Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 135 Father Xiong

In the eyes of the Greeks, Little Ross is "Inner Ross", and Great Ross is "Outer Ross", which is a bit similar to the distinction between Gaul in the mountains and Gaul outside the mountains.But the Eastern Roman Empire was already in decline, and it was unable to manage these things.

What is even more troublesome for the Kiev diocese is that the Poles have come before the Mongols have left.

Even in Europe, the Poles are the kind of religious believers who are rather stunned.They were very unhappy with the Kiev diocese and often attacked the local Rus state.Poles often persecuted Orthodox believers, trying to expel them or force them to convert.

Soon, the locals could not stand Poland.Although they tried to expel the Mongols before, after such a comparison, the princes found that the Mongols only wanted money, while the Poles not only wanted money, but also faith, and even death.

In 1340, the Polish army reached Lvov, the capital of the Principality of Galich, trying to annex the country. The local nobles hurriedly brought back the Golden Horde, which drove the Poles away.

But with the disintegration of the Golden Horde, even other forces that could be relied on disappeared.Soon, most of the parish of Little Ross was occupied by Poland and Lithuania.After Galich and Kiev were attacked in turn, the imbalance between the two metropolitan dioceses became increasingly serious, and the religious center began to shift to the Greater Rus region.

After the rise of the Purple Horde, the situation changed again.

Starting from Crimea and Moldavia, the Purple Horde slowly took control of the southern part of Little Ross, and finally took back the entire diocese from the Poles.Unlike the Golden Horde, which was content with collecting taxes, the Purple Horde built water conservancy, farms, and mineral mining in many places with better conditions, and started a long-lasting business.

The purple tent army is also different from the previous Mongolian Khans. They have many professionals from the Central Plains, Persia, and Greece. Even the elder Guo Gai was born in the Central Plains, and later he stayed in Tabriz for a long time.In the hands of these people, there is currently the entire world, which can be said to be the most advanced engineering technology.And as an army from an engineering team, their engineers are very professional.

The civil fences and trenches in the Ross area are barely enough to block the looters from all walks of life after the disintegration of the Golden Horde Khanate, but in front of the Purple Horde, it is almost child's play.

Under such circumstances, the Purple Horde gradually established a relatively stable management in the Parish of Little Ross.Because the land here is too sparsely populated, many places are still unable to be effectively controlled, and the autonomy of the local people is still the mainstay.But again, there are no enemies of any size.

In this case, there is a good basis for cooperation between the Church of Kiev and the Khanate.

The Purple Horde has always had a relatively clear general plan for the Ross region: the religious and cultural center should be in Kiev, the economic center should be in Novgorod, and finally the administrative center that manages various affairs can be left to Moscow.

Guo Gai and others were very incomprehensible to the previous practice of the Golden Horde putting everything in Moscow.

It is also because of this that the Purple Horde has always supported the Kiev Church as the core of the "All-Russian Diocese".With this foundation of cooperation, the two sides can naturally talk about anything.

Although the orthodox religion of the Purple Horde is a bit heretical, no matter what, it is better than Poland.And if there is no one to support it, Kiev, a traditional cultural center, will probably decline, or even be annexed by Moscow in turn.So, now is not the time to pick and choose.

The Purple Horde announced that, according to historical habits, Kiev is the center of the church.The previous relocation to Moscow was caused by the turmoil in the current situation. Now that there is no problem, it is time to return to tradition.

Of course Moscow was reluctant about this, and the Church was not happy to give up the title of Metropolitan.The two sides argued for a long time.

After the Civil War, taking advantage of the aftermath of the victory, the Purple Horde began to adjust the planning of each diocese, announcing the unity of the provinces and provinces.Moreover, from now on, the church leaders in each province will be collectively called the Patriarch and will be directly responsible to the Ministry of Rites.

Now it's all right, everyone don't fight for the Metropolitan, even the Patriarch of a higher level is not so valuable...

Even the concept of the whole Rose diocese was later diluted.The Purple Horde Khanate newly divided many administrative provinces, with towns and legion manors as the core, breaking the boundaries of the previous principalities.Only Kiev became a special parish like Constantinople.

Here, the two churches are at odds with each other.Most of the new farms and mines operated by the Purple Horde are the territory of the Romanian Church.And in places beyond the reach of the Khanate's administrative agencies, such as the large number of scattered Rus settlements in the local area, it is the place where the Kiev church is active.In addition, one of the main functions of the Kiev church is to publicize the outside world, or to those Rus principalities that are in custody, so as to maintain the relationship between the local people and the Purple Horde.

These reforms had little effect on the Kiev church.They did not have absolute leadership over the other Rus dioceses, nor could they manage other duchies, but because they received appointments directly from the Patriarch of Constantinople, they had a higher standard.Changes in administrative divisions and priest grades did not delay their activities in the vast Ross region.

Moreover, because Kiev is a special parish, this time it really surpassed other parishes at the administrative level...

As for the protests in Moscow, they did not last long.Because soon, the Queen Mother Helena set up a more ruthless job-she sent a lot of people to the Rose area through the Constantine Special Diocese to recruit the local "wild" priests.

The Ross people have been baptized for hundreds of years, but due to geographical and cultural issues, the church has maintained quite a lot of primitive religious elements during the promotion process.In many rural areas, primitive polytheistic wizards and shamans are still active.The principalities and churches have been working hard to eliminate these influences, but the effect is not very good.

Of course, cultural penetration often works both ways.At the same time that the primitive religion changed the church, the church also had an influence on the primitive religion.Many priests in the countryside began to call themselves monks and priests.And some priests with unknown backgrounds and backgrounds also began to appear frequently.

Like the problems faced by the Purple Horde, the biggest feature of the Ross region is that it is sparsely populated.The purple tents are not capable of managing various places, and the princes are not much better.Therefore, these people are active everywhere and maintain a lot of influence among the people.

Bears were a vital element in ancient Slavic worship.Therefore, many wild priests like to domesticate bears, and the residents also believe that being accompanied by a bear is a sign of pious faith and approval of the heavenly father.The "circus actor" old Ivan recruited by Zhu Yunqi before, actually has a similar identity.

Inside the Church of Constantine, some people questioned this, but most people didn't care about it anymore, and thought the Queen Mother's method was wonderful.

Afterwards, the "expatriates" of the Church of Constantine have often been active in the Ross area, informing everyone that as long as they go to Dadu and receive basic training and tests, they can be called official priests—does Moscow recognize you? Said, anyway, our Junbao Church directly recognized it.

For a while, there were many more bears on the pier from Crimea to Dadu.The passengers on the passenger ship complained unceasingly, so they could only find a boat to take these priests there alone.

They also improved the situation of Ross people in Dadu to a certain extent.

The Greeks in the city like to brag about themselves, and they generally look down on the Russians who work, thinking that most of them are begging for food.Some even insulted and teased them on purpose, causing quarrels and fights.

But ordinary Greek citizens can hardly beat a bear.The risk of teasing these guys is higher, and it's not worth it.So during that time, the Ross people in the city were much more stable.

(End of this chapter)