(The speechless new book "Back to the Ming Dynasty to Open a Factory" has been released, ask for support!) )

For Europe, what happened in Britain was a "big event", but for the world it was not a big deal. It doesn't even attract much attention outside of Western Europe, because in the world of the 17th century, almost every civilization took it for granted that it was the "center of the world", and that only events related to it were big events.

For Europeans, Western Europe is the center of the world, while for Turks, the center of the world is Turkey.

But in fact, where is the real world?

Obviously, only the Ming Dynasty can be called the center of the world, not only because the Ming Dynasty has a population of more than 120 million, far more than the other two "centers", but more importantly, in the economy, science and other aspects, the Ming Dynasty has been far ahead of them.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty is more humble, and just calls itself the "Celestial Empire" That's all, and outside the Celestial Empire, it is naturally ...... The vassal states are barbaric.

Since it is a vassal barbarian, it is inevitable to "pay tribute" to the Celestial Empire, but for the barbarians, their ships must be willing to step on the southern gate of the Celestial Empire - Nantianmen, which is not only the border between the Celestial Empire and the barbarians, but also the boundary between civilization and barbarism.

At least, in the Ming Dynasty, in the eyes of many people, the boundary between civilization and barbarism is based on this.

A steam fast ship with full sails sailed, sailed into the port of Haizhou, the passengers on board were of different identities, both the merchants, scholars, and officials of the Celestial Empire and Zhuxia, as well as scholars from Europe, the Celestial Empire has become the center of the world's academics, and it is also the most developed area of the world's academics, which has always attracted scholars from all over the world, especially the Celestial Empire, which will also provide free ferry tickets to well-known scholars in Europe and their families, in order to attract them to come to the Celestial Empire to "study".

And among these passengers, the most eye-catching are the two tax payables dressed in Turkish robes. One of them was slightly older and had gray hair. Another, younger man, has a Turkish-style mustache. Behind them were several burly Turks, apparently their bodyguards.

They attracted attention from the moment they boarded the ship at the Nantianmen, where the older Turk showed his erudition and could communicate with passengers from the West in Latin, French, and Spanish.

Now they, like the rest of the passengers, stood on the deck, watching Haizhou get closer and closer. When Rulin's battleship appeared in their sight, the faces of both of them changed slightly.

"It seems that we have all ignored the strength of the Celestial Empire."

Looking at the battleship like a forest, the young man crossed his arms and sighed. Once upon a time, he felt that the Celestial Empire would not have enough warships to expedition to Turkey, but now, just along the way, the fleet he saw was far more than he imagined, which made his heart very uncomfortable.

"Anyway, we're here to ask the Emperor of the Celestial Empire to stop his son's actions."

The old man lowered his voice and reminded.

"I know, but what if they refuse? I really don't understand, doesn't the emperor of the Celestial Empire really know what his son is doing? ”

The young man scoffed, saying that in his opinion the people of Istanbul were obviously crazy, they thought that the Ming Emperor did not know about the war in the Caucasus, that a prince of the Celestial Empire, who called himself the "Roman Emperor", had ascended the throne, and even fantasized that he would rely on the Celestial Empire to restrain their behavior.

"Now...... We don't have a lot of options. ”

The old man's gaze narrowed slightly, looking at the huge fleet in the strait, he always felt a little ominous in his heart.

Turkey did not have much choice, and even when the Celestial Dynasty occupied Egypt, Turkey chose to make concessions, and the reason for this was that Turkey could not make enemies on all sides, the Europeans were resisting, the Persians were harassing, and there were riots in the Caucasus. If you add to this the Celestial Empire in the direction of Egypt.

Turkey is really attacked on all sides.

"Now, we have to figure out the attitude of the Celestial Empire towards Turkey......"

Finally, the ship docked, and after disembarking with the passengers, surrounded by a group of soldiers, a man in an official robe walked over to this side, only to see the official with a warm face stepped forward to greet him.

"Welcome two Turkish envoys to the Celestial Empire."

In Europe, in the court of any country, the status of Turkish envoys is extremely noble, they will be received by the minister of state at the first time of arrival in other countries, and then they will be received by the king, all the nobles will greet them with a smile, there, with their strong national power, the Turkish envoys are respected by unimaginable, even more than the status they enjoy in their own country. After all, they represent the Turkish Sultan.

However, in the Celestial Empire, no one gave them special treatment because of their status as Turkish envoys, and even their treatment was not as good as that of envoys from France and other countries, and they were only received by an ordinary official of Honglu Temple, and the negotiations were also only negotiated by Zhang Yushu, the deputy secretary of Honglu Temple.

At the negotiating table, Taccifer, as the chief envoy, behaved extremely competently, especially fluent in Chinese, and it was easy to win the favor of others, but as a diplomat, it was obviously impossible to make the slightest concession.

“…… Peace! His Majesty the Emperor considers peace between the Ottomans and the Celestial Empire to be more important than all else, and we believe that peace should remain between us, a permanent peace. ”

"Your Excellency is right, we also believe in peace, and we are willing to do our part to keep it safe." Gong Zixuan said.

"Peace? I thought your country preferred war. If there was no war, how did your country get Egypt, and now it has burned the flames of war to the Caucasus. ”

Ali couldn't help but sneer. He was a general of the Guard, and he still could not accept the weakness of the Sultan on the Egyptian issue.

As soon as Ali said this, Zhao Lin, who had been silent on the sidelines before, immediately sneered, and then he suddenly raised his head and said warmly.

"Your Excellency means that everything in Egypt and the Caucasus was planned by us, right? I can tell you with absolute certainty that if we had planned it, I'm afraid that there would have been more than just a few places occupied now, maybe ......"

Just when he was about to continue, he heard Zhang Yushu cough lightly, and Vice Qing's words stopped him.

"Perhaps, the situation is completely different from what it is now."

For Zhao Lin's words, Taciva just smiled, and then said.

"Osman does not want to be an enemy of the Celestial Empire now or in the future, but Osman is not a coward, and when we face a threat, we will also defend our interests in our own way. On the Egyptian issue, despite our differences, we acquiesced in all of this, but what did we get in exchange for our concessions? It is you who have gained an inch in the Caucasus, do you Chinese think that all the countries in this world will submit to you? Or do you think that all the territories in the world should belong to you? All countries can become the feudal kingdoms of your Celestial Empire? ”

Taccifer's tone was a little unpleasant.

"First of all, I must state that the princess of His Royal Highness King Xiwang, the ninth prince of the Ming Dynasty, is indeed the legitimate heir to the throne of the Roman Empire."

Zhao Lin announced without thinking.

"The rightful heir to the throne of the Roman Empire? How many years has the Roman Empire been destroyed by us? Look at the tone of your voice, it's almost no different from those conceited European pigs. ”

A contemptuous smile appeared on Ali's lips.

Although his last sentence was in Turkish, Zhao Lin was no stranger to Turkish, so he immediately frowned and replied.

"Your Excellency the Special Envoy, please note the wording. The Roman Empire may have fallen, but his royal family had the legal right to inherit the empire, and this succession was justified according to the general law of the West. It is also recognized by the Celestial Empire. ”

"Your Excellency means that the Celestial Empire will support his actions!"

Taccifer's eyes flashed, and he immediately asked.

"The Celestial Empire does not object to any efforts and attempts made by the Roman royal family to restore the empire!"

In the-for-tat confrontation with the Turks, Zhang Yushu appeared unusually calm, he knew very well that this would be a protracted negotiation, but what would be the outcome of the negotiations? It is obviously impossible for the Celestial Empire to give up the Nine Emperor Princes, even if the imperial court will agree, His Majesty will not agree to it either.

Sometimes, some things are far more complicated than the outside world thinks, and on the issue of the Nine Emperor Princes, the attitude of the imperial court is to take an opposing position, while the attitude of the imperial family is non-interference, and this non-interference is only superficial non-interference.

Since the Nine Emperors led the palace guards and mercenaries to occupy Baku and began to conquer the east and west in the Caucasus, the royal family has provided him with huge loans through the banks held by the royal family for many years.

All this was clearly at the behest of the emperor.

Maybe now when the two sides are negotiating, a large number of supplies will enter Baku and enter the Caucasus, who knows?

"Your Excellency means that the Celestial Empire approves of their actions in the Caucasus?"

"The Nine Emperors are the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court has no practical binding force on his actions, and does not oppose his actions to maintain his own interests."

Seemingly a ball of no practical significance, Taccifer basically already knew the attitude of the Celestial Empire - they did not support the Nine Emperors, but they were also not against it. But obviously, it was also impossible for them to give up their support for the Nine Emperor Princes.

"And as far as we know, at present, the area occupied by the palace guards of His Royal Highness the Western King is not the actual ruling area of your country, the actual ruling area of your country is in Armenia and the coastal area of the Black Sea, and the hinterland of the Caucasus has always been a disputed area between your country and the Safavids, neither your country nor the Safavid have established actual rule there, if you protest, the Safavid may be more suitable than your country, after all, Baku still accepts their indirect rule, but they have not expressed any objection!"

That's because they saw the eagle banner of the Roman Empire!

Taccifa thought to himself that the reason why Safavid, as the old enemy of the Ottomans, would remain "neutral" was more because he wanted to see the "Roman emperor" continue to attack the Ottoman hinterland after occupying the Caucasus, after all, there were still millions of Christians in the Ottomans.

In the eyes of the Safavid kings, when the Roman Empire attacked the Ottomans, perhaps they could attack Baghdad and other places, and they could take the opportunity to fulfill their long-held desire to occupy the fertile Euphrates region.

"The bottom line!"

After a moment's thought, Tacivah said.

"For the Safavids, the actions of His Royal Highness the Western King there did not harm their fundamental interests, but they touched the bottom line of the Ottomans, indeed, the Caucasus Mountains did not belong to either the Ottomans nor the Safavids, but when the Roman emperor appeared there, when the mountain people of the Caucasus were looking at the cross, the existence of Rome was unacceptable to the Ottomans!"

It was even intolerable, not because of how powerful that Roman Empire was, but because they knew very well what the Roman Empire meant to the tens of millions of pagans in the Ottoman Empire.

Armenians, Georgians, Greeks, etc., the pagans who had been divided by region and blood, found a common leader, and once they were loyal under that banner, what would happen to the Ottomans? Massive internal rebellion!

"Whether you can accept it or not, it has nothing to do with the Celestial Empire!"

Although Zhao Lin's answer was extremely blunt, Zhang Yushu still spoke at the right time.

"Calm down, both of you, about everything about the Caucasus, I believe that we will reach some kind of consensus at the negotiating table. What do you think? ”

"Some kind of consensus? You will specify the withdrawal of your fleet in Alexandria, etc.? ”

Ali turned around and accused in a tough tone that for Turkey, the biggest headache is not only the Caucasus, but also the Celestial Empire's continuous strengthening of the Mediterranean fleet, whose fleet is constantly cruising in the sea zone close to Turkey, which is the biggest threat.

However, Zhang Yushu on the other side smiled unmoved.

"Your Excellency must know that the Empire's fleet has always had an obligation to protect the Empire's expatriate. Therefore, where there is my Ming merchant ship, there must be a Ming fleet. This is not surprising. What's more, the Ming Dynasty established military bases in Alexandria and other places to protect the security of its allies and the safety of its own diaspora. Naturally, the exchange of warships is normal. ”

Faced with such an answer, Ali said coldly.

"Your country's hand is stretched out so far!"

Zhao Lin's face was full of smugness that was difficult to hide.

"Yes, in order to maintain the interests of the Celestial Empire, not to mention the Mediterranean, even Europe, we also sent a fleet, you just don't get used to it now, just get used to it."

Book Reading House