Chapter 120 The Legal and Religious Situation Under the Governance of Wallachia

“Varajia”

“costruzione navale”

Peter was learning Latin with his teacher, and in his spare time he could read some Latin poems.

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

Peter took out some money to recruit talents, but it was of little use. People were unwilling to go, so he could only go to Constantinople to have a look.

Back to the East, Theodore finally agreed to the marriage with Wallachia, and his daughter was going to marry the heir of Wallachia. In Europe, this is equivalent to an alliance.

There is no better way at the moment, unless you can borrow 100,000 heavenly soldiers and generals, you can only wait for death.

In order to make his daughter live better, Theodore also began to prepare something. For example, unify the Peloponnese.

For this reason, Theodore also advanced 100,000 lei from Wallachia. Mircea was also happy to see this situation, after all, it would be his son in the future.

"It's so unpredictable"

When Theodore left Bucuriesti, he sighed at the town that was more prosperous than his capital.

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, whose army and economy were many times higher than Morea.

The Roman Empire is now in a state of collapse, and he, the despotic prince, even had to sacrifice Morea to save himself. As for his brother Manuel, God can only bless him.

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

"I think he also understands that this is the only choice."

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

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

Mircea also sent people to Ukraine to recruit Cossacks and did everything he could to strengthen national defense. Wallachia also gave a resolute response to the harassment of the Ottoman Sipahi.

After more than a year of compilation, the Wallachian Code, which embodies countless efforts and laws, was officially announced. The code has a total of 1,095 articles. 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 great public. Peasants could rent land and need to perform corvée labor for the landlords, or they could buy it with money, and they had limited peasant migration rights.

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

Important powers including military power and judicial trial power were taken back from the boyars. After the boyar rebellion, the old noble power in Wallachia had become insignificant, and the rest of the people could only accept it obediently.

Such a code is much better than any previous code. The most important thing is that it allows peasants and serfs to redeem corvée and freedom, but they need to negotiate with the landlords. And some rights and obligations of urban residents are determined. They can also write to the government for cases, and the Grand Duke will set up a government office to handle this matter.

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

In terms of taxation, Mircea absorbed Peter's letter to the citizens, but the tax rate rose from 8% to 12%. This is not good news for merchants, but in the face of power and expanding trade, it is also okay.

With the gradual expansion and internal stability of Wallachia, the number of merchant groups has gradually increased. The markets in Bucuriesti, Constanta, Giurgiu, Iasi and other places are expanding. 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 would still be here, and would not be given to the Ottomans at all.

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

The fact that the Patriarch of Constantinople recognized the Patriarch of Wallachia showed that Rome really had no bargaining chips to win over Wallachia. And becoming a new patriarchate, which continued to enhance Wallachia's religious influence. Neither the Serbian Patriarch nor the Bulgarian Patriarch was recognized, but Wallachia was truly recognized, which was not an ordinary benefit. The Wallachian Church can annex Serbia and Bulgaria more smoothly.

The expansion of the Andreian Order was very rapid, and a large number of fanatical Orthodox Christians joined and devoted themselves to missionary work. There were 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 the gospel; absolutely obey the leader. They would send members to preach the doctrine in popular language among the ordinary people, urging the listeners to confess to the priests frequently and strengthen their faith. At the same time, they would regularly conduct religious education for young people in the form of catechism, and consolidate the position of the church from the bottom up. Some people even entered the noble families of other countries to serve as lecturers and other roles.

In addition to the church, the biggest investor of the Andrei Society is the Grand Duke. In return, members of the Andrei Society collect information about these countries as spies. Hungary and the Ottoman Empire are the most.

In southern Italy, the Andrei Society also took root here. After the Sicilian Vespers War, there were still some Orthodox Christians in southern Italy, and the arrival of the Andrei Society provided them with a shelter. They preached to the West with Sicily as the center.

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

In Palermo, there are many Greek scholars and people from Rome, and the Andrei Society used this to preach to them, with very significant results. Some Catholics have converted, and some who insist on Orthodoxy have used their own property to help establish the Andrei Society's college, which is also their first base in the West.