Eagle Flag of Epirus

In the late autumn of 1205, with the restoration of the city of Athens, Epirus declared a complete victory in the autumn offensive on the southern front. The Kingdom of Thessaloniki, which was originally trying to spy on the south, finally gave up its intervention in the Moria region. Intent, the Latin cavalry, who was still eyeing, finally had no choice but to choose to dingy back to Thessaloniki City.

This eased the passive situation of the Northern Front, which had been defeated in the previous attack on Macedonia, to some extent. Instead, the Latins who had won were uncertain. Because in the invisibility, as Moria and Athens fell under Epirus' control, they have fallen into the vast sea of ​​Greeks, and the resistance riots in the territory have been one after another. The desperate Latins now have to focus all their energies on how to deal with the rebellious Greeks within their territories, and they have to put aside their next advance plans. This also allowed Epirus in the west and Nicaea in the east to have some breathing opportunities. After all, no matter what, the remaining power of the Byzantine Empire is still too weak, even if it can deal with the Latin countries and face the behind it. Venice is still powerless.

In the same way, Justinian was seated in the city of Athens, and he also gained precious time to digest the results of his battle. Due to the strict orders issued by Justinian before, although the city had experienced a **** battle before, it was prevented from suffering major damage. As soon as he entered the city, under Justinian’s signal, the chief of the Leo’s garrison, who was in charge of arranging matters in the city, pacified the Latin civilians in the city. The three chapters of the law, as long as they are not Venetians and there are no bad crimes, anyone’s life is safe It will be fully guaranteed, which will also prevent the loss of a large number of people in the city of Athens.

As for the prisoners of war surrendered by the former Principality of Athens, Justinian, according to the Latins, can be released after paying the ransom, and this money is of course the military expenditure that Justinian needs at this time.

Although this was criticized by some people, Justinian did not compromise, and even leased the Port of Piraeus to the Pisa in exchange for any hesitation. The reason is simple. The war depends on the people who can serve, not on other things. Especially now that blindly excluding the Latins will only lead to a worsening situation in the empire, so in the end, under Justinian’s resistance, no large-scale retaliatory bloodshed occurred in the places under his control. The popularity of the Latins before. The panic was also temporarily calmed down.

In the sunset outside the city, Justinian, who was riding around the city with a few of his followers, looked at the city of Athens, which was gradually restored under his control, with satisfaction. It has only been a month, and the scene here is no longer the same as before. The same. In particular, the entry of the Pizza people has gradually formed the rudimentary form of business transactions here. I saw a prosperous scene of the vendors in the past. Although at this time the economic center of the original Greek region has moved south to Corinth and Koroni, Athens still has a lot of value for Justinian as a business point for cooperation with the Pisa, and more importantly. Once war with the Venetians in the future, here will be a very important maritime stronghold. But the only trouble is that the Attica peninsula is too barren, and the food output can be said to be pitiful. At this time, the army of thousands of people in his hands is a little unable to eat and drink.

So Justinian decided to deal with everything here in the shortest possible time, and then left to return to Moria to deal with other matters.

"After I leave, you will take care of everything here, Leo." Looking at the defense chief Justinian in front of him, said, Arslan and Neusky beside him are good at charging and defending, while Leo defends. Before joining the army, he had a career as a civil servant, so only by entrusting him with management can Justinian feel at ease.

And Leo’s defense commander, who was following by his side, nodded and said: "Please don't worry, Lord Justinian, I will definitely live up to my mission."

"Well, of course I believe you won't let me down. How are you doing with the land survey?" Justinian asked, suddenly thinking of something.

And Leo’s defense chief also immediately replied: "It is already registered, and everything is almost done. Please rest assured, Lord Justinian!"

Upon seeing this, Justinian nodded calmly, "That's good." Although Attica's land is barren, the production of wine and olive oil still has a certain degree of commercial competitiveness, so he asked Leo defensive officer to proceed. The first thing was to confiscate all the land that originally belonged to the Latin nobles and state it.

This war undoubtedly helped Justinian a lot. Due to the invasion of the Latins, the original owner of the land basically either died ~www.ltnovel.com~ or fled, so he was able to easily acquire large tracts of land and fields. The tenant farmers on the ground did not encounter the difficulties and fierce opposition from the old nobles in Moria.

But, of course, all that Justinian did was not for his own selfishness, but to wipe out the bad governance of the previous dynasty. As the Komunin dynasty responded to the crisis, the already disintegrated military region system moved towards benevolence, which directly led to the irreversible decline of the empire’s armaments, and the country’s finances were severely damaged as a result, so Justinian understood that he wanted To rejuvenate the empire again, we must firmly grasp the land in our own hands.

In Justinian’s idea, the income generated by state-controlled land is used to pay military salaries and state expenses, unless in important military border areas, the lords have no power to allocate land. At the same time, the benefice acquired by the banned military aristocracy does not have hereditary power. When he dies in battle or passes away, his ban will be reclaimed directly by the central government of the empire and transferred to other warrior and heroic men as an inspiration to homicide. The enemy's reward. In fact, Justinian is restoring the past military region system, thereby uprooting the hereditary dignitaries that led to the decline of the empire. However, this is still an expedient measure, but for the time being, this is the best plan that Justinian can choose. With sufficient troops and wealth, it can support future military operations.

At this moment, the sound of horse hooves in the distance attracted the attention of Justinian and the others. A scout riding a horse came from the south to speed up his whip. Obviously, something urgent had happened to report. Suddenly, this made Justinian and everyone around him nervous, because they had been waiting for news from the south for the past two months and were nervous about it.

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