king of ros

Chapter 159 Overview of Ross
And the reason why he thinks of Kyiv is very simple, isn't Kyiv also centering on it to describe everything?The priests of Kyiv almost monopolized the historical records and evaluations of the entire Rus.

And part of the reason why he wrote these histories was to break the monopoly of Kyiv and the record monopoly of priests, and leave more real history to future generations.

And by thinking of Kyiv, the prince also thought of Ross's power changes in the past two years.

The uncles entrusted in various places have secured their positions, and the cities in various places have surrendered to Yaroslavich, and Ross's political transition period is also coming to an end.

After the uncles temporarily ended the campaign against the nomads on the Ross border, they all disliked the vigorous construction and development in their respective territories.

After all, everyone knows that controlling the city does not mean that the countryside will also surrender, it can only be exchanged for development and construction.

Of course, fire and sword are also indispensable. If there is no flame and sharp sword, people will not be able to submit to the authority of the prince. At that time, there will be no shortage of murders, and there will be no shortage of various cruel methods.

The uncle is mainly strengthening Kyiv's leadership over Ross and strengthening the construction of the core of this area of ​​Ross. In Novo City, he sent his son Mstislav as the prince.

Regarding Nuocheng, his forces once asked him if he wanted to expel the spokesman of Kyiv, but the prince chose to refuse without hesitation. Doing such a thing now, what are you kidding about? If so, it would be too ungrateful.

The second uncle is busy with the construction of the city of Chernigov. It is said that he took over the church left by his grandfather and brother and plans to complete the construction of the church. The size of the church is no less than that of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. .

Checheng has always been a strong challenger to Kyiv. In the time of his grandfather, one of his brothers ruled half of Rus with him here, and the unfinished church is what he left behind.

Now that the second uncle has become the ruler of Qiecheng, with his ambition, he will naturally complete the church, declaring that his power is no less than that of Kyiv.

In addition, this uncle seems to be collecting all kinds of Christian literature in Russia and Bulgaria, especially the Simon of Bulgaria whom he admires, the canonized Saint Simon, and he seems to want to make a collection of Christian literature.

The third uncle continued to be busy strengthening the frontier and improving the frontier defense system centered on the city of Pei (Peleaslav). There are still many nomads in his jurisdiction. The crusade also became restless.

Now the third uncle is facing double pressure from inside and outside. Fortunately, the melee on the outside grassland is still going on, and the alliances are turning up and down one by one. They have no energy or strength to interfere with Rose's affairs.As for the nomads inside, they are only more than self-preserving, not aggressive enough, and they are simply unable to fight against the Ross army.

Rus, which was originally unstable due to Yaroslav's death, has also become stable. All countries have seen the ability and unity of Yaroslav's descendants, and the restless are also shocked by this unity.

It's just that Rostislav is very clear that the restless will eventually cause trouble. Those people have been preparing for so many years to absorb hegemony, how could they give up their plan just like that.

He has to be prepared for that moment, when the opportunity will fall in front of him, it depends on whether he can seize it.

As for the restless man, Prince of Witchcraft Vseslav, this guy is still doing his duty recently. He obediently obeys Kyiv, develops himself with peace of mind, and has no intention of making trouble—because he knows very well that Kyiv already knew that in 1053 cause of a riot, they were waiting for him to make a mistake.

As long as he makes a mistake, the entire Ross army will attack, and he will not give Yaroslav the last chance.

Affected by this, even the daily trade friction between Polotsk and Nordic City has stopped.

But speaking of unstable factors, some recent news from Kyiv has made him a little uneasy. It seems that his uncles plan to divide the position of Metropolitan Ross into three, and each of his three uncles has a metropolitan.

After all, it is evenly divided. Yaroslav divided the land to his three sons, so the religious power naturally had to be three-pointed.

Undoubtedly, this is a great offense to the church, and under normal circumstances, it is absolutely impossible for the church to agree to such a request.

But here is Ross, the church is extremely weak, and needs the Ross that Constantinople strives for.

Rostislav knew the development of history, and they had done this in history. Faced with this unreasonable request from Ross, the imperial capital could only hold its nose and agree.

Although Rostislav felt something was wrong, he couldn't interfere with it, because one thing remained unchanged, that is, he was only a junior after all, and now the Rurik family was talking about his three uncles.

This is too far away from him. That is not what he should care about now. What he should care about now is the construction of Northeast Ross.

Besides Northeast Ross, there is another place he needs to pay special attention to, and this place is Sicheng (Smolensk).

There have been a lot of problems in Sicheng recently. The local tribal people became more and more restless. They began to rob travelers, cut off commercial routes, and even cut off air routes, causing great trouble to the local area.

The reason why they are so active is very simple. With the large-scale construction and development of Rostislav in Northeast Russia, more and more immigrants and businessmen are attracted to this land. also increased.

And these tribal people saw the sweetness and tasted the sweetness, and then they became more and more excessive, without knowing any restraint.

If they rob in twos and threes, they can ignore it. After all, Ross's road has never been called absolutely safe, but on such a large scale, it must be managed.

It was only after Sicheng sent troops to suppress them that the tribal people appeared on the roads in groups, as if they were an army, and the number reached thousands.

Faced with such a situation, it was difficult for Veshata to solve the problem with his power, so he asked Rostislav for help.

Rostislav naturally agreed to Uncle Veshata's request for help. Uncle Veshata helped him so much, but Sicheng has been importing supplies to Northeast Ross, and now is the time for him to repay Uncle Veshata.

And to help Veshatta is to help himself, and he also very much needs the roads in the west to be unimpeded. Safety is the foundation of development.

The prince has dispatched the troops of Sojir and Ori, and these two Norse troops are enough to calm the local situation.

The Norse mercenary was supposed to go home after completing this job, and Riga was summoning the Norse mercenary back. After all, Harald's contract had been up for a while.

As for the son-in-law of the King of Norway, he went home by the way. In the battle against Bulgar, this warrior and the North elite under his command failed to gain any military exploits due to the mission arrangement. Gold and silver allocated in the Bulgarian ransom.

And now that the Bulgars have received the ransom, they should also leave after getting the money, so let them help Uncle Veshata along the way.

Northeast Ross has been beaten for a short time and there is no fighting, so Rostislav will naturally make the best use of these two forces.

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