African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1296 Interview
As Baranov had expected, as a monarchy, the East African government was naturally hostile to the Russian Labor Party regime in the ideological field.

The news of Nicholas II's "disappearance" caused an uproar within the East African government. As a result, the East African government directly communicated with the Labour government through special channels, trying to "rescue" Nicholas II and his family.

However, the Russian Labor regime rejected the East African government's request and refused to disclose information about the whereabouts of the Tsar and his family, and demanded that East Africa repatriate Alexei and other remnants of Tsarist Russia in East Africa.

Rhine Palace.

Emperor Ernst met with Baranov and Alexei and their party.

"Ambassador Baranov, we are very sorry to tell you this bad news. The Russian Labor Party regime has rejected our request. At present, we cannot get accurate information about the whereabouts of Nicholas II and his family. But you must be mentally prepared. Nicholas II himself and other members of the royal family are likely to be in danger." Ernst said to Ambassador Baranov with regret.

"At the beginning of this year, we sent a message to Nicholas II, but at that time, under the provisional government, Nicholas II was unwilling to leave. No one could have imagined that the provisional government would collapse so quickly. Now, Nicholas II's desire to leave has become a fantasy."

Not only in East Africa, in fact the British royal family or other countries have also considered accepting Nicholas II to seek refuge in their country, but at that time they did not receive a positive response from Nicholas II himself.

It’s no wonder that Nicholas II’s relatives were not helpful. European aristocrats are one family. Except for Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which had become mortal enemies of former Tsarist Russia, other countries still had good relations with Russia.

The Rhine royal family is naturally one of them. Ernst's deceased aunt had married a grand duke of the royal family of Tsarist Russia, so the Rhine royal family can also be related to the Russian royal family, but the relationship is a bit too distant.

In addition, the Rhine Empire rose to prominence late, and it was difficult for the nobles and high-ranking officials born in the country to marry into the great European nobles, so the connections in the circle were not very close.

This is easy to understand. European aristocrats attach great importance to bloodline and inheritance, and many East African aristocrats are new aristocrats outside of Europe who have risen through wars and other means. Naturally, it is difficult for them to integrate into the European aristocratic system, unless they are aristocrats that originated directly from Europe like the Rhine royal family. However, such aristocrats are rare in East Africa.

In this case, it is easier to establish connections with the ancient families of the Far East Empire than with the European aristocracy. Many East African families directly moved out their own surnames to improve their own cultural heritage. East Africa is an immigrant country, and this is unavoidable.

Of course, there are cases of marriage between European nobles and East African "aristocrats". Some small European nobles are still willing to go to East Africa for development.

The reason why they are called "aristocrats" is because the threshold for East African nobility is too low. After all, the European method of determining identity through blood relationship is not suitable for East Africa. In East Africa, nobility status is often tied to contribution and honor, and "honorary nobility" is prevalent.

The East African government awards a lot of these honorary nobility titles every year. Moreover, in East Africa, many high-ranking officials do not have noble status themselves, which means that the upper class in East Africa is not distinguished by noble status.

Ernst said: "The Labor Party regime is obviously not an easy one to deal with. Their style of doing things is different from all the countries we have faced before. They are particularly hostile to the nobles and capitalist groups. So Ambassador Baranov, if you can still get in touch with your family, you'd better withdraw from Russia as soon as possible!"

"And Alexei, you should also try your best to persuade the royal family members to seek refuge abroad. We in East Africa still welcome you."

East Africa will certainly welcome Russian upper-class people who bring a lot of social wealth to East Africa. This also means that the flow of Russian social wealth into East Africa will be of great benefit to the East African economy.

This is also the reason why the United States liked to accept exiled government officials or businessmen, or corrupt elements from other countries in the past.

After they left their own country, they could not cause any trouble except for being rich. After all, they were nothing in other countries without their original connections and political machinery.

Their wealth can be spent in exile or invested, which will only benefit the country. Ambassador Baranov was naturally unwilling to accept this. He asked with a heavy heart: "Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Rhine Empire, are you just going to watch the Russian Labor Party regime grow?"

"If they seize power in Russia, it will not only mean disaster for Russia, but also for the whole of Europe and even the whole world. Moreover, they are now concentrated in St. Petersburg, and the rest of Russia is still in our control. We are fully capable of overthrowing this 'evil' regime."

Ernst pretended to be helpless and said: "We in East Africa naturally don't want the current situation in Russia to happen, but there is only so much that East Africa, and even other countries, can do."

"Europe is still in a state of war. It is impossible for Britain, France, Germany and Austria to unite and eliminate the Russian Labor Party regime."

"This is the worst-case scenario. After all, if Europe is unstable, it will be more difficult for East African countries, the United States and other countries outside the region to interfere in Russia's internal affairs."

"Take us for example. Our main connection with Russia is through shipping in the Black Sea and the Baltic Sea. But the British simply cannot allow East African military forces to pass through the Suez Canal or the English Channel. We can't even reach the Dardanelles or the waters near the Jutland Peninsula."

"The same is true for the United States. The only channel for them to communicate with Russia is probably the Trans-Siberian Railway. That route is very difficult to reach the heart of Russia, let alone interfere in Russia's internal affairs."

"So it is basically impossible to expect foreign interference at this stage. You can only hope to regain power through your own strength."

Ernst's light words about relying on the reactionary forces within Russia to regain power were difficult to achieve for the reactionary forces within Russia.

On the one hand, the internal situation in Russia was complicated, with numerous factions among the reactionary forces. Even the nobility was divided into several forces. There were also capitalist forces and regional forces.

Even if Nicholas II was not controlled by the Labor Party now, it would be difficult for him to become the leader of the reactionary forces in Russia. After all, the capitalists represented by the Provisional Government would most likely not listen to his command.

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Nicholas II was already the most influential figure who could unite the reactionary forces in Russia. As for Alexei, if he was older and had some experience in governing, he might not be able to play the role of Nicholas II.

But these two points are exactly what Alexei does not have. First of all, he is too young, which makes it difficult for him to win the support of the people. This is very important. For example, in the previous life, a certain leader born in the 1980s had a big shortcoming in terms of age, so for the sake of political service, he had to gain weight to make himself look more "reliable".

Although the final result was that he became a laughing stock of other countries, it is undeniable that his political ability was quite strong and he maintained and consolidated his family's rule on the peninsula.

Moreover, the leaders born in the 1980s were already close to 30 years old when they came to power, and Alexei is still a few years away from adulthood.

Not to mention that due to hemophilia, Alexei had never been involved in Russian political work before, and Nicholas II had no time to teach him the art of being an emperor.

In Ernst's opinion, Alexei, who had just recovered from a serious illness, was incapable of leading the reactionary forces in Russia, let alone undertaking any work of a slightly strenuous nature.

On the other hand, the Russian Labor Party regime was not to be trifled with. Ernst had no doubt that even if several other major powers joined forces to destroy this emerging regime, it would be extremely difficult.

If we want to solve the Russian problem, we cannot do without the support of the Allies. After all, the connection between other countries and Russia basically cannot avoid the Allies. However, the current attitude of the Allies towards the Russian Labor Party is probably not ideal.

(End of this chapter)