Chapter 1858, those who win the hearts and minds of the people win the world
In a house in Meaux, many Slavic nobles gathered together and seemed to be discussing important matters. Their voices were kept very low, and the room was extremely private.
"What kind of life are we living? The Ming Dynasty occupied our castle, robbed our houses, and robbed our wives and daughters. They even gave our land to those serfs who were as lowly as livestock."
"What qualifications do those serfs have to divide our land? Everyone is living a miserable life, but we nobles are living in extremely miserable conditions."
Krolev angrily recounted the life he was talking about now. This is not the life that nobles should live. They are just like ordinary Slavs, and they have to rely on their own labor to support themselves.
Thinking about the past days, that was called comfort, and that was the life that nobles should live.
Enjoying a happy little life in your own castle, riding horses and shooting arrows is what nobles should live. Everyone has a lot of land and serfs under their command. These serfs provide food, labor, women, etc. for nobles like themselves.
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They are nobles and the real owners of this land.
But now, because Krolev knows some Chinese, he is also working as a translator in the yamen. He is also commonly known as Ergouzi. He bows his head and grovels in front of the people of the Ming Dynasty.
They have no power or status in their hands, and they cannot participate in anything. They have no right to participate in any decisions and resolutions made by the Ming government.
The only thing that can be done is to act according to the requirements of the Ming people.
Their castles were occupied by the Ming Dynasty, and many of their wives and daughters became their playthings or domestic servants, serving the Ming Dynasty in the castles that originally belonged to them, which was extremely humble.
The people of Ming Dynasty treated the serfs very well, but they treated the nobles very badly.
Originally, everyone thought that even if the Ming people occupied this place and wanted to rule this land for a long time, they still couldn't do without these nobles. However, this was not the case for the Ming people. They had no intention of using these nobles to rule this place.
Intend.
It still pursues many of its own policies in its own way.
This made these remaining nobles extremely dissatisfied, and the resentment in their hearts had reached the extreme. Now everyone is planning whether they can overthrow the rule of the Ming Dynasty and re-establish the Slavic Kingdom.
"Yes, the people of Ming Dynasty do not regard us nobles as human beings at all, and there is no need for us to serve these people of Ming Dynasty anymore."
"Instead of waiting to be tortured to death by the Ming people in the future, I think it is better for us to rebel against the Ming people now before they have a firm foothold and re-establish our Slavic kingdom."
Grishev also followed suit.
He already hated the Ming Dynasty people. The Ming Dynasty people occupied his castle and land, and distributed the land to lowly serfs. This was something he absolutely could not accept.
"Can we succeed?"
Someone asked weakly.
"The Ming people have 50,000 troops stationed in Mocheng alone. They are all fully armed and extremely sophisticated troops. In the entire Eastern Europe, they have an army of 100,000 troops. We can't defeat them at all."
"Yes, the Ming people are too powerful. When we concentrated the power of all the kingdoms, we were vulnerable to the Ming people's army and were easily swept away. Now that we have neither an army nor weapons, how can we rely on to revolt?"
"The odds of winning are too low, and if Ming catches them, they will definitely die. In the first half of the year, there was not an uprising of nobles in Kiev, but it was suppressed in just a few days. The people of Ming were very cruel to us nobles.
Very, very many people were killed.”
Others also followed suit.
Thinking of the strength of the Ming Empire's army, they did not dare to think of rebellion. The Ming people seemed to be eager for these nobles to rebel.
In this way, they can justifiably start killing the remaining nobles.
"But, are we just going to endure it like this?"
"Let the Ming people dominate us, and let those despicable serfs ride on our heads?"
"This has been the land of our Slavs for generations. As nobles, we should shoulder our responsibilities."
"I would rather die than see the faces of those serfs."
"Having said that, we don't even have weapons in our hands, how can we defeat the Ming people?"
Someone said quickly.
"Actually, I have already arranged everything and made inquiries about it."
"The reason why the Ming people are so powerful and sweep across all directions is entirely because of the sharp muskets and artillery in their hands. As long as we have the same muskets and artillery, we can easily defeat these Ming people."
"Now is the Spring Festival period for the Ming Dynasty, and their army is also on holiday. Weapons and equipment are stored in the warehouses of the military camp."
"As long as we can quickly capture their weapons warehouse and obtain other arms and weapons, we can quickly defeat the Ming Dynasty and control the entire city of Moscow. At that time, we will take advantage of the trend to establish the new Principality of Moscow and integrate all Slavic people into
By joining the team and using the weapons and equipment of the Ming Dynasty, we can arm an army of tens of thousands of people in a very short period of time."
"Once we succeed, we will be the founders of the new principality. I will be the Grand Duke by then, and you will all receive higher titles, more land and serfs."
Grishev's words were full of temptation, and for these down-and-out nobles, this was unintentionally a huge temptation.
"How many people do we have?"
Someone was moved, thought about it and asked.
"I have contacted many nobles, plus knights, priests, missionaries, etc. who support the nobles, I can mobilize more than 3,000 people here."
Grishev said quickly.
There are many nobles left in the city of Moscow, and the power of the nobles is still very strong. In addition, because the Ming Dynasty banned the spread of foreign religions, it suppressed local religions.
Confiscating the church's property, depriving the church of its power to tax, and prohibiting the sale of indulgences made the local church forces extremely dissatisfied, and they also supported the nobles' uprising.
"I also have more than 2,000 people here. They are all nobles, priests, landlords and the like who hate the Ming people very much. With just one order, everyone can immediately rebel against the Ming people."
Krolev also said quickly.
"Right now, the people of Ming Dynasty are celebrating their New Year's Day. Everything is empty. We can easily succeed. Trust me, we can definitely drive away the people of Ming Dynasty and live a good life again."
Grishev looked at everyone and said very confidently and firmly.
"Done~"
"More than 1,000 people can be mobilized here."
"I know the detailed distribution of the Ming people. When the time comes, our first priority is to kill all the Ming people in Moscow."
"I can also mobilize hundreds of people here."
"I still have a manor in a remote place. The Ming Dynasty doesn't know where I have a cavalry of 500 people."
Many nobles discussed it one after another.
Each one of them still hid a lot of power. Obviously, the surrender of Moscow City allowed the Ming Dynasty to quickly occupy this place, but it also left behind these noble forces.
If these nobles were massacred like other places, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to retain so much power.
The nobles were constantly plotting, and after the plot was completed, they began to act quickly.
Their respective forces also quickly gathered towards Moscow City, preparing to take advantage of one night to capture the Ming Dynasty military camp on the outskirts of Moscow City and seize the arms and weapons inside.
However, their every move suddenly appeared in the eyes of Huo Ying, the Grand Marshal of the Black Earth Province Garrison.
"Hey, a group of old people and young people still want to rebel against the Ming Dynasty. It seems that the number of people killed at the beginning was not enough. It is time to kill all these nobles."
"Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. I'm afraid you don't know that every move you make is closely guarded."
"You people in this village regard the serfs as livestock, but you never thought that they, who are living a good life, would never listen to you people again, and would dare to order those serfs to do things."
Huo Ying looked at the intelligence information in his hand and couldn't help but laugh.
These nobles are confused about the situation now. Without the huge serfs to back them up, what kind of situation can they achieve with their little strength?
Moreover, the Ming Dynasty liberated the serfs and distributed land to the serfs, which also allowed the Ming Dynasty's rule here to quickly stabilize. The serfs still knew very well that they could live a good life, so should they continue to be serfs like livestock to these nobles?
Naturally, someone tipped off the Ming Dynasty officials, allowing Huo Ying to know every move of these people in detail.
"Send the order and kill all those who rebel without mercy!"
A cold light flashed in Huo Ying's eyes, and the murderous intention had arisen. The heads would not stop until he killed.