Greece’s Roman Road

Three days later, the Tatoi Palace was full of friends, and well-dressed gentlemen gathered in twos and threes to discuss the establishment of the Greek head office.

When the time was up, Nina led everyone into the conference room.

Constantine, who took care of himself carefully, walked to the conference room.

This was the first time Constantine had publicly confronted the upper echelons of Greece, and until then, Constantine had avoided close ties with the Greek political and merchant class.

When everyone saw Constantine walking in, they all bowed and saluted until Constantine signaled everyone to take their seats. After Constantine sat in the main seat, everyone sat around the long conference table.

"Everyone came to the meeting this time, according to Duke Constantine's proposal, to discuss the Greek Congo Corporation." Nina, as the host of the meeting, took the lead in speaking and explaining.

"Excuse me, what is the business scope of this Greek Congolese company? If we become a shareholder, how can the interests be guaranteed?"

Alexandros asked.

Alexandros was born in a famous Greek family, from the Mavrokozatos family, from Fanar.

Strictly speaking, they are actually Greek nobles with upright roots.

And the current royal family in Greece is a foreigner.

The so-called Fanar people mainly refer to the remnants of the Eastern Roman Empire who lived in Constantinople.

In 1453, Mohammed II captured Constantinople. After the slaughter and slaughter, the remaining residents of Constantinople were settled in the Fanar district, so they were called Fanar people.

The Fanars played an important role in the Ottoman Empire before Greece gained independence from the Ottoman Empire.

For example, the position of a translator or an ambassador to a foreign country is usually held by a Fanar.

First, the sultan and his officials were reluctant to learn pagan languages.

The second reason is that these well-educated Romans were indeed indispensable good helpers.

The culture of Ottoman Turkey itself is very backward, because they are descendants of Turks, nomadic tribes, and later came to Asia Minor from Central Asia, and gradually rose, established their own country, and converted to ysl religion.

The most obvious feature of cultural backwardness is that the Ottomans do not have their own writing.

The government documents of the Ottoman Turks and the missionaries are all in Arabic, while the Ottoman Turks themselves speak Turkic.

People who have seen Arabic will have a very deep impression of Arabic.

Arabic is difficult to speak, difficult to write, not suitable for spoken Turkish, and very difficult to learn.

To the Ottoman Turks, these Fanars are similar to the Han ministers after the Manchu and Qing Dynasty entered the customs. Sultans also need literate people to help them rule the country.

Since Ottoman conquered Constantinople and destroyed the Eastern Roman Empire, Mohammed II claimed to be the emperor of Rome and called himself Caesar of Rome.

The Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church has since been controlled by the Ottomans and has become a management tool for its rule over Christian areas.

These Fanars gradually rose under Ottoman rule.

For example, the Ottoman financial industry was under their control until Greece became independent in the early 19th century.

Or to pay for Pasha (the name of a Turkish official) to buy officials in exchange for a lucrative tax-inclusive contract, and to be a tax-inclusive (tax collector) such a fat man.

Even later, the important granaries of the Ottoman Empire, the governors of the provinces of Romania, were handed over to these Fanars.

With the participation of some Fanars in the Greek War of Independence in 1821, the angry Ottoman authorities slaughtered the Greek settlements of Constantinople, and the Fanars also lost the trust of the government.

And Alexandros came from the big family among the Fanars, the Mavrokozatos family.

A member of the family was one of the important leaders in the Greek War of Independence, and later served as Prime Minister of the independent Greek kingdom (1821-1862, during Otto's reign).

Of course, in 1821, the War of Independence launched by the Greeks was only supported by some Fanars, and a considerable number of Fanars were loyal to the Sudan.

After Greece became independent, some Fanars, especially the wealthy families, came to live in Greece.

Therefore, in the future Greek politicians, you can always see some surnames appearing repeatedly on the political stage.

The Ottoman sultan promoted some people from the original middle and low-level Fanar people and replaced the original Fanar family.

"The Greek Congolese Corporation has only one goal. What Greece needs, the Greek Congolese Corporation brings from Congo. Most of the commodities we imported to big countries in the past, such as coffee, cocoa, rubber, ivory, cane sugar, these commodities, All can be obtained directly from the Congolese land by the Greek Congolese Corporation," Nina replied stably and gracefully.

"All of these commodities had to be imported before, resulting in a large outflow of precious metals from Greece every year. Now we can manage these commodities by ourselves, thank God, thank the Duke of Constantine," Costeblu took the opportunity to interject to flatter.

No one hates the outflow of gold and silver more than the banker.

"His Royal Highness, can we overseas Greeks take a stake?" A man stood up and said.

"Who is this gentleman?"

"Angesis Styach, you can call me Angelis," Angelis replied respectfully.

"Do you traitors have the face to buy shares?"

Before Constantine could answer, someone shouted angrily.

Alexandros was furious. These shameless guys who betrayed the country and the nation also wanted to make a profit, which really made him angry.

Angelis was one of the Fanars who were later promoted by the Sultan~www.wuxiax.com~ Some people in Greece did not like them.

These people have long served in the Ottoman court or engaged in business, and naturally accumulated a lot of wealth.

This time, when I heard the news of the Greek Congo Corporation, I hurried from Constantinople to Athens.

"Your Excellency, I hope you can treat us Greeks overseas fairly."

Angelis blushed and defended Constantine.

"Facing God, I asked myself, if I were a Russian, let me be born in Russia (Russia is also an Orthodox country)."

"But those of us born in Turkey, if we flee, we have to explain to God why we betrayed our emperor?"

"Our conscience will be condemned if we flee and cause a new crime of killing Christians"

"Those msls who have long been dissatisfied with those of us (referring to the Fanars who still live in Constantinople) will take advantage of this and claim that all Christians cannot be trusted"

Angelis confided his grievances emotionally, his voice trembling and crying, he took a deep breath, eased his emotions, and continued:

"Even our humble and lowly subjugated slaves hope to serve our country and nation."

"Just like the Duke of Wellington (a famous British general who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo), he made an important contribution to Britain and was praised by his own people"

"But if Wellington had been in our position, if he had served a non-Christian people who doubted Christians, he could have endured everything, faced all the misunderstandings and attacks, and he would still be what he is now. work?"

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