With a "bump", the wick in the oil lamp suddenly exploded, and several people in the room who were in deep thought immediately woke up, and they all looked in the direction of the lamppost.

Adir, the eldest son of the Grand Vidzidaud Ibrahim Pasha, glanced at his father, then stood up, walked to the oil lamp, cut off the wilted wick with a small pair of scissors, and picked it up again with the tip of the knife, and the room was lit up again.

"You Qi people support me, right?" Ibrahim turned his gaze away from his eldest son and looked fixedly at Feng Quanlin, the minister of Qi.

Originally, in the middle of the night, when the third watch was woken up by the Qi people from the warm and comfortable bedroom, Ibrahim was extremely angry, thinking that the other party's move was extremely rude, and it was a serious offense to him.

Although your Qi State is the most important strategic ally of the empire, and you also have all kinds of privileges granted by His Majesty Su Dan on weekdays, you can't take the liberty of visiting late at night and disturb people's dreams, right?

I'm also a big Weiqi above 10,000 people under one person in the empire, but I'm not a cat or dog called by the Qi country at will!

However, when Feng Quanlin informed him of the news of the Janissary army's plot to mutiny, he was not only shocked, but also extremely grateful to the Qi people.

They came at night to save the empire and my life!

"Big Vizi, I have come to inform you of the mutiny of the Janissary Legion, doesn't that show our attitude?" Feng Quanlin said solemnly: "We Qi do not want the political situation of your Ottoman Empire to fluctuate violently, and this is not in our interests. After all, you are currently at war with the Habsburg Empire. In the event of a huge change in Istanbul, it is likely to affect the fighting at the front, allowing the Austrians to take advantage. ”

"Yes, at this time, Istanbul can't be messed up." Ibrahim nodded, and although he appeared unusually calm on the surface, his heart in his heart dropped slightly.

That's a beautiful thing to say!

The so-called "I don't want the political situation of our Ottoman Empire to fluctuate drastically" is nothing more than the fear that a change in the top level of the empire will make the original promise to you to recruit the Crimean Khanate to attack the rear of Russia be ruined, and even more so that the empire will be unable to support you against Russia and Venice.

These are subsections, though. It is important that the mutiny be suppressed in a timely and smooth manner.

As long as His Majesty Dan supports me, and the people of Qi are also on my side, those unruly and unpredictable military leaders are not difficult to deal with.

Besides, my side also got the letter in advance, so I wouldn't be caught off guard by the other party.

"Mr. Minister, just in case, I want my family to temporarily avoid your legation, I don't know if it's okay?" Ibrahim looked at each other wistfully.

Although there is a plan in mind, this bloody military coup d'état, until the last moment, no one knows where the winner belongs. In the event of an omission, the mutinous Janissaries invaded the mansion, and the lives of the family and the wealth accumulated over the decades would be ruined.

In the whole city of Istanbul, there is no safer place than the Legation of Qi. Because, no matter who wins this military coup in the end, those in power in power will not dare to offend the Qi people, and they will need their support, and will rely on their large sums of money financially and militarily as always.

"We, the Legation of Qi State, are very willing for Da Weiqi's family to come as guests." Feng Quanlin smiled and nodded, "I believe that with the warm hospitality of my legation, Da Weiqi's family will definitely feel at home and spend a few wonderful and pleasant days. ”

"Thank you, Minister." Ibrahim nodded, and said meaningfully: "If the trouble can be eliminated this time, the friendship between me and Mr. Minister will be even stronger." In the future, the cooperation between the empire and your country will be further strengthened and deepened. ”

When Feng Quanlin heard this, he immediately understood.

This is to prepare for the aftermath of the promise!

Whether it is him or the Qi State, it is likely that after the other party quells the mutiny, they will gain unimaginably huge benefits.

How can the grace of saving lives be rewarded?

What's more, in the process of counterinsurgency, you Ottoman Empire need to rely on a little bit of our strength, money, or intelligence.

Naturally, we can't covet your "body", but we must give some of the benefits we deserve!

That night, dozens of carriages drove out of Da Weiqi's mansion, and after a few circles around the city, all of them quietly entered the Qi Legation, which covered a large area.

In these carriages, in addition to carrying the most important family members and relatives of Daviqi, there are also the wealth he has accumulated for decades, as many as hundreds of thousands of gold and silver currency, as well as countless priceless antiques and treasures.

Don't forget that Da Weiqi still has several huge deposits in the account of the United Commercial Bank of the Mediterranean, which was opened by Qi State, with a total amount of more than 2.8 million yuan.

Who would have thought that the Ottoman Empire's treasury was so empty that rats could starve to death, whether it was government officials or soldiers in the army, all of them were in arrears for months or even more than a year, and their Grand Viqi personally had so much wealth.

After settling Da Weiqi's family and the transferred belongings, the staff in the legation jokingly ridiculed that if the Janissaries succeeded in the coup and killed Da Weiqi, his family could only choose to take refuge in Qi State, so with these wealth, wouldn't they immediately become one of the great riches of our Qi country!

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For so many years, the rise of Qi has not done it without coups and plots in other countries. With the help of the strong national strength of Qi State, the black-clothed guards have instigated many local forces to get rid of the central government and establish the country independently, but they are all petty fights and cannot be put on the stage.

For example, in India, Rajasthan was instigated to secede from the Mughal Empire, and the Kanbaru region on the island of Sumatra was encouraged to separate from the Sutan Kingdom of Johor, and the Korean Kingdom was separated from the Northern Ming Dynasty, and several small separatist kingdoms were established in Annam. However, these successful cases do not prove that Qi can play such a difficult method as a "coup" in a military power like the Ottoman Empire, which has a population of tens of millions.

After all, it's a bit of a big game!

You know, in the Ottoman Empire, it was common for the army to mutiny, and the craft was absolutely skilled. In particular, the Janissary Legion, which was the Vegetarian Guard, was no less domineering and rebellious than the Wei Boya soldiers in the late Tang Dynasty.

In the past, Qi was not very involved in the military coups that took place within the Ottoman Empire, first, because it was worried about giving people authority, lest they be afraid and suspicious of the rulers of the empire, which would then affect the strategic cooperative relationship between the two countries; Second, it is to take into account the feelings of the Ottomans, and at the same time to avoid damaging their usual image of goodwill and friendliness.

Of course, the Ottoman domestic political situation has always been treacherous and difficult to fathom, and if it is too deeply involved, it is very likely to be counterattacked by its domestic forces, and I am afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses.

However, now Qi faced various challenges in the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and Persia, and needed to defeat the three face-to-face enemies of England, Venice, and Russia. In this situation, the geographical position of the Ottoman Empire is particularly important, and it is necessary to use their influence and military strength to deal with Qi and contain the above-mentioned enemies.

However, if the Janissaries were allowed to mutiny, and then kill the Grand Vidzi Ibrahim and depose Sudan Muhammad III, then the Ottoman political situation would be drastically changed, and if it was not done, it would lead to the collapse of the Balkan front army, which would be taken advantage of by the Austrians.

Even if the Ottoman Empire was able to stabilize the front-line war situation in time after the coup d'état, if it wants to set up a new monarch, and then re-select a shrewd and capable Daviqi, and then rectify the officialdom and restore social order and economic and people's livelihood, I don't know if it will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey!

It should be known that whether it is in the Caucasus, uniting with the Safavid Empire of Persia to resist the Russian invasion, or teaching the Venetians in the Adriatic Sea, the Qi State needs to cross long distances, and the mobilization of troops and logistical pressure are extremely inconvenient. No matter how abundant the financial resources of the Qi State are, it cannot fall into a long-term war with the enemy in such a situation.

What's more, Qi is currently at war with England, which has already involved the energy of Qi to the greatest extent.

Therefore, Qi State desperately hoped that the political situation of the Ottoman Empire could remain stable at this time, and that there would be no military coup d'état, so as not to lose a little help.

Of course, in order to help Davi Qi Ibrahim quell this mutiny, it is impossible for the Qi people to roll up their sleeves and enter directly.

In addition to providing Ibrahim with comprehensive information on the mutiny, they could only use indirect means to create difficulties for the soldiers who launched the mutiny and delay their uprising.

At dawn the next day, the officers and staff officers of the Qi State serving in the Janissaries Regiment fell ill together, and then abandoned all the work at hand and returned to the military staff headquarters to receive treatment from military doctors.

Before leaving, these officers issued a number of chaotic military orders in accordance with the authority granted to them, and they also accidentally brought back to the military staff committee station many confidential documents and maps of the city's defenses.

In the artillery unit under the Janissary Legion, the instructors and staff officers of the Qi State removed all the artillery pusher rods, fire cords, pig hair brushes, and gun latches in the name of maintaining the artillery, and then locked them in several warehouses without tidying up, so that the entire artillery unit could not use any artillery at all.

At around 7 p.m. on March 29, sporadic gunfire began to erupt in the city of Istanbul, and several neighborhoods near the Grand Saraquirio Palace also burst into flames, and chaos spread to the surrounding area.

At 8:30 p.m., heavy gunfire broke out in the northern city, where the Janissaries were stationed, and bursts of explosions rang out from time to time. The sound of gunfire was mixed with the sound of fighting, shouting, and crying, and the screams of the dying moments.

The citizens of Zhiji closed the doors and windows tightly, and then huddled in the corners of the wall with their helpless wives and weeping children in their arms, and prayed to the true God with devotion in their mouths.

In the middle of the night, the situation in Istanbul became even more chaotic, the streets were full of marching soldiers, and the sound of gunfire resounded through half of the northern city.

On March 30, at 6 a.m., a Georgian regiment that had hurried to the southern shore of the strait was transported through the strait one by one by dozens of ships of the Imperial Navy, large and small. After a little tidying up the ranks, the officers marched into the city with their soldiers.

The commander of the corps, Mamuka Bakhtaze, a Georgian, is a confidant general of the Great Vietzi Ibrahim, with more than 12,000 troops under his command, of which 3,000 soldiers are the new army trained by the Qi State, which was originally to be sent to the Caucasus to cooperate with the Qibo coalition army to flank the Russian army.

When Ibrahim learned of the mutiny of the Janissary Legion, he immediately sent several waves of messengers to inform Mamuka Bakhtadze to lead his troops back to Istanbul to assist the Sultan Janissaries in suppressing the mutiny.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, Sultan Muhammad sent two eunuchs of his cronies to the Janissary regiment and ordered all officers and men to immediately lay down their arms and surrender to the Janissaries and the Georgian regiment, but the mutiny commander Patrona Khalil refused.

Because the other side has already sent several waves of lobbying envoys to Wallachia to try to gain the support of the 60,000 troops stationed on the front line.

On March 31, at 10 a.m., Daviqi personally visited the rebel garrison and announced to all the officers and men of the Janissaries that the main culprit would be punished and that the rest would not be asked.

In addition, the Grand Viqi informed the soldiers that His Majesty Sultan had promised to pay them several months of arrears. In order to confirm his claim, he ordered the Praetorian Guard to place dozens of cash boxes in front of the formation, and then opened them one by one, spilling the silver coins one by one.

When the officers and men of the rebellious Janissaries saw this, their morale was immediately shaken.

At 11 o'clock in the afternoon, a fierce burst of gunfire and fighting broke out in the rebel garrison, and then countless soldiers rushed out of the camp and voluntarily surrendered to the Praetorian Guard.

At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, a group of Janissaries regiments walked out of the barracks with the head of the rebel leader, Patrona Khalil.

At this point, the attempted coup was largely suppressed. Although, there may still be some rebels and underworld forces raging in the city, most of them are taking advantage of the fire to rob, so there is nothing to worry about and it will not affect the overall situation.

When the situation on the street had not completely calmed down, Feng Quanlin, the minister of Qi, immediately visited Daviqi to discuss how to further strengthen economic, trade, and military ties between the two countries, and to coordinate military strikes against Venice and Russia.

Unexpectedly, a war report from Egypt was delivered to Davizi's desk by land.

England invaded Egypt and also blocked the region's sea transport to Istanbul.

The supply of ordnance and food, which was urgently needed by the Empire, was temporarily interrupted.

(End of chapter)