king of ros

Chapter 566 Ross Balance
After nearly two years of starvation and killings, the fighting in the South has come to an end, and a period of stability is coming, but none of the parties has relaxed because everyone knows that this is just a period of war .

The Crusaders are undoubtedly the biggest victors. They now control the entire Syria and Palestine. What the Crusaders have to do now is to digest such a huge land.

In the vast wilderness and countryside between towns and fortresses, the influence of the Crusaders is almost non-existent, and the local residents are even paying taxes to the original rulers to provide resources to those wandering guys. This is what the Crusaders are currently facing biggest problem.

The Crusaders did not expect to really control these lands. They only hoped that at least the villages would know that the ruler of this land had changed, so that they would more or less submit to the authority of the Crusaders, but it was also true for the conquerors. Blood and fire are needed to achieve it, so the work of the Crusaders still has a long way to go.

For the Crusaders, the most important thing is the population, as well as the grassroots power that controls various places. Under the Latin system, this power is knights and low-level nobles. It is a pity that even though the Crusaders canonized many meritorious civilians as knights and nobles, The gap at the grassroots level is still huge.

The second biggest victor was the Abbasid Caliph. After hundreds of years, the ruler of Baghdad finally regained power, got rid of the puppet, picked up the glory of the empire, and wiped away the dust on his reputation.

But the caliph still has a long way to go. Over the years, the Abbasid caliph has either played the role of a puppet of a Persian warlord or a Turkic chief. It will take a lot of effort to change this impression and the inertia it brings.Externally, the Turks are still entrenched in Persia and Khorasan, not to mention the Western Crusaders. The pressure to restore the former Arab Empire is too great.

The caliphate still had to rectify the rule, and Baghdad’s rule over the Two Rivers was actually very loose. God knows who those Persian bureaucrats and lords will fall to in the next moment.

The last is the restoration of the irrigation system on this land. For the agriculture of the two rivers, the irrigation system is very important, but as the Caliph became a puppet, the repair became less and less. Even if there is water maintenance later, That is also the regional behavior of some lords.

In the final analysis, the Abbasid Empire no longer has the original ability to build large-scale projects, and there is still a long way to go to repair all of this.

As for the Kyiv dignitaries, they rely on resources from all over Russia to maintain prosperous businesses and cities. They know this better than anyone else. They are the most powerful defenders of unity. Problems can be solved with the big stick of the Grand Duke.

In fact, this kind of faction has existed for a long time. The interests of the trading dignitaries of the Dnieper River, the business upstarts of Novgorod, and the feudal nobles of the land behind the forest have always been in conflict.

For example, the group of Kyiv challengers in Novgorod who are always ambitious, in fact, they have obtained a huge amount of benefits from the Vasi trade route, and Novgorod is only taking the lead now, not determined To separate Rose.

Now with the three princes in place, the division of such factions became immediately apparent, and all parties began to stand in line according to their identities, but this did not lead to new conflicts within Ross—to be precise, it just made the original The contradiction has become apparent.

According to Rostislav's arrangement, Volorida and Vasilko were awarded the titles and territories of Prince Novgorod and Prince Moscow respectively by Rurik. Naturally, three factions emerged within Ross.

However, to maintain this balance, the key lies in the Grand Duke of Kyiv. The "broken ties" and the balance of interests between various interest groups are mainly maintained by the Grand Duke. Most feudal nobles are loyal to the Grand Duke of Kiev, and the standing armies of various towns are also loyal The Grand Duke of Kyiv, without the Grand Duke and his forces, such a union cannot be maintained.

The situation in the East has been reshuffled, new players have stepped onto the stage, and old players have to make changes. On this new stage, new stories will also be staged in the near future.

After all, this is an era of rule by man, and rule depends on the level of the ruler. Although Rostislav introduced the "Rostislav Code", which has been compiled and compiled for more than ten years, to maintain this state, in the final analysis, the core of everything Grand Duke of Kyiv sitting on the throne,

Rostislav is very reassured about his son and grandson. As for the future... It is rare for him to think so much. In Rostislav's plan, this system only needs to get 100 years. After 100 years, the new situation at that time New reforms are needed, and it can only be "children and grandchildren have their own blessings."

And they are very united. Neither Volorida nor Vasiliko has any ambitions to seize the throne of Kyiv. One just wants to take risks and women, and the other just wants to read quietly. As for Rurik, he does not intend to seize the brothers. He just wants to follow the path set by his father.

Because of the unity of the three Rostislavitches, they are unwilling and impossible to be the puppets of the interest groups under their command, and because Rostislavich has kept all parties "in harmony" for a long time, the three factions are not clear-cut. In fact, the interest relationship is that you have me and I have you, and everyone actually has certain interests in the opposite side.

But as far as the present is concerned, the three Rostislavitches are doing very well. They are all proceeding in strict accordance with everything set by Rostislav, step by step building the Kievan Rus in Rostislav's plan.

Profit is the most powerful link, and Rostislav is deeply aware of this truth, so he has been deliberately promoting this phenomenon, and as far as the results are concerned, his work has been done very well.

The group of feudal aristocrats (i.e., walled city owners) is spread all over Russia, and there are only more in Moscow, and these aristocrats are undoubtedly loyal to the Grand Duke who provided resources and names for them to open up places. They are undoubtedly Kyiv’s powerful control over various places. reflect.

The former two are hostile to each other and compete with each other, and at the same time despise the last person, and the last person also despises the two of them. What leads to all this is the allocation of Grand Duke resources. Each side hopes for more Grand Duke policies and resources, and these Both are limited, so they need to compete with each other.

Finally, there is Egypt. Although it is said that the Crusaders occupied the economic center of Egypt, the dignitaries of the Fatimid Caliphate are still fighting for power with each other, as if the threat of the Crusaders along the coast does not exist. In their view, in the native Egypt of Fati Ma's army will push off those crusaders sooner or later, so there is no need to worry at all, so it is better to fight for power.

All this is in stark contrast to Ross. When the south was in chaos, Ross was still peaceful. The only thing that caused some waves was the return of the two Rostislavitches.

He doesn't expect that he can leave a system that will work forever for future generations, and he thinks it is lucky to be able to manage it for 100 years. The key to everything is people, and what future generations will be like, then only God only knows.

In Seljuk and Monomakh, the situation faced by the two losers is very bad. Now one is busy suppressing civil strife and maintaining his position as the head of the Turkic tribes, and the other is increasing his efforts while ruling under high pressure Collecting resources and preparing for the final desperate fight, this is the fate of the losers, and when they fail, they will fall into such a predicament.

Therefore, although Ross now has three princes, it is still as peaceful as in the past. What needs to be worried about is the threat from the outside. Now the neighboring countries Poland and Hungary are all friends of Ross. It's only in the grassland, but the grassland is now torn apart, and it doesn't pose much threat to Ross.

Therefore, Ross is still peaceful and peaceful, and it is also because of this that Rostislav can continue to wander around Ross leisurely.

At first, when the sons returned, the Grand Duke was worried for a while, and even ran back to Kyiv, but soon he realized that those worries were unnecessary, and the sons were enough to handle everything, so he continued his journey.

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