The Last Frontier of Fire and Sword

Chapter 616



If King Jan kazimiz advocated gentleness to Cossacks from the perspective of curbing aristocratic power and strengthening kingship, Stanislaw pototsky was out of friendship with Bogdan hemelinitsky.

The intersection of Stanislaw pototsky and Bogdan hemelinitsky also starts from the battle of sekola.

In the battle comparable to the losses of the war of Varna in 1444, Konitz polotsky, pototsky and helimetsky were captured and imprisoned in Istanbul. The three were redeemed by the king two years later. That is, during Istanbul, Stanislaw pototsky and Bogdan hemelinitsky, both prisoners, became friends from hostility to sympathy. This was unthinkable at that time, because in Poland, even the most frustrated nobles despised Cossacks, not to mention Stanislaw, a great nobleman from the pototsky family.

Stanislaw of course also knew that his friendship with Bogdan would be laughed at by other nobles, so after returning home, he carefully hid the friendship, but the two never broke off contact. After that, in 1647, when Bogdan hemelinitz gene had a quarrel with the local Polish nobles, who took advantage of his absence to occupy his real estate and kill his young son and went to Warsaw to sue the royal court, Stanislaw pototsky also told the matter to Jan kazimiz\'s brother, then king wadislaw IV, through personal relations. Only because wadiswaf IV was depressed because he had just lost his son and was seriously ill, he could not seek justice for Bogdan hemelinitsky. This eventually led Bogdan hemelinitsky to go to zaporoze angrily, disperse the Polish guards there and incite the Cossack riots there.

"Your Majesty,"

Now that he understood King Jan kachmidge\'s intention, Stanislaw pototsky said, "this matter is difficult to handle."

This matter is not impossible, but difficult.

Then Stanislaw pototsky said, "the key is who will be the next chief of Cossack."

"Yes," agreed King Jan kazimiz.

Stanislaw pototsky deserves to be his confidant. He can think of everything with himself.

The Republic of Poland is hostile to the Kazakh emirate, but king Jan kazimiz and Stanislaw pototsky want to step in the selection of the next chief, which sounds absurd, but they both think it is not impossible.

There is a reason.

Because if it is in other countries, after the death of the person in power, the successor is naturally the offspring of the person in power.

Of course, Bogdan hemelinitsky has sons, but the political system of zaporoze Cossacks is different from that of ordinary countries. The emirate established by the Cossacks was not hereditary (similar to the Republic of Poland, so Poland is not an ordinary country). Although Bogdan hemelinitsky was a great chief, he did not have the right to designate his son as heir. After his death, the position of the great chief will be re elected. His famous company commanders such as Bao Hong, vigovsky and hilko will be popular candidates for the great chief.

Therefore, what king Jan kazimiz and Stanislaw pototsky have to do is try their best to support a pro Polish Cossack, so as to end the war and bring Ukraine and zaporoze Cossacks back into their command.

After King Jan kazimiz said "yes", the king and his subjects fell into a moment of silence. The king and his chief adviser are thinking about who is most likely to inherit the position of Bogdan hemelinitsky after Bogdan hemelinitsky\'s death, and whether this person will be close to Poland.

After a while, King Jan kazimiz asked Stanislaw pototsky, "who do you think is most likely to become a great chief after the death of Bogdan hemelinitsky?"

Stanislaw pototsky was thinking about this just now. He thought three of them were most likely.

The first is Ivan vygowski, the clerk of Bogdan hemelinitsky. Wigowski once served in the Polish army. He was captured by hemelinitsky\'s people in the battle of the Yellow River, but he was released because he had a good education. Bogdan hemelinitsky took him in and made him a clerk. Vikovski is a rare Pro Polish faction in Cossacks. He repeatedly proposed peace talks with the Republic of Poland, turning war into friendship. Moreover, during the serious illness of Bogdan hemelinitsky, it is said that vikovsky was actually handling the government affairs of the Kazakh emirate.

The second is Ivan Baohong. Ivan Baohong was once a close assistant and friend of Bogdan hemelinitsky. Born into an aristocratic family in Ukraine (this matter is questionable), Bao Hong joined the Polish army very early and began his military career. In his early years, Bao Hong participated in the looting of Russia and Tatars and joined the latter as a fierce general after the hmelinitsky uprising. He participated in most of the wars against the Republic of Poland and was a staunch advocate. Nowadays, Bao Hong controls blazwaff. Bao Hong participated in the battle of berestecko and successfully led the breakthrough. After that, Bao Hong became very angry with Bogdan hemelinitsky because he opposed the peleyslav treaty and once fought with czar Russia, but he was the representative of the young and strong in Cossacks and enjoyed a high reputation among the young generation of Cossacks.

The third possible successor is Ivan hilko. Ivan hilko is a "legendary" Cossack. He wrote the reply full of insults and blasphemies against the Ottoman Turkish Sultan that led to the declaration of war by the Crimean Khanate on zaporoze Cossacks. This act, which seems unwise or even crazy to any diplomat with diplomatic common sense and morality, won Ivan hilko a high reputation among the lower classes of Ukraine and Cossacks. This man has no obvious tendency, but it is said that he is now in a hot fight with the special envoy of Czar Russia.

As for some other Cossacks, they are either attached to these three people, or they have less prestige and strength and do not have the ability to compete for the position of chief.

Yuri, the son of Bogdan hemelinitsky, was never included in the possibility of Bogdan hemelinitsky\'s successor. Because Yuri\'s age and prestige can not be compared with those three just now, and even some other Cossack company captains are inferior.