"Your Majesty, although His Highness Highness Hayreddin has openly pledged allegiance to me, he is not one of mine. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

The same template, except that Grand Prince Mustafa, who was twenty years younger than his father, did not immediately express his attitude towards the requirements of the pirate Grand Druid after reading Hayreddin's letter.

Instead, he bowed first, objecting to what his father had just said.

"Oh? So he didn't swear allegiance to you? Support you to inherit my throne? Suleiman the Magnificent asked with playful rage, "All the fact that he offered you to snatch a noble lady from the shores of Europa was completely false?" ”

The third person present, the Grand Vizier, pinched the sweat of the eldest prince in his heart, the eldest prince had just returned from the front line of the war against the Persian Empire, and was summoned by Suleiman, and they had no chance to talk about how to deal with this request of Khareddin, and the issue of Khareddin's allegiance was also very sensitive.

Suleiman's tone showed that he was already very suspicious, and he had several intelligence networks that were extremely sensitive to the big and small matters of the Ottoman Empire.

He was afraid that if Prince Mustafa was young and supported Hayreddin's request, there would be a big crisis.

"Hayreddin has written me several very fleshy letters." Grand Prince Mustafa did not deny that the fact that Khareddin's support for him was semi-public, and that he must not have been able to hide it from his father, continued, "In fact, the sons are not happy with the support of all the ministers, including Khareddin. ”

The matter of women, Prince Mustafa did not mention it, it was just a trivial matter.

"Huh?" Suleiman the Magnificent's tone slowed slightly, "Don't you want these honorable governors, clever ministers, and strong generals to support you?" Aren't you worried that they support your brother Selim? ”

Ibrahim watched the conversation between the noble father and son with a frown, and he tried to open his mouth several times to bring the conversation back to Hayreddin's request, but he couldn't find a chance to speak.

"I'm worried, I'm not only worried, I'm even afraid, so although I don't like their support, I can't help but accept it." Mustafa fought against the Safavid Persian Empire all year round, and he and his father hadn't seen each other for several years, and in the past few years, he had seen a lot, thought a lot, and naturally accumulated a lot of words in his heart, "Your Majesty, father and son have succeeded one after another, and it is the right principle between heaven and earth to establish a successor." But the inheritance of the Ottoman family, in fact, it is never the turn of those courtiers to support or oppose, although I support the establishment of a successor, but how the position of the caliph should be inherited, to whom to pass on, it should be the father's word. ”

Ibra nodded with satisfaction, and no longer intended to speak, Mustafa said that on the one hand, he would be the longest, and on the other hand, he thought that it should be decided by Suleiman the Magnificent, and he could advance or retreat, which was quite old-fashioned.

Although he himself almost openly supported Mustafa, Ibrahim did not care that he lost this kind of power, for the long-term peace and stability of the Ottoman Empire, for the sake of the grandeur of the Lord of the Stars and Moon, his personal gains and losses were really nothing.

"In this way, our Ottoman family will not have to fight from generation to generation, and the few of our brothers who cannot ascend the throne can also be saved." Prince Mustafa said sincerely, although his mother had a very poor relationship with Sultan Xurem, but the relationship between him and several brothers born to Sultan Xurem such as Selim was not so bad, "The Canon inheritance method is certainly the magic weapon of the rise of the Ottoman Empire, but we are now the world's first power, the Ottoman Empire is now thousands of miles away, and the people of our Ottoman family are so withered, this method is no longer appropriate." ”

The Canon inheritance law is that the winner gets all, and the loser has nothing, no throne, no life, nothing.

This system has allowed the Ottoman Empire to have only one royal line for hundreds of years, and there is basically no huge suzerainty for the country, which greatly eases the state finances, and makes the princes have a great sense of crisis, and there has been no faint king for hundreds of years.

But this system is obviously also a great violation of human nature, and it is the nature of most people to want to inherit more family property, but how many of them will want their brother to die?

"This is the system of the empire for generations." Although he was refuting his son, Ibrahim knew that Suleiman was actually shaken.

Suleiman the Great, an only son, had never experienced such a cruel ordeal, and he certainly did not want most of his sons to be killed by his own brothers.

Prince Mustafa also captured his father's emotions, and he wanted to talk about it again on a hot iron.

Suleiman the Magnificent shook his hand: "Don't say anything about changing the inheritance law, the chief lecturer, the chief justice, and the Damanla will not support it, my health is still very good, this matter can be considered in the long run." ”

As in all countries, there are always factions that are extremely hostile to all reform and progress.

"Let's talk about Hayreddin first." Suleiman the Magnificent himself brought the topic back up, but his attitude was much better, "The heresy in Persia has been severely damaged by us, and it will certainly not be able to interfere with our conquest of Europa for a long time, and the next few years will be crucial for the long-term prosperity of the Ottoman Empire." ”

Ibrahim shook his head inwardly, a statement he did not accept, believing that the Iranian plateau itself was the key to the Ottoman Empire's long-term prosperity.

The Persian Empire burned its own capital, destroying large tracts of farmland and warehouses, but the Ottoman Empire, relying on food and manpower from Egypt and Iraq, was able to organize a large enough garrison force there, and after two to three years of recovery, the occupied western part of Iran could be the starting point for the Persian Empire.

Another onslaught could reach the border between Afghanistan and India and completely destroy the stubborn enemy of Safavid Persia.

However, one of the supplies that Sultan Xurem was responsible for was completely lost, and then there was a resurgence of opposition within the Ottoman Empire, and this opposition was always present for the costly supply of the plateau.

And those who are the Mamanla and the chief preacher have also repeatedly opposed the heretic policy of first heretics and then heretics, and demanded that the infidels in the West be attacked first.

"I know you have a mind about me stopping the Persian heresy, and I've even heard rumors that you had to withdraw because Sultan Xurem didn't transport you properly." Suleiman explained to his son in a heartfelt manner, and he stopped his son's attempt to speak, "But you must understand that as a caliph, you can't ignore the voice of the people, the cost of supplying the Iranian plateau is too great, for every pound of wheat delivered to you, fifty pounds of wheat will be consumed on the road, the provinces of Egypt and Syria have been overwhelmed, do you think I will really miss the opportunity to develop and strengthen the Ottoman Empire for a few words from a woman?!" ”

What Suleiman said is indeed true.

Mustafa looked at his father's sincere appearance and felt a pang of guilt, he did suspect that his father was afraid that he would build a business that would prevail over his.

But on his way back to Istanbul from Baghdad and Damascus, he saw many miserable villages and miserable people, and his attitude had softened.

"Father, you are right............. he believes that his father made a decision for the long-term stability of the Ottoman Empire, "if you can attack by sea, you must rely on the sea, and it is a wise choice to attack the Mediterranean coast." ”

Ibrahim Pasha did not think so, and he still believed that Suleiman was more or less bewitched by Sultan Xurem.

"I'm so glad you think so." Suleiman was very pleased.

"The key to the struggle for sea supremacy in the Mediterranean is the struggle for sea supremacy, and whoever can control the sea will be able to get supplies at a low price and move troops at a faster pace." Mustafa is indeed very talented, although he has never fought in the Mediterranean, but even if he only relies on consulting records and studying the history of warfare, he is extremely far-sighted, "Otherwise, even with an extraordinary commander like Hannibal, he will only fail in the end, the key to the problem is that we need to build a strong and unified Mediterranean fleet, and Hayreddin and his Barbary pirates can only be auxiliary forces, and cannot rely entirely on these unreliable guys." ”

"You're right." Suleiman was really pleased with his son's insight, "Recently, the Spaniards organized a grand fleet in Seville, saying that they were going to visit Austria, what do you think? (To be continued.) )