Tsar of rus - chapter 2

Moscow capital, autumn 1574 the residence of Prince Mikhail Timofeevich Petrov, the father of Princess Feodosiya, the mansion is now darker than many years ago, some people even see the mansion with ghosts hovering around, inside In is Prince petrov and his wife sitting by the fireplace since their only daughter was exiled to the monastery in suzdal, both of them no longer have any desire to live and now the petrov family has also been evicted. from the royal council. Vast estates were also confiscated by the tsar and given to Prince Feodor Ivanovich, the tsar's second son, the younger brother of Crown Prince Ivan.

At least they still had a steady source of income from trading in towns and villages from novgorod to kazan, the petrov family got rich by trading and lending money from which they could buy plots of land The best agriculture in Russia. Mikhail also made good use of it and continued to expand after the marriage of his daughter Feodosiya to Crown Prince Ivan, Tsar Ivan IV appointed Mikhail as the supervisor of the country's economy, he advocated trade with countries like. holland, Ottoman, British, Danish and Hansian alliance, expanding trading port in Novgorod and building new trading port.

It's just that many years ago are now only a shadow of themselves, even though the family has stabilized, they still have no power left what they built is now gone, with the tsar forcing the crown prince to Divorce from Mikhail's daughter and the tsar is currently in turmoil since the livonian war, calm is now in doubt, Mikhail's economic plans are also wiped out by the tsar. purge everywhere.

Oprichnik squadrons founded by the tsar himself now obey the orders of the tsar himself, carrying out terror and purges from the nobility to the common people unable to escape Oprichnik's clutches. A few months ago, Mikhail's son Yuri was arrested and tortured, imprisoned in the headquarters where Oprichnik's troops were located, arrested for assisting Crown Prince Ivan in the plot to overthrow him. tsar.</font></font>

Even Crown Prince Ivan was disgusted with his father's actions and plotted a coup, but when discovered, he and his nobles who supported him fled to Novgorod, but his third wife, Yelena Sheremeteva, fled to Novgorod. imprisoned at this time. She is also pregnant. </font></font>

Second Prince Feodor and his brother-in-law, boris gudunov, secretly fled to novgorod to join the crown prince. Now the whole country is divided, with one side supporting the tsar and the other supporting Crown Prince Ivan. </font></font>

A sigh from Mikhai, now grateful for his decision to give his daughter Feodosiya to the crown prince as his ambitions have put the whole family in trouble, even the life and death of the heir. yuri is also unknown, </font></font>

I remember Feodosiya our daughter Maria said, when she was here, this house overflowed full of life.</font></font>

Now, no matter what she says, it won't change anything. </font></font>

Not everything is my fault. </font></font>

Now what is left of our family, our daughter has been exiled to a far away monastery, now even her children our son was also arrested, life and death unknown, </font></font>

He wants this family to lose more, then he will be satisfied later'', Mr. Mikhail. </font></font>

Now, even if she scolds me till my throat is dry, it won't change anything. </font></font>

Knock on the door, </font></font>

Prince, Oprichnik is besieging the mansion. </font></font>

What you say, Maria speaks, </font></font>

They asked the prince to meet in person, </font></font>

The death sentence of our old couple has come, Mikhail asked, are you going with your wife.

I just regret not getting to see my daughter one last time.

Come on, let me help you.