Chapter 327 Conspiracy in the Shadows

Konya, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, was originally the capital of Karaman. After being occupied by the Ottoman Empire, it continued to be the capital. The Sultan and the court lived here.

Muhammad has been a little happy recently. One of his concubines in the harem is pregnant and will soon give birth to his heir. When he has an heir, he can conquer the East and the West with confidence.

"Sultan, we must choose between the East and the West as our goal."

Grand Vizier Khalil gave Muhammad his advice. The Ottoman Empire must continue to recuperate, otherwise any country in the East and the West will seriously injure or even destroy them.

"Grand Vizier, don't worry. We just need to wait for an opportunity. The empire will not last long. As long as we seize the opportunity, we can expand our territory."

Muhammad is confident. Whether it is Mircea or Timur, he has an advantage that they cannot compare with, that is, age. Compared with Mircea, 49, and Timur, 67, Muhammad, who is less than 20 years old, looks so young. The Ottoman inheritance method of raising poisonous insects made them all mature early, which is also the way the tenth generation of gods came from in later generations.

In order to get as many troops as possible, Muhammad made friends with all the tribes, either by rewarding or intermarrying, and the tribal leaders would gather all their soldiers to serve the Sultan.

The Sultan also abolished the tolerant decree that had lasted for nearly a hundred years, declared that the Crescent Moon religion was respected, banned other religions, and demoted people of other religions to slaves and rewarded them to the tribes. This can improve the cohesion of the country, and those dissatisfied Crescent Moon scholars also re-supported the Sultan.

Later, the practice of offering tributes on both sides stabilized the empires on both sides. Muhammad can continue to absorb the Turkic population to increase national strength, and now he just needs to wait for the opportunity.

The pregnant concubine in the harem was also happy. As long as she gave birth to a son, she and her tribe would be able to gain a foothold in the court, and others would be able to follow their opinions.

Thinking of this, she called someone to change her clothes.

"Who are you? I haven't seen you before?"

"I am Leila, the new palace maid, and the general manager asked me to serve you."

The concubine had some doubts, but seeing that the new maid did not do anything out of the ordinary, she hummed and continued to let her serve. After all, the entire harem has more than 30 concubines and hundreds of followers, so it is reasonable for the general manager to allocate more people to her.

"My dear lord, I have entered the harem of the Sultan of Konya, and I will deal with the pregnant woman as you said, but please abide by the agreement and take good care of my parents."

In the dungeon of Constantinople, Petkov burned Leila's letter after reading it, and ordered to take care of the family of that person. Then he went to Hagia Sophia.

Peter was telling his confession to the patriarch in the confessional of the cathedral. He killed so many people on the battlefield, and even among these people there were unborn babies, but this was all for the development of the empire.

"Everything you have done for the empire will be remembered. They are pagans, and God will not let them go to heaven. They can only be burned to death."

Patriarch Anthony patiently explained to him that the empire has legal rights over the whole of Europe, and his recovery of lost territory is approved by legal rights and God. Even if they die, they deserve it.

After saying this, Peter felt much less guilty. Before leaving, he prayed to God devoutly, saying in a voice that only he could hear.

"God forgive the mistake I am about to make. Osman's offspring cannot be born. They will destroy the empire and seize Constantinople. Everything I do is for the empire. I don't expect to go to heaven. I just hope that I can bless this new country for my contribution to the empire."

Peter originally didn't have this idea, but Petkov said that he had recently hooked up with a woman in Osman, the daughter of a nobleman in Karaman. She wanted revenge, but she was too weak. Petkov thought that supporting her could achieve some impossible goals.

Peter approved, but he still felt a little guilty about the murder of the baby, so he came to the cathedral to confess.

Petkov, who had been waiting for a long time, just walked out of the cathedral and reported the situation to Peter.

"Tell her that it's fine as long as the problem is solved before the child is born. No matter where she goes after that, she will never be stopped."

"Yes, and Your Highness, Pinsk sent a message that His Majesty has been refused to see the prince several times and is a little angry."

This, he really can't do anything about it. How can he put another one of himself in Bozoni, so he can only let Hungary give up his father's idea, but he also asked someone to write a letter to Mircea, telling him that he couldn't meet because of busy affairs, please understand.

In addition to this matter, Mary of Hungary also wrote him a letter, saying that he hadn't come to see her for a long time, and asked if he had forgotten her.

This, he was a little crazy. Now he can only appease her temporarily and wait for an opportunity to make up for it. It's really busy to find a ruler as a lover.

There are still many spies of the Crescent Church inside Rome, and the fanatics headed by the Bytakshi sect have caused a lot of trouble to Anatolia. Peter directly issued a ban order in Anatolia and encouraged the people to report. Peter was tolerant of the pagan Crescent Church, encouraging pagans to convert and restricting the development of religious sites.

The children obtained from the tribes have become the most fanatical Orthodox Christians, leaving their footprints in the Venetian War and the Battle of Rhodes.

Peter was very strict with this army. They could not get married, had to obey the orders of the rulers, and abide by the discipline. Those who violated the rules would be imprisoned at the least and beheaded at the worst. The high strictness made this army invincible and frightened the enemy with a great sense of oppression.

Nomads were also converting, the spread of Crescentism was curbed, the reconciliation between the Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church re-condensed the strength of the Eastern Church, and the bishops of the Armenian Church also obeyed the emperor's orders. The Crescentism fell into the exclusive division of the Alawites and other sects. Although the danger was small, most of these sects existed in border areas such as the Levant and had more contacts with Christianity. The local emirs were somewhat worried that they would collude with the Roman Empire.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Mircea established the Orthodox Church as the state religion, but some moderate factions had to be recognized for the large number of Crescentists in the East.

The Ayatollahs in Damascus, Syria, came to Constantinople. They were amazed at the prosperity of the city and felt sorry for Syria's experience. If there was another looting, his faction might be gone, and Rome seemed to be preparing to retake Syria, so it was necessary to establish good relations with them in advance.