Sultan Suleiman considered himself a caring sovereign. He ruled for the good of the state, strove to ensure that his people did not need anything, that taxes were not raised, and the rich did not profit from the poor.
Sultan Suleiman trusted few of his subjects, so he often disguised himself and went to the market to find out how the people lived and what he thought of his padishah. The opinion of the people was important to Suleiman.
For many years, Suleiman heard only forest speeches about himself, the people praised him, calling him the conqueror of the world. But the situation soon changed.
The last years of his life, Suleiman seemed to have forgotten about the harem, the people and the janissaries. He plunged into eternal melancholy, in which he read a book about the sovereign. But after Bayazid's execution, the sovereign decided to go out to the people and listen to what people say about him. Naive, really thought that people would praise him, as before, after the execution of his two sons.
After changing his clothes, Suleiman went to the bazaar to listen to what the people were talking about and find out how they lived.
Approaching a merchant of apples, the sovereign learned that his state was mired in debt, people trade at a loss, and the janissaries can barely make ends meet, on the salary that is assigned to them.
The merchant also said that our padishah was already old and had not gone on military campaigns for a long time. He killed first Mustafa, and after the brave Bayezid, leaving his drunken son to rule the state.
A second merchant entered their dialogue, who said that they say the padishah cannot even go to the toilet without help.
Surprisingly, the words about the execution of his sons, Suleiman, albeit hard, but withstood, but could not stand about his helplessness. The sovereign attacked the merchant, saying that he was the sovereign, and let him now repeat his words.
Yes, Suleiman conquered many lands, spent 10 years in military campaigns, was famous for the Magnificent.
Perhaps as a sovereign he was Magnificent, but as a father - a cruel and merciless tyrant.
