Chapter 574 Wedding Diplomacy
"Your Majesty, may God bless you."
Yermak saluted Peter. This was the emperor, the most noble person in Europe. Anyone who dared to disrespect him would be beheaded.
"General Manager, you are in charge of my private treasury. I want to hear how much money is left in it?"
The emperor gave the order, and Yermak quickly reported the situation to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there are 3.5 million lei in the treasury now, and spices, jewelry and other things, worth about 4 million. Do you need money now?"
Peter shook his head, "I just want to save some dowry for the princess. My daughters must have dowries that match their status."
The emperor said so, and Yermak knew that it must cost a lot. However, some things can replace money, such as silk, spices, and luxury goods. Specifically, 700,000 gold coins and items worth 500,000 are enough.
The three princesses need a dowry of 3.6 million lei. This directly emptied most of the emperor's private treasury, but the emperor seemed to enjoy it.
Yermak reported his suggestion to the emperor. Peter was very happy. His daughter must not be poor. Of course, they still have to increase their income to maintain their lives, otherwise they will end up like Sigismund.
"You have worked so hard. You racked your brains for the royal income."
"It's not hard. It's all for your majesty. I just did some trivial things."
It seems that his plan to secretly take some money can only be postponed. Your majesty clearly wants to save the princess's dowry. He also has to talk to the heads of various places and ask them not to do it for the time being. If they are discovered, they will all suffer.
In this era, only the Roman emperor can allocate so much income, and the monarchs of other countries are not so lucky. Because the royal income and the treasury income are really inseparable, sometimes they use money from the treasury.
The royal finances and the national finances are kept separately, which can also make the finances run healthily and will not disrupt the system because of the confusion between public and private. This will also allow Rome to obtain more financial resources to do other things.
"The Crown Prince's wedding will start in a few months. There can be no flaws anywhere. The best things must be used to entertain the guests."
The emperor issued this task, and Yermak knew that his big test was coming. There were many people coming to the Crown Prince's wedding this time. Relatives such as the Russian Tsar, the Elector of Brandenburg, the King of England, the King of Naples, and the Duke of Romagna will definitely come. The Duke of Burgundy, the Duke of Brittany, the Elector of Bavaria, and the King of Hungary have also expressed their intention to come. Sigismund plans to let the Archduke of Austria go instead of him. Poland and Lithuania, the two enemies, will definitely not come, but these people alone have made him feel overwhelmed. No one here can afford to offend, so he must show his best state to handle it.
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to complete it."
"Okay, then I will wait for your results. You can leave."
Yermak saluted Peter and left. He had to quickly make plans for the Crown Prince's wedding. As soon as he left, Petkov came out of another door to report the results of his investigation to the emperor.
"Petkov, what news do you bring?"
"Your Majesty, there is news from Dijon that the Duke of Burgundy has met many people."
"Oh, who are they?" Peter asked.
"The Duke of Orleans, the Bishop of Cologne, the Bishop of Mainz, and the envoys of Aragon and Castile, and even people from Egypt."
Just as Peter thought, they could not maintain the current situation and would definitely form an alliance. But Egypt dared to form an alliance, it seems that it was not enough.
Egypt has become much more honest since it was beaten by Rome, but the pride of the Arabs made them think about expelling Rome from Egypt at any time.
But Egypt is naturally impossible to be a country alone. For this reason, Egypt sent people to Mecca to request permission for holy war while uniting the alliance of Tunisia and Zaragire.
Now Egypt does not want any pagans. Europe also needs an ally to contain Rome, and Egypt also needs help from Europe. And their cooperation still has a basis. The previous plan of east-west containment did not succeed, but the effect was also seen. As long as the defense of the other side of Rome can be broken within the limit of the other side's containment, it will be successful.
"They are just defeated generals. They really think that they can defeat me by learning from the army of the empire. Little do they know that I also spent a lot of effort to promote the reform 20 years ago. It is just a breeze to them."
That said, but the momentum of Burgundy's reform has already emerged. The firearms unit organized by John began to kill people everywhere. Seeing the good effect, Burgundy continued to promote a series of changes. The Knights of the Golden Fleece were established to enhance combat effectiveness, trade with England and other countries through port cities such as Antwerp, and cultivate local merchants to increase financial strength.
The effect can be seen immediately. Soon some merchants and nobles launched a rebellion because the Duke's policies harmed their interests. The cultivation of local merchants reduced the income of merchants in the seaport who relied on importing goods from other countries. The move to increase the standing army offended the nobles. In recent years, there has been constant unrest in Burgundy.
In order to quell the rebellion, John had to convene a three-level meeting in Frisia. Each town would send representatives to attend the meeting and ensure that everyone's interests would not be harmed. With the strength of the Burgundian army, the merchants no longer made trouble. The reason they made trouble was to avoid harming their own interests. Now they thought it was worthwhile to use the profits of a small group of merchants in exchange for future wealth.
"Now, the focus is on Cairo, Dijon, Krakow and Vienna. They are staunch opponents of the empire. Find out their news, no matter what means."
"Yes, sir"
The new international situation forced Rome to form alliances. First, it established good relations with Russia to form an alliance, and then it was to help Brandenburg and England as much as possible to let them contain other countries in the anti-Roman alliance.
However, the previous brotherly harmony has faded. Russia and Brandenburg have conflicts over the division of Poland and Lithuania. The original boundary of the Vistula River has become the land that Russia needs including Warsaw. Brandenburg disagrees and proposes to occupy the entire Kalmar Union. Russia was angry again, and Peter had no choice but to gather the brothers together again to discuss the matter during the Crown Prince's wedding. The previous agreement would naturally be invalidated. The current situation was different from before and needed to be re-formulated.