The Eagle of Eastern Europe

Poland and Teutonia also signed a peace treaty in Torun through the mediation of Bohemia:

1. The Teutonic Knights gave up their territorial claims to Samogitia during the lifetimes of King Władysław of Poland and Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania. After their deaths, Samogitia was returned to the Order.

2. The Dobzhen region, the territory occupied by Poland in the previous war, was returned to Poland. (in Greater Poland)

3. After the Battle of Grunwald, there were about 14,000 prisoners. The Treaty of Thorne agreed that the King of Poland would release all the prisoners for a ransom equal to approximately 20,000 kilograms of silver, which would be repaid in four years. It was equivalent to ten times the annual income of the Kingdom of England at that time.

To pay reparations, the Knights borrowed heavily from foreign countries, confiscated gold and silver from churches, and increased taxes. Riots broke out in two major Prussian cities, Danzig and Thorne, to protest against the increase in taxes. The disastrous defeat at the Battle of Grunwald left the Teutonic Knights without many troops to defend their remaining territory. Now that Poland and Lithuania had become Christian countries, it was difficult for the Knights to recruit recruits who wanted to join the Crusades.

With the end of the war between the three countries, calm has returned to Eastern Europe, but under the surface of the lake, there is an undercurrent.

Vasily regretted not taking action earlier, otherwise he would surely have obtained the land. But in the final analysis, Moscow itself does not have enough strength. The army needs to carry out long-term construction, and this requires a large amount of funds, which cannot be separated from the income of Novgrod.

Taking advantage of the weakened Teutonia, Michael tried to negotiate with the Livonian Knights. Proposing to buy Reval for 10,000 gold coins, the group leader said that they needed to discuss it.

If it can succeed, it will avoid the need for a sword-to-sword encounter. This is also an explanation to the people.

Poland has also set its sights on Brandenburg in the west. The elector has been in contact with surrounding countries and doesn't know what to do.

But be careful, Poland cannot stand the trouble. So someone was sent to Brandenburg to ensure the implementation of trade with other countries.

It can only be said that the years are quiet. In this case, Peter also started to be busy with other things, such as choosing a wife for his son.

Alexander is already 8 years old. As the future heir, his wife needs to be decided as soon as possible. So women of working age from all over Europe showed up in the office, and they had to find a suitable one.

"Your Highness, Anne, the daughter of the Duke of Burgundy, is a good candidate. Our country can form an alliance with Burgundy. This country's economy and military are both good."

"Think about it, next one."

Peter gave an order, and the minister quickly changed one.

"The King of France has a daughter who is one year younger than His Highness."

"Isn't the King of France mentally ill? How can a person with such a hereditary thought?"

In addition, there were also women of suitable age from the princes and counts of Castile, the Palatinate, and the Netherlands. Peter still had some thoughts about which family to marry in this era, which would mean an alliance. Rome needed a country to ally with that had certain strength but would not hold it back.

It seems that this is also a long-term process. He does not dare to find people from the internal aristocracy, which will form a family of foreign relatives. There is no foundation for finding a foreign counterparty, so don’t worry.

But for now, there aren’t many options. And this needs to be discussed with the wife. After all, it is a major matter for the child and cannot be taken casually.

The empire is now in a state of idleness. Although it has goals, every day is just training and recuperation. The war cannot be fought at all.

Peter also took time every day to translate some books from the East, such as Mengxi Bi Tan and Zizhi Tongjian.

He is now the heir to the Roman Empire and has written some articles about these figures in the Eastern world. For example, the First Emperor who unified the six kingdoms directly wrote a long article praising this figure from thousands of years ago.

"The achievements of this Eastern emperor can be compared with Augustus, no, he is even greater than Augustus. He started the trend of world history. Although there was much slander after his death, his successors are all Follow the path he pioneered.”

There are many such words, which can be regarded as worship of the ruler. Politically speaking, Rome was more than 200 years behind the East. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, it was in a long period of sluggishness, and it is only now starting to catch up. They may even surpass each other in the future.

He has always respected the East. Before there was a second time traveler, they were destined to fall behind. This is just a blessing. In this society, the social balance will eventually be broken. In this case, let the East become his economic colony.

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Mircea also enjoys leisurely life. Most things are handled by his son, which can be regarded as cultivating his political skills. I really don't understand why those emperors who are seventy or eighty years old cling to the throne and don't let go. I should abdicate when I am old.

Just like Diocletian, he took the initiative to give up talents after 20 years in office, but this idealized policy still lost to the hearts of the people. The taste of power is the sweetest, but Mircea, who is going smoothly, is also a little tired of it.

The comfortable life in Constantinople was on the one hand. After the palace was repaired, Mircea held a party every month and watched opera performances every week, so that a troupe of 90 people was on standby at any time. There were actors, jugglers, and some small people acting as clowns. These people did their best to perform for the emperor in the palace, and the emperor was recently obsessed with astrology. For this reason, he built an observatory in Constantinople and hired some people to guide him.

This kind of crazy play has some impact on the royal family's finances, but fortunately Mircea is not a generous person. The performing troupe did not expand further and continued to repair the palace and build other palaces. After all, he must live in the best place in Europe.

Although Mircea's political abilities did not diminish, entertainment did occupy an increasing amount of his time. There were also gifts from the east, which only aggravated Mircea's curiosity. He began to invest in literature and art such as painting and sculpture, and only needed to make final policy decisions every day.

Another reason is that when he read the history of the empire, he read many examples of brothers fighting against each other and imprisoning their fathers for the throne. Even Emperor Constantine's family fell apart after his death.

Therefore, enfeoffment can avoid these situations. Michael is in Moscow, Vlad is in Brandenburg, and the empire is left to Peter. This distribution method is the most satisfactory to him. Not only can the family's influence be spread to most of Europe, but tragedies can also be avoided.

Even if he does nothing, Peter can still sit on the emperor's throne with his strength. But the emperor's suspicion can never be changed, so letting other children go to foreign countries is also to protect them. The only thing missing was that the youngest son did not have a fiefdom yet, and Mircea was planning to use his influence to find a piece of land from Europe. Only in this way could he feel at ease.