The Eagle of Eastern Europe

The Battle of Schwechat made Duke Pozzoni famous. Many people know how this duke wearing an iron mask killed everyone on the battlefield. Mary knew it, and Sigismund knew it a few days later.

The entire army was destroyed, and Sigismund had to consider reality and negotiate a peace with his ex-wife. Moreover, he has to fish out his own relatives. Without him, he doesn’t know who else can help.

Sigismund asked Frederick, Count of Nuremberg, to negotiate, but Frederick recommended his relative, Frederick, Count of Sauron, to negotiate peace.

Frederick recommended his relatives not only to support relatives, but also to gain more support from Catholic forces. Habsburg has always prided itself on being a Catholic family, and now asking the pious Earl Sauron to negotiate for peace may shake Habsburg. position and contribute to the family's status.

In the HRE, especially in Austria, the two Habsburg relatives were very afraid, especially the one living in Linz. They were afraid that the Duke would come here to burn, kill and loot, so they gave up one-third of themselves. He took it out of the treasury and sent it to the Duke. Sir, don't go to Linz. The poverty here cannot satisfy you. Go to Tyrol, where there are silver mines. (Relatives from Tyrol: I thank you)

When Sigismund failed, the happiest person was Wenzel. Although family is the most important thing, in this Luxembourg family that is about to die, inheritance cannot compare with the pleasure of the moment. And Jobst was also persuaded by Wenzel to let his niece-in-law inherit Brandenburg. But before that, the disobedient people in Brandenburg need to be eradicated or forced to admit it.

Compared with his brothers who have become Caesars and Dukes, Vlad, the third child, has more of a scholarly air. And his marriage to Anne could not escape political considerations, and the Queen of Bohemia was also very satisfied with the marriage. Even if she had an opinion, she didn't dare to say it. Her in-laws' family was much bigger than her own. And now they are living under someone else's roof, for fear of being kicked out if they don't pay attention.

The fallout from the royal marriage also kept government officials busy, and Angel had to deal with pressure from Anatolia. One wrong step and you could be in jeopardy.

"Father, someone is here to see you."

"who is that?"

The eldest son stopped talking. Angel knew at a glance that the person coming was a difficult person to deal with, so he was invited in.

"Prime Minister, how is your health?"

It's Listerine. This guy is really difficult to deal with. They all came to his house. It depends on when this old man will die, right?

"I wonder if you can still come see me. Don't worry, I'm still in good health."

"Master Prime Minister, you are His Majesty's First Minister. Who can let you die?"

He was really glib, but Angel was also curious about what he was doing here today.

"Actually, I came here this time to make good friends with the Prime Minister. Now there are rumors that there are many conflicts between me and the Prime Minister. Even His Majesty has heard about it. Over time, it will be very harmful to the trust between you and me."

"You just want me to work with you to write to His Majesty to eliminate the rumors."

"Exactly, I know the Prime Minister has some complaints, but for your sake, I hope you can agree to my request this time."

Angel was still thinking about how to deal with Listerine, but his sudden surrender still made him feel comfortable. She said that she still needed to think about his request and let him leave.

"What a stubborn old man, harder than a rock."

As soon as he left the official residence, Listerine cursed under his breath. If His Majesty hadn't seen the political rift, could he have relented and gone to the palace in person?

But what can he do? He is a well-established old Boyar family, and he is a new aristocrat who has risen rapidly in the past ten years. Although the emperor vigorously eliminated the influence of the old nobles, the remaining strength should not be underestimated. The emperor has always adopted balancing tactics, finding a balance between the nobility and the nouveau riche, and vigorously promoting other classes of people to participate in politics. This is also the reason why Rome can continue to expand.

But Boyar's silence does not mean that they have accepted their fate. They took advantage of the opportunity of examination and promotion to attract some new people into their circle. And after these ten years, they also knew that it was impossible to restore the previous situation, so they changed their strategy, expanded their power as much as possible in the new land, and used their influence to influence government affairs.

It is impossible for the emperor to completely leave them, and their support is crucial to the implementation of the decree in the local area. So it's such a wonderful balance right now.

In Mircea's view, as long as expansion and his own orders can be guaranteed, the private lives of the nobles will not be disturbed. In his opinion, ten years of reform is enough, and there is no need to cause more deaths. Let everything remain as it is.

He felt physically and mentally exhausted now, and if Peter had been around he might have persisted, but now he wasn't. Suddenly, I felt that ever since I became emperor, there has been only intrigue and mutual suspicion in the family, and the original 100% trust is gone. Is this the price of becoming a leader?

Even so, the changes he brought to Rome were comparable to those of Alexios and John II. It was he who saved Rome, which had only one city left, and regained its lost territory. It was he who changed the system that had existed for thousands of years and gave the people at the bottom the opportunity to participate in politics. It was he who made the Orthodox Church no longer have to bow to the West and no longer need to discuss church mergers. All changes are brought about by him.

He also brought back the long-dormant ancient Greek culture and gave all the people the concept of subjects of the Roman Empire, a unified religion, a unified history, a unified weights and measures, and a unified currency. These are all new things brought by Mircea, and the people have not been this comfortable for a long time. In the memories of some old people, in the past few decades, they were either fighting here or on the road to war, and corvee labor and taxes were common things. Now they are suddenly relaxed, which is really incredible.

Merchants resumed long-distance trade, from as far away as Cluj to Ancyra, east to west, and the scope of Roman merchants expanded. Of course, there is also the church. Churches, monasteries, and mission schools are all good ways to assimilate the local area. In addition to the church, secular schools also began to develop with Mircea's permission. As long as education was conducted in Romanian, nothing else was said.

Today's Rome is different from the Rome before. Now they pay more attention to instilling the concepts of unity and imperial power into the people. Cultural education and religion paid more attention to it. Perhaps he was fed up with the civil war, which made Mircea determined to formulate a more detailed code as the basis for governing the country. This is a long-term war, unlike the East, where people have unity engraved in their bones.