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Chapter 448 Not big enough

People change, George is no longer the cautious George he was in St. Petersburg, and Nicholas is no longer the Nicholas who was nice to everyone.

George's confidence was given by Amul.

Nikolai gave all his love to Alexey.

After Alexei fell ill, Nicholas prayed to God and was willing to exchange his health for Alexei's health.

God did not answer Nicholas's prayer, so Rasputin had the opportunity to get close to Nicholas.

Alex doesn't think so.

Alex believed that Rasputin himself was God's answer.

Many rumors in St. Petersburg are based on false rumors.

For example, the rumor that Rasputin could enter and leave the Winter Palace freely was ridiculous.

The Tsar's palace is not a hotel, and even the queen cannot do as she pleases. Rasputin can only enter the Winter Palace when Alexei needs it.

The rumors about Alex and Rasputin are even more ridiculous. Alex is not a czarina, so she cannot be as famous as Emperor Ye.

There are many rumors about Rasputin, the purpose is to tear the Tsar off the altar and strip the Tsar of his sacred attributes.

This is most evident in the death of Rasputin.

When Yusupov killed Rasputin, it is said that he first gave Rasputin 8 pieces of cake mixed with potassium cyanide, and then drank a bottle of Madeira mixed with potassium cyanide, but Rasputin Sputin had no reaction.

So Yusupov shot Rasputin, piercing his lung, bruising his heart and remaining in his liver.

If it were an ordinary person, he would be dead after being injured so seriously.

Just when everyone thought Rasputin was dead and were preparing to dispose of Rasputin's body, Rasputin suddenly woke up, grabbed Yusupov's throat, and then Rasputin rushed out of the crowd. Go out and run to the courtyard of Yusupov Palace.

State Duma member Pulisikovich chased Rasputin out of the house and shot Rasputin three times, the last shot hitting Rasputin in the head.

The crowd dragged Rasputin into the house again, and Rasputin regained consciousness. Yusupov hit Rasputin on the temple with a dumbbell, knocking Rasputin unconscious again.

Rasputin was eventually thrown into an ice cave in the Neva River, and his body was found the next day.

Forensic autopsy results showed that Rasputin died of drowning. Before his death, Rasputin survived in the icy water under the ice for 8 minutes.

The reason why this process is described in such detail is to prove Rasputin's amazing vitality.

The vitality is so tenacious that it is completely out of the category of human beings. It is a monster!

So Yusupov was right to kill Rasputin and should not be punished.

Yusupov was indeed not punished, because at that time Nikolai no longer cared about punishing Yusupov.

Just two months after Yusupov killed Rasputin, Nicholas II abdicated and the Russian Empire fell.

Rasputin was not targeting George, he was simply saying that the Russian Empire only needed one voice.

From Nikolai's point of view, Rasputin was right.

Nicholas wanted the Japanese punished.

But Nicholas also had to pay attention to the threat from the United Kingdom.

After Vladimir lost power, Nicholas was surrounded by a new wave of important ministers of the empire. Witte, the chairman of the Council of Ministers, was just an excessive candidate. The hottest political newcomer in St. Petersburg was Pyotr Arkadyevich Stolypin.

While Stolypin was working in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he briefly interacted with George on the Siberian Railway.

Three years ago, Stolypin served as a senior official in Grodno Province and was the youngest senior official in the history of the Russian Empire.

After the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War, various parts of Russia were in turmoil. Stolypin gained Nikolai's trust with his outstanding political achievements.

During his tenure as a senior official in Grodno Province, Stolypin tried to resolve widespread land conflicts in Grodno Province and achieved good results.

Agrarian conflict is one of the main widespread contradictions in the Russian Empire. If the peasant class is unstable, the stability of the empire will be out of the question.

Stolypin suggested to Nicholas that the empire should strengthen its control over public opinion, strengthen centralization, ease class conflicts within the empire, reduce military expenditures, and use more resources to alleviate domestic conflicts.

Compared with the Far East, Europe and Russia were the foundation of the empire.

"Grand Duke Yuriev's power is too great. Part of Grand Duke Yuriev's power should be taken back. A powerful Amur is a hidden danger to the empire."

Stolypin was outspoken about Amur.

Witte and Count Solsky, Chairman of the Council of State, looked at each other, how dare you say that!

Stolypin came to Nikolai only after George went to Amur.

Stolypin learned many legends about George in St. Petersburg. As he learned more about George, Stolypin believed that George was more dangerous.

The rumors about Nicholas's abdication in St. Petersburg may have been spread by enemy countries, but they may also have come from within the empire.

Although George did not have the right to inherit, in the history of the Russian Empire, there were more than one czars who came to power through coups.

Stolypin knew this.

Counts Werther and Solsky also knew.

After Stolypin finished speaking, he stared at Werther, waiting for Werther to express his position.

Nikolai also looked at Werther. "Grand Prince Yuriev's loyalty to the Empire is unquestionable."

Witte's statement was slightly vague.

No one could question Grand Duke Yuriev's loyalty to the Empire.

But loyalty to the empire does not mean loyalty to Nicholas.

"St. Petersburg needs to strengthen its military strength to cope with increasingly tense situations and increasingly acute conflicts——"

Count Solsky did not mention George, and never spoke a word about him.

The Chairman of the Council of Ministers and the Chairman of the Council of State both said this, and Alexei, who was still serving as the Minister of the Navy, was eager to try.

Sergei was assassinated, Vladimir resigned, and the imperial ministers became less and less public-minded.

In order to ensure the stability of the army, Nicholas appointed Nicholas Jr. as Minister of War. The army will never rely on others.

After the Russo-Japanese War, the Imperial Navy existed in name only. Although the brands of the three major fleets were still there, there were less than 3000 warships with a displacement of more than 10 tons among the three major fleets, and most of them were on the verge of being dismantled. ship.

After the signing of the Treaty of Portsmouth, Germany had returned the "Crown Prince" to the Russian Empire.

The "Crown Prince" is currently under repair. After repair, it will become the face of the Imperial Navy together with the "Glorious".

Before the Kanto conflict broke out, Alexey submitted a plan for the reconstruction of the Imperial Navy.

This time Alexei finally faced reality and no longer resisted the steam power unit.

Alexei's reconstruction plan only included the Baltic Fleet and the Black Sea Fleet, not the Pacific Fleet.

The reconstruction plan is completely based on the Siberian Fleet as a template. The battleships use all-heavy artillery battleships, supplemented by high-speed armored cruisers, to form the core of the fleet.

Alexey hopes to build 12 all-heavy artillery battleships and 24 armored cruisers. The entire plan will cost 10 billion rubles.

Nicholas rejected it without even thinking about it.

Without a fleet under his command, Alexey, the navy minister, was just the commander-in-chief.

Because the navy's performance in the Russo-Japanese War was too poor, Alexey hoped that Nicholas Jr. would take the initiative to stand up and express the royal family's attitude.

Little Nicholas pretended to be dead and said nothing.

Alexei also pretended to be dead. As long as he dared to speak, he would definitely be scolded.

Nicholas sat on the throne, looking at the appearances of the imperial ministers, and subconsciously thought of a question.

How would George have responded to Britain's threat of war if he were here?

With George's character, he should scold the British and then drive them away.

If you want to fight, fight.

If you don't fight, don't push.

One talks about order and peace, while the other engages in sneak attacks every day.

What a pair of master and servant!
Even if a pirate puts on a tuxedo, no matter how elegant he is, he can still smell scum across the English Channel.

Unlike the imperial ministers, George was completely unafraid of the British threat.

45 British troops fought against 44 Boers, and in the end they had to cede territory and pay indemnities to cease the war and sue for peace. Only the British had the audacity to say that they had won.

The Russian Empire did not lose a single point in the Russo-Japanese War. If it lost, it was lost. George took over and fought for the honor of the empire, and he must achieve a result.

When the Imperial Council was held in St. Petersburg, Ye Luoxin led the Second Far East Army, cooperating with the First Army led by Brusinov, and was about to complete the siege of Fengtian.

Here you can see the difference between the Kwantung Russian Army and the Goryeo Russian Army.

The Russian army in Goryeo pushed forward all the way. No matter how stubbornly the Japanese army resisted, they would completely wipe out the Japanese army, even if the city of Goryeo was beaten to pieces.

George was a well-known royal general, and his tactics could not be as rough as Yankov. If he could avoid fighting a city offensive and defensive battle, George would not fight it.

There are a large number of civilians in Fengtian, and a frontal attack will definitely cause a large number of casualties among innocent civilians. George hopes to force the Japanese army in Fengtian back to Arthur and fight the Japanese army at Arthur Military Port.

During the Sino-Japanese War of 36-10, the Japanese army killed only 2 people in Lushun. Ten years later, the population of Lushun has not yet recovered to .

The current Arthur Fortress is completely a military city. In addition to Japanese officers and soldiers, they are Japanese immigrants who just came to Kanto after the Russo-Japanese War.

The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed in September last year, and the Kanto conflict broke out in January this year. In just four months, more than 9 Japanese immigrants have immigrated to Kanto.

Did you agree to help the Qing Empire expel Russian forces?
The Japanese did drive the Russians away.

But the Japanese did not welcome back the Qing people, but immigrated from Japan to Kanto.

Although St. Petersburg privately renamed Kantung Kantung Province, it did not immigrate to Kantung. It also improved the infrastructure of Kantung through the Middle East Railway and South Manchuria Railway. Towns have begun to appear along the Middle East Railway and South Manchuria Railway.

The Grand Duke of St. Petersburg wanted to make money in Kanto.

Japan wants to take Kantō as its own.

So those who shout about the emperor all day long and have caused the most harm to the Qing Empire should be relieved. 3500 million people are not big enough, right?

(End of this chapter)