The Black Sea is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by a strait, and is surrounded by continents on all sides, so there is no trace of wind and waves, so the ships transported by them are not sea ships. .

At this time, there were not many bumps on this sparkling sea surface. When the breeze blows gently, it even makes people feel refreshed.

Ye Chunqiu's slender figure stood at the bow of the ship. At this time, he looked up at the huge fleet walking west along the undulating mountains on the shore, feeling a little bit of a light boat that had passed thousands of mountains.

After crossing the Caspian Strait, reinforcements could directly reach the heart of the entire Shi Island without passing through Persia. Now, as the ship moved forward, Ye Chunqiu could really feel that he was getting closer and closer to the heart.

But only he knew that until now, he still felt a little magical. He actually led an expeditionary army to cross the desert, passed through the grassland, and crossed an inland sea. Now, the State of Lu is thousands of miles behind him.

When he was a young scholar, he just wanted to rely on his own cleverness to make his father live a better life. At that time, what he thought was that he was just thinking about living his own life. Later, when he became an official, he wanted to do something that could benefit others. But now Ye Chunqiu is already the lord of the territory, and even brought his home with his ambitions.

Looking at the undulating mountains on the coast, Ye Chunqiu didn't say a word, but stared at him for a long time with his thoughts.

The supply of the army is now almost always supplied by Pashas from all the Ottoman provinces. These Pashas and Ye Chunqiu had communicated with them. Ye Chunqiu could see that these governors were not as devoted to the loyal ministers of the Sultan as they imagined.

In fact, this is understandable. Compared with the Ming Dynasty's spies and imperial examination systems, the Ottoman administrative system was ultimately aristocratic.

Some of the Pashas in the local area come from aristocratic families, and some are hereditary local princes. In the Ming Dynasty, everything you get depends on your study and hard work, and it is also the gift of Your Majesty. But here it is completely different. The gift of the Sultan is limited after all, and the source of their status comes from their own family and their prominent family.

Ye Chunqiu secretly remembered all of these in his heart. Here... he felt that it was roughly similar to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and he was more inclined toward some nine-rank Zhongzheng systems.

He leaned against the side of the ship, and Ibrahim Pasha seemed to have an intention to have a good relationship with him, so he followed him, standing by Ye Chunqiu with an easy-going attitude, but did not disturb Ye Chunqiu, as if waiting for Ye Chunqiu to discover his existence.

A long time later, Ye Chunqiu took his gaze from a distance, looked at Ibrahim Pasha, and suddenly said, "I heard that every Sultan succeeds to the throne will kill all his brothers and sisters. Are these true?"

Ibrahim Pasha seemed not surprised by Ye Chunqiu's question, and said with a casual look on his face: "Yes, this is the law of the empire, and it has been more than a hundred years."

"Then..." Ye Chunqiu felt that what was strange was not the laws of this empire, but the fact that Ibrahim Pasha was too calm, and this reaction was as if he was talking about something irrelevant.

Ye Chunqiu smiled and said, "Then your Sultan must be the same."

"Yes." Ibrahim Pasha nodded honestly and said, "After His Majesty the Sultan ascended the throne, he killed all royal families, including his sisters and nephews."

Ye Chunqiu thought for a while and said, "In the East, in our place, although there have been brothers who have been killed, for many emperors, killing their own brothers is a shame, so if such a thing really happens, they will often try their best to cover it up."

Ibrahim Pasha actually smiled and said, "I heard that your East is respected by benevolence, but in our tradition, as the lord of a country, kindness is not the quality that a king should have. Cruelness is the only one. We would rather be loyal to a cruel and ruthless monarch, but we are afraid of an indecisive king. Your Highness must not know that the Ottoman Empire has been for more than a hundred years. Over the past hundred years, the empire has been expanding all the time, and our territory is almost every ten times.

Years will become a different look. We seize Egypt, Iraq, Persia, Azerbaijan, Greece, and any inch of land. We rely on the great Sultan. Only a monarch who can stand out among his brothers and decisively couched the Ottoman Empire forever will be strong. Only in this way, our enemies will never find our weakness. If a man is too kind, his weakness will be obvious."

Seeing Ye Chunqiu frowned, he then said, "Your Highness has communicated with many of our Pashas. What do you think of them?"

Ye Chunqiu pursed his lips and said, "They all have the ability to stand alone."

Of course, this is a very subtle word, but Ibrahim Pasha smiled meaningfully and said, "You must have seen many valuable qualities in them, but it is believed that it is difficult for you to see loyalty in them. I have also been to Lu and learned about the situation of the Ming Dynasty. In your place, most of you come from an ancestor. Your emperor uses the exam to select the wise and your Pashas from all the people. Their rights come from the gifts of the emperor, so they are both grateful and loyal to the emperor."

"But the Ottomans are different. After the Ottomans rise, they conquered countless nations. For example, I am only a Greek, and I once believed in Greek Orthodox Church."

Ye Chunqiu looked carefully at Ibrahim Pasha's face and found that his appearance was not a characteristic of Central Asian race. Ye Chunqiu couldn't help but smile and said, "Oh, I don't know this."
Chapter completed!