the new fleet to re-enter the Mediterranean Sea and destroy the enemies of the empire." Murad IV said indifferently.

He was going to lead a large army to crusade against the Persian Empire, but suddenly a combined fleet appeared in the Mediterranean, captured Algiers one after another, defeated the imperial fleet, and then the Barbary pirates in Tunisia and Tripoli surrendered to each other without a fight. Some treaties undermining the dignity of the Ottoman Empire were signed, which made the Ottoman Emperor furious.

The private compensation compromise between the Barbary pirate collective and the United Fleet is also because the law does not blame the public.The group of Barbary pirates is still very strong together, equivalent to a semi-independent pirate kingdom attached to the Ottoman Empire.The emperor of the Ottoman Empire wanted to punish the Barbary pirates, and it was impossible to execute the pashas of Algiers, Tunisia, and Tripoli at the same time. Otherwise, the entire North African coast was expected to be reshuffled. Will the new pirate king be willing to obey the empire? Hard to say orders.Now that the grand vizier has assumed all the consequences of the failure of the imperial fleet to appease the public, it seems pointless to punish the Barbary pirates.

Murad IV sat on his throne, tapping the handle of the chair with his fingers, thinking about how to calm down the current situation.

The imperial fleet was defeated, and even Constantinople's hearts were fluctuating. If this continues, some rebellions may rise again.Without the threat of the imperial fleet, if envoys were sent to recall the pashas from Algiers, Tunisia, and Tripoli to Constantinople, these pashas would think that the empire would execute them and the grand vizier together, maybe Barbary pirates will completely rebel against the rule of the empire.

The war with the Persians for the Mesopotamia is not over yet.

Murad IV felt a headache when he thought of these.

"Your Majesty, this is the information collected by Hapler's Pasha during the winter. The enemy's fleet is based on the island of Malta and is threatening to claim money from the Levant. They divide the town into three classes according to the population of the town. , and received compensations of 10 taels, 5 taels, and 2 taels in the oriental unit value. If the coastal towns do not pay, they threatened to burn the towns.”

"The Egyptian Pasha and 24 Mamluk nobles reported that the Chinese demanded 150 million taels of compensation from the Egyptian province. The Egyptian province has rejected the other party's rude and barbaric request. Seeing that the blackmail failed, the other party returned to the island of Malta. The Nile River did not Unsuitable for their large warships, Cairo will be impenetrable."

"Our ambassador in Venice has noticed that the Venetians have mobilized a large number of ships, war horses, artillery, food, and fresh water. Many soldiers have also been recalled from the islands in the Mediterranean. Our ambassador thinks that they may be preparing for an expedition! Ambassador please You must pay attention to the movements of the Venetians, although we need them to enter the European market, but after all, they have a fundamental conflict of interest with us in the Mediterranean, and a big war is inevitable."

"Our scouts in the Papal State found out that the Papal State seems to be recruiting believers, saying that it is going to launch a crusade, and the target is unknown."

When Murad IV was thinking about how to deal with several pashas of the Barbary pirates, he received several bad news in succession in the next period of time!
The provinces of Egypt, the Levant region, the Italian peninsula, and the island of Malta are surging!The situation in the Mediterranean suddenly became tense!
Realizing that the rain was about to come, Murad IV convened a group of confidants such as the ministers of the empire, the patriarch, and the officers of the imperial guards, all of whom were deducing the situation in the Mediterranean.

"The island of Malta, Venice, and the Papal States have been fighting against our Ottoman Empire for more than 100 years. This time they collectively acted, and there must be some kind of intention. They united with the Chinese and the British, and their possible targets are these two This place, Levant, Egypt, the obvious evidence is that both Levant and Egypt have been extorted by the other party, and the amount of extortion is huge." The guard officer marked two important places on the map drawn by the Ottoman Empire itself .

"Cyprus Island, Rhodes Island, and Greece may also be invaded by them. Especially the Venetians lost Cyprus Island. Maybe the Venetians want to take advantage of the temporary destruction of our fleet to regain Cyprus Island." There is the Ottoman Empire. Pasha said.

Without the fleet to protect the empire's coastal territory, the entire coastal area of ​​the empire will be exposed to the attack range of the surrounding forces!This is the significance of the existence of the naval fleet in this era.With a powerful naval fleet, the goal of war may not necessarily be achieved, but without a fleet, it will face the enemy's blockade and be passive everywhere.

"The enemy can only attack Egypt and the Levant." Murad IV personally judged.

(End of this chapter)