While taming the church, Rostislav was also taming the people of Kiev.
Here, the Grand Duke of Kiev first implemented the guild policy, which can be said to be the most effective differentiation card in Rostislav's hand.
It's a pity that like the situation in Novgorod, the effect in Kiev is limited, even less effective than in Novgorod, because the forces in Kiev are more intertwined than anywhere else in Russia, even in Russia.
The same goes for Slavic liquidation of many wealthy merchants and nobles through war.
This made Rostislav very worried, because he had just seen the destructive power of the Kiev militia. It was so terrifying that even the thousands of his own soldiers were of no use. If he wanted to secure his position in Kiev, he had to put the militia under control.
Toru got it, this beast must be controlled.
It is impossible for the Greek and Russian officials to control the uncontrollable beast of Vecher. They can get power from Vecher in many daily affairs, but once the situation is urgent, they will be blind.
As for whether Leo can suppress such restlessness, Rostislav knows that Leo is a skilled old bureaucrat, but he has spent a lot of stable time and is already old. If there is a problem, can he control it?
It's all a problem.
However, there is no such thing as a Russian faction and a Greek faction in the bureaucracy now - more accurately, there is none for the time being - the essence of the dispute between the two factions is that the local Russian bureaucrats feel that their positions cannot be promoted.
But now, there are vacant positions all over Russia. As long as you dare to do it, Rostislav dares to appoint you.
Under such circumstances, Rostislav's small bureaucracy became more and more united. After all, facing those citizens, aristocratic businessmen, etc., they were undoubtedly in the same trench.
Faced with such an embarrassing situation, Rostislav finally came to the conclusion that the only way to reverse the situation relatively quickly was to form a standing army.
The essence of Rostislav's standing army is to promote a privileged military class among the citizens. These people usually live around the Grand Duke's palace, and their interests are bound to the Grand Duke. However, they are also citizens and staunch supporters of the Grand Duke. To a certain extent
It can also affect Wicher.
Therefore, the Kiev Battalion was directly expanded by Rostislav into a large battalion with a strength of thousands, and the recruitment of soldiers was also very fast. After experiencing so many wars, Kiev still had a lot of bankruptcies and people in need. They were very
Willing to fight for the Duke.
Rostislav directly allocated to them the confiscated noble lands around Kiev. Even after settling some meritorious officials, these lands were large in number. As their fields, these were mature lands after development. This was extremely
The big ones win over people's hearts.
While the Kiev battalion was recruiting, crossbowmen were also being recruited. Rostislav also wanted to build a strong team of crossbowmen in Kiev. During the Battle of Buda, the crossbowmen on the tower of St. George's Monastery could be said to be
It suppressed the entire battlefield, and he saw it all in his eyes.
Rostislav placed all these people in the inner city of Kiev, that is, in Kiev on the cliff, and isolated them from other citizen groups - this is the most important part of this policy.
In addition, Rostislav carried out a large-scale cleanup of the inner city of Kiev, demolishing many residences of liquidated nobles and wealthy businessmen, and cleaning up many ruins and useless buildings. This was in addition to leaving space for the privileged class of the city that he promoted.
, and old people transferred from the north.
The Janissaries and the Moscow Battalion will undoubtedly come to Kiev. These two teams have followed the Grand Duke the longest and are the most loyal to him. Rostislav must keep them by his side.
In addition, regarding the Janissaries, Rostislav recently ended the dispute between the Janissaries and Janissaries within the Janissaries. The Janissaries have since become Rostislav's personal guard, separated from the Janissaries. This team is now more of a
Acting as a guard for the princes, of course, in some cases, powerful people will be born here.
As for the Janissaries, they are still the same Janissaries, Rostislav's good comrades, and Rostislav's good friends. In addition, the Janissaries have been expanding crazily since Rostislav took control of Kiev. Now their number of members reaches
A total of eight hundred people came.
Most of them were once the personal soldiers of the second uncle and the third uncle. Rostislav did not want these people at first, but if he didn't want them, wouldn't it mean that hundreds of heavily armed men were allowed to operate in Ross? This is really bad for public security.
It was a huge test, so Rostislav recruited them anyway.
He now understood why the second uncle took over most of the uncle's soldiers so directly. The political screening work could only be done slowly in the future. There was no way around it.
But as long as he gives out enough money, most people won't cause any trouble. Those who are still here are definitely not the "close comrades" of his uncles. Those people are following their uncles' sons.
While controlling the domestic situation, Rostislav was also busy communicating with foreign forces. For example, after several fruitless conflicts, Rostislav signed an agreement with Poland to stop the war. This was mainly due to Rostislav's mobilization of other forces.
As a result, Hungary, Bohemia, and even the empire were willing to cooperate with Russia in besieging the mad dog Poland.
As for the south, Saru Khan showed a lot of goodwill to Ross. It seemed that he wanted to maintain peace with Ross for a period of time. Ross also agreed. There is still a lot of cooperation between the two sides in grassland trade.
But Rostislav knew that the peace on the steppe was temporary after all, and based on his relationship with the Khan, he would have to make a comeback sooner or later.
For forces like the Empire and Hungary, they are neither salty nor weak. The main point of cooperation between the two sides is to suppress Poland, but not in other aspects.
As for the Eastern Empire, after confirming that the trade agreement with Rostislav remained unchanged, they paid little attention to Ros.
This was lucky for Rostislav, because none of the surrounding countries had any intention of interfering with Rostislav, and he could do his best to heal the wounds caused by the war.
Rostislav knew that if this trauma was not erased, he would not be able to eliminate the negative effects of his rule. There will always be people who remember that it was because of Rostislav's army that their relatives and friends left. Only time and life
, can dilute these hatreds.
In addition, speaking of foreign countries, as a visitor from later generations, he knew that the recent battle of Manchiket was coming soon, and he was very clear about the far-reaching impact of this battle.
Under a series of coincidences, it will lead to a complete liquidation of the long-standing grudges of the Eastern Empire's elites, an unprecedented war.
This war will completely paralyze the Eastern Empire. In the end, Komnenos came out to save the country and saved the exploded country.
Rostislav had no intention of getting involved in this war. Although he could use his wife as a claim to claim the throne of the imperial capital, he just didn't want to. The Eastern Empire was a huge fire pit. Anyone who wanted to go could go, but he, a barbarian, didn't want it.
Went to join in the fun.
But he can send some people there. There are always some staunch supporters of Yaroslavich in South Rus, as well as those who ran to Temutorokan and then fled back. Instead of letting them stay
In Rus, if you don't know when they will rebel, you might as well sell them as mercenaries to the Greek emperor.
At least it can be exchanged for some money, and now the imperial capital is recruiting mercenaries.
As for the life and death of these people, Rostislav does not want to care. These guys are potential enemies who are not easy to execute. How can Rostislav care whether these people are dead or alive? It is best to die in Manchiket and that Greek
The emperor died together.
But this idea was just an episode after all. After being happy with his idea, Rostislav still had to be busy with work.
Among these tasks, Rostislav felt that he had an increasingly long way to go. Everywhere he went was so tired and complicated that he did not dare to leave these tasks to others for fear of causing trouble.
But he just sighed. Anyway, he was already prepared and could just move forward according to the plan.
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