king of ros

"What does the city of Kyiv say? Are they willing to surrender under my banner?"

Looking at the envoy returning from the city, Rostislav asked, without much worry in his tone. According to the current situation, it is impossible for Kyiv to refuse him.

The prince of Moscow is standing on a flat field outside Kyiv. Behind him is the huge northern army. The spears are as dense as a forest, and the army formation seems to have no limit.

Rostislav was wearing a set of gorgeous armor, which can be called wearing gold and silver. This armor was a ceremonial armor that Rostislav ordered from Moscow specially for this moment.

Not surprisingly, Rostislav was showing off to Kyiv, boasting of the strength of the Northern Army.

But now Kyiv can't get any support, the southern army has been completely defeated, and neither Svyatoslav nor Vsevolod has been in the battle.

As for their son, it is difficult for them to control the rest of their father, let alone control Kyiv, and it is impossible for Kiev to obey so few brats.

And the envoy who was questioned knelt before Rostislav's horse, "Salute to the new Grand Duke of Kiev! Salute to the new conqueror of Kyiv!"

As the envoy spoke, a hand following behind him waved a flag towards Kyiv.

With this action, the gates of the Golden Gate burst open, and a line of musicians and singers came out surrounded by the citizens of Kyiv.

"Enter the city and tell the subordinates to restrain their subordinates. I don't want any vicious incidents in Kyiv."

Rostislav gave such a sentence, and then drove the horse forward. Behind the prince, his followers and soldiers marched forward in neat steps, endowing Rostislav with great power.

In front of the Golden Gate of Kiev, the citizens of Kiev knelt down in front of Rostislav. Rostislav looked up at the Golden Gate made by his grandfather, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

Representatives of the citizens of Kyiv offered gifts of friendship and obedience, bread and salt, which Rostislav readily accepted and ate the food that represented power.

The expressions of the citizens of Kyiv finally relaxed, because this meant that the princes accepted their surrender. In any case, there would be no such thing as looting and massacres, and most people no longer had to be afraid.

"Enter the city."

The citizens of Kyiv moved out of the way, and Rostislav led his men into Kyiv. The grand army stepped into the center of Ross under the banners all over the sky, and they settled in various key points of Kyiv according to the order.

The remaining Kyiv militiamen were all ordered to lay down their arms, and then went back to their homes to continue their normal lives. Rostislav's Northern Army took over.

The citizens of Kyiv certainly have a lot of opinions about the control of the city by outsiders, but it is a pity that their opinions are not important at the moment, and they must endure it, because those people are now the occupiers of Kyiv.

The prince of Moscow, on the other hand, settled in the palace of his ancestors under the heavy guard, the Vladimir Palace, the power center of Naros, and the banner of St. George's dragon slaying was flying above this palace.

Looking at the new banner, everyone understands that a new Lord of All-Russia has appeared, and the political structure of Rus has been completely reshuffled. …

However, after taking control of Kyiv, Rostislav found that the city of Kyiv was being tamed much faster than he thought.

No one made a fuss, and no one caused trouble. Everyone just obeyed directly, and there was no urban resistance that Rostislav expected.

The main reason is that everyone doesn't want to make trouble anymore. There have been too many power changes in Kyiv in the past year. Of course, it is also due to Rostislav's invitation to the former Kyiv general manager Kosnyachik.

The steward withdrew from the dispute after Yin Jaslav was killed, unwilling to serve the guy who assassinated the lord.But Rostislav is different, Kosnyachik is happy to serve the Prince Rurik who came from the north.

Due to his strong influence, the Kyiv nobles soon submitted to Rostislav.

The first thing after Rostislav became Lord of Christ was to ensure the condition of the troops sent to the other two southern Ross cities.

And the good news came back. Both Chernigov and Pereyaslav expressed their obedience to Kyiv. After disappearing, they found that they could only choose to surrender next, which was their only feasible option at present.

As for Pereyaslav, on the one hand, the prince is gone, and the city can only submit to Rostislav. On the other hand, it is because Polovets Khan killed the prince of Pereyaslav, and the land was destroyed. large-scale looting.

Pereyaslav was in desperate need of support, which the sons of the losers obviously could not give. They could only turn to Rostislav, only to the ruler of Kyiv.

Rostislav successfully gained control of the three cities of Southern Ross. Since then, he can be said to have become the master of all of Russia.

But the discordant notes still exist. He heard that the sons of the second uncle and the third uncle fled to the east to occupy the town, intending to fight against Kyiv. Rostislav handed over the task to Jan. This veteran is enough to suppress those young people.

And then Rostislav will have to make a large-scale adjustment to the political affairs of the whole of Russia, or more precisely, to reward meritorious deeds.

After obtaining the three cities of Southern Ross, Rostislav directly emptied all the treasuries in the three cities and rewarded them to the soldiers of the Northern Army. It can be said that they were flooded with gold and silver.

This brought Rostislav a wave of cheers and made his reputation even higher. A generous ruler is always welcome.

But some people can't be sent with gold and silver alone. Rostislav wants to give them power, and now there are indeed positions everywhere in Russia that can be used to reward people.

There is no doubt that Rostislav himself was seated in Kyiv, while Chernigov was handed over to Jan, who is now the mayor of Chernigov, who happened to be in charge of suppressing this key area of ​​Rostislav's heart.

Pereyaslav gave it to his son Rurik. This kid has proved himself in the war, so he should also be alone. It is just right to resist the invasion of the nomadic army-of course, Rostislav will give him a gun. strong army. …

The mayor of Smolensk is still Veshata, and the old man continues to sit here, while Novgorod is still the mayor of Gavrila, who was handpicked by Rostislav.

As for Moscow, Rostislav handed over the city to a person who surprised people, but this person was also a confidant of Rostislav, that is Vanigo of the Blacksmiths Guild.

If it were in other Russian cities, it would definitely cause trouble, but this is Moscow, a city built by Rostislav himself, and he is everything here.

This is also a step for Rostislav to check and balance the power of the vichers and guilds in Moscow. Let them fight. When Rostislav's son reaches the age, he will come and take over everything.

Along with enfeoffment, a large number of people will flow here, but this more detailed enfeoffment does not require Rostislav's intervention, and it will take time for these things to be implemented, at least a few months.

In order to express his importance to the old people in Moscow, Rostislav transferred many people to Kyiv. Moscow only retained the administrative power of the city, and all other forces came to Kyiv to ensure that Rostislav could control the big city of Russia.

After initially distributing the power in the core area of ​​​​Rustislav, Rostislav also temporarily put down his work, because he now has a more important thing, which is to accept the coronation of the metropolitan and become the Grand Duke of Kyiv. Only after this step, his power is officially established.

And his metropolitan of Kyiv had arrived, and he was none other than Luka Zhigata, bishop of Moscow and teacher of Rostislav.

When he saw the teacher, Rostislav knew that he must find the new metropolitan immediately, because the teacher was too old, too old.

Bishop Luka was trembling when he crowned him, but he still completed the task under the encouragement of firm will, which made Rostislav very sad.

But after this old but still firm coronation, Rostislav is now the Grand Duke of Kyiv, the Lord of all Rus, and the undisputed king of the mother of Rus.

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