Although Tu Huan thought he could try it, Theodora was stricter than him.
“Even if a new battle group is established, it cannot be called the Rus’ Chapter or the Slavic Chapter, it can only be called the Ryazan Local Group.” She emphasized: “In addition, if we establish new military units in the Rus’ area in the future, they must be in accordance with the requirements. Organize them separately at different locations.”
"I know that you hope to rescue more Rus people, but unfortunately, it is impossible for the Khan to set up a universal 'Russian standard' so that all people in the Rus area can gain access at the same time. Otherwise, it would be tantamount to asking them to Recognizing a common identity.”
"The model unit you mentioned can be established if conditions permit, but it can only be used as a teaching unit for the Ryazan Regiment. In the future, we may be able to gradually establish the Smolensk Regiment, Suzdal Regiment and even the Moscow Regiment, and their formation can also Referring to the cases of Novgorod and Ryazan, it is impossible to create a 'Russian teaching group'."
"That's right." Guo Kang also understood what she meant: "Actually, you only need to take a look at the Ming Dynasty to understand this matter."
"Serris is a large area, but when the Ming Dynasty set up military regions, the garrison posts were scattered in local areas and were under the jurisdiction of provincial capitals. It would not be like the Southern Song and Yuan Dynasties, where the southern and northern armies were divided into two systems. Treat them separately. Because that is tantamount to artificially creating barriers and divisions.”
"Similarly, we cannot formulate a set of standards specifically for the Rus' people to organize various Rus' regiments. Otherwise, if someone tells them that the Rus' people should obey the command of the Rus' people and calls on these armies to obey the Rus' princes, what should we do? ?”
"This is like..." He thought for a while and said metaphorically: "If the Grand Duke of Moscow wants to annex Kiev, can we allow it?"
"Of course not." Mrs. Elena said without hesitation: "Moscow is now the most powerful Russian country, and Kiev is a traditional cultural and religious center with a very important status. If he is allowed to realize his ambition, it will soon be over." , all principalities will be annexed by him."
"Right, so we can't give careerists a chance to influence other armies." Guo Kang pointed out: "Otherwise, the Moscow regiment will soon annex your Ryazan regiment in the name of 'all Russians'."
"So that's what I meant." Mrs. Elena nodded.
"Actually, it's not difficult to deal with. What we need to do is to use the Roman consensus to overwhelm the Ross consensus. Just like the Ming Dynasty is trying to use the Chinese consensus to overwhelm the North-South consensus." Guo Kang continued to refer to the Ming Dynasty and gave an example: "For example, the teaching team you are planning to establish now, I suggest placing it directly under the teaching team. However, the members of this period can recruit more Russians."
"In this case, the goal for the first time has changed from establishing a separate system to expanding the recruitment scope of the existing troops. In the past, the teaching regiment also carried out special recruitment in accordance with the orders of the Khan. In doing so, it was affected by The resistance will be much smaller. Do you think it’s possible?”
"Your idea is still a good one." Mrs. Elena nodded repeatedly.
Whether in the Purple Horde Khanate or Eastern Rome, the teaching corps was a very senior establishment. Its name appeared as early as the time of Constantine the Great, but at that time, in Greek, this "teaching" also meant "a group of people".
As the Praetorian Guards often rebelled, Constantine disbanded their formation and recruited a new group of heavy cavalry. Known as the "Inner Court Group", these men effectively replaced the role of the Praetorian Guards. It was not until the 11th century that this force gradually disappeared.
When the Purple Horde Khanate organized its troops, it adopted many ancient names. In order to experiment and promote new firearms, Guo Gai and others needed to form an experimental force, so they looked through the pile of old papers and found this name.
Guo Gai is already considered a relatively educated person. Unfortunately, even he can only have a partial understanding of Greek and ancient allusions. So everyone just used the teaching group as the teaching group as the name suggests.
Later, Queen Mother Helena discovered this problem when she was reorganizing the war group. But everyone is already used to it, so they are too lazy to change it.
Currently, because the various military needs of the Khanate are increasing day by day, the teaching regiment has also increased its training work for other arms, but it still focuses on engineers and firearms. Most of them were stationed outside the city. The place where Guo Kang took the Zhu Wenkui brothers and sisters to visit before was their camp.
Because Guo Kang often tinkered with new firearms, people there were familiar with him. It would be much more feasible to call the adoptive father and General Cao as guarantees later, and ask them to accept some Russians, with Guo Kang leading the team.
"Then you need to be responsible for providing a reliable source of troops." Theodora continued to put forward conditions: "And you must be careful not to allow the existing boyar nobles to join. These people must be organized by us personally."
"Don't worry." Mrs. Elena assured: "Over the past few decades, I have accumulated some connections among the folks. Now, there are many people working in Dadu and various ports along the Black Sea coast. They He is willing to leave his hometown and work hard for his future, so he is a more suitable candidate."
"Are there many of your fellow countrymen here?" Tuohuan asked curiously.
"Yes." Mrs. Elena showed a nostalgic look: "My hometown is also a rather special place among the principalities of Ross."
"If you ask a Russian from other places, their first impression of Ryazan people would probably be that they do not abide by religious laws and like to work."
"Is there any connection between the two?" Guo Kang also heard this for the first time.
"It may be a little strange to you, but it has to start with the customs of the Ross area." Mrs. Elena replied: "In the countryside, most places are managed by village communities called 'Mir'. Among the villagers In my mind, the status of the village community is very high. There is a folk saying, 'Only the Heavenly Father can judge Mir'. This shows its importance."
"The principality government's rule over the village communities is, as I have said before, crude and brutal. The nobles are always trying to find ways to seize more supplies, and the village communities respond tit-for-tat and organize the villagers for defense. Every time a tax is levied, it is like It’s like a small war.”
"Then they can't stand it and won't they rebel or escape?" Tuo Huan asked.
"There are a lot of rebels, but they are basically suppressed. Of course, there are more people who escape." Mrs. Elena said: "If you just look for a river bend or an open space in the forest, you can often find people engaged in fishing and hunting. and those who cultivate the land are operating secretly. Most of them can't stand the nobles and have fled."
"It's no wonder that the village community has a high status." Guo Kang commented: "We still have to rely on it to organize everyone to stick together to save their lives."
"That's probably what happened." Mrs. Elena nodded.
(End of chapter)
