king of ros

Chapter 554 The Change of Kyiv
News of the marriage of Rostislav's eldest son and grandson came back to Rus, and a grand celebration was held in Kiev. Yuri was the future heir to the Kyiv throne, and such a celebration could not be more appropriate.

However, many people are not just cheering because of the free meals. On the contrary, they are cheering sincerely. There is also gratitude.

Today's Kyiv has unknowingly become a city with a population of 8. Over the past decade or so, the economic growth has also led to the concentration of population, and the fields around Kyiv have also been more developed. Looking from the red brick walls of Kyiv, you can see fields that are either planted or fallow-this is also a scene that can be seen everywhere in Ross.

Yes, the red brick city wall, Kyiv’s city wall has been replaced with red bricks unknowingly over the years. In fact, it’s not just Kyiv, as long as there are towns with a population of [-] in the whole of Russia, they have all The city walls were replaced by red brick walls, and the smaller towns were uneven.

There are also many more brick and tile buildings in the city than in Kyiv in the past. Whenever Rostislav looked at the city he ruled from the tower of the Vladimir Palace, the brick and tile buildings that represented civilization, Rostislav Slav felt relieved for a while.

Moreover, this kind of scene has also appeared in other big cities of Ross. This is the goal he wanted to achieve a long time ago, and now it is finally manifested. How could this not satisfy Rostislav?
As for Kyiv itself, the city has doubled in size compared to the time of Yaroslav. Rostislav completed this expansion mainly when the city wall was rebuilt. The Grand Duke of Kyiv built many buildings with new functions in the new urban area. Two wonder buildings were also built.

The first is the All-Russian Cultural Center. This building is made of white marble shipped from Western Europe. Its appearance imitates the Kyiv Hagia Sophia. It was built by craftsmen from All-Russia and the imperial capital. Rostislav spent a lot of money payment.

Its existence is mainly to exhibit the various characteristic products of the land of Ross to visitors from all over the world of Christ, as well as the scenes of various places, and the most important introduction to the development of various places.

The landscape paintings here are all by Rostislav himself. Over the years, he has been practicing painting in addition to writing. Now he has created his own school of painting, and he still has many students under him.

At the same time, this cultural center also has the function of a library. In the side hall of the cultural center, there are books collected by Rostislav from all over the world in Kyiv, and they are arranged according to categories.

The literati in Ross like to come to the side hall of the Cultural Center to read. There is an elegant style here, and there are pleasing paintings of the Grand Duke. There is nothing more suitable for reading, writing and discussion than this.

The All-Russ Cultural Museum is an existence that can be regarded as a spectacle even if it is placed in the entire Christian world. The reason why Rostislav built it is very simple. It is to tell All-Russ what is Ross and what is Ross.

After seeing this spectacle-like building, elites from all over the world will naturally have a sense of yearning and belonging to Kyiv, which is exactly what Rostislav wants.

The second spectacle is the All-Russian Theater, which is completely built according to the theater Rostislav saw in Greece, but it is smaller in scale than the cultural hall, because Kyiv does not yet need the theater that can accommodate tens of thousands of people , so the limit capacity here is seven thousand.

But this is enough to be regarded as a spectacle. There has been no such theater building in the Christian world for many years, and the completion of this theater directly brought the development of theater in Russia to another climax. This is exactly what Rostislav wanted. Things, as he has always been very clear, this seemingly inconspicuous drama actually has an extremely powerful ability to educate the public.

After the completion of these two buildings, the gold and silver that Rostislav squeezed from Alexios were gone, and the treasury bottomed out, but at any rate there was no debt, and the government's financial operation was still positive. It has been an unprecedented success.

Rostislav is very proud of his achievements. He has completed the road network of the whole of Russia. The road from Kyiv to Moscow has finally been built after more than ten years of felling. Solving it means that the road network of the whole of Russia will be completed. Perfect, the flow of resources around Ross will be faster.

He built the Rus culture. As batches of students from Vladimir Academy went to various places in Rus, dramas were staged in various places in Rus. More and more people recognized the word Rus, and the power in Kyiv also As it grows stronger and stronger, there are more and more local feudal lords, and more and more land is controlled by the government.

Rostislav's long-term advancement of feudalization has led to a product that even he did not expect, that is, the feudal lords scattered all over Russia depend on Kiev. They use Kyiv's resources to develop the wilderness, and the output is The resources are also sold through Kyiv channels, because these people support Kyiv very strongly.

They recognized it more as Kyiv than as a local town.

The Grand Duke of Kyiv realized that if he could maintain such a relationship with the feudal lords all over Russia, then Kyiv would also have a good starting point to curb the tendency of local separation. Ke's descendants are scattered all over the country. As long as this relationship is still there, Kyiv can have actual influence and control over all places.

If it is possible to control the town with the descendants of Rurik and maintain unity with the feudal lord, then many problems related to the survival of Ross and even the Rurik family can be solved in the future.

However, this will cost a lot of money, but in order to maintain Kyiv's ruling power, this money is definitely worth spending. Any Kyiv ruler will spend this money. In other words, Rostislav can completely hand over this matter to To his son Rurik - and indeed he did.

The current internal and external environment that Ross is facing is unprecedentedly good. He maintains an ally relationship with the Eastern Empire as a trade partner, the problem of selling handicraft products has also been resolved, and the surrounding environment is extremely stable—even Poland has recently returned to calm. A pair of Polish princes and brothers divided up the territory of Poland, maintaining peace and stability, and there were no more melees than in the past.

What Rostislav discovered now is that he actually has nothing to do. Rurik can do all the usual work, and he can't do his hobbies anymore. After the story of "Return of Words" was completed, he felt that his inspiration was drained and he planned to stop writing for a while.

It is now 1100 and Rostislav is 62 years old now, but his body is still as good as ever Yes, but after a period of rest and recuperation, Rostislav's state also recovered.

If you want to say what Rostislav has to worry about, it is about the Empire of Monomakh. Rostislav has a lot of thoughts about that side. There would be huge chaos, and he wanted to seize the opportunity, but it was a pity that God only knew when Monomakh would die.

But although I don't know when Monomakh will die, some things can be planned in advance and promoted. Rostislav knows a thing or two about this...

Still concerned about this matter, Rostislav strangled the original idea of ​​abdicating completely, and switched to a second best, that is, he handed over the regency of all Rus to his son. Rick, announced that this kid has since taken over everything in Kyiv and even the whole of Russia.

As for Rostislav himself, he still holds the title of Grand Duke of Kyiv, and still maintains power, but he will not be in Kyiv, but plans to visit the whole of Russia, travel around the mountains and rivers, see the scene of this land, and understand Russia. The local conditions and customs of various places, enrich and enrich my own inspiration, and I recently wrote to summarize them into books.

He dared to do this because his eldest son was Rurik. Over the years, Rostislav knew the situation of this eldest son very well. He was the kind of character who would never rebel. Whatever task he has, he will complete it without any complaints.

What's more, Rostislav gave away all powers except the title, and left a commanding power, which was only used when there was a problem with the Monomakh Empire. Rurik was already the actual Grand Duke. up.

Rurik's personality is good, but it's not good at all. The good is for his boss, and the bad is that if he is allowed to make his own decisions, it will be difficult for him to make.

Although Rostislav left his son with a plan for the implementation of major domestic policies, if there is any emergency, it is hard to say whether the boy can respond in time at that time.

In the end, Rostislav’s solution was to keep Zoe. After all these years, Zoe is also a 61-year-old woman, and her body is obviously not as good as Rostislav’s, so she doesn’t want to travel with Rostislav. , Just take care of yourself in Kyiv for the elderly.

To be honest, Zoe's decision-making ability is much stronger than that of his son. Even if he is not around, Rostislav believes that Zoe can give his son correct guidance.

So after explaining all these things, Rostislav left Kyiv with his 100 people. He planned to wander around Kiev first, to see the cave monastery, and then go to other places in Ross.

As for Kievan Rus, many people don't realize that a new era has actually begun, and Rus' power transfer has been completed unconsciously.

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(End of this chapter)