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Chapter 72 Religious Unity and Centralization

"What's the matter with the Grand Duke, how did you let these people enter the meeting?"

"Yes, is the Grand Duke dazzled by a victory?"

Some boyars did not intend to give up the power they had held for decades. They regrouped and planned to unite Hungary to challenge the Grand Duke.

But they can't even agree internally, let alone launch a fight.With the development of trade, some boyar landowners also set up workshops and caravans for trade, earning a lot of money from it.And in order to obtain more luxuries, they implement monetary land rent on their own land and produce cash crops.

These boyars started to commercialize and they gradually abandoned the traditional way of doing business.He invested heavily in industry and commerce, which attracted the envy of other boyars.

According to statistics from the Bukuryeshti City Hall, a total of 162 workshops settled here this month, 99 of which belonged to the boyar class.The aristocratic economy has an absolute advantage.

The wine industry is almost completely controlled by the boyars, who own 83% of the vineyards in Moldova.

Naturally, these commercial aristocrats will not stand with them. They hope to have more markets and more opportunities to make money. As for political rights, less should be less.

If it's mobilizing local influence, I'm sorry, the Grand Duke's reputation is greater than yours, so if you have the ability, you can bring Lightning's head.Not to mention the army, they have already been recruited.

Therefore, they were just talking about it, and the Grand Duke's small army was worried that there was no reason to deal with them.

The strength to carry out reforms comes from the army, if the army is not enough, any measures you take will be useless.Mircea is also well aware of this.

The small force continued to expand, from 6000 to 8000, with one musket for every four men and 55 cannons.These are the elite of the elite, and only Governor Peter's army can fight against them in the country.

Mircea also hired some mineral prospectors to explore the minerals of Wallachia, and found a lot of copper mines and salt mines, which is not a small gain.

The status of Wallachia continues to rise, and Western countries believe that it is very necessary to have a good relationship with Wallachia.Poland, Lithuania, Hungary, France, Bohemia, etc. began to set up consulates in Bukuriesti, responsible for improving relations.

The victory in Wallachia had a greater impact on the common people of Transylvania, and the believers of the Transylvanian diocese gradually formed an anti-Hungarian force in Cluj.Catholicism and Orthodox Church were at odds after 1054 and 1204, and it is not bad to use religion to fight Hungary.

"Your Highness, your attitude towards Ottoman and heretics is worthy of recognition, and God will bless you and your descendants."

Archduke Mircea and Archbishop Karol talked in the church of Kemplonge. After all, the church is another sword for the expansion of Wallachia.

"At this time, Rome and Avignon are fighting in full swing, and they have other intentions to send envoys here. The purpose is not small." Mircea said.

"Your Highness, they did this to make themselves the only masters. But they will be punished by God one day."

In addition to this incident, Mircea also discussed the situation concerning missionaries.

In order to prevent the occurrence of religious rebellion, the Ottomans vigorously promoted religious equality in the country. On the surface, they made enough efforts to accommodate heresy and heresy. In fact, while many great mosques were erected, they also suppressed the normal development of the Orthodox Church.

At present, there are still many mosques in Bulgaria, but in fact, the crescent is very weak in Wallachia, and this is the best time to promote religious unity.

But of course, Mircea will not allow the power of the Orthodox Church and the Patriarch to override the imperial power like in the West.In addition to promoting the sole orthodox status of the Orthodox Church in the Religious Identity Act, the core purpose of implementing the Act is to strengthen centralization and autocracy through religion.

Religion can be unified, which is very good for the stability of the country and the combat effectiveness of the army. If you can further become the patriarch, even if it becomes a tool for the Butlan dynasty to control the empire, I believe that every devout believer will make a wise choice.

"You are blessed, this is God's grace, and the Orthodox Church will surely flourish." Mircea left the church contentedly.

After the introduction of the Identity Act, what the empire really needs is the religious influence and missionary ability behind him.There are still a large number of Orthodox believers in the Balkans and Asia Minor, which gives Wallachia, which belongs to the same religion, an opportunity.According to news, Bayezid has doubled the blood tax for Christians in the country, and has also arrested young men.This caused many believers to immigrate to Wallachia.

The influence of the Patriarch of Junbao is already at a low point. If the Orthodox Church can be revived at this time, the Patriarch will also admit it.

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Turning next to Serbia, which has been mired in civil war since Lazarević's death.Aristocrats big and small competed for the seat of the King of Serbia, and Brankovic relied on the support of Ottoman and gradually became the largest lord of Serbia.

In order to gain more support, Brankovich donated a lot of money to Bayezid, and also paid tribute to a group of Christian boys.And this really satisfied him, so he sent people to Serbia to ask them to recognize Brankovic.

Although Wallachia dealt a heavy blow to Ottoman, it only prevented Ottoman from going north. They can still stretch freely in the direction of Greece, and if they want to cut off their connection with Greece, they have to take Plovdiv, a key city. Take it down.

Facing the threat of Ottoman, those countries in Greece are not at ease at all. If they can't swallow Wallachia, they can't swallow us.

As a result, these countries planned to form a coalition to attack Ottoman.But this is really wrong, most of these regimes established in Greece were established after the Fourth Crusade and the demise of the Serbian Empire.The Catholic Church and Orthodox Christians don't get along with each other, and they can't succeed on that alone.

(End of this chapter)