Smuggling Daming

When Jiao Huangzhong left Damascus, Selim also gave many gifts to Zhengde, and also sent a 3000-man cavalry as their guards. No bandit group dared to think of them again.

It is worth mentioning that, not long after they left Damascus in Scorched Yellow, Selim ordered the Ottoman army to leave Damascus and march towards Egypt. As a result, wherever the Ottoman army arrived, many local officers surrendered to him. And he took the initiative to guide him, which also allowed Selim's army to advance extremely fast.

When Jiao Huangzhong and the others boarded the boat on the coast of the Red Sea, Selim had already crossed the Isthmus of Suez, officially entered the territory of Egypt, and was advancing towards Cairo with all his might.When the burnt-yellow medium-sized ship had just left the Red Sea and arrived in the Gulf of Aden, it was heard that the Ottoman army defeated the most elite cavalry of the Mamluk dynasty in front of Cairo. More than 5000 Mamluk cavalry were killed. The dynasty could only defend the isolated city of Cairo.

In addition, this battle also marked the fall of the Mamluk cavalry from the altar. You must know that the Mamluk cavalry was the only army that could defeat the Mongolian cavalry from the front. However, after this battle, the reputation of the Mamluk cavalry was greatly damaged. Although there will still be Mamluk cavalry active in Egypt and Central Asia in the future, they can only become a relatively strong cavalry and will never regain their former reputation.

Three days later, Selim stormed Cairo with lightning, and soon after, Alexandria, and since then.The entire Mamluk dynasty officially fell, and Egypt finally fell into the hands of the Ottoman Empire, and has been ruled by them for hundreds of years.

When the scorched yellow fleet arrived in India, he had already received the news that the Ottoman Empire had occupied the entire territory of Egypt, which made him very shocked by the powerful army of the Ottoman Empire. Although he knew that Ming's navy was invincible at sea, but In terms of the army, Da Ming has just recovered some strength, and he can be sure of it.If it were Ming's army to attack Egypt, it would be difficult to destroy it like the Ottoman Empire.

The scorched fleet rested in Goa, India for a few days. Now Goa has become the naval headquarters of Ming Dynasty to control the Indian Ocean. At the same time, it is also the most prosperous port along the Indian Ocean. Countless merchant ships from north to south will stop here. Find what you need.By the way, sell the goods you have pulled.

Goa under the rule of Ming was far more prosperous and prosperous than it was under the rule of Portugal. This does not mean that the methods of rule of Ming were superior, but because the people of Ming were more open-minded. I'm afraid it is the most enlightened country in the world, because in the mind of Ming people.Religion is religion, what other people believe has nothing to do with me.As long as it does not endanger the rule of Ming Dynasty, then any religion can find the soil to grow in Ming Dynasty.

It is also the concept above that Daming practiced a very open religious concept in Goa, whether it is Catholic or Muslim, or Hinduism native to India, or Taoism and Chinese culture from Daming. Local Buddhism, you can build your own temple here.As for the means of preaching, as long as it does not violate the laws of Ming Dynasty.Everything else is allowed, which is much more enlightened than the group of Catholic Portuguese before. At least they will not deliberately suppress people of other religions, nor will they force local natives to convert to Catholicism.

Daming's religious attitude at the beginning was naturally welcomed by businessmen from all over the world. After all, India and West Asia are areas where religious conflicts are very serious. Every sect wants to overwhelm other sects, and even force its own believers to hate people of other sects , Even some ruling institutions will suppress people of other sects, such as the Portuguese before, they will impose heavy taxes on Muslim businessmen, and even force local people to convert to Catholicism.

However, it is different in Daming. Goa welcomes all people who come to live or do business, no matter what religion this person believes in, as long as he obeys the laws of Daming, he will be treated equally by Daming. It formed a huge attraction, especially the Muslim businessmen who were oppressed by Portugal in the past, they were more willing to come to Goa for business, and even bought land and built houses in Goa to settle down. This made Goa not only restore the original The popularity of the port has grown, and the number of merchant ships in the port has increased several times before. For this reason, local officials in Goa had to expand the port again to meet the needs of commercial growth.

"Mr. Jiao, everything here in Goa is very novel to me, especially when I see Muslims and non-Muslims living peacefully together, and even talking like ordinary friends, which is almost impossible for us in the Ottoman Empire. It’s unimaginable!” On a bustling street in Goa, a child wearing a traditional Arabic robe said to an older Han man next to him in awkward Chinese.

"Murad, this world is colorful, and it also has countless possibilities. Regarding the rule of the Ottoman Empire, it is difficult for us to define it as right or wrong. After all, every empire has its own reasons for its existence. Basically, your previous education may conflict with what you will see in the future. What you have to do is not to judge who is right and who is wrong, but to open your mind and embrace all kinds of views. There is an old saying in Central China called "Mount Tai does not let the soil, so it can become big; the river and the sea don't choose the trickle, so it can be deep." You should also be a person like the mountains and the rivers and seas." The older Han man taught, and also explained in detail Explain to him the meaning of quoting the old saying in the words.

"Mr. Jiao's lesson is that the disciple understands!" The kid in Arabic robes bowed and saluted. Although he was a foreigner, he had already mastered the etiquette of the Han people very well.

This elderly Han is exactly the scorched man who signed the Suez Canal Treaty with Selim before, and the child beside him is named Murad. His identity is not simple, because he is the same as Suleiman. They were all Selim's children, and before Jiao Huangzhong left, Selim secretly summoned him again and entrusted his youngest son to him, asking him to bring Murad back to Daming and never come back.

The succession of the throne of the Ottoman Empire is notoriously cruel in history, and they even formulated a "Brother Killing Law", that is, all people who ascend to the throne of the Sultan will kill their brothers and nephews, In order to avoid anyone threatening his position as sultan, Selim killed his father, brother, and nephew at the beginning before finally taking the position of sultan.

It may also be because of the cruel battle for the throne that year, Selim walked on his old path for many of his sons, so he used a crazy move that made everyone feel incomprehensible, that is, he comprehensively considered his 20+ years. After learning the qualities of a son, he finally selected Suleiman from among them as his heir, and then killed all the other sons. In this way, Suleiman became his only son, and he did not have to go through the mutual relationship between father and son and brother. The tragedy of carnage.

However, as a close-minded sultan, Selim also considered that he only left Suleiman as his son. What should I do if I stop working hard and fail to meet my future requirements?

So under this consideration, while slaughtering his other sons, Selim quietly hid a newborn, unknown son in another place, and sent special people to educate him. In this way, Even if Suleiman had an unfortunate accident, or failed to meet his requirements, then this son can be used to replace Suleiman, and the youngest son is Murad beside Jiao Huangzhong.

There is also a story about the name Murad, because he was originally the name of Selim's eldest son. When Selim competed with his father and brothers for the position of sultan, his eldest son Murad had grown up and, like him, was He is a heroic general, even the reason why he was able to defeat his father and elder brother back then was thanks to this eldest son, and Murad had saved his life many times on the battlefield, so emotionally speaking, Sai Lim has the deepest bond with his eldest son, Murad.

It's just that when Selim considered his son's quality comprehensively, he found that although his eldest son Murad was as good at fighting as him, he had a shortcoming, that is, he was not very good at administration. , can only become the second self at most, and it is absolutely impossible to lead the Ottoman Empire to the peak, so under this consideration, Selim finally killed his eldest son Murad in tears, but this incident has always made him Very guilty, and it was precisely to commemorate his eldest son, so Selim named Suleiman's youngest son Murad.

However, Suleiman's performance has always been very good. Although he is still a bit naive and immature in some aspects, it is mainly because he is too young. As he grows older in the future, Suleiman will definitely become a Excellent sultan, even better than Bilim, but the better Suleiman is, the more useless Murad's spare son becomes.

Selim is 50 years old this year. Although his body is still very strong, he knows that the years of fighting have seriously damaged his body. Sometimes he even feels that he may not be able to last for a few years, and Suleiman has also As an adult, he is excellent in every aspect. According to his plan back then, he would kill Murad, the last son, before he died, but because of the arrival of Jiao Huangzhong, he had another idea. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)