"Molia's little fox..." In Rusnina's palace, Emperor Mikhail said softly to himself. He was thousands of miles away and learned about Justinian's brilliant achievements in Peloponnese. This military operation was completely beyond his expectations. He originally ordered Agrignon to attack the Principal of Athens to consume the strength of Count Theodor, but he did not expect that the other party would point his finger at Achaia. Thinking of this, the man couldn't help but sneer.

"What a good method, my brother!"

The two of them were incompatible with the rule of Epirus. Although he was already the emperor's emperor, Mikhail never thought Theodor could give up easily. The attack on the vassal state of Achaia was revenge. In fact, Mikhail had a secret contact with William, the monarch of the vassal state of Achaia, and intended to work together to eliminate the Principal of Athens and the Kingdom of Thessalonika, but now this plan has completely disappeared.

But Mikhail was in a state of anger and could not vent his anger, because the deal with the Latins was shameful. His dirty relationship with the Holy See and the Crusaders had always been his heart disease, which was a fatal threat to his orthodox status.

Justinian, it seems that you can't be underestimated! Losing Muzfius, now you hugged Theodor's thigh, is such a good way. Mikhail looked at the letter written by Theodor recommended Justinian as the governor of the Moria Military Region, his eyes were filled with cold light and a strong murderous aura.

But as a superior, Mikhail quickly calmed down. Since the vassal state of Achaia had no value for exploitation. Although this would make the Agrignon's faction stronger, it was in his interest to eliminate this confidant. Moreover, Mikhail believed that Justinian and Theodor were not a monolith, and Molia's fat piece of meat might not be able to swallow it.

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The bustling city was full of lively and prosperous scenes. Since it was not affected by war, the city of Tripolis was not severely damaged. Apart from the shrinking of trade due to the war between the two countries, the lives of residents were basically not affected much. However, the economic status of the Peloponnese was not prominent in the Byzantine Empire. Although this was an extremely prosperous place in the classical era, the most prosperous place over the past few hundred years was the area around Thessalonika and Constantinople. The economic status of ancient cities such as Athens has declined greatly, and the same is true for Tripolis.

However, Tripolis is not very dependent on trade in the mainland, which is still good news for Justinian. There are many farmhouses in the suburbs of this agricultural city. Although they were looted by the Turks before, Justinian had previously instructed mills, barns, garages, and stables, such as mills, barns, garages, and stables, that the tenants who fled as the end of the war also returned. In order to calm the people, Justinian issued an edict promising not to retaliate against the Latin civilians in the city, so many residents who wanted to escape were able to temporarily feel at ease to engage in production. As for the Tripolis fields, mainly barley, wheat and olives, it is now the busy season, and after the war, people are busy working on the fields.

Although these foods were to provide daily supply to the locals, even so, it was enough for Justinian. His troops were only two thousand, and he was temporarily enough to eat with the Southern Peloponnese. On the contrary, the most urgent task is to replenish the loss of troops. Although Justinian won a great victory in the battle of the Alfios, the price was also terrible. Most of the deaths and injuries of the Censors, heavy infantry and Turkic cavalry also lost a lot. More importantly, in order to complete the ambush on the Achaean Knights, Justinian spent most of the Greek fire stored in the Ark of the Covenant. He did not have a recipe for using it once and once, which made Justinian feel distressed for a long time.

But recruitment also requires money. Justinian had a lot of wealth left after the huge amount of wealth that Justinian had obtained from Alexei III, but Justinian did not want to use it for the time being, so he set his sight on the land.

The continuous lands outside the city of Tripolis are undoubtedly invisible wealth. These lands were originally the property of the Pronian nobles, and later became the fiefs of the Achaean knights. Now that Justinian has captured this place, these lands are naturally owned by Justinian. It is difficult to conquer the country and defend the country. Justinian has deeply felt this in the past few days.

It was not easy to manage this land, and Justinian's subordinates, both Leo and Neuski, were from the army and had no economic minds. It was so hard for him to manage a large area of ​​territory.

First of all, the knight fief system in Western Europe and the original Byzantine Pronian system were directly excluded by Justinian. In terms of integrating France and Byzantine legal systems, Justinian felt that the Achaean vassal state practice was obviously better than Athens, Thessalonika and the Latin Empire. Therefore, it was the longest-lasting country in history, and it lasted until the Byzantine Empire was destroyed. However, the knight fief greatly suppressed military mobilization, and now the Byzantine Empire is facing a huge crisis and it is absolutely impossible to adopt it.

Taking this model, it can be said that the lack of soldiers from the Pa-Chorus in later generations was closely related to the century-old Latin fiefing. As for the Pronian system, which was a poison to quench thirst, was abandoned by Justinian. It is undoubtedly one of the culprits of the fragmentation of the empire today. It has an economic structure similar to the knight system, but it has no binding force of the fiefing system. Although the Pronian system provided the empire with precious high-quality soldiers at that time, it eventually tore up the effective control of the central government over the local area.

Then there was only the only option to restore the military region system. This ancient system brought from North Africa to the Byzantine Empire from the Heraclio era resisted countless foreign invasions for the empire.

The so-called military region system is to replace provincial areas with military regions, and they are both farmers and soldiers, and rule by generals in charge of military affairs. The military region obtains corresponding land, establishes military garrison system, organizes free peasants into the army, allocates their hereditary land, and makes them become military farm soldiers who "integrate soldiers and farmers", pay land taxes, captive taxes, etc. to the state, but does not serve public labor; a large amount of land is granted to military generals, and land income is used as their basic salary. The difference between it and the Pronian system is that senior nobles do not have the right to supervise the territory, they cannot annex the state's land, nor can they gain control over the peasants in the territory.
Chapter completed!