I am Peter III, Emperor of the Hexagon of the Goose Kingdom

Chapter 106 Peter's Sin
The dance party is gone, and the night is dark.

Peter stroked Ekaterina's back, and her long, smooth hair was on her chin. As usual, Ekaterina fell into a deep sleep.

Peter didn't fall asleep, he was thinking about Peter and Ekaterina in the original history.

There are too many absurd facts about what the original Peter did.

At a banquet, the object of the banquet was the eloquent General Buterin, and Peter was amused at the banquet.

He said on the spot: "This son of a bitch is going to kill me."

This was a dinner specially invited by the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess Concubine, and Yeka was ashamed to death.

Buterin didn't speak, and turned to look for Queen Elizabeth, who ordered everyone not to communicate with such a vulgar person.

The vulgar man refers to Peter.

After Peter was overthrown, General Buterin met Ekaterina, who was already the emperor. Speaking of this, Ekaterina left a sentence to warn herself:
"Unfriendly words are impressive, all with caution."

Also, on the second day after Queen Elizabeth passed away, Peter held a banquet and required all ladies to attend in full dress, not black.

10 days before the funeral, the empress's body was transferred to the Kazan Cathedral, and there was an endless stream of mourners. Only one woman was dressed in black, covered her face with a black veil, and knelt there without a crown or jewelry. Grief, it was Ekaterina.

Peter, on the other hand, vented his joy during weeks of public mourning. He rejected Orthodox funeral traditions, neither kept a vigil nor bowed down to the coffin, and made only a few church appearances.

Only these few times he wandered about, joking loudly, laughing now and then, pointing around, and sticking out his tongue at the priest.

Even more unbelievably, Peter's disdain for the Empress reached its peak when her body was moved from Kazan Cathedral and across the Neva Bridge.

He was wearing a black mourning dress, and he followed behind the coffin ostentatiously, while several older nobles supported the hem of his mourning dress, at this moment Peter even made a joke.

He slowed down first, then stood still, until the coffin in front walked out 30 feet, and suddenly chased after him.

The few old people behind him couldn't keep up with his footsteps, and watched helplessly as the hem of his clothes broke free from his hands and flew up and down in the wind.

Peter repeated this trick over and over again, and he had a great time.

At the funeral of the woman who put himself on the throne with his own hands, he wrote and directed such an absurd farce.

Peter's actions shocked everyone present, the nobles in the funeral procession, the soldiers on both sides of the road, and all the onlookers.

But even so, Peter still secured the throne at the very beginning, and the tolerance of the Russians was unimaginable.

Then Peter recalled several exiled ministers, Ernest John Billon in the time of Empress Anna, a German in the time of Queen Elizabeth, the aged Marshal Jeff was unmoved.

This pained many Russians.

Because only those political prisoners with foreign names can return to St. Petersburg, and Bestutev, a politician of Russian descent who has long been committed to maintaining Russia's security in Europe, is still being abused.

At this point, the Russians still did not retaliate.

During the meal time at one noon, Peter ignored his official rank and only invited people who made him happy to have lunch, and the Russians did not object.

At the dinner party, pipe tobacco and wine bottles were everywhere, and the number ones of the Empire, all covered with ribbons and medals, hopped around on one leg like children, playing sadly with the things Peter liked to see. Hopscotch, the Russians did not respond.

Peter ordered the removal from churches of images and statues of all saints, except Jesus Christ, who have become inseparable from Russian history.

He also ordered all the clergy to shave off their beards, and no longer wear floor-length brocade robes, but to wear black vestments like the Protestantism, which is hated by the Russians.

Even though the bishops said that they would be murdered by the believers, Peter still insisted on going his own way.

Even though people already thought that the new emperor was a heretic, or even a Protestant who was worse than a heretic, the Russians still did not rebel.

At the heart of the rule was the army, and Peter had the Russian army reorganized on the Prussian model.

Uniforms, discipline, drills, tactics and commanders, all were to be reformed, in the Prussian style.

He deprived the Russian soldiers of their long and fat coats, which were suitable for winter protection in the north, and put them on German tight-fitting uniforms with bright colors and light textures, and the Russians did not respond.

Under Peter, the Russian Royal Guards were all powdered and almost unrecognizable.

Peter hung the Order of St. Andrew, which symbolizes the highest honor, around his neck to prevent others from seeing him. He replaced himself with the highest Prussian Order of the Black Eagle, and forced soldiers to accept Prussian training methods on the training ground. For hours.

In middle age, the bloated generals also had to stand in front of the army, dragging their stiff limbs with ventilation for training. Peter laughed loudly when he saw the funny appearance of these generals.

Frederick was besieged on all sides, one third of Prussia's territory was lost, the Russians occupied parts of East Prussia and Pomerania, Austria regained most of Silesia, and the Prussian capital Berlin was looted. The city was in ruins.

Frederick was desperate and was about to sign a peace treaty to permanently cede East Prussia to Russia. Peter ordered the end of the hostile relationship with Prussia, so that the Russians could no longer advance in Prussia and stop all hostile acts.

Later, official documents were issued telling France and Austria that Russia would give up all the land it had seized by force. In the Russian-Prussian peace treaty, Peter asked Frederick to personally draw up the specific terms of the agreement.

After the treaty was sent to Russia, the draft did not go through the normal approval process. The prime minister did not get it, and he signed his name without even looking at Peter.

Then someone sent it to Vorontsov. With this signature, the Prussian territory captured by the Russian army in the past five years was returned to Prussia, and a permanent alliance was concluded.

There was an uproar in Europe, and Teresa hoped that Peter would give an explanation. Peter said it was out of sympathy for suffering and personal friendship with Frederick, and hoped Teresa would follow suit.

In order to intimidate Teresa, Peter sent 1.6 infantry and 1000 Cossack cavalry to join the Prussian army against Austria.

Peter betrayed Austria, and France was filled with righteous indignation, but had no choice but to negotiate peace with Prussia.

Subsequently, France and Russia severed diplomatic relations and each recalled their ambassadors.

Throughout the war, 18 Prussian soldiers died on the battlefield, 50 civilians died of lack of medicine and food, and one-ninth of the Prussian population died.

And Russia also paid huge casualties.

After doing this, ignoring the casualties of soldiers in Russia, and spit out all the results of the battle, the Russians were filled with righteous indignation, but they still did not turn back.

Insulting the general, being disrespectful to the dead empress, giving preferential treatment to the German political prisoners while ignoring the Russian courtiers who dedicated their lives, having fun in the palace, insulting the Orthodox Church and the generals, and betraying the interests of the country, all of these are like a bunch of Clusters of firewood kept piling up and finally gathered together.

When Peter launched a war against Denmark without considering Russia's interests, Frederick warned him to take some precautions before the army moved out, advising Peter to go to Moscow for the coronation and ordination ceremony, and to send all unreliable people He was taken into custody, and the Holstein army loyal to him was sent to garrison St. Petersburg, but Peter didn't listen.

Russian troops of 4 experienced veterans then gathered in occupied Pomerania in Prussia, from where they advanced towards Denmark.

The Danes took the lead and met the Russians at Mecklenburg.

But to the surprise of the Danish commander, the Russians began to retreat.

because.

Someone raised a torch in the back
Ekaterina.

(End of this chapter)