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There were many Greek schools in the Balkans under the influence of the Orthodox Church in Constantinople.

The origin of Greek and Christianity has a long history.

The original Christianity originated in Palestine. When Christianity spread to the Balkans and Asia Minor under Roman rule at that time, because the widely circulated language in the eastern part of the Roman Empire at that time was Greek, the earliest Christian Bible (New Testament) was Written in Greek.

Therefore, Greek language left a deep imprint on Christianity during its development.

After the Roman Empire split into the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire, the Christian Church also split into the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. The Orthodox Church advocated the use of Greek for preaching, while the Catholic side advocated the use of Latin (the official language of the Roman Empire) for religious activities. .

It can be said that precisely because of the deep historical connection between the Orthodox Church and the Greek language, even after the Eastern Roman Empire was destroyed by the Ottoman Empire, the Orthodox Church subconsciously believed that it had a strong influence on Greek language and even on Roman culture (actually, it was the Eastern Roman Empire). The Roman Empire (more properly) was responsible and therefore secretly kept Greek schools teaching people Greek.

Moreover, Orthodox priests generally despise those priests who do not know Greek. Priests who do not understand Greek will be considered vulgar.

It can be said that 400 years after the Eastern Roman Empire was almost destroyed, there are still a large number of Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, and the Orthodox Church is indispensable.

It is for this reason that Greek is favored among the middle and upper classes in the Balkans.

Therefore, when Delianis heard that the Royal Greek Education Foundation was responsible for promoting compulsory Greek education, she proposed to Ikios to carry out Greek language teaching activities to the outside world.

"So, Delianis wants our foundation to fund, hire employees, and teach in Albania?" Constantine asked in surprise.

"That's true"

“And not just Albania, but also Macedonia,” Ikios said.

After hearing this, Constantine's disgust towards Delianis dissipated a little.

To be honest, it was difficult for Constantine to have a good impression of Delianis, a hawk who fanatically advocated war against Turkey regardless of the reality.

"Do you think this is feasible?" Constantine asked.

"There is no problem with money. If it's just in Greece, there are only tens of thousands of children, and at the beginning they are all children in lower grades. After all, the time for compulsory education is limited, and the foundation has a lot of idle funds," Kolledis said.

This person, who previously worked in the financial industry, has been responsible for the financial work of the foundation after joining the foundation.

After Greece, Serbia, and Bulgaria became independent from the Ottoman Empire, Macedonia naturally became the focus of competition among the three countries because it was located right in the middle.

Therefore, the situation in Macedonia has become very delicate.

The Three Kingdoms' thoughts on Macedonia are well known to everyone.

In Macedonia, not only Christians and Christians live, but also a large number of Jews.

For example, Thessaloniki (an important commercial port city on the northern shore of the Aegean Sea) was home to about 100,000 Jews, making it the largest Jewish settlement in the world at this time.

However, the situation of the majority of Christians is also very complicated.

There are Armenians, Greeks, Serbs, and Bulgarians, among others.

In the eyes of the Ottoman Turks, Greeks are a very broad term. They almost refer to all Orthodox Christians other than MSL as Greeks, and this term certainly includes Slavs (possibly Serbs, or Be Bulgarian or Armenian).

Due to the large number of Slavs in Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria are also eyeing this area.

(Bulgarians and Serbs are both Slavs)

Since the independence of each country, Macedonia, located between Greece, Serbia, and Bulgaria, has become the Ottoman Empire's coveted heritage. Although it is still the territory of the empire, the overt and covert competition among the three countries has begun.

Due to long-term mixed living, the racial distribution here is very complex, and some people living here cannot distinguish their ethnic identity.

After Serbia and Bulgaria ended the 1885 war, the focus of both countries was Macedonia.

"According to the information I have received, many Slavic schools have been opened in Macedonia during this period, and there is probably support from Bulgaria and Serbia behind them," Sophie said.

Since Crown Princess Sophie became the president of the foundation, she has been presiding over the work of the foundation with the assistance of Ichios and Coredis.

"If we fall behind, Greece may be passive when fighting for Macedonia in the future."

Constantine was very surprised when he heard this. During this period, he had been busy with the industrial development of Greece and had really not noticed the situation in Macedonia.

"In this case, we cannot fall behind. Please discuss it and sponsor some personnel to go to Macedonia to carry out Greek teaching activities. We cannot let the Slavs monopolize it," Constantine ordered.

The Macedonian region has an important strategic location and is the only way for Greece to expand northward. Once Serbia or Bulgaria completely occupy the Macedonian region, Greece's expansion direction in the Balkan Peninsula will be completely blocked.

Therefore this place should not be taken lightly.

"It is best to cooperate with the Church of Constantinople, which is more hidden."

Anyway, the church has been committed to Greek language teaching for hundreds of years, and the Orthodox Church in Macedonia is no exception. It is completely possible to secretly carry out Greek language education in the name of the church.

Crown Princess Sophie heard Constantine's request and picked up the notebook in front of her to record it.

"Just taking this opportunity, I still have some work to tell you."

Constantine and the other three said.

"First of all, Mr. Coredis, you used to work in a bank, right?" Constantine asked.

"Yes"

"In this way, the amount of funds of the foundation will become larger and larger."

The main source of funding for the Royal Educational Foundation is 10% of the Congolese government's fiscal revenue. As the work of the Congolese Commission gradually begins and gets on track, the specific amount of this money will increase.

There is no doubt that this money will become more and more abundant for the current expenditure on compulsory education in Greece.

In this way, the foundation will have a huge amount of cash in its hands for a long time, and the monthly cash flow will become larger and larger.

"In order to manage the foundation's funds more effectively, I have decided to set up a bank under your chairmanship, Mr. Coredis"