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In Moscow, no political disturbance can escape the eyes of the big family, especially major political events. The Tsar executed all the males of the Shuisky family on the street, and the whereabouts of Grand Duke Andrei Shuisky were unknown, and all the nobles saw this as an opportunity to regain control of the government.

Glinsky smelled politics and prepared to rush into the palace to meet the Holy Emperor and control the young Tsar. Glinski has been suppressed by the Schuyski family and has no chance to raise his head, and now is a golden opportunity.

"Prepare the carriage, I'm going to enter the Kremlin now."

At nightfall, the streets leading to the Kremlin were lined with horses, and the artillery on the palace walls was guarded by the Tsar's guards.

In the palace with low vaults, the golden and red hues filled the human eye, and the illustrious princes of the old days wore prominent golden services, and each was represented at the top of the court, not under the control of the tsar.

After a day of twists and turns, Ivan IV returned to the palace tiredly, where he met with Tuchkov and the captured Grand Duke Shuisky, and looked at Shuisky, who was bound in all sorts of ways, and the Tsar was very pleased with the result.

The Grand Duke's resentful eyes stared at Ivan IV, but his gagged mouth was speechless.

"Go and prepare, Grand Duke Tuchkov, and then the flies that smell will swarm up, swear allegiance to me, and fall into the ground. When the time comes, I want to have someone who can control the field. ”

At the mention of control, Tuchkov's face became unnatural, and the tsar had surprised him enough in one day. I don't want another big surprise at the end.

The tsar also saw Thuchkov's concerns, and explained, "I won't mess around, just knock on the side, after all, some of the Grand Dukes still hold the power of the army." ”

Having heard the assurances of Ivan IV, Tuchkov breathed a sigh of relief for the time being. and, on the instructions of Ivan IV, pressed into one of the rooms and guarded it.

When everything was taken care of, Ivan was surprised to see Archbishop Macari, his theology and history teacher, standing at the end of the corridor, looking at the young Tsar with a gloomy expression.

"Teacher."

For his initiator, Ivan was very respectful, and said in a reverent tone, "Why is the teacher here?" ”

Kamali didn't have such a temper, he tried his best to control his emotions, and asked calmly, "I heard that you executed the male of the Shuisky family on the street?" ”

"Yes, teacher."

Ivan IV replied lightly, as if telling an inconsequential matter.

"Why? You are a tsar, not an executioner, not a butcher! Your Majesty, you have killed the great nobles, who will send troops to fight for you in the future? ”

Bishop Kamali had always taught the young Ivan IV to be single-minded and aim to produce a benevolent and virtuous monarch, but it was clear that his plans had failed.

Years of loving education only end up cultivating a demon, an evil tyrant.

Ivan didn't directly refute his teacher, he walked into the room, walked to the territory, and asked softly, "Teacher, do you know what Western Europe is doing now?" ”

It is not known why Ivan IV suddenly asked this question, but he was only a bishop of the Orthodox Church and had no idea what was happening in distant Western Europe.

Ivan IV did not expect him to give an answer, so he went on with himself.

"I'll start from the beginning, there are three main trade routes from the West to the East. One was the overland route, the traditional Silk Road, which landed in Constantinople and passed through Asia Minor, the Black Sea, and the southern shores of the Caspian Sea to Central Asia, and then crossed the Pamirs to China. The other two are by sea, one from Syria and the eastern shores of the Mediterranean, through the valley of the two rivers to the Persian Gulf, and the other from Egypt to the Gulf of Aden via the Red Sea, and then to India and China. These trade routes had already changed hands many times through merchants from Italy, Arabia, Byzantium, and Persia before they could reach Western Europe, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire rose to occupy Asia Minor and the Balkans, controlling traditional trade routes, and imposing heavy taxes on passing goods, so that the goods that arrived in Western Europe were not only small, but also nearly eight times higher than the original price. As a result, the merchants and aristocrats of Western Europe were eager to open a new route to China and India, bypassing the eastern coast of the Mediterranean. ”

"Your Majesty, is this any necessary connection to the question I asked?"

Before Ivan could finish his tirade, Bishop Kamali suddenly interjected. He had no interest in these topics.

But Ivan IV did not mind and continued.

"For this reason, the Age of Discovery in Western Europe followed, with the discovery of continents by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and the voyage of Magellan from 1519 to 1522, proving that the earth is round."

"Your Majesty, what are you talking nonsense?"

Bishop Kamali looked flustered, he insisted on the biblical statement that God created everything, but the Tsar, who was a natural theocracy, actually said such a "heretical" remark, which made his whole face change suddenly. He didn't even know when the tsar had so many heresies in his head.

The Tsar waved his hand and motioned to the archbishop not to interrupt his train of thought.

"All of Western Europe is busy occupying the world, creating colonies, and what about our Grand Duchy of Moscow? The mysterious Siberian steppe, the unannexed Volga Valley, Astrakhan and Crimea, Western Ukraine, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Baltic coast are no longer part of Russia's territory. My task was to suppress the arrogance of the aristocracy and expand the territory of Moscow from a grand duchy into a true empire. The whole process has a long way to go. ”

"I would like to ask that the theft of the treasury by the aristocracy for many years has made the Grand Duchy of Moscow unable to pay its salaries, and the corruption of indulgence has led to more and more rebellions and uprisings in the territory of the Grand Duchy. If I don't do it again, they will get more and more inches, stepping on their heads to show off their might. ”

Ivan IV's eloquent speech froze Kamali in place. He never thought carefully about what the tsar said.

"They should know that all the power was given by the Tsar, and no one has the right to stand on my head and point fingers."

This question was left to the stunned bishop to ponder slowly, and now he had more important things to do.

Several grand dukes should have rushed in the direction of the Kremlin, and for Ivan IV, it was another power struggle.

"My teacher, now do you think those noble grand dukes who stopped in front of me should be hanged?"