Chapter 669 031 The Greeks Who Are Always Quarreling
Order in Salonika has now been restored. After the Russian troops were separated and garrisoned, only the grenadiers were left here. Solovyov appointed Christian as the garrison commander of Salonika and sent the elite grenadiers to The soldiers also stayed here, waiting for Langeron's troops to arrive from Bulgaria, and continued to monitor Aziz Ahmed Pasha who was still in East Macedonia.
After the Turkish army failed, they also replaced the one-eyed Grand Vizier and asked Ahmed Pasha to assume this position.
This is not an easy job either. Although he seems to have a high status, he is still a hot potato.
At the same time, the Ottoman Empire's "yamen" agency responsible for diplomacy showed no signs of relaxing at this time and still refused to engage in formal diplomatic negotiations. However, due to the current environment, it agreed to an armistice in the winter of 1810 to 1811.
For the Ottoman Empire at this time, their situation was extremely bad. They lost the entire Serbia, Wallachia and Moldavia were under the control of the Russian army, and Albania and Epirus were under the rule of Ali Pasha. Under the circumstances, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was only officially regarded as the monarch, but in fact he became the emperor of the Ottoman Empire.
Coupled with the fact that Algiers and Egypt in Africa have already separated from Germany, the Ottoman Empire can actually barely maintain its ruling order in Asia. The only European territories that can obey their direct orders are those around Constantinople. Thrace-Rumilia and the relatively isolated Aegean islands, as well as Bosnia under the Austrian nose.
Yes, Sarajevo, the frontline area, is still able to obey orders at this time. This is because the immigration of Muslims there over the years has made the situation relatively stable.
On the contrary, the entire Balkan Peninsula behind me feels like my body has been hollowed out.
This is also the price paid by the Ottoman Empire for its inability to rule over the years. Less than 120 years have passed since the siege of Vienna, and it has already declined like this.
You must know that at this time in modern times, the rate of decline may be relatively slow.
It could make European countries tremble in the past, but now Russia has fallen before it even exerted its full strength. This is not because it seems that its shooting skills are accurate, but because this country is now weak to a certain extent.
After Solovyov's family members all arrived, it was rare for Solovyov to spend a happy time with his family in Thessaloniki. His sister Yulia will also become a mother at the beginning of the next year. It can be said that this family is now full of people. Ding Xingwang.
"Christian, if you become a father, you can't speak as loudly as you did in the past, as that will scare the child."
"I know that. I hug your child a lot."
After all, he is also the children's uncle.
"We will go to Athens in a few days. You will stay with Yulia here and you won't have to take on so much work."
"Leave it all to Count Langeron?"
"He will definitely be willing to do it when the time comes, and if the Turkish army comes over, you must obey his command."
"What about you?"
"I'm going to Athens. If these Greeks are left unchecked, they will definitely start a quarrel among themselves."
The autonomy brought by this kind of bayonet obviously has big problems, because victory comes too easily, and there must be problems.
Demetrius and his father Alexios are just one of the various rebel armies on the Peloponnese Peninsula. Their power is not very strong, and all parties are now competing for it.
It seems that these places controlled by the Ottoman Empire have degraded to a certain extent, and everyone is like a tribal meeting.
More than a hundred years later, Lawrence and Prince Faisal encountered the same problem in Damascus.
The only one Solovyov brought to Athens was the Kazan Dragoon Regiment, and it was said that Maria sponsored it for him.
She gave birth to a daughter, Princess Augusta, but fell into grief again. Her son was very ill and had been very weak since he was a child. Even though he hired a professional pediatrician for nursing care and treatment, he never got better.
I hope she won't be affected too much by this sadness.
Dragoons opened the way along the way, and the Greeks along the way naturally gave way. The journey from Salonika to Larissa to Lamia was also very smooth.
Greeks could be seen waving to these Russian soldiers along the way, and some would even send them rations and supplies.
For Russia itself, due to the particularity of the situation in the Balkan Peninsula, it is impossible for them to annex all the territory here. The food and appearance are ugly, and there are also the various ethnic groups and Greeks in Yugoslavia, and the Russians and Ukrainians in East Slavia. There are some cultural differences.
Due to this problem and the size of the population here, the gap will only widen.
The best solution is to establish a pro-Russian regime.
But for Solovyov to do these things, obviously the time given to him was not sufficient.
In order to help him complete this task, he also needs the support of Ioannis Kapodistrias. After all, not only is he a Greek, he is also an important official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He even holds the title of Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. In fact, in the line of succession after Prince Alexander Saltykov.
However, it will take time for him to come over in a hurry. His brothers are in Kamensky's army, but they can't come over until the armistice takes effect.
In this way, Solovyov has to face these Greeks by himself. Odysseus who is traveling with him is still relatively junior, and his father's reputation is mixed.
There is no other reason than that Andreas and Ali Pasha are good friends and were once bandit leaders. Although many people in the Peloponnese fought alongside his father, they also despised him. The parentage of their father and son.
After hearing what Odysseus said, Solovyov felt a little embarrassed.
"I have to say, this is very Greek. Will they regard me as a Gallic barbarian?"
"I don't think so. Those are the Greeks you're talking about two thousand years ago."
"But essentially, there probably won't be any changes. We may only be respected because we liberated Greece. If the Russian army stays here for a long time, it may bring about some strange changes."
"I know you read a lot, but I'm not sure about some things."
After all, the current Greek world cannot be compared with the city-state era, and there are even no famous scholars anymore.
On the contrary, Solovyov is more like a Greek in spirit, which is not quite the same as his great uncle.
Napoleon did a series of strange things in Italy, but Soloviev did not do it in Greece. After he came, he discovered that if he did not let those Jewish businessmen contribute, most of the Greeks might have already been in the Ottoman Empire. Under the rule of the empire, they became poor.
Therefore, he still advocated holding a meeting to discuss the future of the Greeks.
"But Greece, it becomes easy to do this after a long time. If I tell you about Epirus, you will probably understand."
Solovyov then talked about the unfortunate experience of the unlucky King Pi in Magna Graecia, that is, southern Italy and Sicily. A relatively fair figure among the second generation successors, he was also disgraced in Sicily.
There is no other reason. The Greeks are used to being undisciplined and do not want anyone to rule above their heads.
Even if they were to form a country of their own in the future, there would probably be endless debates.
Judging from Greek tradition, it seems that establishing a republic is a more reliable option.
But Solovyov clearly remembers that there is a big difference between Mr. De in the classical era and modern times, and if he loses control, it will only be the destructive power of the instigated interest animals gathering together.
Think about this place in Athens, where people are often exiled with tiles, even earlier than the old areas in Shandong, and they will be exploited. Then there will only be endless debates and on-site unlimited competitions.
Therefore, what they are going to do is actually a question.
Even when he went to Athens this time, he wanted to see what state these people were in and to understand the political demands of all parties.
Some of them are close to Britain, and some are close to Russia. In the early years, the Fanario Greeks in Russia still had some influence. If you want to be close to Britain in the future, you must also look at the king after Greece became a kingdom. Where did it all come from.
As time went by, I finally selected someone who was more pro-British but who was also on good terms with the Russians.
Solovyov took a fancy to this and always felt that he wanted to take a look at the situation.
When he arrived in Athens, he was indeed not disappointed.
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At this time, the Acropolis of Athens still had people living there, and it was not like the tourist attraction of later generations. The buildings here, from the Parthenon at the highest point down, include buildings from the Roman era, as well as medieval and Ottoman buildings. Imperial ones, and some were built when the Venetians controlled the place.
As for the temple itself, the situation is not good, because it was used as an ammunition depot and the structure has been intact for two thousand years. Once gunpowder is piled in, even the strongest building cannot withstand it.
But this is also because of the war, which has to do with the warring parties, and the protection of cultural relics in this era.
If they were demolished and made all white, it would not necessarily be the original appearance. These temple buildings used to have colors, and the Acropolis also has a large number of various buildings accumulated over the past two thousand years.
Solovyov also had some thoughts when he saw the siege. The situation in Athens is very bad now. It has become a place no different from a large rural area. The strangest thing is probably that where the Ottoman Empire rules, except for the capital, the Monarchs Outside of Constantinople, many places were in precipitous decline.
If this is the case, the Sultan may not be as good as his groom at this level.
There will be even more outrageous things in the future. Sultan Mehmet V was not even familiar with the conditions in Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia that were just around the corner, but he became Sultan.
A dynasty has been passed down for more than twenty generations since its establishment, and there have been thirty sultans. Taking into account the Ottoman inheritance law, and the abandoned princes, the people who will be higher in the Ottoman Empire's succession in the future , it is not strange to be a taxi driver in the United States.
If this continues, if this country had not been supported by external forces, it would have been destroyed by Russia.
But now he didn't want to think about the problems on the Sudan's side, but came to the Acropolis.
What greeted him and Odysseus Androssus here were also representatives of the local militia who had temporarily taken control of the city.
As for Greek names, Solovyov also feels that modern Greek names are quite hot on the tongue, especially convoluted surnames.
On the contrary, in the classical era, there was no need to worry about this problem, just give the family name.
Alexander the Great was from the Argead family, the descendants of the Argos hero, and finally he was recognized in the Olympic Games in the Greek world, and had the qualification to participate that only Greeks could have.
As for the Greeks now, think about a person's surname. The Greeks two hundred years later will be like this, and there are few short ones.
The length of the name alone is already very difficult to pronounce. Russia finally has some relatively simple surnames and given names.
Solovyov was also quite fortunate. Although he knew Greek, he was not proficient in it. He might use it more in mathematics, so he didn't have to be tortured like this all the time. He could just find a Greek to translate it.
However, among the people who greeted him, there was always such a red-faced dispute, which was also a bit embarrassing.
He could probably guess, but he didn't express his opinion, just asked Odysseus beside him.
"What's going on?"
"I think they have some minor misunderstandings about which etiquette to follow for the reception."
"That won't do. Can they speak French or Russian?"
"I know what you mean. It's easier to explain this way."
Odysseus patiently explained the current situation to the representatives and finally appeased them.
The two parties in the dispute were from the Petrakis and Irontas families. The latter was a long-standing Greek noble family and could even be considered a noble family of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Young Angelos Irontas was only 25 years old this year. He was a young man with some reputation in the local area. He was already considered an elder in the local area at a young age.
The Petrakis family was the same, but the Irontas family also had some political allies, such as Venizelos.
Soloviev decided not to make any statement, but just watched both sides state their opinions, and finally he would make a decision and be a fair judge.
The Greeks now, without the threat of the Turks, are not so united, and have even been arguing for a long time over the jurisdiction of the city.
This has been the case since Yeronkas took the militia to control the periphery of the Acropolis.
But now, Athens can't even gather 10,000 people. You have to know that when this place was still a classical city-state, the number of citizen soldiers alone was more than this, which shows its serious decline now.
After listening to their statements, Solovyov did not make any comments immediately. After all, it was a problem related to food supply, and it was also a very important matter at present. (End of this chapter)