In the royal palace in Istanbul, Murad IV was talking with his partner Abdullah. Murad IV's accession to the throne was also a strange thing, when he was four or five years old, his father died, and his uncle took over the throne, but his uncle Mustafa I was mentally ill, so when he was eleven years old, his Greek queen mother staged a coup d'état, put him on the throne, and took charge of the throne. Murad IV is not yet eighteen years old, so he has not really taken power, even the war with the Tsarist Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian kingdom is the decision of the empress dowager and the courtiers, he is only beginning to learn to deal with the government, just like the matter of Chief Khalid was done by himself, and his queen mother did not know it at all.

Abdullah was his close companion, had played with him since childhood, and was the son of a powerful minister. He was so excited that he got fifty* from Sheikh Khalid, so he fooled Murad IV into secretly taking the position of Khalid Sheikh as governor, and then eagerly showed off his * guards to Murad IV, only to be robbed by Murad IV of more than half of them, leaving him only twenty.

Murad IV was a very studious, martial artistic, and ambitious. Historically, he was known for his power and cruelty, and carried out economic and political reforms in an attempt to revive the Ottoman Empire, but his early death failed to enable him to achieve this ideal, and he died at the age of 28 due to excessive drinking and cirrhosis of the liver.

Murad IV was not interested in why Abdullah would help Sheikh Khalid get a small governorship, but what made Abdullah so concerned about this matter, and when he saw Abdullah's * guard, he finally understood why. He was going to take the equipment of thirty people, and when he returned to his inner courtyard, he couldn't wait to do the experiment. He had his soldiers line up around him with their guns, and then shot around, finding that within fifteen paces all the targets had been beaten into a sieve. Then let the soldiers line up to attack, and the dense and rapid projectiles will penetrate all the front door panels, which means that this is a powerful force, especially in the event of civil unrest, this squad is definitely capable of defending itself in a short period of time and making itself temporarily safe.

The content of his conversation with Abdullah now was how Chief Khalid had obtained these weapons, and he was very uncomfortable if he couldn't understand this question, especially at his current age, when he was curious, and when he was full of strength and courage. His martial arts are very good, but in front of *, there is no room for play at all, if he has always had such an army, and suddenly launched a surprise attack on the front line of the battlefield, it is estimated that the opponent will collapse immediately.

Abdullah found himself reckless, if Murad IV didn't like him, he would have been convicted a long time ago, such an armed force appeared in front of Murad IV, which greatly threatened its safety, but fortunately, Murad IV played with him since he was a child and didn't care about his behavior. So without hesitation, he told him the purpose of Chief Khalid begging him to get a small governor, which aroused the curiosity of Murad IV.

Murad IV was curious that there was such a thing in the world, in the far east, there was a monarch who was the same age as him when he ascended the throne, and who governed the country so strongly, that he felt that he should learn and govern his empire more powerfully, so he planned to go to the Fengyang Kingdom with Abdullah to have a look.

Zhu Changrun of the Fengyang Kingdom was busy making a fortune with Mao Bijiang and Chen Zhenhui, and Sheikh Khalid brought Murad IV and Abdullah to visit. As an intermediary, after Sheikh Khalid introduced the two sides to each other, he immediately withdrew with interest, although the meeting of the two would affect his future and fate, but his position was not enough to affect the conversation between the two, and he could only wait for Murad IV's decision.

Looking at this young monarch, Zhu Changrun seemed to see Zhu Youxiao when he had just ascended the throne, they were all so young, but they had to take on the future of a country, Zhu Youxiao was extremely talented, making Daming stronger day by day, did this Murad IV also have such ambitions?

Because of Zhu Changrun's help, Chief Khalid was awarded the title of governor, so Chief Khalid was naturally very close to Zhu Changrun, and as friends, they talked a lot, and Zhu Changrun would naturally boast to him about how powerful Zhu Youxiao was, how prosperous the Ming Dynasty was, and how rich the royal family was. Naturally, Chief Khalid would tell Murad IV about this before he came, so that he could have a general understanding of the Ming Dynasty.

Murad IV spoke to Zhu Changrun with some respect, and he asked: "I heard that Chief Khalid has talked about the Ming Empire, may I ask sir, is the Ming Empire really as powerful and rich as Chief Khalid said?" Is His Majesty the Emperor really the reincarnation of an immortal and the rebirth of the founding ancestor? ”

Zhu Changrun said with a smile: "I don't know if it is the reincarnation of the gods and the rebirth of the Taizu, what I see is that since His Majesty ascended the throne today, the country has become better and stronger day by day, and there are more and more novel things, these things are not important to our royal children." We are more happy is the attitude of His Majesty the Emperor to his family, you must know that there are many brothers and brothers of the Emperor, he was able to ascend the throne, it is just a coincidence, the first emperor's favorite is my second brother of the Emperor, but the ministers are against it, but it is a pity that my eldest brother died less than a month after ascending the throne, His Majesty has been cowardly since childhood, of course, this is the eyes of ordinary people, no one expected that he had undergone earth-shaking changes after he ascended the throne. Today, His Majesty treats our royal children preferentially, unlike the emperors of previous dynasties, and when we are with him, we feel very comfortable. He established a large company, let our royal children be shareholders, saying that only by working together can the Ming Empire always be the world of the Zhu family, and also vigorously promoted the famous words of Emperor Taizong in the Tang Dynasty, saying that water can carry a boat and overturn a boat, and it is necessary to be kind to the people in order to sit firmly in the country. ”

Maybe it's because of the same status, Zhu Changrun said a little nagging, and didn't talk about some big truths like usual, but what he said was commonplace, he didn't talk about how Zhu Youxiao governed the country, but focused on how Zhu Youxiao was benevolent and how the big family was harmonious, which was very much in line with the appetite of Murad IV.

You must know that this is not only the case in China, but everywhere in the world, the so-called most ruthless emperor, as the supreme emperor, is the goal that everyone yearns for, for this position, ambitious people have tried their best and tried their best, but Zhu Youxiao went the opposite way and made a model of a harmonious family, which is also a wonder.

"The Book of Rites: University": Those who want to be sincere in their intentions must first know it, and they will know it in Gewu. Character and then know, know and then sincerity, sincerity and then heart, heart and then body cultivation, body cultivation and then family Qi, family Qi and then national governance, national governance and then the world is peaceful. This is a Confucian saying, but there are very few people who can really understand and put it into practice. Zhu Changrun was born in the royal family, and he must have received such an education, and he felt from his heart that Zhu Youxiao was practicing this wise saying, so he told this truth to Murad IV and asked him to practice it.

Murad IV naturally knew the history of his country, and also knew that the Ottoman Empire was inextricably linked to the ancient East, and that as a bridge between East and West, it must have been influenced by both cultures. The Turks went to West Asia as the vanquished, but they still have some worship for the Tang Dynasty in their bones, what a powerful empire is that? In particular, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, who started a war against the Turks in only three years at Mengbian Bridge, and beat the Turks into flight, what he said must be justified.

As for the principle of "self-cultivation and Qi family ruling the country and leveling the world", Murad IV naturally didn't understand, and their family collection would not have it, but Zhu Changrun's popular and philosophical homely words made him have some desire for such knowledge, forcing him to want to understand these profound and simple truths, so why did he be a little confused about these truths?

Murad IV, accompanied by Zhu Changrun, browsed the Fengyang Kingdom inside and out for ten days, and what impressed him the most during these ten days was not the advanced weapons of the Fengyang Kingdom and the advanced production tools for cultivating and farming the land, but also for these can be bought, or made after a certain amount of study, but the kind of self-confidence he felt in the homes of the residents who migrated from the Ming Dynasty was the goal he pursued. A stable state power is built on the basis of harmony, happiness, prosperity, and confidence in the future, which is the fundamental reason for the strength of the Ming Empire.

Murad IV was leaving, he was a little envious of Zhu Changrun, and Zhu Changrun also liked the young monarch's studious spirit very much, so he gave him a lot of his Confucian collection of books, and told Murad IV that he understood the things in it thoroughly, and then put them into practice, and the country would naturally be governed.