The reason why he thought of Kiev was very simple. Didn't Kiev depict everything with it as the center? The priests of Kiev almost monopolized the historical records and evaluations of the entire Rus.
Part of the reason why he wrote these histories was to break the monopoly of Kiev, break the monopoly of priests' records, and leave more real history to future generations.
And by thinking of Kiev, the prince also thought of the power changes in Russia in the past two years.
The uncles who were enfeoffed in various places have firmly established their positions, and the cities in various places have surrendered to Zhuya Roslavich's command. The political transition period of Rus has also come to an end.
After the uncles temporarily ended the clearing of nomads on the Russian border, they all disliked the vigorous construction and development in their respective territories.
After all, everyone knows that controlling the city does not mean that the countryside will also surrender. That can only be achieved through development and construction.
Of course, fire and swords are also indispensable. Without flames and sharp swords, people would not be able to submit to the authority of the princes. There would be no shortage of killings and various cruel methods.
The uncle is mainly strengthening Kiev's leadership over the Rus and strengthening the construction of the core of the Rus. In the city of Novo, he sent his son Mstislav to act as the prince.
In this regard, in Nuocheng, the forces belonging to him once asked him if he wanted to expel the spokesperson of Kiev, but the prince chose to refuse without hesitation. What a joke to do such a thing now, it would be too ungrateful to do this.
The second uncle is busy with the construction of Chernihiv. It is said that he took over the church left by his grandfather's brothers and plans to complete the construction of this church. The size of this church is no less than that of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev.
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Chechen has always been a strong challenger to Kiev. In the days of his grandfather, one of his brothers ruled half of Rus here with him. The unfinished church is what he left behind.
Now that the second uncle has become the ruler of Qie City, with his ambition, he will naturally complete the church and declare that his power is no less than that of Kiev.
In addition, this uncle seems to be collecting various Christian documents from Rus and Bulgaria, especially Simon of Bulgaria whom he admires, the canonized Saint Simon. He seems to want to create a Christian collection.
The third uncle continues to be busy strengthening the border and improving the border defense system centered on Pecheng (Pereyaslav). There are still many nomadic activities in his jurisdiction. These people are due to Zhuyaroslavich's
The crusade also became restless.
Now the third uncle is facing dual pressure from both inside and outside. Fortunately, the melee on the external grasslands is still continuing. Alliances are rising and falling one after another. There is no energy or strength to interfere with Ross's affairs. As for the nomads inside, they also
It is just too self-protective, not aggressive enough, and unable to fight against the Ross army.
Rus, which was originally unstable due to Yaroslav's death, also became stable. All countries saw the ability and unity of Yaroslav's descendants, and the restless ones were also shocked by this unity.
However, Rostislav knew very well that the restless people would still make trouble after all. Those people had been preparing for hegemony for so many years, how could they give up their plan just now.
He has to be prepared for that moment, and the opportunity will fall in front of him at that time, and it depends on whether he can seize it.
As for the restless one, the wizarding prince Vseslav, recently this guy has been doing his duty, obeying Kiev honestly, developing himself with peace of mind, and has no intention of making trouble - because he knows very well that Kiev already knows that in 1053
They were waiting for him to make a mistake.
As long as he makes a mistake, the entire Russian army will come to attack him, and he will not give Yaroslav the last chance.
Affected by this, even the daily trade friction between Polotsk and Nocheng stopped.
However, speaking of unstable factors, some recent news from Kiev made him a little uneasy. It seemed that his uncles planned to divide the position of metropolitan of Rus into three, and each of his three uncles had a metropolitan.
After all, the land was divided equally, and Yaroslav divided the land among his three sons, so naturally the religious power also had to be divided into three parts.
There is no doubt that this is a great offense to the church. Under normal circumstances, the church would never agree to such a request.
But here is Rus, where the church is extremely weak and needs Constantinople to win over Rus.
Rostislav knew the development of history, and they had done this in history. Faced with this unreasonable request from Russia, the imperial capital could only hold its nose and agree.
Although Rostislav felt it was inappropriate, he could not make any interference in this, because one thing remained unchanged, that is, he was only a junior after all, and now it was his three uncles who were talking about the Rurik family.
This is too far away from him. That is not what he should be concerned about now. What he should be concerned about now is the construction of Northeastern Ross.
Outside of Northeastern Rus, there is another place that he needs to pay special attention to, and this place is Smolensk.
There have been a lot of problems in Sicheng recently. The local tribesmen have become increasingly restless. They have begun to rob travelers, cut off trade routes, and even cut off shipping routes, causing great trouble to the local area.
The reason why they are so active is very simple. With the large-scale construction and development of Rostislav in Northeastern Rus, more and more immigrants and businessmen are attracted to this land. As the flow of people increases, the opportunities for plundering increase.
also increased.
And these tribesmen saw the sweetness and tasted the sweetness, and then they went more and more excessive, without any sense of moderation.
If it's robbery in twos and threes, they can ignore it. After all, Ross's roads are never absolutely safe, but on such a large scale, they must be managed.
However, after Sicheng sent troops to clear it out, the tribesmen appeared on the road in groups, as if they were an army, numbering in the thousands.
Faced with this situation, it was difficult for Veshata to solve the problem with the power in his hands, so he asked Rostislav for help.
Rostislav naturally agreed to Uncle Veshata's request for help. Uncle Veshata had helped him so much, and Rostislav had been importing supplies to Northeast Rus. Now was the time for him to repay Uncle Veshata.
And helping Visatta is helping himself. He also needs the road to the west to be smooth. Security is the basis for development. The trade routes must be smooth, so that it can be brought about.
The prince has already dispatched the troops of Thorgil and Orui, and these two Norse troops are enough to calm the local situation.
The North mercenary should just go home after completing this single job. Riga is summoning the North man to go back. After all, Harald's contract has been completed for some time.
As for the son-in-law of the King of Norway, he came home on the way. During the war against Bulgar, this warrior and the elite Northmen under his command failed to achieve any military success due to mission arrangements. They waited so long just because they had to wait for themselves.
The gold and silver distributed in the Bulgarian ransom.
And now that the ransom from the Bulgars has been obtained, they should leave after getting the money, and let them help Uncle Visatta along the way.
The Northeastern Rus' side was blocked for a short period of time and there was not much fighting, so Rustislav naturally wanted to make full use of these two forces.