eastern european eagle

Chapter 70 Finding Talent and Privileges

Peter has been shopping in Sofia for a few days and has a certain understanding of the local situation.Then the daily work started.

"My lord, these things can be given to others, you still have to rest."

Next to Peter, the attendant Nicola Majorescu advised Peter not to be too tired.

Nicholas was born in the Grand Boyar family, and was chosen as Peter's playmate when he was six years old, and Peter trusted him and kept him by his side.

At this time, he was only 14 years old, and his childhood dream of being a knight has not dissipated. During the war, he went out with Peter, dreaming of becoming a fearless knight.

"The Grand Duke entrusted me with the burden because he trusted me, and I can't let him down," Peter said.

However, Peter also had to recruit people.I am responsible for too much.

Where to find someone? This was Peter's idea.He is not recruiting officials, but staff.

"Let's go for a walk!" said Peter to Nicholas.

Sophia's life has been restored, and Peter looked at the people begging for life, wondering how to maintain the status quo.

Along the way, Peter went to markets, churches, monasteries and other places, and he came to the prison without knowing it.

"My lord, don't go in, it's very dark and humid here."

But Peter didn't think so.

"It's okay, let's go in."

Sophia's prison is no different from other prisons. The dark rooms, torches, and vicious guards all make people shudder.

All the way to the interrogation room, there was a sound inside.

"Think about it, if you don't say it, I can't guarantee your safety."

Peter looked into the interrogation room, where a man in his 30s was interrogating a prisoner.He's smiling and unhurried, but don't you get shivers down your back linking his career?

"I don't know, I don't know anything."

"Oh" the man walked into the prisoner, and then raised his head to meet his gaze.

"Are you really sure? I sincerely suggest you think again."

Immediately afterwards, he took him to the execution room, where there were all kinds of tortures, which broke through his psychological defense in one fell swoop.

"I said, I said..."

"That's right."

Peter watched the whole process. This man has a pair of penetrating eyes. No matter who it is, there are no secrets in front of him.

"Who is he?" Peter asked the head of the prison.

"My lord, his name is Kirill Petkov. He is a local. He has been a jailer here for seven years, and there are no prisoners who have passed through his hands without confession."

"Yeah." Peter nodded, it seems that there are talents.

"I hope to see him, you arrange it."

"Yes"

The warden is very envious of Petkov, because the governor has taken a fancy to him, and his good days are coming.

Thousands of troops are easy to get, but one general is hard to find.Peter can't fail to understand this, and now the literacy rate in Europe is frighteningly low, which adds to the difficulty.Therefore, to find a reliable staff member, I am afraid that one has to be like Emperor Zhaolie of the East.

At night, Peter sat in a dark room lit only by a few candles.These are made of beeswax from Moldova and are of good quality.

The door opened and Petkov came.

"Meet the adults"

At this moment, Peter could observe the jailer at a close distance. Petkov's face was really bad, he looked like Zhao Lie's third brother, and there were scars on his face.With a smile, the opponent's half life may be gone.

"Do you know why you came here today?"

"I don't know, but my lord must have something else to call me here."

Peter looked at him, then said.

"Tell me, what am I thinking at this moment?"

Petkov looked at Peter, and the two stared at each other in the light of the candle.Then Petkov spoke.

"I don't know what adults are thinking, I just know that adults need me."

Such an answer was really unexpected, Peter asked him.

"Are you so sure?"

"Your Excellency is the Governor of Bulgaria. He summoned me at night because he thought I was superior. You need me to be the sword in your hand to help you deal with those secret matters."

Hearing this, Peter laughed outright.

"hahahahahahahahahaha!"

"Petkov, you are really different."

"I know what grown-ups need, and I'm here to help you with those things."

A unique meeting came to an end, and Petkov, who was later called the executioner in the dark, officially appeared on the stage of history.

Peter also enforced a much-maligned policy on Bulgarian soil: the persecution of heretics.

In order to turn the Butlan family into the chosen ones, Peter and Mircea also spent a lot of effort.Taking advantage of this victory, Mircea directly signed and passed a privilege document.

The privilege stipulated that the Butlans were permanent rulers of Wallachia, Moldova and the newly conquered territories.And adopt the primogeniture system to ensure that the territory will not be divided.

This document was not only adopted by the Boyar Council, but also sanctified by the Church.The Orthodox Church made the Butlan family look like the chosen ones and vigorously promoted them, especially farmers, who were the main believers of the church.

This is also an act of imitating the gourd. In the previous decades, Habsburg in Austria had passed the small privilege document, while the big privilege document was vetoed by the emperor.

Who made this big privilege too outrageous.First, the Archduke of Austria is second only to the emperor, higher than other princes and even the electorate;
Second, the emperor forbids any intervention in any way in the affairs of the Grand Duchy of Austria;
Third, the Grand Duke is only responsible to the emperor, but the Grand Duke only needs to bear very small military obligations to the emperor;

Fourth, the emperor must condescend to go to Vienna to confer the title on the grand duke.

Moreover, the document said to be issued by Emperor Barbarossa the Redbeard was actually a forgery by Rudolf IV.Naturally this would not pass, and Emperor Charles IV vetoed the document.

But this document is different, it is officially passed, and there is a church bonus.This marks the change of Wallachia's succession system from an electoral system to a primogeniture system, and will not cause political turmoil due to elections.

Moreover, Mircea had accumulated a lot of prestige in the battle against Ottoman, and other families naturally worshiped and respected him.

(End of this chapter)