Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 18 Moscow, the City of Loyalty

The Civil War was the most serious crisis since the establishment of the Han court.The young Toto Khan may not have understood until now why his Greek ruler had to repeat the reading to him every day, saying that internal worries were more serious than external ones.

Khan Ting has long been aware of internal conflicts, but no one expected that they would come so suddenly and violently.

Then he didn't spend the Taishi's Northern Expedition to Poland's Beiya army, supported his son Boyan, rebelled against the imperial court, and colluded with the enemy country, preparing to go south.

At this time, the Nanya guards were on the battlefields from Thrace to Transylvania.As for the loyal new army of the Beiya Army, some of them were also in the Northern Expedition Army, and were suddenly besieged and destroyed by the rebels; some of them were arresting a group of bandits in the principalities of Ross.

More than ten years ago, Grand Master Yebuhua defeated the Golden Horde Khan Zanibie in a decisive battle. Since then, the Ross principalities have gradually changed from the Golden Tent to the Purple Tent.But this surrender is still reluctant, and neither of them actually like it.

This time, the princes of Ross had already planned.They elected Grand Duke Ivan of Tver as their leader, and they have secretly colluded with Lithuania, Poland and other countries, preparing to launch an attack together and defeat the scattered new troops one by one.

More than 1000 new troops just came to the vicinity of Tver at this time. Ivan planned to use the name of hospitality to wait for them to relax their vigilance and wipe them out in one fell swoop.Other princes will follow his example and try to solve it as soon as possible.

At the critical moment, the Grand Duchy of Moscow got the news through the businessmen who came and went.The loyal Grand Duke Dmitry of Moscow immediately reported the rebellious princes to the Khan Court.

The relationship between the family of the Grand Dukes of Moscow and the khan courts of all dynasties has always been very good, and the close relationship between the two parties can be traced back to the Batu era.When Batu's Western Expeditionary Army came to the Ross region, the grand duke's ancestor Yaroslav was the first group of locals to join them.

Yaroslav had a good relationship with Batu, and as a representative of Batu, he participated in the Khuriltai Conference of Hara and Lin.However, Naimazhen, the wife of Ogedai who was in power, hated Batu, detained Yaroslav, and finally poisoned him to death.

Perhaps ashamed of this, Batu was very kind to Yaroslav's son Alexander, and even asked his son Sarida to form an Anta with him.With the support of Batu, Alexander also had his own territory.

Alexander was a very capable man. He had previously served as a guest minister and led the Novgorod army to defeat the Swedish raiders on the Neva River.The Slavs actually defeated the Nordics, which shocked everyone, so people gave him the nickname "Nevsky", which means "Hero of the Neva River".Later, he also defeated the German knights who marched eastward at Lake Chud, and achieved a miraculous victory at the time, making people realize that the Slavs can also fight.

What's more valuable is that, unlike other princes who turned against the water with a little power, Alexander Nevsky was very loyal to the Khanate.

Later, his younger brother Andre secretly united with Prince Rus and the Western countries to overthrow the rule of the Mongols. Alexander immediately reported to the Great Khan, killed his relatives righteously, and thwarted the evil plan of the conspirators in time.

The Golden Horde also reciprocated.Alexander Nevsky sent his son to Novgorod as a lord, but was expelled by the locals because of his brutal rule.The Khanate then sent troops, and with the cooperation of Alexander, they suppressed Novgorod's resistance and supported his son again.

All his life, Alexander had been working diligently for the Great Khan.Until the end, there were uprisings against the yurt taxpayers in the cities of Rus. Alexander, regardless of his health, rushed to Sarai himself to report the betrayal of the Rus people.Advise the Han court not to underestimate it, but to send heavy troops to resolutely suppress it.

After persuading the Great Khan, the loyal Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky died of illness on his way back to the fief due to overwork and illness at the age of 43.It can be said that he died in the line of duty, which is not an exaggeration.

Guo Kang chatted with Tuohuan and others before, saying that this person will be regarded as a hero and a saint by the Slavs in the future.Thuan agrees with this.These days, there are not many people who are so loyal, and it is really unreasonable not to reward them.

Alexander's descendants continued to serve the Khan court. When his grandson, Grand Duke Yuri, the Golden Horde Khan month at that time, he did not marry his sister to him, so that he also became a "Gulie Gan". Timur was at the same level.

After Yuri, his younger brother Ivan "Pocket" came to the throne.At this time, the people of Tver, an important state of Rus, rebelled and killed the local tax collectors arranged by the Mongols.Under the order of Yuejibehan, Ivan sent troops to suppress the rebellion, and was given the responsibility of taking over from the taxpayer and collecting taxes from various countries.Since then, Moscow has acted as the Khan Court's tax agent in the Rus principalities.Ivan also got the nickname of "money bag" because of excessive taxation and insatiable greed.

The sons of "Money Bag" Ivan are still loyal to the country, supervise the anti-Mongol forces in other city-states, and report to the Khan court in time.Things changed when it came to his grandson Dmitry.

The Golden Horde fell into a long-term civil war, and its national strength was greatly weakened.The western part of the Khanate was controlled by the warlord Mamai.Dmitry's ambitions swelled, so he also colluded with the khanate rebels.

The principalities of Rus assembled more than [-] troops and faced Mamai at Kulikovo on the Don River.As a result, Mamite's army was defeated, and Dmitry became famous and received the nickname "Donskoy", which means Hero of the Don.

However, only three years later, White Horde Khan Tuotuo came here, trying to restore the rule of the Rus kingdoms, and use this as a rear to continue the war with Timur.

Although he can't beat Timur, Tutuo Lost is also a ruthless man who can command strategic decisive battles on the main battlefields of the Eurasian continent, and these Slavs cannot fight against them.It may be that winning the local snake Mamai gave them too much confidence. As a result, the Slavs were defeated again, and Moscow was burned to the ground.Dmitry and others fled in a hurry, surrendered to Timur and the Purple Horde, and asked for support.

After the failure of Tutuo, Moscow began to rebuild.They also picked up their traditional skills again, and began to continuously report the remnants of the Golden Account, as well as other Russians who colluded with external forces, and actively led the way in the previous wars between the Purple Account and Poland and Lithuania.

Moscow declared that they only opposed people like the corrupt and violent minister Mamai and the illegitimate usurper Tuotuomi, and they would always be loyal to the Khanate itself.

Guo Kang scoffed at this.In private, he told his adoptive father and adoptive mother that there is no doubt that these Muscovites will be the biggest threat to the Khanate in the future.You can't be deceived by their current behavior, you must always take precautions.

But his adoptive mother told him that everyone knew about this kind of thing.Although the kings and ministers of the Khan Court are not prophets, they have also dealt with rulers from all over the year. Everyone knows what these local tycoons like to do.

But the problem is that the power of the Khan court is really not enough to manage such a long distance, nor does it have enough military power and officials to maintain the organization.In this case, agents can only be selected locally to help rule.

The Ross people are not a country, but a collective name for a large number of states.The long-standing Kiev, the noble Vladimir, the free Novgorod, the wealthy Galich...all have their own characteristics.

And Moscow is a new small city, in fact, there is nothing special about it.Its only advantage is loyalty.

This is not to say that Moscow has not rebelled, but that compared with other states that rebelled every day, Moscow is completely worthy of the trust of the Khan court in them.

As for the issue after the decline of the Khan Court, this actually doesn't make much sense.

If Khanting can still beat him, he will naturally continue to work.If Khan Ting can't even beat him, then there is no need to worry about him.At that time, there will be stronger and more deadly enemies.

So, even if this is really a prophecy, and everyone in the Khan Court is convinced, everyone is at best a double-minded, and it is impossible to really do anything—even if they change people, can they really be more loyal than Moscow?

(End of this chapter)