During the reign of Manisa, Shehzade Mustafa managed to win the love of the people and the Janissaries.
But the struggle for the throne is not a tricky business, and all influential agis and beys, who considered Mustafa the future ruler, created a secret council, in which they were going to discuss how to overthrow Sultan Suleiman, and put on the throne shehzade.
Rumors of a secret council reached Suleiman and ordered Kara Ahmed to investigate.
Kara Ahmed managed to find out that Piri Reis, who was the commander of the Ottoman fleet, was behind the secret council.
And also that soon, all influential people will gather for a secret meeting to create a state within a state.
Upon learning of this, Suleiman decided to execute the traitor, but Sokolu was able to convince the lord, and Piri Reis was sent to conquer the seas of India.
Sokolu reasoned as follows: Piri Reis is a great scientist, and behind his back are many influential people. If now, during a military campaign, Piri Reis is executed, then a riot may begin, which in the current situation is very dangerous.
Therefore, Sokol, he suggested not to execute the leader of the council, but to send him away from Istanbul. And beys and agi, without their commander-in-chief, will lose their strength. Sokol suggested scattering them over different sanjaks, and after the campaign - to punish.
Suleiman realized that Sokolu was right and acted on his advice.
As for Mustafa, he knew that Piri Reis had created a community to support him.
Mustafa did not want to join the community against his father, but did nothing to suppress this advice. When Mustafa found out who was behind this community, he rushed in, threatened him with a finger and left. It turns out that Mustafa is not so innocent as he wanted to appear. On the one hand, he is not in business, but on the other hand, he did nothing to disperse the conspirators.
