Chapter 120. Legal and Religious Situation under Wallachia

Chapter 120. Legal and Religious Situation under Wallachia

“Varajia”

"costruzione navale"

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

The money was also exchanged through the bank in Genoa. After excluding the expenses of the past few days, the total amount was 230,000 florins.

Peter spent some money to recruit talents, but it was of little use. People were unwilling to go, so he had to go to King's Castle to have a look.

Returning to the East, Theodore finally agreed to a marriage with Wallachia, and his daughter was to marry the Wallachian heir. In Europe, this amounts to an alliance.

There is no good solution at the moment. Unless we can borrow 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, we can only wait for death.

In order to make his daughter's life better, Theodor also began to prepare something. Such as unifying the Peloponnese.

For this purpose, Theodor also advanced 100,000 lei from Wallachia. Mircea is also happy to see this situation, after all, it will be his son from now on.

“It’s so unpredictable”

When Theodor left Bukul Yesti, 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, such as the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Serbian Empire. The army and economy were many times higher than Morea.

Today's Roman Empire is in dire straits. He, the despot, even sought help from Morea to protect himself. As for Brother Manuel, God can only bless him.

"Grand Duke, are you really not going to discuss this with His Highness?"

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

Grand Duke Mircea did not regret this decision. This was a necessary step that no one could stop.

He is very happy to leave a betrothal gift to his son and is also 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 used all his strength to strengthen national defense. Wallachia also resolutely responded to Osman Sipahi's harassment.

After more than a year of compilation, the "Wallachian Code", which condensed countless efforts and laws, was officially announced. The code has a total of 1,095 regulations. After the announcement, 1,500 copies were immediately printed and distributed throughout the country.

The code determined all aspects of Wallachia. The nobles had certain privileges, but they needed to pay taxes to the public. Peasants could rent land, perform corvee service for the landlords, or pay to buy it. They also had limited peasant migration rights.

The establishment of the Wallachian Code basically marked that Wallachia had caught up with the last train of the feudal state. At the same time, the code also established the system of primogeniture and centralization. A large amount of power was concentrated in the monarch, and the church also submitted to the authority of the monarch.

Important powers, including military power and judicial power, were taken back from the boyars. After the boyars' rebellion, Wallachia's old aristocratic power was no longer in power, and the remaining people could only accept it.

This kind of code is already much better than any previous code. The most important thing is that it allows peasant serfs to redeem their corvee and freedom, but it needs to be negotiated with the landowners. It also determined some rights and obligations of urban people. They could also petition the government for cases, and the Grand Duke set up a special Yamen to handle the matter.

Wallachia has established a centralized system, which requires a large number of officials to help the Grand Duke. Mircea chose from the nobility on the one hand, and from the citizens and the university on the other. The University of Constanta is a good choice.

In terms of taxes, Mircea incorporated Peter's letter to the people, but the taxes increased from 8% to 12%. This is not good news for merchants, but in the face of power and expanding trade, forget it.

With the gradual expansion and internal stability of Wallachia, the merchant community gradually increased. The market is expanding in Bukur Yesti, Constanta, Gyurgiu, Iasi and other places. The improvement of transportation promoted the unification of the domestic market, and without the Ottomans, the wealth accumulated by Wallachia and Moldova over the past few decades was still here and was not given to the Ottomans at all.

Bukur Yesti is still expanding, and the buildings inside are being built one after another. Its expansion is likely to catch up with the Castle. What made Mircea even more happy was that while Theodore was here, news came from the castle: the Patriarch of Constantinople announced that he recognized the Patriarch of Wallachia and was the only patriarch recognized in the Balkans. head.

Being able to get the Patriarch of Castle to recognize the Patriarch of Wallachia shows that Rome really has no leverage to win over Wallachia. And becoming a new patriarchate continued to increase Wallachia's religious influence. Neither the Serbian Patriarch nor the Bulgarian Patriarch were recognized, but Wallachia was truly recognized, which was not an ordinary benefit. The Wallachian Church could annex Serbia and Bulgaria more smoothly.

The Andrei order expanded very rapidly, and a large number of fanatical Orthodox Christians joined and devoted themselves to preaching. There are traces of them in Hungary, Crimea, Poland, and even in Asia Minor.

After the establishment of the order, they continued to improve their purpose and mission, which was to preach and absolutely obey the leader. They will send monks to preach doctrines in popular language among ordinary people, prompting listeners to confess frequently to priests and strengthen their beliefs. At the same time, they will regularly provide religious education to young people in the form of catechism, consolidating the status of the church from the bottom up. . Some people even enter noble families in other countries and serve as lecturers and other roles.

In addition to the church, the largest investor in the Andrei Society is the Grand Duke. In return, members of the Andrei Society serve as spies to collect information about these countries. Among them, Hungary and Ottoman are the most numerous.

In southern Italy, the Andrea Order also took root here. After the Sicilian Vespers War, there were still some Orthodox Christians in southern Italy, and the arrival of the Andreans provided them with shelter. Centered on Sicily, they conducted missionary work to the West.

As the last land of the Roman Empire in the west, Sicily had been lost for hundreds of years. Even Basil II, known as the Lord of the Restoration of Rome, died before setting out to conquer Sicily. Michael VIII's ability to promote the Sicilian Vespers War should be Rome's last influence.

In Palermo, there were many Greek scholars and people from Rome. Andrea would use this opportunity to preach among them, and the effect was very significant. Some people who believed in Catholicism had converted, and some who insisted on Orthodox Christianity used their property to help establish the Andreian college, which was also their first base in the West.