The Eagle of Eastern Europe

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

"My brother died in Wallachia, and by virtue of his birth, I succeeded him. Ten years later, as fate would have it, he entered Constantinople."

"I have been in office for nine years and have not dared to slack off in the slightest. I have taken it as my own duty to restore the glory of Rome. I am not warlike. I only want to protect myself from the ambitions of others. Who believes that my only enemy is the pagan, and I am the only one to bear it."

"The empire is surrounded by powerful enemies, and I can only survive by sending troops continuously. None of this has made me miserable, and it is comparable to leaving today."

Speaking of this, everyone else was shocked. Is the emperor going to follow Diocletian's example and abdicate?

"In order to rule all the territories, I am unable to do what I want. Every day I use up my remaining strength and become exhausted. My son Peter..."

Mircea looked at his eldest son, and then said: "When he succeeds me, Wallachia, Moldova, Bulgaria, Anatolia, Athens, Rome and India, I know that he will rule with excellence and hope to carry forward the empire." .”

After that, Mircea spoke to the others, talking about brotherly harmony, being friendly, being united, and in short, hoping for family harmony.

"Good luck!"

These were the last words Mircea said to Peter, and then he left here with the help of the eunuch, leaving only his children looking at each other.

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 Batlan dynasty, announced his abdication and passed it to his eldest son Peter, ending his nine-year reign.

Although preparations for the coronation will take another month, the actual work has already begun. Mircea directly handed over all the work to him the day after announcing his abdication. Anyway, Peter had a lot of experience, and now the handover is complete. He went to the castle in Bukul Yesti to retire. Although Constantinople was nice, it was still not as comfortable as Wallachia where he grew up. The minister's name for himself also changed.

"Your Majesty, this is a report from Suceava Province. Wladyslaw of Poland is currently deploying troops and looks to be attacking our country."

Wladyslaw seems to be quite free, and he can still mobilize troops to show Rome. What is he going to do?

“It seems that Poland is still dishonest.”

Peter, Michael, and Vlad once again divided Poland and Lithuania. Michael could give up control of the Oresund Strait, but he needed to annex half of Livonia and Lithuania. Vlad also agreed. As for the southern region, it was naturally Roman territory.

"Poland wants to show the empire that their strength is still there and not to act rashly."

For this country that saved Vienna from fire and water, and was destroyed three times and restored three times, Peter... had no respect at all. It was going to disappear from the map anyway, so it was better to let him disappear more completely.

"The empire has a long border with Poland and Lithuania, from Hungary to the Cossacks, and it will have to rely on the help of other countries to solve it once and for all."

According to the previous brotherly agreement, Michael would take the first shot in attacking Poland and Lithuania, and then Vlad and Peter would follow up, leaving Wladyslaw with nothing to do, and finally being forced to sign a peace treaty with them.

This method is the best. No matter how powerful Wladyslaw is, there is only one person, plus Vytautas is also two, and they have three people. Moreover, in terms of national strength and army, their alliance is stronger than Glass, and there are no wing cavalry at this time, so there is a high probability of carving it up.

The succession of the new emperor was the biggest event in the empire, and all major newspapers reported on it. This also allowed the spies from various countries lurking in Constantinople to spread the news back to the country as quickly as possible, hoping to enable them to take countermeasures early.

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

It is said that a new official has three things to do when he takes office, and Peter is the same. He directly waved his hand and reduced half of the country's poll tax. It is a gift to the people of the whole country.

With the current economic strength of the Roman Empire, if taxes were collected according to the method of the Komnenos dynasty, it would easily increase to 5 million lei. Moreover, the current income is completely sufficient, and reducing the head tax by half will not affect other things.

----Dividing line----

Now the two emperors in the West and the East have completed their replacements. The 41-year-old Sigismund and the 29-year-old Peter have become the new rulers of the major European countries. Both sides are working hard to win the final victory for themselves in this increasingly tense China and Europe.

Sigismund set out to fulfill his first promise: to end the schism in the church. With the support of the Archbishop of Mainz, he prepared to convene a religious conference in Constance, including three popes and hundreds of bishops and princes, with the purpose of solving the dilemma encountered by the HRE and the Catholic world.

Except for the Pope of Avignon, the other two reacted positively. They all knew that such internal friction would be advantageous to the Orthodox Church. Only by uniting can we resist, so they decided to participate.

On the other hand, Sigismund also preached everywhere about the threat from the east, which required the princes to assemble an army to resist. He hoped that everyone would have the money and strength to form an imperial army to defend the eastern border.

The Archduke of Austria at this time was Sigismund's son-in-law Albert V. Because he was too young, the ministers left behind by his father helped to govern. Sigismund valued him very much and hoped that he could become his heir, so resources have been tilted here. Since Austria and Hungary are adjacent, this became an important place to block the entry of Eastern armies, and the capital, Vienna, was also built to be impregnable.

The entire Southern HRE has reached an agreement that in order to protect itself, it must resist Rome and the Berlin Alliance. To this end, they also found the Duke of Burgundy and all joined the anti-Roman alliance.

Sigismund told him that after defeating Rome he could gain the title of King of Burgundy and some of the HRE lands. This was exactly what John wanted, so it was easy to increase their power.

To the east, Poland and Lithuania also found the HRE, ready to be used as foreign aid. In Moscow, it also won the support of the Grand Duke's brother Yuri and a group of boyars. The Kalma League, led by the queen's heir, Eric of Pomerania, joined the war against the Berlin League at any time.

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