Chapter 2027： Dreaming of a Serf 0 Wanmaozi

In later generations, Western historians do not think that the Ross people are Slavs, but that they are a group of Germans and invaders in Eastern Europe. But in this era, there is no such method. The local Slavs are all descendants of Kievan Rus.

This is a very important proposition, because Europe pays attention to blood inheritance. If you do not recognize that you are a Russian, you cannot inherit all the inheritance left by the Grand Duchy of Kievan Rus. Therefore, regardless of whether the real Rus is an East Slav or not, in the age of descent, the Muscovites must also call themselves Rus.

Through the chat, Marin learned that the current domestic situation in the Grand Duchy of Moscow is very complicated, which is not much the same as Marin thought. In Marin's consciousness, before Su Xiong took control of Russia, Tsarist Russia was a country where nobles, serfs, and Cossacks coexisted.

But Raulsky told Marin that this is not the case at the moment. Right now, the Grand Duchy of Moscow is undergoing a drastic social change. This social change is not a common change that makes society progress, but a change that makes society regress. The free peasants of the Grand Duchy of Moscow are being forcibly transformed into serfs by the monarchs of the Grand Duchy of Moscow...

This is a social regression, but the Muscovites have learned from Western Europe...

Prior to this, the Grand Duchy of Moscow was controlled by hereditary Boyar nobles and self-employed farmers because of the Slav tradition. However, because of the social habits of extravagance and waste, the Boyar nobles have been affected by wars and disasters. In order to maintain their daily lives, they often sold part of their land in exchange for funds. Therefore, before the rise of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, the number of free farmers in Eastern Europe and the proportion of land they controlled were actually on the rise.

But after the rise of the Grand Duchy of Moscow, everything changed...

Although the Grand Duchy of Moscow is a Russian country, its history of fortune is to rise by hugging the thighs of the Golden Horde of the Mongols. Therefore, the Muscovites prefer a centralized system and have inherited the post system left by the Mongols in order to maintain control of the whole country.

However, it is difficult to effectively control the place by relying only on the post station, which can only convey orders and transmit messages. Therefore, the princes of Moscow often select warriors willing to fight for them from across the country, and then grant them fiefdoms, entrust them to various parts of the country, guard places for them, and control the country.

However, there is a price to be paid to obtain the allegiance of the soldiers. But the Grand Duke of Moscow is poor, what should I do? Of course, it was plundering the peasants' land and entrusting them to the soldiers...

The Boyar nobles are not weak and cannot directly grab them. Therefore, weak homesteaders have become the target of looting. As long as a paper edict, the original self-cultivation farmers, including their land, will suddenly become the fief of the soldiers of the Grand Duchy.

This process began in the middle and late 15th century and was basically completed by the end of the 16th century. At that time, most of Russia's land was basically in the hands of the tsar's vassals. And Russian farmers have also been converted into serfs...

How fast is the process? According to Raulsky, at the end of the 15th century, 20 or 30 years ago, the arable land of the Grand Duchy of Moscow was less than half of the country's arable land, and the arable land of free people could account for about 0%. But now in 1516, the land of the freedmen is less than 0%, and the proportion is still drastically reduced...

From the perspective of social development, this is a serious setback of society, affecting social and economic development. But from a practical point of view, it is beneficial to the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

It is not without a price for the soldiers to receive the edict of the Grand Duke and obtain the fief. The price they pay is that every generation must fight for the czar, known as the czar’s loyal lackeys.

And every vassal did not fight alone when he went to the battlefield, but would choose the strong serfs of the fief together. In order to increase the possibility of victory and obtain military exploits, the vassals will also conduct limited military skill training on the serfs under the rule to improve combat effectiveness.

So, later, the Russian peasants lost their freedom and wealth, but they were more able to fight than their ancestors. Because shameless princes and vassals will require them to prepare their own weapons and rations to fight with the army...

what? Is there not enough food to carry with you? Fool, you won't grab it? Therefore, later the Tsarist Russian army, wherever it fought and where it grabbed it, had the same virtue as the soldiers of "I Daqing". For example, during the war, the Cossack cavalry of Tsarist Russia was regarded as a demon. Wherever they go, they will be burned, killed and looted, no matter in the territory of the enemy country or the territory of the allies.

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Of course, this reverse historical process of turning self-cultivators into serfs was not without resistance. How did the Cossacks come? In fact, the main source is self-cultivating farmers who have been deprived of their land. They were unwilling to be deprived of their land and rose up to resist. But where is the opponent of the army? Therefore, if they were lucky enough not to be killed, they could only choose to flee to the southern grasslands and become Cossacks.

Because this reverse historical process was too violent, the Cossacks appeared suddenly and grew rapidly. By the 17th century, the Cossacks had become very large, reaching hundreds of thousands.

That is, most of the Cossacks were actually peasants who resisted in the process of Russian serfdom, and they were also the thorns among Russian peasants.

The stingers all ran away or were killed Then, the rest, naturally, are the honest "successful people"...

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Raulsky’s introduction made Marin suddenly realize that-it turned out that the Ross serfs who are now reduced to serfs but have not resisted are all honest farmers who do not resist...

Well, the thorn head has all gone to be Cossacks, and the rest are honest farmers, aren't they? It is easy to manage if such a person is brought in, and it is not easy to get into trouble...

As for their next generation, Marin will use the school to manage them. Not only to be honest and obedient, but also to speak German...

That is, after waiting for the Grand Duchy of Moscow to destroy Lithuania, Marin sent troops not only to defeat Maozi, but also to plunder a large number of Maozi farmers...and...Maomei...

As for whether the Maozi farmers will resist, will they run away? On this point, Raulsky's words are very pertinent-if they want to resist, they will resist in the process of looting them. When the time comes, these rebellious people will not be brought back, and they will be killed on the spot. Or, it’s okay to bring it back and rush to dig a coal mine. The Ruhr area is short of people.

Even in the process of being escorted back to the North Sea country, you can deliberately pretend to be lax, fish and enforce the law, and see who escapes...If you run away, you will be escorted to dig coal after being caught. The North Sea country has the Ruhr area, isn't there a shortage of coal miners? Honestly go to farm, dishonestly go down to mine...perfect!

At this moment, Marin suddenly felt that the two channels of Ren and Du had been opened up, and he was refreshed.

"Ah, I want to fight ten... No, I want 1 million maozi serfs!"