The Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire was not alone in controlling the army, and the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire's Emperor Basil. Macedonia.

Although it looks like Basil. Macedonia ruled the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, but in fact Basil. Macedonia is also only able to mobilize at most half of the country's army.

The remaining half of the army was controlled by the lords, generals, and governors of the various fiefdoms of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, as well as the Church.

Of course, at least one-third of the lords, generals, and governors of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, as well as the army of the Church, were now under the control of Basil. Macedonia was transferred.

But none of this is a big deal, after all, there is no one in the Byzantine Empire of Eastern Rome who can oppose Basil. The practice of drawing troops from Macedonia.

Although some fiefdoms of the lords for Basil. Macedonia was somewhat dissatisfied with the transfer of troops.

In fact, it is normal for those lords to be dissatisfied, after all, Basil. As soon as Macedonia drew its army, it was a long time.

As a result, the lords' armies were nominally owned by the lords, but in reality their allegiances were to Basil. Macedonia.

The Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire was now at war, and the armies were willing to swear allegiance to Basil. Macedonia.

To borrow a phrase from the Chinese Empire, people go to high places, and water flows to low places.

The soldiers of these armies naturally knew that if they wanted to get the rights, they only had to follow Basil. Macedonia can regain lost territory or expand its territory.

Look at the time when I followed Basil. The soldiers of Macedonia, Basil. When Macedonia conquered the Italian peninsula or somewhere,

The soldiers and generals became the lords of the land after they were defeated.

Today, the titles, generals, and governors of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire were occupied by the nobles of the older generation or large families.

Some capable little nobles, they naturally had to follow Basil. Macedonia fought everywhere, and only in this way could they regain the glory of their ancestors.

It seems that the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire is stable and stable, but in fact, the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire is surging in the country.

The older generation of nobles did not want the new generation of nobles to take their place, which is why they also supported the young people to go to war in the army.

And at the beginning, Basil. Macedonia blindly emasculated some old nobles and supported the children of the old nobles to ascend to the throne,

This made some of the old nobles who were still living comfortably have a sense of crisis in their hearts.

After all, it seems to be Basil. Macedonia is supporting the new aristocracy to ascend to the throne, but in fact, most of the old nobles have already learned,

Basil. Macedonia has a deeper purpose, Basil. Macedonia wanted those noble families to fight among themselves.

Basil. What are the consequences of the young aristocrats that Macedonia often supports are second sons, or incompetent eldest sons?

As a consequence of this, there was a great deal of infighting among these aristocratic families in the Byzantine Empire of Eastern Rome.

The second son was supported because it was founded by the Byzantine Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. Macedonia was predestined, so they were not afraid of the power of the firstborn.

In addition to the power of the eldest son, the other brothers of the second son also have ambitions in their hearts.

They naturally thought in their hearts, since even the second son can become the new general or governor, is it possible for us to become the governor as well?

What these people can think of, the second son can naturally think of, but so what, compared to the position of governor and general, everything else is illusory.

These have been taken by Basil. The new generals and lords supported by Macedonia, even if they understood that this was Basil. Macedonian conspiracy.

They will also not hesitate to take over this position, after all, after taking over the position, when they have the resources and the army.

Hehe, the next thing is to wait for those brothers and sisters to die.

These new generals or governors, in order to maintain their position, they are also afraid of being coveted by others.

So most of them mercilessly killed all those brothers, and even those who didn't kill were imprisoned.

It is because of this scene that those who have not yet been taken by Basil. Macedonia dealt with the older generation of aristocrats, who had to choose to support Basil. Macedonia.

Only in this way can they continue to control the power in their hands, and as long as they have power in their hands, they will not be afraid of those juniors in the family.

Juniors, killing one or two doesn't matter to these veteran nobles, anyway, their families are huge.

In addition to killing, these nobles also have an idea to send the juniors of their families to fight on the front line.

This is the idea of killing two birds with one stone, sending juniors to the front, and it is impossible for juniors to threaten their status.

In addition, if the junior is really capable of making achievements, then new branches will appear within the family, so that the sub-family will become more powerful.

The Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire is also a contradiction, and the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire seems to be a provincial governorship system.

In fact, most of the provincial governors of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire were controlled by nobles born into large families.

But to say that the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire is a family dynasty, this is a bit inappropriate, although the families in the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire can influence the emperor's accession to the throne, but they are at most the emperor's accession to the throne.

If the emperor is extremely powerful, these large families will naturally choose to be loyal to the emperor.

If the emperor is weak and incompetent, then they will naturally choose other co-ruling emperors, and they will depose the emperor and elect the co-ruling emperor to the throne.

The Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire was a country of contradictions, and the position of emperor seemed to be open to everyone, but not everyone could sit on it.

If you are just the patriarch of a large family and a governor, it is not so easy for you to become the emperor of the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Rome.

You must first become the co-emperor of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, or you must control most of the military power.

Otherwise, as soon as you want to become an emperor, the other families of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire will kill you in minutes.

And Basil. Macedonia was a powerful emperor who controlled most of the army of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.

This shows that the armies of most of the lords in the Byzantine Empire of the Eastern Roman Empire were actually led by Basil. Macedonia controlled.

The salaries of these armies were paid by the noble lords, but it was Emperor Basil who controlled and commanded them. Macedonia.

To put it bluntly, the armies of those lords were more or less dominated by Basil. Macedonia is hollow.

There were, of course, exceptions, and this exception was the church of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.

The army of the Patriarchate of Constantinople was completely controlled by the Church. Macedonia really doesn't have much to control.

That's not to say Basil. What benefits Macedonia gave to these ecclesiastical armies, these armies would become basil. Macedonian.

These troops, they have their own faith in their hearts, they can be described as crazy believers, they would rather die for the sake of the church.

This kind of talent is the most terrible, Basil. Macedonia can't do anything about these people.

After all, Basil. Even if Macedonia gave these people rights or lords, they would not be interested.

Even the capital of Constantine was not very interested, after all, there was a church presence throughout the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire.

The Patriarchate of Constantinople had churches in every province, and even some generals and governors were devout believers.

This left the Patriarchate of Constantinople without having to get territory at all, and it can be said that most of the stupid Roman citizens would have sent money to their door as soon as they opened their mouths.

Because of this, Basil. Macedonia would send its children to the Patriarchate of Constantinople.

This seems to be Basil. Macedonia wanted to intervene in the church, but everyone understood that it was to put it bluntly a hostage to the church.

Eastern Roman Byzantine Emperor Basil. In addition to being a proton, Macedonia sent its children to church for another reason, and that was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Rome. Cooperation between Macedonia and the Church.

Because of this, Basil. Macedonia was able to mobilize part of the army in the church.

However, the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire did not seem to have a small army, but this was of little use, and most of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire's troops were distributed across the borders of the country.

After all, in the east, the Byzantine Empire of the Eastern Rome had to defend against the Arab Abbasids, and in the northeast, the Byzantine Empire of the Eastern Rome had to defend against the Persians.

All of this removed most of the army of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, and because of this, the domestic army of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire was really empty.

The emperor of the Byzantine Empire in Eastern Rome would not be stupid enough to take out the army that defended his territory, which would not only offend the lords too much.

This will also make the country empty, and it will be driven straight by others to attack directly.

Therefore, the army in the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire must not move, but in this case, the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire can only pull out about 40,000 troops at most.

This made the princess of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, Anantasia, even more suspicious, whether the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire could defeat the Chinese Empire?

It's just that Anantasia, the princess of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire, just hid this idea in her heart, and she naturally wouldn't reveal it like these people in front of her.

Princess Anastasia looked at the emissaries of the Republic of Venice and Armenia and said, "In that case, then go and prepare at once!" This princess gives you a month to prepare! ”

The emissaries of the Republic of Venice and the Kingdom of Armenia nodded to Anastasia.

And the princess Anantasia of the Eastern Roman Byzantine Empire also gave the Bulgarian kingdom only one month, and she asked the Bulgarian envoy to immediately return to the Bulgarian king to inform the Bulgarian king.

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