A full half a year has passed since Rostislav took charge of Kiev. In the past six months, a lot has happened.
Many of the former wealthy merchants and powerful men lost their power and were exiled from the city. Some were sent to distant borders, while others fled to Temutolokan in the east to join the descendants of the losers.
Later, some people ran back, choosing to accept exile. However, what they didn't know was that Rostislav had already recorded these people, and he had other plans for them.
However, these changes and chaos have little impact on ordinary citizens of Kiev, because neither Izyaslav, nor Svyatoslav, nor now Rostislav have brought any earth-shaking changes to Kiev.
After all, life never changes.
The war also consumed a large number of restless elements and people's restless enthusiasm. Although many people have to mourn for their dead relatives and friends, people in this era are tough.
They quickly got over it and continued their lives. Kiev can now be said to be the most stable it has been in a while.
But Kiev is not static. The biggest impact on the people is that Rostislav restarted the academy from the Yaroslav era.
The new Grand Duke of Kiev updated an academic system, which adopts a two-year academic system and mainly teaches higher education content such as geometry, literature and astronomy.
The important thing is that this academy not only faces the court and nobles, it also opens channels to the people.
The rich can pay huge tuition fees to study in the college, but even so, many people still choose to enter. Anyone who cares a little about the development of the political situation will see the huge investment in education by the Grand Duke of Kiev, and other
The opening of education to the people further illustrates the ambition of this ruler.
So they will definitely make money by joining the Learning Academy now. Rostislav will definitely have arranged a position for them in the future, and they will definitely not suffer any loss by joining.
As for ordinary people who can't afford the huge tuition fees, don't be discouraged, because Vladimir Academy opens ten places every year to ordinary people across Russia. As long as they are literate, they can fight for the opportunity to enter the academy.
Of course, Kiev and areas close to Kiev naturally have a great advantage in fighting for this right, but people in other regions are not discouraged.
Because information has leaked from the Vladimir Palace, that is, in about one or two years, Rostislav will build secondary colleges of the Vladimir Academy in Novgorod and Moscow and implement a one-year academic system.
It is also responsible for imparting higher education, but if you want to study for two years, you can only take an exam to see if you can go to Kiev.
After all, the status of Kiev as the mother of cities lies there. The so-called essence of Russian culture is the product of the mixture of Kiev culture in various parts of Russia and local culture. Therefore, in education, Rostislav must still highlight this point.
In addition, when it comes to literacy, the new Grand Duke of Russia can be said to have spent a lot of money on this. He asked Kiev, Novgorod and Moscow to increase investment in grassroots education. To this end, he invested 10% of the total in Russia.
I used a portion of my income to focus exclusively on this matter.
There is a reason why Rostislav spent so much money, because he wanted to cultivate a group of secular intellectuals who are somewhat different from the intellectuals who came out of the church system (it is impossible to create purely secular intellectuals in this era). This is because
This is evident in the selection of teachers. Rostislav chose people with as little church background as possible.
The people didn't understand why the new Grand Duke did this, but they didn't refuse, because no matter what, there is nothing wrong with making children literate, and everyone was happy to send school-age children to receive education, so that they would not have to run around.
Where the people did not care, the church underwent great changes. With Rostislav moving the Moscow printing workshop to Kiev, the scribes and clergy in Southern Russia were completely liberated.
All these people were driven by Rostislav into the countryside outside the city walls, and they all went to preach for me or serve as parish priests, enriching the grassroots strength of the church and reaching places that the princely government could not touch.
Naturally, many people are unwilling to go to the wild. After all, many priests are from wealthy merchants and noble families. Why go to the countryside to suffer when they can live in the city? This is why after Moscow produced a large number of printed books, Southern Rus still
One of the reasons there were many copyist priests.
And Rostislav is not used to them. As people who dedicate themselves to the church, they should go to the wilderness to serve those lambs of the Lord. No one can find fault with this reason. The complaints and wailing of these guys are in front of this powerful reason.
So powerless.
However, although this is a small move, the essence is Rostislav's blow to the church. This is telling the church that there is a powerful monarch on the throne of Kiev now, and you'd better do what he wants.
Therefore, after Rostislav's "little change", he appointed Nestor as the successor of the metropolitan. The church had no objections to this and did not dare to have any objections.
After taking office as metropolitan heir, the next step was big work. Rostislav further divided the dioceses under the metropolitan jurisdiction.
(Rostislav redivided the existing dioceses of Russia, increased the number of bishops to drive the church, and ordered the church to build monasteries in various places to promote local production. The old men could only obey.)
(Due to audit issues, I can only summarize it like this. Please forgive me, readers. I have omitted some parts and posted them in the group. You can read them in the group)