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Chapter 120 Legal and Religious Conditions in Wallachia

"Varajia"

"costruzione navale"

Peter is learning Latin with his teacher, and he can read some poems written in Latin in his spare time.

And the money was also exchanged through the banks in Genoa, excluding the expenses of the past few days, the total was 23 florins.

Peter took out some money to recruit talents, but it was of no use. People didn't want to go, so they had to go to Junbao to see.

Speaking of the East, Theodore finally agreed to the marriage with Wallachia, and his daughter would marry the heir of Wallachia.In Europe, this amounts to an alliance.

There is no good way right now, unless one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals can be borrowed, otherwise they can only wait for death.

And in order to make his daughter's life better, Theodore also began to prepare something.Such as the unification of the Peloponnese.

To this end, Theodore also advanced 10 lei from Wallachia.Mircea is also happy to see this situation, after all, it will belong to his son in the future.

"It's a real thing"

When Theodor left Bukuryeshti, he looked at the town that was more prosperous than his capital and sighed.

During the time he lived in Wallachia, he saw the strength and prosperity of a country. Like the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Serbian Empire, the army and economy were many times higher than those of Moreia.

Today's Roman Empire is in dire straits, and he, the despot, even took on Moreia to keep himself. As for Brother Manuel, God can only bless him.

"Grand Duke, is this really not discussed with His Highness?"

"I think he also understood that it was the only option."

Grand Duke Mircea does not regret this decision, this is a necessary step, and no one can stop it.

He is very happy to leave a gift for his son, and is willing to help his future daughter-in-law, but all of this is based on his own strength.

Mircea also sent people to Ukraine to recruit Cossacks and did everything possible to strengthen the defense.Wallachia also responded resolutely to Ottoman Sipahi's harassment.

After more than a year of compilation, the "Wallachian Code", which condensed countless painstaking efforts and laws, was officially announced. The code has a total of 1095 regulations. Immediately after the publication, 1500 copies were printed and distributed to all parts of the country.

The code determined all aspects of Wallachia. Nobles had certain privileges, but they needed to pay taxes to the big bus. Farmers could rent and grow land, and they needed to serve corvee to landlords, and they could also pay for purchases. They also had limited migration rights for farmers.

The determination of the Wallachia Code basically marks that Wallachia has caught up with the last train of the feudal country.At the same time, the code also established the primogeniture system and centralized power system. A large amount of power was concentrated in the monarch, and the church was also subject to the authority of the monarch.

Important powers, including military power and judicial power, were taken back from the Boyars. After the Boyars' rebellion, the old aristocratic forces in Wallachia had become weak, and the remaining people could only accept it obediently.

Such a code is much better than any previous code. The most important thing is to allow peasants and serfs to buy corvee and freedom, but it needs to be negotiated with the landlord.In addition, some rights and obligations of the urban people have been determined. They can also file a case with the government, and the Grand Duke has specially set up a yamen to handle this matter.

Wallachia established a centralized system, so there must be a large number of officials to help the Grand Duke.Mircea selected from among the nobility on the one hand, and from the burghers and universities on the other.Constanta University is a good choice.

In terms of taxation, Mircea absorbed Peter's notice to the public, but the tax rate rose from 8% to 12%.This is not good news for businessmen, but in the face of power and expanding trade, forget it.

With the gradual expansion and internal stability of Wallachia, merchant groups gradually increased.Markets in Bukuryeshti, Constanta, Giurgiu, Iasi and other places are expanding.The improvement of transportation has promoted the unification of the domestic market, and without Ottomans, the wealth accumulated in Wallachia and Moldova over the past few decades is still here, and it is not given to Ottomans at all.

Bukuryeshti is still expanding, and the internal buildings are being built one after another, and its expansion trend is catching up with Junbao.What made Mircea even more happy was that when Theodore was here, news came from the King Castle: the patriarch of Constantinople announced the recognition of the patriarch of Wallachia, and he was the only patriarch recognized in the Balkans. head.

Being able to make the Patriarch of Junburg recognize the Patriarch of Wallachia shows that Rome really has no bargaining chip to win over Wallachia.And became a new Patriarchate, which allowed Wallachia's religious influence to continue to increase.Neither the Serbian Patriarchate nor the Bulgarian Patriarchate was recognized, but Wallachia was truly recognized, which is not a general benefit.The Wallachian Church can annex Serbia and Bulgaria more smoothly.

The expansion of the Andrew Society was very rapid, and a large number of fanatical Orthodox Christians joined and devoted themselves to missionary work.There are traces of them in Hungary, Crimea, Poland, and even in Asia Minor.

After the establishment of the congregation, they continued to improve their purpose and mission, that is, the purpose of preaching; absolute obedience to the leader.They will send monks to preach the teachings in common language among ordinary people, prompting the listeners to often confess to the priest and strengthen their beliefs, and at the same time provide religious education to young people in the form of catechism on a regular basis, consolidating the status of the church from the grassroots .Some people even entered the aristocratic families of other countries as lecturers and other roles.

Besides the Church, the largest investor of the Andre Society is the Grand Duke. In return, members of the Andre Society act as spies to collect information about these countries.Among them, Hungary and Ottoman are the most.

And in southern Italy, the Andrea Club also took root here.After the Sicilian Vespers War, there were still some Orthodox Christians in southern Italy, and the arrival of Andreas provided them with shelter.They centered on Sicily and carried out missions to the west.

As the last piece of land in the west of the Roman Empire, Sicily has been lost for hundreds of years.Even Basil II, known as the master of the revival of Rome, died before he went to Sicily.And Mikhail VIII's ability to promote the Sicilian Vespers War should be Rome's last influence.

In Palermo, there are many Greek scholars and people from Rome, and Andrea will use this to preach among them, and the effect is very significant.Some Catholics had converted, while others who remained Orthodox gave their fortunes to help establish the Andrei College, their first base in the West.

(End of this chapter)