king of ros

Chapter 200 Zhu Rurik
After the evening banquet, Rostislav dragged his tired body back to his red house.

The drinking was really crazy that night. The uncles entertained Rostislav very warmly. The toasting was really non-stop, and the expensive Bulgar and Moldavian wines were poured down one glass after another.

And there were also the children of his uncles, and his young cousins ​​kept toasting, drinking with so many people, Rostislav really almost fell down.

Even though Jan and Myshko rushed up to block a lot of drinks for him, Rostislav almost couldn't stand it.

Speaking of Myshko, this Polish nobleman who had to stand aside in Rostislav’s previous meeting with his relatives due to his status was outstanding at the banquet. He almost drank everyone who came to drink with him. Rostislav was very envious.

Fortunately, the uncle gave him some face in the end. Seeing that the nephew couldn't drink anymore, he asked his personal entourage leader Vasily to send him down, and sent him back to Rostislav's red house for an early rest.

The red house left by his father still belongs to Rostislav, and there are also his servants here to maintain the daily cleanliness.

In addition to keeping the mansion clean at all times to welcome the return of the prince, these people also have an important job, which is to record all the major events in Kyiv.

Or to be more precise, what his uncles did was recorded.

Tonight was a night of hangovers. Rostislav woke up the next day only to feel a pain in his head and a strong nausea in his mouth. The prince drank a few sips of milk with honey, and his condition was relieved a lot. And after he barely broke free from that state, he walked to the table and started working.

And there was a stack of documents on his desk, all of which were written on parchment. Rostislav had never been stingy in terms of intelligence, spending money like he was throwing money.

And these documents record all kinds of information collected by the servants of the red house. What the prince of Moscow needs to do is to browse and summarize these documents.

Moreover, he inquired a lot of information at yesterday's banquet, and combined with these records, he could discover a lot of things.

In the past seven years, Rostislav has not paid much attention to the development of his uncles. At most, he has only just glanced at them. He knows the history of Ross very well and knows that his uncles have not done any major things during this period, so he has not paid much attention.

However, he still sent people to pay attention to record the information and the actions of his uncles. After all, although it is recorded in the history books that they did not do any major things, there is no record of what they did or the development of their territory. Now he Naturally, we should take good care of these.

And on the other hand, these things can also be used as a reference for future generations to study this era-Rostislav is happy to leave information for future generations.

Izyaslav Yaroslavich, Grand Duke of Kyiv, the patriarch of the Rurik family has now completely secured his position, and his status has been recognized by the entire Rus land, including the unruly witchcraft So is the Maharaja.

The prince of witchcraft is ambitious, very ambitious, but even if he were ambitious, he would not dare to do anything to the united Yaroslavitches.

However, the stinginess of the Grand Duke of Kyiv is very dissatisfied. The generous gifts to the dignitaries and warriors in the Yaroslav era were directly cut off, and the royal merchants of the Rurik family suddenly found that the new Grand Duke of Kyiv was incompatible with them. Counted the details.

As for the people, the citizens found that some taxes that were not strictly enforced in the Yaroslav era are now strictly enforced, which also makes people constantly complain, but no one dares to do anything, because the support of Ijaslav's soldiers has never been unshakable.

There is nothing to worry about uncle Rostislav, he is still a good old man of the family, he only wants everyone to be well, only wants the family to be more prosperous and powerful, and has no malice towards others.

As for the second uncle, he has really flourished in Checheng (Chernihiv) over the years. The city has completely surrendered under his feet, and he sent many missionaries to the countryside to spread Christianity. , and tirelessly built churches.

He also summoned many priests and religious documents from Bulgaria and Greece, let these people work together with the local priests of Rus, and he seems to be planning to edit the collection of faith.

In addition, the construction of the church left by his grandfather and brother is still in progress, and Sviatoslav is very obsessed with completing this church.

After all, this church exists on the same level as Kyiv's Hagia Sophia Cathedral, and it and everyone in the city wish to complete it—Checheng has always refused to accept Kyiv's status as the capital.

The important thing is that due to the second uncle's heavy investment in religion, the cave monastery seems to be somewhat inclined to the Prince of Ross.

This is a bad signal for Rostislav. The second uncle is wooing the cave monastery, the largest monastery in Ross.

This made Rostislav decide to increase his support for the monastery - over the years, the princes of Moscow have never stopped supporting the monastery, and Rostislav knows how important the support of those monks is.

While Wenzhi continued to make achievements, the second uncle was also very strong in martial arts. He had never had less struggles with heretics, and the second uncle could easily defeat them. The heavy cavalry team of the second uncle is now in the same Famous after every battle.

For the second uncle, Rostislav is the one who worries the most. This person has always been regarded as his biggest opponent, and there is still some hatred between them...

But now is not the time to start a fight, and Rostislav will not take the initiative to start a fight. He is a junior. If he takes the initiative to provoke troubles, he will kill himself. He has been waiting, waiting for his uncle to make a move.

As for the third uncle, he was much more relaxed than the one in history. In history, he faced overwhelming nomadic cavalry and was busy maintaining the defense of the border area.

But now the southern Russian grasslands are still in a melee, and the nomads are busy fighting each other. He only needs to deal with some scattered nomadic tribes. Most of these tribes come to Russia to escape the war, and they are unwilling Evil with the prince.

Pei City (Peleaslav) is very peaceful now, and Vsevolod’s life is also very peaceful. He is leisurely living in the city, learning to read, learning languages, and constantly improving himself. The third uncle is like this. He just wants to devote himself to his studies , he doesn't want to fight for anything.

There is another one that needs to be mentioned, and that is the prince of witchcraft in Polotsk.

Polotsk has had a lot of dealings with Moscow over the years, mainly because Riga’s Solgil led the city to Rostislav, and Rostislav naturally wanted to speak for his vassals and maintain his power and territory For this reason, he had a lot of correspondence with witchcraft princes.

During the period, the smell of gunpowder between the two sides was once very strong. After all, Rostislav was beyond his reach, and the power of the prince of witchcraft was on the border of Riga.

But in the end, they reached a compromise. Rostislav was the descendant of Yaroslav, and provoking him was provoking Yaroslavitch, which would definitely provoke his uncles.

The prince of witchcraft thought that it was not time to challenge, so he chose to give in, and finally shared the Sogon resources in that area equally, and the matter was considered over.

Of course, there will be no shortage of Sogon conflicts, and both sides will compete for more quotas, but that is a conflict between Riga and Polotsk. Rostislav has solved the life and death problem for Riga, so the next battles It was up to Riga to solve the problem himself.

However, because of this, Rostislav offended the Prince of Witchcraft, but he was not worried about it. With the trade competition between Polotsk and Nordic, they would be rivals sooner or later.

Generally speaking, the current Ross is still peaceful. Everyone is silently developing among themselves, without showing any hostility or provocation. It seems that everything will continue to develop according to the historical track, and the peace between Zhu Rurik will last for many years. .

This is a good thing for Rostislav. He will use troops against the East in the future, but he doesn't want to fall into the vortex of civil war so early.

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(End of this chapter)