The Crescent of the Sultan

At this point, the entire process of issuing letters of appointment was actually almost completed. The white eunuchs placed the gifts one by one in the clergy residence of the Saints' Cathedral.

The leader congratulated.

"Congratulations to Miss Anna and Patriarch Nicholas. This shows that His Majesty attaches great importance to you. I hope that Miss Anna will take good care of us after entering the palace."

Patriarch Nicholas went up and pulled him again. Before leaving, Eunuch Bai took out a letter from his sleeve and said.

"Miss Anna, your Majesty gave this to you. Before leaving, His Majesty specifically told us that you can only open it."

The girl blushed and grabbed the envelope handed over by Eunuch Bai. Ignoring everyone's joking eyes, she rushed into the small room aside and began to admire it alone.

"The throne of my lonely alcove,

my love,

My moonlight.

my most sincere friend,

Anna, Sultana of the future empire, my confidant,

The reason for my existence,

my sultana,

My only love.

The most beautiful of beauties...

my spring,

I show joyful love,

my day,

my sweetheart,

Smiling leaves...

my green trees,

my fragrance,

my rose,

The only person in this world who won't make me sad...

My Konstantiniya,

My Karaman,

My land of Anatolia, my Badakhshan,

My Baghdad and Khorasan, my beautiful-haired wife,

My love with crooked eyebrows

My love with mischievous eyes...

I will always sing your praises,

My heartbroken lover,

Mushibi with tears in his eyes,

I am very happy.

I chose you, and you happen to love me too.

Selim-Osmanoglu

Anna took the letter and read it again and again, and finally couldn't help laughing.

“So, what my father said about Your Majesty is not entirely correct.

At least in terms of emotions, he is really clumsy. Even this poem was copied from Suleiman the Magnificent. "

Anna picked up her pen and decided to reply to Sudan with a letter. How to write it?

Since the Sultan copied Emperor Suleiman the Magnificent, then as the Sultana, she should copy the work of Sultan Hürrem, which can be regarded as a couple playing opposite roles.

"Separation burned me like fire and broke my heart.

With tears in my eyes, I seem to be sinking in the deep sea, no longer separated from you from morning to night.

My Sultan, since I separated from you, I have never heard the nightingale again.

God, please give my enemies the pain of this thought. "

The girl looked at the poem she had written and suddenly felt a little embarrassed. She blushed and put it into an envelope, and then came outside.

Eunuch Bai and a group of palace servants were still waiting outside at this moment, which made the girl's face blush even more, and she murmured softly.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

The leader of the white eunuchs on the side also said something at this time.

"Miss Anna, you have a reply to give to His Majesty. His Majesty said that based on your character, you will definitely give him a reply."

The girl did not answer, but handed the envelope to Eunuch Bai, who greeted him with a smile and left.

Although there are no telegraph machines, no railways, or any means of quickly spreading information in this era, people's gossip hearts are always the most powerful in the world.

After all, this sultan was considered innovative. Apart from him, no other sultan had ever done this in the nearly six hundred years of history of the Ottoman Empire.

Of course, there are others who are as bold as him. For example, Suleiman the Magnificent directly ignored the four-lady system passed down by the Holy Prophet. Not only did he organize weddings, but he also doted on Hürrem Sultana and even killed him for her. His eldest son Mustafa.

Suleiman the Magnificent's behavior can indeed be said to be motivated by love, but Selim's behavior today is mixed with more political factors.

According to common sense, no matter what, Selim has to convert the other party first and then offer him the job.

After all, you, a Muslim, send someone to hire an Orthodox Christian, and the hiring place is in a place like the Cathedral of the Saints. No matter which side you look at, this seems to be quite offensive.

But if you look at the actual situation of the Ottoman Empire, you will find that Selim's behavior was actually probing and comforting.

After the Orthodox elites in the Balkans wiped out the Guards at Selim, their lives could be said to have suffered a major blow compared to before.

Until now, although the effect of their work has been the same, the Fanar people who were still working for the Balkan Orthodox men were almost picked up in the last great purge. The Fra of Moldavia and Wallachia were After the He nobles were destroyed by the Russian army in the last Russo-Turkish war, they were purged again and basically disappeared.

The Greeks cowered, and the Serbs and Bulgarians were also made miserable by Selim's conversion policy, although the group of people who suffered unspeakably were mainly Orthodox Christians.

Therefore, by hiring first and then converting, it is easy to give these Orthodox men some confidence, and at the same time, you can test their reaction.

As for the other parts of the empire, Egypt no longer needs to be considered. The Mamluks have not even left ashes, and there is no need to care about Algeria, Libya, and several countries in Tunisia. After all, these guys together cannot defeat Egypt. .

But the Asian part of the empire needs to be treated with caution. Selim was so powerful in these places that only the Janikli family was really uprooted. The others were willing to cooperate with the Sultan and disbanded their private armies.

As for why we don't all do it together, we should do this kind of thing once at most. The other person is not a fool. If someone cuts him with a knife, he won't even know how to hide.

Once the two sides start a civil war, regardless of whether they can win or not, at least the Anatolia region will definitely be destroyed.

This place is ruined. Emperor Sai doesn't need to play anymore. He can just reopen it. Maybe he can enter the time traveler university and change his major.

And what situation is the current temptation based on? Selim has a new army loyal to him, a useful dog - the Polish Legion in exile, and a good dog that is coming - the Circassians.

If you have to find an example of this kind of temptation after gaining an absolute advantage, it can be roughly regarded as the Ottoman Empire's version of pretending to be a deer.

Overseas, Emperor Sai has no control over you, but at home, you won't sing praises, and Emperor Sai won't force you, but you won't be reused.

But if he doesn't even know how to keep silent and starts spraying directly, Emperor Sai will use his head to test the power of his sword.

It doesn't matter whether the person singing the praises is sincere or not. At least the other party has expressed his attitude, allowing Emperor Sai to re-screen it.

There is a saying, no matter how you put it, I like the way you can't stand me but have to obey me.

Take your time. If there are more such things, the country will get used to it, and its mind will slowly open up, and more policies will be implemented easily.

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