After hearing these words, Sudan frowned and asked, "What do you mean is that the Chinese still covet my Egypt?"

Fazo nodded seriously: "This is undoubtedly the closest road to the East to Europe. Your Majesty, you should know that in the ancient times, there was a pharaoh canal that communicated between the Red Sea and the White Sea (the Ottoman name for the Mediterranean). Do you think the greedy Chinese would give up the route to Europe directly?"

"If this is the case, isn't it wise for the Ottoman to fight China this time?"

Fazo shook his head: "Things like ambition must match their strength. It is certain that the Chinese covet Egypt, but in the same way, does Your Majesty want to re-establish the rule on the northern coast of the Black Sea and the Kazakhstan region? The Chinese now have the strength to directly occupy Egypt, otherwise they will act immediately in this war, but only conduct limited harassment in the Arabian Sea and instead attack small places like Muscat.

So, what you need to do is to become stronger. Only strong can make the enemy dare not have ambitions. The current Ottoman needs a reform. Mustafa does not have this intention, nor does it have this ability."

Sultan said: "Fazo, you have this intention and inherited from your father and brother. Your father and brother have always wanted to make the Ottoman reform. I know this very well, but now what I want is stability, so Mustafa must continue to serve as the Great Vizier. As for the reform you mentioned, once upon a time, we were called the gunpowder country because of learning from Spain to use firearms. That was the path that changed the fate of the Ottoman.

Now, if you want to reform, you must have a learning object, that is, China, Fazo, go to Egypt, go there to curb the ambitions of Chinese people, and learn to understand them. One day, I will give you the position of Great Vizier."

"Yes, His Majesty the Sultan." Fazo said with his head down.

While Fazo discussed the future of the Ottoman with Sultan, Li Junwei enjoyed a comfortable life in the Tatar city of the Crimean Peninsula. He was accompanied by Sobesky, the Polish king. Although China and the Polish army had never fought side by side, Li Junwei still established a deep friendship with Sobesky.

Sobesky was a military king. He was interested in all the new military ordnances of the Imperial Expeditionary Force. He was also a romantic and knowledgeable man. He was very impressed with the Tatar cities and some works of art. Of course, in the friendship between the two, the same hobbies were just embellishments, and more importantly, the common interests between the two countries.

Although Li Junwei's expansion actions made the relationship between the Empire and the Ottomans and Russia repeat and finally became completely peaceful, it is undeniable that the two countries' concessions to the Empire were more due to the failure of the war. Russia lost the Siberian region in a series of wars, the North Caucasus and the lower reaches of the Don and Volga rivers, lost its influence on the Kazakh grasslands, lost control of the Turkut tribes, lost the Caspian Sea and the passage to the south through the Caucasus, and had a completely "lost year". In fact, Russia was the biggest victim of these wars, and they had to bear the threat of the forefront of the Ottoman Empire.

The Ottoman lost the Crimean Khanate, the largest vassal and hegemony over the Black Sea. Only Poland lost nothing. Instead, because of the war, it regained part of the territory lost in the Polish-Russian War, acquired new land on the east bank of the Dnieper River, solved the feud of the Tatars, obtained the estuary of the Black Sea and more of the allegiance of Cossacks. Sobesky can already be called the greatest king in Polish history.

More importantly, Sobesky is committed to maintaining the current situation. He did not even take advantage of Russia's decline to return to the land occupied by Russia in the last war. This is exactly the same as the empire's attitude. Maintaining the existing pattern has become the common understanding of the two countries. Obviously, this point is not only aimed at the Ottoman, but more importantly, it is aimed at a Russia that is ready to move and is already rising.

Of course, there is also a contradiction between Li Junwei and Sobesky, and this is completely unsolvable, which is the religious issue. Catholicism is a religion targeted in the empire like Tianfang Cult. This is very unacceptable for devout Catholics like Sobesky. At first, Li Junwei promised him to protect those non-Tianfang Crimeans, including the Gothics, Jews and Greeks, who received the support of Li Junwei. Sobesky thought his attitude was softening, but in fact it was just Li Junwei's inclusion in minorities.

More importantly, most of the inclusive ethnic groups in Crimea are Orthodox rather than Catholic.

The empire's openness and tolerance for Orthodox Church was inevitable. First of all, there were already a considerable number of Orthodox churches in the empire. In the North Caucasus, the Cossacks of Shahni tribes were mainly the Cossacks of the Siberian region, especially in the newly ceded land in Russia, there were more Orthodox churches, not only the Slavs but also many local indigenous people who converted.

Although in the Moscow Treaty signed by the Empire and Russia, all Russians and Orthodox Christians were clearly required to move to Russian territory, this was actually impossible to implement. The reason was that the Moscow Tsar could not give these border residents good resettlement clauses, and their abandoned industries and land in Siberia would not be compensated. On the contrary, the Moscow authorities would not give them much resettlement. The first people who returned to Russia to beg for such a way out of dignity and freedom. The Tsar simply included some of them in an army like the shooting army with military pay. In fact, the nobles in the border areas refused better clauses because they could gain more serfs to surrender.

This directly led to the Siberian Orthodox Church's choice to give up his faith on the surface, but in fact, after confirming that the new rulers would not carry out the massacre, most of them chose to stay, with at least 150,000 people, and perhaps even 200,000. Only some nobles and merchants actually left and returned to Russia.

In addition to the Orthodox people in the empire, the western direction of the empire faces all military, political and trade activities, and both Russia and the Balkans are the territory of Orthodox religions. On the contrary, Catholicism is a weak religion along the Black Sea coast. Fortunately, Orthodox religion is more secular than Catholicism and Tianfang religion, although it is not as good as Protestantism.

The most valuable thing is that the Orthodox Church is not like the Tianfang Church that takes Rome as its core. The Orthodox Church can have its own diocese, without using Latin like Catholicism, can use local languages, and does not involve too much politics like Catholicism. Instead, the reforms launched in the Moscow Diocese have made the Orthodox Church serve the Tsar and become the tool of the Tsar.

The Orthodox Church now has two dioceses, Moscow and Greece, and two great pagans. Although Istanbul also has a universal pagan similar to the pope, it is actually no longer effective. In the future, there may be a Chinese pastor or a Western Xinjiang pastor who serves the rule of the empire, and even more pastors. It is not unacceptable to the Orthodox pastor who speaks Chinese.

Russia's Orthodox Church is reforming, and the power of the church is weakening, and gradually becoming a state institution and tool of ruling, so the empire can follow.

On the contrary, it is difficult to accept the Catholic Church, which regards Sultan as the Catholic Church as the Calebrating Chronicle, who has been entangled with the Pope all day long.

Of course, there is a third group of Orthodox people in the empire, and it is also the largest group, that is, the Slavic prisoners, which are the population plundered during the war against Russia. The population reached its peak. However, after a year, some people fled and some died, some were sold by merchants, and some were distributed to soldiers who had made contributions to the war. However, there are still more than 500,000 people. Among these people, more than 200,000 were strong Slavic serfs. Originally, Li Junwei wanted to exchange these serfs for the Russian Tsar to send troops to Crimea, but he did not expect that before the bargaining chips were released, the Tsar agreed to the empire's envoy and saved so much population.

But after that, the empire sent troops to the Crimean Khanate and captured more than 400,000 Tatars again, making these Slavic and Orthodox guys become slaves who were not interested in it for a while. Of course, the merchants from the Mediterranean still wanted it, but unfortunately the price they gave was too low. Most of the vassal soldiers who followed the army were Mongolians. They had a natural favor for Turkic Mongolians like the Crimean Tatars, and the semi-nomadic Tatars could tolerate life on the grasslands. Unlike those serfs, they thought they had a strong tolerance for the harsh environment, but they could not accept the nomadic life. Many people died in one winter.

Although most of the Cossacks were Slavic serfs, these serfs had not yet transformed into Cossacks, so the great princes who were still fighting in the subcontinent had little demand. On the contrary, they liked Tatar men who could fight on horseback.

Women and children can also be distributed to nationalities and immigrants who moved from the mainland and Lifanyuan, but it is difficult for as many as 200,000 men to handle it well. In the end, Li Junwei found Zhang Jia Hutu Ketu, who had great wisdom.

"Master, how are you doing in Turgut?" Li Junwei has always been casual in his attitude towards religious people. In the eyes of some people, this is called frivolity, but Li Junwei, who has no religious belief, obviously cannot show corresponding respect to any religious person who pretends to be a god. In his eyes, religious people are a relatively special official, who manages the people of the empire. There is nothing special about him. He doesn't believe that the person in front of him has the wisdom of his past lives.

Zhangjia Hutu Ketu has long been accustomed to His Highness Yu's attitude. Although he does not respect that, Master Zhangjia knows that King Yu has no malice, as long as you don't pretend to be a ghost to him.

"Your Highness, you have not yet congratulated you on your victory in the distant land." Master Zhangjia said with a smile.

Li Junwei winked and said, "Master, if you pretend to be a god and a ghost in the Tuer tribe, you won't get any benefits. I heard that the Khan and nobles of Tuergut are very pious. Isn't their way to express piety to you to give it to you, cattle and sheep or slaves, etc.?

How about it, did Ayuqi Khan not give it to you tribe or something?"

"There is really no this." Master Zhangjia said helplessly. Li Junwei thought he was beating and said, "Master, this can be there."

"I really don't have this." Master Zhangjia answered very seriously, and Li Junwei said: "No, you have a good ability to fool people. Those who pretend to be a god are quite skilled in the business of pretending to be a ghost. Back then, in the capital, right? The Mongolian chiefs in the south of the desert you fooled were stunned, especially King Chahar, who was about to kneel down for you at that time. Why did your business ability deteriorate?"

Li Junwei said, suddenly thought of a possibility and asked with a smile: "Master, I understand. It's not that Ayuqi Khan didn't give it to you, do you dare not ask for it? Haha, you are quite alert."

"It's all the teachings of Your Majesty and His Highness Yu." Master Zhangjia said with a smile, and simply admitted it.

In fact, this is the case. Ayuqi Khan gave to Master Zhangjia as usual, and even wanted to give him some tribes, but he was rejected by Master Zhangjia. Even in the inner and outer borders, he had to register the gifts from the internal and external vassals in the Religious Bureau, and it would be fine if gold, silver and wealth. If the population involved, it could not be hidden, otherwise it would be a serious crime.

Li Junwei said with a smile: "Okay, this time I will give you a privilege. I will drive you to find Ayuqi Khan tomorrow and take it boldly. He will continue to give it to his tribes, slaves, cattle, sheep and horses. Of course, don't ask for it. You can't take it away anyway. Not only Ayuqi Khan, but also those foreign vassals who followed the army to the west. Just take it to you. Not only you, but also the monks under your command, the more the better. Don't be afraid that the Lifan Academy and the Religious Bureau will cause trouble for you. That's what I said."

Master Zhangjia heard this and asked, "Is something happened to Your Highness? Is there any disrespect for the Turkut tribe?"

"No, I ask you and the masters of the Huang Sect for help if I have something to do, but I heard that the number of Huang Sect Banners under your command is too small, so you boldly ask them for it. The more you ask, the greater the help you will be." Li Junwei explained.

Lifanyuan has a flag zosak, which specializes in providing for monks. These flag zosak are called Huangjia Banners, but only monks of the grade of Master Zhangjia have exclusive Huangjia Banners. The rest of the flag zosaks are generally worshipped in temples, and then the temples worship monks in temples. Obviously, most of the yellow flags belong to temples and cannot move with the master coming to the west.
Chapter completed!