024 Aristocracy and Women
Grand Duke Yaroslav stared at him and forced himself to calm down: "What do you really want?" Do you know what the consequences of your actions now will be? In the past, Muscovy did not know your destructive power, which made you rampant until now, do you think that after today's incident, you can escape the full pursuit of Muscovy?
Or are you going to go to the Kazan Khanate to be a lackey for the Mongol Tatars? Or rather, you are a subordinate of the Poles ?! ”
Grand Duke Yaroroslav still doesn't believe that Shu Zifeng's identity is as simple as it seems, even if it has been verified that he does have a large family of serf relatives, and he was publicly executed by the Duma Council of Nobles of the Moscow Principality in accordance with the Noble Act, but how can an ordinary serf boy have a fighting body comparable to that of an assassin master, and a quasi-knight-level physical strength!
With such an unscientific sense of deficit, Grand Duke Yaroslav naturally thinks of the Kazan Khanate, which is at war with Muscovy, or the hidden personnel arranged by the United Kingdom of Poland and Lithuania, which has always been at odds with Muscovy.
It's just that what makes Grand Duke Yaroslav unable to figure out is why the other party would choose a Grand Duke like himself who has an empty position but cannot enter the core power layer of Muscovy, the reason why Grand Duke Yaroslav cannot enter the core power circle of Muscovy is naturally not because he is not strong enough and has a small territory, but because Grand Duke Yaroslav belongs to the surrendered nobles who were conquered by Muscovy, and is naturally rejected by the original big nobles of Muscovy.
It was not an overnight affair for a great nobleman like Grand Duke Yaroslav, who was later conquered and surrendered, to integrate into the highest echelons of power in Muscovy.
However, it is precisely because Grand Duke Yaroslav did not enter the supreme power circle, but he can stay away from the whirlpool of intrigue and intrigue, and act as a prestige in Yaroslav, the capital of his territory, and tease the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law, and invite a few innocent girls who are pleasing to the eye into the castle to talk about life ideals or something......
In this era when human life is not valuable, even the lives of civilians depend on the thoughts of the lord, not to mention the chastity of the commoner women, that thing is a plaything in the eyes of the lords, and they only need to hook their fingers to play in different ways, of course, ordinary civilian women are also very eager to get on the bed of the noble lord, not to mention that they can enjoy the 'decent' life in the castle for a period of time, even if they are finally sent back, the woman who can be favored by the noble lord will have a large group of bad men flocking to it.
In the worldview of low-level commoners, being able to snap a woman who has been favored by a noble lord will also add a vanity out of thin air......
After all, at this time, the lord is the heaven of the low-level commoners, and it is of course a matter of pride for him to marry a wife who is favored by the 'heavens', this kind of ancient man's thinking is incomprehensible to people who have undergone modern education in later generations.
The right of the first night in ancient Europe seems to be an extremely inhumane act in the eyes of modern people, but as everyone knows, those civilian men who are about to get married have no intention of minding at all......
Not all commoner women have the opportunity to be taken by the lord to exercise the right of the first night!
This is a bit similar to the draft of the ancient emperors of the East, even if many women have never touched the emperor's hand in their lives after entering the palace, they also have a glory that ordinary people can't imagine, and even ordinary families don't even have the qualifications to send show girls!
The ignorant world outlook and outlook on life of the ancient common people and the ideological realm of modern people are really as untouchable as the gap between heaven and earth.
This is not just a simple love for vanity, but a sick desire to get in touch with the upper class and embellish one's own vanity!
Because of this, the outlook on life values of the aristocracy and the commoners in this world are also completely different, relatively speaking, the general values of the aristocratic class are closer to modern people, because they have received a good enlightenment education, as long as they are not too brainy, they will calculate the gains and losses before doing things, at least they will see short-term gains and losses.
Therefore, Grand Duke Yaroslav never thought that a person like Shu Zifeng would really fight to the death of a grand duke because of a few ordinary untouchable families, with the strength shown by Shu Zifeng, just find a big nobleman or even an independent country to show it, you can get the real knightly status out of thin air, the Slavic aristocratic class of this world is more pragmatic than the nobles in the history of the earth, and the outstanding personal force is also more valued, because this will bring a bonus to the nobles' army that cannot be ignored!
Just imagine, when the spearhead of the cavalry charge is a great knight, how much will the power of the cavalry charge increase?
The most powerful thing about the Great Knight is his unimaginable strength and physique, he can wear heavy steel armor that is difficult for ordinary people to reach, and the thickness of the steel plate is enough to make all the regular bows and crossbows in this world helpless!
It can be said that a great knight is like a moving steel fortress, and even if his horse is shot, the great knight is physically strong enough to support the thickened plate armor that can crush the human body, and rampage through the battlefield like a human bulldozer......
In the eyes of Grand Duke Yaroslav, as long as Shu Zifeng is willing to be loyal to one force, he can get the status of a knight comparable to that of a great knight, and even if his family is dead, he can marry a lot of women to give birth to children for him, and create a family by himself......
For this kind of talent with outstanding personal force, the honor completely depends on his personal combat power and military merits!
As for the monogamy restricted by the Church, it was only for the common people, and even if Muscovy had converted to Orthodoxy, which of the upper nobles had not snapped more than a plural of women?
The wife on the surface is just the identity of an orthodox lady, and it is used to marry and gang up, and the real enjoyment lies in the number of uncountable mistresses, and even one-time pleasures such as civilian women.
Everything that nobles can enjoy is not far away for a person like Shu Zifeng, he only needs to be loyal and establish meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and sooner or later he will be awarded the title of true nobleman, but now Shu Zifeng is doing the same thing as rebellion - attacking a noble nobleman with the title of orthodox Grand Duke of Moscow!
After Shu Zifeng heard Grand Duke Yaroslav's question, he knew that the other party was still unwilling to be caught like this, so he didn't say much, just smiled and took out the short arquebus that he had collected from the captain of the musketeer below, quickly aimed at one of the knight guards who was on full alert, and lit the arquebus.