The Crescent of the Sultan

The Sultan obviously did not believe that Aladdin Pasha still had the strength to collude with people within the empire.

Under such circumstances, Ishak Pasha and Yusuf Pasha would naturally not insist on their opinions. They could sit in this room without losing any emotional intelligence.

Selim continued.

“According to the news from Muhammad Ali Pasha, the opponent’s configuration is almost the same as that of the French army.

Moreover, even if all the former governor's guards in the entire Cilicia region were added together, a thousand-man cavalry team might not be able to come together.

What's more, Muhammad Ali Pasha had already eliminated many bandits before.

Or is it that the Cozan family has a grudge against Muhammad Ali Pasha for executing his son-in-law, and wants to use the name of Aladdin to take revenge on my dear general, or on me? "

Sultan was still laughing at this time. If it were anyone else, he might not have understood what Sultan meant.

However, for Ishaq Pasha, who had been the Sultan's teacher, and Yusuf Pasha, who had been in officialdom for decades, they knew very well who the Sultan was.

A typical case of severe hypochondriasis, it can be said that in the entire Ottoman Empire, there are only two people who can be completely trusted by the Sultan.

One is the Sultan’s biological mother, Mrs. Mishu Delpa, and the other is Anna, the daughter of Patriarch Nicholas.

Even the spy leader who was picked up by the Sultan from the Egyptian slave market seemed to have been suspected by the Sultan some time ago.

However, the Sultan always only believed in his own analysis. Judging from Ishak Pasha's experience, if you use an alibi to physically prove that you did not do it, you will not be able to win his trust at all.

As for how to break this situation, Isaac Pasha naturally knew the secret, which was to use a complete and rigorous set of logical reasoning to prove that there was no motive for doing this.

After brainstorming for a while, Ishak Pasha began his performance.

"Your Majesty, the reason why I didn't mention the Kezan family to you immediately is because I didn't think they would have this motive at all.

First of all, in terms of stance, we are all your ministers, defenders of the New Order, support your reforms, and abide by your laws, and Muhammad Ali Pasha upholds your will. Who has the guts to challenge the great What about Sudan?

Secondly, in terms of strength, after you promulgated the "Imperial Edict", many families in the empire almost all disbanded their private soldiers. It is impossible to have the strength to attack Muhammad Ali Pasha.

Then there is the logic aspect. It has been less than a week since Muhammad Ali Pasha killed the son-in-law of the Kozan family. Moreover, Muhammad Ali Pasha is still within the original sphere of influence of the Kozan family at this time. I don’t think the patriarch of a big family can Would do such an unwise thing. "

As soon as the three-axe came out, Ishak Pasha, who thought he had grasped it well, found that the Sultan was still staring at him, and he couldn't help but feel a little confused.

Obviously, this trick doesn't seem to work.

Isaac Pasha was a little panicked. He knew that if he was investigated, he would not be able to withstand the investigation.

You must know that the tone of the Kezan patriarch's speech to him at that time did not sound like he was not involved in anything. It is possible that Muhammad Ali Pasha's marching route was released by this guy.

Although only the Imperial Staff and the Ministry of Finance knew the specific situation, could it be that the Cozan family, as local snakes, didn't know Muhammad Ali's marching route?

Thinking that Mrs. Mishu Delpa was still standing behind him, Ishak Pasha decided to tell the truth. Even if the Kezan family really did it, for the sake of the Chapan family and his face, this matter would not lead to death.

Moreover, this matter may not have been done by the Kezan family. Maybe the other party just knew about it and did not report it.

Ishak did not believe that Kuchuk was not jealous that Haji Pasha had won over Muhammad Ali Pasha and then obtained a position similar to that of the Imperial Envoy.

After clearing his thoughts, Ishak Pasha spoke.

"Your Majesty, actually"

However, before Ishak Pasha could finish speaking, he was immediately interrupted by Selim.

Selim felt a little funny. In fact, he didn't care much about it at all.

The reason is simple, because Muhammad-Ali Pasha won the battle.

For Selim, the only issue that concerned him in this battle was the dignity of the Sultan.

If Muhammad Ali Pasha was defeated in this attack, Selim would be furious.

After all, a dignified Sultan was intercepted and killed on his own territory. Where did this put the Sultan's face?

But it turned out that Muhammad-Ali Pasha won the battle.

After the Sultan's majesty has been protected or promoted, is there anything else worth caring about for the Sultan?

One of the armies on both sides of the war was the governor's private soldiers, and the other was the Sipaxi cavalry. Neither of these two groups of troops were Selim's trusted troops.

In this case, the battle between the two sides was a process of mutual consumption for Emperor Sai.

He didn't care at all about the number of casualties. Anyway, he didn't feel distressed at all.

The Sultan waved his hand, indicating that Ishakpasa did not need to say any more, but raised another question.

"Rather than this conjecture, what I am actually more concerned about is, why do you think Aladdin Pasha colluded with certain people in the country?"

Ishak Pasha and Yusuf Pasha looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"Your Majesty, this is related to the second question you want to ask.

A few days ago, Roland wrote to me explaining about Ali's deposits in France.

The money was placed in the hands of several different private banks, and the amount was huge.

Since he had been guarding against Robespierre some time ago, and there were also a series of events such as the king's escape and the riots in Paris, he did not have too much energy to care about this matter.

But he still said hello and had the money frozen.

But when he recently wanted to withdraw the deposit, he found that two of these banks had gone bankrupt, and these two were the ones with the largest amounts.

In this case, Roland checked the identities behind these banks and found that they were all small-scale credit banks registered in Venice.

As for the reasons for bankruptcy, the reasons given by these small credit banks are also quite simple.

According to them, during several riots, Paris citizens broke into banks and looted bank vaults, resulting in the loss of a large amount of bank reserves, making them insolvent and therefore bankrupt.

This is the message delivered by Roland. "

Selim thought for a while and said.

"You mean, the money has been taken away, right?"

Ishak Pasha and Yusuf Pasha nodded.

“Your Majesty, this is exactly why we believe Aladdin is doing this in collusion with certain people in the country.

After all, no one except him would be willing to spend such a large sum of money on such a stupid trick as an attack. "

Even though Ishak Pasha and Yusuf Pasha were still recounting why they thought it was Aladdin.

But Selim was already out of his mind at this time.

If he couldn't get this money, he had to find a new way to make money. After all, the empire's industrialization plan was very expensive. It was time to come up with Lister's ideas.

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