"Your Majesty, I am sorry to tell you that the court in Paris has sent me a letter with the contents of the letter in much the same way as Prince Enrique, and it seems that Prince Enrique's opinion is not owned by one person."

At the dinner in the Grand Palace, Louis said to Constantine with a wry smile.

At that time, although Constantine promised Prince Enrique that he would not participate in the Christian civil war, the main war faction in the cabinet inevitably did not have some prevarication ideas in their hearts, and now the opinion of the Paris court has completely dispelled the idea of the main war faction.

Charles VII saw very clearly that his only heir, Louis, has been following Constantine now, and has been deeply influenced by Constantine, he must have a good relationship with Constantine's Eastern Empire, Charles VII's own health is not very good, and the future throne will fall to Louis, so building a good relationship with the Constantinople court through Louis is the top priority of the Paris court now, in this case, Louis's life is much better than in France.

"Well, that's right, no one wants the reality that the Roman Empire is about to be revived, for them, only the empire they dominate is the Roman Empire, and they certainly don't want to go to war on it."

Now none of the European countries are in the state, the Kingdom of Poland, known as the shield of God in later generations, actually accepted the "Prague Religious Agreement", although the Holy Roman Empire seems to be facing Laszllo with the same hatred for the time being, but as long as Laszló wins a few battles, the loose structure of the Holy Roman Empire will collapse immediately, France has just ended the Hundred Years' War, the Burgundian lords are the biggest destabilizing factor in France, and the history of the outbreak in England is famous. The War of the Roses is in full swing, the Kingdom of Aragon is unstable because of the throne of Navarre, the Kingdom of Castile is ready to launch the Reconquista again, the Kingdom of Portugal is still sailing, and the Italian region is full of anti-bones of the Holy See, and it seems that the Holy See can hardly find any helpers,

But Constantine believed that as long as the court of Constantinople dared to stand up and declare its readiness to recover Rome, all actions in the Kingdom of Castile and Aragon would stop and prepare to support the Holy See, Charles VII would at least pay for it, and the Italian mercenaries would only recognize money and not people, and the Kingdom of Poland would definitely stop the civil war immediately, and watching the situation develop here, the eyes of Christendom would shift from their own country itself to between Rome and Constantinople, and Constantinople and the Holy See would become performers on the stage, And other countries are spectators,

Oh no, I'm a clown.

Let others watch their every move, if the Constantinople side wins many battles, then everyone will come to suppress the Eastern Empire, that's for sure, and if the Holy See is in the upper hand, everyone will stand by and watch, no one will help the Eastern Empire,

The reason is that now Christendom is under the control of the Holy See, everyone can still live, if the Roman Empire is revived, it is difficult to say what status everyone is, which is why the attitude towards the two camps is different, you see if there is any monarch to persuade the Holy See not to go to war, that is, no matter how bad the existing order is, in the eyes of those in power, it is better than the unknown order, because under the unknown order, the person in power is not necessarily the person in power.

The scene fell silent, Louis also knew what kind of attitude the letter sent by Charles VII was expressing, but he couldn't say anything, he was still the Dauphin of France after all,

"We have to do something now, or their eyes will always fall on us, Louie, what do you think?"

Constantine's words woke Louis from his contemplation, and he nodded cautiously,

"That's right, they will only be relieved if we move up, but if we support Laszlo Caesar on the one hand and start another war on the other, will the domestic economic and material situation be able to sustain it?"

Constantine crossed his hands, leaned back, looked at the beautiful frescoes on the ceiling, and thought,

"It's a big deal, I'll go to a few families in China to ask for help, but it's just to do it again, it's not a big deal."

After the Fourth Crusade, due to the turbulence of the Eastern Empire, the military aristocracy became a force to be reckoned with in the empire, and when the Komnenos went west to replace the bureaucratic aristocracy in Constantinople, the same military aristocracy and the Komnenos went west together, helping the Komnean family to ascend to the throne at the same time, but also brought huge wealth and land to themselves, such as the Kantostepanoi family, the Kantakuzenoy family, and the Valleolog family, And now, there are seven giant forces in the country, in addition to the above three, there are also the Skley family, the Hamatri family, the Mavrozom family and the Gavlet family.

These seven aristocratic forces are all over the government and the opposition, occupying a large part of the land, for example, the land from Thessaloniki to Constantinople is all controlled by the Kantakuzenoi family, they did not participate in the rebellion of Laiena, and after the war, they skillfully seized part of the land of the Laiena power group, if it were not for Constantine's ruthlessness, the government of Constantinople may not be able to suppress these giants now,

There is also the Skley family, which is the supergiant of the empire's maritime trade, there are dozens or hundreds of large and small ports in the empire, all the ships, remember, are all, more than eighty percent are the cargo ships of the Skley family, and twenty percent are merchant ships sailing with the Skley family crest, there is such a proverb in the Eastern Empire, "On the sea, the double-headed eagle is trampled under the feet of the holy lion", and the holy lion is the family crest of the Skley family,

In Constantine's noble migration activities, although these families were very eager to cooperate, their lands were still left in the Balkans, why didn't Constantine choose to change his territory? First, this is their property, not fiefdom, and there is no transfigation, and second, the amount of land they control is too huge to be transferred at all.

You may not know so much, but as long as you know that these nobles are on the same level as the royal family Valleog family, you can know how powerful these nobles are.

Louis was silent for a short time, he knew that the country was in danger now, but in a short period of time, for the current people, you really can't find a reason to punish the rest of the nobles, you can't punish people because of how long they have been in the property, right? The inviolability of private property is not recent, it is a European tradition, which has existed since ancient Roman times,

And their property is not from the black, it was personally promised to them by the previous emperors of the Komnenos dynasty and the Palaiolog dynasty, it is a privileged land, and the name of the people is justified, no matter how big your face is Constantine XI, you can't deprive people of their ancestral property for no reason, right? And people are also famous law-abiding citizens, and the taxes paid every year are full and timely, the key is that people just don't evade taxes, and people's power is growing in a way that ordinary people can't imagine.

Constantine's current idea is not to nationalize their land, which is not in line with European traditions, but to want them to occupy such wealth and status, they must fulfill the corresponding obligations, this is what he cares about, these nobles did not need to fulfill obligations to the emperor before, otherwise how can it be said that it is privileged land?

"Although the Mamluk dynasty has recently suffered successive defeats, its strength is still strong and cannot be underestimated, and the Viceroyalty of Mesopotamia has only recently stabilized the situation, although we intend to withdraw some troops and horses, but after all, we still need to leave a corps there to assist Governor Julius, so as to prevent Uzun Hassan from raising troops again, and the military operation to recover the Holy Land cannot be carried out for the time being,"

"I have a good idea other than Jerusalem, I wonder if Your Majesty is interested?"

Constantine looked at Louis with an inquiring gaze, and Louis then said,

"Africa, there are some emirates there, according to our intelligence, the most powerful is the Hafs Dynasty, and there are trade contacts with countries in Italy, Iberia and other places, most of the trade goods there are very scarce to us, such as ivory, dyes and the like, strangely enough, we don't know where these things come from, only that they have a trade route through the great desert, and we don't know anything else,"

"The Hafs dynasty is not strong compared to the Mamluk dynasty, it can only be said that the strength is mediocre, if we don't want to start a war with the Mamluk dynasty at this stage, the Hafs dynasty may be a good choice, but no matter who we choose, Your Majesty, we need to move, otherwise the Holy See will not give up monitoring us."

"But the banner we have raised must be the liberation of the Holy Land, the navy and a small number of land forces have landed in Africa, we can contact the merchants of Genoa, they are familiar with the situation there, and Africa is very close to Sicily, maybe this can lay the foundation for our future wars, and under the banner of the restoration of the Holy Land, the Holy See will see that we are dragged down by other wars, and presumably it will also relax and let the situation in various countries develop a little more, and we can better accomplish what we want to do."

Constantine nodded, Louis really has a unique vision, and there is another benefit that Louis did not mention, that is, after taking Africa, he can actually attack the Mamluk dynasty from east to west, and go all the way along the coastline, from Africa, he can come to Alexandria, which is also ready for the future.

Some people died, but not completely......