Chapter 254 Destroying you just because there are interests you don’t know about! (Please subscribe, please vote)

Capital of the Ottoman Empire, Constantiniya.

"Defend the Holy Land! Expel the Ming Kingdom."

The noisy and angry shouts passed through the high walls of Topkapi Palace and reached the dome hall of the Imperial Parliament. Mahmoud II sat on a Turkish sofa and listened for a while.

Then he looked at his Grand Vizier Kara Pasha.

The Grand Vizier stood up, bowed to the Sultan first, and then said in a tone full of grief and anger: "Your Majesty the Sultan, the Ming Empire is actually our enemy for thousands of years! The Ming Empire is based on the legal system inherited from the Tang Empire. We

The ancestors of the Ottoman Turks were defeated by the Tang Empire and driven to the west. Since the Ming Empire signed a demarcation treaty with the Rakshasa Kingdom, it has been keen to support the Rakshasa Kingdom in attacking our country. Whenever the Rakshasa Kingdom has a war with us,

The Ming Empire would provide a large amount of weapons and ammunition. If it weren't for the support of the Ming Empire, how could we lose to the Daughter of Catherine II? How could we lose the fertile land along the Black Sea coast?

This time, the Ming Empire also provided Rakshasa with a large amount of weapons and equipment, from cannons, artillery shells, airships, to battleships and armored cruisers, everything. If it weren't for the weapons provided by the Ming Empire, we would not have faced losing Eddie at all.

The crisis in Ernest! Now the Ming Empire is brazenly invading the Persian Gulf, and is also preparing to support the Sultan of Oman in marching on Baghdad and the Holy Land. If the Sultan of Oman seizes Baghdad and the Holy Land, our empire will collapse!

Your Majesty the Sultan, the Ming Empire is our most dangerous enemy! Therefore, I implore your Majesty to temporarily abandon Greece and seek peace from Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, the Kingdom of Sardinia, Sweden, the Netherlands and the Rakshasa Kingdom!"

At this point, Kara Pasha and several other pashas were already in tears.

Mahmud II also cried. The Ottoman Empire had ruled Greece for hundreds of years! Moreover, Greece was right next door to Constantinople and was the heartland of the Ottoman Empire. If the Ottoman Empire could abandon Greece, then Moldavia, Va.

What about the territories of Lakia, Rumelia, Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro? Most of the residents in these territories are Christians. If they were all given up, the Ottoman Empire would still be able to retain Constantinople and Montenegro.

Albania will also lose most of its industry, handicrafts, most of its tax revenue and at least one-third of its population.

And Egypt, the most valuable of the empire's remaining territories, is under the control of Ali Pasha, who is ambitious and has deep collusion with the Ming Empire!

Now that the Ming Dynasty has personally ended up "defeating the Persian Gulf", even if it will not support the Sultan of Oman in marching on Baghdad, it will support Ali Pasha to become the master of Arabia.

Thinking of this, Sultan Mahmoud clenched his fists and murmured: "But our Ottoman Empire has never offended the Ming Empire. Why do they treat us like this?"

"Your Majesty the Sultan," Gough Pasha stood up from a sofa and bowed slightly to Mahmud II, "During the rise of the Ottoman Empire, many countries were also destroyed. Are they all sworn enemies of the Ottoman Empire?

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"Goff Pasha, what do you mean by this?" Mahmud II looked at Hugh Goff angrily.

Hugh Gough said calmly: "What I mean is that countries usually destroy each other not for revenge, but for profit!"

"Benefits? But what benefits does destroying the Ottoman Empire have for the Ming Empire?" Mahmoud didn't know that he was actually ruling a rich oil empire. Of course, those Zhuge military advisers would not allow most of the world's "

Low-cost oil” was controlled by the Ottoman Empire!

The Ming Dynasty's unusual "defeat in the Persian Gulf" this time was, of course, to capture the oil in the Persian Gulf before the world war officially started. This oil may not be used before the end of the world war, but it may also be used in the future.

It became the key to the decisive victory. It was always right to capture it first anyway, so the only fault was the Ottoman Empire!

I never knew there was oil under my feet. Is there any bigger mistake than this?

Hugh Gough did not know that there was oil in the Middle East, but he could still justify his explanation: "If the Ming Empire and the Rakshasa team up to destroy your empire, then the Balkans and Asia Minor Peninsula will most likely belong to the Rakshasa, while the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa may

It would become the sphere of influence of the Ming Empire. The Ming Empire might support Ali Pasha of Oman and Egypt to divide Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula equally, and distribute the remaining North African land to France, while they themselves would firmly control the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.

If such a situation really occurs, then it is only a matter of time before the entire world is controlled by the Ming Empire!"

"Then what should I do?" Sultan Mahmoud looked at Hugh Gough and asked: "What can I do to save my empire?"

"The Grand Vizier has said it. It is time to give up Greece and seek peace with the West!" Hugh Gough said, "Your Majesty the Sultan, I think you know very well that Greece is the price that must be paid to save the empire! Only the Ottoman Empire recognizes it.

With the independence of Greece, it was possible for Western countries to change their stance and support the Ottoman Empire."

Greece is actually the stepping stone for the Ottoman Empire to seek peace. All European Christian countries, including Rakshasa, declared war on the Ottoman Empire in the name of saving Greece. If the Ottoman Empire insists on not recognizing the independence of Greece, then Rakshasa will have

An excuse to continue the war. However, other Christian countries hindered their alliance obligations and could not make separate peace with the Ottomans before achieving their goals.

Once the Ottoman Empire recognizes the independence of Greece, then the Christian countries other than the Rakshasa who have declared war on the Ottomans can step down. The purpose of declaring war is to save Greece. Now that Greece is saved, of course they can withdraw. The Rakshasa is unwilling to retreat.

Then go and fight in your own country!

In addition, Western countries generally do not support Rakshasa's territorial claims to Moldavia, Wallachia, Rumelia, Constantiniya, Asia Minor, Transcaucasus and other places.

So there is nothing wrong with countries turning to support the Ottoman Empire!

Mahmoud II looked at the Grand Vizier again.

Kara Pasha said: "Your Majesty, the situation is urgent! Moreover, the Ming Empire has posed a threat to the Holy Land after occupying the Persian Gulf, so it is acceptable to everyone to recognize the independence of Greece and instead defend the Holy Land."

Mahmoud II sighed: "Well, as the caliph, between Greece and the Holy Land, I can only choose the Holy Land!"

Grand Vizier Kara Pasha breathed a sigh of relief: "Your Majesty, your choice is absolutely correct!"

Hugh Gough also said: "Your Majesty, please allow me to convey your wise decision to the Duke of Wellington as soon as possible."

Mahmoud nodded: "Gov Pasha, now I know who is the real friend of the Ottoman Empire. I sincerely hope that the British Empire can defeat the Ming Empire and become the leading force of the entire world!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Turks have retreated. They are evacuating Adrianople. We have finally won."

When Marshal Peter Wittgenstein excitedly walked into Nicholas I's palace and headquarters in Stara Zagora with the good news, he suddenly found that everyone around the Tsar was beaming, as if

What they won was not a tragic victory, but the entire war.

Seeing Marshal Wittgenstein in a daze, Archduke Mikhail smiled and explained: "Marshal, we have just received news that the navy and expeditionary force of the Ming Empire have arrived in Muscat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman.

The expeditionary force has landed, and part of the naval fleet has also sailed into the Persian Gulf. Obviously, the Ming Empire is already on our side! So we have won, we have won the entire war, and the Eastern Roman Empire will soon be revived

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