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Chapter 211 What I need most now is time

After bidding farewell to the envoys of Florence, Peter continued to govern Anatolia. He learned the lessons of the previous Roman emperors who did not concentrate on managing here, and began to work hard to build the core.

He issued agricultural decrees and emancipation orders, and tens of thousands of Christian slaves were freed.They became local farmers or handicraftsmen, obtaining funds and manpower for the governor.

In the east, Isa was defeated by Suleiman and suffered heavy losses. Peter took this opportunity to go east, took the important town of Laudica in the east, and successfully advanced part of the inland.In order to prevent the Turks from making a comeback, a series of defensive facilities have been repaired, and post stations have also been built to facilitate information transmission.

Regarding the encroachment of Wallachia, the Ottoman parties have nothing to do. After all, the struggle for orthodoxy is more important than anything else, and the local nomadic tribes see that they have no reinforcements, so they can only choose between migration and submission.

In the West, Bosnia and Croatia reached an agreement, and the two countries formally formed an alliance to deal with Wallachia.And ready to join the siege, but Cossacks and mercenaries on the Wallachia border are still waiting for them.Nor do these sovereigns have good means for their actions.

The expansion of Wallachia also caused a reverse immigration wave, and some Greeks who immigrated to Western Europe were now queuing to immigrate back.For them, the Balkans are their home. Now that the threat of heretics is gone, go back.

When these people left, they also took away the manuscripts they brought with them, and the most important channel for Italians to get in touch with ancient culture was cut off.In order to continue to absorb classical culture, they also came to the Balkans, and also brought Western European culture and art.The reverse renaissance belongs to yes.

The envoy of Florosa came to Constantinople. Although it was still a bit desolate, prosperity was restored at a speed visible to the naked eye.The number of merchant ships in the port has increased, the variety of commodities has increased, and the people's hearts have become more stable than before.

For Florence's request, Mircea agreed without thinking too much.After all, what the other party wants is not too much, much better than Venice.However, the Grand Duke still emphasized the status of the Wallachian merchants and would never allow any country to be shaken.

In a blink of an eye, it has been two months since Mircea took over Constantinople.The local situation has been firmly controlled by Mircea. Seeing that the time is ripe, Mircea proclaimed himself the supreme ruler, but his ministers said that the grand duke should become co-emperor, but Mircea did not agree, and then thousands of people came to Theodosius After petitioning in front of the square, Mircea was "reluctantly" promoted to co-emperor.

After becoming the co-emperor, Mircea continued to relocate the government agencies in Bukuryeshti, and also moved some restless nobles here to facilitate surveillance.The old Roman administration was reformed, centralization became stronger, institutions were abolished and added, and the cheap Herenpene currency was abolished and the leu replaced it.

At this time, the territory of Wallachia was almost the same as that of Alexios I in the early days, but the difference was that the international situation in Mircea was better than that of Alexios, and there was no need to go to Western Europe to ask for reinforcements. The current standing army and Levy is enough.

While restoring order and the economy, Mircea made changes to the educational culture.He re-educated the University of Constantinople and began examination selection.Taking an encouraging attitude towards ancient Greek and Roman culture, he also considered reopening the Academy of Athens.These things should have been done earlier, because they were dragged down by the civil war and the invasion of foreign enemies, and now we can only make up for it.

At present, the biggest problem in Wallachia is that there are not enough people. The area is about the same as that of France, but the population is less than half of France. The Grand Duke has issued orders several times to encourage immigration, and the governor directly uses gold coins to encourage births. False claims and false claims are strictly prohibited, and offenders will be severely punished.Of course only in Asia Minor.

Peter's army was equipped with the highest proportion of firearms, and artillery and muskets ended the era of nomadic domination.Although their erratic tracks still caused some troubles, the station system and bastion construction forced them to have less and less space for activities. Some tribes could only move eastward, heading for Syria, Persia or going south to Egypt.Farmers came and settled in new lands, filling the vacancies left by tribes.

For the Turkic state in the east and the Catholic encirclement network in the south, the governor and co-emperor are in charge of one. For the Turks, they need to be forced to move eastward, driven out of Anatolia or assimilated on the spot.Regarding the siege network, they felt that these countries could not even match a fraction of Wallachia's strength.See if you can buy it or just destroy it.

Diplomatic stability is the best time for internal reforms, and the nobles of Constantinople gradually lost their influence in the city during the siege and exile.The government confiscated all the hidden fields found in the investigation of fake tax-exempters and leased them to landless farmers for farming.

As in Bukuryeshti, the Grand Duke can rely on small and medium-sized nobles, merchants, and farmers. The big nobles really dare not rely on them, and he still wants to sleep well at night.

While Mircea was working hard on governance, entertainment also took up a lot of his time.Mircea will touch dramas, banquets, and hunting.He also built the first theater in Wallachia in Bukuryeshti, and some dramas with the background of the classical era were created, which contained a lot of new elements, and the themes of people-oriented and pursuit of happiness were welcomed.The university became a center of culture, which, under the influence of various factors, became wider and wider and eventually spread throughout Wallachia.

At this time, Wallachia was already the successor of the Roman Empire, both in terms of territory and culture, and the influence of this sudden rise of the country continued.The pagans in the East suspended their plans for the Western Expedition, and replaced them with so-called fights between their own brothers. Baghdad, Damascus, Ankara, and Qom were repeatedly contested, and Timur was going to the East to meet the emperor of Ming. Hundreds of thousands of troops will be prepared as gifts to meet the Ming emperor.

In Western Europe, the Anglo-French War, the Hungarian Civil War, and the Movement to Recover Lost Lands did not stop. The calls for religious reform in Bohemia and other places intensified. From time to time, they were accompanied by infectious diseases such as plague. Social unrest caused the migration of people close to Wallachia. To the Balkans, not only enrich the population, but also bring local culture and technology.In a few years, they will be assimilated by Wallachia into real Wallachians, and they will closely surround Wallachia and unanimously speak out. After all, in this Europe with the same political system, Wallachia The goodness to the people is undoubtedly the biggest attraction.

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