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Finally, there was the utter unscrupulousness of Moscow's grand princes.
最后，莫斯科大公绝对的不择手段
They sucked up to the Golden Hoard to keep the coveted yarlyk, and they hung on to as much of the tribute money as they could.
他们巴结金帐汗军以保住梦寐以求的yarlik，尽可能多的套住税银
They picked off minor principalities one by one and worked their way up to the big cheese, Novgorod the Great.
他们逐一吞并小的公国，最后成为大公国——大诺夫哥罗德公国
Once the land was gathered, whether conquered, inherited, or purchased,
一旦获得了土地，无论是征服得来还是继承或购买得来
the new territory became, like everything else, the property of the Grand Prince.
新的领土，像其他一切事物一样，成为大公的财产
The upper classes had it easier than the peasants,
上层阶级比农民更容易获得财富
but everything and everyone was the property of the Grand Prince or later the Tsar.
但是每个人，每件事都是大公或者是后来的沙皇的财产
2, All the kings men.
二，普天之下莫非王土
The upper classes had their discontents.
上层阶级也有不满
Nobles especially the wealthiest nobles called Boyars were expected to produce, provide the Grand Prince with troops.
贵族，尤其是最有钱的波雅尔贵族，他们会给大公供给军队
In return, they were supposedly allowed to have enough land to provide them with the necessary livelihood.
反过来他们应该允许拥有充足的土地来维持必要的生计
This was often not quite enough for the Boyars.
这经常对于波雅尔来说是不够的
The Grand Princes trace their ancestry back to Rurik, but they were, a very junior branch of the Rurik family tree.
大公的祖先可以追溯到留里克，但是他们是留里克家族中不太重要的一支
Some of the Boyars came from far more important branches and did not appreciate being rules by a lesser branch.
一些波雅尔来自于更重要的支系，并不愿意被不太重要的支系统治
