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Text Chapter 524 Selim¡¯s Second Son (Part 2)

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    When Selim attacked the Mamluks, he was already ready to kill Murad. Not only did he let Suleiman follow him, he also secretly hid Murad in the army, preparing to wait until he captured Egypt.  , kill Murad there, and then bury him in Egypt, so that he will be closer to himself.  People are not stones. No matter how cruel a person's character is, he will still have a tender side.  Selim felt very guilty when he killed his eldest son Murad. Later, he also named his younger son Murad, which was a manifestation of his guilt, so when he decided to kill  When he was a young son, it was actually equivalent to killing the Murad in his heart for the second time, which also made Selim very difficult to make a choice.  Just when Selim was having a hard time making a decision, the Ming Dynasty envoy headed by Zhuo Huangzhong suddenly came to discuss with him the matter of reopening the Suez Canal. This gave Selim a sudden idea that maybe he didn't have to kill anyone anymore.  Instead of killing his own son, he could be sent to the distant Ming Dynasty, and then all traces of Murad could be eliminated, and he could not come back again. In this way, Murad could live in the Ming Dynasty.  As soon as this idea appeared in Selim's mind, it immediately took root and sprouted like a tenacious weed. After all, he was also a human being and had father-son affection for his son. When he slaughtered his son, he also suffered the same pain in his heart.  Huge pain, that kind of pain almost made him lose the courage to live, so he definitely didn't want to suffer it a second time.  It was Selim who had the above idea, so he was so patient when discussing the opening of the Suez Canal with Huo Huangzhong.  And he made concessions several times.  This is not just about using this matter to make a good relationship with Ming Dynasty.  At the same time, he also wanted to entrust Murad to Zhuohuang Zhong after negotiating this matter, and ask him to bring Murad back to the Ming Dynasty, and then live like an ordinary person.  Jiao Huangzhong also didn't expect that Selim actually had a son, and the other person was still a ten-year-old child. What shocked him even more was that Selim actually planned to kill this ten-year-old son after conquering Egypt.  .  In order to prevent the other party from threatening Suleiman's position as sultan in the future.  Thinking of this, Jiaohuangzhong couldn't help but feel sympathy for the child named Murad. In addition, this matter was also a good opportunity for Daming to get close to Selim, so he thought about it for a moment.  Finally, he finally agreed, and among the Ming Dynasty envoys who left, there was a child wearing an Arab robe.  Although Murad is only ten years old, he is a very smart child, and he even understands his terrible situation.  Coupled with the examples of his more than 20 brothers, this made Murad already have a premonition if he stayed in Osman again.  I am afraid that like those elder brothers, I will become a victim of the imperial power.  It is precisely because of this that Murad is very happy to be able to follow Jiao Huangzhong and leave Osman for the Ming Dynasty this time, because he has been imprisoned in a place since he was a child. Apart from studying every day, he has no freedom at all.  But now he can live in the Ming Dynasty, which also marks that he is finally free. He does not need to be supervised by guards wherever he goes, and he does not need to be punished for not completing his studies. When he thinks of these, Murad feels like a bird.  It was as if he had given birth to wings, and from then on he was finally no longer bound by any restraints.  With a longing for life in the Ming Dynasty and a longing for freedom, Murad has been actively in contact with the people of Jiaohuang Zhong since leaving Damascus. On the one hand, he wants to know more about the Ming Dynasty, which will help him  In order to better integrate into the Ming Dynasty in the future, he also needs to learn Chinese, and speaking more and writing more is naturally the best way to learn a language.  Murad is very smart. It only took him a few months to master the pronunciation of Chinese and can communicate with people in general. Although his voice is still a bit strange, it will always improve as time goes by, and  He also learned some simple Chinese characters, which is already very difficult for a ten-year-old child.  Jiaohuangzhong also likes Murad, a smart child, so whenever he is free, he will take the time to teach him personally.  Similarly, Murad also respected the erudite Jiao Huangzhong very much. After getting along with him for many days, he proposed to be Jiao Huangzhong's student. As a result, Jiao Huangzhong agreed without even thinking about it. He really liked him at first sight.  This smart kid was able to accept the son of the Ottoman Sultan as his student. Although his identity cannot be made public, it is also a very honorable thing.  However, Jiaohuang Zhong soon discovered that Murad was different from the students he had taught before. This student was imprisoned by Selim since he was a child, and then he was given a strict palace education. This also led to the development of Murad at a young age.  Very precocious, and even their outlook on life and values ??have been somewhat distorted. For such students, it is useless to just teach them with Confucian classics. The best way is to teach them through words and deeds.? Let him experience more secular life, and only after he truly integrates into ordinary people will the influence of Selim's perverted education on Murad be reversed.  It is precisely because of this that when their fleet was resting in Goa, Jiao Huang would take time almost every day to take Murad around the city of Goa, observing the lives of ordinary people and teaching him at the same time.  Especially in Jiaohuangzhong, Murad needs to open his mind and look at everything in this world with an inclusive attitude.  Although Murad is precocious, he is only a ten-year-old child after all. It is his nature to love to play and be noisy. In the past, he was only deliberately suppressed by others. Now that he is with Jiao Huangzhong, he quickly releases his  By nature, he is very curious about everything in Goali, and he can also feel the care for himself in Jiaohuangzhong. This is the first time he has felt such warm feelings since he became sensible, so Murad  He also relied heavily on Jiao Huangzhong's performance, and the relationship between the two of them as master and disciple quickly developed.  A few days later, Jiao Huangzhong led the delegation to leave Goa again and headed south along the west coast of India. It was not until the Lion Kingdom replenished supplies that they turned east. This time they would not stop until they arrived directly at the city of Malacca.  Just before the scorched fleet arrived in Malacca, Zhou Chong, who was far away in the capital, had already received advance news from the mission. In recent years, with the expansion of the Ming Dynasty at sea, the Ming Dynasty's actual ruling area has increased rapidly.  , but such a large territory also brought a lot of inconvenience to the rule, especially the transmission of news, which was very difficult. For this reason, Zhou Zhong deliberately made the post system belonging to the Ministry of War independent and established a Transportation Department to be responsible for it.  For road planning and information transmission, for example, in the Department of Transportation, there is a department that specializes in training carrier pigeons and other birds. Now this department has set up carrier pigeon stations across the country to ensure the timely transmission of information, although it costs a small amount of money every year.  It is expensive, but it can ensure the smooth flow of information, so it is worth spending more money.  Zhou Chong did not expect that the Ottoman Empire would attack Egypt at this time. Although he came from a later generation, he was only familiar with the history of his country. As for the history of foreign countries, he only knew a rough idea. For example, he knew Portugal and Spain.  He would become the two major overlords of the sea during this period, and he also knew that the Ottoman Empire would expand again and become a large empire spanning Europe, Asia and Africa, but that was just it. If he was asked to tell the specific time of the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, it would be a bit unfair.  It was too realistic, so when he left in a scorched state, he only told the other party to try not to provoke the Ottoman Empire.  However, although it was a bit unexpected, the choice made by Jiao Huangzhong made Zhou Zhong very happy, because the other party really lived up to his trust and made the right choice at the critical moment. Before the Ottoman Empire conquered Egypt, he signed a contract with the other party.  A treaty was signed to reopen the Suez Canal, and the conditions sought were acceptable to Ming Dynasty. This was considered the best result for Zhou Chong.  In addition, it was also the first time that Zhou Zhong knew that the inheritance of the throne of the Ottoman Empire was so bloody and cruel. In comparison, the inheritance of the throne of the Central Plains Dynasty was nothing at all. At least most of the succession of the throne was peaceful.  Unlike the Ottoman Empire, wars between princes would occur every time the throne was passed on, and the scale was not small. It can be said that every time a new sultan came to power, the first thing he did was to start killing, and then it took a few years to restore national strength.  "A son of a sultan who is only ten years old, can we make use of such a person?" Zhou Zhong said to himself.  This is the study room of Prince Zhao's Mansion. There are only two people in the room, Zhou Zhong and the elderly Jiao Fang. They have just read the news from Jiao Huangzhong and learned about the existence of Murad's child from the news.  Zhou Zhong also knew something about the Ottoman Empire in later generations, and he also knew that the other party would soon reach the peak of the empire and would even regain Central Asia again. In this way, the border between the other party and the Ming Dynasty would not be far away.  There may be conflicts at that time, and with such a powerful neighbor, everyone will feel a little uneasy, so after Zhou Zhong learned about the existence of Murad, the son of the Sultan, the first thing he thought of was to use this  The children caused chaos to the Ottoman Empire, preventing the other party from fully developing the empire's strength.  "I think it's impossible. It can be seen from the inheritance of the throne of the Ottoman Empire. Although the throne of this country is also passed down from father to son, they value strength more. Whoever is stronger can sit on the throne. That Selim  It¡¯s not a fuel-saving lamp. Since he dares to send Murad, he will definitely guard against our use of this child. In addition, no one in the Ottoman Empire knows the existence of this child, so this child is for us,  It's not of much use value!" Jiao Fang naturally understood the meaning of Zhou Zhong's words, but he was not optimistic about Zhou Zhong's ideas.  (To be continued)
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