Watching Russian movies, the strongest feeling is toughness.
Whether it is the training of figure skaters or the conquest of the Iron Emperor, you can see very strong fighting genes.
"Vikings: Battle of Kings" is an epic war film that made Russian President Vladimir Putin brush two brushes, and the film portrays an iron-blooded and benevolent emperor.
The Russians regard Vladimir, who fought in the four sides and brought faith to Kievan Rus', as a saint and proud of his name, and Putin's name is also Vladimir.
Why is Vladimir, the iron-blooded emperor, called a saint?
Since you are a saint, why can't you govern the country with kindness in the first place?
1 There are wolves everywhere, brothers slaughtering, and he has no way to retreat
In the chaotic world, he had no chance, brothers were harmonious, and they lived together with benevolence.
Nor is it possible to love each other with a lover.
Vladimir grew up in a family of three brothers, his father was the Grand Duke of the Principality of Kievan Rus' Countries.
The film opens in a snow-filled wasteland where Vladimir is about to face a terrible situation.
The supreme ruler of the Principality of Kiev, his father died suddenly, and the three brothers fought for the throne.
The Grand Prince first plotted to kill the Second Prince, followed by the Third Prince.
The third prince, Vladimir, the son of his father and slave girl, did not have too many armies in his hands, and he was going to a neighboring country to move the rescue troops against the eldest brother.
He tried to use marriage to seek support, but was insulted by the princess.
In honor, Vladimir and his hired Berserker Vikings attacked the cities of neighboring countries, successfully snatched the marriage, and received military support.
With a tough Viking, he started first. Interviewing the Grand Prince, pretending to cooperate, his men directly stabbed the Grand Prince.
In his panicked shouts, his brother died.
There was no turning back, and Vladimir became the new Grand Duke of the Duchy of Rus amid the cheers of his supporters.
He seemed to have been pushed by the hand of fate to the position of Grand Duke.
In order to save his life, he assassinated his brother before the Grand Prince, and in order to get support, he broke his wife's kingdom and even killed his father-in-law.
Even if he gains the throne, he cannot lay down his arms.
A large number of foreign armies came, the Turks also came, the foreign tribes were killing fathers and enemies, and the Turks were barbaric invaders. The flames of revenge drove him crazy.
He led the Vikings and his men to charge and kill the enemy again and again, and was a bloody Viking warrior and a wild beast.
They broke through the impregnable Polotsk Castle and resisted the crossbows of the Turkic Iron Horse.
Vladimir and his warriors were like facing a group of wolves ready to divide and eat them at any moment.
They can only survive if they do their best and use bloody violence to break through the siege.
2 Governing the nation is like cultivating people, from wild to human nature requires a process
Vladimir was too tired, and he was not cruel by nature.
When he tried his best to repel the enemy, he and his generals finally ushered in the dawn of victory.
He was ready to enjoy a relaxing time.
The mysterious Byzantine princess, who symbolized religious belief, the wife of his dead brother. As if he understood his inner torment.
She gently soothed him.
Vladimir's wife, who seemed jealous, came over and warned her that she was the real wife.
Such a vinegary scene has a rare and peaceful taste.
But suddenly he heard a cry of fear.
Vladimir, the grand duke of a principality, watched as his most courageous general and brother-in-law were attacked by the primitive fanatics and fell from a height to his death.
These believers say they are the ones who bring calamity.
Indignant, Vladimir roared at these primitive believers, eager to change the obscurantist state of the kingdom.
Otherwise, the crazy act of using people to sacrifice will continue to appear.
What he needed most was to find a more civilized mind and belief that would be used to change the rage and obscurity of the Rus' people.
He thought of the Byzantine princess who had returned to his country, and when she was comforting him, the kindness in her eyes seemed to warn him that love and faith could dissolve hatred and make people live and work in peace.
He wants to find the real life that makes the Rus're no longer like a trapped beast, constantly fighting and just trying to survive.
He longed to take his people with him and henceforth embark on the path of civilization.
Vladimir's longing, like a ray of light, was about to illuminate the land of Kievan Rus', bleak by cold and barbarism.
3 In wartime, the art of war is needed, and peace is more eager for love
From wild to human, it takes a process.
We were watching the movie "Viking Wars", and Vladimir and the Vikings kept breaking through the siege and killing the enemy fiercely.
I can't help but understand why he didn't rule the country with benevolence at this time, and you must know that only when he resisted bravely and took the initiative to attack could he have a glimmer of life.
In times of war, the art of war is needed, and peacetime requires benevolent governance. This was true even in ancient China.
During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Confucius traveled around the world, he talked about Zhou rites, and the Confucian idea of benevolence and love was difficult to be valued by the monarch, only because it was in the midst of war and chaos, and what was needed was to win victory when the masses were competing for hegemony.
As a result, the Fa family was valued, and the soldier family was more favored.
Qin Shi Huang, who unified the world, reused Li Si and Shang Martingale, and used the Fa to unify the whole country.
At the beginning of the peaceful Han Dynasty, the Taoist Lao Huang Doctrine of quiet and inactive was reused, and when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty arrived, Dong Zhongshu, who respected Confucianism alone, was used.
In peacetime, it is all the more necessary to govern the country with benevolence.
In this way, can we also understand that Vladimir is very eager to have a unified mind and govern the country with benevolence in solving external problems and entering peacetime?
In the film, when Vladimir confesses his tyrannical behavior to the Byzantine bishop, even tears gush and he cries bitterly.
He was successfully baptized, returned with the Orthodox Church, and began to lead his Rus' people to a more civilized life.
At this time he was joyful, there was a light in front of his eyes, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and he was like a Buddha who laid down his butcher's knife.
Some say that the plot here is like advocating the sanctity of religion.
In fact, what the movie wants to tell us may be that after experiencing the war of life and death, people are more eager for peace and benevolence, and can live a good life.
In a troubled world, powerful rulers lead people to live.
In peacetime, benevolent rulers lead people in their quest for peace and happiness.
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Why is the Iron-Blooded Emperor Vladimir known as the Saint of the East Slavs?
It was because of his iron-blooded conquest of the Quartet, the return of The Orthodox Church from Byzantium, and the return of a more civilized way of life that Kievan Rus began to embark on a golden age of development.
An iron-blooded king cannot make people admire for a thousand years, and at the same time, he can put down the butcher's knife and bring civilization and peace to the people, so that more people can be respected as saints.
Like a man who survives in the wilderness, surrounded by wolves, only desperately break through to survive, and then there is peace and tranquility, the pursuit of a spiritually rich future.
From survival to development, Vladimir did it, so he was more admired than his father and his successors.
War or peace, there may not be a fixed answer, but it is more important to look at the general environment and the current situation.
If the wolves come, do you have to give it a good fight?
If there are no more threats, and only want to be greedy for more, is it possible to lay down our arms and seek peace and tranquility for the people?
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