"Loyal and virtuous."

"My slave is here."

"I'm here to ask you, if you don't have any dividends from Honghe Industrial, would you be greedy?"

"Uh... Long Live Lord, this question has really touched this slave. After thinking about it carefully, I will probably accept the filial piety from the eunuchs or stall holders below. However, using power for personal gain and using unjust, false and wrongful convictions will

I will not do anything like extortion, extortion, or even cheating for personal gain after receiving money. After all, everything I do is given by Lord Long Live, and I must first be responsible to Lord Long Live. On the premise of not missing the mission of Lord Long Live

, it is necessary to get some benefits appropriately, after all, slaves also like fancy clothes and delicious food."

"It's good that you tell me the truth. Hey, you are right. Although I have always felt that as an official, since you enjoy such a high social status and various privileges, you can no longer pursue a luxurious life.

If you want that kind of life, just go into business. But that being said, who gives officials the power? Therefore, it is impossible to completely eliminate the use of power for personal gain. Over the years, I have paid more attention to public funds.

We turn a blind eye to things like eating, drinking, and requests from officials to each other. As long as they don't go too far, I don't want to worry about it.

But! I can’t bear to start with the funds for resettlement and dam reconstruction projects. Officials colluded with Yangzhou salt merchants and allowed illegal salt to spread. This was also a serious infringement on honest salt merchants. Therefore, although King Xin was in Huai’an and even the entire

Southeast has made it difficult for officials to make a living, and the local gentry has publicly expressed dissatisfaction, but I will still support King Xin."

"My slave understands. Please rest assured, Lord Long Live. I will definitely choose elite soldiers and strong generals to protect King Xin."

"Okay. Let's talk about Li Jia next. I remember that Ci Yi is ten years old this year, right?"

"Long live my Lord, His Royal Highness the eldest son of the Emperor was born in February of the first year of Tianqi. He will be ten years old in February next year."

"The children of the Tian family must mature earlier. It is not wrong to tell them about the crown prince at this age. Moreover, Li Jia did not encourage Ci Yi to have inappropriate thoughts about the crown prince's position."

"Yes, I understand, slave."

"Well, by the way, Zhongxian, it's been almost two years since I left home. How are these two little guys doing? What do you think?"

In the sound of "Plop", he could still say "hehe" and "haha" before, and the relatively relaxed old Wei suddenly knelt on the ground: "Long live the Lord, how can you ask this slave? This is not forcing this slave to go.

Die."

"Hey, okay, okay, get up quickly and go out to do things."

Is this guy too cautious? I am not yet thirty years old, and my body is invulnerable to all diseases. I have not considered the crown prince at all now, okay?

"Your Majesty?" Fang Zhenghua's voice sounded from behind.

"What's the matter?"

"His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the Emperor, asked someone to ask for instructions from the Emperor. After Mr. Li enters Tibet, who will be his teacher?"

"Well, there's no rush. If I'm right, his next teacher will be back soon."

…

Thousands of miles away, Istanbul. Embassy of the Ming Empire in the Ottoman Empire.

A young man who was only a little over 1.6 meters tall, with a low forehead, big eyes, high cheekbones and flat nose, and a dark complexion, faced the main entrance of the embassy with his back to the main entrance of the embassy in an imposing manner, facing hundreds of neatly dressed people opposite, holding jackets in his hands.

Armed with guns, the Ottoman Grand Vizier Guards were generally taller than 1.7 meters tall.

"I'll say it again!" Although the young man was not very good-looking, he had a resolute face and shouted in proficient Turkic: "This is the embassy of the Ming Dynasty. As long as there is a sun and moon flag on the mast, it belongs to the Ming Dynasty.

Territory, I am responsible for guarding the territory, and I will never tolerate you entering the embassy! As long as you dare to take another step forward, I will regard the Ottomans as declaring war on our Ming Dynasty!"

Looking at the Chinese man opposite who was short but powerful, Aziz Sokoli, the leader of the Grand Vizi Guards, hit his helmet hard with his hand in anger.

This was November 3, 1627. A year and a half had passed since the armistice agreement was signed between Europe and Austria.

After the armistice between Europe and Austria, the Ottomans lost all their land in North Africa. But at least, except for Egypt, other places are mainly deserts, and the output is not very much. Therefore, for the entire country, its vitality is still preserved.

Already.

It is really not easy for the Ottomans to retain the vitality of the country in the face of the all-out attack of the EU's 500,000-strong modern army armed to the teeth. Therefore, after signing such a treaty, Ibrahim's domestic public opinion has slightly improved.

As a guide, most people and officials in the country accepted this reality.

Not only that, because the Hayreddins, who were originally in a semi-independent state, lost Tripoli and had to transfer their base to the Aegean Sea, this semi-independent state also disappeared. Then Iprahim asked this group of North African pirates to coordinate

The Ottoman Navy took the landless Ottoman sipasi to the south coast of the Black Sea to open up the black land of Ukraine, and recruited domestic farmers to settle there. In this way, the domestic conflicts were greatly alleviated, and the reputation of the travelers did not decrease.

Reverse rise.

Moreover, Ibrahim is a material science major. After the end of the European-Austrian War, he quickly opened up some of the production technologies of daily chemicals to some big businessmen in the country. In just over a year, the Ottoman businessmen

They established factories that produced celluloid products, various new clothing materials, building materials, etc. like mushrooms after a rain.

And thanks to the bonus of Tianji Star, the arrival of peace has allowed at least the Ottoman domestic business to quickly regain its vitality. In addition, because there are too many prisoners of war in the hands of the Ottomans in the EU, after the two sides exchanged prisoners of war, the Ottomans

I made a fortune. So Iprashin, who was rich again, started the plan of the old Sokoli to build a man-made canal connecting the Volga River and the Don River.

Of course, Old Sokoli wanted to use this canal so that the Ottoman navy could sail directly to the Persian capital of the time, near Tabriz, through the Caspian Sea without having to cross the Iranian plateau. But Iprahim opened this canal.

The plan for a canal is based on the rich oil resources along the Caspian Sea.

Petroleum is not only a fuel, but also one of the basic raw materials of materials science. Without petroleum, the martial arts skills of top students in materials science will be at least half wasted. Therefore, internal combustion engines are still too far away, but the construction of oil fields must be put on the agenda immediately.

As for why they didn’t develop oil fields in places like Iraq and Kuwait in the future: Suez is not connected, and even if it is connected, there will be no sea transportation without sea control.

In short, during the year and a half of the armistice, the Ottomans marched northward with all their strength. Farmers and sipasi got land, factory owners got new products, and business quickly recovered. In addition to feeling a little sorry for the lost land, the whole country actually showed

He looked like he was rejuvenated.

However, when everyone is extremely satisfied, there are always people who are dissatisfied.

Among the senior officials of the Ottoman Empire, Richelieu was the most dissatisfied.

Lord Grand Vizier, how could you do this? Back then, you were busy building factories and studying science and technology in the Caucasus all day long. I took care of the local people's livelihood and government affairs for you single-handedly.

The Sudanese Janissaries want to pick your peaches, and it was I who taught you how to deal with them. On your way to Constantinople, I helped you connect with pashas from various places, and after you ascended to the position of Grand Vizier, you quickly

stabilized the domestic situation.

In the European-Austrian War, it was I who commanded the Jerusalem Corps to severely inflict heavy losses on the Spanish. I also led the troops to regain the lost territory in the Balkans, and was about to push back to Vienna: as long as Vienna was captured, the entire European Union would fall into disintegration - who knew you were actually there?

Such a critical moment stopped!

Don’t you know that my lifelong ideal is to restore France? How can I restore France if the EU is not dissolved? You stopped when the dawn of victory has appeared. This is a betrayal of me!

It is often difficult for a person who is caught up in obsession to understand the difficulties of others: At that time, the Ottoman economy was going to collapse if the war continued. It was obviously on the edge of the cliff. How could it see the dawn of victory? Not to mention

He said that if the EU is really finished at this time, then Ibrahim, who has just ascended to the position of grand vizier and has not yet completed all kinds of layouts, will soon be counterattacked by the powerful people in the country.

Therefore, after this war, Iprahim and Richelieu, who had previously worked well together, developed irreparable rifts.

Once this kind of rift occurs, it is almost fatal: As a time traveler, Ibrahim used to be relatively middle-class. Although he has been in the political arena for many years and has grown a lot, he is still instinctively unwilling to burn bridges.

Do it.

Therefore, at the beginning, although Richelieu had a rift with him, he still did not try to reduce Richelieu's authority.

However, Richelieu controlled the country's civil power. Which local Ottoman official wouldn't want such great power?

Therefore, in the past year, various rumors and slanders against Richelieu have appeared one after another.

It is said that everyone's opinion makes a difference, even though Ibrahim is a time traveler, and in this day after day of slander, his attitude towards Richelieu has changed.

Richelieu was such a smart man. He immediately understood that he had fallen into a very dangerous situation. Then he made a quick decision: Escape!

Where to escape? The European Union? If he returns to Europe, Philip's hypocrisy probably won't kill him. But if he returns to the EU, how can he resurrect France? So, he just hesitated for a while and made a decision:

Escape into the Chinese Embassy!

Then there was the scene where Chen Zizhuang stood outside the embassy door, facing the Ottoman soldiers alone.

Aziz Sokoli, who led the team, was a young man linked up by the Sokoli family. He really wanted to kill Richelieu, because this guy was selfless and selfless. When he was in charge of civil affairs, the Sokoli family also

There is no benefit to be gained. However, this is the Chinese Embassy after all. If the Chinese Ambassador is offended here, what if the two countries enter a state of war?

Therefore, facing Chen Zizhuang standing alone at the door, he just didn't dare to do anything to this guy.

But this confrontation ended on the third day.

On November 6, 1627, after completing his inspection of the newly incorporated areas on the northern coast of the Black Sea, Iprahim returned to Istanbul and received a new order: After all, Mr. Richelieu has made great contributions to our family, so he

As long as he doesn't go back to Europe, let him go wherever he wants.

After his order came down, Chen Zizhuang also took the opportunity to bid farewell to Ibrahim: Grand Vizier, everyone knows what I am here for. But now it seems that your country will not be able to do so in the short term.

It was overturned, and there is no point in me staying here anymore. My emperor has already sent orders for me to return to the country, and our entire mission has evacuated except for some liaison personnel.
Chapter completed!