Dominate the Country

That night, Selim couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

He was thinking about the way out for the Ottoman Empire. If the Ottoman Empire cannot regain its strength, sooner or later the Ottoman Empire will be slaughtered by foreign powers like the natives of Wey Island.

Think about Russia and Austria around the Ottoman Empire, as well as the British and French who are eyeing the Ottoman North African territory. Each of them is a greedy devil. If the Ottoman Empire really falls to the point of being slaughtered one day, then the result of the Ottoman nation must be extremely tragic.

It is now 1779 in the Western calendar, and the last Russo-Turkish War has ended for more than four years. Perhaps in another ten years, a new round of Russo-Turkish War will start again. There is not much time left for the Ottoman Empire.

Selim is thinking about how to make the Ottoman Empire strong in ten years?

This is not something that the Ottoman Empire can do by its own efforts. The Ottoman Empire must have a reliable friend! Give the Ottomans the greatest help in the construction of the new military system, and pull the giant Ottoman out of the deep pool of mud.

Selim, who served as the Ottoman Empire's ambassador to Russia, personally participated in the negotiation process of the Ottoman defeat agreement in the last Russo-Turkish War. After experiencing such a thing once, he didn't want to experience it again. That kind of psychological negative pressure can really drive a person crazy.

So under the prefix of the greatest interests, Selim didn't care about whether Wedao Island was Wedao Island or Aceh was not Aceh. The world of Arabia is full of believers of the true God. When the Ottoman Empire was strong, didn't it eat everything in big mouthfuls? At that time, they didn't see how much they cherished the believers of the gods in the occupied territories.

When a country is strong, the influence of the group of people with the same civilization as itself in a place that its hands and feet cannot touch is a pile of shit in the face of real interests.

As a qualified diplomat, Selim first knew the power of the Ottoman Empire itself. The combat effectiveness of the Guards, the main combat force, is corrupt, but the troops in the hands of the governors of some border provinces, Pasha, are still quite combat-effective.

The current Ottoman Empire can still easily mobilize hundreds of thousands of firearms troops. In terms of military strength alone, it is still the first in the world, and it is not much worse than the European powers.

But war is about money, and now this firearm war costs more than in the past.

The Ottoman Empire, which has no friends, can only drain the last penny of the treasury once it goes to war, while the two major enemies of the Ottoman Empire, whether it is Russia or Austria, can issue bonds in the world of one god and borrow money from countries that belong to Europe.

The strength of a country is the complement of military and economy. The Ottoman Empire, which has lost its military advantage, has even worse economic strength.

When the war breaks out, the poor economy will also drag down the military, and eventually turn the Ottoman Empire, which has first-class military strength, into the combat effectiveness of a second-rate country.

Selim clenched his fists in anger when he remembered the humiliation he suffered in front of the Russians.

Therefore, he would not have any improper thoughts about the experience of the Muslims on Wedao. Compared with the interests between China and Austria, this little thing here is nothing. Of course, there are more than Mirza who belong to the sect and the guards in the team, and these people will not let go of this topic. What happened here will be reported back to the country as quickly as possible.

Selim doesn't care.

When he stands on the interests of the country and removes the coat of Muslims from Wedao, everyone can naturally recognize the naturalness of this matter.

Don't dream of your own independence and freedom without strong strength.

With China's current strength, isn't it reasonable to rub the small Wedao?

In the Mughal Empire of India, Akbar the Great was also a loyal believer in the true God, but what about the current Mughal emperor? Perhaps you will say that the princes of India are more likely to believe in Hinduism. Then what about the Nanyang region?

Didn't the blood of true God believers flow in Malacca and the East Indies, which were invaded and occupied by the Portuguese and the Dutch?

In a word, all the anti-China sentiment in the Ottoman Empire is a simple reason.

It's not because of faith at all, but because of interests.

The entry of the Chinese touched their interests, so of course they would not be willing. And the voices raised in Istanbul before were just excuses.

How could Selim, who had seen the matter of faith clearly, give in to the designs of a few country bumpkins on the island of We?

Europeans still believe in Catholicism, so they are not beaten to death?

If Britain, France and Russia still have different beliefs, then the struggle between Spain and Portugal, and the interests occupied by the French in Italy, are purely one group of people.

A qualified diplomat must always put his butt on the level of national interests, and faith is nothing but clouds. The clouds that cover your eyes, you can't wipe off this layer of clouds, and you are not a qualified diplomat if you are swayed by faith in your diplomatic career.

The Ottoman fleet quickly left the port of Sabang on We Island. When they arrived in Singapore, the news of what happened on We Island had spread throughout the South Seas. At the same time, Selim and his team also had a clear understanding of more detailed intelligence from China and other Eastern countries.

During the journey, they saw a Chinese fleet heading west. At that time, Selim even speculated whether the fleet was going to Banda Aceh to intimidate the Aceh people. Now he realized that he had thought too much. The fleet was not going to greet the Aceh people, but to fight Myanmar.

With the support and assistance of China, Siam and Myanmar went to war.

At the same time, Luang Prabang, Vientiane, and Phnom Penh also declared war on Myanmar. But these three countries were just making a show of strength and only sent a total of 10,000 infantrymen, and their equipment was still poor.

The troops of Siam were concentrated in their northwest - Chiang Mai Province. They ignored the more than 1,000 miles of border between the two countries, because the dividing line between Siam and Myanmar was largely based on mountains, forests and rivers, which was a natural dividing line.

For example, the northern end of the Malay Peninsula - the section of the Gulf of Siam, a very narrow section [Kra Isthmus], with a width of only 150 to 160 miles, was divided between the two countries, and no one could annex the other. That is because it is impossible to deploy troops in that narrow area. There is a Thanasharin Mountain Range in the middle, which is rugged and difficult to travel, and is a natural dividing line between the two sides.

Neither Myanmar nor Siam can swallow each other.

And the narrowest stretch between Thonburi and Songkhla in Siam is only 20 miles. But the mountains are dangerous and the Siamese cannot expand westward.

So the main force of Siam’s army is concentrated in Chiang Mai, and the Chinese Nanyang Navy, which has an absolute advantage in surface warfare, began to mobilize troops to Jinghai, and would settle on the way to the Jeep Island in Tai. Their main task is to harass and capture the entire coastal area of ​​Myanmar.

When Selim and his fleet were still floating on the sea route of Ceylon’s Laiwe Island, the Chinese Navy fleet had already attacked several ports in Myanmar, such as Yangon and Mawlamyine.

Selim was surprised when he heard the news, but he knew that the Chinese war against the Spaniards was still going on. The Chinese have just formed a force of tens of thousands of people to go on an expedition to North America, and now they are pulling Siam to fight Burma. This is really crazy.

Burma is a powerful country anyway, and California, thousands of miles away, needs no further explanation.

Selim drew a map of China with his hands. He dyed the entire west coast of North America red, and then the entire East Indies. Sooner or later, this place will also belong to the Chinese.

"And Korea."

Deputy Envoy Mustafa Rest Mu Medji took the pen from Selim's hand and dyed Korea heavily red.

"This land will be completely swallowed up by the Chinese in a few years. The majesty of the King of Korea has been completely lost, right?" Mustafa shook a newspaper in his hand. This was a Chinese newspaper he bought in Singapore. The translator read the newspaper for him. A news on the second page said: A certain place in Korea, because of personal conflicts, arbitrarily beheaded the governor of the same city. This is another serious incident of military generals abusing power.

"Again", this word "again" is really well used.

Mustafa just wanted to laugh.

"In addition, the country of Annan. Here, here, and here..."

Annan, which is divided into four parts, Ryukyu, Ceylon next to India, and most of Siberia.

Selim is not the only one who thinks deeply about China. Mustafa is the direct representative of the Sultan himself and has close ties with the Sultan. In his eyes, the China drawn by Selim is too conservative.

Siberia, half of the Kazakh steppe, and even the Chinese are likely to launch an encroachment on India. The northwest region of South Asia bordering Tibet is the prevalent area of ​​Sikhism. For Sikh believers who oppose the exclusivity of the Muslim religion, advocate the elimination of the caste system of Hinduism, and advocate the equal distribution of all land to farmers, the Chinese system is much stronger than the lingering Mughal.

When the last stroke was finished.

Mustafa retreated to Selim's side, and the two looked at the "range" of China on the map, and a sense of shock arose spontaneously.

"This is really a huge empire."

Even if the map of Nanmingzhou is not drawn in a standard way, it is so huge that it is unimaginable.

The Roman Empire was marked by the Mediterranean Sea becoming their inner lake, but the Chinese Empire turned the entire ocean into their inner lake.

Because they knew little about the situation in America, Selim and Mustafa did not dare to easily start writing on the map of North America, but everyone knew that the thin Rocky Mountains would never stop the Chinese.

This is definitely a huge and unimaginable empire.

And if this empire can become a loyal friend of the Ottomans, it will definitely help the Ottomans to rejuvenate.

In Selim's eyes, the whole world is divided into three parts: Western civilization, Arab civilization and Eastern civilization.

Looking at the development of the three civilizations, the Arab civilization is undoubtedly the weakest. As the representative of the Arab civilization, the Ottoman Empire can only rival one of the Western civilization powers.

The representative of Eastern civilization is of course China, and China's strength is also unimaginable. Two hundred million people, that is an astronomical figure that dare not even be thought of. But in the whole East, apart from China, there is no other country that can be compared with the other two.

Whether it is Siam, Annan, Japan, or Korea, they are all far inferior to the five major powers in the West, Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, and Russia.

And because of the transportation restrictions of this era, the Kazakh steppe is simply an insurmountable chasm.

China's sphere of influence at most covers the area east of the Caspian Sea, and it does not threaten the interests of the Ottoman Empire. Then the Ottoman Empire can be China's most perfect ally and become China's first line of defense against Western civilization.

Although it is a bit self-deprecating to think this way, the current Ottoman Empire really does not have greater capital to seek higher capital.

Selim, who had never expected the revolutionary transportation changes that would take place in a few decades. The overall outline of his brain was very clear.

As they learned more and more about the facts in the East and got closer and closer to Nanjing, Selim felt that it was necessary to reach an agreement with Mustafa first, and then jointly suppress the other deputy envoy in the team - Bayezid Tusun Murad, who represented the interests of the sect and the guards.

There were two deputy envoys in a delegation. If it was a dynasty with a grand central authority, there must be a reason. But if it came from a country like the Ottoman Empire where the imperial power was greatly restricted, it was definitely a helpless compromise after the internal factional disputes were endless and one side could not completely overwhelm the opponent.

Selim was the chief envoy representing the Ottoman government. The religious orders and the guards were at a disadvantage on this issue, so Bayezid was relegated to the position of deputy, and his ranking was higher than Mustafa. The latter was only the personal representative of the Sultan.

Now this is the boss joining hands with the third to contain the second.

Each of the three bosses has his own space in the delegation. Mirza is a general under Bayezid. It can be imagined that after they arrived in Nanjing, it would definitely not be peaceful.

Just when Selim and Mustafa met, Bayezid was also holding his own small group meeting in the conference hall on another ship.

Since the Xi'an incident, a series of extreme attacks have occurred on Chinese soil in the past three or four months, and many of these events can be collected in Singapore.

To be honest, this kind of action is unacceptable to Bayezid himself. This is completely the method of assassins!

For such extreme and dangerous ideas, even in the Ottoman country, they must be resolutely suppressed.

To be honest, Bayezid had a good impression of the Chinese emperor. He had just been assassinated and threatened, but he could immediately stand up and endorse the Muslims. Regardless of whether this behavior was based on the Chinese emperor's rule, it greatly earned the favor of the Muslims.

But in the face of factional interests, personal feelings were easily thrown aside.

"This is a performance, a performance. We cannot be deceived by the appearance of the Chinese emperor. We must solemnly protest to the Chinese government and emperor, protesting their unfair treatment of Muslims and their severe suppression and suppression of Muslims.

We must unite closely with the Muslims in China, waving the star-crescent flag, and obtain all the rights and interests that believers should have under the guidance of the true God..."

Bayezid shouted.