Chapter 66 The Heart of the Empire
After the catastrophe called the Latin Rebellion finally subsided, Molia finally ushered in a rare peace. This peace was undoubtedly exchanged for the lives of countless people. With iron fist, Justinian rebuilt the authority of the empire in Mistrasse, and the execution of nobles was the head of the execution, and their fiefs and wealth became the pillars of the recovery of this scorched earth.
The tax-free lands that were once mastered by nobles and monks now have no owners, and these lands are naturally owned by Justinian. But how to deal with these lands is undoubtedly a huge problem. Some people have proposed to distribute the land to the soldiers who have made contributions, and some insist on using the land to resettle displaced civilians. Both sides have their own reasonable reasons. The former is to appease the soldiers who died, while the latter is to calm the trauma caused to the Roman people by the war.
In the end, Justinian chose a compromise plan. He granted a large amount of land to the soldiers who made meritorious in the war of rebellion and the old Morian nobles who firmly supported him, but about half of the land was quickly distributed to landless peasants. At the same time, Justinian merged the various harsh taxes originally determined by the tax holders into a land tax, and the Governor-General of Moria uniformly determined the tax amount according to the land quality and deterioration of the land, simplifying the tax procedures. This undoubtedly made everyone acceptable. The nobles obtained considerable benefits and could continue to support Justinian. The farmers' tax amount was much lower than that of the Latin rule or even before the Roman aristocrats. Due to the large number of
The old nobles were killed and injured. In a short time, the 22 prosecutors appointed by Justinian could successfully implement a thorough measurement of the land of Moria, which greatly increased the actual land area of Moria compared with the tax-bearing period. Therefore, while the burden on farmers was reduced, the tax revenue that Justinian could get increased. However, these were obviously not enough. Justinian also adopted strict measures to implement a monopoly policy on important economic crops, and provided seeds, livestock, farm tools and loans to some poor farmers. Through the above methods, Moria suffered huge trauma and was finally comforted. Although it was far from that time to recover, Moria's people could finally forget their sufferings for the future.
At this moment, everything seemed to be calm again. The Latin power had been uprooted, the surrendered people of the Achaean vassal state had been placed in Patras without any threat, and the old nobles who colluded with outsiders were all eliminated. It seemed that this suffering land had finally escaped her nightmare.
On the plains within the walls of Corinth, a team was now passing through the fields in a low-key manner. When the farmers who were working and working among the fields saw the flags flying in front of the team, they put down their lives and knelt down to thank the people on the horse.
And on the horse was Justinian who set out from Mistras to Athens.
Not long ago, after the Latines in Athens were completely wiped out by the Pisa Navy, Justinian received an invitation from the Pisa people, saying that they would celebrate the victory together and discuss some related matters.
Justinian took this opportunity, instead of taking a boat from Pisa to Athens, he drove through the entire Peloponnese to patrol the entire Governor's district. Wherever he passed, officials from all over the country were trembling with fear. This was exactly the effect Justinian needed. Through control of the land, he could make the people on the land realize that their survival had been manipulated by Justinian's increasingly complex administrative machines, especially the farmers, who began to think that they were working for Justinian, so that on the way, Justinian occasionally encountered a bonded man who still had bad intentions to blackmail the farmers' money, and he was refuted in person, "We are the farmers of the Governor, and your good days are over."
With the new crop rotation system, new tax measures, and severe laws, Justinian finally successfully brought the Peloponnese, who was in trouble, to get on the right track. But not everything went smoothly. Although the entire Molia was controlled by Justinian, the key place in the city of Athens was now controlled by aliens and was waiting to be sold for it to threaten itself.
Handling the Pizza people has now become the top priority for Justinian, but what to do is not yet fully agreed on until now.
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"Are we going to Athens at this time, Your Highness Justinian?" Salius said to Justinian. After Neusky clearly expressed his opposition, Justinian still happily accepted the invitation from Pierre, the Pisa man to go to Athens for a banquet. However, in the eyes of discerning people, this trip was by no means a wise move. Although as an ally who had jointly suppressed the Latin rebellion, the greedy conditions proposed by the Pisa man had now left the foundation for cooperation between the two sides. Almost everyone opposed Justinian's trip and believed that this was too dangerous.
However, Justinian obviously had his own opinions. He went against the opposition and only brought Salius and a small number of personal guards. Faced with the doubts of the people around him, Justinian still seemed calm and calm, as if he had a solution.
"Sarius, since you don't think we need to go this trip, what do you think our top priority now should be?" Justinian asked back on the horse.
"Since those Pisa are so greedy, we should punish them with thunder! Those cowards who enjoy their merits will not be our opponents at all. His Highness Justinian, we should raid the city of Athens, and the little force of the Pisa is not our opponents at all." Zalius expressed his thoughts, and this was not only his own opinion, but also the voice of all other people who opposed Justinian's travel this time. Finally, he completely broke free from the shackles of the Latins. Now no one in Molia is willing to make any concessions to the despicable foreigners. The strong xenophobic thought made countless people ask for battle.
Chapter completed!