Major General Ameni of the Praetorian Guard at the Imperial Palace in Istanbul returned home after a day's work, and was greeted by a large number of his family, including his wife, concubines and children.

Ameni had a serious face, a strong appearance, was familiar with melee weapons, was a devout believer, and strictly followed the canons, married four wives, and continued to have children, becoming a large family.

Hearing the cordial greetings from his family, his mind gradually calmed down.

The political situation in the court is treacherous, and the storm is coming, only at home can he put down the mask of disguise in front of everyone and think about things carefully.

"Liva" belonged to the high-ranking officers of the Praetorian Guard, but he had no power in the government and could only act according to the will of the palace, but in his heart, Aimeni still had some evaluation of the government.

In his opinion, the defeat of Farhad Pasha on the Cairo front was the defeat of everyone, and no one thought that the Chinese firepower was so sharp.

Although Farhad Pasha is guilty, but he died on the battlefield for his country and ended up with such treatment, which inevitably made the soldiers feel cold!

Alas!

Aimeni sighed deeply, and had no choice but to drink tea!

The palace guards are actually two parts, one is the personal guard composed of the children of the nobility, this group of people can not be said to be straw bales, and there are many elites, after all, the Ottoman Empire is still martial, and only if the force is strong can people surrender to the land, otherwise they will only receive a salary.

They occupy the best position, accompany the Sultan, show their faces in front of the king, and are extremely glorious.

The other part is the guards who are not well-born, they do all the hard work and dirty work, there is something to blame, and there is little credit, Emmeni is the origin of this kind of person, but he is strong in martial arts, and he is also sleek, and gradually rises to a high position, but no matter how high the position "Falick" is the lieutenant general, the actual commander of the Praetorian Guard, he can't get it.

As for the Supreme Commander of the Praetorian Guard, he didn't even think about it, and now the position was occupied by the "Chizlar", the chief of the eunuchs, Sibanda, who was a black man, who not only held more power, but was also a confidant of Kosem Sultan.

The Ottoman palace liked to use black men to serve in the palace, and most of the black men in the palace were not TJs, but if they got involved with the sultan's concubines, the children born were stolen......

Tea smoke curls, and Emmeni drinks tea quietly.

For nearly a decade, Istanbul has started drinking black tea, Istanbul is obsessed with black tea from China, as long as they have money, they drink tea, and they are crazy about tea, on average each person drinks three cups of tea a day.

Drinking black tea is not brewed, but boiled, and the tea is made with copper kettle and charcoal.

Turks like to put sugar cubes sold in China into their tea, add a few sugar cubes to the cup, stir well with a spoon, and you can taste a cup of Turkish black tea with red and transparent color, fragrant aroma and sweet taste.

The black tea produced in China is of high quality and inexpensive, and it can be called good quality and low price.

The sugar cubes produced in China are amazingly white and very sweet, and no country can compare to their sugar.

Shipping is developed, Oriental goods flood the market in Istanbul, whether it is porcelain, silk, tea, sugar, tobacco are sold very well, today's court meeting, some ministers said to ban the circulation of Chinese goods, but no one squeaked to respond, the minister is boring!

A voice came from outside, striking him, and he said angrily, "Who's outside?" ”

Someone came in, it was the eldest son Hussein, who also served in the Praetorian Guard, a "Agha", a low-ranking official, who looked like Ameni, and he bowed to his father and said: "I have brought you an honorable guest!" ”

He stepped back respectfully to the side, letting go of the guests who came from behind.

The man lifted his hood to reveal his true face, causing Ammeni to stand up in surprise and bow to the visitor!

Honorable indeed, it is the Vizier Humamu Pasha!

Isn't he preparing a counterattack on Cairo? With so many things to do, how did you come here to see Ameni?

Moreover, it is very taboo for a vizier to come to see the senior commander of the Praetorian Guard, and Humamu Pasha has always been cautious, so why is he in a hurry today?

Speaking of which, Humamu Pasha and Aimeni are acquaintances, because Humamu Pasha managed the army, and it was he who issued an order to pull Aimeni from the local troops into the Praetorian Guard.

Seeing the appearance of Emmeni's expedition, Humamu Pasha smiled slightly: "Liva, won't you invite me to sit down?" ”

Ameni woke up from a dream, and quickly asked Humamu Pasha to sit down, and re-brewed the tea for him to drink.

After Humamu Pasha sat down, he struck a shot: "The latest bad news, Damascus is lost!" ”

"Ahh

It's not as simple as bad news, it's very bad news!

Damascus is especially important in Cairo.

If the loss of Cairo is equivalent to a person having a limb cut off, then the fall of Damascus is like a piece of a person's internal organs being dug up!

Damascus was the land of four wars, and it was not for nothing that it was known as a paradise on earth, and a generation of male lords Saladin used it as the capital and established the Ayyubid dynasty. To the north is Asia Minor, the birthplace of the Turks, to the east is the granary of the two river basins, and to the south is the granary --- Egypt.

"I was going to Damascus in a hurry, but now I can't go for the time being!" Humamu Pasha sighed.

Aimeni nodded silently and looked at Humamu Pasha, just as Humamu Pasha was also looking at him, the two pairs of eyes looked at each other, Humamu Pasha smiled and said, "Are you loyal to the Empire?" ”

When this question was asked, Ammeni became indignant, of course!

"Good!" Humamu Pasha said inscrutablely: "The situation is very bad, I have talked to Asim Pasha, we have reached a consensus, and Bashir Pasha agrees with it......"

Today, Ameni is repeatedly surprised, he no longer cares about the affairs of the DPRK and China, and knows that the Grand Vizier Bashir Pasha and Humamu Pasha belong to the same party of the Empress Dowager Kosem Sultan, and Asim Pasha is the party of the Empress Dowager Duheng Hattijie, and the two factions are not in harmony.

In fact, Humamu Pasha was frightened, and the Chinese quickly left Damascus, making him realize the thorniness of this battle, which can be imagined.

Humamu Pasha is afraid of dying!

As for al-Bashir Pasha, although he is at odds with Asim Pasha, he is in danger of falling and will be liquidated, and once Kosem Sultan regains his military foothold and then holds him accountable, or if he is defeated and finds someone to take the blame, Bashir Pasha is the best choice.

As soon as Asim Pasha came to recruit him, promising to give him the position of governor of the province in the future, and not to hold him accountable, he hit it off!

Therefore, it is difficult to say that the political situation is changing, and everyone loves and kills each other.

"Since you said before the gods that you are loyal to the Empire, now the Empire is facing difficulties and needs your loyalty......" Humamu Pasha offered the bidding code: "After the fact, you are Falik!" ”

Ameni understood what he meant, but he hesitated a little and said, "I wonder what Master Kopruru Pasha said?" ”

Darkening Kopluru Pasha's influence on the court, Humamu Pasha said, "Asim Pasha is talking to him!" ”