The second more, ask for collection, ask for recommendation!

The gift of the Iron Virgin meant a formal break between the Tsar and Shuysky. It also means that from this moment onwards Ivan IV ceases to be an instrument in anyone's hands. He got rid of the past of the seven princes who controlled the government, and began to preside over the government himself.

Before that, he had to wipe out all of the Schuysky party, and one by one he would spit out all the wealth that had been swallowed in their mouths by those who had emptied the treasury and filled their pockets.

The morning light had just filled the walls of Moscow, and a figure wearing a cloak and hood led a group of retinues and quietly left the Kremlin. Ivan IV did not make much fanfare, everything was going on quietly.

This was the most crucial step in his plan to eradicate the Shuisky family.

In the morning sun, the streets of Moscow began to come alive with prosperity, and the population was growing. Moscow, in particular, has developed the fastest, and foreigners even compare Moscow to the largest city in Western Europe.

The rapid growth of the population has brought about a rapid deterioration of the sanitary environment, and the streets are full of cow and horse droppings, and domestic sewage and dirty toilets are flowing down the ditches on both sides of the street to the outside of the city.

Ivan IV covered his nose in disgust, he had expected the harsh conditions in Moscow, but he had never imagined that the Slavic animals would be so filthy.

Poor sanitation was also the cause of the plague in Moscow, and after the eradication of Shuisky's forces, the next priority was to improve the sanitary environment in Moscow.

Ivan IV did not ride a horse, the guards were scattered around, and he walked alone to the vicinity of the square, remembering that the young tsar was very fond of leading the lord's children in groups and galloping through the square, but all this is a thing of the past.

Just the other day, while wandering around the square on horseback, Dimitri hit and killed an old man who could not escape. This incident caused a lot of stir in the city of Moscow, and was finally suppressed by Shuysky's money.

After all, they are the magnates, and the untouchables of Moscow can only obey with anger and unspeakable.

Money can really do whatever you want.

In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves was sounded, and Ivan IV, with his gray-brown hood, sat in place, looking at the pedestrians who were evading him on the street, and the young nobleman who was showing off his might, and the freshly dressed and angry horses ran in his direction.

The head of the group, Dimitri, did not pay any attention to his father's words, but secretly followed the sons of several grand dukes out and wandered through the streets. In Dimitry's eyes, his father was a powerful duke, and no one dared to do anything to him. The power brought with it made the son of the Grand Duke the most hated of the people of Moscow.

I have never cared about the government

Ivan IV said to himself, "Machiavelli believes that a monarch cannot be too merciful to the people, because with a little cruelty, the people will remember the hatred and forget all the mercy that came before them." So be ordinary and cruel, as long as you do a benevolent deed, the people will still forget the previous tyranny and believe that he is a wise king. I will make you understand that it is not the benevolent monarch you expect to stand up for justice, but the tyrant of the Kremlin. ”

"If you have been wronged, you should have something to do with it."

"If the official residence of Moscow is not willing to make a sound."

Ivan IV slowly stood up, met the figure that was getting closer and closer, and said calmly, "Then I will do justice for them." ”

Several of the Grand Duke's children kicked the crowd in the square, brandishing horsewhips to drive the crowd away. Everyone ran in the opposite direction, their eyes full of resentment.

This indulgent farce began with Ivan IV. Now it has become an excuse for him to eradicate the nobles.

Ivan IV walked up. He stopped the head Dimitri. The flying young man, apparently not recognizing the hooded man in front of him, waved his whip impatiently and struck at Ivan IV.

"Fuck off, untouchables! Or I'll cut your head off! ”

The disgust in Dimitri's eyes was unmistakable, and he brandished his whip and threatened to drive the other party away.

"You said you were going to cut off my head?"

However, the other party stood in place without fear, and even asked the other party a rhetorical question.

"Bastard, you still dare to talk back?"

The second son of the Grand Duke only shook his head for a moment, and without thinking about it, he tried to whip him mercilessly.

A group of untouchables, who will care if they live or die.

Even if you trample to death today, you won't be sent to the gallows tomorrow.

Ivan IV shifted his steps backwards slightly, dodging his long whip. And at the moment when the long whip missed, gunshots rang out, breaking the calm in the square.

Bang!

The shrill gunfire cut through the silence and frightened the horses, whose hooves kept kicking, and Dimitri, who was sitting on horseback, pulled the reins and managed to stabilize the frightened horse.

And when he turned his head, he was horrified to find that his playmates behind him had fallen from their horses and fallen in pools of blood after the gunshots rang out.

The gunshots that rang out just now were obviously coming at them.

The people of the square scattered in fear after the gunshots rang out, leaving behind only a mysterious man with a hood and a shooter who was hiding somewhere.

After that, the arquebus team hidden in the dark corners slowly emerged from the shadows and appeared in front of Dimitri. After the salvo just now, the muzzle of the gun was still smoking.

They dropped their arquebuses as if no one was around, drew their long knives from behind their backs, and walked up to a few aristocratic young men who had not yet breathed, and raised their knives without any hesitation.

In a short quarter of an hour, only Dimitri was left alive in the square.

Dimitri said in a panic, "Do you know who I am? My father is the Grand Duke Shuisky! If you dare to kill me, I will bury your whole family with you! ”

"I know, but your father can't save you."

The face under the hood spoke, and he said calmly, "Dimitri, don't you know what crime you have committed?" ”

"Are you ......?"

Dimitri turned his head in horror and looked at the hooded man in front of him.

He raised his hands, slowly removed his hood, revealed his grim face, and looked at the son of Grand Duke Shuisky.

That face that makes people instinctively feel frightened, without a trace of emotion.

"I am Ivan IV."

"Dimitri, you have been arrested on suspicion of assassinating the Tsar."