king of ros

After leaving Hagia Sophia, Rostislav immediately made the following arrangements.

The first is to negotiate with the church, to be precise, with the cave monastery.

And why is the cave monastery, because the Ross church can actually be equated with this monastery. Except for those Greeks, the entire Ross church is from the cave monastery. The huge influence of this monastery is unprecedented.

However, the new Grand Duke of Kyiv did not settle accounts with the cave monastery. Instead, he also recognized the land occupied by the monastery and the monastery established during the Svyatoslav period.

Because to be honest, without them to occupy the land and build a monastery, God knows when this land can be developed.

And what the monastery has to pay is very simple, that is obedience, unconditional and comprehensive obedience.

The monastery also readily agreed to this request. The dean Fyodor was very obedient in front of Rostislav. Anyway, the Ross church could not survive without the prince of Ross, and they could only rely on the princely regime after all.

And now there is only one Prince Ross, and that person is Rostislav.

Solving the cave monastery also meant solving the entire church, and the church began to wave its flag against Rostislav's rule.

But it is not as strong as in the Svyatoslav era. Rostislav also understands this, after all, his second uncle is really popular with the church.

But it doesn't matter, for the church, as long as the donation is made, he will become a saint that the church crazily touts.

In addition, Rostislav also won a lot of benefits for the Church of Ross, and gave them some carrots, such as sending envoys to the imperial capital, requesting the Church of the Imperial Capital to recognize the two native saints of Ross, Boris and Gleb.

For a long time, the Rose Church has longed for local saints. Although they have already canonized themselves, it is a pity that they do not have the approval of the imperial capital.

The imperial capital smoothly agreed with Rostislav’s request. After all, the Grand Duke’s Church in the imperial capital has always been used to ruling Rus, especially in this situation where the ruler of Rus has changed. These are just small requests. All these ceremonies are well done.

In addition, he also decided to invest some more resources in the construction of the cave monastery, build some magnificent monastery buildings, and make the cave monastery, the first monastery of Ross, as magnificent and splendid as possible.

Oh, by the way, regarding the second uncle's funeral, Rostislav didn't tell the truth about his assassination of his brother, because he is a Rurik after all, and he has the same surname as him.

The Grand Duke of Kyiv only intends to make some verbal hints when he records this history himself in the future-after all, he still wants to leave some information for future generations.

After solving the church, Rostislav hurriedly restarted the court academy in the Yaroslav era, which was a very important step in his plan.

In Yaroslav's era, Kyiv's court academy had always had a great reputation, and it basically represented the highest academic level in the entire northern world. Characters like Harald, Edward, and Andrew had all studied here, but after grandfather After his death, the academy was gradually closed, from the aristocratic academy to the private classroom of the Kyiv royal family. …

Rostislav has now fully revived the academy, recalled the teachers who were dismissed in the Yaroslavich era, invited teachers from the imperial capital, and borrowed manpower from the cave monastery, and its scale undoubtedly surpassed the Yaroslav era .

Then, the Grand Duke of Kyiv used his red house as the foundation to transform it into a college, and gave the college a name, Vladimir College, in memory of his father-but many people thought that Vladimir Kimir was referring to the "Holy One," not to Rostislav's father.

But even after Fuxing College, its scale is not very large, it can accommodate a few hundred students at most, and it may not be able to recruit a full number of people. In many places, the castle owners and nobles are known for their brains and muscles. , they have never been interested in learning anything.

Rostislav, on the other hand, made a bold move, and directly gave each place an indicator, asking them to send how many noble children they send to be educated every year. In addition, they also opened education channels to wealthy citizens so that the people can also receive education, and expand Ross's education as much as possible. educational groups.

Of course, education matters must not be limited to Kyiv. Rostislav also plans to build colleges in other regions, but it is just an idea now. He will promote higher education in other regions until everything in Kyiv is implemented first.

Rostislav's large-scale investment in education was not for anything else, but to strengthen enlightenment and inject Kyiv's culture into the rich class of Rus and into the hearts of these local nobles.

The so-called cultural construction is just such a subtle thing. Only after witnessing the glory of Kyiv, they will yearn for Kyiv after returning to their hometown.

Try to imitate Kyiv as much as possible in terms of words, deeds, dress and behavior, and imitate the standard Rus culture.

However, Rostislav actually doesn’t know what the standard Ross culture is. After all, the standard Ross culture itself is a chaotic body, but it’s enough to follow this path, and future generations will summarize it.

In addition, he also plans to spread the basic education of Rose, but he is still in a state of confusion and is still figuring out how to advance.

These are very small tasks. Rostislav did not invest a huge amount of resources at the beginning, mainly because he felt that the expansion of this amount had been supported by Ross, and it would take several years to digest it.

He has money and can't use it at all, and has a lot of resources in his hands, but he can only slowly advance what he wants to do. Let's talk about the next expansion after a few years.

In addition, Rostislav has stepped up his writing, and he has to produce the work he has prepared for a long time as soon as possible. If he wants to promote cultural development, he cannot do without excellent cultural works.

In addition, he also plans to send people to study in the imperial capital. In any case, the imperial capital is the representative of the development direction of this era. There is always nothing wrong with imitating the imperial capital. This is also the development direction that Ross should develop.

This can also deepen the connection with the imperial capital, which is undoubtedly beneficial and harmless. The Eastern Empire and Ross are highly connected economically, and deepening the connection is only good for everyone.

Rostislav has already made up his mind. Next, he will build Rose in a ten-year cycle to develop the future of Rose. He is only in his early thirties now, and he still has plenty of time, so he can afford to wait.

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