Chapter 448 Abdication

The day after the grand ball, Mircea called his family together. The emperor sat on the throne and took out a piece of paper from his bosom and began to read.

"My brother died in Wallachia. I succeeded him by virtue of his birth. Ten years later, I will enter Constantinople as God's will."

"I have been in power for nine years and have never slacked off. I have made it my mission to restore the glory of Rome. I am not a war-loving person, but I want to protect myself from the ambitions of others. Who believes that my only enemy, the pagans, is mine alone."

"The empire is surrounded by powerful enemies. I can only survive by sending troops continuously. None of these things have made me suffer as much as leaving today."

At this point, everyone else was stunned. Is the emperor going to follow Diocletian's example and abdicate?

"I am exhausted from ruling all the territories. My son Peter..."

Mircea looked at his eldest son and said, "When you inherit my throne, Wallachia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Anatolia, Athens, Rome and India, I know that you will rule well and hope to carry forward the empire."

After that, Mircea spoke to others, saying that brothers should be harmonious, get along well, and be united. In short, he hoped that the family would be harmonious.

"Good luck!"

This was Mircea's last words to Peter, and then he left here with the help of the eunuch, leaving his children looking at each other in bewilderment.

Soon, others reacted and congratulated Peter. The arrival of a new monarch was a good thing for the family.

In November 1409, Mircea, the founding monarch of the Batran Dynasty, announced his abdication and passed the throne to his eldest son Peter, ending his 9-year reign.

Although the coronation still needs a month to prepare, the actual work has already begun. Mircea handed over all the work to him the day after announcing his abdication. Peter had a lot of experience anyway, and now the handover was complete. I went to the castle in Bucuriesti to retire. Although Constantinople was good, it was not as comfortable as Wallachia where I grew up. The ministers also changed their way of addressing me.

"Your Majesty, this is a report from the Suceava Province. Władysław of Poland is recently mobilizing troops and seems to be going to attack our country."

Władysław seems to be quite idle, and he can mobilize troops to show Rome. What is he doing?

"It seems that Poland is still not honest"

Peter, Mihaly and Vlad divided the situation of Poland and Lithuania again. Mihaly can give up control of the Oresund Strait, but he needs to annex half of the land of Livonia and Lithuania, and Vlad also agreed. As for the southern region, it is naturally the territory of Rome.

"Poland wants to show the Empire that they are still strong. Don't act rashly."

For this country that saved Vienna from fire and water, perished three times and restored the country three times, Peter... has no respect at all. Anyway, it will disappear from the map, so it is better to let it disappear more thoroughly.

"From Hungary to the Cossacks, the border between the Empire and Poland and Lithuania is long. To solve it once and for all, we have to rely on the help of other countries."

According to the previous brotherly agreement, Michael will fire the first shot to attack Poland and Lithuania, and then Vlad and Peter will follow up, so that Władysław will be unable to split his forces and finally be forced to sign a peace treaty with them.

This method is the best. No matter how powerful Władysław is, he is only one person, plus Vytautas, there are two, and they have three people. Moreover, in terms of national strength and army, their alliance is stronger than Glass, and there is no Winged Hussars at this time, so there is a considerable probability of division.

The succession of the new emperor is the biggest event in the empire, and all major newspapers have reported this matter. This also allowed spies from various countries lurking in Constantinople to pass the news back to their countries as quickly as possible, hoping that they could make countermeasures early.

Mircea can get a generous pension every year, and he can also live in Constantinople or other places. Peter also gave him a lot of conveniences, which are all the greatest respect for this founding monarch.

It is said that new officials take three fires when they take office, and Peter is the same. He directly waved his hand and exempted half of the national head tax. It is a gift to the people of the country.

With the current economic strength of the Roman Empire, if taxes are levied in the way of the Komnenos dynasty, it is easy to increase to 5 million lei. And the current income is completely sufficient, and the exemption of half of the head tax will not affect other things.

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Now the two emperors in the west and the east have completed the replacement, and the 41-year-old Sigismund and the 29-year-old Peter have become the new rulers of the European powers. Both sides are exerting their strength, and in this increasingly tense Central Europe, they must strive for the final victory for themselves.

Sigismund began to fulfill his first promise: to end the church split. With the support of the Archbishop of Mainz, he was going to hold a religious conference in Constance, including three popes and hundreds of bishops and princes, in order to solve the difficulties encountered by the Holy Roman Empire and the Catholic world.

Except for the Pope of Avignon, the other two responded positively. They all knew that such internal friction would benefit the Orthodox Church, and only unity could resist, so they decided to participate.

On the other hand, Sigismund also spread the threat from the East, and needed the princes to gather troops to resist. He hoped that everyone would contribute money and strength to form an imperial army to defend the eastern border.

At this time, the Archduke of Austria was Albrecht V, Sigismund's son-in-law. Because he was too young, the ministers left by his father helped govern. Sigismund valued him very much and hoped that he could become his heir, so resources were always tilted here. Since Austria and Hungary are adjacent, this place has become an important place to block the entry of the Eastern army, and the capital Vienna is also built as solid as a rock.

The entire Southern Holy Roman Empire has reached an agreement that in order to preserve itself, it must resist Rome and the Berlin Alliance. For this reason, they also found the Duke of Burgundy and all joined the anti-Roman alliance.

Sigismund told him that after defeating Rome, he could get the title of King of Burgundy and part of the Holy Roman Empire. This is exactly what John wanted, so it was easy to increase their strength.

In the east, Poland and Lithuania also found the Holy Roman Empire and prepared to use it as foreign aid. In Moscow, the support of the Archduke's younger brother Yuri and a group of boyars was also won. The Kalmar Union, led by the Queen's heir, Eric of Pomerania, was ready to join the war against the Berlin Alliance at any time.

Not to mention Castile, Aragon and Portugal, all of which are committed to restoring the glory of God, so they will naturally join in. Today's Europe needs a struggle to redistribute power, and a war is inevitable.