Although Ali Muyad and the others were not angry when they heard this, they didn't dare to ask too much, so they could only plead aggrievedly.

"Where is your majesty going to bury you?"

Qi Tai stood in the barracks and looked around blankly, and suddenly saw a mountain dozens of feet high nearby.

"Huh?"

"This mountain is good, it is better to bury Timur here."

Chang Sheng was stunned when he heard this, where did the mountains around his military camp come from.

However, he followed Qi Tai's gaze and saw that Qi Tai was staring at the rockery he had piled up, and the whole person was not good.

Isn't it a bit of a loss to do that?

"Lord Qi, this mountain was temporarily piled up for the attack on the city of Baghdad, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to bury Timur here, can Timur's courtiers agree?"

Qi Tai also felt that he was a little too much when he heard this, but he thought of a way after thinking about it.

"I think it is most appropriate to bury Timur here, although this mountain was built for the attack on the city of Baghdad, but now Timur and the Ming Dynasty have turned war into jade silk, and this mountain is just a witness to the friendship between the two countries!"

"I think His Majesty Timur will like it too!"

Chang Sheng heard Qi Tai's words, and was surprised that a duck egg could be stuffed into his mouth.

This guy is too good at talking, right?

No wonder my father always told us when he was alive to stay away from those civil officials in the court, otherwise we would have to count the money if they were sold one day!

It can be seen that my father was sold by them a lot......

Qi Tai finished fooling Chang Sheng, and then showed this set of rhetoric to Ali Muyad and others.

At first, Alimuyad was against it, but when Qitai secretly told him that he could make him a high-ranking official in Kangdu, Alimuyad immediately agreed, and was responsible for convincing the other ministers, as well as Acrean who came to preside over the halal funeral.

While Timur's funeral was well underway, Changsheng's Western Expeditionary Army had already embarked on a journey to various regions of the Timurid Empire to receive cities and land.

Compared to the previous siege, this time it is much simpler.

Chang Sheng first sent officials from the Timurid Empire to lobby, but if the lobbying failed, he would send troops to attack.

Although there are few who dare to resist in total, many of them are the surrender of the donkey on the slope, but there are always a few conspicuous bags that want to show their loyalty to Timur.

Then, Chang Sheng ordered them to be given a thunderous blow and told them to go underground to find Timur to be loyal.

While Chang Sheng was busy receiving the legacy of the Timurid Empire, various Western countries were also waiting and watching.

The tragic situation of the city of Baghdad has long been spread to the city-states of the West with the flight of displaced people.

The Ottoman caravan passed by the city of Baghdad, and after seeing the ruins in the city of Baghdad, all kinds of wild beasts and birds eating the corpses in the city, they immediately retreated from the city and then walked around the city.

When they returned home, they were immediately received by His Majesty Bayezid of the Ottoman Empire.

"I heard you just came back from Baghdad?"

"Yes!"

"Can you tell us about the situation there?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the city of Baghdad is gone, and now only a ruin remains......"

"What about the people of Baghdad?"

"Dead!"

"The vast majority died, some from artillery fire, some from poisonous smoke, some from the plague......"

"The villain didn't dare to enter when he passed through Baghdad, but he just glanced at the city gate and fled, for fear that he would be infected with the plague in the city if he escaped too late......"

"This ......"

Bayezet fell silent for a while.

He thought that the Timurid Empire would be able to withstand it for a few years, but he didn't expect that in just a few months, the huge Timurid Empire, a powerful opponent he had to withdraw from Constantine, was so easily defeated by the Ming Dynasty.

Bayezet sent the merchants away and ordered the crown prince Murad to be called.

"Murad, do you think we should surrender to Daming?"

Murad said without thinking.

"Father, do we have any other choice?"

"Just look at the fate of the Timurid Empire, the strength of the Ming Dynasty has long been unstoppable."

Erchen believed that the Ming Dynasty would sweep across the West like the Mongol cavalry in the past. During this period, many countries will decline or even perish. ”

"But as long as we survive this wave, we may not have a chance to make a comeback in a few years."

"Oh?"

Bayezet had long been desperate and didn't expect a chance to make a comeback.

"Tell me more, how do we do it all over again?"

"Father, this is what my teacher told me."

"My teacher said that although the Mongol Empire was strong, they had a small population and could only rely on the locals to govern it."

"As a result, their strength lasted only a few decades, and when the regions they conquered learned gunpowder and trebuchets and became familiar with their tactics, they could not remain strong."

"Now the strength of the Ming Dynasty is only strong in firearms and equipment. As long as we persist for decades and endure and survive under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, we will learn their skills after a few decades, and there may not be no chance to drive them out! ”

Bayezet nodded.

"That's ...... so"

"You go down first, let Teacher Ling come tomorrow, I want to talk to your teacher."

"Yes!"

The next day, Bayezid Pasha was ordered to come to the palace.

Bayezet did not receive him in the place where he was dealing with government affairs, but chose to take him to a beautifully landscaped garden.

"Dear Bayezid Pasha, I should have spoken to you a long time ago."

Hearing this, Bayezid Pasha hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Your Majesty, Weichen doesn't dare to call you that, you can call me Pasha directly."

"Well, Mr. Pasha, how do you think I should survive under the iron hooves of the Great Ming?"

Bayezid Pasha thought for a moment when he heard this.

"Your Majesty, Wechen doesn't know how to answer your question, but Wechen usually likes to observe and observes a lot of interesting things."

"Wechen once observed a fallen tree, the trunk of which was as thick as two people together, but it was blown down by a hurricane."

"Wechen observed next to the fallen tree, but found that the grass around the tree was safe and sound."

"Wechen is puzzled, it stands to reason that big trees are a hundred times tougher than small grass, a thousand times, why is the weak grass okay when a hurricane comes, but the hard tree is broken?"

Later, when a hurricane blew one day, Weichen personally ran outside to watch, and found that when the hurricane came, the grass would be blown down by the hurricane, and the body would be blown very low. And the big trees on the side kept resisting when the hurricane was coming, trying in vain to block the hurricane with their bodies. ”

"When Wei Chen saw this, he instantly realized, it turned out that it was not how tough Xiaocao was, but that Xiaocao only lowered his body to protect himself, while Dashu would not ......"

Bayezid easily understood Pasha's parable, the old man was using the story of the big tree and the grass to persuade himself not to fight against the Ming, to take the initiative to surrender to the Ming, and lower his posture.

"Mr. Pasha, it's not that I don't want to lower my posture, it's just that I don't know how low to put it?"

"What if Da Ming has to make inches, keep asking, and keep testing my bottom line?"

Pasha smiled bitterly when he heard this.

"Since Your Majesty can ask such a question, it is that you have not put yourself in the right position."

"Now it's not a question of whether we surrender or not, but that we can only protect the empire, our race, and our culture and language if we surrender."

"Wechen has been paying attention to the rule of the Ming Dynasty over Kangdu in recent years, and in general, the rule of the Ming Dynasty is quite benevolent, even if the last time Timur's fourth son Shaharu attacked Kangdu, the Ming Dynasty not only did not blame the people of Kangdu, but compensated them with money and property, so that they could better resume production."

"It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty is not a cruel and murderous person, and it is fundamentally different from the former Mongol Empire."

"But this is also the most terrifying thing about Daming, they don't kill people, but they kill people."

"After the Ming Dynasty ruled the Kangdu region, it did not abolish the local religion, language, and script on the surface, but in fact, every decree was aimed at these."

"For example, they founded Kangdu University, allowed the sons of local officials and local leaders to go to study, and also set up schools all over the country to teach Daming culture, and the official documents of the government are all in Daming script, and officials also try to use Daming official language for ordinary official exchanges, and those who can't speak Daming official will not be promoted and reused."

"It won't take long, only a few decades, and the people in the Kangdu area will gradually forget the language and writing of the past, and they will speak fluent Daming official dialect and can only write Daming characters."

"Your Majesty, just imagine, if the people can only speak and write Ming characters, then will anyone still believe in the Quran?"

"This ......"

Bayezet was once again confused.

"So what the hell am I going to do?"

Pasha shook his head helplessly when he heard this.

"Your Majesty can only lower your body as much as possible, and then silently observe, silently spread the Quran, and pass on the Quran."

"As long as the timing is right, when the Ming Dynasty is declining, we can revive the memory of the people in the name of revitalizing the Quran, and we can naturally restore our glory!"

While Bayezid was discussing with the Pasha decades later, the Byzantine Emperor Manuel II was searching for a new location on a map with Queen Jelena.

"Your Majesty, I like the sea, let's choose a place near the sea."

Manuel II was a little unhappy when he heard this, he didn't like the sea, and even hated it a little.

Had it not been for Constantinople's proximity to the sea, its prospering profits through maritime trade, and its neglect of force and control of its inland territories, the Byzantine Empire would not have been reduced to a single city.

Therefore, when it came time to re-choose the fiefdom, Manuel preferred the hinterland, and avoided the main traffic routes, only looking for a remote spot with enough room for development.

"It's not good to be close to the sea, the sea is stormy, and the sea breeze will corrode the city wall and make the house we live in damp."

"So, let's choose a place away from the ocean."

Yelena was also a little unhappy when she heard this, but in order to take care of her husband's emotions, she reluctantly agreed.

"How about we choose this place?"

Jelena pointed to an open field west of Constantinople, where there was only one city market, Adrianople.

Originally, Jelena was just angry and deliberately chose a desolate place, but unexpectedly, Manuel II was very interested in this land.

"Queen, do you like it here, too?"

"I ......"

Yelena didn't know what to do when she heard this.

"What does Your Majesty mean by this, does Your Majesty also want to choose here?"

Manuel nodded when he heard this.

"Of course!"

"I've been around this for a long time."

"Don't look at the mountains to the north and west of Adrianople, but there are plains to the east and south, and there is a river."

"And there is not much population here now, if we ask for this place, Daming will definitely agree."

"As long as we live and govern well, within a few generations, we may not be able to restore the former glory of Byzantium!"

When Yelena heard her husband's words, both eyes were little stars. She never knew that her husband, who seemed cowardly and weak, still had such ambitions in her heart.

"Your Majesty, do you really think so?"

Manuel II smiled and nodded, and touched Yelena's lower abdomen.

"Of course!"

"I have to think not only for us, but also for our children."

"This land is enough to carry us and our children, and this place is very close to Constantinople, we can also trade with Constantinople, sell the output of our land to the Ming Dynasty, or sell it to others, and develop our fief little by little."

When Jelena heard this, she fell into her husband's arms.

"Your Majesty......"

The next day, Manuel II sent an envoy to the Ming Dynasty with a map of the defense of Constantinople and a map of the distribution of troops.

Zhu Yunxi warmly entertained Manuel's envoy in Kangdu, and promised to present Adriatic to Manuel II as his permanent hereditary fief on the spot. And promised that he should calmly take away the things in the palace and all those in the city who would follow him.

Manuel II received the canonization edict from Zhu Yunxi, completed the canonization ceremony according to the understanding of the Ming Dynasty, and left Constantinople with his followers on the same day, giving up the entire city to the Ming fleet that came to receive it.

Manuel was accompanied by hundreds of carts that contained treasures accumulated over the centuries of the Byzantine Empire, which were the basic guarantee of his future life.

The impact of Manuel II's surrender without occupation was greater than the death of Timur and the destruction of Baghdad.

The whole West was shocked, and no one expected that Manuel II would surrender so quickly, without even a single battle.

After the surrender of Manuel II, the pressure came to the Ottoman Empire in an instant.

The Ottoman Emperor Bayezid knew that he had only one way to surrender, but he still wanted to struggle, and neither accepted the persuasion of the Ming Dynasty to surrender, nor did he dare to blatantly declare war on the Ming Dynasty.

But the Ming could not allow him to remain ambiguous, and immediately sent troops to the city to force Bayezet to make a choice.

(End of chapter)