I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 447 God’s Will

Although George, a famous royal general, has not yet been completely confirmed, it seems impossible to eliminate George from the battlefield.

A fortress can only be breached from within, especially a fortress like the Russian Empire.

Since Alexey fell ill, Nikolai has become more and more superstitious about the occult.

Prophecy is both a prophecy and a bad omen.

Gray first went to Werther, hoping that St. Petersburg could restrain George and end the conflict in the Far East as soon as possible.

"Grand Duke Yuriev is His Majesty's uncle. His Majesty is not easy to control, and St. Petersburg is even more powerless."

Werther wanted to laugh three times to express his happiness.

Not only did Werther not want to restrain George, but he also wished that George could fight bigger and more violently. It would be best to completely defeat Japan and let the whole world see the strength of the Amur Military District.

As for the rumors——

To put it bluntly, whoever was the czar of the Russian Empire had nothing to do with Werther.

If George was the czar, Werther might have received even more support.

However, Werther did not want George to rebel, because that would definitely be a catastrophe for the Russian Empire.

"Before this year, I had been serving as the minister to Afghanistan——"

Gray seems to be casual, and his words are heart-breaking.

"A powerful Amur is a blessing or a disaster for the Russian Empire. The more news about Grand Duke Yuriev's victory, the greater the controversy about St. Petersburg - Europe will never allow the order of East Asia to be changed!"

Gray's words contained an underlying threat.

Europe not only has an anti-French alliance, but also an anti-Russian alliance.

Gray hoped that Werther could remember why the Russian Empire gained almost nothing despite its complete victory after the Tenth Russo-Turkish War.

"Your Excellency, you have found the wrong person. The Russian Empire is never threatened!"

Werther served tea to see off the guests. Gray's words brought back unpleasant memories of Werther.

During the Berlin Conference, it was Germany, together with Austria-Hungary and Britain, that almost forced the Russian Empire to give up its claims to the Ottoman Empire.

It was also a shame for the Russian Empire.

Gray hit a snag with Werther and turned to look for Alexei again.

Alexei has been having a hard time lately.

The Siberian fleet annihilated the combined fleet. The people who suffered the most in St. Petersburg were probably Alexei and Alexeyev.

Alexeyev is Alexei's confidant and the person primarily responsible for the defeat of the Russo-Japanese War.

After Nikolai dismissed Alexeyev from his post, he originally wanted to hold Alexeyev accountable, but Alexey dissuaded him.

Alexeyev was promoted by Alexey.

If Alexeyev is to be held accountable, then Alexei will also be implicated, and even former Navy Minister Vladimir will be implicated.

So even if Alexeyev is a piece of shit, Alexey and Vladimir still have to hold their noses to protect Alexeyev.

During the Russo-Japanese War, the main forces of the three major fleets of the empire were completely wiped out, leaving only the "Glory" alone.

After the Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, Alexey proposed to rebuild the three fleets, which was strongly opposed by Witte.

The empire spent decades building its navy, spending billions of dollars on it.

As a result, in the Russo-Japanese War, the three major fleets were smashed by the combined fleet, and the empire became the laughing stock of European and American countries.

So what's the point of rebuilding? Let Grand Duke Yuriev maintain the empire's maritime borders.

Alexey really wanted to cause trouble for George, but he didn't dare.

George had hundreds of thousands of mercenaries in the Far East and had become the most powerful governor in the Russian Empire.

If Alexei wants to deal with George, if George comes to betray him, Alexei's life may be in danger.

Although Alexei is a bit greedy, he is not stupid.

As for people like Alexeyev and Kuropatkin, it is better to rely on God than to expect them to maintain the rule of the Romanov family.

Alexey didn't dare, but someone else did.

Introduced by the British Minister in St. Petersburg, Gray met Rasputin, the most popular "Tsar's Lamp Holder" in St. Petersburg at a reception hosted by Grand Duke Vladimir.

After curing Grand Duke Nikolayevich's dog, Rasputin was introduced to Queen Alex by Grand Duchess Nikolayevich.

Although there are many evil legends surrounding Rasputin, this man is indeed a bit evil.

With his help, Crown Prince Alexei's hemophilia was miraculously under control, so Rasputin was named the "Lamp Holder of the Tsar's Magic Lamp."

This position is a priesthood and is responsible for the lamps in front of all the statues of gods in the palace.

Now that he had the priesthood, Rasputin had the freedom to enter and exit the Winter Palace, and he began to be sought after in St. Petersburg.

"The Russian Empire can have only one voice, and that is the Supreme Tsar!"

Rasputin had a pair of charming light blue eyes and was said to be able to charm all the ladies of St. Petersburg.

In order to avoid losing his magic power, Rasputin didn't like bathing, so his appearance and body odor were similar to those of a goat.

Like all demonic monks in history, Rasputin, the fake monk, liked to collect the hair of virgins. It is said that after he had sex with a woman, he would collect a strand of women's hair.

So in 1977, when people demolished the house where Rasputin lived, boxes of hair were found in the house. This became evidence that Rasputin, with the support of the Tsar and his wife, had brought trouble to the palace.

Let’s not talk about whether there is hair or not.

Rasputin was killed in 1916 by the First Lady and Felix's son.

With the help of Rasputin, Gray finally met Nikolai.

Nikolai's body has not fully recovered yet.

After the Siberian fleet annihilated the combined fleet, Nicholas was very happy and held a dinner at the Winter Palace that night to celebrate the victory of the Siberian fleet. This is rare.

After the news of the annihilation of the Second Fleet reached St. Petersburg, Nicholas went hunting that afternoon and did not take the fact that the Second Fleet was annihilated at all.

Gray reiterated London's request to Nicholas that order in the Far East must be maintained and that the Russian Empire could not dominate the Far East.

"St. Petersburg has no intention of dominating the Far East. You should go find George instead of wasting time in St. Petersburg."

Nicholas smiled lightly, feeling so happy that he exploded.

When the Russian Empire was defeated, London did not mention order in the Far East.

Now that Japan has been completely defeated, London has begun to maintain order in the Far East.

Why did you go early?
The Russian Empire is the destroyer of order in the Far East.

The Sino-Japanese War was not initiated by the Russian Empire.

The Russo-Japanese War was not initiated by the Russian Empire.

Going even further, the Opium War has nothing to do with the Russian Empire.

"Amur is part of the Russian Empire and St. Petersburg must be held responsible."

Gray is cheating. If George disobeys, Britain will cause trouble in St. Petersburg.

Nicholas is not George after all.

If it were George, Gray would be so presumptuous, George must have cursed loudly.

Nicholas, on the other hand, was not angry, nor would he allow himself to be manipulated by London.

After Gray left, Alex and Rasputin came to find Nikolai.

Since Rasputin cured Alexei's illness, Alex could only be grateful to Rasputin. Even though Rasputin had become notorious in St. Petersburg, it did not affect Rasputin's success in Alexei. Kesi’s position in mind——

This is not correct, because Rasputin did not cure Alexei's disease, but only controlled Alexei's condition from getting worse.

This already made Alex very grateful.

"Is Amusa okay?"

Nikolai is also very concerned about Alexei's health.

"Very good, Amusa has fallen asleep——"

Alex looked at Rasputin, this was Rasputin's fault again.

Hemophilia is indeed very torturous. Without Rasputin's help, Alexey could not even sleep.

"God bless--"

Nicholas was equally grateful to Rasputin.

If Rasputin hadn't appeared, Nikolai would have taken Alexei to Amur to seek medical advice this summer. This is called a strange combination of circumstances.

"George won another victory in the Far East—"

Alex looked at Nicholas with worried eyes.

Nicholas was in a slightly irritable mood.

There is a feeling that one is afraid that one's brother will have a hard time, but one is also afraid that one's brother will drive a Land Rover.

It would be fine if George was as bad as the other grand dukes in St. Petersburg. Bad things are fair, and no one has the right to laugh at anyone.

St. Petersburg lost the Russo-Japanese War.

George took over the mess in the Far East, but miraculously turned defeat into victory.

In such a comparison, St. Petersburg loses face.

In front of Gray, Nicholas must support George.

Facing the people closest to him, Nicholas took off all disguises.

"Gregory told me that someone in St. Petersburg said that George was more suitable for-"

Alex was outspoken, blunt at best, and brainless at worst.

"Sani, this is not what you should care about-"

Nicholas still had a bottom line and did not allow Alex to interfere in government affairs.

"Nicky, I'm just worried about you-"

Alex is too lazy to care about government affairs, she only cares about Nicholas.

Nikolai couldn't blame Alex, so he glared at Rasputin with a warning look.

Rasputin smiled slightly and drifted away.

That night, Alexei woke up from his sleep and cried endlessly.

Alex and Nikolai coaxed him half the night, but they couldn't get Alexei to sleep.

So Nicholas could only send someone to invite Rasputin.

Miraculously, after Rasputin came to Alexei's bedroom, he just touched Alexei's head and said a few words "God bless you", and Alexei miraculously fell asleep. .

Nicholas was not sleepy at all and sat in the study for a long time in his pajamas.

"This is God's will—"

Alex is convinced of Rasputin's magic.

Nicholas's belief in God was actually not firm. Before Rasputin's arrival, Nicholas went to church as a routine matter.

Now Nicholas's study was empty of books and filled with all kinds of icons.

(End of this chapter)