Chapter 615： Divide the Arab world

Outside Topkapi Palace.

I don't know when the salute will appear in the open space outside Topkapi Palace, lined up in a line waiting to be fired at any time.

The officer in charge of the salute first glanced at the salute, and then looked at the gate of Topkapi Palace behind him.

After a while, a general in the same uniform came out of Topkapi Palace, and he came to the commander of the salute with a serious face and said to him: "I am here by order of the great Sultan, You convey the order of His Majesty the Sultan, please fire the salute immediately!"

"Yes!" The officer nodded and replied, then strode to the salute and gave an order: "Everyone is ready, get ready!"

The artillerymen who heard the officer's order quickly stuffed the specially-made shells into the barrel. After all the shells were loaded, the officer gave the order again: "Release!"

The artillerymen ignited the leads, the roar of the salute sounded, and the salute shells that flew out of the cannons exploded in mid-air, forming one short but gorgeous picture after another.

The residents of Constantinople standing by the window looked up at the fireworks blooming in the sky, and their faces also showed a happy mood.

There have been no fireworks in the Ottoman Empire for a long time. The last time was a few years ago. After receiving thanks from the Irish, then Abdul Mejid I ordered his soldiers to set off fireworks to celebrate.

Of course, some people rejoice at the appearance of fireworks, and naturally there are also people who are indignant at the appearance of fireworks.

And these indignant people are the extremist imams of the Ottoman Empire.

Combining nationalism with classics, they understood this move of Abdul Mejid I as Abdul Mejid who wanted to please Jerome Bonaparte by setting off fireworks.

They shouted that God would punish Abdul Mejid, the "traitor".

However, Abdul Majid I, dubbed a "traitor" by the extremist imam, is now having dinner with Jerome Bonaparte.

The two monarchs sat side by side, and around them were either high-ranking Ottoman ministers or members of the French embassy.

Since Jerome Bonaparte and Abdul Meguid I had spoken to each other before the dinner started, the two of them never spoke again during the whole banquet except for the opening remarks of the banquet. other redundant words.

When neither of the two monarchs spoke, naturally no one spoke in the whole banquet, and everyone in the banquet quietly wiped out the food in front of them.

After the dinner, Jerome Bonaparte declined Abdul Majid I's reservation, and left Topkapi Palace in a carriage with Wallevsky, Klein and others.

Richard Metternich, who was traveling with him before, took a carriage to the Austrian Imperial Embassy alone.

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Jerome Bonaparte, who was sitting in the car, looked at the dark environment outside the car window, then turned to look at Klein.

Constantine Klein, who was "stared" by Jerome Bonaparte, curled his neck slightly back, his eyes involuntarily avoiding Jerome Bonaparte's sight.

"Your name is Konstantin Klein, isn't it!" Jerome Bonaparte's voice reached Klein's ear.

"Yes! Your Majesty!" Klein replied to Jerome Bonaparte in French.

"I heard from Wallevsky that you are a rare talent! I am a little curious, what abilities do you have?" Jerome Bonaparte asked indifferently.

Adhering to the humble wisdom of the East, Klein immediately shook his head and complimented Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, in fact, I don't have much wisdom! Everything I have comes from you and Ambassador Wallevsky. , if it weren't for your help, I'd be nothing more than a gangster on the streets of Constantinople!"

"Klein!" Jerome Bonaparte smiled with interest, and he said slowly: "Excessive humility will be considered conceited, and it will cost you a chance! Let me ask you again, What exactly did you do under Wallewski?

"Your Majesty, the jobs I hold are..." Klein told Jerome Bonaparte that in addition to being the secretary of his own job, he was also responsible for liaising with the Syrian province (the current Ottoman Empire) under Vallewski. The territory, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, and Kuwait are all classified as part of the Ottoman Empire's Syria Province) careerists, to provide them with help within their ability, this help in addition to weapons and ammunition, as well as food.

"Wallewsky, is what he said true?" Jerome Bonaparte turned to ask Wallevsky.

"Your Majesty, what Secretary Klein said is completely true!" Wallevsky hurriedly responded to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Klein!"

Jerome Bonaparte's expression was unusually serious. Klein knew that the real test had just begun.

"You are indeed a rare talent! I want to ask you some opinions on Syria Province and the Holy Land. I wonder if you can answer it for me!" Jerome Massage Bar asked Klein.

"This is my honor, Your Majesty!" Klein nodded in response to Jerome Bonaparte.

"Do you think the Empire can win the Syrian province in the near future?" Jerome Bonaparte threw the first question to Klein.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this will be difficult!" Klein responded carefully to Jerome Bonaparte: "Syria Province is different from Egypt and Tunisia, and the Ottoman Empire's control over them is second only to Constantinople. .

Although the interior of the Syrian province is still divided into tribes, the vast majority of them remain loyal to the Sudan. And our army is limited to the vicinity of the Holy Land, and there is only one regiment! "

"Do you mean that the empire must station a large number of troops in the Holy Land to be able to separate Syria from the Ottoman Empire?" Jerome Bonaparte continued to track.

Klein continued to shake his head and replied to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, it is not something that can be accomplished overnight! The careerists in the Syrian province cannot be like Mohammed. Like Ali, completely remove the power of the Ottoman Empire..."

Klein told Jerome Bonaparte that the best thing the French Empire should do now is to infiltrate steadily and provoke conflicts between tribes, especially between two large tribes, so that the reluctance to unite can be achieved. The tribe has completely turned into an enemy of life and death.

As long as the Pasha in charge of the Syrian province is a mediocre person, the conflicts between the various tribes in the Syrian province will inevitably deepen.

Until **** carnage broke out between the two tribes.

At that time, the Ottoman Empire will inevitably intervene. If the Ottoman Empire itself is an efficient government, then the vendetta between tribes and tribes can be easily resolved.

However, the Ottoman Empire is an inefficient and corrupt government. More importantly, they cannot focus all their attention on the Syrian province. The Balkans are also the focus of attention.

An empire that is inefficient and unable to focus its efforts on one place must use the same means of mediation.

At that time, the tribes will focus their resentment on the Ottoman Empire, and their will to be independent will be even stronger.

"What if the Ottoman Empire is unwilling to intervene?" Jerome Bonaparte asked rhetorically.

"If the Ottoman Empire is unwilling to intervene, we can spread rumors everywhere, and at the same time send some loyalists to attack the two rival tribes..." Klein responded to Jerome Bonaparte: "Your Majesty, the entire The province of Syria is a large powder keg artificially pinched together by the Ottoman Empire, and it only takes a little spark to set the entire powder keg on fire!"

"Not bad!" Jerome Bonaparte was very satisfied with Klein's answer, and then said to Klein: "But don't forget, the purpose of the empire is not to destroy for the sake of destruction! It is very easy to destroy something. But it's hard to rebuild!"

"I understand, Your Majesty!" Klein seemed to understand Jerome Bonaparte as he nodded.

Jerome Bonaparte saw that Klein didn't know enough about this issue, and he decided to find a "mentor" for Klein.

Jerome Bonaparte, who had this goal in mind, immediately asked Wallevsky what his different views were.

"Your Majesty, as you just said, it is harder to build than to destroy. Klein's strategy does have the potential to make Syria Province independent from the soil of the Ottoman Empire, but this may lead to the destruction of our interests in Syria Province. So I think that the matter of provoking contradictions should be controlled in moderation! Don't let this fire burn on us!" Wallevsky replied to Jerome Bonaparte with a neutral attitude.

"I didn't think enough about it!" Klein suddenly realized, he quickly apologized to Jerome Bonaparte.

"This is normal! I was not as good as you when you were so old!" Jerome Bonaparte responded with a smile, and then continued to ask: "You just said something , I agree! The current Syrian province is the product of the Ottomans forcibly kneading into one. If one day we take over, then we will continue to divide them completely, strive for each ethnic group to be divided into a territory, and help them build a country! "

Benefiting from the experience of former colonies, Jérôme Bonaparte understood the "hidden dangers" brought about by merging colonies.

If the British Empire did not completely merge the entire British India into a whole, but like India and Pakistan split, then it is very likely that British India will not break away from British control.

Of course, the reason why Britain merged with British India was also to make its own rule more convenient.

However, they never imagined that one day in the future, the colonies would become independent one by one and be attacked.

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