Chapter 315 Handling Government Affairs

There were so many battles at this banquet, but they were all overwhelmed by the atmosphere of victory.

On the second day, Mircea officially announced the rewards for Peter and the soldiers, including land, coins, and other things.

Of course, Peter also handed over the command of his army to the emperor, retaining only the legions he had formed. Mircea also gave Peter the right to appoint personnel in the new land, but Mircea still needed him to help him handle the national affairs and take a break.

"Look at this, this man named Claude oppressed the peasants in Macedonia Province. I can't believe what the serfs will become in his hands."

Mircea looked at the petition and felt sad about what was written in it. "We must quickly arrest him and his accomplices."

Peter walked to Mircea's side and said.

"Uh... I'm afraid it's more than that."

Mircea looked at Peter, "What's going on?"

Peter told him about his visit to a manor and took out the silver box.

Mircea looked at these letters, his face getting darker and darker.

"Where are they now?"

"They are already in prison and can be tried at any time."

Mircea decided to kill him and his accomplices for treason, and this man named Claude had a close relationship with the nobles he had arrested a few days ago, so he could just kill them all at once.

In addition, the most complaints from the members of the lower house to the emperor were about cheating in exams. Finding someone to replace someone and taking cheat sheets were minor, and some even leaked the questions directly, or even randomly ranked them. The selection exams for each university were also different. There were no major problems in the first one or two years, but now all kinds of methods have been used to become officials, which has seriously affected the administration of the empire.

In this case, reforms will be carried out again. Mircea asked Peter to rest in Constantinople for a while to help him deal with affairs. As for Illyria, let him govern it with the officials he appointed.

How dare he disobey the emperor's orders? It seems that the experiment he wants will be piloted in the capital. After more than a year, Peter appeared at the meeting of the Senate again.

The case of Claude's treason and oppression of local people also began to be tried in Constantinople. In the face of evidence, Claude's sophistry seemed so pale. The whole process lasted for two days, and finally Claude and eight accomplices were sentenced to beheading, and the nobles were exiled to Anatolia and Ukraine, and their property and estates were all confiscated.

This trial also made those nobles who were interested no longer talk about restoring the Senate. They were unwilling to follow in the footsteps of these people. Once upon a time, they, the nobles, could influence the election of the rulers, but now, they can only live under the majesty of the emperor. And if you don't pay attention, your life will be gone.

Peter selected several test papers from the selection exams of the University of Constantinople and the University of Constanta and found that their topics were very different. Even if they were in the same aspect, there would be different topics, which could not reasonably select talents. Not to mention those cheating behaviors.

Peter plans to set up an institution to uniformly manage the examination selection matters. He also plans to expand the University of Constantinople and establish an officer school to help the empire transport talents.

Of course, the large number of cultural books brought from the West gave Peter other ideas. He hoped to compile a book covering all kinds of books, that is, a small library.

This type of book is very common in Europe, such as Vallo's "Nine Books on the Essentials of the Sciences" and "Antiquities of Sacred and Secular Things" in the Roman Republic, and Pliny the Elder's "Natural History" in the Roman Empire.

Peter wanted to recompile a book, which was a big project. And because it was a private project, he had to pay for it out of his own pocket. This was not a problem for Peter, who was relatively free in wealth.

Those intellectuals found that in addition to his strong military and political abilities, Caesar also liked books and art. And he also knew something about other aspects, a true hexagonal warrior. With him, the empire would definitely restore the glory of Justinian.

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Ottoman Muhammad also sent someone to congratulate the Roman prince on his victory in the war against Venice. By the way, he also proposed to coexist peacefully. Mircea also thought so, so he said a lot of words about peace between the two countries.

In fact, Muhammad has always wanted to restore the territory of his father, but now there is Timur in the east and Rome in the west, and it is really uncomfortable for him to be caught in the middle.

He has unified the eastern part of Anatolia, but his support base - the Turkic tribes account for about half of the population, and the rest are mainly Armenians, Georgians, Greeks and Turkified Anatolian natives. Muhammad continued to maintain the Ottoman religious tolerance policy, using the handicrafts and commerce of Christians for his own use, and at the same time integrating the Turkic tribes. Since nomadic peoples are all soldiers, it is natural to obtain a large number of troops.

Muhammad also paid tribute to Timur, and quietly annexed some of the land of the vassal states when this ruler who brought great disaster to the Ottomans was preparing for the eastward expedition. At the same time, he also established good relations with the Mamluks. Now he just needs an opportunity, an opportunity to take revenge on Rome.

The Emirate of Granada was another pagan country that congratulated Rome and presented gifts. Sultan Muhammad VII sent a letter to the Roman Emperor Mircea, saying that Iberia was originally the territory of the Roman Empire. He and his predecessors, the Almohad Dynasty and the Umayyad Dynasty, were only temporary governors. It was Castile, Aragon and Portugal that seized him. As long as the emperor was willing to support him, he would immediately gather 100,000 troops to recover Iberia and convert to Orthodox Christianity.

At this time, Granada was already in a small area of ​​Andalusia under the oppression of Castile and Aragon. In order to survive for a long time among many tributary states, the Emirate of Granada cleverly used the rivers and mine resources in the alluvial plains in southern Andalusia to develop agricultural irrigation. Through a series of means, Granada's agricultural production has achieved self-sufficiency and no longer relies on imports from other kingdoms. Vegetables and fruits are even exported to other countries. The mountainous areas are mainly animal husbandry; the coastal areas rely on fisheries; the southeast is rich in mineral resources, and people produce pottery and textile crafts to trade with other countries.

The best way for Granada to get help was to seek assistance from the rulers of Morocco, but the Marin dynasty that ruled there had lost its Iberian stronghold decades ago, and with the constant fighting in North Africa, it no longer had the power to help them. After much thought, the only one left who could help them was the heretical Roman Empire in Castile and Aragon.