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Text Chapter 523 Selim¡¯s Second Son (Part 1)

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    When Huang Zhong left Damascus, Selim also gave many gifts to Zhengde, and also sent a cavalry of 3,000 people as their escort. With this cavalry, plus the Ming Dynasty's 1,000 fine cavalry,  I'm afraid no bandit group would dare to try their luck again.  It is worth mentioning that not long after they left Damascus, Selim ordered the Ottoman army to leave Damascus in advance and advance towards Egypt. As a result, wherever the Ottoman army went, many local officers surrendered to him.  And he took the initiative to show him the way, which also made Selim's army advance extremely quickly.  When Jiao Huangzhong and others got on the boat on the coast of the Red Sea, Selim had already crossed the Isthmus of Suez, officially entered Egypt, and was advancing towards Cairo with great momentum.  When the ship of Zhuangzhong and others had just left the Red Sea and reached the Gulf of Aden, they heard that the Ottoman army had defeated the most elite cavalry of the Mamluk dynasty in front of Cairo. More than 25,000 Mamluk cavalry were killed.  The Croatian 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 prestige of the Mamluk cavalry was greatly damaged.  , although there will still be Mamluk cavalry active in Egypt and Central Asia in the future, they will only become a relatively strong cavalry and will never be able to regain their former prestige.  Three days later, Selim captured Cairo with lightning power, and soon Alexandria. Since then, the entire Mamluk dynasty was officially destroyed, and Egypt finally fell into the hands of the Ottoman Empire and has been ruled by them ever since.  Hundreds of years.  When the burnt fleet arrived in India, he had already received news that the Ottoman Empire had occupied all of Egypt. This made him shocked by the Ottoman Empire's powerful army. Although he knew that the Ming Dynasty's navy could be invincible at sea, but  On the Army side.  The Ming Dynasty has just regained some strength, and it is certain that if the Ming Dynasty's army were to attack Egypt, it would be difficult to be as devastating as the Ottoman Empire.  The burnt fleet rested for a few days in Goa, India. Now Goa has become the naval base of the Ming Dynasty that controls the Indian Ocean. It is also the most prosperous port along the Indian Ocean, and countless merchant ships traveling from north to south will dock here.  Then look for the goods you need, and sell the goods you brought.  Goa under the Ming Dynasty was many times more prosperous than it was under the Portuguese rule. This does not mean that the Ming Dynasty's ruling methods were superior, but because the Ming Dynasty people's ideas were more open. To be precise, in terms of tolerance of religion, the Ming Dynasty  Probably the most enlightened country in the world.  Because in the Ming Dynasty people's concept, religion is religion. What others believe has nothing to do with me. As long as it does not endanger the rule of Ming Dynasty, then any religion can find soil for growth in Ming Dynasty.  It is precisely the above concept that the Ming Dynasty implemented a very open religious concept in Goa, regardless of whether it was a Catholic or a Muslim.  Either Hinduism, which is native to India, or Taoism or Chinese Buddhism, which came from the Ming Dynasty, can build their own temples here. As for the means of preaching, as long as they do not violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, other methods are allowed. This is comparable to  The former Catholic Portuguese were much more open-minded, at least they would not deliberately suppress people of other religions.  Nor will the local natives be forced to convert to Catholicism.  This initial religious attitude of the Ming Dynasty was naturally welcomed by businessmen from all over the world. After all, India and West Asia were originally areas with severe religious conflicts. Each sect wanted to overwhelm other sects, and even forced 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 would impose heavy taxes on Muslim merchants and even force local people to convert to Catholicism.  But it¡¯s different in the Ming Dynasty. Goa welcomes everyone who comes to live or do business, no matter what sect this person believes in.  As long as he abides by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, he will be treated equally by the Ming Dynasty. In this way, it will naturally form a huge attraction for those businessmen, especially the Muslim businessmen who were oppressed by Portugal in the past. They are even more willing to come to Goa to trade, and even  Goans bought land, built houses and settled down. In just one year, Goa not only regained its original popularity, but also grew. The number of merchant ships coming and going in the port was several times that of before. For this reason, Goa's local people  Officials had to expand the port again to meet the demands of growing commerce.  "Mr. Jiao, everything here in Goa is very new to me, especially when I see Muslims and non-Muslims living together peacefully and even talking like ordinary friends. This is simply unheard of in our Ottoman Empire.  It¡¯s unimaginable!¡± On a busy street in Goa, a child wearing a traditional Arab robe said in awkward Chinese to an older Chinese man next to him.    "Murad, this world is colorful, and it also has countless possibilities. Regarding the internal rule of the Ottoman Empire, it is difficult for us to define it as right or wrong. After all, every empire has its reason for existence.  With the basics, your previous education is likely to conflict with your future knowledge. What you have to do is not to judge who is right or wrong, but to open your mind and be inclusive of all viewpoints. There is an old saying in our Central Plains,  It is said that "Mountain Tai does not allow soil, so it can become big; rivers and seas do not allow small streams, so they can be deep." You also want to be a person like mountains and rivers." The older Han man lectured in detail.  He explained to him the meaning of the ancient saying.  "Mr. Jiao's lesson is that the disciples understand!" The child in Arab robes bowed and saluted. Although he was a foreigner, he had already mastered the etiquette of the Han people very well.  This older Han man was the one who had signed the Suez Canal Treaty with Selim before, and the child beside him was named Murad. His identity was not simple, because he was the same as Suleiman.  They were all Selim's children, and before leaving in a scorched state, Selim secretly summoned him again and entrusted his youngest son to him, asking him to bring Murad back to the Ming Dynasty and never come back.  The succession of the throne of the Ottoman Empire was notoriously cruel in history. They even formulated a "brother-killing law", which means that all those who ascend to the throne of the Sultan will kill their brothers and nephews.  In order to prevent anyone from threatening his position as sultan, Selim killed his father, brother, and nephew before finally taking the position of sultan.  It may also be that during the brutal battle for the throne, Selim followed his own path for the sake of many of his sons, so he made a crazy move that everyone found incomprehensible.  After the quality of many sons, he finally selected Suleiman 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 experience of his father-son brothers.  The tragedy of killing each other.  However, as a cautious sultan, Selim also considered that he would only leave Suleiman as his son, in case something unexpected happened to this son while growing up, or if this son had no other competitors, so  What should I do if I stop working hard and fail to meet my future requirements?  So under this consideration, while Selim slaughtered his other sons, he secretly hid a newborn son who was still unknown to others, and sent special people to educate him. In this way,  Even if Suleiman unfortunately has an accident or is unable to meet his requirements, then this son can be used to replace Suleiman, and this youngest son is Murad beside Jiaohuangzhong.  The name Murad also has a story, because it 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 already grown up, and like him, he was  He is a brave and capable general. He was even able to defeat his father and brother back then because of this eldest son. Murad also saved his life many times on the battlefield, so emotionally speaking, Sai  Lim has the deepest relationship with his eldest son Murad.  It¡¯s just that when Selim considered the qualities of his sons, 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. If he took the position of Sultan  , at best, he could only become the second version of himself, and it was absolutely impossible to lead the Ottoman Empire to its peak, so under this consideration, Selim finally killed his eldest son Murad with tears, but this incident always made him  Feeling very guilty, and to commemorate his eldest son, Selim named the younger son who replaced Suleiman Murad.  However, Suleiman's performance has always been very good. Although he is a bit naive and immature in some aspects, that is mainly because he is too young. As he grows older in the future, Suleiman will definitely become a  The outstanding Sultan was even better than Cylim, but the better Suleiman performed, the more useless Murad's spare son became.  Selim is fifty 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 hold on for a few more years, and Suleiman also  He has grown up and is outstanding in all aspects. According to his plan back then, he would kill Murad, the last son, before his death. However, the arrival of Jiao Zhong made him have another idea.
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