Chapter 435 Full discussion
After the three principles of territorial interlacing, open waters and common interests of the Black Sea, Li Junwei proposed the fourth principle: "For our wide and lasting interests along the Black Sea coast, I think we should reach a consensus, that is, no three countries shall accept the surrender, surrender or any form of allegiance, and shall not give Tatar nobles and autonomy to the Tatar nobles."
After hearing Li Junwei's request, Count Naresh and King Sobesky quickly understood that in fact, during the expansion of Poland and Russia, they accepted foreign races on a large scale, including some foreign races with completely different beliefs. In the Cossacks, they also focused on winning over, giving autonomy, or accepting the local rule of their nobles. These are very effective for rapid expansion, but the problem also arises is that they are not conducive to long-term and stable rule, and these foreign races will always cause chaos for various reasons.
Among them, the Cossacks are the most representative. Both countries are deeply hurt by the Cossack uprising, and the Tatars are even more special because they are vassals of the Ottomans. The wars initiated by the Tatars can easily trigger wars between major powers, and the acceptance of the Tatars will inevitably lead to the newly developed territory influenced by the Ottoman Sultan.
"I have no objection to this." Sobesky said with a smile. Poland and Lithuanian Commonwealth are Catholic countries and are mortal enemies of the Tianfang Cult. The Tianfang Cultists in Poland almost do not exist.
After Naresh said, "We will not do the organized acceptance and appointment of nobles."
Russia has a tradition of accepting alien races, but its attitude towards Crimean Tatars is still tough. First, the Tatars are enemies of generations, and second, it is because Russia has just experienced a "lost year" and needs population and serfs.
However, Naresh could not agree very surely, because there were many lords of the Tianfang Sect within the Russian Empire, and these people might accept Tatars with the same beliefs. Among the Cossacks closest to the Tatars, there were also many who were enemies and friends with the Tatars. They once united to fight against Poland and Russia, and many of them were Tatars themselves.
After determining the fourth principle, Sobesky and Count Naresh contacted the country separately to discuss the tripartite agreement reached today. In fact, each country has obtained the benefits they want as much as possible. Perhaps the only dissatisfaction is that the party they hate has obtained so much, but they have no choice because they are still in the state of an allied country.
Earl Naresh returned directly to Moscow. He didn't win enough land for Russia, but it ensured that Russia would continue to explore the southwest, liberate the Slavic ethnic group, and rebuild Byzantium. Although Russia is not the weakest side, it is the most urgently needed to go to war now.
Sobesky's envoy returned to the capital of Poland, which was another scene. Poland and Lithuanian nobles praised Sobesky's military achievements because he not only contacted a strong ally for the Polish Federation, but also regained the land lost by Poland in the past few decades, and even obtained fertile soil along the Black Sea coast that Poland had never had before. More importantly, Sobesky directly let the envoy announce in the country that Poland's mortal enemy, the indelible nightmare, had the Crimean Tatars had been eliminated.
But in the distant Ottoman, the Sultan, who was the loser, was in a different mood.
Istanbul, Sultan Khan Palace.
This time, the Sultan did not pretend to be mysterious, but sat directly in the lobby. All Vizier, including the Greater Vizier Mustafa who had just returned from the front line, Fazor Koprulu, as well as the generals of the Imperial Guard and Pasha from several important provinces, were here. This was the convergence of almost all the Ottomans' real power figures.
Except for Mustafa and Fazo kneeling without saying a word, the rest waved their fists or expressed their dissatisfaction with failure and their desire for revenge. Sultan held his bearded face and watched everyone's performance. Until everyone felt that Sultan's gaze was not good, they shut up.
"It's all over, right? Very well, each of you is my trust, everyone has prestige and talent. Don't shout and roar here. Any of you, as long as you are willing to guarantee the lives of your whole family and the whole family, can defeat the pagans on the north coast of the Black Sea, immediately receive support from all the troops and the whole country. Anyone, including Mustafa and Fazo, can, stand up?" Sultan said in a plain tone, but it made everyone shut up and retreat, and some timid people even tremble.
"No? What about those who were going to take revenge just now and those who were going to fight?" asked the Sultan.
"Your Majesty, the war was about to end, and Fazo must unite with the Chinese to declare war on Russia. When Lord Mustafa was fighting on the front line and was about to win, he messed up the trade negotiations with the Chinese and made the Chinese temporarily change their camps. He should be responsible for this failure!" A Vizier stood up and accused him loudly.
One Pasha said: "No, the responsibility should be borne by Mustafa. He was on the front line for two years and had no inch of his achievements. His military strength was twice the opponent but he could not defeat the Cossack barbarian. When the whole of Russia was swept by the Chinese last year, when the Russian army was unstable, he did not seize the opportunity!
It was him who kept asking for the continued war, and it was him who easily believed in the prince of the East, and he led the army to retreat without fighting, allowing His Majesty's hawk, Ottoman's long whip, and Crimean Tatars to fall, and he should be responsible!"
The quarrel was even more chaotic than the last time. Sudan looked at these people and knew that they had been divided into two factions. Sudan's eyes were especially staring at the generals of the Imperial Guard for a long time, and found that the Imperial Guard had also split. Those who had been to the front line supported Mustafa, but those who stayed in Istanbul had long been bribed by Fazo. Sudan understood that this was a multiple-choice question that was a life-threatening choice.
Like many royal countries, the imperial guards have a special status within the national political structure, and the same is true for the Ottomans. All sultans must be supported by the Imperial Guard generals, and even if the war fails, they cannot be cruelly treated. The situation where the Imperial Guard generals support, replace or even kill the Sultan is not uncommon in the history of the Ottomans.
This time, the Sultan did not choose one side, but said: "Today it is not about being guilty, but about solving the problem. Any of you can guarantee the resolution of the Black Sea war. I can kill both of these people. Is there anyone? Anyone can."
The ending was still silent, and Sultan said: "Okay, no one can take on this responsibility. Come on, sit down now, we have to solve the problem, not endless arguments."
After everyone sat down, Sultan said to Mustafa and Fazo again: "You two should get up too. Now is the time to contribute wisdom, but you two are different from them. If this war cannot be properly resolved, you will pay the price of your life, and they will not."
Mustafa and Fazo both knew their destiny, and both were on the verge of dying at any time, so there was nothing that could limit their words.
Mustafa took the lead and said: "Your Majesty, as your humble servant, what I want to say now is that if you want to restore the situation last year, it is only possible to defeat the enemy of the Three Kingdoms by tying the troops of the whole country. Otherwise, we can only accept the fact that the demise of Crimea and the Black Sea are no longer your exclusive ocean."
"This is impossible. The Tatars are the fences that we face the Slavs and Christians on the northern shore of the Black Sea. Without this fence, we will be unable to sleep or eat."
"Yes, the Black Sea must not be shared with any country. Our people, including His Majesty the noble Sultan, live on the coast. If the enemy is to build a Black Sea fleet, they can threaten most of our land. This is unacceptable."
Sultan put his chin on his back and said, "Can you stop quarreling? Or are you because you already have a feasible plan in your heart?"
The nobles calmed down again, and the Sultan looked at Fazo: "Fazoo, do you think what Mustafa said is right or wrong. You, who are also unshirkable to the war, should be the same as Mustafa's view."
Fazo shook his head slightly: "No, Your Majesty, with my understanding of the enemy, I am more pessimistic than Lord Mustafa. In my opinion, even if you lead the whole country's army to fight against the coalition forces of the Three Kingdoms, the Crimean Khanate and the Tatars will no longer exist. If you send an envoy to the Crimean Peninsula or the land of the Tatars, I think the envoy will not see any free Tatars."
"Why?" asked the Sultan.
Fazo said: "Because the enemies of the Crimean Khanate were China, I saw with my own eyes how they treated the Kazakhs during my time in China. All men who were taller than the wheel were tied up and isolated from the craftsmen and the relatives of the craftsmen. Men who could fight would go to the subcontinent, and the craftsmen were allocated to the core cities where they developed the land.
In the subcontinent, there was a brother of King Yu and the Chinese Emperor, who was also a man dedicated to pioneering and conquest. He was leading the grassland army to fight a comprehensive war with the Mughal Empire, the strongest country on the subcontinent.
Women, children and elderly people will be assigned to the soldiers who participated in the war. King Yu had a professional army of 40,000 to 50,000, but there were more than 100,000 or even more Mongolian cavalry. Among these people, the meritorious people will be assigned to the population as slaves, and all Mongolian cavalry are good robbers. I have seen them rob Russia with their own eyes. They would bring three horses and even more. Except for the land and rivers, they would take everything away. The animals were tied into strings with slaves, loaded with food, clothes, pots and everything, and the Tatar farms and pastures were robbed clean.
I can guarantee that all this is happening on the land of the Tatars now. Even if you defeat the enemy immediately, you will be left with only the grass and mud that you cannot take away. The Tatars are gone, and the Crimean Khanate no longer exists."
"This is impossible. What do they want land to do without anyone?" The Sultan was the first to believe it.
Fazo said: "No, Your Majesty, they have people. What China does not lack the least is people. When this country was established, it had a population of at least 80 million or even 100 million. It has been 20 years since its founding, and the population can only be larger. Moreover, all the Mongolians on the grassland are loyal to the Chinese emperor, called Tian Khan. In the second year of the destruction of Kazakhstan, the great emperor of China moved 50,000 tents of Mongolians and Jurchens from the east at one time. The fertile black soil on the north coast of the Black Sea is rare in the world, and some Chinese people are willing to come. They may have been herders at the beginning, but soon their nation was found.
What’s more important is not the land but the estuary. They have the coastline of the Black Sea and can trade with the entire Europa. Do you still remember what the merchants told you about Penang? The city has a history of less than 30 years, but now it has a population of more than 600,000. Forty years ago, there were only tens of thousands of Chinese people in the wind. Now, 10 million or 20 million?"
"Your Excellency Fazo, as you said, we cannot share the Black Sea and the land with such a country." said a Vizier.
Fazor retorted: "You are right, no one wants to be neighbors with such a country, but the problem now is that we cannot refuse. If you have a solution, you will not allow me to say these things."
"Fazo, you are right. We can only consider reality and accept reality. You said so much just now, it must have profound meanings." Sudan is the one who must accept reality.
Fazo said, "Yes, my advice is not to be enemies with such a country. We are best friends, and I think we can be friends. Of course, the premise is based on accepting the status quo."
"I agree with Your Excellency Fazo's suggestion that it is unwise to be enemies with such a country, and it is also China that forces us toward the Christian world. If they become our allies, we will have friends who are stronger than the Tatars." Mustafa was the first to stand up and said that he believed that the initiator was China and Li Junwei. Whether it was war or other options, China must be removed so that the Ottoman could deal with it alone.
"Well, Mustafa, how do you think peace can be formed with China? If China can truly become our friend, even if it is neutral, we can deal with Poland and Russia." Sudan said, obviously not giving up the option of war completely.
Mustafa stood up and said, "Give all the land of the Crimean Khanate to China. If they are willing to support us, we can even send back the 40,000 Tatar cavalry who have retreated to the territory."
Sultan looked at: "Fazoo, what do you think?"
Chapter completed!