king of ros

Although the funeral was very grand, Rostislav's death did not bring damage to everything he left behind, because he had already entrusted everything to future generations, and his own role was nothing more than a pinnacle.

Ross still followed the route established by Rostislav, but this system gradually reflected its internal problems. Although Kyiv still maintained the power covering the whole of Russia, this power was still eroded by time. As time went by, Moscow and Novgorod became more and more independent, and even Kyiv's internal jurisdictions also tended to be independent.

After all, there are Rurik princes everywhere in Russia. Of course, this problem also exists between Moscow and Novgorod. If everyone has problems, everyone has no problems.

However, the presence of Rurik princes did expand the concept of Ross. These princes who generally had an education experience in Kiev brought their love for Kyiv to the local area, and then let those who once thought that Kyiv was just a distant vocabulary The public also got a glimpse of Kyiv, and their identity was unknowingly born.

But in the end, in the 30 years since Rostislav’s death, the land of Rus has generally maintained peace, and sometimes there will be conflicts between Rurik princes, but the scale is under control, and the three most powerful families in Rus , Kyiv, Moscow, and Novgorod are all trying to maintain a balance, so there are no large-scale wars in Russia, which is in stark contrast to the chaos in Europe.

In the past 30 years, Rus was ruled by Yuri's son Mstislav. He can be said to be the most staunch defender of the three capitals system. He made many concessions in order to maintain the stability among the Rus states and the status of Kiev.

Although his concessions and compromises brought Ross stability, it also made Kiev very dissatisfied. Although Kiev can be said to absorb the resources and manpower of all Ross, people are like this, and they often don’t see what they have gained. What, but only care about what you lost.

Under such circumstances, after the death of Mstislav in 1178, his son, Vladimir, who is known for his toughness, came to power. As soon as he took power, he began to take tough measures against Novgorod and Moscow, including strengthening the A series of measures such as the interests of Kiev and the recovery of local powers.

This naturally led to strong dissatisfaction in the other two capitals, and a lot of border frictions arose. However, just as the parties were about to start a war, something happened suddenly that quickly stopped the war. The extinct heir of the Rodrurik family.

To be precise, Volorida's legitimate descendants were gone, and Volorida's direct descendants held a grand banquet with the big ship of the Novgorod fleet, but the big ship accidentally ran aground and sank.

Novgorod does not want other Ruriks to take the throne, because according to their experience, those princes will only support their sons, and then when the father dies, the son will run to inherit the father's throne, and Novgorod will be gone The prince can only be a vassal, and Novgorod is not willing to be a vassal anyway.

The final result of the war was not at all what Kyiv and Moscow wanted, because they paid the most casualties and Novgorod the least. Novgorod used this to get rid of its controlled position, and Mikhail killed Those who used him as a puppet, Ross returned to the Sandu era again.

However, it is even more difficult for Kiev to regain its former power. They lost Ivangorod in the war. It was also because of the war that both Novgorod and Moscow cleaned their own interior. In the past, Kiev’s ruling foundation can be said to have been eradicated. Ross has actually entered the era of cracks. Kiev still maintains its noble status only because of inertia. As time goes by, Kiev’s power loss is inevitable, but this often requires A long time, but one event greatly accelerated the process.

So there was no way, Kiev and Moscow had no choice but to move out the illegitimate descendant of Volorida. After negotiation, they supported an illegitimate descendant of Volorida to ascend the Novgorod throne, and this A large amount of profits from the city were naturally distributed.

The Novgorod army was almost frightened by this moment. They retreated to their city and began to use their status as the leader of the Free Trade League to muster the army.

But objectively speaking, it was also because of the deaths of so many princes that Sandu's power was recovered in a wave, and its strength increased a lot.

The Kiev area was the most devastated area in this catastrophe. Although the surrounding area of ​​Kiev was highly developed, most of the forests were cut down because of this. The Mongols acted recklessly here, causing countless deaths.

The fall of Moscow shocked the whole of Russia. This is the base of Rostislavich, and it is also the place where the resistance in the whole of Russia is the strongest. Now that Moscow has fallen and has been massacred, the impact on other places can be imagined.

After 12 years of struggling to maintain the family business, those who had set off a bloody storm in this land returned, and the Mongols came with a stronger army.

This defeat dealt a fatal blow to Kyiv's prestige. The essence of Kiev dissipated after this battle, and the loss of Kyiv Rurik's elders brought a huge problem. A group of children are in charge, and the other two completely regard Kyiv as a soft persimmon. The only thing that is fortunate for Kyiv is that the powerful army disappeared after defeating them.

In 1216, the conflict finally broke out completely, and the first large-scale civil war in Russia began. Novgorod stood on the side of Moscow to fight against Kyiv, and both sides began to do their best to mobilize the army.

But the reaction of the Mongols was too fast. Before the three capitals of Ross could react, the Mongolian army came to Ross. As soon as the troops of Kyiv and Moscow were assembled, they were divided and annihilated by the Mongols. For this war, the Mongols mobilized The vast majority of their strength, this time they completely hit people with two fists, and defeated the armies of Kyiv and Moscow at the same time.

Kyiv has declined at a speed visible to the naked eye. The population of the city has dropped from [-] to [-] in a short period of time, and there will inevitably be fewer in the future. The nomadic breakwaters in China were completely destroyed by the Mongols, and now these wealthy areas are exposed to nomadic attacks.

But Daniel successfully withstood the external pressure and cut off the hands extended by Novgorod and Moscow. However, Daniel did not forget what happened in 1223. He had a premonition that those people would come back eventually.

In the following time, the Mongols were busy besieging Kyiv and Moscow, but the difficulty of attacking these two cities was beyond their imagination. Since Rostislav converted the walls of the main Rus city into brick walls, the defense of the cities Strengthening can be said to be non-stop. At this time, the defensive power of Ross cities is much higher than in history.

Novgorod was naturally dissatisfied with this, but it was better than being a vassal, at least he had his own prince.

The land behind the forest where Moscow is located is still ruled by forests and river bends, and Novgorod is deep in the hinterland of Ross, and there are a lot of swamps, so the Mongols' looting is not very effective.

Now that Kyiv and Moscow have no intention of fighting, how to use Novgorod's extinct heir is the most important thing, and both sides have a card to play, that is, the illegitimate descendants of Volorida It's still there, and it's working under their command.

The response from Kiev was the quickest. They sent a large army to the grassland to help the Polovets, but they were soon defeated. The elders of Rurik in Kiev were almost wiped out. If they died there, the loss of personnel would be extremely huge.

Since the situation has returned to the past, and enough blood has been shed, as well as the death of their respective hawks, the three capitals once again reached a compromise with each other, and everything seems to be going in a good direction.

There is nothing wrong with him doing this, after all, they are only illegitimate children, and the highest these descendants are civil servants or tax collectors among the descendants of his brothers, but now his legitimate descendants are extinct, so these people will also have Opportunity to be superior.

Moscow was quickly revived, and the city still attracts many people, supported by the Mongols.

The fall of Moscow can be said to be an accident. The Novgorod army came to aid Moscow after gathering the troops of the Free Trade Alliance. Due to the appearance of reinforcements from the north, the Muscovites opened the door and sent troops to respond, but unexpectedly It was the Mongols who still had heavy cavalry hidden in their hands. They used this hidden army to complete the capture of the city. The Mongol army rushed into Moscow, while the Novgorod army was defeated by the Mongols head-on.

Now the ruler of Kiev is Grand Duke Daniel, he is the son of Roman, and the situation to be faced can be said to be extremely difficult. Trade in the South also became increasingly difficult.

Although Volorida is a romantic boy, he is still very responsible for his children, even if they are illegitimate, he recognizes their status and places them in the country of brothers.

Later historians believe that this incident paved the way for the future civil war. Kyiv already controlled Ivangorod, the headquarters of the Free Trade Union, and had an advantage in sharing the interests of Novgorod. , Moscow was also weakened by Kyiv using this opportunity. The seeds of dissatisfaction had already been planted, not to mention the local dissatisfaction in Novgorod. War is only a matter of time.

However, the Mongols did not just siege the city. They committed a series of atrocities in the countryside of Ross. The wealth of the Ross countryside made the Mongols a lot of money and made their desire to plunder even stronger.

The Battle of Lipica is regarded as a symbol of the era of the rift in Ross. In this bloody battle, a total of 13 Rurik princes died here, including Vladimir of Kyiv and Andrei of Moscow. In this battle, more than 2 people died.

The Mongols destroyed the Volga Bulgar first, and Moscow Rurik had just used the method of marriage to make this territory belong to them, but encountered such a thing, but also because of this, the news of the arrival of the Mongols made the princes of Ross pay attention stand up.

In Lipica, the two sides assembled a total of more than 8 troops. Although Ross has been in disputes over the years, the general environment has always been peaceful. Peace allows the population to breed, villages and towns are constantly increasing, and feudalization is advancing. It also allowed the princely regime to continuously strengthen its control over the people, and the forces that could be mobilized continued to increase.

But what no one expected was that Moscow, the city built by Rostislav, was the first to fall.

Although both Kyiv and Moscow want to support their descendants, Novgorod is different. After several failed attempts, Kyiv and Moscow found that they did not recognize non-Volorida descendants at all.

In the days of surrendering to the Mongols, the Northeast Rus recovered at an extremely fast speed. Because of the Mongols' destruction of the southern region, the Rus began to spontaneously migrate to the north, and the Northeast Rus was naturally a key migration target.

Kyiv and Novgorod quickly chose to surrender and accepted the rule from Batu, while Batu still continued Ross's three-capital system, because for him, this was the best way to rule.

In 1223, an unknown army came to the southern grasslands. They swept away many forces on the grasslands, which made Ross extremely astonished. Although the grasslands were always chaotic, such a sweep was still too powerful up.

The arrival of the Mongol army was only for one thing. Genghis Khan once promised the land in the west of Jochi, and now, the Great Mongol Kingdom wants to fulfill the promise of the past and give the descendants of Jochi Batu a big Ulus.

The Mongols are happy to maintain the three capitals system, because for them, it is very appropriate for them to use three titles to divide the Rus into three parts to mobilize the Rus princes, and in order to make these three regions more loose, they came up with more After all, there are Ruriks everywhere in these three regions, and the Mongols rely on mobilizing them to maintain their rule.

The Mongols shattered the original succession model of Rus. Now the appointment of each Rus prince comes from Sarai, and everything is decided by Sarai. Khan lives and kills above all Rus princes.

Since then, the Ross region has been put under heavy shackles by the Mongols, and a huge amount of silver and supplies have to be paid every year, but compared to the situation in history, I don’t know how much better.

But Rose still has a long way to go, but no matter what, the road ahead is much brighter than in history.

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