Smuggling Daming

Murad's request is actually very simple, that is, he hopes to enter the military academy in Daming to study, not the army academy in Beijing, but the naval academy in Songjiang. When they came to Daming before, the fleet stopped in Songjiang After a day, Jiao Huangzhong specially took Murad to visit Daming's Naval Academy so that he could better understand Daming.

If other people make such a request, even if the other party is not Han, as long as he is loyal to Daming, Zhou Zhong may agree to it, but for Murad, the prince exiled from the Ottoman Empire, Zhou Zhong does not know whether he should agree to the other party request, because Murad's status is too special.

If Murad was a few years older, I am afraid that Zhou Zhong would think that the other party was a senior spy sent by Selim to spy on Da Ming's information, and even this time he asked to enter the Naval Academy to learn Da Ming's advanced navigation and naval warfare technology secretly. .But now Murad is only ten years old, and it is impossible for Selim to know about the arrival of Jiao Huangzhong in advance, so it is impossible to prepare a spy like Murad in advance, let alone Selim's shrewdness, Possibly make a child a spy.

However, it would be easy to deal with Murad if he was a spy. It is impossible for a small accident to make him disappear completely, but now the other party is only a ten-year-old child, and his background is so miserable, Zhou Zhong can't do it at all. In addition, Murad did not do anything to harm Daming. He just wanted to study in the naval academy like ordinary Ming people. He even told Jiao Huangzhong that he hoped to enter the navy of Daming after graduation. service.Do your part for Ming's navy.

The possibility that Murad was a spy was ruled out.So what was his motivation for wanting to join the Navy?Zhou Zhong made some guesses about this.

The first is Murad as a child.He is easily influenced by the people around him. He has been receiving education in Jiaohuangzhong during this period, so he has a sense of belonging to Daming. In addition, the repression he received in Ottoman before made his sense of belonging even stronger. In fact, he himself became interested in the navy again, so he came up with the idea of ​​going to a naval school to study.Of course, this kind of thinking is based on the fact that Murad is a very innocent child, but it is based on Zhou's impression of Murad.He felt that it was impossible for this precocious child to be so innocent.

The second conjecture is a bit scary, that is, Murad's intention to enter the navy is after careful consideration, and he has a deeper plan, for example, he wants to become an admiral of the Ming Dynasty through the naval academy, so as to realize his own value , when he grows up in the future, he can use the power of Ming to help him regain the position of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Although Zhou Zhong thinks that it is difficult for a ten-year-old child to think so far, Murad is not an ordinary child. The strict education he received from an early age made him mature far beyond his peers.Maybe he can really think like an adult.

Of the two conjectures above, Zhou Zhong puts more emphasis on the second one.Moreover, he found Jiao Huangzhong and told his two conjectures. As a result, Jiao Huangzhong, who is most familiar with Murad, also thought that the second conjecture was more likely, because in the process of teaching Murad, he also found that This child is very precocious, and his way of thinking is closer to that of an adult. It is not surprising that he can have such far-reaching considerations.

After getting the answer from Jiao Huangzhong, Zhou Zhong felt that it was necessary for him to have a talk with the kid Murad. If he really wanted to regain the position of Ottoman Sultan, then Zhou Zhong didn't mind helping him.

A few days later, Zhou Zhong summoned Murad in the study of his palace. There were only the two of them in the room, and Zhou Zhong only prepared two cups of tea. When Murad came in, he was asked to sit by himself. The opposite side invited him to have tea, and it seemed that he was completely treated as an adult.

"Murad, tell me, why do you want to study at the Naval Academy? Don't you know that your status is very special?" Zhou Zhong sipped his tea, and suddenly asked straight to the point.

Murad was a little uneasy from the very beginning. After all, no matter how precocious he was, he was only an 11-year-old child, and it was the first time he faced such a thing, so he was unavoidably very disturbed. When he heard Zhou Zhong directly When he asked why he went to the Naval Academy, he was even more shocked. He raised his head and looked at Zhou Zhongyi's lowered head. He didn't dare to meet Zhou Zhong's eyes, and he didn't answer Zhou Zhong's question.

Seeing Murad's performance, Zhou Zhong already knew that his previous second guess might be the truth, and he even thought that maybe Murad's previous closeness to Jiao Huangzhong might be intentional by this kid. If this is the case, then this little guy who is only 11 years old is too scary.

"Murad, I know some of the traditions inherited by your Ottoman Empire, and I also know what kind of education you have received since childhood. Although these may be normal for your Ottoman Empire, but for our Ming Dynasty, Your actions are too cruel, even your current appearance, I feel very sad, because you should be like other children, cry when you want, laugh when you want, but you can't do it, this It makes me even feel a little pitiful for you."

When Zhou Zhong said these words, his eyes kept observing Murad's reaction, and the result was as he expected. When he heard these words, Murad had various expressions on his face, especially when When she heard that she pitied him, her little face flushed even more, as if she wished she could stand up and yell, that she didn't need anyone to pity him.

If Murad really stood up and yelled at Zhou Zhong, I'm afraid Zhou Zhong would be happier, because he knew that this child at least had the joys, sorrows, sorrows and joys of ordinary people, but Murad held back abruptly in the end, just Sitting there with his head bowed, he hid his expression.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhong lamented in his heart. The royal education in the Ottoman Empire was too perverted. He educated a child into a monster. Although such a monster might be better able to become the monarch of an empire, but as a human being In addition, Zhou Zhong finally understood why a person like Selim would brutally kill more than 20 of his sons after killing his father and brothers. This is not a normal person at all. Things that can be done, except for lunatics, and Selim is a complete lunatic, and now he has educated his son to be a monster.

"Murad, if you want me to help you, then the first thing you have to do is to be honest with me and tell me what you really think in your heart, otherwise you will go back to your residence and be honest Follow Jiao Huangzhong to learn the way of a sage!" Seeing that Murad has been hiding his true intentions, Zhou Zhong couldn't help feeling angry, and immediately issued an ultimatum to him.

Zhou Zhong's words finally had an effect next time. Murad raised his head anxiously when he heard that he was going to follow Jiao Huangzhong to learn the way of a saint, looked at Zhou Zhong and said, "Lord Supervisor, I have nothing to do with you." Malicious, I just don't want to spend my whole life waiting to die like this, so I want to enter the military academy to study!"

Seeing that Murad finally spoke, Zhou Zhong asked with a chuckle: "I don't want to spend my whole life waiting to die, but what I'm curious about is that after you graduate from the military academy in the future, follow the rules of the military academy. System, you are going to serve in the Ming army, what are you going to do then?"

"At that time I... I..." Murad seemed a little guilty. After hesitating a few times, he finally mustered up the courage to look directly into Zhou Zhong's eyes and said, "At that time, I will also join the army like everyone else."

"Oh? Then what about after you enter the army?" Zhou Zhong said with a smile, "Are you planning to make contributions at sea, or to get Da Ming's attention and support, so that you can return to the Ottoman Empire to retake the Sultan in the future?" Or are you going to use the Ming Dynasty's navy to pull up a sea force by yourself, and then return to the Mediterranean Sea to fight for the throne with your brother?"

Hearing Zhou Zhong speak out his deepest thoughts, Murad was also terrified. Although he had already had a premonition that the Ming prison in front of him might have guessed what he was thinking, but when Zhou Zhong said it himself When it came out, it still made him feel unacceptable, and he didn't even know how to react.

After Zhou Zhong finished speaking, seeing Murad fell silent again, he couldn't help feeling helpless. Although Murad learned a lot when he was in Osman, he was only a child after all, not only poor in psychological quality, but also lacking in resilience. When encountering a question that he doesn't know how to answer, he only knows how to be silent, but he doesn't know that sometimes silence is also an answer.

"Murad, now I need you to answer me, do you still have a little ambition for the Ottoman Sultan, so you choose to go to the military academy? Now I will give you a chance to answer me directly, if it is true If you don't, I don't mind giving you some help!" Zhou Zhong said again, he had lost patience with this precocious and over-the-top child.

"Lord Jian Guo, is Daming really willing to help me?" Murad immediately became excited when he heard Zhou Zhong's last words, sat up straight and asked Zhou Zhong excitedly.

"It's not Da Ming who provides you with help, but I personally provide you with some help. The whole matter has nothing to do with Da Ming. You have to remember this clearly, and whether you can get my help depends on your own. Performance, if your performance meets my requirements, then I will definitely provide you with something you want, but if you fail to meet my requirements, then you should just stay in Daming and wait to die! "Zhou Zhong said mercilessly.